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Ikialev

2009-12-09, 01:30 PM

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bus:
http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds-10/pink-bus-burning-man.jpg
We didn't have I-based title yet, right?

Quincunx

2009-12-09, 01:39 PM

We didn't have the end of the last thread yet, either! . . .

Definitely should've gotten the last gun-jumping RB locked. Now it'll be seen as an acceptable habit.

Nameless

2009-12-09, 01:49 PM

Siosilvar

2009-12-09, 01:53 PM

*turns amp up to twelve*

For $2000, I'll build you one that goes to 13.

Nameless

2009-12-09, 01:56 PM

For $2000, I'll build you one that goes to 13.

How epic is 13?

SDF

2009-12-09, 01:59 PM

My Hotrod DeVille goes up to 12. My Spider doesn't have numbers...

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-09, 02:00 PM

This is, like, the 8th gun-jumping we've had in a row. And you didn't even have the good graces to call the next thread. Shame on you! Shaaaame! :smallmad:

smellie_hippie

2009-12-09, 02:15 PM

Don't people start asking around page 15?

Eldpollard

2009-12-09, 02:24 PM

As I remembered it from when I hosted my thread a few years back we all cordially asked one another who should get the next one and it was mutually agreed around 1500. Pages isn't a good way to judge things, as you can change the amount of posts per page.
Bring back mutual decisions I say. Harumph, grumble etc.

Jibar

2009-12-09, 02:33 PM

Hey, there's no surrogates so I'm happy.

Well, I'm not, but for entirely different reasons.

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-09, 02:48 PM

From previous thread:

I can't recommend a book, because the one I read it from was about 100 years old from my university's library, but I did find a site that has the text if you care to peruse it.
This (http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/) site has a million medieval studies resources: step into Old English, then the Old English Poetry, Alphabetical Index, and finally Genesis A, B (http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/library/oe/texts/a1.1.html) (it's just plain text without commentary or glossary though). It looks like there's some interesting articles in the Old English section too.

*happy grin*
I'd marry you if I could.
So many old texts . . . in so many languages. So pretty.
*trails off in a dream*

Mmmm, Old French; Old Norse, Judith, Magic and Alchemy, LATIN! So little time; whose bright idea was it to make a twenty-four hour day anyway?
Really, what's wrong with with a twenty-eight hour day?
It'd give meus more time to do the things we love.
Like distort the fabric of space-time even further to let us read more. And create terror.

Honestly Little Sister, getting your pick up time wrong so I had to waste two and a half hours. And I was bookless.
And it was cold and wet. No shelter either. D'you have any idea how hard it is to efficiently daydream when you keep getting distracted by every which way by the wind and rain. Also annoying brats who weren't related to me and cars.

Gullara

2009-12-09, 02:53 PM

We didn't have the end of the last thread yet, either! . . .

Definitely should've gotten the last gun-jumping RB locked. Now it'll be seen as an acceptable habit.

What do you mean the last gun jumping RB how about the other gun jumpers before me:smallmad:, and in my defence I'm still pretty new. Plus it was only a couple of posts early. We should probably go back to the old way of doing it though.

Boo

2009-12-09, 03:14 PM

*pats RPGsr4me's head*

There there, no need to bring out the small angry face. It's the principle of the matter that bugs people.

Dragonrider

2009-12-09, 03:17 PM

Dogmantra

2009-12-09, 03:23 PM

Right I should have caught that. If you can deleat posts can't you ban him?

Not a full mod, just a helper of sorts.
But he's banned now, so I'm a happy Doggy.

Boo

2009-12-09, 03:29 PM

Also: Perhaps we should have a rule about when the next thread can be posted written into the first post?

Perhaps.

Doesn't really matter to me since I'm not the most frequent of this thread, but I'm sure the people insistent on (the default) page 50 would be pleased.

And for the hell of it since I am on enough, but not energetic enough to post all the time...

I call dibs on the next thread if not already called. (if pre-dibs is present, then I call the next thread after that.) I don't much care if I miss it. I just feel like calling dibs.

Beanie

2009-12-09, 03:41 PM

Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=7373844)

I just thought I should point out that this link leads to quoting the first post of that thread.

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-09, 03:52 PM

Koorli, have you ever heard of The Heliand? I read it (in its modern English translation) for my history of premodern europe class this year. Written around 800 by either a Carolingian who had spent a great deal of time among the Saxons (German Saxons) or a Saxon who had spent a great deal of time among the Christians (in either case, probably a monk). Basically it's a translation of the story of the Gospels into Saxon -

Except instead of just translating language, the author translated culture. Jerusalem become a hill-fort, the Last Supper takes place in a mead hall, and Jesus' disciples are his warrior cohort.

It's awesome. :smallbigrin:

Polygamy's fine . . .
DeeRee ma -
Oh right, almost-triplet.
DeeRee, you'll have a very fantastic present for Christmas. I promise.
Curse the Atlantic Ocean! Otherwise I'd try to actually send one through the post. I've already got my eye on a pressie for a certain piece of ablutionary furniture with a very impressive degree - probably in Physics.

A quick internet search has given me some lovely online sites with English or OE translations. Or both. Happy is Koorilithulu.

Closak

2009-12-09, 04:01 PM

Oh new thread *Walks in and dragon marks*

*Settles in*

VeisuItaTyhjyys

2009-12-09, 04:04 PM

How epic is 13?

You know how epic twelve is? Thirteen is epicer.

cycoris

2009-12-09, 04:07 PM

Ikialev

2009-12-09, 04:28 PM

I just thought I should point out that this link leads to quoting the first post of that thread.
Thanks, fixed it.

Closak

2009-12-09, 04:32 PM

*Goes to get my hoard*

*Dumps hoard on the ground in the middle of the thread*

*Lies on top of it and curls up*

Ahh, this is life :smallbiggrin:

Zocelot

2009-12-09, 04:50 PM

Rissy has strange dreams. Like this:

Mum: So, what would you like for Christmas?
Me: Hmm, how about an original Shakespeare folio? Please?
Mum: Let me look into that. You sure that's what you want?
Me: Yes. Plus, the Bodleian had one (admittedly they sold it to Sir Paul Getty for £3.5 million in 2003), so why can't I have one?
Mum: True, true. But I thought you wanted a first edition of the Bible?
Me: That can wait until my birthday. Just put the folio on your credit card, and let's be done with this! I need to go to class.

The silliest thing is that I don't even celebrate Christmas. :smalleek::smallconfused:

Strange dreams are considerably better than my dreams. Whenever I remember a dream, it's exactly like reality, except stuff that happens in the dream doesn't actually happen in reality (like me checking to see if there is a new OotS in a dream, and there is, but when I go to check in real life there isn't). It's pretty boring.

DraPrime

2009-12-09, 04:59 PM

New thread!

*boogies*

Anyways, I officially declare the superintendent of my town's schools to be a complete and totally piece of crap. Because he lacked the foresight to cancel school today, I had the great pleasure of walking through lots of snow to school, and tons of wet sleet on the way back.

It was wet, cold, and miserable.

Jibar

2009-12-09, 05:00 PM

*boogies*

*narrows eyes*

You are not allowed to do that...

PS Cat-Muffin Radio: The Playgrounder's Podcast

DraPrime

2009-12-09, 05:01 PM

*narrows eyes*

You are not allowed to do that...

PS Cat-Muffin Radio: The Playgrounder's Podcast

*boogies defiantly and proudly*

Boo

2009-12-09, 06:29 PM

*narrows eyes*

You are not allowed to do that...

*also boogies*

'Cause you make me feel like dancin'! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XucbKof0HcU)

Deth Muncher

2009-12-09, 06:34 PM

*peeks in*
*drags in a giant amp*
*runs out again*
*walks back in with a guitar*
*plugs it in*
*turns amp up to twelve*
*puts this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC_x63BWrdc&feature=related) track on*
*rocks out*

Listen you, don't you read Da Roolz? NO ACTION ONLY POSTS, PUNK! :smallfurious:
I jest, of course. Were I actually this much of a jerk to get angry about rules of a thread I rarely frequent, that'd make me a terrible person. Carry on Nameless.

Dragonrider

2009-12-09, 06:48 PM

Polygamy's fine . . .
DeeRee ma -
Oh right, almost-triplet.
DeeRee, you'll have a very fantastic present for Christmas. I promise.
Curse the Atlantic Ocean! Otherwise I'd try to actually send one through the post. I've already got my eye on a pressie for a certain piece of ablutionary furniture with a very impressive degree - probably in Physics.

A quick internet search has given me some lovely online sites with English or OE translations. Or both. Happy is Koorilithulu.

Heh. :smallbiggrin: Aren't those oceans pesky things?

I only have a week till classes are done. Well, eight days. A week from today I have an oral final during which I will talk about (I just decided about half an hour ago) the role the lower class played in the worldviews of Machiavelli's The Prince, Marx's writings, Gandhi's philosophy, and Cicero's "On Duties" (all texts we read for the class). Ways they were considered to have power, etc. I only have to talk for eight minutes but it's still stressful . . . .

I also have a 5-8 page paper on how pre-modern Europe was defined by its encounters with other peoples. Not that long, but headachy.

And a big final on the Ancient Near East - New Kingdom Egypt, early Israel, the Hittites and Mittani, Assyria . . . .

Plus a Spanish final the idea of which I hate because I know how hard the teacher (she's not a *professor* - no PhD) grades.

Stressstressstress till this all is over! Then I get to go home (on December 17th) and stay there till 17 January, when school resumes. A beautiful month with no work. :smallbiggrin:

Thufir

2009-12-09, 07:02 PM

(she's not a *professor* - no PhD)

Have to point out, it takes more than a PhD to be a professor.

My term finishes on friday. Were it not for the nonsensical errors in my presentation, I would be pretty much done with working already. As it is, I may be working up to my final day. :smallsigh:

HotAndCold

2009-12-09, 07:31 PM

9-year-olds are awfully effective and making one feel old. (http://vimeo.com/7989835)

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-09, 07:59 PM

9-year-olds are awfully effective and making one feel old. (http://vimeo.com/7989835)

Dude, he got an iPod for his 2nd birthday? O_o

Lucky kids these days... >.<

Inhuman Bot

2009-12-09, 08:00 PM

Dude, he got an iPod for his 2nd birthday? O_o

Lucky kids these days... >.<

*reads*

wat.

Just.

wat.

