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2011-02-16, 12:06 AM

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Mythopoeic means giving rise to myths.

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loopy

2011-02-16, 12:12 AM

What is your least favorite vegetable?

Partof1

2011-02-16, 12:13 AM

Onions, definitely. Cooked are tolerable, but raw onions are abominable.

Skeppio

2011-02-16, 12:15 AM

Capsicum. :smallyuk: Never liked it, never will. I like almost everything else though. :smallbiggrin:

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 12:16 AM

Onions, definitely. Cooked are tolerable, but raw onions are abominable.

I eat raw onions for breakfast sometimes...

Do avocados count? If so, it's them.

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 12:17 AM

Probably onions.

Or broccoli. I spent weeks this summer eating it for breakfast every day and unable to politely decline but still yuck.

Amiel

2011-02-16, 12:18 AM

Capsicum. :smallyuk: Never liked it, never will. I like almost everything else though. :smallbiggrin:

What is this I don't even; you're missing out, man.
Technically, they are fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum) :smalltongue:

Blue Ghost

2011-02-16, 12:19 AM

There are several vegetables which I would rather not eat, but the only one which I will absolutely refuse to eat is bitter melon.

Skeppio

2011-02-16, 12:20 AM

What is this I don't even; you're missing out, man.
Technically, they are fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum) :smalltongue:

Really? Wow. The More I Know. :smallbiggrin:

And I'm not missing out. I've got plenty of other delicious vegetables to much on instead. :smalltongue:

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 12:22 AM

So what's everybody's favorite fruit then? Mine is corn. Yummy, delicious corn.

Skeppio

2011-02-16, 12:23 AM

Hmm.... definitely a toss-up between grapes, watermelon and apples. Each of them are just delicious, and juicy! Well, apples are more crisp than juicy, but still great. :smallbiggrin:

Partof1

2011-02-16, 12:27 AM

I'd say watermelon or apples. Apples are tasty, and convenient, and watermelon is delicious, and fun to eat.

Blue Ghost

2011-02-16, 12:29 AM

So what's everybody's favorite fruit then? Mine is corn. Yummy, delicious corn.

Strawberries. No question.

Amiel

2011-02-16, 12:29 AM

There are several vegetables which I would rather not eat, but the only one which I will absolutely refuse to eat is bitter melon.

Unfortunately older Asian relatives always insist on one bitter melon dish as an accompaniment, invariably that is always the plate left untouched by "youngsters". Must be a generational thing and definitely is an acquired taste; personally, I wouldn't touch bitter melon with a ten-foot pole, and then only to tase it.

Really? Wow. The More I Know. :smallbiggrin:

It's pretty cool; although per the same page, some capsicums are also vegetables, so it's a little from column A and a little from column B :)

And I'm not missing out. I've got plenty of other delicious vegetables to much on instead. :smalltongue:

I'm so manly I eat them raw :smallbiggrin:

IRN, I like eating raw onions. I like eating sour foods so much I shed sour tears.

I actually don't have a favourite fruit; hopefully not durian, though I hear it's delicious, utterly delicious but smells absolutely like cow rancid/feral.

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 12:29 AM

Peaches possibly. But it could be pumelo, or some other fruits.

Cealocanth

2011-02-16, 12:30 AM

So what's everybody's favorite fruit then? Mine is corn. Yummy, delicious corn.

It's a tie between grapes and pomegranate. I love the flavor of both, but I'm allergic to the skins of the grapes and pomegranates are just plain messy. I mean, how many times have you gotten a pomegranate and your kitchen looks like a murder scene when you've opened it.

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 12:31 AM

Oh, yes, I forgot about pomegranate. By the way, anyone wondering about the thread name? Try highlighting various areas of the OP.

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 12:38 AM

New vocab!

Vocab I should have known since I'm a myth-nut.

Amiel

2011-02-16, 12:41 AM

Oh, yes, I forgot about pomegranate. By the way, anyone wondering about the thread name? Try highlighting various areas of the OP.

Apparently the word was popularised by Tolkien but not coined by him as Wiki implies.
It means we should create our own mythos :D

ION, has anyone here tried durian?

IOON, I rowed the equivalent of 4000 metres today.

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 12:51 AM

What kind of mythos? Will there be bloody infighting? A great war? Magical horses?

To the OON: 4k nice.

Rawhide

2011-02-16, 05:21 AM

Funny story, I turned on the TV just in time for my favourite one, the one I'd said first last thread.

Some say he isn't machine washable, and all his potted plants are called Steve... all we know is, he's called The Stig.

I'd never actually see it before either.

KuReshtin

2011-02-16, 05:42 AM

IOON, I rowed the equivalent of 4000 metres today.

I only did just over 2k yesterday as part of my gym session.
My shoulders hurt today.
Not because of the rowing machine, though. Bench press, Lateral pull-downs and shoulder press caused the pain.

Orzel

2011-02-16, 06:31 AM

I am running on caffiene. I always get sick by February.

Also...

Take that you dumb stray dog. You chased the wrong guy late for work. Learn to run across a highway.

*No animals were harmed in the making of the post.

Thufir

2011-02-16, 07:42 AM

Thread title gets +1 for awesome word.

My favourite fruit? Satsumas/Mandarins/Clementines/Small Orange-Like Fruit
Others can be more enjoyable sometimes, but you don't want to keep eating them. Satsumas, on the other hand, are pretty much the staple of my diet, and a good satsuma is truly wonderful.

Moonshadow

2011-02-16, 09:13 AM

My favorite fruit is tomatoes!

Also, playing with an IRC bot at 1 am is more entertaining than it should be.

TwoBitWriter

2011-02-16, 09:41 AM

My favorite fruit is a Gin and Tonic. :smallwink:

Form

2011-02-16, 09:49 AM

Strawberries. They're delicious and I don't eat enough of them.

Teddy

2011-02-16, 10:00 AM

Favorite fruit? Hmm...

I'd probably say pineapple. Pineapple is very yummy.

When it comes to prepared fruit (and such), I'd say cloudberry, as cloudberry jam is the best, period. Dad's English friend believes that we try to poison her every time we try to make her eat cloudberry jam. She's so silly. :smallbiggrin:

KuReshtin

2011-02-16, 10:08 AM

cloudberry jam is the best, period.

QFT!

Dad's English friend believes that we try to poison her every time we try to make her eat cloudberry jam. She's so silly. :smallbiggrin:

Silly English people. :smallwink:

dish

2011-02-16, 10:12 AM

ION, has anyone here tried durian?

An Indonesian friend force-fed it to me until I started liking it. I wouldn't call durian my favourite fruit, but I don't mind munching on it now and again. Sadly, my husband has forbidden me to eat it anywhere within two blocks of him.

I'm quite fond of durian. There aren't many fruits you could use as a murder weapon, but durian is definitely one of them.

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 10:48 AM

I always liked coconuts as a murder weapon. Good, heavy, and hard. Just right. :smallsmile: They are, biologically speaking, a fruit.

dish

2011-02-16, 10:57 AM

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 11:25 AM

Not actually fruits, but I know of a few types of pine cones that can be deadly. Spiked, bigger than your head, and falling from the top of a tree.

Orzel

2011-02-16, 11:28 AM

Favorite fruit. Orange.

One year on my bday back in HS, I received enough oranges and cartons of OJ from various girls and friends that I filled my backpack, a duffel bag, and a small sack.

RndmNumGen

2011-02-16, 11:48 AM

Apparently the word was popularised by Tolkien but not coined by him as Wiki implies.
It means we should create our own mythos :D

ION, has anyone here tried durian?

I did once. It wasn't bad, but it's not something I would ever buy. It tasted a lot like banana-onion pudding, with the rough texture of a bit-too-slimy artichoke heart.

In short, it was just plain weird.

Borgh

2011-02-16, 11:59 AM

Agreed. ^

So, you could kill someone with a coconut, or with a durian. Would it be possible to turn a pomello into a murder weapon?

This thread reminded me to eat the durian-flavoured sweeties from Thailand which I bought in an aiport shop in Inner Mongolia before my husband gets home.

nah its too soft, you'll need to freeze it first and freezing fruit before you can use it a a murder weaon is cheating.

Also, did you know the coconut is a actually close family of the humble peach?

KuReshtin

2011-02-16, 12:02 PM

Did you know that coconuts are responsible for more human deaths each year than sharks?

RndmNumGen

2011-02-16, 12:05 PM

Doesn't surprise me, given only very few species of sharks attack and eat humans intentionally. I would be interested in seeing the study they did on that, though.

Did they include the number of people who died from coconut allergy, or was it just being hit on the head...?

dish

2011-02-16, 12:22 PM

I believe that falling out of coconut trees causes quite a few deaths per year.

Recaiden

2011-02-16, 12:51 PM

So it's the pursuit of coconuts that's so dangerous. Not surprising, really.

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 12:53 PM

It is the wrath of Coconullus that makes it dangerous, for the Elder God of Coconuts is not to be trifled with lightly!!!!! We're supposed to be making myths right? Also don't mind me I'm clearly insane, 5 exclamation marks, really now.

Coidzor

2011-02-16, 05:25 PM

Coconuts are rather good as an ingredient, less so by themselves, I've always found. Then again, I might be biased by the work-to-reward ratio of dealing with a fresh coconut.

My best friend now swears by coconut milk as a secret ingredient, especially for pizza sauce.

Teddy

2011-02-16, 05:52 PM

I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow I will go up early to go to Gambia (and will therefore be incontactable for a week). It will sure be a change of climate...

absolmorph

2011-02-16, 05:55 PM

What if the world were made of glazed doughnuts?

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 05:59 PM

What if the world were made of glazed doughnuts?

Then we would never eat glazed donuts. Maybe someone treats ground like a delicacy, because it has a nice flavor. We'll never know. Unless you check...

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-16, 05:59 PM

Chestnuts are scary falling out of trees. The local wild chestnut trees have big spiky balls of death that like to fall on your head. Why do the chestnuts have spikes? Are chestnuts supposed to have spikes? WHYYYYY

Zaydos

2011-02-16, 06:02 PM

I just met Orson Scott Card :smallbiggrin:

Not my favorite author (so many come before him there), but I don't think I've ever associated myself more with a protagonist than I did with Ender when I first read Ender's Game.

