Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112

[Phase]

Random Banter welcomes you to... Random Banter

Okay, check this out. This is place where you discuss topics that deserve to be brought up, but don't deserve their own thread. It is a place of fun, but also rules. Don't break said rules, kapeesh?

Seriously, don't break the rules. You oughta' be careful cause... things break... it would be a shame if someone were to set fire to those nice paratroops, or if those tanks broke...

No, wait. This is silly. The entire premise is silly.

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As stated above, this thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. That is to say, this is a forum, not your IM client. People have set up an unofficial IRC chat thingy for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat.

Our previous topic, you say? Oh, it was... a mystery!

[Alleine]

WHOOOO!
Ground floor opening of the new thread! Wheeeee!

In other news, necromancers are more cuddly than you think.

[bluewind95]

.... :smalleek:

.... But you guys just started the previous one, like a few days ago!!

How did you get it locked already?!

Hooow?! :smalleek:

[Coidzor]

Why, mademoiselle. We are evil. And as the good Voltaire says... "It's so easy when you're evil..." (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=rZvZxxE9OX0)

[Alleine]

*gasp*
I think I'm in love! Well, not really, but coidzor just got extra cool points for liking that song. Voltaire is pretty cool :smallcool:

[KnightDisciple]

It already reached 50 pages.
In other news, I personally have to agree, at least partially, with the idea of graveyard shift being "soul-crushing" (I don't think it literally crushes, or even harms, my soul, but the term stands), at least mine.
I not only work nights, i work through the whole weekend. I barely get to see my friends anymore. I manage to see some people Sundays when I go to church, but not much else. Shoot, I barely even see my family.
That right there makes it worse. :smallannoyed:

[Phase]

.... :smalleek:

.... But you guys just started the previous one, like a few days ago!!

How did you get it locked already?!

Hooow?! :smalleek:

We twisted the threads of sanity, my dear. We are like Cthulhu in that respect.

Insomnia, eh?

[Coidzor]

It already reached 50 pages.
In other news, I personally have to agree, at least partially, with the idea of graveyard shift being "soul-crushing" (I don't think it literally crushes, or even harms, my soul, but the term stands), at least mine.
I not only work nights, i work through the whole weekend. I barely get to see my friends anymore. I manage to see some people Sundays when I go to church, but not much else. Shoot, I barely even see my family.
That right there makes it worse. :smallannoyed:

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Not so much the actual hours or time of day or length of time served...

But the isolation... It scares me now. I used to be able to just sit in my room for days on end doing nothing but reading. Now... Now I start to fear the shadows and loneliness is my bete noir. :smallfrown:

Damned puberty :smallmad:

Also, I am strictly unlovable, Alleine, so it's all good.

[Alleine]

Eh? I think I could totally pull the graveyard shift. I might get extremely pissed if people bug me, but I wouldn't mind the loneliness. If loneliness like that mattered to me at this point, I'd be a gibbering wreck.

But working weekends as well? Meh, I likes me my weekends.

[KnightDisciple]

For me it's the fact that I hardly ever get to see friends. I don't need to see them everyday or something, but when they're getting ready to go to a movie, I'm almost always like "sorry, I have to work", or "sorry, I have to sleep now, so I can stay conscious on my drive to work and such". And when my church group does fun stuff, stuff I used to be able to do, and I can't anymore...gah.

[banjo1985]

I would not get on well working nights, I'm a morning person. I fear that zombification would advance very quickly should I ever be forced to become nocturnal.

[Phase]

I dunno, personally. I love the night, so quiet, so serene, but it must be lonely...

[dish]

I dunno, personally. I love the night, so quiet, so serene, but it must be lonely...

Are you still awake? For goodness sake...hope you don't have class/work in the morning.

Is Coidz still there? I'm back and willing to discuss cats.

[Phase]

Not still. I fell asleep three or so hours ago. Tired as hell, but I'll be fine.

RB is quiet this morning.

[dish]

RB is quiet this morning.

Considering when they all went to bed, they're probably still asleep.

[Phase]

Well they should wake up and entertain me! The lazy bums...

Ah... I have to go now, anyway. To everyone who WILL wake up, but hasn't, good morning.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Is this some new, funky, modern trent or something? Changing the format of the RB first post....

[ghost_warlock]

I just had a strange thought. I know I'm not the first to think about this, but...

Ever wonder why 'racism' is considered a bad thing whereas 'feminism' is (generally) considered positive? I mean, from the construction of these words I can see where it'd be easy to misinterpret the word 'feminism' as being anti-woman.

Perhaps the problem stems from a lack of a better word for the ideology behind the women's equal rights movement. I mean, what other word would you use? Gynophilia? Sounds kinda...squicky.

Um...
>>
<<
/random thought

[Player_Zero]

Crappy Monday was crap.

[Recaiden]

I just had a strange thought. I know I'm not the first to think about this, but...

Ever wonder why 'racism' is considered a bad thing whereas 'feminism' is (generally) considered positive? I mean, from the construction of these words I can see where it'd be easy to misinterpret the word 'feminism' as being anti-woman.

Perhaps the problem stems from a lack of a better word for the ideology behind the women's equal rights movement. I mean, what other word would you use? Gynophilia? Sounds kinda...squicky.


Maybe because the negative term is sexism, and it came to mean, like racism, prefering one group?

[Jjkaybomb]

-Ism means something specific, like someone getting hung up on a topic or something something screw the dictionary. it doesnt necesarily mean something bad.

And just take one look at those damn feminazis, and you'll see that feminism is still not all that positive... >>

Cant we just all be equal, guys?

[Coidzor]

Humans have this weird tendency when it comes to balancing things to overreact in the opposite direction of what's currently being done after the tactic of underreacting and ignoring the situation fails them.

It's almost like a societal level of the Aristotleian mean....

[Jjkaybomb]

I'm sure the movements start by just trying to balance, but then there are those that take it way too far. And then by that point the momentums enough to just keep the ball rolling... Though I've heard it compared to a pedulum more.

Either that or they're not satisfied with thier after-victory boredom and want something more to do and bring up. Thus was born the feminazis...

We just dont know where the balancing point is, and we probably never will get there XD

[dish]

...
Cant we just all be equal, guys?

Well, that is the main point of feminism. I suspect that those you refer to as 'feminazis' are a) primarily a creation of the media as part of the backlash to the Second Wave feminists and b) mainly angry because they have realised that despite a hundred years of the sisterhood women are still not equal to men in:
- pay
- political representation
- representation at the boardroom level of companies (or schools, universities, hospital trusts, other public bodies)
- childcare
- reproductive rights
and so on.

But, I don't want to talk about this here. (The political is personal, and the personal is political, but giantitp dislikes the political. So.)

Coidzor, you're back. How many cats own you, then?

[Jack Squat]

Well, that is the main point of feminism. I suspect that those you refer to as 'feminazis' are a) primarily a creation of the media as part of the backlash to the Second Wave feminists and b) mainly angry because they have realised that despite a hundred years of the sisterhood women are still not equal to men in:
- pay
- political representation
- representation at the boardroom level of companies (or schools, universities, hospital trusts, other public bodies)
- childcare
- reproductive rights
and so on.

But, I don't want to talk about this here. (The political is personal, and the personal is political, but giantitp dislikes the political. So.)

Coidzor, you're back. How many cats own you, then?

To not bring up the political aspects of Feminism, I think the "Feminazis" are the ones that push for past "being equals"...which doesn't mean equal representation. It means that equal consideration. If only 20% a group of people qualified to be in a committee/board/job are women, then it's no one's place to pad it to meet a certain percent.

Depsite having worked where I do for the past three years, I make (on average) $0.75 less per hour than the females that have been there for less than a year. It's a grocery store, so being more qualified doesn't really come into it. I will admit that there's one female manager and 5 males, and one female was barred from management despite being qualified...but that's because the current female manager is a little territorial; I believe the words "I don't care who gets the job as long as it's not a woman" were said.

On reproductive rights...I thought it couldn't really happen without your half of the species; did I miss some big press conference?

I know you don't really want to talk about it because of political aspects (I don't believe it is unless you talk about the actual movement), but feel free to PM me...I'm especially curious on the last point.

[Sneak]

I just had a strange thought. I know I'm not the first to think about this, but...

Ever wonder why 'racism' is considered a bad thing whereas 'feminism' is (generally) considered positive? I mean, from the construction of these words I can see where it'd be easy to misinterpret the word 'feminism' as being anti-woman.

From a construction point of view, though, that wouldn't really make sense. Sexism doesn't mean anti-sex or anti-gender. Racism doesn't mean anti-race. Therefore, why would feminism mean anti-woman?

And, as someone pointed out, -ism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ism) doesn't denote whether something is good or bad.

Is existentialism bad? Is it anti-existence? :smalltongue:

But yes, the English language is a strange mistress.

On the subject of cats...I've got two!

AND, the new Google favicon bothers me. It's too colorful! And, as someone pointed out, it's same colors and order of the Windows logo (just rotated a little bit).

[Coidzor]

^: Oh god, that's why that icon is creeping me out? OH GOD NO!


Coidzor, you're back. How many cats own you, then?

I am back, but not for long. What with that whole sleep thing and then the whole going off for the day thing.

Let's see, none personally, but through my family we have... the three cats from where I grew up that we took with us when we moved (we'd had more but had to find homes for them with the distance we had to travel and could really only take the three), the four cats that have followed my dad home while he has been walking the dog, hmm... the five cats remaining from the eleven from the two litters that happened due to my dad getting sick and distracting from two spayings that were needed.

3+4+5 = 7+5 = 12

So right now it's looking like 12. I think the highest number of cats I've had has been the about 18 after the kittens were born and before we could get them spayed and adopted out.

[randman22222]

Whee. I have to write now. A lot. For school. And I think it'll be fun. :smallbiggrin:

[Sneak]

Whee. I have to write now. A lot. For school. And I think it'll be fun. :smallbiggrin:

What about? For what class?