Boo

2009-12-09, 08:14 PM

At least it wasn't an iPhone. By gods that'd scare me. It really would. I'd very nearly run away in denial I'd be so scared. Kids shouldn't be getting iPods, zoons, or anything technological until much later. Honestly. They should be going outside, or simply looking around for things to do! Dammit. Childrens' creativity and insight is going way downhill.

Trobby

2009-12-09, 08:16 PM

Phase

2009-12-09, 08:20 PM

Well I feel AWESOME.

No school tomorrow, plus I just got my new ThinkGeek soundtrack t-shirt in the mail!

Woot.

Jack Squat

2009-12-09, 08:23 PM

...iPods...for your 2nd birthday.

...that..that is just wrong.

D< And what is with kids these days who all have cell phones? I swear, what do they need them for? They're kids! They shouldn't be racking up a phone bill!

...Man now I DO feel old. :smalleek:

I think the thought is that it's so they can keep in contact with their parents when they're elsewhere - though I personally just think that's lazy parenting.

I only got my cell because I started driving and my parents wanted me to have something on me in case of emergencies. I hardly ever use the darn thing.

On a tangential note, I'm probably one of the last people in the world who don't have texting. I just don't see the draw of it.

Boo

2009-12-09, 08:26 PM

On a tangential note, I'm probably one of the last people in the world who don't have texting. I just don't see the draw of it.

I don't like texting. It's like saying "I want to talk to you, but I don't want to hear you."

At least that's my thought. Also: my cellphone is my family's land-line. We don't own an actual land-line.

Kneenibble

2009-12-09, 08:34 PM

Agreed: texting is lame. Especially when people do it while meandering through crowded public areas.
I don't have a cellphone at all, and my home phone is old-fashioned with a ring that actually physically rings a bell. Love that big, bright sound. No rotary though, alas.

Trobby

2009-12-09, 08:35 PM

I don't text either, but for an entirely different reason. Why, if I have a cell phone, would I use it to send you text? If I wanted to send you text, I would use an e-mail or an IM or heck, in a pinch, I could send you a message on Facebook. :p

I think the whole "unlimited texting" thing is what draws people. When you have that on your plan, if you do, then it's basically a way to contact someone for absolutely nothing. No used up minutes of your plan or anything.

You want to know what really makes no sense though?

TEXTING WHILE YOU DRIVE A CAR!

D: Good God, people. We're supposed to be the intelligent lifeform on this planet. Though I guess, if you're texting while you drive, the "intelligent" part is already questionable...

Assassin89

2009-12-09, 08:37 PM

I don't like texting either; it's a little cumbersome. My cell does have a camera though As for ring tone, I usually keep my cell on vibrate, meaning it doesn't matter.

Pyrian

2009-12-09, 08:39 PM

People in forums who don't like texting? I'm a little surprised, actually. I like texting for the exact same reasons I like forums and e-mail.

Trobby

2009-12-09, 08:41 PM

People in forums who don't like texting? I'm a little surprised, actually. I like texting for the exact same reasons I like forums and e-mail.

But see, like I already said, if you can use forums and e-mails, why bother with texting? It seems redundant...and it's not like texting on your cell phone is any easier than using a keyboard.

HotAndCold

2009-12-09, 08:44 PM

But see, like I already said, if you can use forums and e-mails, why bother with texting? It seems redundant...and it's not like texting on your cell phone is any easier than using a keyboard.

It's a lot easier than using a keyboard when you don't have a computer handy. :smallbiggrin: Seriously, most all my texting is done in public (and is usually a message to one of my parents that I'm done whatever I'm doing and need to be picked up).

Fostire

2009-12-09, 08:49 PM

I don't like texting. It's like saying "I want to talk to you, but I don't want to hear you."

Not really, the real usefulness of texting is not for having a conversation, but rather to send a unidirectional message. For example if I want to tell my mother that I'll be home late I'll just send her a text. I just want to let her know about it, not discuss it. If she, on the other hand, does want to discuss it then she can call me.

Deth Muncher

2009-12-09, 09:05 PM

Not really, the real usefulness of texting is not for having a conversation, but rather to send a unidirectional message. For example if I want to tell my mother that I'll be home late I'll just send her a text. I just want to let her know about it, not discuss it. If she, on the other hand, does want to discuss it then she can call me.

True. Not to mention, if you're in a position where you can't really make noise (i.e. a phone call), a text is a handy alternative.

Flickerdart

2009-12-09, 10:43 PM

After 9 straight hours of work, I'm done my answer outlines for tomorrow's exam. 3 essay questions, 3 pages single-spaced each. Closed book only, Final Destination. Only outlines, though, if detailed ones. Now not to forget them...

Rutskarn

2009-12-09, 10:49 PM

Finals are over, Muppet Christmas Carol is on, laptop is warm, got a post cooking. It's glory.

Flickerdart

2009-12-09, 10:54 PM

Finals are over, Muppet Christmas Carol is on, laptop is warm, got a post cooking. It's glory.

:smallfurious:

Assassin89

2009-12-09, 10:56 PM

Finals are over, Muppet Christmas Carol is on, laptop is warm, got a post cooking. It's glory.

I liked Kermit in that movie. The human, not so much.

Rutskarn

2009-12-09, 10:58 PM

:smallfurious:

Sounds like somebody's got finals.

@Assassin89: You don't like Michael Caine? Blasphemy, madness, and heresy.

Phase

2009-12-09, 10:59 PM

I liked Kermit in that movie. The human, not so much.

...

It's Michael Caine...

That's just...

Flickerdart

2009-12-09, 11:03 PM

Sounds like somebody's got finals.

@Assassin89: You don't like Michael Caine? Blasphemy, madness, and heresy.
Read the post directly above yours. If I didn't know better, I might have thought you did that on purpose.

Rutskarn

2009-12-09, 11:03 PM

Pssh. As if I read Random Banter before posting.

Coidzor

2009-12-09, 11:13 PM

texting can, however, work when you're too out of breath to carry on a conversation and/or want to get a specific instruction out that doesn't need an immediate response.

...Also, Texting while naked is strangely liberating.

Rutskarn

2009-12-09, 11:15 PM

As is posting while naked.

This laptop really is quite warm.

Coidzor

2009-12-09, 11:17 PM

Lucky. Mine has a metal exterior and I haven't found a cooling mat for it yet, so I'd just burn off my leg hair...

Hmm. I wonder if that'd work to help get rid of all of my leg hair....

Rutskarn

2009-12-09, 11:21 PM

I have lost some hair. No leg hair yet, though.

Phase

2009-12-09, 11:22 PM

I need two things.

1. A haircut.
2. A beard.

These problems may be connected...

cycoris

2009-12-09, 11:23 PM

Somebody please dig me out of a pile of academia when I'm done?

Did today: class, class, history final
To do/due tomorrow: class, class, lab, essay #1, history extra credit
To do/due Friday: class, a unit of maths homework
To do/due Monday: biology final, biology extra credit, essay #2
To do/due Wednesday: maths final (pleasepleaseplease don't let me fail!)

Frell.

Also, currently downstairs is a pile of 15 books I checked out from the library. Said pile is arranged in preferred reading order, and I'm in the middle of #1. Some of them looked quite interesting, and I wanted to read them before I got back, but the majority of those books are due on Monday, with no way to renew them since they're on DeeRee's card. Double frell.

Besides, my mother sent me a list as long as my leg of things to bring her (including, I kid you not, cinnamon flavoured toothpaste), which means that I have to go the store sometime next week, because I'm leaving for China next Saturday. Triple frell.

And I can't take my computer with me, because I'm bringing her a new computer, and customs will throw an absolute fit and fine me who knows what for taking two into the country. Quadruple frell.

...How did I let this happen? :smallsigh::smallmad::smalleek:

Rutskarn

2009-12-09, 11:23 PM

@Phase: I'll race you on that last one. First one to get facial hair wins a brand new car, or maybe just a small thrill of accomplishment, replaced by a lingering shame.

@Cycoris: I don't know, but this is my only consolation: if it was me in your position, I'd have all the same problems, except I'd also have a KGB assassin and a team of angry leprechauns after me or something.

KilltheToy

2009-12-09, 11:31 PM

Somebody please dig me out of a pile of academia when I'm done?

Did today: class, class, history final
To do/due tomorrow: class, class, lab, essay #1, history extra credit
To do/due Friday: class, a unit of maths homework
To do/due Monday: biology final, biology extra credit, essay #2
To do/due Wednesday: maths final (pleasepleaseplease don't let me fail!)

Frell.......

.....And I can't take my computer with me, because I'm bringing her a new computer, and customs will throw an absolute fit and fine me who knows what for taking two into the country. Quadruple frell.

...How did I let this happen? :smallsigh::smallmad::smalleek:

Wow. I'm suddenly glad I just have to get through a number of final reveiws and finals. That looks like utter madness.

Also, I fail to see why they'd fine you for taking 2 laptops into the country. Then again, I assume it is China we're talking about here.

Coidzor

2009-12-09, 11:40 PM

I'm guessing they'll figure intent to distribute rather than her having two personal laptops.

cycoris

2009-12-09, 11:47 PM

The Masked Man is indeed correct. Last time I entered China (earlier this year) you got a hefty fine for every additional computer you brought in, even if it was for personal use. :smallyuk:

I'm going to miss my mac, with everything just the way I like, all my files and programs on it &c.

Oh well, at least I can switch hers to Dvorak for the short time I will be using it.

Oh, and another frell-worthy thing today? The school's testing centre computers are all set for QWERTY. I don't know why this didn't dawn on me earlier, but it was certainly a nasty surprise when I took my history test.

Phase

2009-12-09, 11:49 PM

I'll race you on that last one. First one to get facial hair wins a brand new car, or maybe just a small thrill of accomplishment, replaced by a lingering shame.

I'm gonna aim for a Freeman Goatee. Mainly because the Resonance Cascade is nigh.

Pyrian

2009-12-10, 12:29 AM

But see, like I already said, if you can use forums and e-mails, why bother with texting? It seems redundant...and it's not like texting on your cell phone is any easier than using a keyboard.When all parties involved send/receive e-mail by phone, texting is functionally redundant. However, when that is not the case, texting allows a more immediate channel of textual communication.

Dragonrider

2009-12-10, 12:53 AM

Oh, and another frell-worthy thing today? The school's testing centre computers are all set for QWERTY. I don't know why this didn't dawn on me earlier, but it was certainly a nasty surprise when I took my history test.

's why I switched back.

