Mercenary Pen's Meticulously Planned Machine of Prose Random Banter #182

[Mercenary Pen]

Well, I've been meaning to do this for a while and here we are.

The Previous Random Banter can be found here:
Dimonite's Decidedly Draconic Devious Discussions: Random Banter #181 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254409)

The Not-So-Random Rules of Random Banter:
1. Spam. For the purposes of RB, one word posts are generally considered spam. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* are also be considered spam. Remember that the quality of the post's content is much better than the speed of your response.

2. This isn't the Play by Post or Town forum, nor is it the Silly Message Board Games or Structured Games forum. Please avoid continuous roleplay or mock battles and fights such as the "competition for control of the universe".

3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well. The exception to this is to bring something that is off-topic from one thread, but on-topic for RB and the subject doesn't warrant a thread of its own.

4. Don't advertise other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.

5. Please don't post single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."

6. Don't poke, kick or bump the thread. It will move at whatever pace it wants to. Also, please refrain from Captain Obvious comments akin to "My, the thread is fast today."

7. Random Banter can only be as good, or as entertaining, as you make it. Demands to be entertained will fall on deaf ears unless you can add something more meaningful to the conversation.

8. As this is a public forum, where the current topic is nicely recorded for you, and not a conversation where you could have missed the beginning, please refrain from asking something to the effect of "What's the topic?". Please take the time to read up a bit first.

9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.

10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

11. Remember, Random Banter is not your IM client. If you want to have a back and forth discussion with just one person, look in their contact information for IM details.

12. Whenever a new thread is created, all "first post", "first page", and all posts of that nature will be deleted by the administrators. Please avoid doing this, as it is frustrating for them to deal with one-lined posts like this.

13. Double-posting is not your friend. We have edit buttons for a reason.

14. Once you have made a Random Banter thread, you must wait 50 threads before making another one.

15. If you can avoid dibs calling on making the next thread, that will avoid people needing to wait if the thread hits 50 pages while the dibs-caller is asleep.



Ghosts of Banters Past:
Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
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Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
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Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
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The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
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Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
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[Elemental]

But the previous random banter was Dimonite's Decidedly Draconic Devious Discussions! Not Serpentines Secretly Sapphic Sacrarium of Salaciousness!

And naturally, you've edited your post already.

Oh well...


Anyway... Anyone got advice for dealing with the tiny insect that keep flying around my monitor?

[Mercenary Pen]

But the previous random banter was Dimonite's Decidedly Draconic Devious Discussions! Not Serpentines Secretly Sapphic Sacrarium of Salaciousness!

And naturally, you've edited your post already.

Oh well...

Yep. Was trying to edit it beforehand, but Cloudflare wasn't delivering the site so I had to wait.

As regards the bug, assuming you have no reason to believe it harmful and/or endangered, I'd say to just swat it with something and clean up. Much as it may sound callous, the few that you might kill should be far less than the reproductive rate of any insectoid species...

[Elemental]

I know... But it's rather quick.

[Mercenary Pen]

They always are- patience is going to be important here (even though it may be in short supply)

Also, in the event of illogically placed commas, tap the monitor slightly in case they,fly away...

[Coidzor]

Well, Deadpool was a surprisingly nice thing to wake up to, haha! :smallbiggrin:

Which is odd as you'd usually think it was disturbing to wake up to him.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I am considering this thread to be a birthday present. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

[Elemental]

I am considering this thread to be a birthday present. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

In that case:
Happy birthday!

[Dimonite]

Well, Deadpool was a surprisingly nice thing to wake up to, haha! :smallbiggrin:

Which is odd as you'd usually think it was disturbing to wake up to him.


Yeah, I also found that a hilarious way to start my day.


I am considering this thread to be a birthday present. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Happy Birthday, AT!

[Mutant Sheep]

I am considering this thread to be a birthday present. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Yaaaaay. *claps at AT with clappiness*:smalltongue:

Deadpool is best birthday present ever. :smallbiggrin:

[Teddy]

Reposted from last thread, because I somehow always manage to miss the new one. By two hours. I'm a slow writer at times... :smallsigh:


Pie crust... crumbly? What?

I've never had a savory pie crust that was crumbly. What kind of pies have they been feeding you???

Perhaps it was smulpaj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smulpaj) (or not, because smulpaj is delicious and certainly not made with choclate).


That version is actually quite relaxing. But this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmMNyTwePY) is far more relaxing.

60 bpm is too high for my resting pulse. I just end up feeling more stressed by it. That said, messuring my own pulse is a bit tricky, because feeling my own pulse stresses me as well for some obscure reason, causing a higher pulse, and more stress. :smallsigh:

ION:
Got too little sleep, lost track of time and realised that I'd be late for school. We've been caught in a freaking tropical storm as well (moderate wind, mostly rain), so I didn't feel like going, and determined from the course webpage that the lab we'd have today (automata theory) seemed easy enough to do on my own later. I actually tried downloading the source code for the software that we're supposed use and compiling it on my own, but after failing to include one header file despite giving the correct search path, missing another entirely, having to install the third set of third-party software and getting a string that's too long for the system to handle (over 65025 characters of auto-generated code), I just gave up and removed all traces of my efforts.

That said, I still managed to get quite far in installing something intended for a UNIX machine on a Windows computer, so I bear my failure with pride nevertheless.

[Elemental]

...We've been caught in a freaking tropical storm...

But... You're in Sweden! Tropical storms might as well be mere legends told to you by travellers from distant lands!

[Devmaar]

Guys, stop telling me I'll be ok. I know I'm going to be fine, that doesn't stop me worrying about a big vague mess of undefined potential crises


I guess so. The advent of timeline has made one of the best lines in that song obsolete, but I guess some people might still get a kick out of it. I'm glad to hear it made you smile, anyhow.

On a related note, people who frequent coffee shops, what kind of songs do you like to hear?

My ideal coffee shop music would be ambient, like Starfade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1odDG6boUg). Maybe some soft electro, such as mind.in.a.box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xAxZ7miYU&feature=relmfu) or the lighter side of VNV Nation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfc3zcnrWMQ). These suggestions may or may not actually be helpful :smalltongue:


I am considering this thread to be a birthday present. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Happy Birthday :smallbiggrin:

[Rawhide]

Perhaps it was smulpaj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smulpaj) (or not, because smulpaj is delicious and certainly not made with choclate).

The key word in my earlier post was "savoury", i.e. not sweet. Basically, any of the various types of meat (including beef, chicken, lamb, etc.) or vegetarian substitutes.

[LaZodiac]

I am considering this thread to be a birthday present. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Yo AT your avatar is broken.

Anyway, concerning the "Killed it for me" comment last night, I'm thinking it would of been better to say "what killed me" instead. That would of gotten my point across more better.

[Teddy]

But... You're in Sweden! Tropical storms might as well be mere legends told to you by travellers from distant lands!

Yeah, that's kind of the gist of it. It apparently made an amazing job evading the entirety of North America, and decided that it'd be a nice idea to go over and harass some Scandinavians instead for a change of pace. It's currently strong squalls and overcast, but no rain and and the clouds are fairly thin.


The key word in my earlier post was "savoury", i.e. not sweet. Basically, any of the various types of meat (including beef, chicken, lamb, etc.) or vegetarian substitutes.

Yeah, but since you started off by disbelieving the whole concept of a crumbly crust, I'd already gotten the idea. And since LaLa didn't specify if it was savoury or not (until afterwards), I still felt it was appropriate, given that the name literally translates to "crumb pie".


Yo AT your avatar is broken.

Actually, I think that is your browser. It works fine for me, at least.


Anyway, concerning the "Killed it for me" comment last night, I'm thinking it would of been better to say "what killed me" instead. That would of gotten my point across more better.

I think I prefer you non-dead, actually. :smallwink:

[Tragic_Comedian]

I can't see it either. But I thought it was my browser.



My ideal coffee shop music would be ambient, like Starfade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1odDG6boUg). Maybe some soft electro, such as mind.in.a.box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xAxZ7miYU&feature=relmfu) or the lighter side of VNV Nation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfc3zcnrWMQ). These suggestions may or may not actually be helpful :smalltongue:
They aren't. :smalltongue: I'm a folksinger, man.

[LaZodiac]

Yeah, but since you started off by disbelieving the whole concept of a crumbly crust, I'd already gotten the idea. And since LaLa didn't specify if it was savoury or not (until afterwards), I still felt it was appropriate, given that the name literally translates to "crumb pie".

Actually, I think that is your browser. It works fine for me, at least.

I think I prefer you non-dead, actually. :smallwink:

Aaah.

Oh, ok.

Thanks, I do too. Oh English, you and your figures of speech :smallamused:

[Rawhide]

Hmm. LaZombie.

[LaZodiac]

I'd rather not be a zombie, but if I was it'd be like the ones in "Death Becomes Her".

[Rawhide]

I found this video more amusing than I should. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5mHyuCVZU)

[Aedilred]

Yo AT your avatar is broken.

Anyway, concerning the "Killed it for me" comment last night, I'm thinking it would of been better to say "what killed me" instead. That would of gotten my point across more better.
"Would have", don't you mean? :smallwink: (Sorry).

[Elemental]

I suddenly considered making a post concerning language evolution and the divergence of the spoken tongue from the written text...
Is that what awaits English? Rampant bilingualism as the written language atrophies and the spoken language continues to evolve to a form unintelligible to today?
We may never know for certain... But whatever it is, I'm sure the results will be very interesting...

[Rawhide]

"Would have", don't you mean? :smallwink: (Sorry).

LaZodiac gets so much wrong with language, I wouldn't even know where to start, so I don't bother. :smalltongue:

[LaZodiac]

I found this video more amusing than I should. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5mHyuCVZU)

Man, anime conventions and stuff look so cool, but I'd never be able to go.


"Would have", don't you mean? :smallwink: (Sorry).

My writing is half written have spoken. Sometimes I use qualities of written dialoge (ie, brackets like this and what not) and sometimes I use qualities of speaking dialoge (like yha, would of could of should of instead of have, and so on).

And yes, yes, I'm terrible at this whole english thing :smalltongue:

[Aedilred]

LaZodiac gets so much wrong with language, I wouldn't even know where to start, so I don't bother. :smalltongue:
But if you don't tell them they'll never know!

(Although I suspect you're right).


My writing is half written have spoken. Sometimes I use qualities of written dialoge (ie, brackets like this and what not) and sometimes I use qualities of speaking dialoge (like yha, would of could of should of instead of have, and so on).
It actually took me a couple of minutes to parse that (did you do that on purpose?)

The thing is, "would of" is wrong even in spoken language. "Would've" is fine, but as soon as the "-ve" turns into "of", it loses grammatical sense.

I suddenly considered making a post concerning language evolution and the divergence of the spoken tongue from the written text...
Is that what awaits English? Rampant bilingualism as the written language atrophies and the spoken language continues to evolve to a form unintelligible to today?
To the language thread!

[Elemental]

The thing is, "would of" is wrong even in spoken language. "Would've" is fine, but as soon as the "-ve" turns into "of", it loses grammatical sense.

Actually, technically, based on the accepted pronunciation of the word of and the contraction would've... When someone thinks they're saying "would of", they're actually saying "would've", but with more emphasis on the 've.

[MoonCat]

Actually, technically, based on the accepted pronunciation of the word of and the contraction would've... When someone thinks they're saying "would of", they're actually saying "would've", but with more emphasis on the 've.

Yes, but once it is written, then it is a grammatical error.

[HalfTangible]

I wish they put remixes on itunes...

[LaZodiac]

But if you don't tell them they'll never know!

(Although I suspect you're right).

It actually took me a couple of minutes to parse that (did you do that on purpose?)

The thing is, "would of" is wrong even in spoken language. "Would've" is fine, but as soon as the "-ve" turns into "of", it loses grammatical sense.

To the language thread!

I can't say wheter or not I did something on perpose because I don't actually know what it is I did.


Actually, technically, based on the accepted pronunciation of the word of and the contraction would've... When someone thinks they're saying "would of", they're actually saying "would've", but with more emphasis on the 've.

Yha, that's basically my problem. My head internalizes the internet as a given factor of real, so some words get spelt the way they sound, like would've being "would of"

[Elemental]

Yes, but once it is written, then it is a grammatical error.

Technically, grammatical errors can be spoken as well.
But that's a debate for another day.

[MoonCat]

Technically, grammatical errors can be spoken as well.
But that's a debate for another day.

Yea,h but not necessarily all of them.


Yha, that's basically my problem. My head internalizes the internet as a given factor of real, so some words get spelt the way they sound, like would've being "would of"

...but you've been spelling 'about' correctly this whole time.

[LaZodiac]

Yea,h but not necessarily all of them.

...but you've been spelling 'about' correctly this whole time.

Yup! I don't pronounce it aboot, you see :smalltongue:

[Elemental]

Yea,h but not necessarily all of them.