Creative writing or essay writing? I'm assuming the former, since you seem to be happy about it. :smalltongue:

Unless it's internet sarcasm.

Go internet sarcasm! :smallbiggrin:

[Coidzor]

What would we use to personify internet sarcasm? Sarcasm Rangers? Sarcasm planeteers?

Sarcasm Sensei(whatever that word is...)?

[Cristo Meyers]

Why, mademoiselle. We are evil. And as the good Voltaire says... "It's so easy when you're evil..." (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=rZvZxxE9OX0)

Dammit Coid, now I'm going to be humming that all day!

It's so easy when you're e-vil...

CRAP!

...ah well, it's better than that country dead soldier song I had earlier...

Anyway...nothing like spending 45 minutes in dead-stop traffic to start the day...I didn't even get to see what happened since whatever was causing the traffic was cleared up by the time I got there...

[Sneak]

Sarcasm gnomes!

It's always the gnomes!

[Dallas-Dakota]

I am back, but not for long. What with that whole sleep thing and then the whole going off for the day thing.

Let's see, none personally, but through my family we have... the three cats from where I grew up that we took with us when we moved (we'd had more but had to find homes for them with the distance we had to travel and could really only take the three), the four cats that have followed my dad home while he has been walking the dog, hmm... the five cats remaining from the eleven from the two litters that happened due to my dad getting sick and distracting from two spayings that were needed.

3+4+5 = 7+5 = 12

So right now it's looking like 12. I think the highest number of cats I've had has been the about 18 after the kittens were born and before we could get them spayed and adopted out.
Crazy old catlady...Crazy old catlady I say.....:smalltongue::smallwink:




Anyway...nothing like spending 45 minutes in dead-stop traffic to start the day...I didn't even get to see what happened since whatever was causing the traffic was cleared up by the time I got there...
:smallconfused:
You consider it odd to have a dead-stop traffic for 45 minutes?
For us, here in the Netherlands, we're happy with that. 'Cause it's usually longer...
I even know a friend who went to Bulgaria, and got asked where we keep all the stopped traffic....

[randman22222]

What about? For what class?

Creative writing or essay writing? I'm assuming the former, since you seem to be happy about it. :smalltongue:

Unless it's internet sarcasm.

Go internet sarcasm! :smallbiggrin:

Ah. Hello. I'm alive. Yes, it's creative. Mostly. The bit that isn't is negligible.

[Cristo Meyers]

It's possible to have fun writing an essay. You've just got to write about the right things...

[Lady Tialait]

...I have a couple of subjects to chime in on...

First is feminism, it's done most of it's job as far as I can tell. Then again, I havn't worked for years, when I did I was favored and had the most annoying (female) co-worker. She would always try to tell me that the only way both sexes will ever be equal is if we get a week off each month paid, if we get preggers we get ten months off paid and on and on. It kinda urked me. I believe that hiring a woman can be risky. After all, almost ALL women can get preggers, and that means in a few months, they will be unable to work. Most women have stronger emotional attachments then men, making farther problems. I want equal opportunity, we have it, so what if equal representation has not happened. I find that girls like me are the reason, I'm happy with my wonderful hubby taking care of me. /rant

Let's see...I have one cat, it's my Mother-In-Law's cat. I hate that Cat...but I promised I'd take care of her after my mil went to the nursing home..

Also, Shirts. Discuss.

[UncleWolf]

It's possible to have fun writing an essay. You've just got to write about the right things...

Yeah, I once wrote an essay on zombification (Voodoo). How to do it and how to avoid it.

EDIT: Um, could someone please talk. It wasn't that weird of an essay was it?

[KnightDisciple]

What kind of shirts? All kinds? Some kinds?

As for cats: nice in theory, but allergies prevent ownership. I'm not really much of a "pet" person anyways. I plan to eventually get married and have kids; that'll be enough of a handful as far as I'm concerned. :smallwink: (No, I'm not saying kids are animals)

[Cristo Meyers]

Yeah, I once wrote an essay on zombification (Voodoo). How to do it and how to avoid it.

My fondest memory (short of all the Silent Hill ones I wrote...) was one I wrote for a book that was a prequel to Jane Eyre. Now, Jane Eyre is bad enough...but this book was worse. It was essentially dedicated to giving Freudian Excuses to a character in Eyre that is, to be blunt, a homicidal maniac (makes at least two attempts on other character's lives that I can recall). What did the Excuse boil down to? Simple, the poor woman was utterly and totally abused, neglected, and otherwise beat up by every man in her life. But especially by her then husband, one of the major characters in Eyre.

So, thinking "Fair's fair" I wrote an essay not only tearing down this book, but using it to establish a set of Freudian Excuses for the other character. Most fun I've ever had writing an essay.

[Player_Zero]

I am of the opinion that woman have the choice and opportunity to pursue any career or whatnot that a man can, however in some cases one or the other gender will get preferential treatment from employers - in specifics mind, not in the general case - I can only really think of silly examples though, I mean testicular surgeon or midwife or whatever.

It will never be the general case where an employer or whathaveyou is completely unbias because a lot of people are bias regardless of what you tell them.

I would also point out that in some cases the under-representation of a specific gender can be statistically uncertain or in some cases due to the preference of a gender against the job. For instance, I'm reasonably sure there aren't a majority of male nurses upon the population data.

Or, to support my first claim there, if only two in ten of a governing body is female while it is a statistical improbability it could still quite easily be the case it occured by random chance. Case in point: never trust anyone else's statistics. Ever.

[UncleWolf]

My fondest memory (short of all the Silent Hill ones I wrote...) was one I wrote for a book that was a prequel to Jane Eyre. Now, Jane Eyre is bad enough...but this book was worse. It was essentially dedicated to giving Freudian Excuses to a character in Eyre that is, to be blunt, a homicidal maniac (makes at least two attempts on other character's lives that I can recall). What did the Excuse boil down to? Simple, the poor woman was utterly and totally abused, neglected, and otherwise beat up by every man in her life. But especially by her then husband, one of the major characters in Eyre.

So, thinking "Fair's fair" I wrote an essay not only tearing down this book, but using it to establish a set of Freudian Excuses for the other character. Most fun I've ever had writing an essay.

That book would suck to read. The problem with the Zombie essay was that several people in my class were very...conservative religiously and tried to disprove everything I was saying. It was funny when I said that I'd be preparing Fugu Blowfish the next time I was in the class. I only got an 88 on the essay though.

[Cristo Meyers]

That book would suck to read. The problem with the Zombie essay was that several people in my class were very...conservative religiously and tried to disprove everything I was saying. It was funny when I said that I'd be preparing Fugu Blowfish the next time I was in the class. I only got an 88 on the essay though.

Wasn't so much that it was a bad idea...the insane character was somewhat underdevloped. It was that the author just took the easy way out and just blamed it on the man, apparently without realizing that if you're going to say "well, she was made that way!" then you can just as easily point to everyone else's past and say "so were they."

What makes it worse was that the woman was creole (half Caribbean, half white) in Victorian England. You don't need to just blame the white guy, her heritage alone would've sufficed (as it stood the only attention her heritage got was quickly over-shadowed by the the attention her husband got...:smallsigh:)

[UncleWolf]

Wasn't so much that it was a bad idea...the insane character was somewhat underdevloped. It was that the author just took the easy way out and just blamed it on the man, apparently without realizing that if you're going to say "well, she was made that way!" then you can just as easily point to everyone else's past and say "so were they."

What makes it worse was that the woman was creole (half Caribbean, half white) in Victorian England. You don't need to just blame the white guy, her heritage alone would've sufficed (as it stood the only attention her heritage got was quickly over-shadowed by the the attention her husband got...:smallsigh:)

I'm sick of books like that. But the worst book I've read was The Grapes of Wrath. If the school boards are concerned about suicide rates in High School, they need to stop making us read depressing books like that. And like Ethan Frome. Luckily I never had to read the second one.

[Player_Zero]

Whee. I have to write now. A lot. For school. And I think it'll be fun. :smallbiggrin:

I remember writing a huge research report on black holes, with diagrams and several-pages-long calculations and current speculations and cool things of that description. That was probably the best coursework evah.

The assignment was basically 'write down something about physics and make it a few thousand words long'. I got a pretty good A for it too. Jawesome it was.

Also, now that it's raining I think I'm feeling better.

[Phaedra]

She would always try to tell me that the only way both sexes will ever be equal is if we get a week off each month paid, if we get preggers we get ten months off paid and on and on.

Which would surely only make us equal if men got a week off work every month. Which they don't. Who needs a week off anyway? If you physically can't work, somethings up...

As for pregnancy, if anything parental leave is skewed terribly towards women. Paternity leave is only a couple of weeks compared to the six months or so women get as maternity leave.

A former housemate of mine once told me I was a raving feminist. I have yet to work out why.

[Player_Zero]

A former housemate of mine once told me I was a raving feminist. I have yet to work out why.

Are you into new rave?

[Quincunx]

Merely considering the topic is enough to get you labeled a feminist. As always, it's fun to turn this back on the person who started the topic, no matter how discriminatory their point was. Daub in some deliberate stupidity and a "why did you bring it up then?" argument. Fun.

For all the wistful suicides I read about, no one, not one, has said anything like "I just saw/listened to/read X about suicide and omigod, I thought, they're right and I'm going to do it too".* The last whiff of celebrity copycat suicide was back when most of you were still suckling--why does the myth persist?

*"I'd rather kill myself than finishing Grapes of Wrath" doesn't count, even if I agree.

[Rutskarn]

*"I'd rather kill myself than finishing Grapes of Wrath" doesn't count, even if I agree.

Grapes of Wrath was awesome.

But then, the enlightened among you already knew that. (j/k)

[Phaedra]

Are you into new rave?

I wish that were the explanation. It summons wonderful images of feminist debate going on while surrounded by drugs and glowsticks.

