Yanti & Salty Mad Manatees PART 3: FULL POD (Page 44)

Yanti said Ann was talking about the move this celebrity was in

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 2:57 AM Now, Edward Norton's dad's name is Edward Norton, Jr., he runs marathons for his chartiable trust, he is a phenomenal actor...nothing about an Ann...is it Edward Norton?? I really should be working and not doing this, but I can't stop! I love a good mystery

DING DING DING DING DING

We have a winner!

Ann is his stepmom. His mother passed away some time ago, but Ann had been a close family friend before that.

I taught American History X several times at university.

Does he actually use the "Jr." in his celebrity name?

Right. 

TriAya - 2012-07-17 2:59 PM

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 2:57 AM Now, Edward Norton's dad's name is Edward Norton, Jr., he runs marathons for his chartiable trust, he is a phenomenal actor...nothing about an Ann...is it Edward Norton?? I really should be working and not doing this, but I can't stop! I love a good mystery

DING DING DING DING DING

We have a winner!

Ann is his stepmom. His mother passed away some time ago, but Ann had been a close family friend before that.

I taught American History X several times at university.

Yeeeeeeeeesssssssssss! It seemed like a perfect match (that's why I just asked if we knew him as a "jr").  I love Edward Norton, too.  He seems like real cool people.

Yanti, you never cease to amaze me.  I love that about you.

TriAya - 2012-07-17 2:59 PM

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 2:57 AM Now, Edward Norton's dad's name is Edward Norton, Jr., he runs marathons for his chartiable trust, he is a phenomenal actor...nothing about an Ann...is it Edward Norton?? I really should be working and not doing this, but I can't stop! I love a good mystery

DING DING DING DING DING

We have a winner!

Ann is his stepmom. His mother passed away some time ago, but Ann had been a close family friend before that.

I taught American History X several times at university.

That is so cool!! 

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 3:01 AM

TriAya - 2012-07-17 2:59 PM

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 2:57 AM Now, Edward Norton's dad's name is Edward Norton, Jr., he runs marathons for his chartiable trust, he is a phenomenal actor...nothing about an Ann...is it Edward Norton?? I really should be working and not doing this, but I can't stop! I love a good mystery

DING DING DING DING DING

We have a winner!

Ann is his stepmom. His mother passed away some time ago, but Ann had been a close family friend before that.

I taught American History X several times at university.

Yeeeeeeeeesssssssssss! It seemed like a perfect match (that's why I just asked if we knew him as a "jr").  I love Edward Norton, too.  He seems like real cool people.

He's great, apparently. Oddly enough my sister has met him socially (but not his parents 'til tonight), and says at least from that one encounter he seemed very much like what is reported about him ... very low key, down to earth.

I think it's much cooler that I taught Jim Carrey's dog water sports, and was the last person with her before she passed away. What a cool dog! This is so bizarre, but she responded much better if I spoke in a Jim Carrey voice.

I ran into Robert Downey Jr. while doing some continuing volunteer work and we happened to be in the same place at the same time every Wednesday night for a few months and wound up exchanging numbers. Again, acquaintance ... someone I'd call for a small favor or question, but probably not just to chat.

Agree with whoever said they want to read Yanti's autobiography.  It's gotta be a he## of a tale!!

Basically just dropping in to make my 800th post be with the Mad Manatees

Leaving for Lake Placid tomorrow morning early, am planning on taking the ancient laptop along to check in, post pics and workouts.  Maybe.    Can't wait!!!  May try to meet up with some fellow BTers for a swim and or bike and or beer.

OOOOH, I'll play! My guess is Edward Norton Jr.  It fits many of your "clues" if your friend, Ann, is a step-mother.

ETA: Oh, never mind.  Someone else got it while I was "investigating"

PINK STARS

Oooh, have fun at LP! Do you know PinkPrincess? She is a hoot and a wonderful soul.

I think the only prize is gloating, so I'll make the most of it. It was me, I got it first!! yay me! I'm so clever.