...Although when I took the history midterm and final, they were on paper. :smallconfused:

cycoris

2009-12-10, 12:55 AM

's why I switched back.

...Although when I took the history midterm and final, they were on paper. :smallconfused:

Mmm, these were on their nasty computers. Blarghy blargh blargh.

And I don't want to switch back. Qwerty makes my wrists ache! :smallyuk:

Zeb The Troll

2009-12-10, 04:17 AM

This is, like, the 8th gun-jumping we've had in a row. And you didn't even have the good graces to call the next thread. Shame on you! Shaaaame! :smallmad:Or even leave a link in the last one. :smallannoyed:

I propose we go back to the "we'll start discussing it ON page 50 so we can see who's actually around and eligible for it" method. This leads to an agreement and avoids the probability of jumpers trying to see how early they have to be to make sure they get their name on a thread or having multiple new threads created at the same time.

A little late to the teeth gnashing. My apologies. Carry on.

Thufir

2009-12-10, 07:04 AM

Or even leave a link in the last one. :smallannoyed:

I propose we go back to the "we'll start discussing it ON page 50 so we can see who's actually around and eligible for it" method. This leads to an agreement and avoids the probability of jumpers trying to see how early they have to be to make sure they get their name on a thread or having multiple new threads created at the same time.

A little late to the teeth gnashing. My apologies. Carry on.

I didn't realise we'd stopped doing that. :smallannoyed:

Regarding this, people would do well to remember the views of (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5762375&postcount=26) the admins. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5763918&postcount=57)
Problem is, if someone does jump the gun, what do we do? Once the old thread hits page 50 we move to the new one anyway, because the alternative is creating a competing thread, which may breed animosity and is not supported by the mods/admins. As evidenced by the above linked posts, and the thread they come from.

ION, I should really do this work... thing is, I planned to have finished it on tuesday, and were it not for some nonsensical errors, I would have. So I'm having to adjust my plans to the fact it's not actually done, and this frustrates me.

Phase

2009-12-10, 10:29 AM

Goddamit, Tetris. Stop being so addicting!

Gullara

2009-12-10, 11:37 AM

Goddamit, Tetris. Stop being so addicting!

I haven't played tetris in so long

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-10, 11:40 AM

But QWERTY is wonderfull.

Especially when you can blind-type with 10 fingers on them
.
Other keyboard are just weird ><

cycoris

2009-12-10, 01:22 PM

But QWERTY is wonderful.

Especially when you can blind-type with 10 fingers on them.

Other keyboard are just weird ><

But why is that better than being able to touch type on Dvorak? Huh? HUH? :smalltongue:

Besides, did I mention the whole 'lack of wrist pain that inevitably comes after typing 5,000 words on a QWERTY keyboard' thing?

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-10, 01:38 PM

Blargfarblechle.
Christmas shopping for the babies of my very large, extended family. Ten cousins and second-cousins under ten, and actually, eight are under five.
D'you have any idea how hard it is finding toddler-proof kiddie toys?
It wasn't even very full in town today, but I had to haul this huge-butt bag around town all day going into other, small and crowded shops scoping out pressies for older cousins, grown-ups and my parents.
I score full marks for every gift scoped out as Mum agrees with all of them. Bar the parental gifts as she's not getting a sniff.

Question:
Eldest Little Brother likes military history, Japan and China and WarHammer and strategy games. WOuld The Art of War be a good book for him?

Trobby

2009-12-10, 02:01 PM

I just turned in the last paper I had to do for this semester.

While a feeling of overwhelming relief has washed over me now, I still can't shake the minor, creeping feeling of dread that preempts final grade reports. :smalleek: I...think I did pretty good in all my courses...but this being graduate-level, I need a B or higher for each course. So I'm a bit...nervous.

Dragonrider

2009-12-10, 02:22 PM

But why is that better than being able to touch type on Dvorak? Huh? HUH? :smalltongue:

Besides, did I mention the whole 'lack of wrist pain that inevitably comes after typing 5,000 words on a QWERTY keyboard' thing?

Why would QWERTY hurt your wrists more than Dvorak?

After 3 months of Dvorak, I was still at 70 words per minute, and with three DAYS back on QWERTY I was back up to 100 or even 105 wpm. AND I can use school computers. Sometimes my computer glitches and switches me back to Dvorak, and I still sort of know the layout (if I don't think about it I can put my fingers where the keys are) but I'm happy with QWERTY. If less unusual for it.

Dogmantra

2009-12-10, 02:33 PM

But why is that better than being able to touch type on Dvorak? Huh? HUH? :smalltongue:
Other than being the industry standard, I HAVE NO IDEA.

Tiger Duck

2009-12-10, 02:38 PM

What no love for AZERTY :smallfrown:

Trobby

2009-12-10, 02:43 PM

^: ...I swear your shirt was a pinkish color just a moment ago...

Incidentally, I DID just *finish* typing roughly 5,000 words on a QWERTY keyboard.

This being the only keyboard type I've ever used, I can't think of a good reason to change. <.<; Not that it means this is a better keyboard. Just it's the only one I ever used.

Dragonrider

2009-12-10, 02:51 PM

This being the only keyboard type I've ever used, I can't think of a good reason to change. <.<; Not that it means this is a better keyboard. Just it's the only one I ever used.

When I was typing Dvorak, I had the exactly same keyboard, I just switched the input format. So what the physical keys said bore zero relation to what came out on the screen.

Tiger Duck

2009-12-10, 02:52 PM

^: ...I swear your shirt was a pinkish color just a moment ago...

yeah I change it after every few post ^^

Trobby

2009-12-10, 02:54 PM

yeah I change it after every few post ^^

....Awesome. :smallbiggrin:

Tiger Duck

2009-12-10, 02:59 PM

I think so, but my mom finds it highly annoying.:smallbiggrin:

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-10, 03:10 PM

Question:
Eldest Little Brother likes military history, Japan and China and WarHammer and strategy games. WOuld The Art of War be a good book for him?

Probably. Whether or not he actually reads it, that seems to be a gift military types enjoy owning. *nods*

...incidentally, a leather-bound copy of that book was a suggested gift for someone I know. >.>

Quincunx

2009-12-10, 03:41 PM

The only problem with the Art of War is that it's the fall-back gift for people who don't know what else to give. If this is the brother I think it is, with the implied appetite for facts, alternative histories wouldn't be good although they usually are for that profile. Can you get some historical maps, laminate them, then get a book of a war from that time period and a wipe-clean marker for transferring book knowledge to that map? Maybe even a set of cheap plastic miniatures for troop simulation?

What no love for AZERTY :smallfrown:

NONE WHATSOEVER!
*hunts and pecks until finding caps lock keys*
Why, for the love of all that's holy, has it got the NUMBERS as the shift symbols on those keys?

Tiger Duck

2009-12-10, 03:45 PM

for in case you don't want to use your numpad?

I don't know I just use what I'm used to ^^

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-10, 03:55 PM

The only problem with the Art of War is that it's the fall-back gift for people who don't know what else to give. If this is the brother I think it is, with the implied appetite for facts, alternative histories wouldn't be good although they usually are for that profile. Can you get some historical maps, laminate them, then get a book of a war from that time period and a wipe-clean marker for transferring book knowledge to that map? Maybe even a set of cheap plastic miniatures for troop simulation?

...

...you would be the coolest older sister EVER.

Flickerdart

2009-12-10, 04:01 PM

I'm suddenly reminded of many years ago, when I was...4? 6? Somewhere along those lines. Some guest or another brought me one of those Kinder chocolate bar things. I remember feeling absolutely betrayed to the point of tears because it didn't have a toy inside, unlike the awesome Kinder Surprise things that I rather enjoyed.

Viera Champion

2009-12-10, 04:20 PM

Hey peoples. I was thinking of making a Wheel of Time heal/hurt in the SMBGs. And I wanted to know what you guys think about this idea. Because I don't want to start something that noones going to play.

Pyrian

2009-12-10, 04:20 PM

This made me think of Kara Kuro:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33430506/from/ET/?beginSlide=1

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-10, 04:45 PM

Browsing High Octane Nightmare Fuel pages and found this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_h1dY66Rm4). Definitely creepy and weird. For a bit. It's actually not all that scary, not really.

ION:
The Prince Caspian film is godawful! Why do the Telmarines sound like a Spanish/Italian accented mix? "Hello, we're evil if you can't tell. And yes, while the film is showing that not all us Telmarines agree with Miraz's plan, it's ramming it down your throat in such an obvious manner you're more likely to hate us anyway. Especially if you've read the book."
They sound almost exactly like Inigo Montoya! Whaddahell?!
ANd Reepicheep; the one personmouse I always pictured as having a SPanish/Inigo Montoya accent sounds spiffily British.
I mean, Caspian almost does the "YOu killed my father prepare to die!" thing. What?
What?
Why?
No -
Hardly any of the events depicted in the film even happened in the book. What? Screw with one of my favourite childhood books this badly!?
I'm exactly halfway through the film and scarcely none of it is the same. I like the opening until Prince Inigo Montoya blew the horn outside Trufflehunter's home (also the bit after that before the siblings discover find the Red Haired Dwarf). It. Does. Not. Happen. In. The. Book.
The horn is blown during a skirmish after Prince CASPIAN had been leading his rebel army for a good few weeks, if not a month or two! DURING HIS TIME OF GREATEST NEED! And Caspian was raised on tales of Old Narnia! His tutor is a dwarf! Why would the rightful heir to the throne have a freakout when there's only three or four horsemen chasing him? He didn't in the book.
You know how old I pictured Caspian to be in the book? Thirteen, fourteen at most.
Here he looks twenty.

Oh hey.
Thought.
This is not "Prince Caspian". This is "Occasional King Peter's Bildungsroman".

Also: Miraz just shot the minotaur holding the gate in the CASTLE ATTACK WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE BOOK in the crotch. Okay, that's pretty damn funny.
But again, more angstiness proving this film is King Peter, not Prince Caspian.

And what is it with DIsney's love of using Griffin's as 'planes a la bombers in TLTWATW and parawhatsit'? in King Peter. Oh yeah, more Angst de Not-Peter at 1:19:20. I do agree that the Telmarine Castle Seige Screw Up was almost entirely due to the whiny baby that was Caspian.
ANd whatever happened to the strong, brave women that were Susan and Lucy?