[Dallas-Dakota]

But then, the enlightened among you already knew that.
But I like the dark.....

[Sneak]

@^^ :smallbiggrin:

Is Grapes of Wrath really so terrible? I liked Of Mice and Men, and what I read of East of Eden for school was good.

[randman22222]

I remember writing a huge research report on black holes, with diagrams and several-pages-long calculations and current speculations and cool things of that description. That was probably the best coursework evah.

The assignment was basically 'write down something about physics and make it a few thousand words long'. I got a pretty good A for it too. Jawesome it was.

Also, now that it's raining I think I'm feeling better.

It rained here today as well. Not enough to put you into that uplifting mood, though. It always amuses me how the young kids, for whom rain is an oddity, will shout, "LOOK! It's raining! :smalleek:"

EDIT: @Phaedra. Read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? :smallconfused:

[Cristo Meyers]

I wish that were the explanation. It summons wonderful images of feminist debate going on while surrounded by drugs and glowsticks.

I think all debate should be like this.

Never read Grapes of Wrath, never really cared to either. Of Mice and Men was decent, I suppose, but just never really seemed to grab my attention.

[Sneak]

I think all debate should be like this.

Eh, that's debatable.

KNEESLAPPER!

[Quincunx]

I have no problem with most of the other Steinbeck works I've read (The Pearl dragged, but I also got hit with it twice, so it suffered from being too short to repeat). The Grapes of Wrath has such a monolithic, depressive tone, it's practically propaganda, and I don't like reading long works of opinion. If you can't express your opinion within the confines of a long essay, you've spent too much time defending it, and probably not enough time examining it.

[Cristo Meyers]

Eh, that's debatable.

KNEESLAPPER!

It's like having a younger version of the Marx brothers around...:smalltongue:

[bosssmiley]

A former housemate of mine once told me I was a raving feminist. I have yet to work out why.

You expressed an opinion relating to sexual politics. That makes you a feminist.
You did it more than once. That makes you a raving feminist.

:smallwink:

[ghost_warlock]

Racism doesn't mean anti-race.

Except that it does:
rac⋅ism 
1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Racism - discrimination on the basis of race.
Feminism - discrimination on the basis of femininity.

But, whatever, it was mostly just idle musing anyway.

New topic! :smallbiggrin:


The last whiff of celebrity copycat suicide was back when most of you were still suckling--why does the myth persist?

Why does any myth persist?

In some cases, it may be because some people find it emotionally satisfying to believe the myth (e.g., crime doesn't pay). In some cases, believing the myth helps the world seem more orderly and therefore more bearable (e.g., good/bad things come in threes).

[Sneak]

I did wear a Groucho stache for my yearbook picture this year...

...maybe I should scan it...

@^: But racism means racial intolerance directed towards other races (or even your own race). My point is, it's a specific race or races that it's directed towards. "Race" doesn't denote any specific race. Thus, racism isn't anti-race. That's too broad.

[Jack Squat]

I hated Grapes of Wrath, although I'm sure it had more to do with when I read it and not the book itself. We read it 2 weeks before Christmas break, after just finishing The Great Gastby.

By comparison, Grapes of Wrath was long, drawn out, and about the most boring thing you could read.

then the next year, we read Wuthering Heights; guess no matter how right you think you are....

[Cobra_Ikari]

This thread has not yet been blessed! Someone summon a boogiemeister, quick! D=

[Cristo Meyers]

I did wear a Groucho stache for my yearbook picture this year...

...maybe I should scan it...



Well now you have to, since you've mentioned it. :smalltongue:

[randman22222]

This thread has not yet been blessed! Someone summon a boogiemeister, quick! D=

Lo siento, no comprendo. :smallconfused:

[Quincunx]

ghost warlock, I like that explanation, especially the second half of it, which answered questions I hadn't vocalized. Maybe it is just the miserable march of "not my fault!" which keeps retelling the media-copycat-suicide myth.

jack squat, I give you one subvocal grunt of "preach it, brother".

There's such a thing as feminist debate while surrounded by noise and glow sticks, but it isn't obvious since it isn't the driving force of the conversation. It's easy to let your eye get distracted by the fluff and miss ideas being exchanged. Go look up the posts of Jae as an example of a female who's thinking without worrying about Weighty Thoughts.

Coidzor (below): Weighty Thoughts would be the kind of self-conscious twaddle I post.

[Coidzor]

Case in point: never trust anyone else's statistics. Ever.

That was the first thing my statistics class taught me. Never trust anyone else's statistics because odds are they're trying to screw with you. Kind of left it up to us to go from first principles about how to best screw with others using our statistics though...


...Rather, it's that racism does not mean that one is against the concept/construct of race, but that one discriminates in some way internal or external against others based upon their race, usually while holding up one's own race as a paragon of something or other.

That's what I took it to mean when it was said that racism doesn't mean anti-race. <_< >_> :smalltongue:


...What are these Weighty Thoughts you speak of?

[TwoBitWriter]

As a native Oklahoman, I kinda resent how we were portrayed in the Grapes of Wrath. Beyond that, it was a long and boring book that was forced down my throat over the summer before my Junior year of high school.

[Sneak]

Well now you have to, since you've mentioned it. :smalltongue:

Aww...but it's a bad picture of me. Apart from the stache. That part is absolutely magnificent. Fine grade A liphairs imported straight from scenic China. :smalltongue:


Lo siento, no comprendo. :smallconfused:

You know, the whole *BOOGIE!* thing whenever there's a new thread? I think Jibar started it.


...Rather, it's that racism does not mean that one is against the concept/construct of race, but that one discriminates in some way internal or external against others based upon their race, usually while holding up one's own race as a paragon of something or other.

That's what I took it to mean when it was said that racism doesn't mean anti-race. <_< >_> :smalltongue:

That is what I was essentially trying to say with all my inelegant babble. I just didn't phrase it quite so nicely. >_< :smalltongue:

[Coidzor]

That is what I was essentially trying to say with all my inelegant babble. I just didn't phrase it quite so nicely. >_< :smalltongue:

Ah, don't sweat it, I have more days than not where I blank out on how to say that je ne seis quoi.

For some strange reason, getting to come back to my room and get ready inbetween classes just makes me want to take a 2 hour nap. When I should go out again and get lunch. I should probably think of something to do with myself during this window.... Anyway...

*BOOGIES DOWN WITH A CLOWN!*

[Edge]

On a completely unrelated note:

I HAS AN IDEA FOR MY BOOK!

*performs a truly epic air guitar riff*

I even have a title for it.

*resumes plotting and cackling evilly*

:biggrin:

[Fredthefighter]

Kicks back with Shaq
I thought a trend was starting or something.
How has everyone been today?

[Cristo Meyers]

I still need a good title for mine. Soon, too, since I'm around 2/3 of the way through it.

Of course, after that comes the rewrite with the new idea...so I may have a while yet.

[Player_Zero]

I still need a good title for mine. Soon, too, since I'm around 2/3 of the way through it.

Of course, after that comes the rewrite with the new idea...so I may have a while yet.

'The best book evah'?

'Buy my book: I will get money'?

'What this book isn't about? Clowns.'?

'Get a new haircut, you look ridiculous.'?

[Cristo Meyers]

'What this book isn't about? Clowns.'?



This is now the title of my next project. I have no idea what it'll be about, but this will definitely be the title.

[Sneak]

This is now the title of my next project. I have no idea what it'll be about, but this will definitely be the title.

You could give it an ironic twist and make the book about clowns. :smalltongue:

[Player_Zero]

You could give it an ironic twist and make the book about clowns. :smalltongue:

Quite the plot twist.

[Fredthefighter]

Quite the plot twist.

Perhaps the clowns could be undercover cops trying to infiltrate a crime syndicate made entirely of clowns.
Or one of the clowns is a dragon, who is trying to eat the other clowns one by one.

[Coidzor]

Some titles I had just laying on my sticky notes...

"The Genetic Prerogative"
"Sex: The Early Years"

"The Writers' Voices: getting to know the Muse through 12 young writers" (laying away for the day when I have the ability to do cruel experiments on young children...)

"Dishabilophobia and worse: One man's journey through the seedy underbelly of fear"


V: But, y'know. Mostly white males between the ages of 16 and 45.

[Dirk Kris]

It's possible to have fun writing an essay. You've just got to write about the right things...

I think my favorite essay was the one comparing Charles Manson to Jeffrey Dahmer. It just served to prove that anyone, ANYone, can be a serial killer.

[Cristo Meyers]

Perhaps the clowns could be undercover cops trying to infiltrate a crime syndicate made entirely of clowns.


"Bonzo readied his .38 Merengue Special. Things were looking...goofy...and might get more than a little messy before they could high-tail it outta there. He looked to his sidekick, Chuckles. "You ready?"

Chuckles nodded, smiling.

"Then let's go!"

All 38 of the Special Clown Force piled out of the car and into the warehouse."

[ghost_warlock]

'Who Gnu'

'Trebuchet: 1 Ungulate: 0'

'Build Your Own Causinae in Five Easy Steps'

'Home Guide to Angioplasty'

Edit: 'Anyone Can be a Serial Killer and You Can Too!'

[Sneak]

I was thinking more along the lines of "the wacky adventures of a pathological liar at a circus," but the cops idea works too. :smalltongue:

@^^:

That's great. :smallbiggrin:

Favorite line:

"Chuckles nodded, smiling." :smalltongue:

[Coidzor]

Indeed. I c... err... Lol'd... yeah... Lol'd... :smallamused:

Nice little snidbit. Probably would work better as a short story first though, just to work out the balloon animal fighting rings properly...

[UncleWolf]

I still need a good title for mine. Soon, too, since I'm around 2/3 of the way through it.

Of course, after that comes the rewrite with the new idea...so I may have a while yet.

How about Scribblings of a Madman?