And the spikes are there so it can kill you easier. On that note I've had trees throw walnuts at me. Or maybe it was the wind throwing them at me (Zephyrus!!!!!)

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-16, 06:09 PM

Someone please tell me Mythopoeic isn't a word.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-16, 06:11 PM

Someone please tell me Mythopoeic isn't a word.

It is a valid word meaning something is related to myth making.

HalfTangible

2011-02-16, 06:22 PM

Rawhide

2011-02-16, 06:28 PM

I believe that falling out of coconut trees causes quite a few deaths per year.

Apparently not. (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2405/are-150-people-killed-each-year-by-falling-coconuts)

It is a valid word meaning something is related to myth making.

While it is a valid word, it's not in very many dictionaries.

Sneak

2011-02-16, 06:41 PM

There is an NES game version of The Great Gatsby and it is GLORIOUS. (http://greatgatsbygame.com/)

Short, but glorious.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-16, 06:43 PM

To keep certain animals from picking them.

I don't appreciate it.
When I had long, long, curly, rock-star hair, I lived in mortal fear of those falling on my head, cause if one of THOSE got caught in my hair, I may NEVER have gotten it untangled.

HalfTangible

2011-02-16, 06:50 PM

I don't appreciate it.
When I had long, long, curly, rock-star hair, I lived in mortal fear of those falling on my head, cause if one of THOSE got caught in my hair, I may NEVER have gotten it untangled.

I can't sympathize as i always got a 0 blade to a 2 blade at the barber shop :smalltongue:

Thufir

2011-02-16, 07:00 PM

These spam prevention things on these job applications are insane. They're asking me to enter things with greek letters and subscripts and stuff.
Why are spam prevention things asking me to enter mathematical expressions?
Good thing there's a 'try different words' option...
Also, I'm apparently inattentive, because I was sure I looked at the time at one point and it was 11:55. Then a few minutes ago I looked again and it was 11:53.
Honestly. High Priest of the Written Word, God of Maths, you'd think I'd be able to read numbers. :smallsigh:

Rawhide

2011-02-16, 07:05 PM

High Priest of the Written Word

Isn't it goddess of the written word?

It is a valid word meaning something is related to myth making.

While it is a valid word, it's not in very many dictionaries.

Thufir

2011-02-16, 07:07 PM

Isn't it goddess of the written word?

High Priest of the Goddess of the Written Word, I just missed out a few words to make the sentence flow better. Curly's the Goddess.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-16, 07:27 PM

While it is a valid word, it's not in very many dictionaries.

My German-English one has it as well as my Italian-English one, though it doesn't translate quite right into German. Italian does have the equivalent word though.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-16, 07:30 PM

'tis a very fun word to say . Mythopoeic. Mythopoeic. Would be better if it was
pronounced "Myth-o-pay-ick"
Wait, it isn't pronounced like that, is it?

Thufir

2011-02-16, 07:31 PM

Further update on stupidities in job applications:
I just found a job advert entitled 'Regulation & Risk assessment, Banking'.
The salary? £0 - £1/annum.
Somehow, I'm not surprised there have been less than 10 applications for that one...

@^: Pretty sure it is.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-16, 07:31 PM

'tis a very fun word to say . Mythopoeic. Mythopoeic. Would be better if it was
pronounced "Myth-o-pay-ick"
Wait, it isn't pronounced like that, is it?

I think it is the right way to pronounce.

Heliomance

2011-02-16, 07:36 PM

'tis a very fun word to say . Mythopoeic. Mythopoeic. Would be better if it was
pronounced "Myth-o-pay-ick"
Wait, it isn't pronounced like that, is it?

At a guess, myth-o-pee-ick.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-16, 07:37 PM

The 'o' is confusing me, see. If it is, it might be one of my all-time favourite words.

Heliomance

2011-02-16, 07:42 PM

I imagine it was originally one of those letters that looks like an o and an e squashed together. If memory serves, it makes an ee sound.

Thufir

2011-02-16, 07:47 PM

I think it's an 'ay' sound, like in 'onomatopoeic'

dish

2011-02-16, 08:55 PM

Apparently not. (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2405/are-150-people-killed-each-year-by-falling-coconuts)

That's coconuts falling out of trees and hitting people on the head. I'm talking about people falling out of coconut trees and hitting their heads on the ground. (As Keith Richards was rumoured to have done a few years back.)

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 09:01 PM

Someone please tell me Mythopoeic isn't a word.

It's a word. :smallbiggrin: I was looking for an 'm' word, and couldn't find a good one. I hovered briefly on 'Morbid' though :smalltongue:

While it is a valid word, it's not in very many dictionaries.

I had to look up 'odd m words' on Google until I found something good enough.

I think it's an 'ay' sound, like in 'onomatopoeic'

I honestly don't know, everything everyone has said seems equally valid. i'm not very helpful am I?

ION: I've just found out that anyone touching my neck will inadvertently make me freezing cold and unhappy. How do realize this? I kind of don't like going to my chiropractor anymore. :smallfrown:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-16, 09:07 PM

I asked my mum, she says it's Myth-oh-pee-ick.

Thufir

2011-02-16, 09:14 PM

I asked my mum, she says it's Myth-oh-pee-ick.

Well, I disagree with her.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-16, 09:19 PM

I asked my mum, she says it's Myth-oh-pee-ick.

She's right, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mythopoeic, the audio says so.

Thufir

2011-02-16, 09:24 PM

This is deeply distressing. Every source I can find says it's an 'ee' sound, and in 'onomatopoeia' as well. But I'm certain that when I first came across the word onomatopoeia I heard it pronounced with an 'ay' sound in there.
Someone, whose identity I can't remember, gave me incorrect pronunciation and I think it sounds better than the official pronunciation.

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 09:25 PM

How odd, my mom just checked on that same dictionary. And she agrees.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-16, 09:26 PM

Eruantion

2011-02-16, 09:26 PM

There is an NES game version of The Great Gatsby and it is GLORIOUS. (http://greatgatsbygame.com/)

Short, but glorious.

Here's (http://ericruthgames.weebly.com/games.html) a little something for those who are a little less academic.

Rawhide

2011-02-16, 10:08 PM

I asked my mum, she says it's Myth-oh-pee-ick.

Dictionary.com agrees on the whole, specifically: [mith-uh-pee-ik]

Jokasti

2011-02-16, 10:14 PM

BREAKING NEWS
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Includes such features as:
-No family for 5 weeks!
-Awesome Engineering classes!
-6 college credits!
-I will be able to talk to smart people!
-Completely free, paid for by the state!
-More awesome stuff I've forgotten as I'm too excited!

MoonCat

2011-02-16, 10:16 PM

CynicalAvocado

2011-02-16, 10:17 PM

Rawhide

2011-02-16, 10:29 PM

That's coconuts falling out of trees and hitting people on the head. I'm talking about people falling out of coconut trees and hitting their heads on the ground. (As Keith Richards was rumoured to have done a few years back.)

Ah, my apologies, I misread.

Amiel

2011-02-16, 11:37 PM

What kind of mythos? Will there be bloody infighting? A great war? Magical horses?

Everything and anything; it will be glorious :)

To the OON: 4k nice.

I only did just over 2k yesterday as part of my gym session.
My shoulders hurt today.
Not because of the rowing machine, though. Bench press, Lateral pull-downs and shoulder press caused the pain.

I think I may have miscalculated :smallredface: I forgot the additive 2000 metres that I did in the earlier session. Which makes it a total of 6000 metres :D.

I hear you man; I did a lot of the strenuous exercises in addition to pseudo-rowing; the highlight was the ten chin ups on a bar at least 4 metres high.
It is unfortunate that the adage "no pain, no gain" rings solidly in truth.

I've been doing a lot of ab crunches and other abdominal exercises, but currently there really hasn't been any change. Tis rather disappointing.

My favorite fruit is a Gin and Tonic. :smallwink:

Djinn?
Clearly that can't be digestible :smalltongue:

Teddy

2011-02-17, 01:16 AM

Airport wait is airporty and generally monotone. I'm waiting for the boarding call so that I can make a call of Banjulhu joke (the capital of Gambia is Banjul).

Chestnuts are scary falling out of trees. The local wild chestnut trees have big spiky balls of death that like to fall on your head. Why do the chestnuts have spikes? Are chestnuts supposed to have spikes? WHYYYYY

"This is a chestnut chestnut. It menaces with spikes of chestnut." :smallwink:

KuReshtin

2011-02-17, 06:07 AM

I hear you man; I did a lot of the strenuous exercises in addition to pseudo-rowing; the highlight was the ten chin ups on a bar at least 4 metres high.
It is unfortunate that the adage "no pain, no gain" rings solidly in truth.

I've been doing a lot of ab crunches and other abdominal exercises, but currently there really hasn't been any change. Tis rather disappointing.

This here (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kureshtin/1st_6_week-plan.xlsx) is my current training program set up by my team leader at work.
She's a workout freak and a Scottish Kick-Boxing champion and she seems to take great pleasure in seeing me struggle through the workout session every Thursday after work when she's there to push me on.

hang on.. Today's Thursday, isn't it? :smalleek: That means that today, I'm in for a world of pain. I'm still not where I'd like to be with the weights, but I'm getting there.
I absolutely hate the shoulder press.

VeisuItaTyhjyys

2011-02-17, 06:12 AM

Borgh

2011-02-17, 07:17 AM

There is a very drunk man singing on the street outside, here, at 6 AM. Since I was awake, anyhow, and he's actually a damn fine singer, I'm actually pretty down. I'm getting serenaded, you know?

Anyway, since nobody else is up, I thought the Playground should know.

being serenaded is nice :)

I got a new housemate at the beginning of this month and sheis a great singer so I occasionaly get something like it too.

TwoBitWriter

2011-02-17, 09:05 AM

Djinn?
Clearly that can't be digestible :smalltongue:

I'll tell you when you get older. :smallbiggrin:

dish

2011-02-17, 09:12 AM

I shouldn't have just drunk two Glühweins. It was a bad idea.