Okay... We're talking about grammar... How did that comma end up in the middle of a word? Don't blame it on fast typing, because I type fast and can remember to check things as I go.
Actually, ignore this query completely, it's after midnight, I said the debate was for another day and I have art I want to finish and Inkscape has a very poor selection of greens available, so I'm going to have to concoct my own shade.
Edit: And it's going to be annoying. I'm red-green colour deficient.



...but you've been spelling 'about' correctly this whole time.

But about rhymes with shout... How could anyone get the spelling wrong based on pronunciation?

[LaZodiac]

But about rhymes with shout... How could anyone get the spelling wrong based on pronunciation?

Canadian, Elemental :smallamused:

[Elemental]

Canadian, Elemental :smallamused:

Well... I've never actually had the good fortune to speak to anyone from Canada. I've been woefully under exposed to foreign accents.

[LaZodiac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M

This should help with it :smallamused:

[Elemental]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M

This should help with it :smallamused:

As much as I'd love a chance to laugh at Canadians and poke fun at their inability to communicate legibly*, I really need to sleep.
*Note: This statement in no way indicates that Canadians are adrift alone in a sea of linguistic chaos unable to make themselves understood.

Goodnight everyone!

[Mercenary Pen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M

This should help with it :smallamused:

Mispronunciation of about as demonstrated in the linked video most likely comes from Scotland originally.

[Rawhide]

Canadians have nothing on New (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XpGG7vYF0BQ/T_kPX30WTpI/AAAAAAAAIUQ/W9YDuyK70CQ/s1600/NZ.gif) Zealand (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nSKkUETz6lA/T_kPtEtZA8I/AAAAAAAAIUY/r9q_ZE3hVkU/s1600/NZ+3.jpg).

[LaZodiac]

I wish I had an audio version of those things.

[Rawhide]

I wish I had an audio version of those things.

Ask and ye shall receive. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA)

[LaZodiac]

Ask and ye shall receive. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA)

....at some point I swear it become strait up children show's gibberish.

[Rawhide]

....at some point I swear it become strait up children show's gibberish.

Have two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIYvD9DI1ZA) more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWLlDIzi8SU).

[Aedilred]

To be fair, New Zealanders aren't normally that difficult to understand. Those videos just focus on the words that they pronounce particularly unusually...

In fact, I rather like the NZ accent, for some reason.

[AtlanteanTroll]

In that case:
Happy birthday!


Happy Birthday, AT!


Yaaaaay. *claps at AT with clappiness*:smalltongue:

Deadpool is best birthday present ever. :smallbiggrin:



Happy Birthday :smallbiggrin:

Thanks you guys. :smallbiggrin:

[Kneenibble]

There was once a companion thread to You!, I believe, where people posted recordings of their voice to show off their accents. I should like a resurgence of that. pffh's Icelandic accent filled me up with warm syrup.


Thanks you guys. :smallbiggrin:

Happy birthday, parsnip!

[Mynxae]

Actually, ignore this query completely, it's after midnight, I said the debate was for another day and I have art I want to finish and Inkscape has a very poor selection of greens available, so I'm going to have to concoct my own shade.
Edit: And it's going to be annoying. I'm red-green colour deficient.

I could always come over sometime Ele, green is my favourite colour so I'm sure I could pick you a nice one out for whoever it's for. :smallsmile:


Thanks you guys. :smallbiggrin:

Happy late birthday AT :3

On another note: An ex essentially asked me on a date. This ex is actually a nice guy, and the reason why I broke up with him, well.. I'm pretty sure it can't be said on the forum, or at the least, in a thread. :smallfrown: Ele knows why I broke up with him, but that was only 'cause I asked his advice on the matter. It's also hard to decide if I want to go on this date, because this ex is quite liberal with spending his money on me.. For example, the first time he and I met (and spent the day together), he bought me a new phone, credit, lunch, movies, smokes, and a few other things I think.. And I didn't ask for any of it, all his idea! Help? :smalleek:

[LaZodiac]

Happy birthday AT, I didn't know you were being serious about that.

Also, I'm sorry that I don't have any advice :smallfrown:

[Kneenibble]

I could always come over sometime Ele, green is my favourite colour so I'm sure I could pick you a nice one out for whoever it's for. :smallsmile:

You know Elemental ;____;


On another note: An ex essentially asked me on a date. This ex is actually a nice guy, and the reason why I broke up with him, well.. I'm pretty sure it can't be said on the forum, or at the least, in a thread. :smallfrown: Ele knows why I broke up with him, but that was only 'cause I asked his advice on the matter. It's also hard to decide if I want to go on this date, because this ex is quite liberal with spending his money on me.. For example, the first time he and I met (and spent the day together), he bought me a new phone, credit, lunch, movies, smokes, and a few other things I think.. And I didn't ask for any of it, all his idea! Help? :smalleek:

It's not really my business, but that sounds like a wildly unhealthy dynamic.

[Mynxae]

Ele is my best friend of seven years, haha. Used to live with him too, only moved out about four months ago or so? /shrugs Note to self: visit him more. He misses me. :smallfrown:

Yeah, it's quite a tricky situation.. Thinking of going just to see how it will go, and judge on whether he and I could possibly get back together afterwards. Sound like a plan?

Also, I know it's brony related.. But less than an hour until the pony-music-video of Awoken by BronyDanceParty is up! So excited! *dances*

*logs into WoW* *restart in 0:45* Gah, what is this demonic magic..

[Kneenibble]

Ele is my best friend of seven years, haha. Used to live with him too, only moved out about four months ago or so? /shrugs Note to self: visit him more. He misses me. :smallfrown:

Yeah, it's quite a tricky situation.. Thinking of going just to see how it will go, and judge on whether he and I could possibly get back together afterwards. Sound like a plan?

Is he as nice in person as he is on the forum?

You do what you want to do, but the kind of person you describe -- he is older too, I imagine? -- is usually bad news in my experience.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I found this video more amusing than I should. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5mHyuCVZU)

Aww...Deadpool just wants a hug! Why are you all running away from him? D=

=P

[Mynxae]

/chuckles Yes, he is. He's a great person. He and I have never had a single fight in all the time we've known each other. And he and I can keep a conversation going for quite a while, which I can't do with anyone else. :smallbiggrin:

Yeah, he's 19 or 20 I think.. Can't remember. I'm 18 myself, so it's not that much of an age difference. /shrugs

[Kneenibble]

Aww...Deadpool just wants a hug! Why are you all running away from him? D=

=P

*hugs Cobricus Amplexus*


/chuckles Yes, he is. He's a great person. He and I have never had a single fight in all the time we've known each other. And he and I can keep a conversation going for quite a while, which I can't do with anyone else. :smallbiggrin:

Yeah, he's 19 or 20 I think.. Can't remember. I'm 18 myself, so it's not that much of an age difference. /shrugs

That doesn't surprise me. He has been kind to this bird too

Oh. That's not as bad as I assumed. Well, good luck.


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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mabvngX3f11qanyo7o1_250.jpg

[wadledo]

Thanks you guys. :smallbiggrin:

SCREE SCREE SCREE

[Dimonite]

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mabvngX3f11qanyo7o1_250.jpg

I approve of this classy bird.

[Mynxae]

SQUEE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwW9slmrKXo&feature=g-u-u) This is so amazing <3 Been waiting for it for ages <3

[AtlanteanTroll]

Happy birthday, parsnip!


Happy late birthday AT :3


Happy birthday AT, I didn't know you were being serious about that.


SCREE SCREE SCREE

Once again, thanks you guys!

Look at the cupcakes my friend made me. I wish I could share them! :smallbiggrin:

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/534226_3403332131588_877850375_n.jpg

[Mutant Sheep]

Once again, thanks you guys!

Look at the cupcakes my friend made me. I wish I could share them! :smallbiggrin:

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/534226_3403332131588_877850375_n.jpg

You're a real jerk to thy friends, AT. Making her do that. :smalltongue: Mean of you indeed. :smallwink:

Oh, Myn, you play WoW? *pokes the WoW Pony* I PLAYED WOW ONCE! (That scroll of Resurrection is an evil evil thing. Free promotion to Cataclysm and a level 80 is a LOT. :smallamused: And being able to make worgen and stuff in the trial is sweet.:smallbiggrin:)

[MoonCat]

Okay... We're talking about grammar... How did that comma end up in the middle of a word? Don't blame it on fast typing, because I type fast and can remember to check things as I go.

It was fast typing. I type so fast regularly that I hit two keys at the same time and reverse them. My two most common mistakes are "aobut", "becuase" and "aweomse", because of their letters' placing on the keyboard. I tend to go back and correct everything afterwards, because if I stopped to fix everything immediately, I'd take five minutes to type out once sentence. And sometime,s I don't catch everything. Or I might be in a rush, and post it without fixing it i I think there's not too many errors.

[Mutant Sheep]

It was fast typing. I type so fast regularly that I hit two keys at the same time and reverse them. My two most common mistakes are "aobut", "becuase" and "aweomse", because of their letters' placing on the keyboard. I tend to go back and correct everything afterwards, because if I stopped to fix everything immediately, I'd take five minutes to type out once sentence. And sometime,s I don't catch everything. Or I might be in a rush, and post it without fixing it i I think there's not too many errors.

You are REAALLY bad with commas, aren't you. :smalltongue:

Also, HAI MOONIE! *poke*

[MoonCat]

You are REAALLY bad with commas, aren't you. :smalltongue:

Also, HAI MOONIE! *poke*

Okay, when I first wrote that out, about a quarter of the words were wrong in some way. If you'd like, fee me a sufficiently long sentence, and I'll post it without me correcting any of my mistakes.

[Tragic_Comedian]

The craziest thing happened today, y'all. After class, I had dinner and went out for ice cream with my friend, as is my habit. While we were at the ice cream shop, enjoying our purchased treats, I look up and see this dude starin' me down. I don't think much of it, so I go back to talking with my chum, then look back up to see if the guy is still staring at me. He is. Then he says, "Is there a problem?" And I'm like, "Uh, no?" And he's like, "Quit staring at me." And I'm like, "I'm sorry, I didn't know I was staring at you." Then he tries to pick a fight, I apologize again and he storms out of the ice cream shop in anger. His friends that were at the table with him breathe a collective sigh of relief and one girl said, "Thank God."

It really upset me. I never would have intentionally done anything to make that dude angry. Of course, there's a pretty substantial chance that he was high or something. Anyhow, the moral of the story is don't make eye contact with any of them S.O.B.'s at ice cream parlours.

[Mynxae]

Oh, Myn, you play WoW? *pokes the WoW Pony* I PLAYED WOW ONCE! (That scroll of Resurrection is an evil evil thing. Free promotion to Cataclysm and a level 80 is a LOT. :smallamused: And being able to make worgen and stuff in the trial is sweet.:smallbiggrin:)

That's a LoL (League of Legends) pony actually, get your facts right :smallwink: I love WoW, it's my favourite game. I'm 5/8 Heroic Dragon Soul now too, what with my new guild and all. :smallbiggrin: Night Elf Druid :3 Alliance rep! :smalltongue:

@Tragic - I hope you're alright. :smallfrown: That guy was just.. Odd. *stabs with fire*

[Tragic_Comedian]

@Tragic - I hope you're alright. :smallfrown: That guy was just.. Odd. *stabs with fire*
Oh, I'm fine. I appreciate your concern. I was fully prepared to turn the other cheek, I'm just sayin', of the places for something like that to happen, an ice cream shop? What are the odds? :smallamused:

[Mutant Sheep]

That's a LoL (League of Legends) pony actually, get your facts right :smallwink: I love WoW, it's my favourite game. I'm 5/8 Heroic Dragon Soul now too, what with my new guild and all. :smallbiggrin: Night Elf Druid :3 Alliance rep! :smalltongue:

Ewwww, Alliance. :smallyuk: Even more eww, Night Elf. :smalltongue: Damn vanish racial. :smallwink:

[Mynxae]

Ewwww, Alliance. :smallyuk: Even more eww, Night Elf. :smalltongue: Damn vanish racial. :smallwink:

/chuckles Pray for mercy from boomkin, in boots!

[Teddy]

Stay With Me (I think that was the name) was on the tv. I missed the beginning, but I'm pretty sure I caught up on it in terms of clarification/confusion anyway. The story was inherently sad and hopeless, but the intentional confusion kept me watching despite the fact that I'm not especially fond of sad movies.

And of course it had a sad ending. Just great, it's almost 2 in the morning, but my brain is still busy trying to process it. This is why I don't like sad movies: they mean no sleep for the weary.

[Heliomance]

Rawhide, that video you posted claiming proof that Rebecca Black could sing? Consensus in the comments is that's it's not Rebecca Black, it's some Australian woman called Christina Parie or something.