[Cristo Meyers]

Indeed. I c... err... Lol'd... yeah... Lol'd... :smallamused:

Nice little snidbit. Probably would work better as a short story first though, just to work out the balloon animal fighting rings properly...

""Alright, we know you're in there! Come on out!" Bonzo yelled into the megaphone. They'd spent weeks running down lead after lead on this balloon-animal ring, and now they finally had 'em cornered. "We've got the place surrounded! Come on out and noone has to get pied!"

No answer. Chuckles squeeked his horn worriedly.

"I know, kid...somethin's not right."

The first pop drove the point home.

"They're poppin' all the animals. Get in there!" The sound of rapid footsteps drowned out the popping, but they were too late. Inside all they found were little pieces of balloon, it was grisly. Chuckles couldn't take it, started throwing up right there. "It's ok, kid, let it out. Seein' stuff like this never gets any easier...""

[Fredthefighter]

How about Scribblings of a Madman?

Or possibly "I wrote this with the blood of my enemies"
Cristo, I can already see that idea being a best seller, it may even have a movie based on it.

[Reinholdt]

And you just know the villain of that story has to be a mime. No love for the mimes. :smallcool:

[Cristo Meyers]

And you just know the villain of that story has to be a mime. No love for the mimes. :smallcool:

CSI Edition!

""Quite the scene we've got here, Bonzo." It really was, custard and clown shoes everywhere. Whatever happened here, it must've been big.

But Bonzo wasn't interested in that, he was busy with their only suspect. "What went down here? Come on, buddy, talk!"

The suspect yawned dramatically, and silently, and leaned against an invisible wall.

"What do you want I should do with this one?" The beat cop asked.

Bonzo smiled. "Take him with us. A mime is a terrible thing to waste."

...I'm goin' to hell for that one...

[Fredthefighter]

And you just know the villain of that story has to be a mime. No love for the mimes. :smallcool:

Quite correct there Reinholdt, quite correct, perhaps the mime should be a psychotic serial killer who likes to use explosives to kill his victims.

[UncleWolf]

CSI Edition!

""Quite the scene we've got here, Bonzo." It really was, custard and clown shoes everywhere. Whatever happened here, it must've been big.

But Bonzo wasn't interested in that, he was busy with their only suspect. "What went down here? Come on, buddy, talk!"

The suspect yawned dramatically, and silently, and leaned against an invisible wall.

"What do you want I should do with this one?" The beat cop asked.

Bonzo smiled. "Take him with us. A mime is a terrible thing to waste."

...I'm goin' to hell for that one...

You ought to take this to the shipping thread.
Keep them coming. :smallbiggrin:

[Cristo Meyers]

Quite correct there Reinholdt, quite correct, perhaps the mime should be a psychotic serial killer who likes to use explosives to kill his victims.

Kinda hard to do an evil monologue in pantomime, though...

*shakes fist at invisible society*

*mimes setting a bomb*

*silent maniacal laughter*

[randman22222]

CSI Edition!

""Quite the scene we've got here, Bonzo." It really was, custard and clown shoes everywhere. Whatever happened here, it must've been big.

But Bonzo wasn't interested in that, he was busy with their only suspect. "What went down here? Come on, buddy, talk!"

The suspect yawned dramatically, and silently, and leaned against an invisible wall.

"What do you want I should do with this one?" The beat cop asked.

Bonzo smiled. "Take him with us. A mime is a terrible thing to waste."

...I'm goin' to hell for that one...

If it weren't for bad puns like these, I'd go insane. Bad puns, music, and GitP. Ironic, eh? :smallconfused:

[Reinholdt]

CSI Edition!

""Quite the scene we've got here, Bonzo." It really was, custard and clown shoes everywhere. Whatever happened here, it must've been big.

But Bonzo wasn't interested in that, he was busy with their only suspect. "What went down here? Come on, buddy, talk!"

The suspect yawned dramatically, and silently, and leaned against an invisible wall.

"What do you want I should do with this one?" The beat cop asked.

Bonzo smiled. "Take him with us. A mime is a terrible thing to waste."

...I'm goin' to hell for that one...
For that one?
Nah.
You're just going a few levels lower for it. You've already got your ticket. :smalltongue:

[Coidzor]

For you, Reinholdt and Company. (http://www.drmcninja.com/mcdonalds/mcd13.jpg)

Properly here, of course. (http://www.drmcninja.com/mcdonalds.html)

Pretty slick there, Cristo-Pants.

[Fredthefighter]

For you, Reinholdt and Company. (http://www.drmcninja.com/mcdonalds/mcd13.jpg)

Properly here, of course. (http://www.drmcninja.com/mcdonalds.html)

Pretty slick there, Cristo-Pants.

Amazing, that proves that Ninjas could beat anyone, especially when they make mimes think that they have rocket launchers.

[Cristo Meyers]

For that one?
Nah.
You're just going a few levels lower for it. You've already got your ticket. :smalltongue:

Already got a condo picked out and everything. :smalltongue:

[UncleWolf]

Already got a condo picked out and everything. :smalltongue:

Which ring is it in?

[Cobra_Ikari]

Hell has housing?

Hmm...what's the rent on a place like?

[Cristo Meyers]

Which ring is it in?

Seventh, I think. You know, the one with all the muck.

You know how it is with new addresses, can never keep them straight.

hehehe..."no, it's a rocket launcher..." :smallbiggrin:

[unstattedCommoner]

CSI Edition!

""Quite the scene we've got here, Bonzo." It really was, custard and clown shoes everywhere. Whatever happened here, it must've been big.

But Bonzo wasn't interested in that, he was busy with their only suspect. "What went down here? Come on, buddy, talk!"

The suspect yawned dramatically, and silently, and leaned against an invisible wall.

"What do you want I should do with this one?" The beat cop asked.

Bonzo smiled. "Take him with us. A mime is a terrible thing to waste."

...I'm goin' to hell for that one...

This can't be CSI; where's the detailed custard spatter analysis?

[randman22222]

This can't be CSI; where's the detailed custard spatter analysis?

It is CSI. They have a machine do it for them.

[Cristo Meyers]

This can't be CSI; where's the detailed custard spatter analysis?

That would come later. This was just the Grissom One-Liner opener. :smallbiggrin:

Ya know, I could turn this into a real sick children's book...

...which would, of course, given my luck, become wildly successful while Fears languished in obscurity...

[Player_Zero]

Hmmm... I'm being generally quite happy without reason... Ya' know, i think my mood may be dictated by the weather.

[TwoBitWriter]

That would come later. This was just the Grissom One-Liner opener. :smallbiggrin:

Ya know, I could turn this into a real sick children's book...

...which would, of course, given my luck, become wildly successful while Fears languished in obscurity...

I was gonna say something mean here, but decided not to.

Am I great friend or what? :smallwink::smalltongue:

[randman22222]

I was gonna say something mean here, but decided not to.

Am I great friend or what? :smallwink::smalltongue:

No. You great grammatician. :smallconfused:
[/grammarnazi][/madeupwords]

Anywho, if you moved to Singapore, P_Z, you're be deliriously ecstatic about 95% of the year. Rains all the time. :smallconfused:

[dish]

Hmmm... I'm being generally quite happy without reason... Ya' know, i think my mood may be dictated by the weather.

My husband's moods are completely controlled by the weather. If it rains I have to stay out of his way, otherwise I will regret it.

[Cristo Meyers]

I was gonna say something mean here, but decided not to.

Am I great friend or what? :smallwink::smalltongue:

...just say it and get it over with. I'm gonna hear it one way or another anyway, might as well be here. :smalltongue:

[Player_Zero]

My husband's moods are completely controlled by the weather. If it rains I have to stay out of his way, otherwise I will regret it.

I'm gloomy when it's overcast, happy when it rains and energetic when it's sunny it seems...

Also, scrabble. Lexulous. Multiplayer Room. I'll wait for 15 minutes for peoples.

[Cobra_Ikari]

My husband's moods are completely controlled by the weather. If it rains I have to stay out of his way, otherwise I will regret it.

*cues pun about stormy temperament* >.>

I find rain very relaxing. And somewhat romantic. In the "I wanna get wet with you but not in a dirty manner" way.

[Cristo Meyers]

I'm pretty sure they have a name for someone whose moods are affected by the weather like that. Damn if I can remember what it was, though :smallconfused:

[TwoBitWriter]

...just say it and get it over with. I'm gonna hear it one way or another anyway, might as well be here. :smalltongue:

Nah, I will just let it be an addition to my own private mirth. I like watching people squirm a bit. :smalltongue:

So, how's the weather, up north there... :smallbiggrin:

[ghost_warlock]

Nah, I will just let it be an addition to my own private mirth. I like watching people squirm a bit. :smalltongue:

So, how's the weather, up north there... :smallbiggrin:

It snowed polar bears last night.

Scooping them was...complicated.

Also, I think I should go to the hospital now. I seem to be bleeding on the keyboard.

*urg*

[TwoBitWriter]

GW, how many times do I have to tell you? When you are scooping polar bears you have to wear the proper protection! :smallannoyed:

[Player_Zero]

Okay, since people only seem to read big, easy things:

Scrabble: you join.

Lexulous.com. Multiplayer room.

Think I should make it multi-coloured?

[ghost_warlock]

TwoBit. I am landlocked. Nobody around here sells submarines. I cannot buy one through Amazon.com. :smallfrown:

Also, maybe it is the blood loss speaking, but when did you get a walrus avatar? O.o

[TwoBitWriter]

Lol. The funny thing, GW, is that I can't actually see anyone's avatar. So there is a possibility that is has been changed and I wouldn't know...

What a great prank to pull on me, if someone were to ever figure out my password...

[randman22222]

TwoBit. I am landlocked. Nobody around here sells submarines. I cannot buy one through Amazon.com. :smallfrown:

Also, maybe it is the blood loss speaking, but when did you get a walrus avatar? O.o

I fail to see a walrus. :smallconfused:

[KnightDisciple]

No no no. You've been told wrong. You don't use submarines to fight bears.
You use tanks. Lots of tanks (http://unmotivationalposters.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2253&g2_serialNumber=2).