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-17, 09:14 AM

Of course not.

...how many should you have drunk?

((Also, MSN! Now! Please!))

dish

2011-02-17, 09:25 AM

Of course not.

...how many should you have drunk?

I think one would have been a better idea. Or possibly eating some food first.

It's Yuan Xiao today. Otherwise known as Lantern Festival. Otherwise known as the last day anyone is allowed to set off fireworks within the Shanghai city limits until next Spring Festival.

Many bangs and flashes tonight.

KuReshtin

2011-02-17, 06:06 PM

Today's Thursday. What does that mean?
New Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y463g76MFRw)

What's the best way to whip cream? POWER TOOLS!!!

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-17, 06:50 PM

I asked my mum, she says it's Myth-oh-pee-ick.

Oh. I like that better then what I was calling it. I was saying Myth-O-Poetic (yeah, I know there isn't a T).

It's a word. :smallbiggrin: I was looking for an 'm' word, and couldn't find a good one. I hovered briefly on 'Morbid' though :smalltongue:

... MORBID? D'aww, that would've been fun.

MoonCat

2011-02-17, 08:01 PM

... MORBID? D'aww, that would've been fun.

I was worried there would be some rule that hadn't occurred to me to disallow 'Morbid', and I'd get scrubbed. But mythopoeic is a pretty cool word instead, right?

ThirdEmperor

2011-02-17, 08:05 PM

What's the best way to whip cream?

Obviously the answer is to attach egg-beaters to your fingers and punch the cream until it admits it is whipped.

MoonCat

2011-02-17, 08:10 PM

What's the best way to whip cream? POWER TOOLS!!!

Pour whipping cream into a food processor and run it until you get it to whatever consistency you want.

Partof1

2011-02-17, 08:34 PM

What's the best way to whip cream? POWER TOOLS!!!

Fire and falcon punches.

Heliomance

2011-02-17, 08:35 PM

What rule could there possibly be against the word "morbid"?

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-17, 08:51 PM

I was worried there would be some rule that hadn't occurred to me to disallow 'Morbid', and I'd get scrubbed. But mythopoeic is a pretty cool word instead, right?

I guess so. I'm not fond of it, but that shouldn't mean anything.

MoonCat

2011-02-17, 09:32 PM

What rule could there possibly be against the word "morbid"?

Well I don't know. But I was worried there might be something about "no gruesome titles for no reason, that's spam" kind of thing. since when did my worries need to be rational? :smalltongue:

I guess so. I'm not fond of it, but that shouldn't mean anything.

Why don't you like it? Not a problem or anything, but I'm always interested why or why not people develop an affinity to a word. The first word I picked instead of morbid turned out to be a phonetic Arabic word, so I quickly edited the title to mythopoeic, because, I mean, a thread called the creation of legends? On this forum? Sweeeet.

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2011-02-17, 10:23 PM

RB is verily enshrined in legend by dint of such a word within the title, don't you think?

Haruki-kun

2011-02-18, 12:22 AM

Well I don't know. But I was worried there might be something about "no gruesome titles for no reason, that's spam" kind of thing. since when did my worries need to be rational? :smalltongue:

Probably nothing to worry about, but I agree on erring on the side of caution. :smallsmile:

ION: Today while filling out a form at school I needed a certain number from my passport, which I had at home. I went back home (a few blocks away) and foudn it, wrote it on a post it, then walked back to fill out the form. As it turned out, I needed another forgotten number from document, so I reached into my backback... and found out that I'd written the whole thing on a piece of paper a few days before.

Walked all the way back home when I had the stuff I needed right there. I hate it when that happens. :smallredface:

Amiel

2011-02-18, 01:04 AM

This here (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kureshtin/1st_6_week-plan.xlsx) is my current training program set up by my team leader at work.
She's a workout freak and a Scottish Kick-Boxing champion and she seems to take great pleasure in seeing me struggle through the workout session every Thursday after work when she's there to push me on.

I applaud your perseverance, sir. On the other hand, I don't envy you at all :smalltongue: Good luck with it all, especially with your team leader on supervisor duties; she is clearly an android and feels no pain; she is a spy sent by the Robotic Overmind to infiltrate mundane society and prepare it for the inevitable machine takeover. Or you could disregard those last rambling thoughts.

Mind if I print out a copy? I need a lot of structure to my exercise regime. I'm currently experimenting with a variety of stations (and exercising to failure), but my body would benefit more from someone who actually knows what they're doing. Cheers!

Do you have any advice for obtaining maximal results? :)

hang on.. Today's Thursday, isn't it? :smalleek: That means that today, I'm in for a world of pain. I'm still not where I'd like to be with the weights, but I'm getting there.
I absolutely hate the shoulder press.

Yeah, the shoulder press is a pain; I'm enduring it, but it's an effort.
Be sure to reward yourself with lots of food!
Also, be sure to get your team leader to buy you ice cream.

Rawhide

2011-02-18, 01:19 AM

http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/61a311a9-07d7-4ad2-b987-7e51d307af82.jpg

SMEE

2011-02-18, 04:35 AM

...
That one hurt quite bad, Mr. Rawhide. :smallyuk:

KuReshtin

2011-02-18, 04:44 AM

I applaud your perseverance, sir. On the other hand, I don't envy you at all :smalltongue: Good luck with it all, especially with your team leader on supervisor duties; she is clearly an android and feels no pain; she is a spy sent by the Robotic Overmind to infiltrate mundane society and prepare it for the inevitable machine takeover. Or you could disregard those last rambling thoughts.

Mind if I print out a copy? I need a lot of structure to my exercise regime. I'm currently experimenting with a variety of stations (and exercising to failure), but my body would benefit more from someone who actually knows what they're doing. Cheers!

Do you have any advice for obtaining maximal results? :)

Yeah, the shoulder press is a pain; I'm enduring it, but it's an effort.
Be sure to reward yourself with lots of food!
Also, be sure to get your team leader to buy you ice cream.

Print it all you want. I posted it in the Deth Muncher workout thread when I started out with it so that people could, if they wanted to, have a look and maybe try it out.

At the moment, I'm not up to the 25 minutes of cardio that's listed on the first two sessions on the sheet, but I'm trying to work my way up to it.

i'm not sure about how to get maximum results. My team leader said that for the weights, you shouldn't really be able to finish the final set of 10 reps after already having done the 6 and 8 reps at higher weights.
The reps are set up so that you sstart with high weight, and then go down in weight, but up in reps.
So, if you max weight you can do for one rep on the bench press is, say 50 kgs, start with 6 reps of about 40 kgs, then change to 35 kgs and do 8 reps and then change to 30 or 25 for the last 10 reps. The only break in between the sets is the time it takes for you to change the weight settings, and then you're off again.

It's a pretty good exercise program as it gets your whole body, and at the same time, it doesn't mean that you need to spend hours and hours in the gym. I can go through the program in about an hour and 15 minutes, including warm-ups and stretches and cool down at the end.
That is, however, only doing 10 minutes on the rowing machine for the cardio bit.

Coidzor

2011-02-18, 04:49 AM

http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/61a311a9-07d7-4ad2-b987-7e51d307af82.jpg

...
That one hurt quite bad, Mr. Rawhide. :smallyuk:

No one messes with the Pratchett, after all. :smallamused:

Rawhide

2011-02-18, 05:54 AM

...
That one hurt quite bad, Mr. Rawhide. :smallyuk:

http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bacb55a7-b4b1-4ce3-8ea1-888c3c00b670.jpg

SMEE

2011-02-18, 06:12 AM

ARGH!!!!

Why? Just why do you torture me like that? :smalleek:

loopy

2011-02-18, 08:07 AM

If "x" = Na

16x + Batman = ???

Something to ponder.

Form

2011-02-18, 09:27 AM

Weee! Home early after an annoying, long and boring day because there's nothing to do. Which, in part, is why today was so long, boring and annoying. :smallannoyed:

Also, time for food at last. :smallsmile:

Haruki-kun

2011-02-18, 09:47 AM

And once again, I am sitting outside the head of department's office waiting for her to decide to show up. Why? Because I need a paper signed by her. Which she said she'd have by Wednesday. It's Friday. I need it NOW.

:smallsigh:

To think I just answered a survey where I gave her medium marks. I should have given her the lowest score.

MoonCat

2011-02-18, 03:15 PM

http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/61a311a9-07d7-4ad2-b987-7e51d307af82.jpg

http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bacb55a7-b4b1-4ce3-8ea1-888c3c00b670.jpg

He's been on somuchpun, hasn't he? Try looking at cute kitties instead. Those were terrible. :smallyuk:

SMEE

2011-02-18, 03:55 PM

If "x" = Na

16x + Batman = ???

Something to ponder.

16x + Batman = Adam West Batman, of course.

THE most awesome Batman ever.

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-18, 06:02 PM

We've started planning our schedules for next year (sophomore for me) and the rest of high school. Junior year seems like it's going to be pretty difficult, because my current plan ends up with me taking three AP classes that year :smallyuk: That wouldn't be as bad, but I have to pay $240 USD for the exams at the end of the year.

The hard part of planning this will be figuring out how to get every computer science class my school offers in the next 3 years.

ION: We're starting our Genetic Engineering unit in honors bio :biggrin: The first thing we're going to be doing is making bacteria glow like fireflies :smallbiggrin:

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-18, 06:04 PM

ION: We're starting our Genetic Engineering unit in honors bio :biggrin: The first thing we're going to be doing is making bacteria glow like fireflies :smallbiggrin:

That sounds so much fun. Not difficult (I assume you are just going to activate a plasmid gene, which is time-consuming but not very complex), but fun. The most we ever did was make bacteria turn blue.

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-18, 06:22 PM

That sounds so much fun. Not difficult (I assume you are just going to activate a plasmid gene, which is time-consuming but not very complex), but fun. The most we ever did was make bacteria turn blue.

Yeah, pretty much. It does look like it's going to take a long time, but it doesn't seem too difficult.

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-18, 06:41 PM

We've started planning our schedules for next year (sophomore for me) and the rest of high school. Junior year seems like it's going to be pretty difficult, because my current plan ends up with me taking three AP classes that year :smallyuk: That wouldn't be as bad, but I have to pay $240 USD for the exams at the end of the year.