[Rawhide]

Rawhide, that video you posted claiming proof that Rebecca Black could sing? Consensus in the comments is that's it's not Rebecca Black, it's some Australian woman called Christina Parie or something.

Oh well, guess she can't sing after all. To be honest, I didn't actually pay that much attention to it - I didn't like that one either.

[Heliomance]

At least Rebecca Black's better than Jenna Rose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIKV90YOIk).

[Rawhide]

At least Rebecca Black's better than Jenna Rose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIKV90YOIk).

Actually, I can see that video being fun for kids, but oh my gosh the autotuning!

Counterpoint: Excellent use of autotune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCqO52__a4).

Counter-counterpoint: They can actually sing without autotune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGO3GfLrFZE).

[Coidzor]

At least Rebecca Black's better than Jenna Rose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gIKV90YOIk).

12 Gods what is that!? KILL IT WITH FIRE!

...I don't think I'm cut out for being a parent...

[MoonCat]

...I don't think I'm cut out for being a parent...

Please. During school today, my history teacher gave a group of me and four other people a picture of some random climate and told us to figure out how to survive, and she'd test us by presenting us with logical questions afterwards. I was in charge of trouble-shooting for any natural disasters that may make us all die. I included 'children' as one of them.

[Dimonite]

12 Gods what is that!? KILL IT WITH FIRE!

...I don't think I'm cut out for being a parent...

No, it's clearly a just mocking not only the trend of putting random raps in pop songs, not only of the overuse of autotune, but the tweenage obsession with every aspect of celebrity culture. It's brilliant satire, I tell you!

[Mutant Sheep]

Please. During school today, my history teacher gave a group of me and four other people a picture of some random climate and told us to figure out how to survive, and she'd test us by presenting us with logical questions afterwards. I was in charge of trouble-shooting for any natural disasters that may make us all die. I included 'children' as one of them.

:smalleek: TAKE THIS OUT OF CONTEXT! QUICKLYYYY!:smalltongue:

[Coidzor]

No, it's clearly a just mocking not only the trend of putting random raps in pop songs, not only of the overuse of autotune, but the tweenage obsession with every aspect of celebrity culture. It's brilliant satire, I tell you!

I stopped watching after 12 seconds. The... I suppose it must have had to have been a little girl? Just... Horrible. :smalleek:

[MoonCat]

:smalleek: TAKE THIS OUT OF CONTEXT! QUICKLYYYY!:smalltongue:

Out of context of what?

[Coidzor]

Out of context of what?

The assignment, I think. :smallconfused: I dunno.

I got nothing. I am les misercoidble tonight.

[AtlanteanTroll]

You're a real jerk to thy friends, AT. Making her do that. :smalltongue: Mean of you indeed. :smallwink:

Dude. I told her not to do anything.

[Elemental]

I could always come over sometime Ele, green is my favourite colour so I'm sure I could pick you a nice one out for whoever it's for. :smallsmile:

It's not for anyone. (Seriously? Can't I practice?) . And I did eventually manage to get a colour going.
Still, you should visit!



You know Elemental ;____;


Ele is my best friend of seven years, haha. Used to live with him too, only moved out about four months ago or so? /shrugs Note to self: visit him more. He misses me. :smallfrown:


Is he as nice in person as he is on the forum?


/chuckles Yes, he is. He's a great person. He and I have never had a single fight in all the time we've known each other. And he and I can keep a conversation going for quite a while, which I can't do with anyone else. :smallbiggrin:


That doesn't surprise me. He has been kind to this bird too

Stop stroking my ego! Also, thanks for saying such nice things about me.
And note: We do fight! The door still has the mark my watch left on it!
But then... They're not real fights...
Also... Visit me more often! I'm so alone and bored!



On another note: An ex essentially asked me on a date. This ex is actually a nice guy, and the reason why I broke up with him, well.. I'm pretty sure it can't be said on the forum, or at the least, in a thread. :smallfrown: Ele knows why I broke up with him, but that was only 'cause I asked his advice on the matter. It's also hard to decide if I want to go on this date, because this ex is quite liberal with spending his money on me.. For example, the first time he and I met (and spent the day together), he bought me a new phone, credit, lunch, movies, smokes, and a few other things I think.. And I didn't ask for any of it, all his idea! Help? :smalleek:

Is that who I think it is? Actually, I can't really remember who it was. You'll have to PM me about it if you want my advice.
Oh... Now I remember... That one...
You already know my opinion on the matter.

[Cobalt]

I'm hungry but have good music, so that's fine.

I'm sad today, though. The first large orienteering meet was cancelled (for us) last minute, so clearly I have nothing to do now. Still woke up early, but for something different that also ended up not happening. I was looking forward to one thing, which didn't happen, and then another thing, which also didn't happen. Alas...
So nothing to do today. I guess I'll get up and eat now, and continue to listen to good music later. Such is life.~

[Kyrian]

Now, this is the story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there
And I'll tell you all the story of how I got really ticked off at work last week.

So I've been at my job for four years. Four. Seriously, nearly about four and a half now. Longest I've ever held a job. Last June, I finally got the promotion into entry level management (Third Key, SGA) and was able to quit the other job I'd had.

Now, after a year and a half nearly of being in this position, our government has decided that if I work more than 25 hours a week consecutively (because I'm technically still a part time employee) I am supposed to receive benefits. Sure, no big deal, whatever. I'd waive them anyways, I have benefits through my wife, and until I'm making more money at GameStop, I'd rather just get the bigger paychecks. Oh wait, my company decides, instead of even OFFERING the benefits (which again, I'd waive), they're going to limit me down to no more than 25 hours a week, AND promote a second 'SGA' into each of our stores. So not only am I losing my hours that I currently need (I don't know if they understand, babies' aren't effing free.), they are promoting someone in our store that in NO way deserves the hours he's going to be taking from me.

So after four years of hard work and trying to get moved up to Assistant Manager, I now get to quit and find another job. D:

[LaZodiac]

I mean no ill will when I say this, but "to be fair, you WERE working at Gamestop"

In all seriousness though, good luck. You'll get a job no sweat, you seem like a damn hard worker.

[AtlanteanTroll]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuhxfrXocw) song calms me down like no other. What songs calm you guys down?

[LaZodiac]

Oratorio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLJicOunJx0)

So relaxing *myoon~*

[Mynxae]

It's not for anyone. (Seriously? Can't I practice?) . And I did eventually manage to get a colour going.
Still, you should visit!

Stop stroking my ego! Also, thanks for saying such nice things about me.
And note: We do fight! The door still has the mark my watch left on it!
But then... They're not real fights...
Also... Visit me more often! I'm so alone and bored!

Is that who I think it is? Actually, I can't really remember who it was. You'll have to PM me about it if you want my advice.
Oh... Now I remember... That one...
You already know my opinion on the matter.

When did you leave a mark on your door from your watch? O.o I don't remember this.. It's about Blake, yes. A tricky situation though.. :smallfrown: And yes, I need to visit sometime.. It's kind of annoying, I wanted to visit today and stay till probably Monday or Tuesday, but I thought we were raiding Sunday night. Turns out we're down two healers, so I could've gone anyways. Arghasdfsdkfjsdfjvlk -_-

[Mutant Sheep]

I mean no ill will when I say this, but "to be fair, you WERE working at Gamestop"

In all seriousness though, good luck. You'll get a job no sweat, you seem like a damn hard worker.
I dunno, staying until you become CEO of all this cornerstore-gamestop seems like a reasonable thing.:smalltongue: You could try and reexplain the whole "I don't WANT these redundant benefits I already have, lemmeeee wooork more pleaaaaaaaaaase!?! *puppdogeyes*":smallwink: Either that or timemachine-yourself into the shoes of the other guy so you get the same job with 1/4ish or whatever of the work clocked. :smallsigh:

When did you leave a mark on your door from your watch? O.o I don't remember this.. It's about Blake, yes. A tricky situation though.. :smallfrown: And yes, I need to visit sometime.. It's kind of annoying, I wanted to visit today and stay till probably Monday or Tuesday, but I thought we were raiding Sunday night. Turns out we're down two healers, so I could've gone anyways. Arghasdfsdkfjsdfjvlk -_-
Raiding schedules are like, 0.5 world problems or something. :smallbiggrin: (They still SUCK though, when you clear your weekend to raid so your GM's noob friend can get Dragonsoul gear and it doesn't happen, peoples get s/mad.

[Mynxae]

Raiding schedules are like, 0.5 world problems or something. :smallbiggrin: (They still SUCK though, when you clear your weekend to raid so your GM's noob friend can get Dragonsoul gear and it doesn't happen, peoples get s/mad.

Considering we're a serious progression raiding guild (as I've said before, 45th guild on Nagrand progression-wise) we don't usually let noobs in. :P Haha. Which is also why I can't just skip out of a raid, considering I'm the off-tank for most of the bosses. Though it still sucks that I can't visit Ele unless I just come over later today.. Hmm, that could actually be a valid idea, I have enough money on my GoCard.. :smallbiggrin:

[Heliomance]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuhxfrXocw) song calms me down like no other. What songs calm you guys down?

This one. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ift85e38H3M) Works every time.

[wadledo]

This one. (http://youtu.be/Cxov0BQ2fpE) Probably won't work for anyone else though.

[CheesePirate]

This one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXr2iAQTMo0) works for me.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

The entire album "The Beginning Stages Of..." by Polyphonic Spree.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I didn't listen to music to calm down.

How's uni, Gwyn?

[CheesePirate]

I also find this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EuzGgabdgI) sort of thing very soothing.

[Teddy]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtoFku5BPGw) song is probably the most soothing song I have in my library. It doesn't matter what mood I am in, it always put me in that calm, low, introspective state of mind that's perfect for processing any sad emotions I happen to harbour. I like that song.

[MoonCat]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiEgOU18oE0) helps me sleep at night.

ION: This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oFVhSDQmIxs#!) is the best thing in the world due to sheer awesomeness. Part of me wants to play it at school to the friend who was being harrassed by meme-loving girls with the chorus last year.

(Last year I resolved that by saying "aww, look, they're flirting!", to which they all said "ugh" and never bothered him again. :smallbiggrin:)

[Dimonite]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8A61eY1Efg). Nothing like it to stave off the madness.

[CurlyKitGirl]

So, ulcers.
Normally I grin and bear them because they go away pretty soon.

These two though? Are positioned directly in front of my bottom from teeth just a little bit above that weird bit of skin connecting your lips to your gums.

In other words: the slightest unconscious movement canes like a bitch. So I turn to Bonjela, it never hurt before, so it'll be fine.
Previously we had kiddie Bonjela. Now we have adult Bonjela. OW.
So looking around for something less painful I see Bonjela Complete Plus which is kind of like a liquid plaster type thing. Naturally I applied it because I couldn't sleep, and needed relief.
Once, when I was ten and at my first Guide camp I tripped and grazed up my entire left shin on some gravel. It wasn't much, so I didn't do anything about it after wincing and wiping the gravel off my leg.
A day later, I was in shorts when some rude so-and-so pushed me off the path and I fell on my knees into a patch off stinging nettles.
That hurt lots.
So when I tell you that applying Bonjela Complete Plus to my ulcers felt exactly like someone rubbing stinging nettles into an open wound I am not exaggerating in the slightest.
That is bloody awful to use in so many ways: it stings to apply, you have to air dry the goo so your mouth aches from holding the affected area away from the rest of your mouth; by drying part of your mouth it feels awful when you let go; the 'plaster' makes you feel like you numbed part of your mouth and tastes like rubber.
And yet it works. The ulcers already feel a lot better, but by God is it horrible to use!

ION:
Watched The Prince of Egypt again last night. That film is amazing no matter what. Unless you absolutely detest all forms of animation.
And that music!
Got to say I prefer the children's chorus of 'Ashira El Adonai' over the adult one. I think those are also the only words in Hebrew I know absolutely.
Still, my favourite song is 'All I Ever Wanted'/'The Plagues'.

IRN:
Also watched Hunchback of Notre Dame for the nth time last night.
[insert here all previous rants about said film]
[insert here yet more derogatory remarks concerning the gargoyles]
[insert here unending love for 'Heaven's Light'/'Hellfire', but especially the latter]
[insert here link to said song] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDDm8eoRwqw)

[LaZodiac]

The gargoyles, to me, don't even exist. I've excised them from my memory (it helps I haven't seen the movie more then once). For me, their is only one cartoon gargoyle family that exists. And they have to contest with Xanatos.

[Cobra_Ikari]

The gargoyles, to me, don't even exist. I've excised them from my memory (it helps I haven't seen the movie more then once). For me, their is only one cartoon gargoyle family that exists. And they have to contest with Xanatos.