[Coidzor]

In regards to two hours ago. (http://www.threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2008-03-03)

Also, seasonal depression. Seems to have something to do with Light.

And bears are nothing. It's Bears you have to worry about. They're bad enough that they give Colbert a run for his money...

[UncleWolf]

Yay! My new Avvie is in!

[Cobra_Ikari]

You're a trenchcoated, armed lycanthrope in RL? O_o

*runs away!*

[UncleWolf]

You're a trenchcoated, armed lycanthrope in RL? O_o

*runs away!*

Have you seen BladeRunner? As long as you aren't a Replicant, you are safe.:smallbiggrin:

[Coidzor]

Have you seen BladeRunner? As long as you aren't a Replicant, you are safe.:smallbiggrin:

Silly Badass Longcoat. :smalltongue: You is the replicant.

[UncleWolf]

Silly Badass Longcoat. :smalltongue: You is the replicant.

I take it you've seen the Directors cut too then?

[ghost_warlock]

No no no. You've been told wrong. You don't use submarines to fight bears.
You use tanks. Lots of tanks (http://unmotivationalposters.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2253&g2_serialNumber=2).
Ah.

Aren't submariens the "chicken of the sea?"

Er, tanks. Yes. Tanks of the sea.


I fail to see a walrus. :smallconfused:

Blood. Loss. Well, you know the saying: "when your head is bleeding, your sole's in danger."

[eidreff]

"when your head is bleeding, your sole's in danger."

Must protect fish!

[Phase]

The boards are all wonky. I hope they don't go down for weeks like last time!:smalleek:

[eidreff]

Phew, I thought that it was my connection, which for some reason is slow this evening, although the playground seems to be slower than the rest by a long chalk. :smallfrown:

Edit:
@V Nooooo I am now paranoid again! Its just my connection that it slow, everyone else just gets wierd!

[Sneak]

Annnnnnd another slow night in the playground.

The boards aren't that slow to load, are they? They've only been a bit weird for me, and right now they're working perfectly.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Annnnnnd another slow night in the playground.

The boards aren't that slow to load, are they? They've only been a bit weird for me, and right now they're working perfectly.

*supplies RB with amphetamines*

*is arrested* v.v

I tried, Sneak!

[Neko Toast]

I'm gonna pitch out this idea in here first, and get people's opinions.

I got a nifty idea for an Avatar week, possibly for next week or the week after. How does "hedgehog week" sound? Everyone makes an OotS hedgehog version of their avis? I know it seemed a little far fetched, but it sounded cool in my head.

[Mr. Mud]

I'm gonna pitch out this idea in here first, and get people's opinions.

I got a nifty idea for an Avatar week, possibly for next week or the week after. How does "hedgehog week" sound? Everyone makes an OotS hedgehog version of their avis? I know it seemed a little far fetched, but it sounded cool in my head.

Too many avatar weeks! Ahhh! *head explodes*

But seriously, I'll do it after I show off my new avvie a bit more :smalltongue:. Sounds fun. I wonder hoe many people are going to forget and put up a generic picture of Sonic :smallamused:.

[Coidzor]

^: Ahh!! Attack of the sonic recolors!!! :smalltongue:

Well, so far we have Lovecraftian Horror, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, and Food being bandied about, so one more in the mix shouldn't hurt anything too much. Y'know?

So I just got back a little while ago from coffee with a friend I haven't seen since before graduation. She looks like she's 26 or something. When last I saw her she still was one of those quiet, scrunched up girls with glasses that you don't know how much of them is just clothing and bodies underneath it and such.

So I'm over here singing Cousin Dupree and laughing. (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=8CQg999l2ks)

In other news. I have an apartment warming party to go to tonight.

I'm bringing a bottle of sparkling non-alcoholic crap. It's actually tasty, but, y'know, age of buying crap. Plus it's always a hoot to have people get confused by it.

[Neko Toast]

Too many avatar weeks! Ahhh! *head explodes*

But seriously, I'll do it after I show off my new avvie a bit more :smalltongue:. Sounds fun. I wonder hoe many people are going to forget and put up a generic picture of Sonic :smallamused:.

Well, then they'd be lame-o's for doing that.:smallannoyed:

I'll wait until the week after Real You Week. That should give people some time to make their avis.

[Mr. Mud]

Well, then they'd be lame-o's for doing that.:smallannoyed:

I'll wait until the week after Real You Week. That should give people some time to make their avis.

Okay sounds like a plan. Although I don't exactly have a sy in the date/time, can it be sometime in Mid- February? :smallbiggrin:. I'd be over joyed if that's possible.

[Sneak]

*supplies RB with amphetamines*

*is arrested* v.v

I tried, Sneak!

NUUUUU!

Anyway, I'd say hedgehog week is a fine idea, but I think next week is a little soon. EDIT: If that's what you meant by "wait a week," I may have misinterpreted that. Did you mean wait a week to announce it?

Yeah, I mostly just like the idea because it gives me a chance to be obnoxious and make Tails-Sneak instead. :smalltongue:

Anyway, here's my idea for a week: generic board avatar week. That's right, you just use one of the Giant's avatars built into the board.

All the custom avatars are nice and all, but, well, genericness is good too. I kind of miss the days where almost everyone had a premade avatar, and custom avatars were something unique.

Veera is still my hero. :smalltongue:

[Jack Squat]

Anyway, here's my idea for a week: generic board avatar week. That's right, you just use one of the Giant's avatars built into the board.

All the custom avatars are nice and all, but, well, genericness is good too. I kind of miss the days where almost everyone had a premade avatar, and custom avatars were something unique.

I like this idea...might dig up the smilies I uploaded for Kick it Back week as well.

[Recaiden]

I'm gonna pitch out this idea in here first, and get people's opinions.

I got a nifty idea for an Avatar week, possibly for next week or the week after. How does "hedgehog week" sound? Everyone makes an OotS hedgehog version of their avis? I know it seemed a little far fetched, but it sounded cool in my head.

Do I count already? Sneak: That doesn't strike me as a good idea. Maybe it's cause I'm new, but I get a little confused when I see the same avatar post 4 times in a row because several people have the same one. Unless it's Zeta Kai in the homebrew forum.

[Jack Squat]

Do I count already? Sneak: That doesn't strike me as a good idea. Maybe it's cause I'm new, but I get a little confused when I see the same avatar post 4 times in a row because several people have the same one. Unless it's Zeta Kai in the homebrew forum.

You'd have died during clone week or Amotis day then.

I think there was another day like that, but I can't remember what it is...

[Recaiden]

No, I was here for clone week, and may have been lurking during Amotis day. It's the slight variations that get me. I grew up in a time of custom avatars.

[Jack Squat]

oh, I remembered the other one...Swap week. That one is a bit more fun with all customized avatars.

Recaiden, we like to mess with newbies during these things...think of it as tradition.

[Coidzor]

So that's why there's all these themed weeks... I was wondering. <_< >_>

It's done to mess with noobs, not for S's and G's? Hmm hmm.

Swap week sounds fun. Especially if you do it immediately after another theme....

[UncleWolf]

I say that there needs to be another Gender-Bender week since I missed the first one.

[Neko Toast]

Here, I have an idea. I'll go make a thread where we can pitch ideas for different themed weeks, and then we'll vote on which idea we like most.

[Coplantor]

I say that there needs to be another Gender-Bender week since I missed the first one.

Seconded, I want an oportunity to use my Marylin Monroe Coplantor avatar

[Cobra_Ikari]

I say that there needs to be another Gender-Bender week since I missed the first one.

Isn't it annually, at the week of/around Valentine's? I think I joined in the midst of the first...

[Thufir]

Do I count already?

Echidnas are not hedgehogs. So, no.

And I think by Swap week you mean Mistaken Identity week. In retrospect, I kinda wish I'd taken part in that.
Of course, it may have been back before I had an avatar or signature, which would be an obvious reason why I didn't...

[Sneak]

Here, I have an idea. I'll go make a thread where we can pitch ideas for different themed weeks, and then we'll vote on which idea we like most.

Eh, I think we need a thread where we can vote on the creation of that thread first. :smalltongue:

Anyway, I still like the idea of the "back to basics," non-custom avatar week, but I'm up for anything, really.

[UncleWolf]

Isn't it annually, at the week of/around Valentine's? I think I joined in the midst of the first...

I'd do it around Valentines Day too. That way it give people a while to get their new avvies and allows me to break in my current avatar.

[Coplantor]

OK, what about a week week? We choose diiferent days and we behave like we are that day! Eh?

[Sneak]

I say we have "Secret Week." We'll all make a huge deal about "secret week" and how everyone has to get new avatars and prepare everything, etc., and then we won't actually change anything. And then we make a huge deal about changing back and celebrating the end of the week, and then we still don't change anything.

It'll be pretty much what we do now, but without all the hassle of actually preparing. :smalltongue:

And it's just an added bonus if new people are really, really confused. :smalltongue:

[Coplantor]

I just noticed your new addon to your sig Mr.Sneak, what is bad 80's pop? I thought that there was no such thing as bad 80's music.

[Sneak]

There isn't. Obviously, Assassin 89 was quite (sadly) mistaken.

867-5309/Jenny is a great modern classic.

Even when sung by someone who is apparently stalking you with the singular purpose of singing it to you. :smalltongue:

[Coplantor]

I'm listeing to"the living daylight" and "a view to a kill" just fnished, great bond songs, great bands too.

[Uncle Festy]

In other news, necromancers are more cuddly than you think.
Very true.
Goblin zombie necromancers, though? Not so much.


(e.g., good/bad things come in threes).
EVERYTHING comes in threes!
Rule of threes FTW! :smallbiggrin:


""Alright, we know you're in there! Come on out!" Bonzo yelled into the megaphone. They'd spent weeks running down lead after lead on this balloon-animal ring, and now they finally had 'em cornered. "We've got the place surrounded! Come on out and noone has to get pied!"