Ok, that's it.

No, you really really are. I mean ... I had those clues up close and personal for over a frickin' YEAR and I didn't get it.

Chris, Brie.   You signed up yet? I hope so.

Dooooooooooooooooooooooo iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttt     !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW.

(worry later)

Is it him out of Pirates of the Carribean?

Oh. You've done.

That was exciting. Can we play another one.

well, in your defense, I would never in a million years imagine that the older gentleman I know in Bali named Edward Norton is the FATHER of actor Edward Norton.  How random??? But then again, knowing what I know about your life (which is only a snippet, but that snippet is FASCINATING, adventurous, completely out of the ordinary and unreal), it probably was pretty silly of you NOT to jump to the conclusion that you are chillin' with Edward Norton's dad in Bali, NBD.

Are you just trying to get me to do a different crazy race cuz I bailed on Oly distance?? I see through your little plan...

busted.

Now HTFU and get your name down, wimp.

Or, if you want the 'PC' version, 'go brie, you can do it'

Oh Weebly One, when is your next tri? 

Oooooh, double busted!

Oh my, I have MISSED my MANATEES!  I just spend the last 45 minutes reading through 20 pages (you kids have been busy!) and am very thankful to you all for the stomach workout I received from laughing!!  You guys are SOO entertaining!  And I love it that we're never far away from pigglets and booze!

Great job last weekend all you RACING MANATEES!!  Fantastic work!

Great photos, girls, for the tunnel and of the cute little  froggies! love!

Yant - you story about MR CELEB is awesome! 

I was sailing and taking photos of sailing all weekend (on Hobie 16's and Hobie 20s - SO fun)  I did get a bike ride in with my AWESOME-IST dad and a swim early at the beach so that's good, but I'm telling myself it's taper for my HIM this weekend

I'll try not to stay away for too long - It seems like I miss all the fun when I'm not around!!

I've been thinking a lot about what you've said here. I think it's good that you are beginning to realize these things about yourself -- we all need to be more self aware. You can name incidents and specific things that may have lead to you responding to the way you do. That's more than a lot of people can do (and I'm not sure I can do it with all things, either.)

As I was reading your post, I thought of my dad. He had a similar situation as yours -- he had rheumatic fever as a child -- spent a year or two at home, away from school. When he went back to school, he couldn't participate in a lot of activity -- no PE; no sports. He became a mama's boy and afraid of dying. For good reason.

He had his first heart surgery before I was born. He and my mother had been married just a few months, and my mother was pregnant with me when the surgeons told her that if he survived the surgery, he wouldn't live past the age of 30.

When I was in junior high, and my dad was 31 or 32, he had open heart surgery to replace the damaged valve. Doctors told him then that he wouldn't live past the age of 50.

Fast forward, at about 50 years old, new valve, new technology. He lived to be 70!!! Completely amazing. I saw him, really for the last time, a month after his 70th birthday. He couldn't believe he had lived to see that age. Unfortunately, he didn't survive the last surgery to do some repair work on his heart; he died in the 5th month of his 71st year.

The differences, however, are vast. He lived almost his whole life in fear of death. If we were sick, he wouldn't come near us. He was never very physically loving -- I don't ever remember being kissed by him. If we hugged him, he was skittish. He just didn't want to be close to people. He ended up, at the end of his life, with a kind of social anxiety disorder. He wanted so badly to live, but he wasn't living.

(This judgment probably isn't completely fair -- after his first open heart surgery, he was able to be active for the first time since he had been a young child. He and I took up cycling, and he loved to go hiking. Even into his 60s, he was walking/hiking 8-10 miles a day. I coveted his calves. They were monstrous!)

You shouldn't be foolish, and you probably have been foolish with your health a few times (ahem, ahem), but I also think it's important to live. Life is valuable and precious. It does little good to covet life and then sit in your room, secluded from the world because you are afraid you are going to catch a disease from someone.

Just a few of my random thoughts. Well, okay, maybe more than a few.