Really now, can you show in any more blatantly obvious ways how evil Miraz is? Black, black, ominous Latin chanting, -
okay, I genuinely cannot stand Caspian's accent. I know they're interlopers in Not-England-But-Narnia, but really, Italian-Spanish? It's annoying and offensive for a reason I can't even name.
and the drumming of the feet of marching soldiers.
No complaints about Nikabrik, the werewolf or the Resurrecting White Queen Scene. Aside from the freaky blue hair in the Hag. Oh [finally[/I] Lucy's prving herse - never mind. Kickbutt fight scene and Tempting of AdamPeter. I do enjoy the White Queen's cameo.
Also? Badass Edmund.
Also, what's with the love interest 'twixt Susan and Caspian?
Back from that aside, I nominate that this film be called Kind Edmund the Badass.

More rant later perhaps.

EDIT: doing a spot of editing for spelling and whatnot, and I like the array of the Telmarines for battle. But what is Miraz wearing? He looks like a fresky Spartan-type robot. I know I've seen a similar armour design somewhere, but I know not where.
I do have high hopes for the Peter/Miraz duel though.

Zar Peter

2009-12-10, 04:56 PM

Dragonrider

2009-12-10, 04:57 PM

Haven't seen that movie. :smalltongue: I've heard it's un-terrific . . . but I don't have a huge problem with movies diverging from books in the spirit of a Better Film. So long as the decisions they make don't a) change the fundamental nature of the characters (making a hero an antihero, for example) or b) make the movie WORSE. Or c) attempt to hammer in a heavy-handed moral.

Um, yeah. I remember early in my writing stage - I don't remember ever not knowing I wanted to be a writer, but I do remember when I started telling stories - I announced to my mother that "If I ever write a book, I'm going to put it in my will that no one is ever allowed to make a movie of it. Ever, ever." :smalltongue:

Phase

2009-12-10, 05:27 PM

Oh gods I dozed off at my computer and now everything feels weird. I feel like I should be doing...something, but I have no idea what...

DraPrime

2009-12-10, 05:29 PM

Oh gods I dozed off at my computer and now everything feels weird. I feel like I should be doing...something, but I have no idea what...

I recommend donning a silly costume and dancing in the streets.

*nodnod*

Pyrian

2009-12-10, 05:29 PM

Or c) attempt to hammer in a heavy-handed moral.Hmm. The starting material is Narnia. Heavy-handed moralizing is built into the premise. My impression of the changes for the movie was mostly "let's add spectacle!" as is typical for this sort of fare.

Inhuman Bot

2009-12-10, 05:29 PM

Oh gods I dozed off at my computer and now everything feels weird. I feel like I should be doing...something, but I have no idea what...

I hate it when that happens. I feel bad for the rest of the day.

DraPrime

2009-12-10, 05:34 PM

I dislike the movie of Prince Caspian.

Well, I'm now glad that I never watched that movie.

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-10, 05:46 PM

@ZP and DeeRee: It's a pretty bad film; especially the first one hour forty minutes or so. I thought it picked up after that, heck, Susan was the badass warrior queen we all know and love. Even Lucy got a moment, small though it was.
But the Battle of Beruna Bridge?
Did not happen.
They . . . they . . . cocked it up so badly. I can't think of another way to describe it. The bridge, at least my my copies of the book, which were illustrated, clearly showed the bridge to be a stone, arched affair; and I think is even stated to be so in the writing.
The film has it has a more than makeshift wooden military-type bridge. The kindly river-god who asked Aslan if it was time to be freed of his shackles?
Is a raging elemental monster who devours the bad guy.
Whe - wha - what?
AND WHERE DID THE OTHER NARNIANS GO TO?????
Aslan and Lucy (I can't remember if Susan was there too, but I like Warrior Queen Susan the Badass so I allow this deviation - if it is one) awaken all the Narnians and they (and they believeing Telmarines) go on a Bacchus-inspired euphoric dance through Narnia to gather the troops and root out the 'unbelievers'.
So, where the heck were they?
I was geniunely looking forward to the last forty minutes or so of the film until Beruna happened. ANd then it went all downhill again.

STOP THE SUSAN/CASPIAN ROMANCE!! WHAT THE CRYSTAL DRAGON JESUS?!? No.
Just. No. They even kiss and make out in front of a crowd before Susan leaves Narnia forever. Tease much?

Huh. Aslan was voiced by Liam Neeson. Nice voice. I quite liked Aslan. Eddie Izzard as Reepicheep?
No real objections. HOWEVER, the traumatic/dramatic bit at the end where Reepicheep - the cute, gutsy chivalrous warrior mouse - is dying a slow and piteous death and the subsequent Tail Business is so underplayed it's scarcely mentioned and is all but played for comedy.
Outrage!

Overall: for the first twenty minutes, and for the time starting the Peter/Miraz duel up the Beruna Bridge - it's very good. Horn fiasco aside.
I loved the White WItch scene. The Attack of Castle Telmarine was also excellently executed despite being cut completely out of whole cloth for the film.
Visually, and quite often musically, it's wonderful and kept to a high standard throughout.
But if you read and loved the book Prince Caspian the sheer amount of annoyance and distressingly poor character development (even just from film!TLTWATW to film!Prince Caspian.
And really, it's not so much a film about Prince Caspian as it is about Prince Caspian Montoya. ALternatively: High King Peter: The Adolescent Angsting Years.
FIlm!TLTWATW was better.

EDIT: It's not very moralicious though. Quite a few of the themes/morals are done rather subtley, and I do like the way they portray war. I think the best part of the films actually involve Edmund in any way and Susan in the Battle at Aslan's Howe.

FURTHER EDIT:
Brain haemmorhage much? And Bacchus-inspired mad, euphoric dance could easily be called a Bacchanalian dance. Pardon my brain leak.

Ikialev

2009-12-10, 05:46 PM

But why is that better than being able to touch type on Dvorak? Huh? HUH?
Because Dvorak is only magical when typing in English. ^

Jibar

2009-12-10, 05:57 PM

Actually, I quite liked Prince Caspian.
This may be due to disliking the Narnia books but it was a very good film.
The acting was great, considering it's child actors, unlike you I felt the Telmarines had definite culture and identity behind them and Eddie Izzard as Reepicheep makes anything incredible.
What I didn't like was the Peter - Caspian rivalry which felt incredibly unnecessary, and the White Witch scene which felt incredibly stupid.

Also, remember I talked about taking in Cat-Muffin work to my Creative Writing class?
I took this. (http://catmuffin.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/genesis/)
And they loved it.
Though nobody knew wtf to think about it.

DraPrime

2009-12-10, 06:03 PM

Boo

2009-12-10, 06:29 PM

My father just gave me a guide to guerrilla warfare in the form of a book written by the Swiss government. It fully describes how to run a resistance movement, perform ambushes, blow up train tracks, and all sorts of other stuff. I have 3 simultaneous reactions to this.

1. What the hell?

2. This is actually very fascinating.

3. THIS IS REALLY FRIGGIN COOL!

Of course. Military strategy is cool to read about. (Just try not to do some of these in real life)

I mean, when you look back all these amazing strategies were pulled off. For instance: Three Kingdoms. Sun Quan stole arrows from his enemies using many boats, straw men, and the fog. The enemy soldiers mistook them for real people and fired their arrows, accidentally resupplying the Wu. ...I think. It might be different from what I've read.

Thufir

2009-12-10, 06:31 PM

I also thought the Prince Caspian film wasn't that bad. No problem with the Telmarine's accents, they aged up Caspian to make him more credible as a threat to Miraz I believe, Reepicheep was excellent, and while I can see Curly's problem with the early horn-blowing, they needed to move the film along a bit. Nothing really happens until the siblings arrive in Narnia, and they couldn't really just go 'Several weeks later...'
Certainly some things were changed, and various things could've been done better, and admittedly I can't remember the book very well, but, I thought it alright.

the White Witch scene which felt incredibly stupid.

What how why whuh fuh guh buh huh? :smallmad: That's like, the best scene in the film? (I agree with Curly that Edmund gets the best bits)
Peter/Miraz duel is also very good, and I believe it's also impressively accurate on how they fight (IIRC this was said in a thread in Media Discussions about the film back when it was in cinemas)

ION: I sorted my LaTeX presentation, by the simple expedient of doing it in powerpoint instead. Just got to do the talk tomorrow, and then I will be free! Free! FREE!!!

Viera Champion

2009-12-10, 06:41 PM

Hey people just popping in to let you know that my Wheel of Time Heal/Hurt has officially opened in the SMBGs.

I also feel like I should contribute to the conversation.

Prince Caspian wasn't a very good movie. It had nothig to do with the book an was kinda stupid. I think the first one was better.

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-10, 06:48 PM

Oh my god, that sounds bad (and I didn't like the first Narnia movies, either). I just fear we have to at least borrow it because the kids want to watch.

But if you want to see a real good movie:

The Milagro Beanfield War (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095638/)

Just watched yesterday again, one of the best movies ever.

I saw "Milagro" and "war" and got excited, then realized this had nothing to do with what I imagined. v.v

I swear, am I the only person on the planet who enjoyed Metal Fatigue? >.>

Nameless

2009-12-10, 06:51 PM

*glomps Cobra*

...

Ohhh, late night movie!

*puts up a "BRB" sign*
*runs off to bed and watches*

Alteran

2009-12-10, 08:56 PM

CrimsonAngel

2009-12-10, 09:13 PM

*parties with cobra and nameless*

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-10, 09:20 PM

I want to buy an alarm clock that can play from my iPod, and set Thus Spake Zarathustra as my alarm.

I'm not entirely sure why I just thought of this, but I did. I'm somewhat worried that it wouldn't be jarring enough to wake me up. I suppose after that song, I could have it move on to Ride of the Valkyries? It doesn't really matter, since chances are I won't end up doing this.

They're called iHomes. And they're pretty nice. =)

Of course, it depends on how you have your iPod set. Mine seemed to always want to wake me up to "Hell's Bells".

This was quickly changed to something by Amon Amarth. And...yeah, I can't possibly sleep though that. >.<

Alteran

2009-12-10, 09:22 PM

They're called iHomes. And they're pretty nice. =)

I know they exist, I just don't feel like buying one when I have a perfectly functional alarm clock already. :smalltongue:

Zocelot

2009-12-10, 09:56 PM

I wonder what tune I would set my alarm to if I could. Maybe something shuffle, and definitely something intensely metal. Right now, I have an adjustable radio alarm clock that I can't adjust, so I always wake up to extreme left wing opinion. It's advertisements more often than not though.