No answer. Chuckles squeeked his horn worriedly.

"I know, kid...somethin's not right."

The first pop drove the point home.

"They're poppin' all the animals. Get in there!" The sound of rapid footsteps drowned out the popping, but they were too late. Inside all they found were little pieces of balloon, it was grisly. Chuckles couldn't take it, started throwing up right there. "It's ok, kid, let it out. Seein' stuff like this never gets any easier...""
Ahahahahaha!
:biggrin:


I say we have "Secret Week." We'll all make a huge deal about "secret week" and how everyone has to get new avatars and prepare everything, etc., and then we won't actually change anything. And then we make a huge deal about changing back and celebrating the end of the week, and then we still don't change anything.

It'll be pretty much what we do now, but without all the hassle of actually preparing. :smalltongue:

And it's just an added bonus if new people are really, really confused. :smalltongue:

That would be hilarious.
Uncle Festy approves.
*stamps with seal of approval*
http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Snow-Seal-Print-C10054502.jpeg

[turkishproverb]

I don't know, that seal doesn't look very approving....

[Uncle Festy]

Hush, you. I'd swap him out, but he's too gorram cute! :smallfurious:
:smallbiggrin:

[Coidzor]

Looks fairly apprehensive to me, really... Almost like he knows that we want to steal his cuteness. Even though we are living in a material world, and I am a material girl- err...

<_< >_>

*scampers off, retightening his corset*

[turkishproverb]

Careful not to tighten it too much, unless its around the seal's neck...

[Coplantor]

Wait, Coid is a material girl? Then I must be... a smooth criminal!

[Sneak]

I just wanna have fu-uhn. :smallbiggrin:

[Coidzor]

*sneaks back in, wearing a different wig* Now then....

How's everyone doing whatever time of the day it is. And what's your favorite 80's pop song?

I sorta have been on a Come On Eileen and Magic Dance kick lately...

[Coplantor]

I have no favourite 80's pop sonf, I love all of them equally.
Come on eileen rocks.

I went to see Toto in 2007, they camed to Uruguay, it was awesome! They played a faster/rockier version of hold the line. They opened the show with gypsy train and finisjhed with Africa.

[Uncle Festy]

So, this thread is phully phormed? As long as it's not phully phunctional (http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0132.html)…
:smalltongue:

[Penguinsushi]

So, this thread is phully phormed? As long as it's not phully phunctional (http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0132.html)…
:smalltongue:

Given our current location, i don't suppose I should be surprised by a comic strip based on Exalted...yet...

~PS

[Recaiden]

I kind of expected to find something like that.
And I'm sure I have a favorite 80s song, but I don't know which songs are from the 80s.:smallfrown:

[Coplantor]

Given our current location, i don't suppose I should be surprised by a comic strip based on Exalted...yet...

~PS

OK, what is this exalted thing? I only know it from motivational posters, and I remember one with a girl, hitting a tyranosaurus with a shark... and I think there were raptors riding jets...

[Recaiden]

OK, what is this exalted thing? I only know it from motivational posters, and I remember one with a girl, hitting a tyranosaurus with a shark... and I think there were raptors riding jets...

http://www.white-wolf.com/Exalted/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalted

It's an RPG by White Wolf. Kind of ridiculous.

And is this what you were thinking of?
http://stevencreech.com/images/posters/exalted.jpg

[Sneak]

@^ That's from Calvin and Hobbes, right?

In other news (I think this should be my catchphrase :smalltongue:)...

...I'm on my first playthrough of Cave Story, and right now I'm at the "hidden" version of the last cave. Hidden = insanely difficult. Since all my guns are at level one, I figure I'll just use the nemesis the whole time and try to avoid leveling up. So, this works out ok.

But then I die EVERY TIME when I get to that red demon boss guy who throws stuff at you. It's not that he's really a hard boss...I just have NO HEALTH by the time I get to him. :smalltongue:

Urgh. Back to my frustrating game. D:

(At least it's still fun. Go Booster v 2.0!)

[Phase]

...I'm on my first playthrough of Cave Story, and right now I'm at the "hidden" version of the last cave. Hidden = insanely difficult. Since all my guns are at level one, I figure I'll just use the nemesis the whole time and try to avoid leveling up. So, this works out ok.

But then I die EVERY TIME when I get to that red demon boss guy who throws stuff at you. It's not that he's really a hard boss...I just have NO HEALTH by the time I get to him. :smalltongue:

Urgh. Back to my frustrating game. D:

(At least it's still fun. Go Booster v 2.0!)

Gack! No spoilers! No spoilers! I'm in the plantation still...

[Recaiden]

@^ That's from Calvin and Hobbes, right?

In other news (I think this should be my catchphrase :smalltongue:)...

...I'm on my first playthrough of Cave Story, and right now I'm at the "hidden" version of the last cave. Hidden = insanely difficult. Since all my guns are at level one, I figure I'll just use the nemesis the whole time and try to avoid leveling up. So, this works out ok.

But then I die EVERY TIME when I get to that red demon boss guy who throws stuff at you. It's not that he's really a hard boss...I just have NO HEALTH by the time I get to him. :smalltongue:

Urgh. Back to my frustrating game. D:

(At least it's still fun. Go Booster v 2.0!)

Yeah. And I would play cave story, if I had, say, 72 hours in a day. Unfortunately, Gitp, school, guitar, swimming, Mount and Blade, and Elder Scrolls eat all of my time.

[Sneak]

Sorry, Phase! :smalleek:

It's not really spoilers, though. Nothing plot-related. All you know now is that you have to fight a red demon guy. He's really just a mini-boss.

Anyway, I just killed him...and then somehow died right after. :smallconfused:

But right now I'm just frustrated, because in a bunch of playthroughs I had full health right until right before the boss. I lost almost all of it trying to boost up in a place with spikes, but it was too high and I ended up hitting the spikes.

Then I realized that I was just hitting boost too soon, and I needed to jump as high as possible before boosting.

*facepalm*

But yeah, Cave Story is really nifty game. Apparently the same guy made, well, everything. The sounds, the music, the graphics, the gameplay, everything. I'm impressed. :smalleek:

[Phase]

But right now I'm just frustrated, because in a bunch of playthroughs I had full health right until right before the boss. I lost almost all of it trying to boost up in a place with spikes, but it was too high and I ended up hitting the spikes.

Then I realized that I was just hitting boost too soon, and I needed to jump as high as possible before boosting.

Do you have a Level Three Machine Gun? That would help a lot.

[Sneak]

All your guns get reset to level 1 at the start of the final cave (if you're on hard mode). You can get some experience for it, but it's a little tricky...I'm trying to kill things with Nemesis (gets worse as it levels up) and then switch it out for the machine gun to level it.

I just died at the very last corridor before a save point. :smallfrown:

Ah, well. At least I know how to do everything now.

Despite the frustrating difficulty, it's still quite fun. And it might not even be that hard—I tend to be a pretty terrible gamer in most regards.

EDIT: WHOOO! I SURVIVED!

And reached a save point/bed!

Time to call it a night, then. :smallbiggrin:

[UncleWolf]

Well, I think it is time to head in for the night. I'll see you all again in the morning.

Good night and hunt well.

[Alleine]

Man, I've been in a funk for the past week or so. Hopefully this weekend I can shake it finally. Its really weirding me out.

[dish]

Man, I've been in a funk for the past week or so. Hopefully this weekend I can shake it finally. Its really weirding me out.
Sing! (I'm going back to the 80s pop music discussion. Just cos I missed it earlier.)
"We can dance if we wanna, we can leave your friends behind,
Cos your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance, well they're...
...No friends of mine."

[Alleine]

Singing is really not an option(at least right now). I sound horrible and people are trying to sleep. PLus I'm not too familiar with 80's pop music :smalltongue:

EDIT: Why is it that when I am finally in a mood to chat randomly, everyone else is gone?

[dish]

Singing is really not an option(at least right now). I sound horrible and people are trying to sleep. PLus I'm not too familiar with 80's pop music :smalltongue:
Here, at least watch The Safety Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGv62hmdqiM) on youtube - morris dancing, jesters, people of limited stature running through tall grass! It is the pinnacle of 80s pop.


EDIT: Why is it that when I am finally in a mood to chat randomly, everyone else is gone?
Which time-zone are you in? It's the middle of the afternoon here in the asia-pacific....

[Alleine]

Which time-zone are you in? It's the middle of the afternoon here in the asia-pacific....

GMT - 8, there are usually plenty of people in here though...

As for the Safety Dance vid... I am speechless. That was so odd.

[dish]

GMT - 8, there are usually plenty of people in here though...
The holidays are over. Everyone's back a work or study...


As for the Safety Dance vid... I am speechless. That was so odd.
Here's another odd 80s vid: Men at Work The Land Down Under (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew)

[Coidzor]

You get the post about my cat count at last notice, Ms. Dish?

Strange lady, she made me nervous... hmm...

[dish]

You get the post about my cat count at last notice, Ms. Dish?

Strange lady, she made me nervous... hmm...

No, which page was it on? I'll go back and look...

[Alleine]

The holidays are over. Everyone's back a work or study...

Ah, my old curse come back to haunt me. Too much free time.
It is such a terrible burden to bear!:smalltongue:

[dish]

Ah, my old curse come back to haunt me. Too much free time.
It is such a terrible burden to bear!:smalltongue:

Did you watch Men at Work? Next we could try, Dead or Alive You spin me right round baby... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHm-k5rRcww&NR=1)

[Coidzor]

Let's see, none personally, but through my family we have... the three cats from where I grew up that we took with us when we moved (we'd had more but had to find homes for them with the distance we had to travel and could really only take the three), the four cats that have followed my dad home while he has been walking the dog, hmm... the five cats remaining from the eleven from the two litters that happened due to my dad getting sick and distracting from two spayings that were needed.