...and are named for locations in NYC? =3

I really need to rewatch that show someday. =3

[LaZodiac]

...and are named for locations in NYC? =3

I really need to rewatch that show someday. =3

They also had a very good episode involving gun safety. The end of that episode was not "guns are bad" but instead "guns are god damn dangerous, but like all tools, if respected, will not harm anyone you don't choose to aim at"

[CurlyKitGirl]

The gargoyles, to me, don't even exist. I've excised them from my memory (it helps I haven't seen the movie more then once). For me, their is only one cartoon gargoyle family that exists. And they have to contest with Xanatos.

I've seen this film dozens of times; I basically delete their 'song' for Not Fitting and excise any moment of humour I dislike or anything that suggests they're not figments of the imagination.
And am very confused when people talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame II, since when was Disney planning a sequel? :confused:



I really need to rewatch that show someday. =3

Mmmm, I used to watch that when I was younger. Never saw much of it though due to weird copyrights or something. I think I saw about twenty episodes all told.

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

[LaZodiac]

I've seen this film dozens of times; I basically delete their 'song' for Not Fitting and excise any moment of humour I dislike or anything that suggests they're not figments of the imagination.
And am very confused when people talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame II, since when was Disney planning a sequel? :confused:

Mmmm, I used to watch that when I was younger. Never saw much of it though due to weird copyrights or something. I think I saw about twenty episodes all told.

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

I don't know what you're talking about either. The only Disney sequel are the Alladin ones.

Do you have a can of compressed air? Blowing that at it could help jostle out anything making it stick.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

Pour flat coke on the key. Should fix it. :smallcool:

[LaZodiac]

Pour flat coke on the key. Should fix it. :smallcool:

I'm going to say no. I'm probably just being ignorant here, but liquids and technology don't mix as far as I'm aware.

[Devmaar]

Hopefully, about 10 hours from now I will be in mu uni flat

:smalleek::smallbiggrin::smalleek::smallbiggrin:

[Teddy]

[insert here link to said song] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDDm8eoRwqw)

I had to wage a minor war against YouTube to make it play, but I came out victorious (although I suppose YouTube managed to milk another penny out of their advertisers thanks to my refreshings). Victory makes all good sweeter.


They also had a very good episode involving gun safety. The end of that episode was not "guns are bad" but instead "guns are god damn dangerous, but like all tools, if respected, will not harm anyone you don't choose to aim at"

Bah, forbid them all, I say. Anything smaller than a tank lacks dignity. :smallwink:


ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

Well, depending on your keyboard, prying it out and cleaning underneath it might actually be the best idea. It's probably best done on a classical keyboard, they look a bit more robust than the laptop ones.

[MoonCat]

Due to my having essentially no idea what the hell I was doing at the time, I watched the sequel to HoND first, enjoyed it for the 'ooh, shiny', considered it on par with anything else Disney came up with (I had a really low opinion of Disney at the time, HoND was one of the first really good ones I ever saw.), and then watched the original.
I think I fell out of my chair when Frollo showed up on his horse.
I also thought he had died of a heart attack at the end of Hellfire, because of him falling to the floor. I was so confused I didn't even get the full amazingness of the song until I watched it again.
I once watched a youtube set of all of HoND, where they had cut out every single clip of the gargoyles. It was amazing.

[LaZodiac]

Bah, forbid them all, I say. Anything smaller than a tank lacks dignity. :smallwink:

I think I know an anime you'd like...

Girls Und Panzer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIrMJSX6lbw)

[CurlyKitGirl]

I don't know what you're talking about either. The only Disney sequel are the Alladin ones.

Those were pretty good I have to admit. And Lion King II.


Do you have a can of compressed air? Blowing that at it could help jostle out anything making it stick.

Only deodorants and insect repellents.


Pour flat coke on the key. Should fix it. :smallcool:

This sounds fishy somehow. :smallsuspicious:


Hopefully, about 10 hours from now I will be in mu uni flat

:smalleek::smallbiggrin::smalleek::smallbiggrin:

Ooooh, where to?


I had to wage a minor war against YouTube to make it play, but I came out victorious (although I suppose YouTube managed to milk another penny out of their advertisers thanks to my refreshings). Victory makes all good sweeter.

Yeah, it's annoying that it keeps jamming at 3:06, fortunately I just keep hitting play again and again until it worked.


Well, depending on your keyboard, prying it out and cleaning underneath it might actually be the best idea. It's probably best done on a classical keyboard, they look a bit more robust than the laptop ones.

'Tis a laptop keyboard.
Normally when keys jam I just work a fingernail under it until it works, but it doesn't seem to work with this key.
Next stop: a screwdriver.


Due to my having essentially no idea what the hell I was doing at the time, I watched the sequel to HoND first, enjoyed it for the 'ooh, shiny', considered it on par with anything else Disney came up with (I had a really low opinion of Disney at the time, HoND was one of the first really good ones I ever saw.), and then watched the original.
I think I fell out of my chair when Frollo showed up on his horse.
I also thought he had died of a heart attack at the end of Hellfire, because of him falling to the floor. I was so confused I didn't even get the full amazingness of the song until I watched it again.

Seriously, what sequel? Disney wouldn't stoop to completely destroying the meaning of the film by then making appearance mean everything; putting a camp gay villain in and then making him also ugly and unpleasant, cementing bad stereotypes; completely destroying whatever last hope I had of the gargoyles being imaginary by having other people interact with them; and don't even get me started on the crappy music on that film which utterly shatters the grandness and size of the original; the worse-than-telly quality of the animation; the deadness of the performance; the complete insincerity evident in every single cell of the film; AND THE CHILDREN!
And how all the original gypsies are now goodie two-shoes and the circus folk are now all pure evil with the exception of the one 'ugly' woman. And you can tell she's ugly and an outcast because she's a little clumsy. And it's not like that ruins the original intended message of the first film.
Or that switching everything from Complex And Interesting (excepting Phoebus and those GODDAMNED GARGOYLES) to even more cut-and-dry than black and white, or implying that travellers are child-stealing thieves and perverts!
Or ruining the heartwarming ending of the first film.
Or completely depopulating the city of Paris.
Or the music!
AND COMPLETELY IGNORING THE ENTIRE PLOT OF THE FIRST FILM.

OH MY GOD I HATE THAT FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not that it exists of course.

But I do remember the first time I saw Hunchback. I was six. Talk about a revelation; I would not be surprised if that film - and the music, particularly 'Hellfire' - were what got me interested in choral music, Latin and classical music. Also depictions of various religions in various media. And animation. And music.


I once watched a youtube set of all of HoND, where they had cut out every single clip of the gargoyles. It was amazing.

I've seen that version, it's pretty good, but the jerkiness of the cut annoys me. It also doesn't cut the gargoyles as much as I like so I get jerkiness editing for slightly less Idiocy.

[wadledo]

I am slightly ashamed to say that I was far to happy to see CurlyKitGirl on the top of the page when I looked at the forums.

Also, Disney does that with practically every sequel.

[LaZodiac]

I'll be honest, I didn't actually like Hunchback when I saw it as a kid.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I am slightly ashamed to say that I was far to happy to see CurlyKitGirl on the top of the page when I looked at the forums.

I'm just that awesome that merely thinking about me makes your day brighter.[/enormous ego]
Probably you know that I'm good for a rant, and my rants tend to be amusing? Or at least diverting for a few minutes.


Also, Disney does that with practically every sequel.

Which is why I almost never watch them. Aside from the Aladdin ones and Lion King II (which really is surprisingly good, with a few pretty good songs) I actually kind of like Cinderella III.
The Prince does something.

EVEN I HAVE GUILTY PLEASURES. ONES I ACTUALLY FEEL ASHAMED TO HAVE!!

[LaZodiac]

Cinderella 3 was actually really good. It furthered some development, made out main characters actually have character, and it had a reletively interesting plot (what happens when evil gets their hands on the power to make dreams come true).

The Alladin movies are still the best sequels though.

[Heliomance]

What about Toy Story? That has sequels.

[wadledo]

Which is why I almost never watch them. Aside from the Aladdin ones and Lion King II (which really is surprisingly good, with a few pretty good songs) I actually kind of like Cinderella III.
The Prince does something.

Lion King 1 1/2 was surprisingly good, for a spin off of a TV show of a movie of a storybook.

[Aedilred]

I don't think the Pixar films count.

[Dimonite]

I don't think the Pixar films count.

Why not? They're Disney.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Those were pretty good I have to admit. And Lion King II.

No. No! NO!

That movie NEVER HAPPENED. NEVER. >.<

*curls up in the corner, rocks back and forth*...make it stop. Make the bad movie stop! v.v

[Dimonite]

*comfort hugs Cobra*
I've never actually seen any of the Disney sequels (except for the Toy Story ones), so I can't judge their quality. I've also never actually seen Hunchback of Notre Dame, just listened to the music.

[UserClone]

Anyone care to play The Resistance: Avalon on IRC, like, right now?

[CurlyKitGirl]

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DISCUSSION PIXAR FILMS ARE PIXAR FILMS ONLY, BECAUSE FRANKLY THERE ARE VERY FEW BAD PIXAR FILMS, INCLUDING THE SEQUELS.


*comfort hugs Cobra*

Of all the Disney sequels it's one the best! And the music is lovely, and the animation is pretty good for a sequel. And I love Zira (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xoDgbVdrj8), she's demented and psychotic and she has a great song!
Also 'Exile (Not One Of Us)' is chilling.
Kiara can go hang though.


I've never actually seen any of the Disney sequels (except for the Toy Story ones), so I can't judge their quality. I've also never actually seen Hunchback of Notre Dame, just listened to the music.

See it. Now.
You will hate the gargoyles, everyone does; but everything else is amazing. Except some of the humour, but I'm guessing they had to put it in to keep the good stuff.
The music's probably the best part of the film, but combine it with the visuals and I just die. Especially 'Hellfire'!

[LaZodiac]

What about Toy Story? That has sequels.

Pixar is, for my at least, a different company then Disney. They're so...incredibly different from each other.


Lion King 1 1/2 was surprisingly good, for a spin off of a TV show of a movie of a storybook.

I want to disagree, but as a kid I liked it.

[MoonCat]

Seriously, what sequel? Disney wouldn't stoop to completely destroying the meaning of the film by then making appearance mean everything; putting a camp gay villain in and then making him also ugly and unpleasant, cementing bad stereotypes; completely destroying whatever last hope I had of the gargoyles being imaginary by having other people interact with them; and don't even get me started on the crappy music on that film which utterly shatters the grandness and size of the original; the worse-than-telly quality of the animation; the deadness of the performance; the complete insincerity evident in every single cell of the film; AND THE CHILDREN!
And how all the original gypsies are now goodie two-shoes and the circus folk are now all pure evil with the exception of the one 'ugly' woman. And you can tell she's ugly and an outcast because she's a little clumsy. And it's not like that ruins the original intended message of the first film.
Or that switching everything from Complex And Interesting (excepting Phoebus and those GODDAMNED GARGOYLES) to even more cut-and-dry than black and white, or implying that travellers are child-stealing thieves and perverts!
Or ruining the heartwarming ending of the first film.
Or completely depopulating the city of Paris.
Or the music!
AND COMPLETELY IGNORING THE ENTIRE PLOT OF THE FIRST FILM.

OH MY GOD I HATE THAT FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not that it exists of course.

But I do remember the first time I saw Hunchback. I was six. Talk about a revelation; I would not be surprised if that film - and the music, particularly 'Hellfire' - were what got me interested in choral music, Latin and classical music. Also depictions of various religions in various media. And animation. And music.

I've seen that version, it's pretty good, but the jerkiness of the cut annoys me. It also doesn't cut the gargoyles as much as I like so I get jerkiness editing for slightly less Idiocy.

Absolutely. If that film had been created, I would definitely have hated it after idiotically trying to watch it a second time once I saw the original that actually exists.

The music. Gods, the music made me so happy.

Yes, getting rid of all the Idiocy would have been excellent, but that's pretty hard, considering they were directly interacting with stuff at the end of the battle, even in small amounts.

[Coidzor]

Cinderella 3 was actually really good. It furthered some development, made out main characters actually have character, and it had a reletively interesting plot (what happens when evil gets their hands on the power to make dreams come true).

The Alladin movies are still the best sequels though.

Wait. They made a third one? :smalleek:

Hmm... I should re-watch Aladdin sometime.


I am slightly ashamed to say that I was far to happy to see CurlyKitGirl on the top of the page when I looked at the forums.

There's no need to feel any shame for that. :smallbiggrin:

[CurlyKitGirl]

Absolutely. If that film had been created, I would definitely have hated it after idiotically trying to watch it a second time once I saw the original that actually exists.

How do you think I felt finding out about a sequel and being semi-excited (I knew it wouldn't live up to the original) about it, and then watched it?
Assuming there ever was such a sequel. It could just be a mass rumour.


The music. Gods, the music made me so happy.