Phase

2009-12-10, 10:37 PM

Don't you hate it when some of your friends don't like some of your other friends and it's kinda like "Hey man, lay off."

Anyway, TGTF.

Trobby

2009-12-10, 10:53 PM

I want to buy an alarm clock that can play from my iPod, and set Thus Spake Zarathustra as my alarm.

I'd go for the Ballad of the Wind Fish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPWEJMGxTBs) myself...but that's only because I am a massive Nintendo Nerd.

@Phase: ...Who would the friends of a celestial body be? Phobos and Deimos?

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-11, 04:59 AM

It's 5AM! I'm writing a paper that's due in 5 hours! This paper is worth at least 50% of my final grade! If I fail this or any other class, my parents kick me out of the house! I think my teacher's going to hate me over this!

And yet, I still find myself cheerful. >.>

Tiger Duck

2009-12-11, 05:17 AM

Well then get cracking. No playground till you are finished.

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-11, 05:27 AM

Well then get cracking. No playground till you are finished.

I'm done. Ish.

I'm about 2 pages short. He wanted 8, I have 6.

But I'm happy with it. And...well, I don't think it's great.

It's supposed to be an argumentative paper for renewable energy, and what course of action should be taken. In reading it over, I think I come off very annoyed and upset by the way politics and such influence it. I think he'll enjoy reading it, whether or not it's a good paper. He comes off very annoyed by the harsh realities of life in class. >.>

Tiger Duck

2009-12-11, 05:31 AM

5 more hours are plenty to make some alterations that give you the abillity to fluff it a bit till its the required 8 pages.
I know I am my most productive those last few hours

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-11, 05:42 AM

5 more hours are plenty to make some alterations that give you the abillity to fluff it a bit till its the required 8 pages.
I know I am my most productive those last few hours

Well, one of those hours is me actually driving over there. And it's 4 hours, now. So...3 to fluff it up some? Alright.

Also, just found out my maths grade. It's a C. I totally could have done better, too, if I had exerted a decent effort.

...that said...I did 1/4 of the homeworks, got a B+, B, and D on the tests, an F on the final...and there was no curve. HOW DOES THAT WORK? O_o

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-11, 05:45 AM

Ikari....No snuggles till you finish your project!

Phase

2009-12-11, 06:21 AM

Go! Get! Get out of here, stalker!

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-11, 06:29 AM

Go! Get! Get out of here, stalker!

v.v

You don't love me anymore! D=

Meh. Teachers at my school tend to be laid-back. There's a section I could add to my paper, but I didn't, because I feel it complicates the argument and makes it weaker. I'll ask him what he thinks, and if he insists I add it, he might give me an extension of the weekend. He's been known to do it before. *shrugs*

Hope he'll take the shorter paper, though. I like writing directly instead of wandering around in BS. >.<

Player_Zero

2009-12-11, 07:45 AM

Wait, isn't there a new series of Venture Brothers on now in the states?

Oh ho ho?

Yes. Yes, there is.

Do try to keep up.
Get off my back, I've been living under a rock for three months.

Nameless

2009-12-11, 07:54 AM

Well, one of those hours is me actually driving over there. And it's 4 hours, now. So...3 to fluff it up some? Alright.

Also, just found out my maths grade. It's a C. I totally could have done better, too, if I had exerted a decent effort.

...that said...I did 1/4 of the homeworks, got a B+, B, and D on the tests, an F on the final...and there was no curve. HOW DOES THAT WORK? O_o

Awesome.
I got an E and that's with doing no course work what so ever or ever paying any attention in class.
Instead, me and the class used to chuck chairs out the window from three stories up and rip up the text books. We quite literally destroyed the class room. There were only 8 of us in the class but by the end of each lesson the room looked like a ManOWar crowed had just torn the place up.
This one time, we destroyed the interactive white board.

Ahhh... Good times. *reminisces*

smellie_hippie

2009-12-11, 08:03 AM

So my son is having "bad movie night" for his themed birthday party this evening. Our selection of films is as follows...

Repo-the genetic Opera
Against the Dark (A Steven Segal vampire killing movie)
Mega-shark vs. Giant Octopus
Outlander (Alien warrior vs. Dragon vs. Vikings I think)
and
Rocky Horror Picture Show (with lines but no props... my living rooms stays clean)

Any recommendations on an order? I have only seen one of these films... so I fully admit that some of them "might not be bad films". Thoughts? Opinions? Snide Remarks?

Nameless

2009-12-11, 08:08 AM

Jibar

2009-12-11, 08:08 AM

My first instinct is What The Hell, why is Repo in there?

It's... a weird movie, not a bad one.
It's just so different and unexpected, it doesn't deserve to be in there.

smellie_hippie

2009-12-11, 08:11 AM

My first instinct is What The Hell, why is Repo in there?

It's... a weird movie, not a bad one.
It's just so different and unexpected, it doesn't deserve to be in there.

That's exactly why I asked... I knew very little to almost nothing about it. On the shelf it looks "odd", and I just wanted to get some feed-back.

We also have a fair collection of MST3K...

Quincunx

2009-12-11, 08:19 AM

Warm up with an MST3K so the mood is set. After that, let 'em rip. (I also gather that RHPS is the one you have seen, so you know better than I do whether to let that one be the other bookend of the night, or whether to let them wind down with another conventionally bad 'bad movie'.)

Zar Peter

2009-12-11, 08:20 AM

Actually... why is Rocky Horror Picture Show in it? That's one of the best movies ever!

And for bad:

The Siege (Bruce Willis)
Independence Day
Mamma Mia

oh and Plan 9 from outer space, just to show them a really, really bad movie.

Nameless

2009-12-11, 08:21 AM

Actually... why is Rocky Horror Picture Show in it? That's one of the best movies ever!

No it's not, it's God awful.

smellie_hippie

2009-12-11, 08:23 AM

I'll probably push RHPS a little later. At least one of his friends has seen it and may know some of the lines... (otherwise it's just me) The crowd in attendance is approximately 17 years of age... and YES Petey RHPS is one of the greatest films ever!!! :smallbiggrin:

Your other list of suggestions may come into play as our "bad movie night" becomes multiple events...

Archonic Energy

2009-12-11, 08:25 AM

So my son is having "bad movie night" for his themed birthday party this evening. Our selection of films is as follows...

Repo-the genetic Opera
Against the Dark (A Steven Segal vampire killing movie)
Mega-shark vs. Giant Octopus
Outlander (Alien warrior vs. Dragon vs. Vikings I think)
and
Rocky Horror Picture Show (with lines but no props... my living rooms stays clean)

Where's Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter?
or Highlander 2

Independence Day
HEY, i liked ID4...
well as a "guilty pleasure" movie.
any movie which destroys the whitehouse is good in my books

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-11, 08:25 AM

Considering it was made quite some time ago, it's a pretty good movie.

And if your son is doing a bad movie night. Twilight should be there...

Nameless

2009-12-11, 08:26 AM

Where's Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter?
or Highlander 2

*sigh* The original Highlander was such a great film. ._.

Zar Peter

2009-12-11, 08:27 AM

Yes, Highlander2

Just read about it as a movie which was completely destroyed because of producent wishes... and it wasn't good before the producent wished.

smellie_hippie

2009-12-11, 08:28 AM

Where's Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter?
or Highlander 2

We didn't have time to find Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. :smallfrown:

There is no Highlander 2. There is no Hulk with Eric Bana. There is no Catwoman. :smallyuk:

These do not exist in my reality... and I have magic door wards that prevent their transgression. :smallamused:

edit: Twilight has been mentioned... but only if I have the Riff Tracks cued up. Or loads of alcohol which does n ot combine well with teenagers.

Archonic Energy

2009-12-11, 08:29 AM

*sigh* The original Highlander was such a great film. ._.

Yeah, it was... stupid greedy excutives

Zar Peter

2009-12-11, 08:30 AM

We didn't have time to find Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. :smallfrown:

There is no Highlander 2. There is no Hulk with Eric Bana. There is no Catwoman. :smallyuk:

These do not exist in my reality... and I have magic door wards that prevent their transgression. :smallamused:

YOU asked for bad movies. You didn't say anything about realities where the realy bad, hurting movies don't exist.

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-11, 08:30 AM

*steals door*
*installs it into his own house*
Weeeh.

>.>
*ignores angry staring Hippie*
<,<

Also Plan 9 From Outer Space. This reminds me.
Ed Wood is such a cool movie...

Quincunx

2009-12-11, 11:37 AM

It it too close to Christmas to safely afford personal purchases.
It it too close to Christmas to safely afford personal purchases.
It it too close to Christmas to safely afford personal purchases.
FABRIC FABRIC GLORIOUS VIVID TEXTURED SOFT DRAPEY FABRIC
It it too close to Christmas to safely afford personal purchases.
I MOCK YOUR $1800 PRICE TAG, DESIGNER DRESS! FOR ONE-TWELFTH I COULD SEW YOU!
It it too close to Christmas to safely afford personal purchases.

. . .Calm thoughts. Calm thoughts.
Vague musings on what a new-clothing budget is these days.
Calm thoughts.

. . .mindless material lust!

Gullara

2009-12-11, 11:42 AM

Trobby

2009-12-11, 11:50 AM

Poor Quinx....*wraps you in soft silk blankets and provides soothing rich cocoa drinks*

It's 5AM! I'm writing a paper that's due in 5 hours! This paper is worth at least 50% of my final grade! If I fail this or any other class, my parents kick me out of the house! I think my teacher's going to hate me over this!

And yet, I still find myself cheerful. >.>

Hah...you sound exactly like me on the day before a final. ^^; I remember this one night, I actually went straight up to 5 minutes before class *I can walk to class within that time* finishing the animation I was to hand in that day.

It was far better than anything anybody else had. Well...almost better than anything else. <.<; It didn't have much 3D movement, which is something he wanted, but...well, that was basically an entire scene I had to cut out because I ran out of time. o.o;

Ahh...but it was a good class. ^^; Not that I've even done ANYTHING in Flash ever since then. <.<; I should bust it out and do something with it sometime.

Jibar

2009-12-11, 12:12 PM

RAWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134484)

Dogmantra

2009-12-11, 12:14 PM

RAWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134484)

I bet Roland replies and asks for one.

Trobby

2009-12-11, 12:17 PM

RAWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134484)

...Rawhide? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl2fONPgIJE)

Deth Muncher

2009-12-11, 02:15 PM

I want to buy an alarm clock that can play from my iPod, and set Thus Spake Zarathustra as my alarm.