3+4+5 = 7+5 = 12

So right now it's looking like 12. I think the highest number of cats I've had has been the about 18 after the kittens were born and before we could get them spayed and adopted out.

Cats. Several of them... Most of them are nice. Some of them kill me others kill each other. x.x

Edit: This is incredibly horrifying. (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fs65S-1o-Os)

[Alleine]

Did you watch Men at Work? Next we could try, Dead or Alive You spin me right round baby... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHm-k5rRcww&NR=1)

The 80's were interesting times...
Hey, I've heard this song before!
I just realized I'm getting an education in 80's pop music :smalltongue:
Now if only I could get credits for this course...

[Rawhide]

Cats. Several of them... Most of them are nice. Some of them kill me others kill each other. x.x

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funny-pictures-there-are-crazy-cat-gentlemen-as-well.jpg

[Lyesmith]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funny-pictures-there-are-crazy-cat-gentlemen-as-well.jpg

For every occasion...
A lolcats.

[dish]

For every occasion...
A lolcats.

I was thinking of this one:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-tons-of-cats-wait-for-their-crazy-lady.jpg

Need to think of more 80s music for Alleine. Oh, I know...Culture Club - Karma Chameleon. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKxtVRz-6cA&feature=related)

And here are some recent (about an hour ago) piccies of a selection of my cat population:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s24/dishuiguanyin/DSC00021-1.jpg
The brown tabby at the back is Tigger, the huge orange one is Marmalade, then you can see Xiao Qiao hiding behind Pinstripe (he's the one who moved his head and blurred the photo), Santana is the fluffy white one at the bottom, the black one curled up on bottom left is Mamacat, then above her is another orange one - Cinnamon, and two white ones, on the left is Rupert, and the right (facing the camera) is BaoBao.

Not pictured - quite a few of them.
Yep. I iz crazee laydee.

[Coidzor]

On the subject of Rawhide's picture and abilities, I can only say "Indeed."

Funnily enough, my mom doesn't really care for the cats as much as the rest of us. I like 'em okay though. but their numbers get to me. Especially due to everyone in the family being allergic. :smallannoyed: HAHA!

[turkishproverb]

I'm beginning to think that this entire forum is a little mad.

[Alleine]

Need to think of more 80s music for Alleine. Oh, I know...Culture Club - Karma Chameleon. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKxtVRz-6cA&feature=related)

That was an amazingly... soothing song.

dish is a cool crazy cat lady.

EDIT: @^ Just beginning? A little? My dear man, I do believe you have just scratched the surface. And what took you so long?

[dish]

...

dish is a cool crazy cat lady.

...

Umm, permission to sig? That quote is just too good to waste. :smallredface:
I'm afraid I have to work now, so I'll be gone for six or so hours. Maybe other oldies can find you some more 80s pop.

[Coidzor]

I'd sample it, you can probably bet on that.

Hmm... Sometimes I'm delightfully, whimsically mad. Othertimes I'm just annoyed that I am conscious of the gulf between human souls. Or think that I am conscious of it, at least. Most of the people on this forum do seem to be a bit loosened up and boisterous for the most part in a good way.

[Alleine]

Umm, permission to sig? That quote is just too good to waste. :smallredface:
I'm afraid I have to work now, so I'll be gone for six or so hours. Maybe other oldies can find you some more 80s pop.

Permission granted! By all means.
And thanks for showing me those songs, it was delightful.

EDIT: Alas, I must take my leave of you fine people for it is tomorrow already, and I have plans for tomorrow that I need to be rested for.
May the madness of the playground guide you :smallbiggrin:

[eidreff]

Hmm... Sometimes I'm delightfully, whimsically mad. Othertimes I'm just annoyed that I am conscious of the gulf between human souls. Or think that I am conscious of it, at least. Most of the people on this forum do seem to be a bit loosened up and boisterous for the most part in a good way.

Can only agree there, there are time that I am creased with laughter catching up on the topic of a thread.

I think of the playground as a basket of squirming puppies being boisterous.

As for 80s music:

try anything by The Cure (friday I'm in love) or Inspiral Carpets (i particularly recommend Saturn Five and Two Worlds Collide)

[Phase]

I'm beginning to think that this entire forum is a little mad.

:smallbiggrin:We're all a little mad here.:smallbiggrin:

[Player_Zero]

And here are some recent (about an hour ago) piccies of a selection of my cat population:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s24/dishuiguanyin/DSC00021-1.jpg
The brown tabby at the back is Tigger, the huge orange one is Marmalade, then you can see Xiao Qiao hiding behind Pinstripe (he's the one who moved his head and blurred the photo), Santana is the fluffy white one at the bottom, the black one curled up on bottom left is Mamacat, then above her is another orange one - Cinnamon, and two white ones, on the left is Rupert, and the right (facing the camera) is BaoBao.

Not pictured - quite a few of them.
Yep. I iz crazee laydee.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

That is all.

[UncleWolf]

While I may not be able to bet you all in sheer volume of cats, overall pets I probably can since I have:

-10 dogs
-6 cats
-2 turkeys (live in our barn)
-1 ferret
-1 rabbit
-1 iguana

Egad! Its 7 degrees (F) here.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Need to think of more 80s music for Alleine. Oh, I know...Culture Club - Karma Chameleon. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKxtVRz-6cA&feature=related)
[/SPOILER]

My aunt was a costume designer and maker for that band for two years!

In other news:
Koorly plans to do a segment of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog for her spoken language coursework. What would you suggest you compare/contrast it with.
They have to be in the same sort of field, so it could be 'Spoken Language in Parodies' or 'Spoken Language in Supervillain Films' etc.
If I can work Dr. Horrible into my E Lang courswork it means I'll have written two courseworks on geeky/not - common popular knowledge.
First one was Pratchett; second is Dr. Horrible, if I can find something to do alongside it.
So halp?

[Cristo Meyers]

For some reason comparing it to Dr Strangelove came to mind...

...which is odd, because I've seen neither. :smallconfused:

[UncleWolf]

For some reason comparing it to Dr Strangelove came to mind...

...which is odd, because I've seen neither. :smallconfused:

You've never seen Dr. Strangelove?

"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
and my personal favorite...
"Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!"

:smallbiggrin:

Yes, I've seen too many movies.

[Cobra_Ikari]

While I may not be able to bet you all in sheer volume of cats, overall pets I probably can since I have:

-10 dogs
-6 cats
-2 turkeys (live in our barn)
-1 ferret
-1 rabbit
-1 iguana

Egad! Its 7 degrees (F) here.

You no has a cow? v.v

Pity.

[Penguinsushi]

For some reason comparing it to Dr Strangelove came to mind...

...which is odd, because I've seen neither. :smallconfused:

I've heard of Dr. Horrible et al, but haven't seen it - however, Dr. Strangelove (or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) is wonderful... ...if you have a certain sense of humour...

:smallbiggrin:

~PS

EDIT: @ Wolfbane: Yes, that's a great one. This one always cracked me up: "Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones."

[Cristo Meyers]

I've heard of Dr. Horrible et al, but haven't seen it - however, Dr. Strangelove (or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) is wonderful... ...if you have a certain sense of humour...

:smallbiggrin:

~PS

Dark, twisted, and able to laugh at the idea of total nuclear annihilation?

...no problem :smallbiggrin:

[UncleWolf]

You no has a cow? v.v

Pity.

No, but my family does have a few dozen chickens, a dozen Guinea Hens, 6 ducks and a goose named George.

[randman22222]

No, but my family does have a few dozen chickens, a dozen Guinea Hens, 6 ducks and a goose named George.

Hmm... George should learn the electric guitar, and start a space rock band...

Wow. Kickass mental images. :smalltongue:

[Rutskarn]

I don't know what the above is a reference to, but it's damn awesome anyway.

[UncleWolf]

:smallsigh:
45 minutes until I go to my first class of the new year. It should be a fun one, but I'm not so sure about the one after it.

[Cristo Meyers]

Class...fun?

These two words do not compute...

[UncleWolf]

Class...fun?

These two words do not compute...

The first class is Intro to Tactical Leadership(a.k.a. Military Science). It is the second class in a series of 4 and I do better than most of the ROTC Cadets (I'm not one).

The second one is Modern East Asia which is a Political Science class. So that one could go either way.

It is rather funny that I can do most military things better than the 4 year cadets. Only one person beat me at map reading and that was only by a half point.

[Cristo Meyers]

The first class is Intro to Tactical Leadership(a.k.a. Military Science). It is the second class in a series of 4 and I do better than most of the ROTC Cadets (I'm not one).

Took the allowed 2 semesters of that, any more and I would've been required to be ROTC...

...yeah, not happening.


The second one is Modern East Asia which is a Political Science class. So that one could go either way.

Yeah...political science is always fun :smallsigh:

Only took one semester of that...almost did a header out of the desk and onto the floor it was so dull...

[UncleWolf]

Took the allowed 2 semesters of that, any more and I would've been required to be ROTC...

...yeah, not happening.


For UCM, there are 4 semesters where you don't have to be ROTC and I think it is possible to go onto the other 4 if you have permission from the Dean. If I could, I would join but I can't because of my stupid thyroid gland.

EDIT: Well, I'm off to class in a minute, see you guys again when I get back.

[Ego Slayer]

*pops in*

Oooh, Wolfy is back! Yay! *welcome back hug* :smallbiggrin:

Err... that is all.

*pops out*

[Dirk Kris]

In summary, Wolfy is awesome. All others pale in comparison and tremble at his righteous wrath.

...or something like that.

Personally, that stuff would bore me to tears. I'm more a FINE arts kind of person. Or science. Or history.

[TwoBitWriter]

Personally, that stuff would bore me to tears. I'm more a FINE arts kind of person. Or science. Or history.