It's gotten to the point where I know the soundtrack in its entirety off by heart.
And I also kind of assume that a sizeable minority of Banterites who discuss this film only watched it to get me to shut up.
I know at least people on this forum watched it because I never shut it.
And two IRL. Also: one of my friends (possibly former now; there was a Big Fight and though I wasn't involved find myself leaning towards the person who is most sympathetic) had never seen Bambi before I brought it to uni specifically to make her watch it.
SHE WAS EIGHTEEN AND HAD NEVER SEEN IT! OR KNEW ABOUT THE SPOILER! EVERYONE DOES!!


Yes, getting rid of all the Idiocy would have been excellent, but that's pretty hard, considering they were directly interacting with stuff at the end of the battle, even in small amounts.

True, but a better effort could have been made.


Wait. They made a third one? :smalleek:

It's better than you think. Much better. There are action scenes that aren't out of place. And good characterisation!


Hmm... I should re-watch Aladdin sometime.

While I do love Aladdin I've come to resent it quite heavily.


There's no need to feel any shame for that. :smallbiggrin:

I am a diva! Worship me!

[Thufir]

I am slightly ashamed to say that I was far to happy to see CurlyKitGirl on the top of the page when I looked at the forums.

Why? I'm not.


What about Toy Story? That has sequels.


I don't think the Pixar films count.


Why not? They're Disney.

Disney own Pixar, that doesn't make them the same. Likewise Marvel films don't count. There are significant and easily noticeable differences in style between the DAC and both.

Edit:

And I also kind of assume that a sizeable minority of Banterites who discuss this film only watched it to get me to shut up.
I know at least people on this forum watched it because I never shut it.

I've been meaning to watch it for that reason.


I am a diva Goddess! Worship me!

FTFY.

[LaZodiac]

Wait. They made a third one? :smalleek:

Hmm... I should re-watch Aladdin sometime.

There's no need to feel any shame for that. :smallbiggrin:

Yup! It involves The Forty Thieves and actually fits with the Aladin mythos quite well. IT was also supposed to tie in with the cartoon, and has us meet Aladin's father.


I am a diva! Worship me!

Curly, I've always wondered, how DID you achive your apothesis to become a diety?

I mean this both jokingly, and in an actuall serious "how'd you get so popular, young lady?"

[Dimonite]

While I do love Aladdin I've come to resent it quite heavily.


What caused you to resent Aladdin? The only Disney movie I really resent is Black Cauldron, because WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, DISNEY?!?!

[Thufir]

Curly, I've always wondered, how DID you achieve your apotheosis to become a deity?

I mean this both jokingly, and in an actually serious "how'd you get so popular, young lady?"

@Jokingly: I always meant to write a story explaining Koorli's ascension to Goddess-hood. Never got around to it.

@Actually serious: She's knowledgeable, eloquent and very passionate on her particular fields of interest. It makes something of an impression.

[Cobra_Ikari]

For reference: I will never be an unbiased judge of The Lion King II. My sisters loved it. Imagine growing up, hearing that movie 1-3 times, every week, because they're playing it so loud. Imagine hearing the songs sung, over and over and over, in every car ride to school. And they're not even good songs.

...frankly, you should be thankful hearing that movie's name doesn't trigger a psychotic break. *smiles just a little too wide, head cocked to the side, eyes out of focus, with his hands behind his back*


:smalltongue:

Really, though, the songs were ****. And what's a Disney movie without its songs?



...also, Mulan is best Disney movie. =3

[LaZodiac]

@Jokingly: I always meant to write a story explaining Koorli's ascension to Goddess-hood. Never got around to it.

@Actually serious: She's knowledgeable, eloquent and very passionate on her particular fields of interest. It makes something of an impression.

Aaah, ok. Nice to see she's made a good impression on the site, it's kinda cool. I doubt I'll get like that though :smalltongue:


For reference: I will never be an unbiased judge of The Lion King II. My sisters loved it. Imagine growing up, hearing that movie 1-3 times, every week, because they're playing it so loud. Imagine hearing the songs sung, over and over and over, in every car ride to school. And they're not even good songs.

...frankly, you should be thankful hearing that movie's name doesn't trigger a psychotic break. *smiles just a little too wide, head cocked to the side, eyes out of focus, with his hands behind his back*

:smalltongue:

Really, though, the songs were ****. And what's a Disney movie without its songs?

...also, Mulan is best Disney movie. =3

LETS GET DOWN TO BUISNESS! TO DEFEAT! THE HUNS!

[CurlyKitGirl]

Why? I'm not.

Quite a few people are happy to see me post, they know I'm good for weirdness.



I've been meaning to watch it for that reason.

YOU!!!!
That's it, whether everyone else likes it or not, we will be watching Hunchback at the next meetup I attend because after five years of me ranting about how awesome that film is, you should have seen that by now, if only to get me to shut up.
I've made multiple humorous death threats to make you watch!
I've written at least half a dozen essays over fifteen hundred words long on that film or aspects of it!

You will watch this film.
Please. :puppydogeyes:


FTFY.

That too.


Yup! It involves The Forty Thieves and actually fits with the Aladin mythos quite well. IT was also supposed to tie in with the cartoon, and has us meet Aladin's father.

That was a good film. In my top five favourite Disney sequels list. And Kazim is pretty damn handsome.
Can't believe I still know that even though I've not seen the film in four years. And the songs.


Curly, I've always wondered, how DID you achieve your apothesis to become a deity?

I mean this both jokingly, and in an actual serious "how'd you get so popular, young lady?"

Umm, I kind of can't remember entirely any more?
It was about a hundred threads ago after all. I think RB was in a silly stage (shocking I know) and a lot of people proclaimed themselves - or were proclaimed - deities based upon inside jokes or the things they knew the most about.
I was fairly shy back then, but I knew books, and was always a very articulate poster, and back when I used to give out a lot of book recommendations I had a successful match over ninety percent of the time, so I was proclaimed Goddess of the Written Word.
It hung around and the more and more I got into literature and analysing it, and the more I became comfortable about expressing my opinions the more people seemed to agree with my godhood.
(I really should go find out who made me a god in the first place and thank them)
And then the Shipping threads happened based off a joke in the You! threads, and somehow I ended up getting godfics written about me as Koorlyshtka and Koorilthulu/Koorlythulu, and other fics (often serial collaborative epics) where I was a kind of msytic lady who knew a lot about things I shouldn't, or there were semi-meta (or very meta fics) where I was Head of Shipping Inc., and a lot of my stories made people cry, so I think that's what solidified it.
I have a canon. I don't think there are many Playgrounders with a 'religious' canon, but I'm one of them.
Also at one point I wrote shipfic shipping Koorlystka/Koorilithulu which was a very meta self-insert, incest(?) letter fic.

But mostly I'm a pretty nice girl who's been around a fairly long time and has a genial relationship (or acquaintanceship) with a lot of other Old Timers, and my godhood is an in-joke that gets mentioned a lot.
Mostly though, I don't have a clue.

Personally I worship Cassie and Alarra.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I feel bad that I don't remember your ascension, Curly. I remember Alarra being a goddess of pudding...and someone whose name I forget being the goddess of cookies...and then declaring myself a god, but I don't think you were a deity at that point...but I'm pretty sure you'd achieved divinity before the time when everyone started claiming domains for themselves in RB...

[CurlyKitGirl]

What caused you to resent Aladdin? The only Disney movie I really resent is Black Cauldron, because WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, DISNEY?!?!

'A Friend Like Me' and the genie in general. He was very popular and had an excuse for the anachronisms and pop culture references. After that, every film had to have a genie.
To me, 'A Friend Like Me' is drectly responsible for 'A Guy Like You', and I cannot forgive the genie for that.

Also, why you be picking on The Black Cauldron, I like that film!


@Jokingly: I always meant to write a story explaining Koorli's ascension to Goddess-hood. Never got around to it.

@Actually serious: She's knowledgeable, eloquent and very passionate on her particular fields of interest. It makes something of an impression.

@Jokingly: yeah, that's an important missing piece of the 'canon' isn't it? :smalltongue:

@Actually serious: that too.


For reference: I will never be an unbiased judge of The Lion King II. My sisters loved it. Imagine growing up, hearing that movie 1-3 times, every week, because they're playing it so loud. Imagine hearing the songs sung, over and over and over, in every car ride to school. And they're not even good songs.

...frankly, you should be thankful hearing that movie's name doesn't trigger a psychotic break. *smiles just a little too wide, head cocked to the side, eyes out of focus, with his hands behind his back*


:smalltongue:

Really, though, the songs were ****. And what's a Disney movie without its songs?

Ouch. I can see why that hurts.


...also, Mulan is best Disney movie. =3

Mulan is one of the best. I can't decide. She's definitely top three though.


Aaah, ok. Nice to see she's made a good impression on the site, it's kinda cool. I doubt I'll get like that though :smalltongue:

You never know.

LETS GET DOWN TO BUISNESS! TO DEFEAT! THE HUNS![/QUOTE]

(HUAH!)

DID THEY SEND MY DAUGHTERS!
WHEN I ASKED! FOR SONS!
YOU'RE THE SADDEST BUNCH I
EVER MET BUT YOU CAN BET!
BEFORE WE'RE THROUGH
MR. I'LL! MAKE A MAN! OUT OF YOU~

Also:
You remind me of a babe!
What babe?


I feel bad that I don't remember your ascension, Curly. I remember Alarra being a goddess of pudding...and someone whose name I forget being the goddess of cookies...and then declaring myself a god, but I don't think you were a deity at that point...but I'm pretty sure you'd achieved divinity before the time when everyone started claiming domains for themselves in RB...

It couldn't have been earlier than early than 2008 surely?
DD was God of Cookies, Cassie of Pies, you were, and still are the God of Cuddles and Snuggles, Thu was of Mathematics . . .
Hippie of Coffee probably.
*huggles*

[LaZodiac]

You remind me of a babe!
What babe?

The babe with the power

Also, thanks for the information:smalltongue:

[Dimonite]

'A Friend Like Me' and the genie in general. He was very popular and had an excuse for the anachronisms and pop culture references. After that, every film had to have a genie.
To me, 'A Friend Like Me' is drectly responsible for 'A Guy Like You', and I cannot forgive the genie for that.

Also, why you be picking on The Black Cauldron, I like that film!


Well, I'm sure they didn't mean for that to happen...

As for Black Cauldron: have you read the books? The plot of the movie is a strange brew of Black Cauldron and Book of Three with all of my favorite characters taken out. You can't just say that the Horned King is the ultimate bad guy! There's a way cooler bad guy above him! Also, it's been far too long since I read those books. Excuse me. *begins to read*

[Aedilred]

Why not? They're Disney.
I think the others have basically covered it. The Pixar films don't fall within the Disney Animated canon; they're considered (or have historically been considered) a separate line of films, like all the live-action ones.

(Nobody's mentioned the Pirates of the Caribbean films yet, for what I assume is the same reason).

The Pixar films are also noticeably different from the Animated series. To start with, they're not musicals.

[MoonCat]

How do you think I felt finding out about a sequel and being semi-excited (I knew it wouldn't live up to the original) about it, and then watched it?
Assuming there ever was such a sequel. It could just be a mass rumour.

It's gotten to the point where I know the soundtrack in its entirety off by heart.
And I also kind of assume that a sizeable minority of Banterites who discuss this film only watched it to get me to shut up.
I know at least people on this forum watched it because I never shut it.
And two IRL. Also: one of my friends (possibly former now; there was a Big Fight and though I wasn't involved find myself leaning towards the person who is most sympathetic) had never seen Bambi before I brought it to uni specifically to make her watch it.
SHE WAS EIGHTEEN AND HAD NEVER SEEN IT! OR KNEW ABOUT THE SPOILER! EVERYONE DOES!!

True, but a better effort could have been made.

While I do love Aladdin I've come to resent it quite heavily.

Oh man, so much sympathy. At least when it had the element of surprise on me, it couldn't rape the original for me.

Well, if you ever get permanently sucked into Minecraft, I can replace that aspect of you. I spent most of last year trying to force the people I lunch with to listen to Hellfire. My headphones broke before I ever got any of them to stand still long enough.

I've never seen Bambi. :smalltongue:

Sure. I don't remember it that well, it's been a few years. Details go all fzzy, I just remember the amazing lack of gargoyles.

I loved Aladdin, but since I haven't watched it for a long time, it's lost its appeal, although for no particular reason.


Mulan is one of the best. I can't decide. She's definitely top three though.

LETS GET DOWN TO BUISNESS! TO DEFEAT! THE HUNS!

(HUAH!)

DID THEY SEND MY DAUGHTERS!
WHEN I ASKED! FOR SONS!
YOU'RE THE SADDEST BUNCH I
EVER MET BUT YOU CAN BET!
BEFORE WE'RE THROUGH
MR. I'LL! MAKE A MAN! OUT OF YOU~[/QUOTE]

MULAAAAAN. God, I loved that film.