The hard part of planning this will be figuring out how to get every computer science class my school offers in the next 3 years.

Oh? I just scheduled Junior Year, and it looks better then this year, and much better then Freshmen Year.

Let's see

AP English 11
AP US History
Biology 2 (I hate sequels...)
Algebra 2 (Ibid. 2. Heh.)
French 3 (Unless I can take Japanese at the local College somehow...)
Multimedia Design
Study Hall

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-18, 06:57 PM

Oh? I just scheduled Junior Year, and it looks better then this year, and much better then Freshmen Year.

Let's see

AP English 11
AP US History
Biology 2 (I hate sequels...)
Algebra 2 (Ibid. 2. Heh.)
French 3 (Unless I can take Japanese at the local College somehow...)
Multimedia Design
Study Hall

So far, here's my plan for next year:

Honors English 10
AP Calc AB
Honors Chemistry
Programming
Web Design 1&2 (one semester each)
U.S. History 1
French 2
Gym (one semester)
Health (one semester)

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-18, 07:40 PM

So far, here's my plan for next year:

Honors English 10
AP Calc AB
Honors Chemistry
Programming
Web Design 1&2 (one semester each)
U.S. History 1
French 2
Gym (one semester)
Health (one semester)

I thought we were in the same grade. Hmmm. Anyway, as of this year, I have Health and Gym done. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Edit: I messed up my schedule. I'm in French 3 NOW. French 4 next year. Woops.

dish

2011-02-18, 09:18 PM

I'm surprised so few people knew the word 'mythopoeic'. It is the name of a reasonably famous award (http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythopoeic_Awards) given for writing in the field of myth and fantasy.

The Playground's favourite author (Terry Pratchett) has won this award in the past. As have some of my own personal favourite authors such as Neil Gaiman, and Lois McMaster Bujold.

Thufir

2011-02-18, 09:29 PM

So, anyone remember this conversation?

That little stickafigure makes me think of some kind of strange new dance.

As does its Koorlesque counterpart.

It's actually a very posh, angry version of the macarena.
We actually wanted to do the YMCA but they wouldn't let us. Sorry to let you down.

Or this. This also works as an explanation.
Though now I'm tempted to draw us doing the YMCA dance...

Because... well...

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Razor-Sharp_H7/Avatar/Y.png
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Razor-Sharp_H7/Avatar/M.png
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Razor-Sharp_H7/Avatar/C.png
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Razor-Sharp_H7/Avatar/A.png

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-18, 10:08 PM

I thought we were in the same grade. Hmmm. Anyway, as of this year, I have Health and Gym done. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Apparently not. And you're lucky.

rayne_dragon

2011-02-18, 10:49 PM

So, anyone remember this conversation?

Because... well...

*snipped awesomeness*

That's cool... but shouldn't the stick figures be a policeman, a native american, a cowboy, a biker, a construction worker, and a soldier? :smalltongue:

http://chzsomuchpun.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bacb55a7-b4b1-4ce3-8ea1-888c3c00b670.jpg

... You must be my good-for-nothing dad's good twin who was separated from him at birth, because I have never met anyone else that punny.

Heliomance

2011-02-18, 10:56 PM

People like you and I, we come from a punning clan.

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-18, 11:56 PM

Apparently not. And you're lucky.

Health aint fun. We watch the nastiest movies. And of course later we have to watch the woman giving birth. Last year the Health teacher got in trouble for playing the birth in reverse.

:smallamused:

Zaydos

2011-02-19, 12:13 AM

I never even had a health class and I've seen a woman give birth before.

I should be a better big brother to that rascal.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-19, 12:20 AM

I know how to perform a C-Section but I have never seen a birth, I blame the lack of nerve of my Health Education teachers and the squickiness of actually googling something like that.

rayne_dragon

2011-02-19, 01:16 AM

I know how to perform a C-Section but I have never seen a birth, I blame the lack of nerve of my Health Education teachers and the squickiness of actually googling something like that.

It is not that squicky, actually. At least not that I have ever seen and relative to medical procedures. Honestly it surprises me that your health education teachers have not shown you the standard woman giving birth clip... I had to try desperately to avoid it in high school (only to go into a medical field later and end up seeing it voluntarily).

Zaydos

2011-02-19, 01:35 AM

I watched the clip when I was 6.

Apparently you have to if you're going to be in the room when the baby is delivered (at least if you're a little kid). I don't think my older brother (12) had to, but he watched it.

I don't remember it very well at all, but I don't remember it being squicky in the least, but I didn't have the best view (the birth center staff were in front of me for the most part). I mostly remember waiting outside the room with my grandparents till they said everyone could come in a few minutes before my little brother was actually born and seeing him when he was.

HalfTangible

2011-02-19, 01:39 AM

Zaydos

2011-02-19, 01:57 AM

All i remember is my mother screaming.

I'm the 3rd child in my family, and my little brother was the easiest birth of us all so I don't remember many screams.

dish

2011-02-19, 02:03 AM

I've never seen a live birth. But husband watched me giving birth to our daughter. He says it wasn't squicky, but there was more blood than he was expecting.

The midwife told me not to scream, but to hold my breath while pushing. Apparently that works better.

MoonCat

2011-02-19, 03:10 AM

My mom gave birth to my older brother over three days. He was partially suffocated by the time he got his first breath, and bright blue from it. I was so easy.

Zaydos

2011-02-19, 03:21 AM

My mom gave birth to my older brother over three days. He was partially suffocated by the time he got his first breath, and bright blue from it. I was so easy.

:smalleek:

Poor woman. 3 days of labor... I can't (and refuse to) imagine that.

absolmorph

2011-02-19, 03:41 AM

I was so easy.
I don't want to take this in context, because out of context is so much funnier.

VeisuItaTyhjyys

2011-02-19, 04:39 AM

Hahaha, dissing terry.

It's pretty late, but that deserves applause.

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-19, 08:37 AM

I should be a better big brother to that rascal.

What rascal?

Anyway, I know I'll be avoiding watching that video. You all lie about it not being squick.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-19, 08:55 AM

What rascal?

Anyway, I know I'll be avoiding watching that video. You all lie about it not being squick.

I think the squick is related to the fact that you know you will be watching a totally random woman give birth to a random unknown child, while many people see the birth of their siblings or offspring which is a big moment that offsets the squickiness of what is actually happening.

ION: I've just had one of the most physically tiring experiences of my life by filling buckets with water and emptying them someplace else.

The pool tank flooded and began leaking into the motor room, both of which are bellow ground level and each has a hatch giving access to them. Being the only male on my household for the time being I had to descend to a room smaller than me but big enough to make sitting unconfortable, it was flooded to waist level, I had to stand on the only parts of piping which were steel and empty the room, crouching.

Than I had to clean the remaining water with a towel. The problem came when I had to exit, as there were no stairs but the room was deep enough to make climbing basically impossible, I had to perform a series of stunt I hadn't done since I was 7 and was in PE and then I had failled horribly.

Than I enjoyed a glass of milk and currently am trying to fall asleep, it's now 8:56 a.m.

Edit: Pictures of the room after the previous flooding, when we needed evidence to tell the pool cleaner something was wrong with the system, it was the mildest of them all before the bigger ones started comming.

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee492/araveugnitsuga1/Decorated%20images/Imagen5.jpg
http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee492/araveugnitsuga1/Decorated%20images/Imagen6-1.jpg
http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee492/araveugnitsuga1/Decorated%20images/Imagen7.jpg
http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee492/araveugnitsuga1/Decorated%20images/Imagen6.jpg

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-19, 09:25 AM

I think the squick is related to the fact that you know you will be watching a totally random woman give birth to a random unknown child, while many people see the birth of their siblings or offspring which is a big moment that offsets the squickiness of what is actually happening.

Ah. Well, I'm an only child, so I wouldn't know. And yuck, offspring. Who needs there own when their are so many w/o a home. Hmmmmm?

CrimsonAngel

2011-02-19, 09:27 AM

Thufir

2011-02-19, 09:30 AM

That's cool... but shouldn't the stick figures be a policeman, a native american, a cowboy, a biker, a construction worker, and a soldier? :smalltongue:

No. Because I was drawing me and Curly doing the YMCA dance. Me and Curly are not the Village People.
No way am I drawing the Village People...

Moonshadow

2011-02-19, 10:06 AM

Sigh. I is all lonely, with no one around to talk to :smallfrown: I'm tired of being rejected and sad as a consequence :smallfrown:

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-19, 11:01 AM

Health aint fun. We watch the nastiest movies. And of course later we have to watch the woman giving birth. Last year the Health teacher got in trouble for playing the birth in reverse.

:smallamused:

Sounds... fun. [/sarcasm]

But I already knew that. It was described to me in great detail by one of my classmates who had Health this year. :smallyuk:

Form

2011-02-19, 11:23 AM

Sigh. I is all lonely, with no one around to talk to :smallfrown: I'm tired of being rejected and sad as a consequence :smallfrown:

I know the feeling all too well. *Hugs* and hang in there.

rayne_dragon

2011-02-19, 11:36 AM

What are my parents going to do about me being grumpy a few days ago? Wake me up at 7:50 in the morning so that I can watch them give blood and sit motionless for an hour or two while mom's car is in the other room being checked out.

Mom says if i'm grumpy at all today i'm going to have to spend even more time with them. Does she remember having homework at school?

I think this is the most sadistic thing I've ever heard. Your parents do realize that this is counterintuitive and probably counterproductive to boot, right?

No. Because I was drawing me and Curly doing the YMCA dance. Me and Curly are not the Village People.
No way am I drawing the Village People...

I was missing the context of the original conversation... and also ignoring the existance of such context to try to make a joke. :smalltongue:

It's still awesome

Haruki-kun

2011-02-19, 07:12 PM

Sigh. I is all lonely, with no one around to talk to :smallfrown: I'm tired of being rejected and sad as a consequence :smallfrown:

Yeah, me too. I wish I had someone to be with tonight... but it looks like I'll be playing PS3 and stuff. :smallfrown:

Rawhide

2011-02-19, 07:33 PM

Has everybody seen the current headline in the Vampire Chronicles newspaper?