*slides up, slyly*

Hey buddy, how about you and I go study some 19th Century Europe together... :smalltongue:

[Dr. Bath]

*sniff* I've lost my duck. :smallfrown:

This gives me a sad.

psh. Just 'cos you're a cadet doesn't mean you're good at stuff. *points at self* Case in point.

[UncleWolf]

psh. Just 'cos you're a cadet doesn't mean you're good at stuff. *points at self* Case in point.

You're a Cadet? :smallconfused:

Well, I'm back from the first class and have about 20 minutes before I leave to find my next.
@Ego: Yep, I've been back since Sunday night.

[Dr. Bath]

Well, a ccf cadet. Which is like a cadet at universities over here (read: very similar, but younger) which I expect is similar to this 'ROTC' of which you speak.

[UncleWolf]

I don't know what CCF stands for, but I'm pretty sure ROTC means something like "Reserve Officer Training Corps."

Personally though, if I was able to join the military, I'd go enlisted. Maybe after a few years I'd go Officer, but I'd definitely start off as enlisted.

[Cobra_Ikari]

In summary, Wolfy is awesome. All others pale in comparison and tremble at his righteous wrath.

...or something like that.

Personally, that stuff would bore me to tears. I'm more a FINE arts kind of person. Or science. Or history.

You're a fine art! =O

*asks for help with chemistry. Or anatomy. :smallwink:*

[UncleWolf]

Okay, it is now official. The Modern East Asia class is going to suck.

[Cristo Meyers]

Okay, it is now official. The Modern East Asia class is going to suck.

Dont go to class tired, then. Don't be like Cristo and fall out of your desk onto the floor...:smallredface:

[UncleWolf]

Dont go to class tired, then. Don't be like Cristo and fall out of your desk onto the floor...:smallredface:

Well, the class starts at 1230 and ends at 145 and by then I have a pot and a half of coffee in me. The part that sucks isn't the fact that there are 3 major papers(6-7 pages each) with 10 sources each. Its the fact that she made changes to the required book list and didn't tell the school. So now I have to go buy 4 new books and the 2 old ones are extra.

[Cristo Meyers]

Well, the class starts at 1230 and ends at 145...

so was mine...:smallbiggrin:


...and by then I have a pot and a half of coffee in me. The part that sucks isn't the fact that there are 3 major papers(6-7 pages each) with 10 sources each. Its the fact that she made changes to the required book list and didn't tell the school. So now I have to go buy 4 new books and the 2 old ones are extra.

Oh hoo-ray :smallsigh:

Hopefully you can get most of your money back...it's not like they don't gouge you enough...

[UncleWolf]

so was mine...:smallbiggrin:


Oh hoo-ray :smallsigh:

Hopefully you can get most of your money back...it's not like they don't gouge you enough...

Supposedly, the books only cost $60 total. The catch is that I will need to get them by next week and I don't think the school has them.

[Cristo Meyers]

Supposedly, the books only cost $60 total. The catch is that I will need to get them by next week and I don't think the school has them.

peachy...:smallsigh:

And I thought I had air-headed professors...least the wannabe beat-guys managed to not screw-up the booklist after the class had already started...

[Alleine]

I learned last semester to buy my books after classes start. In two classes we needed to buy access to websites that had the book on them already, so there was some wasted money there. Another class the teacher wanted us to get a different book instead of the listed one.
Needless to say, I was pretty upset. I won't make the same mistake this semester though.

[Jack Squat]

Our school will let you return books until a week or two after classes start, full refund; you just need your receipt. Of course, the prices are ungodly high to make up for it ($60 for a workbook/text that's inhouse, and it's literally under 200 pages in a 3 ring binder).

Some teachers are cool though, my Math book (authored by the teacher) is sold for $10 at the local print shop because he refuses to publish it so we can be charged over $100 for it.

[Coidzor]

Koorly: What are your main criteria for what to pair with Dr. Horrible? And what do you have in mind as the direction of the comparison/contrastion-clashion?

Cadet is always a weird word to me. I'm not sure why. hmm...

[mangosta71]

My aunt was a costume designer and maker for that band for two years!

In other news:
Koorly plans to do a segment of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog for her spoken language coursework. What would you suggest you compare/contrast it with.
They have to be in the same sort of field, so it could be 'Spoken Language in Parodies' or 'Spoken Language in Supervillain Films' etc.
If I can work Dr. Horrible into my E Lang courswork it means I'll have written two courseworks on geeky/not - common popular knowledge.
First one was Pratchett; second is Dr. Horrible, if I can find something to do alongside it.
So halp?

Could you do another parody? Compare and contrast with Thufir's H.M.S. Ship-a-more. :smalltongue:

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Our school will let you return books until a week or two after classes start, full refund; you just need your receipt. Of course, the prices are ungodly high to make up for it ($60 for a workbook/text that's inhouse, and it's literally under 200 pages in a 3 ring binder).

Some teachers are cool though, my Math book (authored by the teacher) is sold for $10 at the local print shop because he refuses to publish it so we can be charged over $100 for it.

Speaking as a textbook store manager, the textbook store probably isn't making that much money off your textbook. They have to keep prices LOW in order to compete with Amazon and Half and students who bought the book last semester.

The one you want to blame is the publisher. Those are the guys who charge 130 dollars for a "new" edition that has only 7% changed from the previous edition.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Koorly: What are your main criteria for what to pair with Dr. Horrible? And what do you have in mind as the direction of the comparison/contrastion-clashion?

I can do anything as long as it can be linked to it in some way. Heck, I could even just do a musical and call it: 'Spoken Language Coursework On Musicals From the 1950s and 2008' if I wanted to.
And as far as comparing and contrasting it's not that as much as being able to 'feature spot', explain why this is so and then perhaps compare/contrast to how Text B does with the same feature/does a similar effect with a different feature.
But I really want to do a parody kind of thing. Or compare the Dr. Horrible parody with a 'straight' version of that genre.


Could you do another parody? Compare and contrast with Thufir's H.M.S. Ship-a-more. :smalltongue:

Spoken language. And it has to be from a source that we can provide (in this case) links for/sites/place where we got the source from.

[Phase]

What the hell, playground?!?

I'm gone all day and you only grow ONE PAGE?!?

:smalleek:

[Recaiden]

What the hell, playground?!?

I'm gone all day and you only grow ONE PAGE?!?

:smalleek:

We were gone all day too y know. Or we were asleep. My school blocks gitp, and i have no laptop, so It's not my fault.

[Rutskarn]

and i have no waterproof laptop, so It's not my fault.

Please, let this remain ambiguous. It's far better that way.

[Jack Squat]

Speaking as a textbook store manager, the textbook store probably isn't making that much money off your textbook. They have to keep prices LOW in order to compete with Amazon and Half and students who bought the book last semester.

The one you want to blame is the publisher. Those are the guys who charge 130 dollars for a "new" edition that has only 7% changed from the previous edition.

I know it's not all the store's problem...I did mention that if my math book were to be published, it'd jump from $10 to over $100. However, I know it's a $20 markup for activation keys if I were to buy them at the store vs. pay through the site. I've found amazon to be quite a bit cheaper than the store (in some cases the books were half the price new, and in some others, I only saved a few dollars); however, I expect them to jack the prices of certain, more commonly used books, and I'll pay if it'll help keep tuition down. I have a problem with the store charging $60 for an in-house binder that couldn't have cost more than $10 to print.

Our store actually just refuses to buy back back half the books because teachers'll change it. The buy back policy states they will buy back at "wholesale value" if the book isn't going to be used again, or if inventory's full (I have it right in front of me), but in practice, they just tell you sorry about your luck unless you challenge them.

[Recaiden]

Please, let this remain ambiguous. It's far better that way.

I was at a swimming pool, swimming. That's all.

[Coidzor]

I can do anything as long as it can be linked to it in some way. Heck, I could even just do a musical and call it: 'Spoken Language Coursework On Musicals From the 1950s and 2008' if I wanted to.
And as far as comparing and contrasting it's not that as much as being able to 'feature spot', explain why this is so and then perhaps compare/contrast to how Text B does with the same feature/does a similar effect with a different feature.
But I really want to do a parody kind of thing. Or compare the Dr. Horrible parody with a 'straight' version of that genre.



Spoken language. And it has to be from a source that we can provide (in this case) links for/sites/place where we got the source from.

Hmm. So you're only drawing upon the spoken lines rather than the lyrics then?

Hmm... How do you feel about the Pirates of Pensance or whatever it was?

[Phase]

We were gone all day too y know. Or we were asleep. My school blocks gitp, and i have no laptop, so It's not my fault.

Yeah, but that never stopped it before!

[Rutskarn]

Recaiden, a part of me is now dead. You killed it.

With a rusty, chlorine-reeking hatchet.

[Alleine]

Yeah, but that never stopped it before!

Maybe we were just waiting for your triumphant return? Now that you're back the thread will grow at a tremendous pace and bring untold prosperity to the entire land.

[Sneak]

Oh, Phase is back?

Cool, guess I can start posting again. :smalltongue:

[Rutskarn]

The whole land?

Screw that. Deadbeat land can go get it's own prosperity. I slays me my dragon, I gets me my reward, dig?

[Coidzor]

Hmmm.... Dragonskin condoms... No... Tarrasqueskin condoms.... Prevent SSTDs.... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!

That's a great idea.

[Rutskarn]

...wait, what?

[Cobra_Ikari]

Hmmm.... Dragonskin condoms... No... Tarrasqueskin condoms.... Prevent SSTDs.... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!

That's a great idea.

But...the barbs, man...

[Sneak]

Oh, I think I get it. It's—

...wait, what?

[Alleine]

Back away slowly, and no sudden movements! It looks hungry.

[someonenonotyou]

hey guys i was down stairs doing my homework *couff**couff* ahem excuse me anyway we should have a world wide Nap time like every day at whenever O' clock everyone would just go and take a quick 20 minute nap huh what do you think? wouldent that be awesome