ION: Watching To Boldly Flee. SO AWESOME SO GOOD.

[Thufir]

YOU!!!!
That's it, whether everyone else likes it or not, we will be watching Hunchback at the next meetup I attend because after five years of me ranting about how awesome that film is, you should have seen that by now, if only to get me to shut up.
I've made multiple humorous death threats to make you watch!
I've written at least half a dozen essays over fifteen hundred words long on that film or aspects of it!

You will watch this film.
Please. :puppydogeyes:

See, the easiest way to ensure someone watches something is just to find a time to sit them down in front of a screen with the DVD. It's what I did to make Serpy watch Watership Down recently. Of course, there are other things I kind of want her to watch, and now she's back in Australia. Maybe I can stream them for her or something.

And yes, I will watch it, but if left to my own devices on it, I may still take a while.


It couldn't have been earlier than early than 2008 surely?
DD was God of Cookies, Cassie of Pies, you were, and still are the God of Cuddles and Snuggles, Thu was of Mathematics . . .
Hippie of Coffee probably.
*huggles*

I thought you were already a Goddess when I joined, which was 2008. You were definitely a Goddess before I was God of Maths.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Well, I'm sure they didn't mean for that to happen...

And yet it did. I know I shouldn't resent Aladdin, but I can't help it. I do really like the film though, but the genie set a precedent, and that precedent had bad repercussions.


As for Black Cauldron: have you read the books? The plot of the movie is a strange brew of Black Cauldron and Book of Three with all of my favorite characters taken out. You can't just say that the Horned King is the ultimate bad guy! There's a way cooler bad guy above him! Also, it's been far too long since I read those books. Excuse me. *begins to read*

Nope!
I want to, but I tend to source my books from second-hand shops or, lately, the internet.
And really, if I didn't like films based on their faithfulness to the source material I'd hate Hunchback. And Mulan, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, The Jungle Book and half a dozen others. I don't put the fairy tale ones in here for the most part as they used one version over the other, and usually not the darker ones.


I think the others have basically covered it. The Pixar films don't fall within the Disney Animated canon; they're considered (or have historically been considered) a separate line of films, like all the live-action ones.

(Nobody's mentioned the Pirates of the Caribbean films yet, for what I assume is the same reason).

The Pixar films are also noticeably different from the Animated series. To start with, they're not musicals.

For the sake of things, go with Disney Animated Canon. If it was all Disney I'd be extolling the sheer joy of Nightmare Before Christmas and Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Old Yeller and all sorts of things! Like The Avengers film. That's technically Disney now, but I class it MCU, so it's not Disney, and certainly not DAC.

[Dimonite]

Nope!
I want to, but I tend to source my books from second-hand shops or, lately, the internet.
And really, if I didn't like films based on their faithfulness to the source material I'd hate Hunchback. And Mulan, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, The Jungle Book and half a dozen others. I don't put the fairy tale ones in here for the most part as they used one version over the other, and usually not the darker ones.


It's not so much "this isn't the book" as "But Black Cauldron can be a MUCH BETTER STORY than this! Why would they not use the MUCH BETTER STORY?"

[LaZodiac]

It's not so much "this isn't the book" as "But Black Cauldron can be a MUCH BETTER STORY than this! Why would they not use the MUCH BETTER STORY?"

They cut the movie to hell and back. It SHOULD of been much better.

[Tragic_Comedian]

It's different from the book, but it's a good movie.

[Rawhide]

Mulan is quite good and all, but it was far from perfect (http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-mulan-2781393) (alternate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKLmyqNhKVA)).

[Qwertystop]

The babe with the power

Also, thanks for the information:smalltongue:

Just to keep this going:
What power?

[Mynxae]

I'm just worried if they'll make Monsters Inc 2 as good as the first one.. When I was a kid the first one was my absolute favourite movie. :smallbiggrin:

[LaZodiac]

Just to keep this going:
What power?

The power of voodoo.

[tyckspoon]

The power of voodoo.

Who do?
10characters

[LaZodiac]

Who do?
10characters

You do so well.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Who do?
10characters
You do. :smallwink:

[LaZodiac]

You do. :smallwink:

Kind of beat you to it Trag, as you likely already know. Though apparently I got the line wrong.

[tyckspoon]

Do what?

(GOTO 10)

Remind me of the babe!

[Tragic_Comedian]

Ah, that was fun.

[Dimonite]

Ah, that was fun.

That was madness! THAT! WAS! SPARTAAAAAA!

[Elemental]

Considering we're a serious progression raiding guild (as I've said before, 45th guild on Nagrand progression-wise) we don't usually let noobs in. :P Haha. Which is also why I can't just skip out of a raid, considering I'm the off-tank for most of the bosses. Though it still sucks that I can't visit Ele unless I just come over later today.. Hmm, that could actually be a valid idea, I have enough money on my GoCard.. :smallbiggrin:

Visit me... I'm so bored in my loneliness despite living with my brother, my sister and my mother!


Also, have I ever gotten around to telling you people that you're all insane?


I've seen almost no Disney animated movies.

[Mynxae]

That was madness! THAT! WAS! SPARTAAAAAA!

It's all adness, coplete and utter adness... *big bang theory reference*


Visit me... I'm so bored in my loneliness despite living with my brother, my sister and my mother!


Also, have I ever gotten around to telling you people that you're all insane?


I've seen almost no Disney animated movies.

Maybe I should visit. :P Could ask your Mum and see what she says, I could come over and stay until perhaps Tuesday or Wednesday? We're kinda running out of food, so probably til Wednesday (which is raid night, so I need to be home then, unless you want either your computer usurped for the night, or your Mum to pick me up so I can take my computer. :smalltongue:

[Elemental]

Maybe I should visit. :P Could ask your Mum and see what she says, I could come over and stay until perhaps Tuesday or Wednesday? We're kinda running out of food, so probably til Wednesday (which is raid night, so I need to be home then, unless you want either your computer usurped for the night, or your Mum to pick me up so I can take my computer. :smalltongue:

Well, I just asked Mum, and you can visit until Wednesday.
So hurry along.

[Mutant Sheep]

Also, have I ever gotten around to telling you people that you're all insane?


I've seen almost no Disney animated movies.

YOU ARE A LOONATIC!:smallmad: Go be a Freakzoid fan if you won't watch Disney movies. That way you can at least PRETEND to blend in. :smalltongue:

[Mynxae]

Nathan's got his parents + sister + brother over for probably another hour if that so I should probably be over before six. :smallbiggrin: Gosh you've got me excited now!

[Elemental]

YOU ARE A LOONATIC!:smallmad: Go be a Freakzoid fan if you won't watch Disney movies. That way you can at least PRETEND to blend in. :smalltongue:

Well... It's not like I won't watch them or hate them or anything. It's just that I've never watched them. My childhood has been mostly Disney free.
I mean... I saw the Emperor's New Groove in the cinema, Aladdin when I was at a party at my Aunt's place... Maybe another that I can't remember...
But I was sixteen when I first saw Lion King, and I only saw Fantasia last year.




Nathan's got his parents + sister + brother over for probably another hour if that so I should probably be over before six. :smallbiggrin: Gosh you've got me excited now!

Try and get here before five if you can. Mum's making roast for dinner. But don't worry about missing it, she said she'd make a plate up for you.

[Mynxae]

Try and get here before five if you can. Mum's making roast for dinner. But don't worry about missing it, she said she'd make a plate up for you.

ROAST?! :smallbiggrin: Okay, scratch six. I'll leave on a 4:30pm train so I have time to get ready, then I'll be right over. Her roast is to die for!

[Mutant Sheep]

Well... It's not like I won't watch them or hate them or anything. It's just that I've never watched them. My childhood has been mostly Disney free.
I mean... I saw the Emperor's New Groove in the cinema, Aladdin when I was at a party at my Aunt's place... Maybe another that I can't remember...
But I was sixteen when I first saw Lion King, and I only saw Fantasia last year.

I mean... I saw the Emperor's New Groove in the cinema

Wut. Damn dude. Go not-get a nostalgia trip from watching good Disney movies. :smalltongue: Then Pixar.

You know, skip the Disney and just go straight to Pixar.:smallbiggrin:

[Elemental]

ROAST?! :smallbiggrin: Okay, scratch six. I'll leave on a 4:30pm train so I have time to get ready, then I'll be right over. Her roast is to die for!

Maybe not to die for... Kill for perhaps...




Wut. Damn dude. Go not-get a nostalgia trip from watching good Disney movies. :smalltongue: Then Pixar.

You know, skip the Disney and just go straight to Pixar.:smallbiggrin:

I don't get it and am now thoroughly confused.
But Pixar is good. I've seen most of their stuff.

[Mynxae]

Maybe not to die for... Kill for perhaps...

I'd kill a family of twenty if I could get my hands on her roast, it's divine..


I don't get it and am now thoroughly confused.
But Pixar is good. I've seen most of their stuff.

Monsters Inc 2 is apparently coming. I'm kinda afraid of it being crap :smalleek:

[Heliomance]

So does Tangled count as Pixard or DAC? Because it very much feels like DAC.

Oh god I didn't sleep last night because I started watching anime and then it was 5am and I decided to stay up rather than screw my sleep cycle even more by going to sleep at that point and now it's 10am and I want nothing more than to sleep but I can't do that because it will utterly wreck me and if I have as much tea as I think I'm going to need I'm going to give myself the shakes from caffeine overdose.

[LaZodiac]

So does Tangled count as Pixard or DAC? Because it very much feels like DAC.

Oh god I didn't sleep last night because I started watching anime and then it was 5am and I decided to stay up rather than screw my sleep cycle even more by going to sleep at that point and now it's 10am and I want nothing more than to sleep but I can't do that because it will utterly wreck me and if I have as much tea as I think I'm going to need I'm going to give myself the shakes from caffeine overdose.

Tangled is strait up a Disney produced movie. It's done in 3D like the Pixar film, but it's firmly in the Disney Animated Canon.

[MoonCat]

I have no idea why I am currently up at 2:00 AM.

Oh, and I'm slightly flipping out because of roleplaying, and I just watched all of To Boldly Flee and it's starting to have an effect on me.

[Teddy]

I think I know an anime you'd like...

Girls Und Panzer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIrMJSX6lbw)

I spent the first 90 seconds going "What are they talking about and in what way is this related to the silhouette of a PzKpfw IV?" (okay, I actually thought PzKpfw III at first. I just can't tell them apart). Showed it to little brother the tankophile, and now he's watching it too. None of us have any idea of what's going on at all.

EDIT:
Little brother found another trailer/introduction thing. We still have no idea of what is going on, but it has a pink M3 Lee, so it must be good!


I'll be honest, I didn't actually like Hunchback when I saw it as a kid.

I've seen it once when I was a kid and it made me cry. I've used this example throughout the ages to describe why I can't (or rather couldn't) watch movies with any sort of sad element to them. I was terribly emotional as a kid.

Hmm, come to think about it, I can't remember when that stopped to be a thing...

[Aedilred]

Monsters Inc 2 is apparently coming. I'm kinda afraid of it being crap :smalleek:
It is a bit of a concern that Pixar are producing fewer original films and more sequels. And Cars 2 was rubbish. (To be fair, Cars wasn't great). Have I heard correctly that there's a Finding Nemo 2 in the works as well, or am I making that up?

[Elemental]

It is a bit of a concern that Pixar are producing fewer original films and more sequels. And Cars 2 was rubbish. (To be fair, Cars wasn't great). Have I heard correctly that there's a Finding Nemo 2 in the works as well, or am I making that up?

How on Earth could there possibly be a Finding Nemo Two?!?!?!
THEY ALREADY FOUND HIM!!!

[Aedilred]

Finding Nemo 2: Losing Nemo (Again)

Or maybe it's Finding Nemo II, and it's about how Nemo goes looking for his son, Nemo II.

I don't know. The pretext for sequels is usually pretty thin. A good standalone film will wrap up its plot, not leaving much room for continuations. This is why sequels quite often start by undoing part of the first film's ending.

Sequels. Just Say No.

[Mynxae]

Finding Nemo 2: Losing Nemo (Again)

Or maybe it's Finding Nemo II, and it's about how Nemo goes looking for his son, Nemo II.

I don't know. The pretext for sequels is usually pretty thin. A good standalone film will wrap up its plot, not leaving much room for continuations. This is why sequels quite often start by undoing part of the first film's ending.

Sequels. Just Say No.

I must admit, I had quite the giggle at your post.. :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

See, the easiest way to ensure someone watches something is just to find a time to sit them down in front of a screen with the DVD. It's what I did to make Serpy watch Watership Down recently. Of course, there are other things I kind of want her to watch, and now she's back in Australia. Maybe I can stream them for her or something.What other things? And I would be okay with that.