Edward Cullen and six other family members died this morning in the early hours when they believed they would "Sparkle in the sunlight."

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-19, 07:37 PM

Rawhide

2011-02-19, 07:43 PM

Link please, or at least which comic is the latest.

Eh? What? Comic?

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-19, 07:46 PM

Eh? What? Comic?

Sorry, confused Vampire Chronicles with Vampire Chronicles Comic, which also has newspapers.

Rawhide

2011-02-19, 07:52 PM

Sorry, confused Vampire Chronicles with Vampire Chronicles Comic, which also has newspapers.

It's a joke. The name of the newspaper is based on the tendency of certain newspapers to call themselves the [xyz] chronicle(s), with an added nod to the series of books by Anne Rice.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-19, 07:55 PM

It's a joke. The name of the newspaper is based on the tendency of certain newspapers to call themselves the [xyz] chronicle(s), with an added nod to the series of books by Anne Rice.

If it helps at all now that the joke has been explained, I find any and all Twilight characters related death to be amusing, with or without context.

Found the bit about thinking they would sparkle particularly funny.

Eruantion

2011-02-19, 08:40 PM

It's pretty late, but that deserves applause.

I don't want to take this in context, because out of context is so much funnier.

Sorry, I couldn't help this one :smallbiggrin:

absolmorph

2011-02-19, 10:47 PM

Sorry, I couldn't help this one :smallbiggrin:
I love moments like this.

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-20, 11:22 AM

Sounds... fun. [/sarcasm]

IDK, it seems sort of surreal.

absolmorph

2011-02-20, 12:03 PM

Has anyone seen a sped-up birth video set to Yakety Sax?
'cause, really, I think that would be hilarious.

RndmNumGen

2011-02-20, 12:06 PM

Has anyone seen a sped-up birth video set to Yakety Sax?
'cause, really, I think that would be hilarious.

Just about anything played to Yakety Sax is funny, but I don't even want to go there. :smalleek:

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-20, 12:13 PM

... Yakety what now?

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-20, 04:27 PM

... Yakety what now?

"Yakety Sax" is a piece of music written by James Q. "Spider" Rich

"Yakety Sax" is often used in television and film as a soundtrack for outlandishly humorous situations. It is frequently used to accompany comedic chases, most notably in the sketch comedy program The Benny Hill Show,[2] where it accompanied otherwise silent, rapidly paced comedy sequences (often involving a chase scene). This use of the piece, and the chase scenes themselves, have been parodied in many other movies and TV shows.

From Wikipedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

rayne_dragon

2011-02-20, 04:39 PM

"Yakety Sax" is a piece of music written by James Q. "Spider" Rich

"Yakety Sax" is often used in television and film as a soundtrack for outlandishly humorous situations. It is frequently used to accompany comedic chases, most notably in the sketch comedy program The Benny Hill Show,[2] where it accompanied otherwise silent, rapidly paced comedy sequences (often involving a chase scene). This use of the piece, and the chase scenes themselves, have been parodied in many other movies and TV shows.

From Wikipedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

It is used so much that if I cannot remember the music for a chase sequence I automatically fill it in with Yakety Sax. And... now it is stuck in my head. :smallannoyed:

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-20, 05:30 PM

Has anyone seen a sped-up birth video set to Yakety Sax?
'cause, really, I think that would be hilarious.

There aren't yet, I looked.

Fredaintdead

2011-02-20, 06:54 PM

Good evening everyone. In approximately 5 minutes, a new day will begin for me, I wonder what it shall hold.

... How are you all anyway?

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2011-02-20, 07:05 PM

Ah, so your location is somewhere along the GMT timezone. I'd pegged you as an American; I was clearly wrong.

ION:
The inspiring songs thread in Media has made me undertake my research with vivacious determination. Thank you, Playground. :smallcool:

Zaydos

2011-02-20, 07:20 PM

Good evening everyone. In approximately 5 minutes, a new day will begin for me, I wonder what it shall hold.

... How are you all anyway?

Feeling pretty bad actually. Sore throat, head-ache... been feeling bad for a week but I had been getting better then today BAM. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

ION: Looking at your avatar makes me want to be able to turn into a bear. Or a wolf. Or a fox with fox magic.

Coidzor

2011-02-20, 07:37 PM

^: Hope tonight's sleep puts that to right, yeah. :/

As for how I'm doing, the short of it is that strange dreams are the weirdest. The long version, well... I just woke up from sleeping through my alarm from what was supposed to be a short, afternoon nap on sunday. And instead I had the most exhausting dream which I can't tell if it was homoerotic or not because I fell for my best friend's cousin and the chemistry between us ended up with her in a nunnery.

Also, it's annoying how dreams wherein one is active are so exhausting sometimes. I went all assassin's creed on this giant improbable fantasy amalgamation of a germanic keep/viking hall/wooden fort/japanese castle as well, due to some thing where I had to plunge through decades worth of dust which just aggravated my allergies while chasing her down to figure out why she'd shot at me and then left in a huff.... or possibly threatened me with a logging rig involving an improbable-to-impossible number of saws on a human-mounted exoskeleton when I was too sick to go adventuring to go hunt goblins or werewolves or something with them due to dusting and cleaning my quarters and living area this half-lived in ruin to the point where I could survive without massive anti-histamine doses. Which lead to the nunnery revelation due to UST of all things.

I think my subconscious hates me. :smalleek:

Haruki-kun

2011-02-21, 01:16 AM

Oh, MAN. I'm exhausted. Portfolio making is fun, but so.... tiring. @.@ I've been at this for 3 hours non-stop. And I still have a load of drawings I need to scan.... and vectorize... oh, man. <.<

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-21, 06:16 AM

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-21, 06:20 AM

I feel old and miserable now.

There is apparently a married couple in my Japanese class. Who are still college students. Who are about 22. I'm turning 21 in nine days and am still single.

Goddammit, life, why do you hate me so?
People take different paces on life, some rush (some divorce) some don't.
You don't have to marry to be happy, it depends on your goal in life.
People have married consciously at age 16 and bellow, and that is not an indicator that teenagers should be worried about it, more like a different scenario.

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-21, 06:23 AM

KuReshtin

2011-02-21, 06:28 AM

Well, my plan before starting high school was to have at least two children by the age of 25. I have had to postpone everything bit by bit since then.

So, this is not really what I wanted from life when I started it. That's why I feel sad.

So you have 4 years until you turn 25. That gives you plenty of time to find someone, get a few kids and still have time to spare. :smallwink:

Don't worry about it. Just because you see other people getting married and have kids doesn't mean it's what's right for you at this particular point in time.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-21, 06:35 AM

Well, my plan before starting high school was to have at least two children by the age of 25. I have had to postpone everything bit by bit since then.

So, this is not really what I wanted from life when I started it. That's why I feel sad.
I can tell you from family experience that stability comes before children, people sometimes marry before that and then everything goes to heck. It's more important to get the children into a stable environment than to get them early without it or into the wrong stability.

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-21, 06:39 AM

I can tell you from family experience that stability comes before children, people sometimes marry before that and then everything goes to heck. It's more important to get the children into a stable environment than to get them early without it or into the wrong stability.

I don't particularly see the need for a mother to have a stable life for the children. I see the need for one only to actually have them. :smalltongue:

((When did I become so cynical and bitter?))

Form

2011-02-21, 08:16 AM

Well, my plan before starting high school was to have at least two children by the age of 25. I have had to postpone everything bit by bit since then.

So, this is not really what I wanted from life when I started it. That's why I feel sad.

25 even sounds just a little young to have children to me. My parents had me when they were about 30. Well, alright, 27 when they had my older brother, but it seems like you still have plenty of time left.

Maybe focus less on long term plans like marriage and kids. Finding that special someone comes first and you don't want to end up having children with just about anyone just for the sake of having children, do you? No rushing!

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-21, 08:20 AM

Finding that special someone comes first and you don't want to end up having children with just about anyone just for the sake of having children, do you? No rushing!

Yes. Yes I do. The only reason I will every marry is so I can have legal custody of my children (because at least in my country, the father is not allowed to have custody of children if they are bastards). I see no reason to marry otherwise.

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-21, 08:24 AM

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-21, 08:25 AM

I don't particularly see the need for a mother to have a stable life for the children. I see the need for one only to actually have them. :smalltongue:

((When did I become so cynical and bitter?))

Speaking as a kid of divorced parents, I very much so disagree. They may not need to be married, but they need to be together.

Form

2011-02-21, 08:54 AM

Yes. Yes I do. The only reason I will every marry is so I can have legal custody of my children (because at least in my country, the father is not allowed to have custody of children if they are bastards). I see no reason to marry otherwise.

If you really want children that badly, then there is adoption like Ara suggested. I imagine being a single parent is very difficult, though (not to say they're not capable of raising and caring for their children mind you!). Or you and that special someone could adopt a kid together. I don't know how your custody laws deal with that.

Anyway, having children is a big decision and a huge responsibility of course. If you're going to have kids with someone I think it's best for the children if their parents love each other and aren't together just for their kids.

Rawhide

2011-02-21, 09:52 AM

I found this funnier than I should have. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHROHJlU_Ng)

SMEE

2011-02-21, 10:02 AM

Funny video indeed.
And I love the dress she is wearing. It's awesome.

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-21, 11:01 AM

That sounds exceedingly creepy.
Have you considered adoption?

Adoption allows me to rear children, not sire them. That there is an important distinction for me.

Speaking as a kid of divorced parents, I very much so disagree. They may not need to be married, but they need to be together.

Speaking as a kid of sadly still married parents, I also disagree. My mom has not exactly been a stabilizing element in my upbringing. I mean, I love my mom and all, but in more than moderate doses, she turns into an overbearing, emotionally draining wreck of a woman. It would be much better psychologically if I was raised by my dad alone, or by my dad and grandma (though likely not physiologically, considering my father's cooking habits).

Anyway, having children is a big decision and a huge responsibility of course. If you're going to have kids with someone I think it's best for the children if their parents love each other and aren't together just for their kids.

...why would I be together with my children's mother for longer than I need to?

((Bitter and cynical, ahoy!))

Zaydos

2011-02-21, 11:06 AM

Speaking as a kid of sadly still married parents, I also disagree. My mom has not exactly been a stabilizing element in my upbringing. I mean, I love my mom and all, but in more than moderate doses, she turns into an overbearing, emotionally draining wreck of a woman. It would be much better psychologically if I was raised by my dad alone, or by my dad and grandma (though likely not physiologically, considering my father's cooking habits).

Coming from a still-married household, I have to say my mom has been a better stabilizing force then my dad (he's kind of scary... not because of anything he does but he's just physically imposing and he worked all the time when I was a kid), then again I have a friend whose mom was about the worst influence on her and still treats her badly so I recognize both exist.

(I'm romantic and idealistic btw).

Teddy

2011-02-21, 11:20 AM

It turns out our hotel has wire-less Internet in (and near) the reception building, which means I can access the forum from Gambia. Or should I say the Gambia? The grammatical part of my brain is writhing in pain, but that's what I read everywhere, so perhaps I should accept it.

Anyway, it's very un-Swedish here: hot, sunny, palm trees everywhere and everyone and their mother wants to become your friend. Tranquility is something you have to pay for, much to my introvertedness's annoyance. :smallannoyed:

Still, it's gard to imagine that just five days ago my world was all snow, cold and thick cloths, and now it's sun, heat, sunscreen, shorts and pools. Also crocidiles and monkies. Very different ideed. :smallbiggrin:

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-21, 11:20 AM

Adoption allows me to rear children, not sire them. That there is an important distinction for me.
Just because you've adopted a kid and your single doesn't mean you have to become chast...

Speaking as a kid of sadly still married parents, I also disagree. My mom has not exactly been a stabilizing element in my upbringing. I mean, I love my mom and all, but in more than moderate doses, she turns into an overbearing, emotionally draining wreck of a woman. It would be much better psychologically if I was raised by my dad alone, or by my dad and grandma (though likely not physiologically, considering my father's cooking habits).

Do you still, uh, live with your parent?

Anyway, it differs from case to case. IF your parents still love eachother, it isn't your place to tell them to split.

...why would I be together with my children's mother for longer than I need to?

Statistically speaking children of married couples do better then kids of divorces or split parents.

Coming from a still-married household, I have to say my mom has been a better stabilizing force then my dad (he's kind of scary... not because of anything he does but he's just physically imposing and he worked all the time when I was a kid), then again I have a friend whose mom was about the worst influence on her and still treats her badly so I recognize both exist.

Case... By... Blah

Zaydos

2011-02-21, 11:23 AM

The Rose Dragon

2011-02-21, 11:27 AM

Also crocidiles and monkies.

The plural of monkey is monkeys, not monkies. Thank you for learning this. :smallbiggrin:

Teddy

2011-02-21, 11:43 AM

As long as the monkeys don't fashion crude spears and ride the crocodiles into battle you should be fine.

Unless the worst comes to pass... the crocodiles fashion crude spears and ride the monkeys into battle :smalleek:

Nah, the monkeys were just silly. Three or four of them had a fight over a peanut while sitting on my shoulders. The crocodiles where plain lazy and didn't even notice when you petted them.

Of course, it's not impossible that they're all secretly plotting and biding their time... :smalleek:

The plural of monkey is monkeys, not monkies. Thank you for learning this. :smallbiggrin:

Ah. I thought there was something fishy with that word, but I had my hands full with spotting and correcting typos (I'm writing from my mobile phone with a touch screen) that I didn't think more about it.

KuReshtin

2011-02-21, 01:24 PM

absolmorph

2011-02-21, 04:00 PM

Grilled bacon and cheese sandwich.
Its deliciousness was compounded by the fact that I almost never have bacon (my mom doesn't buy it).

Perenelle

2011-02-21, 06:21 PM

Damn it! Accident on the road on my way home. Stuck in a traffic jam right now.
Been stuck for the past half hour in which time we've moved about 300 yards.
And I passer the only exit for a way round the accident site, so I'm stuck until they clear things away. *sigh*

Bleh, I'm sorry.
How exactly are you posting in your car? :smallconfused:

ION: I really want a mango for some reason. *drools* if I had my license, I would totally drive 20 minutes to Wal-Mart right now just to buy a mango.

KuReshtin

2011-02-21, 06:49 PM

Bleh, I'm sorry.
How exactly are you posting in your car? :smallconfused:

HTC Desire. Mobile phone with internet connection.
Car stationary, parking break on, gearbox in neutral, waiting for anything to happen. So it was all very safe and stuff. :smallwink:

Perenelle

2011-02-21, 06:53 PM

HTC Desire. Mobile phone with internet connection.
Car stationary, parking break on, gearbox in neutral, waiting for anything to happen. So it was all very safe and stuff. :smallwink:

Ahh, I see.
Just making sure. :smallwink: No posting while driving, unless you have four arms and two sets of eyes. Then you're allowed. :smallamused:

CrimsonAngel

2011-02-21, 08:35 PM

My History teacher plugged in crappy grades into things I never turned in and that somehow made me pass his class that 6 weeks. :smalleek:

HalfTangible

2011-02-21, 08:57 PM

My History teacher plugged in crappy grades into things I never turned in and that somehow made me pass his class that 6 weeks. :smalleek:

My math teacher has us turn in all our homework the day of the test. Which was today.

A test i pretty much flunked.

Guess what i forgot to do. :smallannoyed:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-21, 08:59 PM

Grade 10 Ancient History, I wrote an awesome essay on Charlemagne, only I didn't bother with sources, or, y'know, facts or anything. So I just plugged in random books on Charlemagne, cited them, plugged in footnotes and everything.

I got, like, a 95.
Still never have done that since, but I was sooo laaazy.
For an intelligent guy, I'm a really damn bad student.

Perenelle

2011-02-21, 09:17 PM

For an intelligent guy, I'm a really damn bad student.

Same. :smallsigh: I just hate doing work. English and history I actually find interesting so I work hard, but with math, science, and Spanish I just procrastinate and can't study or focus. :smallyuk: at least I still get A's most of the time.

speaking of, I got my class rank and all that stuff the other day, and I'm in the upper 17% or something.. 'sigh' If I didn't slip up and get a few B's last year, it'd be better. *mumble mumble*

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-21, 09:30 PM

For an intelligent guy, I'm a really damn bad student.

Me too. I'm doing positively dreadful in pre-calculus right now (C-) and doing pretty bad in honors bio, too (B-) But it's still a little over a month until the end of the quarter, so I still have time to catch up. I really need to do well on our pre-calc test on Wednesday.

Oh, and I'm only getting a 100 in computer science. I'm so disappointed with myself :smallsigh: (:smalltongue:)

Most of my problem with school is that memorizing all those facts and formulas and stuff doesn't leave a lot of room for remembering when assignments are due :smallsigh:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-21, 09:36 PM

My best friend and I are, like, the two smartest people in the school, but we're also 2 of the most stereotypical 'bad kids' there are. I mean, he got drunk thursday, friday, and saturday nights! I missed Friday, but still.

This is what school drives enterprising young men too. What depths will we sink too to avoid doing homework?

Eruantion

2011-02-21, 09:40 PM

Me too. I'm doing positively dreadful in pre-calculus right now (C-) and doing pretty bad in honors bio, too (B-) But it's still a little over a month until the end of the quarter, so I still have time to catch up. I really need to do well on our pre-calc test on Wednesday.

Oh, and I'm only getting a 100 in computer science. I'm so disappointed with myself :smallsigh: (:smalltongue:)

Most of my problem with school is that memorizing all those facts and formulas and stuff doesn't leave a lot of room for remembering when assignments are due :smallsigh:
Those are both somewhat difficult classes if you're not really into them. If your classes are anything like mine, pre-cal will get easier towards the middle. You'll probably have a chance of pulling it up then.

If you take AP US History, that's pretty much all it is: memorization and homework :smallsigh:

Perenelle

2011-02-21, 09:52 PM

memorization and homework :smallsigh:

I'm good at that. :smalltongue: :smallsmile:

Ranger Mattos

2011-02-21, 10:00 PM

If you take AP US History, that's pretty much all it is: memorization and homework :smallsigh:

Well, next year (sophomore for me) I was trying to decide whether to take AP or normal US history. On the one hand, AP would look better on a college application, and it might not be too much more work. But on the other hand, I'm already planning on taking AP Calculus then, and I don't have room for a study hall.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-21, 10:06 PM

I can't wait for the actual content of my IB Modern History course to start. We're doing the Long 19th Century this year (That's 1789 to 1914), and the 20th century next year. It's so exciting, cause the 19th Century is one of those ages I don't know too much about.
Also, I have a strategy game set in that time.

Victoria II, here I come!

Sweet game, even if it is mostly a historical socio-political economic simulator.

It's fun. :smallcool:

CynicalAvocado

2011-02-21, 10:28 PM

so i took a practice general a&p test today... one of the questions was an equation: -3[-6(2+3)+4]. the answer is 78, right?

according to the FAA the correct answer is 82:smallconfused:

HalfTangible

2011-02-21, 10:31 PM

so i took a practice general a&p test today... one of the questions was an equation: -3[-6(2+3)+4]. the answer is 78, right?

according to the FAA the correct answer is 82:smallconfused:

-3[-6(2+3)+4]
-3[-6(5)+4]
-3[-30+4]
-3[-26]
3*26
78
....

:smallconfused:

CynicalAvocado

2011-02-21, 10:32 PM

-3[-6(2+3)+4]
-3[-6(5)+4]
-3[-30+4]
-3[-26]
3*26
78
....

:smallconfused:

that's what i said.
i worked the damn thing out at least 100 times seeing if i screwed something up, but my math was solid.

HalfTangible

2011-02-21, 10:48 PM

that's what i said.
i worked the damn thing out at least 100 times seeing if i screwed something up, but my math was solid.

Maybe you misread the equation? :smallconfused: They wouldn't have let you look at the test again, right?