I'm not entirely sure why I just thought of this, but I did. I'm somewhat worried that it wouldn't be jarring enough to wake me up. I suppose after that song, I could have it move on to Ride of the Valkyries? It doesn't really matter, since chances are I won't end up doing this.

Is your iPod black, by chance?

I'm assuming it is, because then it'd be hilarious.

I've got a black iHome and a black iPod, and will now go do this. :D

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-11, 02:24 PM

RAWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134484)

...Rawhide? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl2fONPgIJE)

Rawhide . (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=938GH4Gj_vU)

Gullara

2009-12-11, 02:36 PM

RAWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134484)

...Rawhide? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl2fONPgIJE)

Rawhide . (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=938GH4Gj_vU)

Rawhide... (httphttp://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?find=lastposter&f=25
)

Phase

2009-12-11, 03:14 PM

So I got the ThinkGeek Soundtrack shirt...

Goddamn, this shirt has, like, +6 to Charisma...

Boo

2009-12-11, 03:52 PM

So I got the ThinkGeek Soundtrack shirt...

Goddamn, this shirt has, like, +6 to Charisma...

See, now I want that shirt. And the clock shirt. Awesome. :smallannoyed:

cycoris

2009-12-11, 03:54 PM

So I got the ThinkGeek Soundtrack shirt...

Goddamn, this shirt has, like, +6 to Charisma...

Not to mention the +10 to Geek, which is sure to have all the girls ITP swooning heavily... :smalltongue:

ION: Mac and cheese mixed with a bit of ranch dressing is yummy, a bit of shredded Romano makes it even better.

I <3 weird food combinations.

Dragonrider

2009-12-11, 03:55 PM

Each to his own, I guess . . . .

I'm going home in six days :smallbiggrin:

Dogmantra

2009-12-11, 03:55 PM

So my brother asked me earlier "Hey, Nick," he said, because my name is Nick, "I'm curious about this. Can we play D&D later?"

I almost had a nerdgasm right in front of him. I'm going to run a little solo adventure with a friendly DMPC compatriot. Happy fun times!

Coidzor

2009-12-11, 03:56 PM

My pipes are frozen. :smallfrown:

I'm missing the ability to shower right about now.

So, Nick Cave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlgN__Jrxk), how old is your bad seed of a bro?

Dogmantra

2009-12-11, 04:07 PM

Nick Cave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlgN__Jrxk)

I always find it really weird when someone posts a link, and I've been to that site before, because of something completely unrelated. This is one such time...

Unless you recently moved to Brighton from my own home town and wish I'd shut up about it, in which case, I'm on to you, Coidzor, or should I say... r?

Fostire

2009-12-11, 04:29 PM

So I got the ThinkGeek Soundtrack shirt...

Goddamn, this shirt has, like, +6 to Charisma...

Is the speaker as uncomfortable as it looks?

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-11, 04:36 PM

So yesterday I got the recipe to my favorite cookie from a friend who's in college to be a pastry chef.

Weeeh for having that recipe.
Weeeh for having a (to be) pastry chef as a friend(who will make me cookies:smallamused:)

Also, RPG's, that link was broken....You broke the Rawhide Chain...

Zocelot

2009-12-11, 04:37 PM

Yeah, I'm curious where the batteries go. I'd sort of like one of the shirts, but not if it's uncomfortable.

Closak

2009-12-11, 04:54 PM

*Wakes up*

Wuh? What's going on?

*Gnaws on tail*

Jibar

2009-12-11, 05:04 PM

Hoooleeee craaaaaap
RUTSKARN COME ONLINE FOR IMPORTANT REASONS
LIKE NOW

Where is the button that makes him appear!?

DraPrime

2009-12-11, 05:10 PM

Hoooleeee craaaaaap
RUTSKARN COME ONLINE FOR IMPORTANT REASONS
LIKE NOW

Where is the button that makes him appear!?

In some secret Inca temple, high in the Andes. It is protected by ancient curses, jaguars, warriors, the undead, and an occasional teddy bear.

Dogmantra

2009-12-11, 05:26 PM

Where is the button that makes him appear!?

For me, it's the left mouse button when playing Sniper. He's always there.

Quincunx

2009-12-11, 05:53 PM

My pipes are frozen. :smallfrown:

I'm missing the ability to shower right about now.

Please allow me to sympathize, in spades. How long does it take to defrost pipes?

Coidzor

2009-12-11, 06:05 PM

Please allow me to sympathize, in spades. How long does it take to defrost pipes?

It'll probably be about a day after it begins to thaw that we can get into it. We've been dealing with -12 celcius weather most nights though, so there hasn't been a lot of progress there. Might be able to get in within the next half week though.

Dr. Bath

2009-12-11, 07:57 PM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff....

*rages incoherently*

Stupid gorram phone companies, and gorram networks.

Assassin89

2009-12-11, 08:04 PM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff....

*rages incoherently*

Stupid gorram phone companies, and gorram networks.

I understand that you dislike your phone and internet provider or is the network related to the telly?, but was the excessively long rage really necessary? I don't really have such problems with that particular matter, but I think a way to relieve stress would help.

Kneenibble

2009-12-11, 08:19 PM

When Dr. Bath rages excessively long, Assassin89, you will take it and like it.

Player_Zero

2009-12-11, 08:20 PM

Hoooleeee craaaaaap
RUTSKARN COME ONLINE FOR IMPORTANT REASONS
LIKE NOW

Where is the button that makes him appear!?

I am such a button.

See, my theory is, I'm so wonderful that he must've fallen in love with me. I mean, who wouldn't, right?

Coidzor

2009-12-11, 09:03 PM

When Dr. Bath rages excessively long, Assassin89, you will take it and like it.

Or we could wrassle. :smallbiggrin:

*pushes Player_Zero's button*

So. Long-haired cats are interesting when they come in out of the rain... Like one of those weird dresses vampires wear that's all clingy and trailing.

HotAndCold

2009-12-11, 11:34 PM

*pushes Player_Zero's button*

Oh my. What have I come into the thread to?

Trobby

2009-12-11, 11:40 PM

Also, RPG's, that link was broken....You broke the Rawhide Chain...

Clearly this was intentional, as we stopped posting "Rawhide" right afterwards. I think the Rawhide right before it was best though.

So my brother asked me earlier "Hey, Nick," he said, because my name is Nick, "I'm curious about this. Can we play D&D later?"

I almost had a nerdgasm right in front of him. I'm going to run a little solo adventure with a friendly DMPC compatriot. Happy fun times!

Sweet! Which system did you introduce him to? 3.5 DnD? 4.0? Some other system? Or maybe a freeform RP?

Coidzor

2009-12-11, 11:44 PM

Oh my. What have I come into the thread to?

Sparta, of course. Wait, no, that's not right. Venettzia! Hmm, no, that's not right either.

Eh, watch this, wotch. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c06hv3ZxDdA&feature=related)

Fostire

2009-12-12, 12:03 AM

So I have a chemistry exam in less than a week. To study for it I'm doing exams from previous years, and I just found this interesting question:

35. In order to determine whether a covalent bond is polar or nonpolar, it is helpful to examine:
a) the electronegativity difference between atoms.
b) the atomic weight of each atom.
c) the number of metals in the compound.
d) a magic eight ball.
e) the difference in the number of protons between the atoms.

I'm not sure what to answer, both a and d seem correct :smalltongue:

Jack Squat

2009-12-12, 12:06 AM

I'd totally go with 'D'

My favorite question on a test.

"The answer is 'B'."

I'm surprised I didn't make a higher grade in that class.

Trobby

2009-12-12, 12:12 AM

Normally, I'd go with a magic 8-ball, but if it gives you "Ask Again Later", you're screwed. I think the actual answer is A, but it COULD be E.

ION, my friend told me today that he was going to a Furry party. This surprised me, since as far as I knew, he wasn't a furry, and I wasn't exactly sure how..."hardcore" it was going to be. After asking a bit about the situation, it turns out he just knows some people who are and they asked him to come to the party, and they're really not that bad.

I kinda felt bad for giving him the third-degree on it though...has this ever happened to anyone else? You hear about something someone's doing that seems like it might be questionable, and you ask about it a bit to make sure you understand what's going on, and then when you try to explain why you were so suspicious about it later, it just makes you look like a bigot?

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 12:18 AM

ION, my friend told me today that he was going to a Furry party. This surprised me, since as far as I knew, he wasn't a furry, and I wasn't exactly sure how..."hardcore" it was going to be. After asking a bit about the situation, it turns out he just knows some people who are and they asked him to come to the party, and they're really not that bad.

I kinda felt bad for giving him the third-degree on it though...has this ever happened to anyone else? You hear about something someone's doing that seems like it might be questionable, and you ask about it a bit to make sure you understand what's going on, and then when you try to explain why you were so suspicious about it later, it just makes you look like a bigot?

Well, y'know, you hear one thing about those parties and you don't know whether to be disgusted by them or worried about their safety.

As it stands, furries have a bad enough reputation for how they behave at furry events, especially if in fursuits, that bigoted or not, I'd feel justified in giving them an askance look.

Then again, it's only slightly more bizarre to me in terms of overall weirdness than going to any kind of BDSM enthusiast get together, but actually slightly less weird to mention to a friend that one is going to it.

Some topics are just going to make people wonder and ask questions as the best reaction.

KilltheToy

2009-12-12, 12:24 AM

I just read most of the High Octane Nightmare Fuel on TVTropes. If you'll excuse me, I need some time to recover from the partial mind rape.

In other news, I installed Opera to try it out. So far, it's been pretty cool.

Trobby

2009-12-12, 12:25 AM

Well, y'know, you hear one thing about those parties and you don't know whether to be disgusted by them or worried about their safety.

As it stands, furries have a bad enough reputation for how they behave at furry events, especially if in fursuits, that bigoted or not, I'd feel justified in giving them an askance look.

Then again, it's only slightly more bizarre to me in terms of overall weirdness than going to any kind of BDSM enthusiast get together, but actually slightly less weird to mention to a friend that one is going to it.

Some topics are just going to make people wonder and ask questions as the best reaction.

Mmm...I think one problem is that we also RP a lot together, and a lot of our characters ARE anthropomorphic, so now he doesn't just think I'm a bigot, he thinks I'm a hypocrite for being alright with playing them in RP, but not okay with him hanging out with people who do that same role-play in real life.

Kneenibble

2009-12-12, 12:41 AM

Good for you, KilltheToy. Opera is great: may you grow to love it.

I've also heard that kind of rumour about furries and their , , , Saturnalian tendencies, Coidzilla. Hey Introbulus, is this a past event? Like has he gone to the party already? Did he debrief the experience at all? I'd really like to know if the furreputation is just.

:sigh:
Yay exam week. Stuck at home on a Friday night bent over a textbook.

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 12:59 AM

I've also heard that kind of rumour about furries and their , , , Saturnalian tendencies, Coidzilla. Hey Introbulus, is this a past event? Like has he gone to the party already? Did he debrief the experience at all? I'd really like to know if the furreputation is just.

...I can't remember what that means, but I keep imagining Jupiter cutting off Saturn's junk and throwing it into the sea while they're both wearing fursuits now...

Good luck with your exams, sir.

Mmm...I think one problem is that we also RP a lot together, and a lot of our characters ARE anthropomorphic, so now he doesn't just think I'm a bigot, he thinks I'm a hypocrite for being alright with playing them in RP, but not okay with him hanging out with people who do that same role-play in real life.

Eh, not really. There's a clear divide between table top RPGs and LARPing after all.

Lord Seth

2009-12-12, 01:03 AM

I just read most of the High Octane Nightmare Fuel on TVTropes. If you'll excuse me, I need some time to recover from the partial mind rape.Really? Nightmare Fuel always left me with the feeling "Uh, how does this qualify for the page?" There was only one thing I remember that actually was pretty spooky I ever saw on it.

Shadow of the Sun

2009-12-12, 01:05 AM

*walks in, fires a shotgun into the ceiling*

I'm another fellow who's never really been affected by the nightmare fuel pages. I find them hilarious.

Kneenibble

2009-12-12, 01:27 AM

...I can't remember what that means, but I keep imagining Jupiter cutting off Saturn's junk and throwing it into the sea while they're both wearing fursuits now...

Good luck with your exams, sir.
Thanks fella.
For the good luck, and the image. :smalltongue:

Thufir

2009-12-12, 02:28 AM

Eh, watch this, wotch. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c06hv3ZxDdA&feature=related)

I feel I must point out that the animated bowing bears no relation to the notes being played...

*walks in, fires a shotgun into the ceiling*

And lo, I am humbled, for I don't think I've ever seen you post before...

ION, I need to learn to do preparations for important events more in advance.

Shadow of the Sun

2009-12-12, 03:18 AM

I'm an oldie from the forum- but I don't pop in as much anymore.

Jibar

2009-12-12, 03:39 AM

Well, y'know, you hear one thing about those parties and you don't know whether to be disgusted by them or worried about their safety.

As it stands, furries have a bad enough reputation for how they behave at furry events, especially if in fursuits, that bigoted or not, I'd feel justified in giving them an askance look.

Then again, it's only slightly more bizarre to me in terms of overall weirdness than going to any kind of BDSM enthusiast get together, but actually slightly less weird to mention to a friend that one is going to it.

Some topics are just going to make people wonder and ask questions as the best reaction.

Yeah... yeah... (http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=3873)

I'm actually mistaken for a furry a lot these days. I wonder why.

Dogmantra

2009-12-12, 05:10 AM

Sweet! Which system did you introduce him to? 3.5 DnD? 4.0? Some other system? Or maybe a freeform RP?

I'm gonna do 3.5, I'm more familiar with it, though I know the rules of 4e enough to play it, I couldn't DM.

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-12, 05:31 AM

Oh my. What have I come into the thread to?

Your reaction implies there was an innuendo I missed. Say it isn't so! D=

Nameless

2009-12-12, 05:41 AM

*Wakes up*
*walks over to compuer*
Ach, no more parties for Nameless.
... Oh wait, I have one next week.
*browses through tagged photoses on Facebook*
Oh God. o_O

Ah, morning Playground. *cuddles*

Trobby

2009-12-12, 08:30 AM

*Wakes up*
*walks over to compuer*
Ach, no more parties for Nameless.
... Oh wait, I have one next week.
*browses through tagged photoses on Facebook*
Oh God. o_O

Ah, morning Playground. *cuddles*

...-_- Son, please tell me you haven't brought shame to our family. *tapping his beslippered foot and holding a coffee mug that says "World's Best Dad" on it*.

Dragonrider

2009-12-12, 10:28 AM

Assassin89

2009-12-12, 10:31 AM

WE have SNOOOOOW! :smallbiggrin:

Just a . . . little . . . excited, here. :smalltongue: Not so excited that after a week of draaaaaaaagging myself out of bed at 7:40, it's the weekend and I wake up on my own at ten till seven. Again.

No snow for me today, but it will probably appear in a few days. As for when I wake up, it was around seven, although I normally wake up at twenty after six.

Nameless

2009-12-12, 10:38 AM

...-_- Son, please tell me you haven't brought shame to our family. *tapping his beslippered foot and holding a coffee mug that says "World's Best Dad" on it*.

I only stripped once this time! I swear! :smalleek:

Ikialev

2009-12-12, 10:58 AM

WE have SNOOOOOW! :smallbiggrin:

Just a . . . little . . . excited, here. :smalltongue: Not so excited that after a week of draaaaaaaagging myself out of bed at 7:40, it's the weekend and I wake up on my own at ten till seven. Again.
Me too!
Using my ruler, it's like 0,5 mm of snow. And only on cars. But I'm still happy about that. :smallbiggrin:

InaVegt

2009-12-12, 12:04 PM

WOOOOOOO!!!!!

I'll be coming to gencon indy 2010, 99% sure of that!

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 12:06 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-12, 02:38 PM

Aaaaaargh. Bad pins and needles. STupid biology.

Why is it so stupidly painful?

Anyway, the parents got out to Christmas films today and I've been having a mini-marathon.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (the Claymation one), Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Muppet's Christmas Carol. Lor' when I put on Rudolph I had the biggest childlike grin on my face, pure nostalgia. That film was literally the first Christmas film I ever saw. I almost know it verbatim.
There was no CGI sequel.

And we're decorating the tree tonight too!

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!!
CHRISTMAS!

Rutskarn

2009-12-12, 02:45 PM

Muppet Christmas Carol is candy-coated gold.

Also: I always liked Jack Frost, principally because Kubla Krause is an unstoppable kingpin of destruction. That's right, you send your armies of pot-metal mechanical abominations into the land. Purge, purge!, that none of the simpering and idyllic fools may survive your wrath. They shall pay for their lack of economic knowledge.

Seriously, ice money. What the hell. Just switch to a goddamn barter system already.

Rutskarn

2009-12-12, 03:43 PM

Oh ho ho, think nobody saw our little gaffe, do we, poster who was until recently above me? Think we destroyed all of the evidence?

That's alright. That's alright. Your error need never see the light of day...for a small consideration, of course.

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 03:47 PM

^: Did I sleep post again? Sorry about that, sometimes that ust happens...x.x
I only stripped once this time! I swear! :smalleek:

But did you get tipped? That's the bigger question. :smalltongue:

cycoris

2009-12-12, 04:06 PM

WE have SNOOOOOW! :smallbiggrin:

Just a . . . little . . . excited, here. :smalltongue: Not so excited that after a week of draaaaaaaagging myself out of bed at 7:40, it's the weekend and I wake up on my own at ten till seven. Again.

We have snow too!

It's coming down at a lovely rate, and supposedly it'll stop on Tuesday. That means that we should have a decent amount by the end. Huzzah!

Though I'll admit that I've been spoiled, since my idea of 'a decent amount of snow' comes from having lived in Madison, WI for five years. :smalltongue:

Now, I just need to finish that scarf I started a month ago so that I can go out and play!

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 04:47 PM

Curse you. Our ground is still too frozen to dig down into it or drive anywhere due to our driveway and not having any treading for driving on ice. And all we've got to show for it is some mistiness today. :smallmad:

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-12, 04:48 PM

Muppet Christmas Carol is candy-coated gold.

Indeed.
I think it's a wonderful adaptation of the book. Likewise with Mickey's Christmas Carol. And the former has catchy songs.

Wish it snowed. Never seen it.

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 04:50 PM

Indeed.
I think it's a wonderful adaptation of the book. Likewise with Mickey's Christmas Carol. And the former has catchy songs.

Wish it snowed. Never seen it.

Careful, if Iceland cracks you might just be getting to see snow for a long, long time. :smallwink:

Aren't there some places further north you could visit sometime to see the snow, anyway?

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 04:52 PM

Indeed.
I think it's a wonderful adaptation of the book. Likewise with Mickey's Christmas Carol. And the former has catchy songs.

Wish it snowed. Never seen it.

You've never seen snow fall, or snow itself?

Dallas-Dakota

2009-12-12, 04:54 PM

While I don't agree with his views on certain things, I can say one thing for sure, profesoor Roland Rotherham is pretty damn smart...

CurlyKitGirl

2009-12-12, 04:54 PM

Careful, if Iceland cracks you might just be getting to see snow for a long, long time. :smallwink:

Lovecraftian monsters don't suffer from the cold.

Aren't there some places further north you could visit sometime to see the snow, anyway?

Up North?
That's a mythical place inundated with horrific monsters and incomprehensible accents. And the UK Meetup.
Wish I didn't have to pull out.

EDIT:

You've never seen snow fall, or snow itself?

I have seen snow on TV/in photos etc. I have seen snow fall, but not stick.
Therefore, I've never had a proper snow.
Except that one time where college was cancelled because of snow (now that was epic, it was almost like a mini-blizzard while waiting for the bus home) but it doesn't count because the snow petered out before I got home.
Depressing.
It's like my home (and home town) is immune to snow.

Morty

2009-12-12, 04:54 PM

I recall when we used to have snow in November or early December instead of hoping we'll get it for Christmas. But it's been so long I can barely remember. :smallsigh:

Nameless

2009-12-12, 04:55 PM

^: Did I sleep post again? Sorry about that, sometimes that ust happens...x.x

But did you get tipped? That's the bigger question. :smalltongue:

Someone gave me a button. :smallsmile:

KilltheToy

2009-12-12, 04:58 PM

Really? Nightmare Fuel always left me with the feeling "Uh, how does this qualify for the page?" There was only one thing I remember that actually was pretty spooky I ever saw on it.

Meh. Nightmare fuel, added octane or otherwise, is purely subjective. Wasps, for example, are on High Octane Nightmare Fuel. I personally consider water to be Nightmare Fuel in certain situations.

Diving boards are a challenge. I'll leave it at that.

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 05:13 PM

It's like my home (and home town) is immune to snow.

I'd say it's more like you need to get out and about more. :smalltongue:

Dragonrider

2009-12-12, 05:31 PM

It's been snowing for the last four hours. :smallbiggrin: I made an angel. It was awesome. I love this weather . . . I love sitting around in a grungy lumberjack shirt pretending it isn't finals week. :smallamused:

Rutskarn

2009-12-12, 06:16 PM

I used to live in North Carolina, a not-unpleasant arrangement that I am nevertheless glad has passed. Anyway, there was a good snow every odd year up there, so I didn't want for the stuff.

Out here, snowflakes are like diamonds: technically common as dirt, and easy to manufacture, but artificially treasured.

Phase

2009-12-12, 06:27 PM

We get snow up here, but more often than not it becomes sleet before it hits land.

Just as well, for if it ever manages to collect upon the ground, the pollution here turns snow into pure black goo. For all its treasures, New York has its downsides...

Trobby

2009-12-12, 07:12 PM

I only stripped once this time! I swear! :smalleek:

...*MONOCLE POP!*

Oh my. :smalleek:

Just...don't catch a cold, sweetheart...

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 08:04 PM

* slowly walks into thread and passes out*

On Thursday my family had to drive down to Florida for a wedding and we came back today. It took 9 hours to drive down there, and then 10 on the way back. :smallsigh: We had to go down there for a wedding, that ran out of food. and the one time I go to Florida its cold and wet, and yet they were expecting sunny weather that day apparently. :smallannoyed:

Florida was really pretty. lots of palm trees.:smallbiggrin:

Now I'm just tired, and very glad I have my computer/internet access again. :smallsmile: and I missed my kitty cat; whom is now happily sleeping next to me. :smallbiggrin:

Nameless

2009-12-12, 08:06 PM

...*MONOCLE POP!*

Oh my. :smalleek:

Just...don't catch a cold, sweetheart...

There won't be any photos of that on the You thread. :smalleek:

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-12, 08:10 PM

Trobby

2009-12-12, 08:15 PM

Aww..poor Peren. ;-; *Wraps a big warm and fluffy blanket around her* Get some rest, hon.

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 08:16 PM

D=

*carries to bed, tucks in* Take a nap, hun! =\

That said, you should have come visited me! It was chilly, aside from one day, but not wet. And we have palm trees in the back yard! It's like Florida, but better! =D

thankses you, Cobra. *huggles*

I should have. :smalltongue: Except my crazy little cousins and aunt and uncle and grandparents were with me, and we had to drive straight there and straight back. We did go through Georgia though. halfway through I was partly expecting a little Cobra to jump out of a bush or something. :smallamused:

Nameless

2009-12-12, 08:18 PM

*would also like to join in hugging Perenelle*

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 08:21 PM

*would also like to join in hugging Perenelle*

*pokes*

Posts that only have an action in them are forbidden in these parts.

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-12, 08:24 PM

thankses you, Cobra. *huggles*

I should have. :smalltongue: Except my crazy little cousins and aunt and uncle and grandparents were with me, and we had to drive straight there and straight back. We did go through Georgia though. halfway through I was partly expecting a little Cobra to jump out of a bush or something. :smallamused:

I assume you took 95 the whole way? If so, you'd have been about an hour away from me at one point.

Unfortunately, my arms are much too short to hug at that range. v.v

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 08:31 PM

Aww..poor Peren. ;-; *Wraps a big warm and fluffy blanket around her* Get some rest, hon.

yay blankets! :smallbiggrin: I have all day tomorrow to rest, I'll stay up for a while and finish some of my homework first. =)

Originally posted by Nameless
*would also like to join in hugging Perenelle*

you can join huggling too! :smallbiggrin: *huggles*

Originally posted by Cobra_Ikari
I assume you took 95 the whole way? If so, you'd have been about an hour away from me at one point.

Unfortunately, my arms are much too short to hug at that range. v.v

yup. the whole way down there.
aww. *stretches arms through computer screen and hugses* =3

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 08:34 PM

yup. the whole way down there.
aww. *stretches arms through computer screen and hugses* =3

Hmmm, if you had gone north you would have been able to see my house. I live on a hill that's about 300 yards from Route 95, so my house is quite visible to the highway.

cycoris

2009-12-12, 08:34 PM

Hmm.

Yesterday I ate only pasta.

Today, I have no idea what happened to breakfast and lunch. I have had copious amounts of maple syrup candy, so maybe that counts? And dinner is:

-diced apple with balsamic vinaigrette
-3 slices of ham
-2 slices of extra extra sharp chedder
-a handful of dried cranberries
-a handful of mustard-flavoured pretzel bits
-a handful of dark chocolate chips

...I have a weird diet. :smallconfused:

Also, apparently I'm on the waitlist for the second quarter of American history. I'm secretly hoping that I don't get in, so that I can take forensic science (!) instead. :smalltongue:

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 08:42 PM

Hmmm, if you had gone north you would have been able to see my house. I live on a hill that's about 300 yards from Route 95, so my house is quite visible to the highway.

What state are you in? if you dont mind me asking.

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 08:48 PM

What state are you in? if you dont mind me asking.

Massachusetts. I live close to Boston.

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 08:51 PM

Massachusetts. I live close to Boston.

Oh okay. i've passed by there a couple times, but when I was little.

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 08:57 PM

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 09:02 PM

Oh okay. i've passed by there a couple times, but when I was little.

How odd, you've been near my house. Hell, I might have even seen the car that you were in, as I frequently look out the window at the highway.

And what state are you in? :smallconfused:

cycoris

2009-12-12, 09:05 PM

Do you guys like, make dinner or is it up to everyone to forage? :smallconfused:

Maple syrup candy only counts as part of the maple syrup candy food group, a subsidiary of the maple candy food group.

You old enough to be taking AP courses yet?

Sometimes there's actual dinner, but often it's leftovers or foraging. Especially since right now all 6 of us are on different schedules.

And I'm taking classes at our Friendly Local Community College. :smalltongue:

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 09:21 PM

How odd, you've been near my house. Hell, I might have even seen the car that you were in, as I frequently look out the window at the highway.

And what state are you in? :smallconfused:

Now I'm in North Carolina. Though most of my life I've lived in Northern Virginia outside of DC.

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-12, 09:23 PM

Now I'm in North Carolina. Though most of my life I've lived in Northern Virginia outside of DC.

Hmm...

...hay, you should come to a meetup sometime! =D

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 09:24 PM

Now I'm in North Carolina. Though most of my life I've lived in Northern Virginia outside of DC.

Ahhh, so far down south, Closest I've ever been to NC is Virginia.

Kneenibble

2009-12-12, 09:25 PM

It's going down to -35 tonight. :eek: That doesn't usually happen here until late January.

I'm coming down to usurp your North Carolingian sofas for a few nights, nkay? Put the tea on.

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 09:29 PM

Sometimes there's actual dinner, but often it's leftovers or foraging. Especially since right now all 6 of us are on different schedules.

And I'm taking classes at our Friendly Local Community College. :smalltongue:

Ah, then you really are jailbait then. :smalltongue: In any event, I recommend you learn the fine art of american casserole making.

It's good clean fun and is mostly quick and allows you to make food for like, two people along with a lunch if you can get access to a microwave.

Phase

2009-12-12, 09:31 PM

I want to eat chili, but I fear it has gone bad! How long can cooked meat sit in the fridge?

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 09:32 PM

I want to eat chili, but I fear it has gone bad! How long can cooked meat sit in the fridge?

Week, week and a half or so, depending on how well sealed, how well cooked, what kind of spicing, how often it's been taken out.

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 09:34 PM

Hmm...

...hay, you should come to a meetup sometime! =D

a few more years:smallsmile: my grandparents have views summed up as "grr all people you meet on the internet will try to kill you" kind of thing. So i'll definitely try and come once I'm in college. :smallbiggrin:

Ahhh, so far down south, Closest I've ever been to NC is Virginia.

I miss the North. :smallfrown: My whole family is from the New York area. and I was born in Connecticut. We somehow ended up moving down south a couple years ago.

I'm coming down to usurp your North Carolingian sofas for a few nights, nkay? Put the tea on.

Sofa? you can use the guest room. *makes bed and starts making team*

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 09:36 PM

It's going down to -35 tonight. :eek: That doesn't usually happen here until late January.

I'm coming down to usurp your North Carolingian sofas for a few nights, nkay? Put the tea on.

-35 Celsius or Fahrenheit?

I miss the North. :smallfrown: My whole family is from the New York area. and I was born in Connecticut. We somehow ended up moving down south a couple years ago.

Then wander back up here. We have snow! :smallbiggrin:

Perenelle

2009-12-12, 09:42 PM

Then wander back up here. We have snow! :smallbiggrin:

haha thats what I plan on doing once I'm done with school and all that. :smallbiggrin:

cycoris

2009-12-12, 09:42 PM

Ah, then you really are jailbait then. :smalltongue: In any event, I recommend you learn the fine art of american casserole making.

It's good clean fun and is mostly quick and allows you to make food for like, two people along with a lunch if you can get access to a microwave.

I don't mind foraging, and I think casseroles are yuk.

Mostly I eat leftovers or a plate of random food items, like tonight. Candy and tea are the staple of my diet, everything else is icing on the cake anyway. :smallbiggrin:

Coidzor

2009-12-12, 09:46 PM

I just don't get how you women can survive on that high of a level of sweets. :smalleek: *shudder*

DraPrime

2009-12-12, 09:46 PM

haha thats what I plan on doing once I'm done with school and all that. :smallbiggrin:

Well, I challenge you to a snowball fight that will occur once you get here.

Cobra_Ikari

2009-12-12, 09:46 PM

a few more years:smallsmile: my grandparents have views summed up as "grr all people you meet on the internet will try to kill you" kind of thing. So i'll definitely try and come once I'm in college. :smallbiggrin:

Definitely, that'll be awesome! ^_^

*snuggles tons*

*flirts a bit, too* :smallwink:

Assassin89

2009-12-12, 09:48 PM

I don't mind foraging, and I think casseroles are yuk.

Mostly I eat leftovers or a plate of random food items, like tonight. Candy and tea are the staple of my diet, everything else is icing on the cake anyway. :smallbiggrin:

I fear that you might go into a shock, that or become hyperglycemic and embarrass yourself by singing cheesy songs.

As for my diet, I have plenty of soup, not to mention some microwavable meals.