[LaZodiac]

I spent the first 90 seconds going "What are they talking about and in what way is this related to the silhouette of a PzKpfw IV?" (okay, I actually thought PzKpfw III at first. I just can't tell them apart). Showed it to little brother the tankophile, and now he's watching it too. None of us have any idea of what's going on at all.

EDIT:
Little brother found another trailer/introduction thing. We still have no idea of what is going on, but it has a pink M3 Lee, so it must be good!

I've seen it once when I was a kid and it made me cry. I've used this example throughout the ages to describe why I can't (or rather couldn't) watch movies with any sort of sad element to them. I was terribly emotional as a kid.

Hmm, come to think about it, I can't remember when that stopped to be a thing...

I legitimately have no idea what Girls Und Panzer is about. I think it involves aliens. It's by the people who made Strike Witches so I PRESUME that it's going to be unbelievably awesome, due to how Strike Witches went.

I don't recall ever getting sad at a movie as a kid.

[Devmaar]

Well, I'm in my flat in Exeter, my parents have gone home and I'm about to step out of my bedroom and meet my flatmates.

[Aedilred]

I don't recall ever getting sad at a movie as a kid.
Really? Not even that scene in The Lion King?

[LaZodiac]

Really? Not even that scene in The Lion King?

Nope. I don't even really recall that scene.

[Mutant Sheep]

Nope. I don't even really recall that scene.

You are no person... you are Canadian.:smalleek: Heartless fiends from the north, come to take our trust and have us believe they are kind. But we see through your LIES! :smalltongue:

*Shouldn't post when he feels confused like this*

[Rawhide]

Once I realised that movies weren't real, I never felt sad/etc. from movies again. The exception being true stories.

[Aedilred]

Nope. I don't even really recall that scene.
For shame.

I don't think I've ever cried at a film out of sadness. Possibly Ring of Bright Water, but I was awfully young when I saw that. That doesn't mean that films can't make me sad. That scene from The Lion King (I'm sure most people know the one I mean) was heartbreaking, and that was at an age when I'd already all but grown out of Disney films.

Even now, there's the odd film that retains its capacity to make me feel really miserable. Films that seem to take the pains to identify every strand of hope remaining and stamp them out, where despicable villains get away with everything. I don't tend to cry, but it does make me feel rather empty inside.

[Rawhide]

For shame.

I don't think I've ever cried at a film out of sadness. Possibly Ring of Bright Water, but I was awfully young when I saw that. That doesn't mean that films can't make me sad. That scene from The Lion King (I'm sure most people know the one I mean) was heartbreaking, and that was at an age when I'd already all but grown out of Disney films.

Even now, there's the odd film that retains its capacity to make me feel really miserable. Films that seem to take the pains to identify every strand of hope remaining and stamp them out, where despicable villains get away with everything. I don't tend to cry, but it does make me feel rather empty inside.

Go and watch Awakenings. And remember, it's a true story.

[Thufir]

What other things? And I would be okay with that.

Neverwhere,
...
I was sure there were more, but I can't bring them to mind right now. Oh, those remaining episodes of Doctor Who you haven't seen as well. Maybe some other things.

[LaZodiac]

You are no person... you are Canadian.:smalleek: Heartless fiends from the north, come to take our trust and have us believe they are kind. But we see through your LIES! :smalltongue:

*Shouldn't post when he feels confused like this*

Hey, we've got feelings too Sheepie :smalltongue:


For shame.

I don't think I've ever cried at a film out of sadness. Possibly Ring of Bright Water, but I was awfully young when I saw that. That doesn't mean that films can't make me sad. That scene from The Lion King (I'm sure most people know the one I mean) was heartbreaking, and that was at an age when I'd already all but grown out of Disney films.

Even now, there's the odd film that retains its capacity to make me feel really miserable. Films that seem to take the pains to identify every strand of hope remaining and stamp them out, where despicable villains get away with everything. I don't tend to cry, but it does make me feel rather empty inside.

Hahaha, the souless one. Nice. My problem is that I was a kid and likely didn't really understand, or if I did I just knew it was a movie. And remeber I've only ever seen any of these movies once, ever.

Also, Rawhide told you to watch Awakening. Allow me to suggest another movie to watch. Grave/Graveyard of the Fireflies.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Go and watch Awakenings. And remember, it's a true story.
Sort of. Good movie, anyhow.

[MoonCat]

I've seen it once when I was a kid and it made me cry. I've used this example throughout the ages to describe why I can't (or rather couldn't) watch movies with any sort of sad element to them. I was terribly emotional as a kid.

Hmm, come to think about it, I can't remember when that stopped to be a thing...

AAAAaaaAAAAA So cute! <hugs forever>


It is a bit of a concern that Pixar are producing fewer original films and more sequels. And Cars 2 was rubbish. (To be fair, Cars wasn't great). Have I heard correctly that there's a Finding Nemo 2 in the works as well, or am I making that up?

Wha-? NOOOOOO. Really, no, that one has no basis for a sequel. Toy Story did, because when half of the friendship is apparently immortal and the other will grow up, it's reasonable. Although now that that final question has been resolved, now it's finished. Wrapped up. But Nemo? No! That one is :smallfurious:


Once I realised that movies weren't real, I never felt sad/etc. from movies again. The exception being true stories.

I never finished the Neverending story when i was little because I felt too sad about it.

[AtlanteanTroll]

The first Pokemon movie makes me cry whenever I rewatch it. But I think that's a nostalgia thing.

[Dimonite]

Once I realised that movies weren't real, I never felt sad/etc. from movies again. The exception being true stories.

...
I actually feel more empathy for fictional characters than I do for people in real life. Seriously, I hear these real life sad stories and the people around me start crying, and I'm fine. But then I read Of Mice and Men... yeah, I should probably get my head checked.

[AtlanteanTroll]

...
I actually feel more empathy for fictional characters than I do for people in real life. Seriously, I hear these real life sad stories and the people around me start crying, and I'm fine. But then I read Of Mice and Men... yeah, I should probably get my head checked.

Nah man. Fictional characters are meant to be empathized with. If you're hearing about your friend's friend whose life is going through a really rough patch, you shouldn't necessarily feel bad. If you find Of Mice and Men sadder than your close friends going through bad **** though, that's ... Yeah.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Did I ever tell you guys 'bout that dream I had t'other day? I was in a tiny bar, not many people in it, but over in the corner was Townes Van Zandt, playing a set. He was drunk and playing badly and forgetting the words, but I was in awe. I was just hanging on every note, eatin' it up, man. Then, I realized I had my guitar with me, and decided to ask him if he would maybe sign it after his set was over. Then I remembered he was dead, and he disappeared.

I don't know what that means, but it was a pretty cool dream. I just e-mailed his wife and told him about it.

[Mutant Sheep]

The first Pokemon movie makes me cry whenever I rewatch it. But I think that's a nostalgia thing.

I think thats a law of 90's kids. :smalltongue: I usually just feel all "damnit early 2000's stuff was so much better in every way than now's stuff why why why do people not do good things anymore":smallsigh: (I also cry.:smallwink:)

I ahve similarish dreams,sometimes trag. Not the music thing, but I hang with a guy then I realize he should be dead, and then in an incredibly idiotic and outlandish (or, one time, REAALLY sober and sad) death.:smalltongue:

[AtlanteanTroll]

I think thats a law of 90's kids. :smalltongue: I usually just feel all "damnit early 2000's stuff was so much better in every way than now's stuff why why why do people not do good things anymore":smallsigh: (I also cry.:smallwink:)

There was so much incredibly naughty stuff in Ed, Edd, n Eddy and The Fairly OddParents. Also, early SpongBob. My God.

[Dimonite]

Nah man. Fictional characters are meant to be empathized with. If you're hearing about your friend's friend whose life is going through a really rough patch, you shouldn't necessarily feel bad. If you find Of Mice and Men sadder than your close friends going through bad **** though, that's ... Yeah.

Nah, about the worst thing that happens to my close friends is along the lines of "You know my girlfriend, who cheated on me and dumped me and then made me wait for three weeks while she decided between me and the guy she cheated on me with, then we got back together? Yeah, she dumped me again on my birthday." (Yes, this really happened to a friend of mine. He's dating the same girl again now, and says he plans to marry her.) I mean, the first couple of times I felt sympathetic, but...

[AtlanteanTroll]

Nah, about the worst thing that happens to my close friends is along the lines of "You know my girlfriend, who cheated on me and dumped me and then made me wait for three weeks while she decided between me and the guy she cheated on me with, then we got back together? Yeah, she dumped me again on my birthday." (Yes, this really happened to a friend of mine. He's dating the same girl again now, and says he plans to marry her.) I mean, the first couple of times I felt sympathetic, but...

Ugh. If I had a friend like that I'd just feel bad about him making the same mistakes over and over again. Yeah.

[wadledo]

There was so much incredibly naughty stuff in Ed, Edd, n Eddy and The Fairly OddParents. Also, early SpongBob. My God.

Ed, edd, and eddy wasn`t really naughty so much as a call-back to the 50`s and 70`s.
Or at least that is what I recall from the interveiws with the creator I watched ages ago.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Ed, edd, and eddy wasn`t really naughty so much as a call-back to the 50`s and 70`s.
Or at least that is what I recall from the interveiws with the creator I watched ages ago.

Dude. There are so many illicit reference in that show. Have you watched it recently?

[Tragic_Comedian]

Dude. There are so many illicit reference in that show. Have you watched it recently?
Maybe you just have a dirty mind. :smalltongue:

[Teddy]

AAAAaaaAAAAA So cute! <hugs forever>

http://imageshack.us/a/img442/1907/teddyandmoonielarge.png

I'm sorry about not putting more effort into the drawing of you, but drawing the crumpled mantle was taking more time than I had anticipated, and it's starting to get late over here.

Pros:
Silly fun
Training in drawing crumpled mantles, cat ears, hair (could always use more training in drawing hair)...

Cons:
Took an entire evening
I've got more important things to work on than silly small impetuses such as this one

[MoonCat]

AUGHSOCUTEICANNOTCOPE

It's adorable!!!!!!

[LaZodiac]

http://imageshack.us/a/img442/1907/teddyandmoonielarge.png

I'm sorry about not putting more effort into the drawing of you, but drawing the crumpled mantle was taking more time than I had anticipated, and it's starting to get late over here.

Pros:
Silly fun
Training in drawing crumpled mantles, cat ears, hair (could always use more training in drawing hair)...

Cons:
Took an entire evening
I've got more important things to work on than silly small impetuses such as this one

I wanna hug forever too! Also, yay practice. That'll be helpful in the future :smallamused:

[Cobra_Ikari]

AUGHSOCUTEICANNOTCOPE

It's adorable!!!!!!

I know, I think my brain just melted from all the squee. ^_^


I wanna hug forever too! Also, yay practice. That'll be helpful in the future :smallamused:

Aww...*coils around Zodi in a foreversnuggle* =3

[Teddy]

I wanna hug forever too! Also, yay practice. That'll be helpful in the future :smallamused:

I wonder, will that one also be distinguished by my "Yeah, I have no idea of how this ended up happening" expression? :smallwink:

Also, I hope you don't hug all too hard. I'm already looking like an hourglass...

[MoonCat]

Also, I hope you don't hug all too hard. I'm already looking like an hourglass...

Hmm. I think we'll need more pictures to see if this is the case. :smallamused:

[Mutant Sheep]

I wonder, will that one also be distinguished by my "Yeah, I have no idea of how this ended up happening" expression? :smallwink:

Also, I hope you don't hug all too hard. I'm already looking like an hourglass...

:smallamused:

.... Aww crap. We're gonna talk about corsets again. :smallsigh:

[LaZodiac]

I wonder, will that one also be distinguished by my "Yeah, I have no idea of how this ended up happening" expression? :smallwink:

Also, I hope you don't hug all too hard. I'm already looking like an hourglass...

Don't worry, I'm very gentle :smallwink:

[Teddy]

Hmm. I think we'll need more pictures to see if this is the case. :smallamused:

Actually, that was just a reference to the image I just made. If you look closely, the should-have-been rectangular body is somewhat narrowed off under your arms as a way to indicate that you're hugging really hard (also, teddybears are soft). It's an idea I got for some reason.

[Aedilred]

Nah, about the worst thing that happens to my close friends is along the lines of "You know my girlfriend, who cheated on me and dumped me and then made me wait for three weeks while she decided between me and the guy she cheated on me with, then we got back together? Yeah, she dumped me again on my birthday." (Yes, this really happened to a friend of mine. He's dating the same girl again now, and says he plans to marry her.) I mean, the first couple of times I felt sympathetic, but...
Well, it makes sense that fictional characters are experiencing worse in their fictional situations than your real-life friends. Moreover, (good) fiction tends to be "writ larger" than real life. You get a heightened sense of the context; the characters tend to be more coherent and expressive than real people. If the characters are well portrayed you can relate to them just as you can real friends. So fictional characters being put through the wringer might well upset you as much as real people with relatively trivial first-world problems.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being moved by fiction (be it literature, film, television, or whatever). In fact I'd have thought it's part of the point. I find it odd that people seem kind of proud of their inability to be moved by fiction, because they know it's not real. That seems to be missing the point a bit.