CynicalAvocado

2011-02-21, 11:05 PM

Maybe you misread the equation? :smallconfused: They wouldn't have let you look at the test again, right?

it was a self grade practice test (i made a 63:smalleek:) and i know i didn't misread the equation.

actually, the 63 isn't half bad, seeing as i scored 54 the last time i took it. if i keep improving like this, i'll be in the 80-90 range by the time i need to take it next year

wait... there was a 4 in front of the -3.

somehow my brain made that 4 turn into an A.
stupid brain

Teddy

2011-02-22, 12:13 PM

For an intelligent guy, I'm a really damn bad student.

May I join the club? Thanks to me being a great learner through listening, I almost always manage top scores anyway. I still wonder when I'm going to hit that wall, though. It didn't happen three years ago, next step up will happen in half a year.

cycoris

2011-02-22, 06:17 PM

On school:

I find it amazing how much you people actually care. Though I suppose since I'm attending a hippie liberal arts school that doesn't give grades I'm probably not one to talk. :smalltongue:

And I won't bother ya'll with my rant about how grades are actually detrimental to learning. Even though they are. Rawr.

ION:

I'm leaving for China on Friday morning, staying indefinitely. If anyone's going to be in the Shanghai area sometime in the next few months (hi, I'm looking at you, dish, oh CatQueen of Awesome) and wants to meet up, I'm game!

Itinerary looks something like this:
3:30 AM Friday, February 25th- Drive to the closest airport. Pray it doesn't snow. End up leaving earlier due to "chance of snow". Sit in the airport for an hour as it's not actually snowing.
6:00 AM- Flight to Seattle that they claim is 1:30 long but is actually no longer than 00:45. There isn't even time to serve peanuts and watery orange juice.
7:00 AM-1:00 PM- Despair over the airport not having free wifi. Sit in the Borders Books in Sea-Tac. Contemplate buying books for flight. Willpower fails. Buy books. Possibly also coffee and a bagel.
1:00 PM-?????- fly from Seattle to Beijing. Total of 13 hours. Forget to reset watch, think flight is shorter than it actually is. Despair. Read books. Try to sleep. Ask for more coffee. Read 3-day-old newspapers in English and then in Chinese. Spot amusing mistranslation. Giggle madly for ten minutes. Compose myself after stewardess tells me I'm disturbing the other passengers. Pound on my keyboard. Fall asleep. Stare out the window three seats away. Rinse and repeat.
4:30 PM Saturday, February 26th- Arrive in Beijing.
4:30-8:30 PM- Revel in the fact that the Beijing International Airport has free wifi (or at least did the last time that I was there). Entertain myself. Pinch myself to keep from falling asleep and missing my flight.
8:30-10:30 PM- Fly to Ningbo. Curse the fact that I couldn't fly into Shanghai as there isn't a flight from Shanghai to Ningbo anymore. Curb zombieness.
10:30 PM- Collapse.

:eek:

IOON:

Getting a second set of piercings in my earlobes later this afternoon. Wheeeeee! Now, when they tell you to clean new piercings twice a day, should I count time spent on an airplane flying over Alaska as a day or not? :smallconfused::smalltongue:

Zaydos

2011-02-22, 06:22 PM

IOON:

Getting a second set of piercings in my earlobes later this afternoon. Wheeeeee! Now, when they tell you to clean new piercings twice a day, should I count time spent on an airplane flying over Alaska as a day or not? :smallconfused::smalltongue:

It's 1/2 a day so you should clean them once. Also I hope you're better at sleeping on planes than I am.

Perenelle

2011-02-22, 07:58 PM

On school:

I find it amazing how much you people actually care. Though I suppose since I'm attending a hippie liberal arts school that doesn't give grades I'm probably not one to talk. :smalltongue:

:smallsigh: I wish I didn't care, I would be substantially less stressed out.
I wish my school didn't give grades, I'm jealous. I hate how much emphasis school puts on grades and class rank and all.. there's not really a way around it though, so...

It's the same with music. It's so competitive, sometimes it just takes the fun right out of it. Something as wonderful as making music shouldn't make people want to tear each others eyes out over a stupid chair placement. :smallannoyed: And learning shouldn't be competitive either.
/music ramble

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-22, 08:03 PM

:smallsigh: I wish I didn't care, I would be substantially less stressed out.
I wish my school didn't give grades, I'm jealous. I hate how much emphasis school puts on grades and class rank and all.. there's not really a way around it though, so...

It's the same with music. It's so competitive, sometimes it just takes the fun right out of it. Something as wonderful as making music shouldn't make people want to tear each others eyes out over a stupid chair placement. :smallannoyed: And learning shouldn't be competitive either.
/music ramble

Only for instruments with multiple chairs, or heck, chairs at all. I thank heavens for stools and being the only actual pianist, there are two more keyboardists, but they only call them when I'm unavailable, yay for seniority and musical family.

ZombyWoof

2011-02-22, 08:06 PM

I had an awesome dream last night. The only thing I can remember about it clearly was... well I was at Marine World and I was eating something and I saw this girl sitting at a bench and she had the most AWESOME hair ever.

It was red (of course), and the front half were dreads and the back half was straight and loose. The back half went down her back and the dreads went sort of sideways and down, down to her hips in both cases. The dreds had alternate sections of being white or her natural red, and the whole bit of hair had a ton of volume. I vaguely remember the face not being so impressive but MY GOD HER HAIR. So beautiful... *whimpers*

Perenelle

2011-02-22, 08:11 PM

Only for instruments with multiple chairs, or heck, chairs at all. I thank heavens for stools and being the only actual pianist, there are two more keyboardists, but they only call them when I'm unavailable, yay for seniority and musical family.

:smallsigh: I wish flute wasn't so popular and had like, 14 chairs per band. I normally end up making first chair or in the top three, but I feel bad for the people who barely make it and everyone knows that they "aren't as good" (which isn't always true) because they made 14th chair.

I dunno if I should be complaining about it though, because it was my competitiveness that made me get good at flute. Without wanting to be first chair in everything I auditioned for, I probably wouldn't be where I am today.

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2011-02-22, 09:01 PM

At 11am tomorrow morning, I shall host (alongside my friend) an hour of radio.
That's right people, radio history is about to be made, with yours truly at the centre of events.

CynicalAvocado

2011-02-22, 09:25 PM

At 11am tomorrow morning, I shall host (alongside my friend) an hour of radio.
That's right people, radio history is about to be made, with yours truly at the centre of events.

you must record a part of it and put the recording on the you thread

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-22, 09:29 PM

At 11am tomorrow morning, I shall host (alongside my friend) an hour of radio.
That's right people, radio history is about to be made, with yours truly at the centre of events.

College Radio? Or Proper FM?

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2011-02-22, 09:35 PM

Eruantion

2011-02-22, 09:35 PM

At 11am tomorrow morning, I shall host (alongside my friend) an hour of radio.
That's right people, radio history is about to be made, with yours truly at the centre of events.

Would that be 11 AM GMT?

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2011-02-22, 09:36 PM

Would that be 11 AM GMT?

You've been ninja'd, my friend.

Eruantion

2011-02-22, 10:08 PM

You've been ninja'd, my friend.

Curses! Foiled again!

Amiel

2011-02-23, 12:55 AM

AsteriskAmp

2011-02-23, 01:03 AM

On the way to the city, I sat next to 4 vapid and shrill girls; my ears have pretty much been violated. They were pretty hot though.
On the way back, there was a dude who kept referring to himself in the third person and arguing with himself.
Such...entertaining "traveling companions".

I feel your pain on the first case. For my sister's birthday they filled a van with 8 11 year olds my father and me. I had an Ipod at max volume playing Touhou metal remixes, and yet their voice managed to crawl into my ears and utterly destroy them, 1 and a half hour trip. Never again did any of us get to repeat the endeavour, being my mother the transporter of those spawns in future occasions.

ZombyWoof

2011-02-23, 01:54 AM

On the way to the city, I sat next to 4 vapid and shrill girls; my ears have pretty much been violated. They were pretty hot though.
On the way back, there was a dude who kept referring to himself in the third person and arguing with himself.
Such...entertaining "traveling companions".
I saw a woman arguing with her reflection in the mirror about politics. It was... interesting, to say the least. They agreed on a lot of things and she seemed to have found a new best friend, and I hope they meet each other again :smallamused:

(Seriously though I hope she found her way to a hospital and hasn't hurt herself)

Heliomance

2011-02-23, 05:38 AM

May I join the club? Thanks to me being a great learner through listening, I almost always manage top scores anyway. I still wonder when I'm going to hit that wall, though. It didn't happen three years ago, next step up will happen in half a year.

Believe me, you'll hit the wall. I skated through school doing virtually no work. Did fine, until I got to uni. Just about managed to scrape through first year of uni doing the barest minimum of work. Second year it all fell apart.

KuReshtin

2011-02-23, 06:34 AM

The former. :smalltongue: It'll be internet streamed here:
http://streaming.falmouth.ac.uk/fca_radio

I would record it and post it in the You Thread, but I have no idea how to go about it. Do any Playgrounders want to volunteer to record it via the Internet? Note that it's 11am to noon GMT. :smallsmile:

it's now 11:33AM. I'm at the falmouth website and it's playing Eric Clapton's version of 'I shot the Sheriff'.
Is that you guys doing that?

Or is there another reason for them to be playing that?

Archonic Energy

2011-02-23, 06:50 AM

it's now 11:33AM. I'm at the falmouth website and it's playing Eric Clapton's version of 'I shot the Sheriff'.
Is that you guys doing that?

Or is there another reason for them to be playing that?

because someone is playing BANG!

smellie_hippie

2011-02-23, 06:53 AM

because someone is playing BANG!

Dynamite Archie. Then Indians! Then Gatling Gun... then I play BANG!

Oh wait... I have a volcanic... BANG! BANG! BANG!

:smallamused:

Archonic Energy

2011-02-23, 06:56 AM

Dynamite Archie. Then Indians! Then Gatling Gun... then I play BANG!

Oh wait... I have a volcanic... BANG! BANG! BANG!

:smallamused:

Damn it! i only had 2 Missed! cards. grrrr. :smallbiggrin:

smellie_hippie

2011-02-23, 07:18 AM

Damn it! i only had 2 Missed! cards. grrrr. :smallbiggrin:

It wouldn't have mattered. I was Slab the Killer. :smallbiggrin:

You reeeeeeeally need to come to a meet-up sometime in Trogland. It would be epic. Although prospects are increasing at my ability to cross the pond sometime...

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2011-02-23, 07:25 AM

We were given an induction session, and then left to work out the desk, so the real show starts 11am next Wednesday. To forward planning! :smalltongue:

Archonic Energy

2011-02-23, 08:10 AM

It wouldn't have mattered. I was Slab the Killer. :smallbiggrin:

You reeeeeeeally need to come to a meet-up sometime in Trogland. It would be epic. Although prospects are increasing at my ability to cross the pond sometime...

and THAT is why i'd never kill you... you are just too much fun :smalltongue:

[/joker]

KuReshtin

2011-02-23, 08:50 AM

We were given an induction session, and then left to work out the desk, so the real show starts 11am next Wednesday. To forward planning! :smalltongue:

Wasn't too bad.. A lot of very decent music being played.

The part in the middle of 'I Shot the Sheriff' where you accidentally faded the music out and had your mics on were a bit funny.
After about a minute of your mumbling in-chatter, someone looks over and notices and goes: 'Oh, the mics are on.' and half a second later, Eric Clapton is still singing about shooting the sheriff.

Rawhide

2011-02-23, 09:44 AM

Not as good as the real one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ860P4iTaM), this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clfAq1xSevc) was somewhat amusing.

Zaydos

2011-02-23, 11:20 AM

I missed BANG! :smalleek:

I haven't played BANG! in... 11 days... :smallfrown:

Usually I get my BANG! fix at least once a week.

First thing I ever learned about the game Slab dies quick.

Teddy

2011-02-23, 12:15 PM

Gambia report:
Going home tomorrow night, so this is the last whole day. We spent the morning cruising around a bit on the Gambi river. Nothing too special. Yesterday, however, we were invited by our guide over dinner. It was really nice and we had a great evening. I do, however, have a bit of a home longing, so getting home and back to the normal rythm is going to feel good too.

I saw a woman arguing with her reflection in the mirror about politics. It was... interesting, to say the least. They agreed on a lot of things and she seemed to have found a new best friend, and I hope they meet each other again :smallamused:

(Seriously though I hope she found her way to a hospital and hasn't hurt herself)

She could also be training speaches or debating, or simply proper conversation and small talk, you know...

Believe me, you'll hit the wall. I skated through school doing virtually no work. Did fine, until I got to uni. Just about managed to scrape through first year of uni doing the barest minimum of work. Second year it all fell apart.

I know, I know. I must note, however, that I've become much better at getting things done, so now I usually have a few hours marginal instead of a few hours of lost sleep. :smallwink:

@Cycoris (because erasing everything but the first line on this phone will take half an hour):
I don't really care about my grades, but my learning I do care about, and however blunt and inefficient they are , grades will still tell me how good I've been doing in my course. Still, believe me or not, but now we're getting more of them grades. I manage to narrowly dodge that, but still. :smallannoyed:

CoffeeIncluded

2011-02-23, 12:34 PM

Haruki-kun

2011-02-23, 01:10 PM

You know, it's really kinda weird to feel medicine taking an effect on you; I'm usually in school so I don't really notice, but I took my prescription medicine today to help me focus on a ginormous paper due Monday (I take the medicine for school and when I can't afford not to focus) and I can feel it taking effect and it's weird but kinda cool at the same time.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a paper to write. Maybe I can get my homework out of the way too.

Back when I took medicine, I never really felt the effects... I don' know if there were any. :smallconfused: Maybe I was one of those who don't react to it.

On the subject of things I do react to: Last night I learned a lesson on caffeine.

If you plan to stay up late working, it's a good idea to take caffeine... but space it out throughout your work session. Don't drink 3 cups of coffee in the time it takes for you to set up your computer and open Inkscape. :smalltongue:

absolmorph

2011-02-23, 03:22 PM

Hello, RB.

You're awesome. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdvoFntpdY)
Yes, you.

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-23, 03:41 PM

I feel your pain on the first case. For my sister's birthday they filled a van with 8 11 year olds my father and me. I had an Ipod at max volume playing Touhou metal remixes, and yet their voice managed to crawl into my ears and utterly destroy them, 1 and a half hour trip. Never again did any of us get to repeat the endeavour, being my mother the transporter of those spawns in future occasions.

Except Amiel was said the girls were hot. You were with 11 year olds. One of which was your sister.

cycoris

2011-02-23, 04:10 PM

@Cycoris (because erasing everything but the first line on this phone will take half an hour):
I don't really care about my grades, but my learning I do care about, and however blunt and inefficient they are , grades will still tell me how good I've been doing in my course. Still, believe me or not, but now we're getting more of them grades. I manage to narrowly dodge that, but still. :smallannoyed:

Um...not necessarily. I can't remember where you're from or what sort of schooling you happen to be participating in at the moment, but at least in a lot of U.S. colleges that I'm aware of, people are graded on a curve, which gives you no information on how well you've learnt the course material, but instead tells you how well you've learnt it compared to the other people in your class. This is a) useless as an indicator of knowledge or competence (but we all know that's not what school's really about, no, school is about getting good grades!), and b) encourages stupid competition. Same thing with class ranks. :smallsigh:

Does anyone else have nightmares when they wear bright/oddly coloured/clashing pyjamas to bed? I'm down to the dredges of my clothing since I don't want to do laundry again before I leave on Friday, so the only things I have to wear are kind of...odd. And resulted in hot pink argyle monkeys chasing me with machetes. :smalleek:

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-23, 04:23 PM

Does anyone else have nightmares when they wear bright/oddly coloured/clashing pyjamas to bed? I'm down to the dredges of my clothing since I don't want to do laundry again before I leave on Friday, so the only things I have to wear are kind of...odd. And resulted in hot pink argyle monkeys chasing me with machetes. :smalleek:

My nightmares usually involve me getting cut open. So no.

HalfTangible

2011-02-23, 04:31 PM

Um...not necessarily. I can't remember where you're from or what sort of schooling you happen to be participating in at the moment, but at least in a lot of U.S. colleges that I'm aware of, people are graded on a curve, which gives you no information on how well you've learnt the course material, but instead tells you how well you've learnt it compared to the other people in your class. This is a) useless as an indicator of knowledge or competence (but we all know that's not what school's really about, no, school is about getting good grades!), and b) encourages stupid competition. Same thing with class ranks. :smallsigh:In my US college, everything is graded on a percentage, unless the entire class (or... 80% or so) fail a specific assignment, which is graded on a curve. This is done largely due to the fact that sometimes a teacher just doesn't cover the material well.

It's still total bull, but it happens maybe on one test a year, at most, and the rest of the grades are done normally.

I don't LIKE competition but i understand the reasoning: many people excel when they have a tangible, specific challenge to overcome. And such an environment encourages them to work harder.

The drawback is that intelligent people with low self esteem, pessimists and many others don't think this way. Competition is detrimental to their learning experience. I happen to be one of the former, and every time i get into a competition i get fixated on my failures. Ya know how Yahtzee's reviews almost always point out the negative and it makes it look like he hates the game (with a few exceptions)? It's kinda like that.

If i ever found a cure for lung cancer, i'd start crying that i was a failure because i hadn't cured brain cancer. Or slap the guy who told me awesome job and said 'no, it wasn't.'

EDIT: And a course with no grades is even worse because you get absolutely no feedback on your progress. Unless you mean the assignment is given a percentage but isn't factored into a final grade?

Does anyone else have nightmares when they wear bright/oddly coloured/clashing pyjamas to bed? I'm down to the dredges of my clothing since I don't want to do laundry again before I leave on Friday, so the only things I have to wear are kind of...odd. And resulted in hot pink argyle monkeys chasing me with machetes. :smalleek:

My nightmares usually involve me cowering somewhere while something large and deadly breaks into wherever i'm cowering and kills me.

absolmorph

2011-02-23, 04:39 PM

For a while, a lot of my daydreams involve my ribs being cut open.
Now, a lot of them involve me getting some sort of weapon stuck through me, pinning me to a wall. Leaving me with something, pretty much always a blade, pinning me to a wall, making me helpless until someone comes along to pull it out. Which, in many of them, was hours later.

Kneenibble

2011-02-23, 07:45 PM

Random rogatory interjection:

Excel document;
Cell text is "'20 boys".
The text field retains the apostrophe before the 20, but in the display below, it hides it. How can I get Excel to acknowledge that '? Variously formatting the cell's "Number" has done nothing.

absolmorph

2011-02-23, 08:19 PM

Holy muffin tops!
I just set up an event page for my birthday party!
I'm planning a social event!
This is incredibly unusual!
Why am I talking with exclamation marks?!

Eruantion

2011-02-23, 08:30 PM

Holy muffin tops!
I just set up an event page for my birthday party!
I'm planning a social event!
This is incredibly unusual!
Why am I talking with exclamation marks?!

Perhaps because you're trying to convey an excited or surprised tone through a text passage? :smalltongue:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2011-02-23, 08:36 PM

Because I know for CERTAIN that he's not on teh internets.

I'm planning a surprise birthday party for my best friend. My job is to distract him from his own house until, like 7. We're watching movies and eating ice cream. He's already excited for THAT. He has no idea we're planning this, because his girlfriend told him that she WAS going to plan a surprise birthday party, but she has to VISIT her FAMILY in VANCOUVER over the weekend, so she couldn't. :smallwink:

We're so good at this.

HalfTangible

2011-02-23, 10:17 PM

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-23, 10:22 PM

As near everyone on this forum as fas as I can tell is an avid reader, I reccommend the book A Prayer for Owen Meany to EVERYONE. I'd describe it to you, but it somehow is all about the 3 unmentionables.

HalfTangible

2011-02-23, 10:24 PM

AtlanteanTroll

2011-02-23, 10:29 PM

Underwear, Justin Beiber and Batman's love life?

Religion, Politics, and Reproduction.

HalfTangible

2011-02-23, 10:31 PM

Religion, Politics, and Reproduction.

That's what i said. Justin Beiber, Batman's love life and Underwear.

(i was joking :smalltongue:)