[MoonCat]

Actually, that was just a reference to the image I just made. If you look closely, the should-have-been rectangular body is somewhat narrowed off under your arms as a way to indicate that you're hugging really hard (also, teddybears are soft). It's an idea I got for some reason.

Yeah, I see. but I still want more Teddy-pics! NAOW

[AtlanteanTroll]

I thought I'd share this with you guys.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/558595_3410828999005_803226543_n.jpg
It's a limited edition Dragon Ball orange soda from Japan that I just got for my Birthday. I am never drinking this.

[LaZodiac]

You fool, you must drink it! But save the can!

[Amidus Drexel]

*insert over 9000 joke here*

Although I'm pretty sure that was a different... season? show? There were a whole bunch of Dragonball shows. I don't remember which one that's from.

[Cobra_Ikari]

You fool, you must drink it! But save the can!

Get two. Drink one. Lock one in a safe and bury it for posterity. =3

[Mutant Sheep]

Get two. Drink one. Lock one in a safe and bury it for posterity. =3

Bury? You fool! The bugs will eat the safe and go saiyan! THE EARTH WOULDN't stand such power! /badly remembered quote about freiza

[AtlanteanTroll]

You fool, you must drink it! But save the can!
But then it's not in mint condition anymore!


*insert over 9000 joke here*

Although I'm pretty sure that was a different... season? show? There were a whole bunch of Dragonball shows. I don't remember which one that's from.
No. Dragonball is all Dragonball. The US added Z after the time skip to make things easier ... GT is it's own non-canon, monstrosity though.


Get two. Drink one. Lock one in a safe and bury it for posterity. =3
They're not exactly easy to get a hold of. I have no clue how my mom got that one for me.


Bury? You fool! The bugs will eat the safe and go saiyan! THE EARTH WOULDN't stand such power! /badly remembered quote about freiza
It's a Yajirobe can, if the ants eat it, they'll just get fat. :smalltongue:

[Mutant Sheep]

But then it's not in mint condition anymore!


No. Dragonball is all Dragonball. The US added Z after the time skip to make things easier ... GT is it's own non-canon, monstrosity though.


They're not exactly easy to get a hold of. I have no clue how my mom got that one for me.


It's a Yajirobe can, if the ants eat it, they'll just get fat. :smalltongue:
?..:smallconfused: But mints melt... why is that even a term? xD

Excuse me,nbutvwhat is this "DT" you spek of? I'm fairly certain no suchnthing happened.n:smalltongue:

Scared someonebwith hervpower level,mwhichbwas slightly over 13.:smallbiggrin:

FAT ANTS ARE SAIYAN ANTS!

[LaZodiac]

When something is newly created, it is said to be "newly minted"

This is were the term "mint condition" comes from.

[MoonCat]

?..:smallconfused: But mints melt... why is that even a term? xD

You're joking, of course...?

[Amidus Drexel]

Speaking of mints... I wonder if I have any.

Edit: Ah, here we go. Too bad they're not Altoids, though.

[AtlanteanTroll]

?..:smallconfused: But mints melt... why is that even a term? xD

Excuse me,nbutvwhat is this "DT" you spek of? I'm fairly certain no suchnthing happened.n:smalltongue:

Scared someonebwith hervpower level,mwhichbwas slightly over 13.:smallbiggrin:

FAT ANTS ARE SAIYAN ANTS!

Dude. My currently inebriated, clinically depressed friend is using better English than you are right now.

Chill.

[Mutant Sheep]

Dude. My currently inebriated, clinically depressed friend is using better English than you are right now.

Chill.

*blubbers about how he was using the iPad and how iPad no likey him.*

*Wonders why he said blubber" when "blabber" is so much nicer of a word.*:smalltongue:

[Tragic_Comedian]

Poor Choff. I still like you.

[Elemental]

?..:smallconfused: But mints melt... why is that even a term? xD


It's a reference to coins. They are, after all, in their best condition as soon as they've been struck. Which takes place in a mint.

[Mutant Sheep]

It's a reference to coins. They are, after all, in their best condition as soon as they've been struck. Which takes place in a mint.

Yes yes, Lala already explained to me why i shouldn't try to tell jokes. :smallsigh::smalltongue:

Thanks Trag. I don't hate you either. :smallwink:

[Tragic_Comedian]

Yes yes, Lala already explained to me why i shouldn't try to tell jokes. :smallsigh::smalltongue:

Thanks Trag. I don't hate you either. :smallwink:
Get on chat.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Get on chat.

You fix your AIM. :smalltongue:

[Rawhide]

You fix your AIM. :smalltongue:

My AIM is terrible, I keep missing.

[Amidus Drexel]

Just cast true strike. :smallwink:

[Mutant Sheep]

Get on chat.

I HAS. NO U. :smalltongue: BWURGLE. *doesn't WANT school tomorrow*

[Mynxae]

How old are you mister sheepy? O.o I thought you were like in your 20's or something.. :smalltongue:

[Mutant Sheep]

How old are you mister sheepy? O.o I thought you were like in your 20's or something.. :smalltongue:

Doooood. I'm 15. :smallbiggrin: I act below my age, yeah, but not THAT low. :smallamused: (I do feel out of place in the worlds of 20-somethings though. Brother's friends, you people... its all 'whay am I expected to be mature around these centurians decadians?'):smalltongue:

[AtlanteanTroll]

Doooood. I'm 15. :smallbiggrin: I act below my age, yeah, but not THAT low. :smallamused:

I keep forgetting you've turned 15...

[Mynxae]

Then how can you drink at your age young man? :smallwink: Tsk tsk.. :smallbiggrin:

[Mutant Sheep]

Then how can you drink at your age young man? :smallwink: Tsk tsk.. :smallbiggrin:

I was drinkin'? WHERE? :smalltongue:.:smallbiggrin:

(I reiterate: I NO WANNA SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. :smallfrown:)

[MoonCat]

Mrrgh, school. I've entertained myself today by finally doing my homework and writing in increasingly fancy/complicated fonts various phrases not in English.

For example, decorating each of my notebooks with "cogito ergo sum', with the exception of my French notebook which got 'je pense donc [not entirely sure if that was the right word to use, by the way] je suis'

Which reminds me, my French teacher was impressed by my use of a complex sentence this year. I'm in French 2. <head slam desk sharp conjunction with> :smallsigh:

ION: My dad just suggested I read a book called "Between Shades of Grey". My head actually hurts form how hard I laughed.

[Rawhide]

ION: My dad just suggested I read a book called "Between Shades of Grey". My head actually hurts form how hard I laughed.

It actually has nothing to do with that... other thing (http://betweenshadesofgray.com/). (Note: It would appear that the book probably includes elements that can't be discussed on the forums.)

[Mutant Sheep]

Mrrgh, school. I've entertained myself today by finally doing my homework and writing in increasingly fancy/complicated fonts various phrases not in English.

For example, decorating each of my notebooks with "cogito ergo sum', with the exception of my French notebook which got 'je pense donc [not entirely sure if that was the right word to use, by the way] je suis'

Which reminds me, my French teacher was impressed by my use of a complex sentence this year. I'm in French 2. <head slam desk sharp conjunction with> :smallsigh:

ION: My dad just suggested I read a book called "Between Shades of Grey". My head actually hurts form how hard I laughed.
... Look, I love Locke as much as the next stupid idiot, but you can't have intelligent thought be your main criteria for life. (It IS Locke right? Its SOMEONE from that time period, I'm not good at those names. Cant have been Hobbes... Descartes? That Russian lady wheoever-she-was?:smallsigh: Augh. Noticeable personages of Enlightenment Europe disagree with me alot.) But I haven't read much writings and am blind on the context of said sentence, so I can't elaborate much. Latin phrases are painful in that English lacks the finesse to effectively translate the thought and poetry right. It always comes out... clunky.:smallyuk: And I have trouble talking about clunky translations because I always get the wrong context or interpret it wrong.)

Edit: Yes Moonie, Between Shades is NOT NOT NOT Fifty Shades. Also, you think your dad would suggest THAT to you?:smalleek: Yeesh. Go slap him with the Similarion.

[Tragic_Comedian]

It's Descartes.

[Mutant Sheep]

It's Descartes.

Ah. Iwas close.

Wait, how do you know?:smallconfused:..:smalleek: TRAG KNOWS TRIVIA ABOUT THE ENLIGHTMENTMENT! RUN!:smalltongue:

[Tragic_Comedian]

Ah. Iwas close.

Wait, how do you know?:smallconfused:..:smalleek: TRAG KNOWS TRIVIA ABOUT THE ENLIGHTMENTMENT! RUN!:smalltongue:
I'm actually quite well-read, you know. I have an interest in philosophy.

Edit: That sounded so stuck up when I read it back. I'm still a fun guy, y'all.:smalltongue:

[MoonCat]

It actually has nothing to do with that... other thing (http://betweenshadesofgray.com/). (Note: It would appear that the book probably includes elements that can't be discussed on the forums.)

Yes, I know, I was just amused.


... Look, I love Locke as much as the next stupid idiot, but you can't have intelligent thought be your main criteria for life. (It IS Locke right? Its SOMEONE from that time period, I'm not good at those names. Cant have been Hobbes... Descartes? That Russian lady wheoever-she-was?:smallsigh: Augh. Noticeable personages of Enlightenment Europe disagree with me alot.) But I haven't read much writings and am blind on the context of said sentence, so I can't elaborate much. Latin phrases are painful in that English lacks the finesse to effectively translate the thought and poetry right. It always comes out... clunky.:smallyuk: And I have trouble talking about clunky translations because I always get the wrong context or interpret it wrong.)

Edit: Yes Moonie, Between Shades is NOT NOT NOT Fifty Shades. Also, you think your dad would suggest THAT to you?:smalleek: Yeesh. Go slap him with the Similarion.

It was fun! And yeah, Descartes.

I know that dude. Honestly, you think I'm that much of an idiot? :smalltongue: And no, I wouldn't.


It's Descartes.

Yup! :smallbiggrin:

[Mynxae]

I'm not sure that mixing cheese, peanut butter (crunchy) and plain white rice was such a good idea.. :smallredface:

[Feytalist]

So my great aunt turned 99 last week.

That's quite something.

[Elemental]

I'm not sure that mixing cheese, peanut butter (crunchy) and plain white rice was such a good idea.. :smallredface:

And you couldn't work that out in advance?


Anyway... I've got rehearsal tonight, and I really don't want to go...
Oh well... I didn't go last week, so I have to go this week...

[Aedilred]

... Look, I love Locke as much as the next stupid idiot, but you can't have intelligent thought be your main criteria for life. (It IS Locke right? Its SOMEONE from that time period, I'm not good at those names. Cant have been Hobbes... Descartes? That Russian lady wheoever-she-was?:smallsigh: Augh. Noticeable personages of Enlightenment Europe disagree with me alot.) But I haven't read much writings and am blind on the context of said sentence, so I can't elaborate much. Latin phrases are painful in that English lacks the finesse to effectively translate the thought and poetry right. It always comes out... clunky.:smallyuk: And I have trouble talking about clunky translations because I always get the wrong context or interpret it wrong.)
I'm curious as to who "that Russian lady" is.

Fun fact - The original phrase was in French, although he put it in Latin in some of his later work. It means basically the same in all three languages, although some understanding of the context helps to avoid misinterpretation. It's about existence of consciousness, not life per se.

[Heliomance]

I'm not sure that mixing cheese, peanut butter (crunchy) and plain white rice was such a good idea.. :smallredface:

That sounds quite tasty actually.

[Mynxae]

I thought it was going to be yum (somehow) but it turned out just plain yuck... Managed to stomach about half of it and then ended throwing the rest of it away. :smallyuk:

[Teddy]

Yeah, I see. but I still want more Teddy-pics! NAOW

That might be harder to get than you think, I'm notoriously good at not getting caught on film (and I'm not even camera-shy). I just went through all our pictures from our Danish-German holiday this summer (~450 pictures), and there were 2 pictures where I was close up, turned to the camera and not blurry. One of the pictures included a bit too much of the rest of my family for me to feel comfortable posting here, and I barely recognised myself in the other.

I'll check a few other albums when I get home from school.

[Mutant Sheep]

I thought it was going to be yum (somehow) but it turned out just plain yuck... Managed to stomach about half of it and then ended throwing the rest of it away. :smallyuk:

Cheese? Rice? PEANUT BUTTER? Good sir, not all mad scientist creations end well... :smalltongue: