House of Much Random Banter and Haluesen's Various Wondrous Cookies #197 [Archive] - Page 4

Elemental

2013-08-02, 06:26 AM

Seven is far too early, and you know it. :smalltongue:

Er... Hrm... My wardrobe mostly consists of four colours, so... >.>

Yeah, but I'd like to get up at that time. That way I won't start thinking of myself as some kind of layabout.

One only needs four colours after all. White, black, grey and blue are more than enough. Though I have more green than grey... I must remedy this situation.

In semi-related news: I have listened to your album and must say that I really like the acoustic piece. It's quite relaxing, but not completely calm either. So, relaxing but with a bit of energy?
Makes me feel bad for never learning to play guitar though. Now you've made me want to buy one and take it up again... The world conspires to force me to have more hobbies!And for some reason it reminds me of either Dwarf Fortress or Diablo... Not sure why.

According to Wikipedia, the oldest recorded version is still nearly identical to the contemporary one. At least in the final line...

Yeah, that's the beauty of it. To take another example, a slightly tweaked version of the 'Æ' is a chest or a backpack, seen diagonally from the side with the upper half being the lid.

And yeah, I thought about that too, except you usually don't coat cheese wedges in wax, but rather the whole wheel...

Well, the last line kind of works from the English perspective if one remembers that it is a song as well, and not every sound is of the same length. Had I some sort of convenient score writing software available, I'd write it down and show you what I mean. But alas, I do not. Note to self; Acquire such software...

That ones a bit more difficult to see, but I can kind of.

A wedge cut from such cheese retain the wax coating on the outer edge until it is removed. I would say it was a choice to avoid using colours that are harder to differentiate, but that game uses cyan, yellow and numerous shades of a lot of colours.
Though admittedly... Some kinds of cheese are reddish...

Easy. Turn that non-existent money of yours into real money. Can't be that hard.

I value imagination and how we people use it, and the thing with the ASCII is that I can use my imagination nearly to the fullest extent. It also lets me focus more on the technical side of the game, which in my opinion is amazing.

Oh! This just means that I have to give you a massage!

If that were easy, I'd be visiting you all in my zeppelin such that we may listen to Liszt on an antique gramophone and talk of many things, of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.
Truly, Lewis Carroll is among the greatest people ever.

Imagination is indeed important in all things. For instance, I do so often try to envision what my SimCities would look like if one could look at their skyline rather than the game's isometric perspective.

I'm not sure whether or not a massage would have any effect. I've always found attack to sooth rebellious muscles. Or if not sooth, force them to recognise my sovereignty as the one in charge of most of the electric impulses.

Now, as part of my plan to teach my sleep schedules who is supreme overlord and master, I'm going to go upstairs and read before bed.
Goodnight everyone! Remember, in the event of an unscheduled apocalypse, exits are located to your left and behind you to the right.

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-02, 07:10 AM

Hmm... If you still want to teach, you could try to get the qualifications to teach another subject... That way you'd manage to get into the education system and possibly move into the arts. But I don't know if that would work particularly well.

Well, there's two problems with that -

1. I'd have to go back to school and go through another program to do so. I'm certified K -12 for Art, which is different from most subjects where you'd get certified for a smaller range of age. I'm crushed under the debt of my first bout of college, so I can't really afford to do that again. Even in small increments, I just don't get in enough money to be able to afford ANY classes. Even if it was just one a semester.

2. Even if I did get a further certification, I know many who have tried that route to get "in" and have never escaped that role to go on to teach their intended subject. Art is a program that continually is getting cut, so its a mindset thing for schools. Which makes me go: Art is such a fundimental! Why is this happening!?

It's a similar joy to reading books, I think; I like to read the forms, then fill it out with style. (By "style," I mean add lots of exclamation marks.)

Example:

Name: TaiLiu!?
Age: Twenty-three?
Occupation: Socially unacceptable!!

I admit, I laughed pretty hard reading this.

Perhaps. I read for knowledge, and pleasure. You?

General curiosity, really. Hm. My enjoyment for filling out forms is similar to my dislike of music, it seems, in that people find both irrational.

Like...all music? Like you'd prefer a movie to not have music rather than have a score? Or rather, most genres don't appeal to you? Or just a straight - music bad. Silence - good.

EmeraldRose

2013-08-02, 08:23 AM

*snip*
Word. Instant coffee is a travesty. In fact, I'd advise everyone to develop their own coffee ritual, simply to enjoy the experience more. Coffee-drinking should be me-time.
*shudders*
No worries. I refuse to drink instant coffee. I will relent and force myself to take coffee time seriously. I suppose I don't really need to melt all the tastebuds off my tongue anyway...

FinnLassie

2013-08-02, 08:34 AM

If that were easy, I'd be visiting you all in my zeppelin such that we may listen to Liszt on an antique gramophone and talk of many things, of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.
Truly, Lewis Carroll is among the greatest people ever.

I'm not sure whether or not a massage would have any effect. I've always found attack to sooth rebellious muscles. Or if not sooth, force them to recognise my sovereignty as the one in charge of most of the electric impulses.

:biggrin:

Oh, believe me, if you visit the masseur I went to, you'd feel very attacked. I basically have rock solid shoulders that need some serious whacking (thanks to doctors neglecting the issue for ages), gentle rubs can't do a thing. I also enjoy lying down on an acupressure spike mat, but they're honestly just for temporary, immediate relief - nothing that can fix things for as long as a massage does. I get a massage every 4 to 6 weeks and it's coolbeans.

Have a good night!

Dimonite

2013-08-02, 09:44 AM

Cuthalion

2013-08-02, 10:21 AM

Seven is far too early, and you know it. :smalltongue:

ION: Yay, dorm assignments.
And we all know what this means.
Time for Amidus to fill out more forms! WOOHOO!

Lucifer is a damn bureaucrat. I've had enough of this "fill out stuff" nonsense; they should have all of my information already, from all the other forms I've filled out. *explodes*

Screw it, I'll do all that crap after I get up. Too much trouble to do it now.

Seven? I like to get up around a quarter past six. :smallsmile:

Are'nt you so excited? Yay! :smallamused:

Also, I wish this (http://shirtoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Procrastination-University.jpg) was real. It's awesome. A t-shirt design. :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 10:30 AM

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-02, 10:43 AM

It's a similar joy to reading books, I think; I like to read the forms, then fill it out with style. (By "style," I mean add lots of exclamation marks.)

Really? This is such a great honour! :smallredface:

You and I have had very different experiences reading books, then, because I've never read 20 books that wanted my name, phone, address, and major. :smallannoyed:

It's odd, really, that I have that level of trust for someone I've never met... You just strike me as the sort of person that kind information would be safe with. You're probably wholly unique in that regard... Hrm... odd.

Easy. Turn that non-existent money of yours into real money. Can't be that hard.

I love to use them too... or, would love to, if they were as good as my old headphones... *narrows eyes*

And so say all the people that haven't experienced the awesomeness of a nightless night. :smallcool:

Why did I even attempt to expect anything further from you?

You'd be surprised. :smallamused: I've been trying for a while, admittedly sometimes half-heartedly.

My old headphones are held together by masking tape, and the cord has a short in it, so... I mean, they're still really good headphones, but... they'd be easily surpassed by a good new pair.

Oh, like I'd know the difference. I'd have to go outside for that. :smalltongue:

:smallbiggrin:

Yeah, but I'd like to get up at that time. That way I won't start thinking of myself as some kind of layabout.

One only needs four colours after all. White, black, grey and blue are more than enough. Though I have more green than grey... I must remedy this situation.

In semi-related news: I have listened to your album and must say that I really like the acoustic piece. It's quite relaxing, but not completely calm either. So, relaxing but with a bit of energy?
Makes me feel bad for never learning to play guitar though. Now you've made me want to buy one and take it up again... The world conspires to force me to have more hobbies!And for some reason it reminds me of either Dwarf Fortress or Diablo... Not sure why.

I like it being closeish to midday when I get up. 8 is as early as I like to get up, 9 is the normal time, 10 is when I want to sleep in, and 11 is if I accidentally turn the alarm off. Like today, for example.

True, I suppose. I've got a handful of dark green shirts that I like, though. :smalltongue:

*bows, perhaps akin to a cello* I could teach you how to play it, if you wanted... granted, that'd be easier to do if you already knew how to play guitar... it's fairly simple.

Like...all music? Like you'd prefer a movie to not have music rather than have a score? Or rather, most genres don't appeal to you? Or just a straight - music bad. Silence - good.

Yeah, he just doesn't really like music at all.

Seven? I like to get up around a quarter past six. :smallsmile:

Are'nt you so excited? Yay! :smallamused:

Also, I wish this (http://shirtoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Procrastination-University.jpg) was real. It's awesome. A t-shirt design. :smalltongue:

You got up a full hour after I went to sleep! :smallbiggrin: :smalltongue:

I would be... if I didn't suddenly have more work to do. :smalltongue:

I need this. :cool:

MoonCat

2013-08-02, 10:49 AM

For once, Washington lived up to its reputation and we just got rain for the first time since April or so.

:smallbiggrin:

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-02, 11:40 AM

So it turns out Andre is also not a morning person. :smalltongue:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1010403_10201857278576492_388642513_n.jpg

Also, isn't this Mutant's birthday?
If I'm right, happy birthday, Mutant!
If I'm wrong, happy late/early birthday, Mutant! :smalltongue:
Daaaaaw! SILLY BIRDIE.:smallbiggrin:

Indeed. Thank you, Dimonite. (And sarcastic thank you for making me remember Facebook is probably a whole bunch of people who didn't remember but Facebook told them so they spent 8 seconds posting happy birthday on my wall and I have to respond SOMEHOW.:smallsigh;:smalltongue: Nah, my cynicism ain't that deep. EGOTISM TIME.)

For once, Washington lived up to its reputation and we just got rain for the first time since April or so.

:smallbiggrin:Rain? WE HAD RAIN. I MUST LIVE IN WASHINGTON.:smalleek:

Kneenibble

2013-08-02, 12:49 PM

EDIT: Ah hey Kneenibble! You sorta messaged while I was writing. ^^ Yep I know of them, though my knowledge of birds is lacking. *laughs* No nibbling I'm too ticklish! *flees*

Just as FinnLassie will scribble on your face, or poke you with long slender objects such as beech branches, becs-de-corbin, baguettes, or paint brushes -- so too I will nibble you about the ears and the eyebrows. It is simply what is done. *divebombs and nibbles*

KNEEBS!

I am still waiting for you to fly in the window! ;_;

;___; I got lost on the way, and had to turn back. I'm so sorry. This world is a dangerous place for such a little fluffster as I.

I sent your, my, and Teddy's drawings from the other day to my sister last night, who also loves budgies. I am still awaiting her squee.

I just really, really dislike wine. Bleuch. I need to rinse that taste off with a good pale ale. :smallyuk:

Oh, wonderful! Delightful! Exquisite! :smallbiggrin: :biggrin:
*falls in trance gnaws carrots* Mmh... would go well with a bit of teddy bear...

That's okay! More for me. :smallcool: I don't claim to understand not liking wine, but I can respect it.

Excellent... she took the bait. *takes advantage of the carrot trance to tangle up a big fluffy nest in FinnLassie's golden hair*

Gasp! AUGH BOOZE, and SUPER GASP WHAT?:smalleek::smalltongue:

Draw Your Friends! In the Arts & Crafts area. Well, "Draw" can be any arts. It's quite an enjoyable exchange. Mr. August even composed some music for me the time before last.

I wanna play Dwarf Fortress...:smallfrown: (Also:Those other things.:smalltongue:)
*swills and drinks all the wine*:smallbiggrin:

That is not the giggle I imagine of Knee lying on his bed with the window open. It IS madhouse worthy, though.:smallamused:

Rather than "my girlfriend says things", I say YAY CARROTS. *looks at them*

Dwarf Fortress is free! You could play it right now! You could become thick and giddy with wine, and be forging platinum statues before a teatime of bacon-wrapped water chestnuts and cheese cubes and fresh figs and hot roasted almonds and purple carrots!

Tee hee hee. :smallwink:

While I am appreciative to Devmartian's girlfriend for her sentiment, I am appreciative to you as well for yours. KEEP LOOOOOOOOKING *waits for the carrot trance to set in, for reasons*

I am the bass-man, except in the acoustic-only song, where I play the guitfiddle, aye. I sing some, yes. Rafiki does also, and both Robin and Logan sang briefly.

*bows, perhaps akin to a viola* Thank you, sir. :smallcool:

Ooh, cool. Interesting colours... what variety are they? Do they taste different than the normal orange ones?

In Hyser? Wow, beautiful playing.

They don't taste wildly different, but slightly. The yellow ones, Yellowstone, have less earthy and more clear taste. The purple ones, Cosmic Purple, are actually not a true purple carrot -- only the outer skin is red, the insides are orange. They are a really nice carrot but they taste just like any other good orange carrot. Then the orange ones are either Scarlet Nantes or Yaya -- I forget which seeds I actually planted.

I couldn't get seeds for true purple carrots this year, but I'm going to try next year. Also white carrots. And one day I hope to grow the red carrots of Punjab. All the carrots.

Gameplay mechanics and Fun come first. Graphics come second. Okay, but as a composer aiming to get involved with game soundtracks, I do think DF is lacking on the sound front.

The little music it has is the perfect mood for me, but it drives me completely crazy to listen to it for the hours that a good DF session takes. Do you have any particular idea what music to make for it?

I would want a very mellow brass quartet, I think, without other instruments.

They're more colour than my entire wardrobe! Green, red, orange and yellow? Four whole colours?! I jest, but not by much. I just like sedate colours too much.

Well nobody is asking you to wear the carrots, mi Elementalis. Although I could give you one to tie on your belt -- that is coming back into fashion.

But that aside, I am very impressed by your harvest. Our every attempt to grow carrots fails miserably despite the apparent vitality of the plants in question. And Mum keeps serving frozen carrots, which are of course entirely lacking in quality. I do understand that she doesn't have the time or energy to prepare carrots on every occasion, but it is depressing when I find one of the few vegetables I actually enjoy to be too disgusting to eat. Maybe I should just prepare my own salads and things...
Anyway... Carrots should ideally be served raw in my mind.

Frozen vegetables. I'm not sure that should be a thing. With commercial-grade carrots, they are not always good for eating raw: but when you pull a tender, crunchy, candy-sweet carrot out of the garden, it seems silly to think about cooking it. Even knowing that it makes its nutrients hugely more digestible.

Can you tell me what happens to your carrots when you try to grow them? I know you've told me before -- was it that the foliage grows fine, but no root develops? I might be able to advise you. What kind of soil do you have over there?

Oh my, how grand. I hope it was most flavourful.

Word. Instant coffee is a travesty. In fact, I'd advise everyone to develop their own coffee ritual, simply to enjoy the experience more. Coffee-drinking should be me-time.

It was indeed. It was a lovely rich Pinotage with dark red fruit and honey flavours. I've never been disappointed by a South African wine.

Yes! That ritual and that stopping-to-think moment is what turns the caffeine buzz into a sublime bliss. A quick cup slurped down in a rush will stimulate, but it will not transcend.

I value imagination and how we people use it, and the thing with the ASCII is that I can use my imagination nearly to the fullest extent. It also lets me focus more on the technical side of the game, which in my opinion is amazing.

Yes, to add to this discussion, I am astounded at the way the imagination works after getting absorbed into a good Dwarf Fortress session. I start to see detail that isn't there, and hear sounds -- the roar of the waterfall I built in my dining room and the mist-wet beards of the dwarves who stand nearby to admire it. That is why I don't use a texture pack: because the poverty of the graphics, combined with the game's bogglingly intricate mechanics, works such a freaky magic on the mind.

The creator is a mad genius.

So it turns out Andre is also not a morning person. :smalltongue:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1010403_10201857278576492_388642513_n.jpg

*gasp* That is Andre?!?!?! Who is Andre?!?!?!?! Look at that fluff!

Baby birds are both endearing and horrifying to me. They seem unfinished, with no proper barrier between Inside and Outside the body.

Also, isn't this Mutant's birthday?
If I'm right, happy birthday, Mutant!
If I'm wrong, happy late/early birthday, Mutant! :smalltongue:

Happy Birthday, most excellent Ovis!

Here is a cake for you.
http://www.cakewrecks.com/storage/thumbnails/10710906-17373406-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=133299034 1295

No, I'm sorry. Here is a nice summery cake.
http://www.cakewrecks.com/storage/thumbnails/10710906-22820456-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=137014675 4473
(All of that is edible -- the sand is brown sugar.)

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-02, 01:12 PM

Indeed. Thank you, Dimonite. (And sarcastic thank you for making me remember Facebook is probably a whole bunch of people who didn't remember but Facebook told them so they spent 8 seconds posting happy birthday on my wall and I have to respond SOMEHOW.:smallsigh;:smalltongue: Nah, my cynicism ain't that deep. EGOTISM TIME.)

Heh, you know, I never say happy birthday to people on facebook. If I see them in person, they'll get a reminder from me that they're older. :smalltongue:

Draw Your Friends! In the Arts & Crafts area. Well, "Draw" can be any arts. It's quite an enjoyable exchange. Mr. August even composed some music for me the time before last.

In Hyser? Wow, beautiful playing.

Huh... well, I might actually be able to participate in that, then... Hrm...

I'm flattered. :smallredface:

You say that, but you didn't get to hear the hour worth of takes (well, about 7 or 8 takes, but it took a while)... and we had to use my crappy guitar with it's ancient strings because the action on Rafiki's was too low... (and he has such beautiful sounding strings, too...)

They don't taste wildly different, but slightly. The yellow ones, Yellowstone, have less earthy and more clear taste. The purple ones, Cosmic Purple, are actually not a true purple carrot -- only the outer skin is red, the insides are orange. They are a really nice carrot but they taste just like any other good orange carrot. Then the orange ones are either Scarlet Nantes or Yaya -- I forget which seeds I actually planted.

I couldn't get seeds for true purple carrots this year, but I'm going to try next year. Also white carrots. And one day I hope to grow the red carrots of Punjab. All the carrots.

Ah, okay. Hrm...

Heheheheh :smallamused: I think carrots are probably one of my least favorite roots... not because I don't like them, but they've got some steep competition. Radishes, potatoes, ginger, sassafras... It's hard to beat those. :smallcool:

Here is a cake for you.
http://www.cakewrecks.com/storage/thumbnails/10710906-17373406-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=133299034 1295

This one is the best. :smallbiggrin:

Dimonite

2013-08-02, 01:44 PM

I love how you're live blogging this bird's life. I approve.

Well, he was born right outside of our garage, so my mom is taking pictures of him right and left. It would almost be harder not to blog his life. :smalltongue:

Indeed. Thank you, Dimonite. (And sarcastic thank you for making me remember Facebook is probably a whole bunch of people who didn't remember but Facebook told them so they spent 8 seconds posting happy birthday on my wall and I have to respond SOMEHOW.:smallsigh;:smalltongue: Nah, my cynicism ain't that deep. EGOTISM TIME.)

Birthdays are the best time for egotism time! :smallbiggrin:

*gasp* That is Andre?!?!?! Who is Andre?!?!?!?! Look at that fluff!

That is indeed Andre, the baby cardinal who hatched not three feet from our garage door.

FLUUUUUUFFF! :smallbiggrin:

Baby birds are both endearing and horrifying to me. They seem unfinished, with no proper barrier between Inside and Outside the body.

THEY LOOK LIKE TINY ALIENS. :smalltotallyserious:

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 01:52 PM

Well, he was born right outside of our garage, so my mom is taking pictures of him right and left. It would almost be harder not to blog his life. :smalltongue:

The best thing is, you could technically say you are spending your mornings taking pictures of dinosaurs, and it wouldn't be inaccurate.

enderlord99

2013-08-02, 02:00 PM

THEY LOOK LIKE TINY ALIENS.

I think they look more like undead grown-up birds that run on cuteness instead of negative energy.

TaiLiu

2013-08-02, 02:28 PM

Even if I did get a further certification, I know many who have tried that route to get "in" and have never escaped that role to go on to teach their intended subject. Art is a program that continually is getting cut, so its a mindset thing for schools. Which makes me go: Art is such a fundimental! Why is this happening!?
Hm. If you can't get a job in a public school, have you tried getting one in a private institution?

I admit, I laughed pretty hard reading this.
Excellent. You'll be filling out your forms like that from now on, right? :smalltongue:

Like...all music? Like you'd prefer a movie to not have music rather than have a score? Or rather, most genres don't appeal to you? Or just a straight - music bad. Silence - good.
It's more of a "silence - good" more than "music - bad," really.

So it turns out Andre is also not a morning person. :smalltongue:
Oh, my. It looks quite frightening now.

You and I have had very different experiences reading books, then, because I've never read 20 books that wanted my name, phone, address, and major. :smallannoyed:
:smalltongue:

It's odd, really, that I have that level of trust for someone I've never met... You just strike me as the sort of person that kind information would be safe with. You're probably wholly unique in that regard... Hrm... odd.
Nice! I have done some jobs regarding sensitive information handling, so that may be it.

For once, Washington lived up to its reputation and we just got rain for the first time since April or so.
Ah. Rain is good, yes, except when it is not.

EGOTISM TIME.
Indeed! Happy birthday, comrade! I brought some noodles over!

THEY LOOK LIKE TINY ALIENS. :smalltotallyserious:
THEY DO!

Kneenibble

2013-08-02, 03:35 PM

Huh... well, I might actually be able to participate in that, then... Hrm...

I'm flattered. :smallredface:

You say that, but you didn't get to hear the hour worth of takes (well, about 7 or 8 takes, but it took a while)... and we had to use my crappy guitar with it's ancient strings because the action on Rafiki's was too low... (and he has such beautiful sounding strings, too...)

He also made an avatar to go along with it, but as the nature of submissions is open-ended, Shirley you could go in with music alone. Like a character in an adventure. ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR MUSIC, AMIDIUS! LEAVE YOUR WEAPONS BEHIND.

Shh, Armsdealer. I don't need to know any of that. :smallwink: *brushes your hair fluffy with a brush of porcupine quills and a handle of deer bone*

You're off the hook for hair donations for now, by the way. I'm going to try and groom FinnLassie to surrender her locks to my nest.

Ah, okay. Hrm...

Heheheheh :smallamused: I think carrots are probably one of my least favorite roots... not because I don't like them, but they've got some steep competition. Radishes, potatoes, ginger, sassafras... It's hard to beat those. :smallcool:

This one is the best. :smallbiggrin:

Strictly speaking, Umami Daikon, ginger is a rhizome, not a root. But you're right -- the competition is fierce for best nibbling root. I would take the yieldingly explosively sweet crunch of a frost-nipped carrot picked in September over any of those, however, any day. I cannot give you sassafras or ginger, to my shame, but should you visit these northron estates I can provide you with radishes, potatoes, and carrots all in abundance.

Well, he was born right outside of our garage, so my mom is taking pictures of him right and left. It would almost be harder not to blog his life. :smalltongue:

That is indeed Andre, the baby cardinal who hatched not three feet from our garage door.

FLUUUUUUFFF! :smallbiggrin:

THEY LOOK LIKE TINY ALIENS. :smalltotallyserious:

Oooooooh, I can't wait to see Andre get all soft and feathery! Look at all those pin feathers that are going to turn to fluff!

Do you have pictures of the parents? I love cardinals.

The best thing is, you could technically say you are spending your mornings taking pictures of dinosaurs, and it wouldn't be inaccurate.

Dinosaurs transformed to small fluff in the crucible of time.

I think they look more like undead grown-up birds that run on cuteness instead of negative energy.

That makes me want to construct a big zombie budgie puppet or costume.

THEY DO!

OTHER PEOPLE YELLING MAKES THAILILY YELL AS WELL

HELLO THAILILY

TaiLiu

2013-08-02, 03:37 PM

OTHER PEOPLE YELLING MAKES THAILILY YELL AS WELL
YOUR ANALYSIS RINGS TRUE

HELLO THAILILY
GREETINGS KNEENIBBLE

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 03:37 PM

Dinosaurs transformed to small fluff in the crucible of time.

Many dinosaurs had that fluff, so that's okay :smallbiggrin:

Kneenibble

2013-08-02, 03:39 PM

YOUR ANALYSIS RINGS TRUE

GREETINGS KNEENIBBLE

*nibbles eyebrows*

Many dinosaurs had that fluff, so that's okay :smallbiggrin:

Dinosaurs were fluffy? ;___;

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 03:41 PM

Dinosaurs were fluffy? ;___;

Some where, yes. T Rex babies had downy feathers, though they became the big ole scaley scales that we know and love. Basically all raptors where feathered, though, throughout their whole life.

TaiLiu

2013-08-02, 03:42 PM

*nibbles eyebrows*
Argh! My precious eyebrows!

Kneenibble

2013-08-02, 04:00 PM

Some where, yes. T Rex babies had downy feathers, though they became the big ole scaley scales that we know and love. Basically all raptors where feathered, though, throughout their whole life.

By George, next you'll tell me that velociraptors liked to sit in laps and purr.

Argh! My precious eyebrows!

I just wanted to preen them a little bit. ;___;

Dimonite

2013-08-02, 04:04 PM

Oooooooh, I can't wait to see Andre get all soft and feathery! Look at all those pin feathers that are going to turn to fluff!

Do you have pictures of the parents? I love cardinals.

You must have missed the ones I already posted! :smalleek:
*rummages around a bit*
Here they are!

Baby cardinal update!

He's grown and fluffed up a bit, and we've named him Andre (or Andrea, if he turns out to be a she. Given my caterpillar-raising experience, I've learned to go with names that are easily gender-converted)
Anyway, here's the most recent picture of him, and one of his parents:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1095099_10201835898402001_1282739787_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/970143_10201827421550085_993721599_n.jpg

Coidzor

2013-08-02, 04:12 PM

Any Kirby fans out there? (https://soundcloud.com/2mello/factory-power-kanye-west-vs)

By George, next you'll tell me that velociraptors liked to sit in laps and purr.

Only after they'd ripped off the nadgers of the lap what they was in and had eaten their fill of delicious organ meats, I'd warrant.

Dimonite: Daddy-Card looks on with barely hidden disapproval. XD

FinnLassie

2013-08-02, 04:27 PM

My old headphones are held together by masking tape, and the cord has a short in it, so... I mean, they're still really good headphones, but... they'd be easily surpassed by a good new pair.

Oh, like I'd know the difference. I'd have to go outside for that. :smalltongue:

:smallbiggrin:

Heheheh. :smallamused:

Oh, how horrible it would be to step out the door every once in a while!

Look at you, all proud and mighty... :smalltongue:

J;___; I got lost on the way, and had to turn back. I'm so sorry. This world is a dangerous place for such a little fluffster as I.

I sent your, my, and Teddy's drawings from the other day to my sister last night, who also loves budgies. I am still awaiting her squee.

That's okay! More for me. :smallcool: I don't claim to understand not liking wine, but I can respect it.

Excellent... she took the bait. *takes advantage of the carrot trance to tangle up a big fluffy nest in FinnLassie's golden hair*

Oh my! I hope you got back home fine! Sigh... *before closing the window, she gazes to the sky with a single tear in her eye*

Hehehe. I hope she finds them delightful. :smallsmile:

Here I am, imagining you in pure shock, wee feathers trembling... "What? Some do not enjoy the wonders of wine? I... This is a feeling I cannot comprehend... But... I must accept people with different likings from mine! O, woe is me, having to stand such complex people!"

Oh, Kneebs! Do you think I would actually mind, you messing up my hair? <3

HalfTangible

2013-08-02, 04:31 PM

So my dog had surgery today for a tumor in his leg. He's lethargic and limping a bit but seems okay.

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 05:08 PM

By George, next you'll tell me that velociraptors liked to sit in laps and purr.

Theoretically, yes they did! Except it'd be more a clicky, lizardybird sound.

So my dog had surgery today for a tumor in his leg. He's lethargic and limping a bit but seems okay.

Yay! All Hail Shadow!

enderlord99

2013-08-02, 05:08 PM

Yesterday, my mom called me worthless.

Today, she said that she meant to say it was pointless to ask me to do something, but the wrong word came out. I mostly believe her.

I have no idea why I'm posting this here.

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-02, 05:26 PM

Just as FinnLassie will scribble on your face, or poke you with long slender objects such as beech branches, becs-de-corbin, baguettes, or paint brushes -- so too I will nibble you about the ears and the eyebrows. It is simply what is done. *divebombs and nibbles*

;___; I got lost on the way, and had to turn back. I'm so sorry. This world is a dangerous place for such a little fluffster as I.

I sent your, my, and Teddy's drawings from the other day to my sister last night, who also loves budgies. I am still awaiting her squee.Ack! My eyebrows!:smalltongue:

:smallfrown: Knee should get a train. A train that goes OVER THE OCEAN.:smallbiggrin:

:smallamused: I predict really funny sounding female-like sounds.:smallwink:

That's okay! More for me. :smallcool: I don't claim to understand not liking wine, but I can respect it.

Excellent... she took the bait. *takes advantage of the carrot trance to tangle up a big fluffy nest in FinnLassie's golden hair*Wine for Sheep, you mean. :smalltongue: (Ale sounds tasty though...)

:smalleek::smalltongue: Budgies nest in Finnish hair? THEY ARE SPREADING.

Draw Your Friends! In the Arts & Crafts area. Well, "Draw" can be any arts. It's quite an enjoyable exchange. Mr. August even composed some music for me the time before last.

Dwarf Fortress is free! You could play it right now! You could become thick and giddy with wine, and be forging platinum statues before a teatime of bacon-wrapped water chestnuts and cheese cubes and fresh figs and hot roasted almonds and purple carrots!

Tee hee hee. :smallwink:

While I am appreciative to Devmartian's girlfriend for her sentiment, I am appreciative to you as well for yours. KEEP LOOOOOOOOKING *waits for the carrot trance to set in, for reasons*Ohhh. This Sunday is when they will be posted? :? *keeps watch*

*drools*. Food... Dwarf Fortress is much too much for me though, I would be overwhelmed!

That's a quieter Knee-sister giggle, but yes. Much closer.:smallwink:

*falls into trance, brain melds with Finn's causing a severe shock to both and sudden understanding of sauna*

Happy Birthday, most excellent Ovis! :smallredface:Thanks Knee.
*mid response Birthday geeking*

I
Got
War and XP's
Start of Darkness
And Batman Under the Red Hood
AND OH MY JEBUS YAY HAPPY

Here is a cake for you.
http://www.cakewrecks.com/storage/thumbnails/10710906-17373406-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=133299034 1295

No, I'm sorry. Here is a nice summery cake.
http://www.cakewrecks.com/storage/thumbnails/10710906-22820456-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=137014675 4473
(All of that is edible -- the sand is brown sugar.)
... Bwhahahah! :smallbiggrin:

Ohhhhh. Is it edible for newly delarvaed sheeplings?:smalltongue:

Any Kirby fans out there? (https://soundcloud.com/2mello/factory-power-kanye-west-vs)

Only after they'd ripped off the nadgers of the lap what they was in and had eaten their fill of delicious organ meats, I'd warrant.

Dimonite: Daddy-Card looks on with barely hidden disapproval. XDThat was amazing. I was going "KIRBY 64 CRYSTAL SHARDS" and then I ACTUALLY ENJOYED KON-WE.:smalleek::smallbiggrin:

Naaaah. I'm imagining all velociraptors as silly looking ostriches. Tyranisaurs are budgies.:smallamused:

So my dog had surgery today for a tumor in his leg. He's lethargic and limping a bit but seems okay.:smallfrown: Good Hes OK and still able to walk, but :smallfrown:

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-02, 06:11 PM

:smalltongue:

Nice! I have done some jobs regarding sensitive information handling, so that may be it.

Just you wait... you'll have some ludicrous quantity of forms to fill out soon enough. :smalltongue:

Perhaps.

He also made an avatar to go along with it, but as the nature of submissions is open-ended, Shirley you could go in with music alone. Like a character in an adventure. ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR MUSIC, AMIDIUS! LEAVE YOUR WEAPONS BEHIND.

Shh, Armsdealer. I don't need to know any of that. :smallwink: *brushes your hair fluffy with a brush of porcupine quills and a handle of deer bone*

Perhaps I shall, then, next time around (should I have the time). BAH! MY MUSIC IS MY WEAPON! :smallcool:

Woe is me, doomed to forever complain about things other people like. :smallamused: Just imagine it with those sexy sounding strings.... it could have been better! Soo much string noise...

You're off the hook for hair donations for now, by the way. I'm going to try and groom FinnLassie to surrender her locks to my nest.

Strictly speaking, Umami Daikon, ginger is a rhizome, not a root. But you're right -- the competition is fierce for best nibbling root. I would take the yieldingly explosively sweet crunch of a frost-nipped carrot picked in September over any of those, however, any day. I cannot give you sassafras or ginger, to my shame, but should you visit these northron estates I can provide you with radishes, potatoes, and carrots all in abundance.

Heheheheheh, have fun with that. :smallamused:

It grows under the ground! It may as well be a root! I believe we have some stray sassafras trees trying to grow in the yard, so I may be able to get some... maybe not.

Someday, sir, I shall endeavor to meet all the playgrounders I know. Should you still be findable (and still have radishes and carrots) when this is within my means, I'll take you up on your offer. :smallcool: Until then... I remain in the South.

Oh, how horrible it would be to step out the door every once in a while!

Look at you, all proud and mighty... :smalltongue:

*curls into a ball* Yessssss... that would be awful. I couldn't stand it. :smalltongue:

Heheheh :smallamused:

Yesterday, my mom called me worthless.

Today, she said that she meant to say it was pointless to ask me to do something, but the wrong word came out. I mostly believe her.

I have no idea why I'm posting this here.

... :\

Even so... *shakes head*

FinnLassie

2013-08-02, 06:29 PM

*curls into a ball* Yessssss... that would be awful. I couldn't stand it. :smalltongue:

Heheheh :smallamused:

*drags you to the outside world* Look! The sun! It shines so bright! Or heck, I don't know. Here it's past midnight so it's dark and cloudy. :smalltongue:

You laugh now, Mr. Amimused! Wait, you always laugh... Darn it!

TaiLiu

2013-08-02, 06:45 PM

I just wanted to preen them a little bit. ;___;
Oh! Well, they do look better...

So my dog had surgery today for a tumor in his leg. He's lethargic and limping a bit but seems okay.
Ah! That is good.

Yesterday, my mom called me worthless.

Today, she said that she meant to say it was pointless to ask me to do something, but the wrong word came out. I mostly believe her.

I have no idea why I'm posting this here.
My condolences, comrade. :smallfrown:

Just you wait... you'll have some ludicrous quantity of forms to fill out soon enough. :smalltongue:
Oh, boy! I can't wait!

Teddy

2013-08-02, 07:27 PM

A wedge cut from such cheese retain the wax coating on the outer edge until it is removed. I would say it was a choice to avoid using colours that are harder to differentiate, but that game uses cyan, yellow and numerous shades of a lot of colours.
Though admittedly... Some kinds of cheese are reddish...

Yeah, but the outer edge don't quite motivate it in this case...

I value imagination and how we people use it, and the thing with the ASCII is that I can use my imagination nearly to the fullest extent. It also lets me focus more on the technical side of the game, which in my opinion is amazing.

This too. Getting to build up the scenes yourself in your mind is the greatest pleasure. I mean, the combat wouldn't be nearly as delightfully gruesome if you actually got to see all the swings rather than just read about them...

If that were easy, I'd be visiting you all in my zeppelin such that we may listen to Liszt on an antique gramophone and talk of many things, of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.
Truly, Lewis Carroll is among the greatest people ever.

I don't know about the rest, but when I become rich and successful, I'll definitely get myself a giant zeppelin to sail the skies and visit all my friends. I would take you all abord and we'd visit all the corners of the world, without ever having to care about the constraints of geography or nationality...

Here I am, imagining you in pure shock, wee feathers trembling... "What? Some do not enjoy the wonders of wine? I... This is a feeling I cannot comprehend... But... I must accept people with different likings from mine! O, woe is me, having to stand such complex people!"

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Coidzor

2013-08-02, 09:03 PM

:smalleek::smalltongue: Budgies nest in Finnish hair? THEY ARE SPREADING.

That was amazing. I was going "KIRBY 64 CRYSTAL SHARDS" and then I ACTUALLY ENJOYED KON-WE.:smalleek::smallbiggrin:

Naaaah. I'm imagining all velociraptors as silly looking ostriches. Tyranisaurs are budgies.:smallamused:

Budgies are everywhere. Budgies are eternal. ...I'm now imagining Megaman with budgie cannon. XD

If you enjoyed that, you might be excited to know that Nastlevania (http://www.geekosystem.com/nastlevania/)has its instrumentals (http://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/album/nastlevania-instrumentals)out now.

Well, more like what would happen if you got some Fraggles and some Bantam chickens together, got 'em drunk, and then added an extra helping of Violent Glaswegian/Ultraviolence to their hypothetical offspring. Also, claws and talons and fangs and such. Maybe a dash of that uber-fluffen budgie that Kneenibble showed us that suffers from some form of fluff-based health defect.

Rawhide

2013-08-02, 09:04 PM

Saying you don't like the taste of wine, is almost like saying you don't like the taste of food. There are many, many different kinds of wine, from the very sweet to the very dry, highly sparkling, lightly sparkling, non sparkling, without additional flavours, with special flavours including fruity, honey, and other flavours, alcoholic and de-alcoholised (as well as non-alcoholic imitations), your traditional wines and fortified wines (such as port, sherry, vermouth, etc.), and more. Additionally, there are many wine-like products that sometimes go by the name of wine, such as mead (honey wine), sake (rice wine), plum wine, etc.

I'm not going to try to force you to try the many different types until you find one you like, but to say you dislike the taste of wine is a little too broad and sweeping...

CurlyKitGirl

2013-08-02, 09:11 PM

So, question:
Earlier this week my power pack quite literally started sparking and nearly set a bed coverlet on fire. Naturally I ripped the damn thing out and chucked it. However, when this happened my battery was at some eight percent, and during the frenzy that followed (including getting a bollocking for nearly setting fire to a bed) my battery ran out completely.
I managed to find a (read: stole my brother's) power pack charger thing for a quick stand-in until my new one came earlier today.
And about four hours ago I received an alert from my laptop informing me my battery could no longer hold a proper charge. And as the warranty was only for a year, I get to buy a new one.
Is this normal? For a battery to stop holding a charge after about eighteen months and only going to zero percent once?
Currently running off battery to see my new battery life, and I've lost six percent in two minutes. Doesn't seem that bad really.

Qwertystop

2013-08-02, 09:28 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2013-08-02, 09:33 PM

Do you leave the battery in when running the laptop from an outlet? It's not times empty that matter, it's amount of charging. If you run it off wall power a lot and leave the battery in, that really kills it. I usually run mine off the wall with the battery out when I can.

Usually it's off the plug, minus the battery or running completely off battery. I'd hazard a guess that aside from charging the battery it's only plugged-in-with-battery two or three hours a week.

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 09:37 PM

So, my sister is the most ungrateful person in all of existence.

She's given 100 dollars for her trip. She bitches hilariously loudly that this is not even nearly enough.

Qwertystop

2013-08-02, 09:38 PM

Usually it's off the plug, minus the battery or running completely off battery. I'd hazard a guess that aside from charging the battery it's only plugged-in-with-battery two or three hours a week.

Um. How much time has it recharged? Any charging matters, it's just that plugged-in-with-battery is the least intuitive and it's constantly charging while it runs.

Also, it might be an effect of the flaming charger. There was definitely some problem with that.

Kymme

2013-08-02, 10:09 PM

So, my sister is the most ungrateful person in all of existence.

She's given 100 dollars for her trip. She bitches hilariously loudly that this is not even nearly enough.

Hilariously loudly, you say?

To a soul like me, 100 dollars is a great deal. That's due mainly to the fact that all I buy are inexpensive hats and long-coats. :smalltongue:

Loud bitching would certainly be uncalled for, I understand that much. However, how much is this trip expected to cost, and is she expected to pitch in her own money as well?

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-02, 10:10 PM

RE: Laptop battery - It depends on the type of battery as to whether or not you're supposed to let it charge. Lithium-ion ones you shouldn't let go dead - Nickel-cadmium ones you have to let die every once in a while.

Also, it might be an effect of the flaming charger. There was definitely some problem with that.

Yeah, I think this is the real issue. The charger probably messed it up.

*drags you to the outside world* Look! The sun! It shines so bright! Or heck, I don't know. Here it's past midnight so it's dark and cloudy. :smalltongue:

You laugh now, Mr. Amimused! Wait, you always laugh... Darn it!

But, it's scary out here! :smalleek: *runs back inside and sits at desk*

The day I stop laughing I'll drop dead. :smalltongue:

Well to a soul like me, 100 dollars is a great deal. That's due mainly to the fact that all I buy are inexpensive hats and long-coats. :smalltongue:

Yeah! That's almost three tanks of gas...

Also, I saw you here and thought I was in the wrong thread for a second. :smallredface: :smallamused:

Rawhide

2013-08-02, 10:15 PM

Dan's Quick Guide to Memory Effect, You Idiots (http://www.dansdata.com/gz011.htm)

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 10:21 PM

Hilariously loudly, you say?

To a soul like me, 100 dollars is a great deal. That's due mainly to the fact that all I buy are inexpensive hats and long-coats. :smalltongue:

Loud bitching would certainly be uncalled for, I understand that much. However, how much is this trip expected to cost, and is she expected to pitch in her own money as well?

My sister isn't paying anything into the trip, this is money for her to spend on stuff she wants.

Kymme

2013-08-02, 10:22 PM

Yeah! That's almost three tanks of gas...

Also, I saw you here and thought I was in the wrong thread for a second. :smallredface: :smallamused:

Heh. I don't post much on these sorts of threads, mainly because I trip over my words and my posts become an incoherent mass of commas and third grade sentence structure.

But hey, might as well give it a try. :smalltongue:

Also:
My sister isn't paying anything into the trip, this is money for her to spend on stuff she wants.

*double take*

Say WHAT?! You're right, that is hilarious.

Elemental

2013-08-02, 10:30 PM

Well, there's two problems with that -

1. I'd have to go back to school and go through another program to do so. I'm certified K -12 for Art, which is different from most subjects where you'd get certified for a smaller range of age. I'm crushed under the debt of my first bout of college, so I can't really afford to do that again. Even in small increments, I just don't get in enough money to be able to afford ANY classes. Even if it was just one a semester.

2. Even if I did get a further certification, I know many who have tried that route to get "in" and have never escaped that role to go on to teach their intended subject. Art is a program that continually is getting cut, so its a mindset thing for schools. Which makes me go: Art is such a fundimental! Why is this happening!?

I thought that would be the case. Like so many plans that initially sound plausible, it gets bogged down in the details.
I suppose there's really nothing for it but to volunteer with something, but that has its own problems.

Because governments are annoying and can't seem to properly fund anything. And when it comes to education, they'd look pretty stupid if they cut reading, writing and arithmetic.

:biggrin:

Oh, believe me, if you visit the masseur I went to, you'd feel very attacked. I basically have rock solid shoulders that need some serious whacking (thanks to doctors neglecting the issue for ages), gentle rubs can't do a thing. I also enjoy lying down on an acupressure spike mat, but they're honestly just for temporary, immediate relief - nothing that can fix things for as long as a massage does. I get a massage every 4 to 6 weeks and it's coolbeans.

Have a good night!

The difficulty in that case would be setting aside money to get a massage. Alas, it is hard to justify the expenditure when one is unemployed and there are so many nice things I want.
That and I'm very shy and uncertain of the entire idea.

I almost did. Stayed up too long reading Alice in Wonderland, but not too long. And for some reason, I couldn't force myself to stay out of bed this morning. But I feel rested now, so that's good I suppose.

So it turns out Andre is also not a morning person. :smalltongue:

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The process of gaining feathers (fledging?) looks very painful. That and it makes the birds in question look really creepy.

I like it being closeish to midday when I get up. 8 is as early as I like to get up, 9 is the normal time, 10 is when I want to sleep in, and 11 is if I accidentally turn the alarm off. Like today, for example.

True, I suppose. I've got a handful of dark green shirts that I like, though. :smalltongue:

*bows, perhaps akin to a cello* I could teach you how to play it, if you wanted... granted, that'd be easier to do if you already knew how to play guitar... it's fairly simple.

Eh... I feel ill and tired when I get up, and because electricity continues to be expensive, I've decided that I may as well get up early so I have a long supply of daylight such that a smaller percentage is wasted on feeling terrible due to just having awoken.

I must admit that I do like green. Actually, I'm wearing it right now. Well... It's a green pattern on a white background, but that's not the point!

I did learn a little about seven years ago in grade eight. Still, learning the guitar for a month or two hardly counts as anything at all, so I've probably forgotten the lot

Well nobody is asking you to wear the carrots, mi Elementalis. Although I could give you one to tie on your belt -- that is coming back into fashion.

Frozen vegetables. I'm not sure that should be a thing. With commercial-grade carrots, they are not always good for eating raw: but when you pull a tender, crunchy, candy-sweet carrot out of the garden, it seems silly to think about cooking it. Even knowing that it makes its nutrients hugely more digestible.

Can you tell me what happens to your carrots when you try to grow them? I know you've told me before -- was it that the foliage grows fine, but no root develops? I might be able to advise you. What kind of soil do you have over there?

It wouldn't work alas... I am against the wearing of orange without good reason.

Sadly, it is a thing. I cannot recall a vegetable that was improved by being frozen, and so many are made terrible by having done so. But there are those that retain some measure of quality, though I much prefer canned or fresh.

Well, they're not bad cooked, I just prefer them with that crunch they have. It is truly wondrous.

Indeed. The leaves are lush and verdant, but the roots merely grown one or two inches, content to not develop in the conditions of our garden. I fear it may be a combination of our mild Winters and long growing season. After all, why develop a store of food when one doesn't need it? Though the odd thing is we can grow other root vegetables with ease, so it may indeed be the soil.
I'm not certain what kind it is, but it manages to grow quite a number of plants with ease.

Yes, to add to this discussion, I am astounded at the way the imagination works after getting absorbed into a good Dwarf Fortress session. I start to see detail that isn't there, and hear sounds -- the roar of the waterfall I built in my dining room and the mist-wet beards of the dwarves who stand nearby to admire it. That is why I don't use a texture pack: because the poverty of the graphics, combined with the game's bogglingly intricate mechanics, works such a freaky magic on the mind.

The creator is a mad genius.

Truly, I couldn't agree with you more. Though I am bound by honour to point out that I failed to proper enclose the quotes in my previous post, and though it does say you are quoting me, you are in fact quoting FinnLassie, whose thoughts on this matter are much more articulate than mine.
I really need to play that game more often though. But alas, my computer objects to certain elements of it and it still boggles my mind too much at this stage for me to get properly absorbed in its inner workings. That, and a pool of water is blocking my plans for a grand hall to act as thoroughfare to quarters in the Northern section of the fortress.

No, I'm sorry. Here is a nice summery cake.
http://www.cakewrecks.com/storage/thumbnails/10710906-22820456-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=137014675 4473
(All of that is edible -- the sand is brown sugar.)

I would find such a cake difficult to trust on first sight. But with your assurances that the sand is brown sugar, I must say that it is surely very delicious. Mmm... Brown sugar... Best thing to add to Milo.

As for the other cake, it frightens me for some reason.

So my dog had surgery today for a tumor in his leg. He's lethargic and limping a bit but seems okay.

That is indeed fortunate to hear. Losing pets is the worst.
I felt terrible when we had our cat put down. It felt like we were betraying her, that we should have done something. I'll stop now because I'll make myself cry.

Yeah, but the outer edge don't quite motivate it in this case...

This too. Getting to build up the scenes yourself in your mind is the greatest pleasure. I mean, the combat wouldn't be nearly as delightfully gruesome if you actually got to see all the swings rather than just read about them...

I don't know about the rest, but when I become rich and successful, I'll definitely get myself a giant zeppelin to sail the skies and visit all my friends. I would take you all abord and we'd visit all the corners of the world, without ever having to care about the constraints of geography or nationality...

It is a mystery for sure then.

Again, I must point out how that was said by FinnLassie, not myself. I promise I will fix the broken quote with all due haste. Just give me a little time.
And this reminds me, I need to look up quartzite so I can imagine what the dark halls look like when illuminated by the flickering light of candles and torches.

That sounds wonderful beyond comprehension. It is one thing to visit friends, but to travel with them would be truly wonderful. Though we would still have to factor in flight zones and the like.

So, my sister is the most ungrateful person in all of existence.

She's given 100 dollars for her trip. She bitches hilariously loudly that this is not even nearly enough.

Where's she going that she could possibly go through one hundred dollars of spending money? I could probably go to the Ekka on a few days and still have change! The trick is not buying show bags. They're overrated anyway.
Note: Not including entry.

Rawhide

2013-08-02, 10:36 PM

How long is she away for? Breakfast can cost between $5-10, lunch $10-30, and dinner $20-30+, all exclusive of drinks.

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-02, 10:37 PM

Dan's Quick Guide to Memory Effect, You Idiots (http://www.dansdata.com/gz011.htm)

Interesting... I suppose I've got to look up "memory effect" now...

Heh. I don't post much on these sorts of threads, mainly because I trip over my words and my posts become an incoherent mass of commas and third grade sentence structure.

But hey, might as well give it a try. :smalltongue:

*double take*

*nods* That's why I use 1-sentence responses the vast majority of the time. :smallcool:

Join us! Come for the fun and madness, stay for the cookies! :smallbiggrin:

Yeah, that tends to be the appropriate reaction to Zodi's sister's actions. :smallamused:

I must admit that I do like green. Actually, I'm wearing it right now. Well... It's a green pattern on a white background, but that's not the point!

I did learn a little about seven years ago in grade eight. Still, learning the guitar for a month or two hardly counts as anything at all, so I've probably forgotten the lot.

*nods* Green is a noble colour.

Ah, well, then. I suppose we'll just have to teach you again, then. :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-08-02, 10:38 PM

Where's she going that she could possibly go through one hundred dollars of spending money? I could probably go to the Ekka on a few days and still have change! The trick is not buying show bags. They're overrated anyway.
Note: Not including entry.

How long is she away for? Breakfast can cost between $5-10, lunch $10-30, and dinner $20-30+, all exclusive of drinks.

She's going to New Brunswick, with Dad, to see family, for a month. The only thing the 100 dollars is for is for buying items. She doesn't need to pay for lodgings or food or anything.

HalfTangible

2013-08-02, 10:39 PM

My sister isn't paying anything into the trip, this is money for her to spend on stuff she wants.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Your sister needs a good punch in the face.

Elemental

2013-08-02, 10:53 PM

*nods* Green is a noble colour.

Ah, well, then. I suppose we'll just have to teach you again, then. :smalltongue:

Indeed. But if anything, I need more purple in my wardrobe, and ties hardly count as they're supposed to have colours beyond the range of the rest of one's clothes.

I need a guitar first. But I should be able to get one with ease as there is a music store within walking distance and I'd easily be able to get my Mum to drive me anyway so walking distance doesn't matter.

She's going to New Brunswick, with Dad, to see family, for a month. The only thing the 100 dollars is for is for buying items. She doesn't need to pay for lodgings or food or anything.

Well, I have no idea what she could possibly need to spend that much money on in New Brunswick. Personally, I'd send her with nothing, but then I can be mean sometimes.

TaiLiu

2013-08-02, 11:20 PM

To a soul like me, 100 dollars is a great deal. That's due mainly to the fact that all I buy are inexpensive hats and long-coats.
Only... Only clothing?

Dan's Quick Guide to Memory Effect, You Idiots (http://www.dansdata.com/gz011.htm)
Oh, neat!

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Your sister needs a good punch in the face.
Comrade! Violence won't do a thing.

Kymme

2013-08-02, 11:31 PM

Only... Only clothing?

I'm sixteen, and I don't have a car, so that crosses a lot of things off the list. :smalltongue:

TaiLiu

2013-08-02, 11:31 PM

I'm sixteen, and I don't have a car, so that crosses a lot of things off the list. :smalltongue:
Sure, sure. There's still a lot more - food, for one.

Feytalist

2013-08-03, 02:16 AM

Nose blocked. Tastebuds shot to hell. I'm drinking coffee but I can't taste anything. This is a travesty.

That's it; I'm staying in bed the whole day.

TaiLiu

2013-08-03, 02:36 AM

Nose blocked. Tastebuds shot to hell. I'm drinking coffee but I can't taste anything. This is a travesty.

That's it; I'm staying in bed the whole day.
Most vexing! Feel better soon, comrade.

Coidzor

2013-08-03, 03:00 AM

Rawhide

2013-08-03, 03:29 AM

My best friend doesn't like wine because it all tastes and smells like alcohol to him. So he drinks vodka instead.

So, he doesn't drink something that has considerable non-alcoholic flavour and an alcohol content that is sometimes as low as 7% (or lower, in some cases, not to mention de-alcoholised wine) and sometimes as high as around 13% in the stronger varieties because he can taste the alcohol, and drinks something that is 40+% alcohol with water added instead? Makes sense. Though, why he doesn't just drink rectified spirit (over 95% alcohol by volume) instead, I'll never know...

FinnLassie

2013-08-03, 05:06 AM

-snip, the doodle!-

:biggrin:
Tee hee!

Saying you don't like the taste of wine, is almost like saying you don't like the taste of food. There are many, many different kinds of wine, from the very sweet to the very dry, highly sparkling, lightly sparkling, non sparkling, without additional flavours, with special flavours including fruity, honey, and other flavours, alcoholic and de-alcoholised (as well as non-alcoholic imitations), your traditional wines and fortified wines (such as port, sherry, vermouth, etc.), and more. Additionally, there are many wine-like products that sometimes go by the name of wine, such as mead (honey wine), sake (rice wine), plum wine, etc.

I'm not going to try to force you to try the many different types until you find one you like, but to say you dislike the taste of wine is a little too broad and sweeping...

And I have to say that comparing the taste of fine to the taste of food is far too wide of a concept. I would say, it's more like, saying I don't like wine would be saying I don't like the food from a specific culture/area.

I've tried various types of wine, trying to find anything that I like, but there isn't any, really. I don't get why I should even like wine and why people seem to have the need to prove me it is good, it is not a necessity in anyone's life, nor is any type of alcohol.

So, my sister is the most ungrateful person in all of existence.

She's given 100 dollars for her trip. She bitches hilariously loudly that this is not even nearly enough.

Huh. I stopped getting money from the folk to spend on trips when I was 16. Had to save up from my monthly allowances.

But, it's scary out here! :smalleek: *runs back inside and sits at desk*

Yeah! That's almost three tanks of gas...

No! We're going to admire the sunshine today! Only if the sun would shine, though... Damn it, Scotland! *drag*

More like barely over one tank.

The difficulty in that case would be setting aside money to get a massage. Alas, it is hard to justify the expenditure when one is unemployed and there are so many nice things I want.
That and I'm very shy and uncertain of the entire idea.

I almost did. Stayed up too long reading Alice in Wonderland, but not too long. And for some reason, I couldn't force myself to stay out of bed this morning. But I feel rested now, so that's good I suppose.

Blah. True, money... I get student discount plus I basically pay these from my student support anyways, so, heh.

Oh, Alice in Wonderland! It's such a weird book and story. And, well, I suppose you're near to going to bed again?

Nose blocked. Tastebuds shot to hell. I'm drinking coffee but I can't taste anything. This is a travesty.

That's it; I'm staying in bed the whole day.

Feyfey... If vodka, tar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHAuferVgVI) and sauna can't help this disease... Nothing can. :smalleek: :smalltongue:

Teddy

2013-08-03, 05:58 AM

Again, I must point out how that was said by FinnLassie, not myself. I promise I will fix the broken quote with all due haste. Just give me a little time.
And this reminds me, I need to look up quartzite so I can imagine what the dark halls look like when illuminated by the flickering light of candles and torches.

Ahh, I was a bit confused about you two saying the same thing, and I did actually remember the errant closing tag, but I missed to link the two together. Sorry, Finn!

And quartzite is a pretty okay rock. Pure quartz is prettier, with a milky semi-transparency sometimes turning toward clear rock crystal, and while there often are many thin veins of quartz interspersed in the quartzite, the rest of it is mostly just uniformly whitish grey with the slightest sparkle to it...

That sounds wonderful beyond comprehension. It is one thing to visit friends, but to travel with them would be truly wonderful. Though we would still have to factor in flight zones and the like.

Nah, zeppelins are low altitude vessels. For as long as you stay away from the airports, you shouldn't have to worry.

*nods* Green is a noble colour.

Indeed it is, untarnished but also blending, fit for someone who wants to leave no footprint of harm in his wake.

So, he doesn't drink something that has considerable non-alcoholic flavour and an alcohol content that is sometimes as low as 7% (or lower, in some cases, not to mention de-alcoholised wine) and sometimes as high as around 13% in the stronger varieties because he can taste the alcohol, and drinks something that is 40+% alcohol with water added instead? Makes sense. Though, why he doesn't just drink rectified spirit (over 95% alcohol by volume) instead, I'll never know...

Well, I must admit that I've found the intensity of vodka to have the ability to (at least sometimes) shock your taste buds into not tasting the alcohol, while many wines seem to amplify it instead...

ION:
Due to some rather un-ergonomic chatting poses, my left shoulder is acting up. I've tied my dressing gown's belt around them to force them to rest at a less stretched position, and stuck a toy sword between the belt and my back to take away the load from my neck. It's by no means comfortable, but at least I won't have to massage my own shoulder every other minute...

Rawhide

2013-08-03, 08:12 AM

And I have to say that comparing the taste of fine to the taste of food is far too wide of a concept. I would say, it's more like, saying I don't like wine would be saying I don't like the food from a specific culture/area.

That is still far too specific, wine is available from many different cultures and has incredibly varied tastes and styles. There are so many different kinds, and they are so incredibly different.

I've tried various types of wine, trying to find anything that I like, but there isn't any, really. I don't get why I should even like wine and why people seem to have the need to prove me it is good, it is not a necessity in anyone's life, nor is any type of alcohol.

Eh, I'm not trying to prove to you that it is good, only saying that you can't really say that you don't like the taste of wine, only that you don't like the taste of what you've tried, because there are so many different tastes.

Elemental

2013-08-03, 08:30 AM

Blah. True, money... I get student discount plus I basically pay these from my student support anyways, so, heh.

Oh, Alice in Wonderland! It's such a weird book and story. And, well, I suppose you're near to going to bed again?

You must live in a very sophisticated country if massages are reduced in cost due to being a student.

It was written as such. And yes, though when you posted it was only eight in the evening, but I was playing Space Empires V and that murders time so it is now eleven.

Ahh, I was a bit confused about you two saying the same thing, and I did actually remember the errant closing tag, but I missed to link the two together. Sorry, Finn!

And quartzite is a pretty okay rock. Pure quartz is prettier, with a milky semi-transparency sometimes turning toward clear rock crystal, and while there often are many thin veins of quartz interspersed in the quartzite, the rest of it is mostly just uniformly whitish grey with the slightest sparkle to it...

Nah, zeppelins are low altitude vessels. For as long as you stay away from the airports, you shouldn't have to worry.

No worries. All that matters is that this misunderstanding has been explained.

Huh... My image search showed it to be highly variable and rather pretty. While it is not as sparkly as quartz, being a rock and not a crystalline mineral, it would likely be a more practical material for construction as, to my understanding, crystals are inherently fragile.
As always, one must examine the stone and decide which would be best for facing and which for structural sections no one will ever see. They did it with Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza and just about everything else ever built.

While that is likely the case throughout the vast majority of the Earth, I am certain that are restrictions in regard to cities, towns, industry and mountains.

Teddy

2013-08-03, 09:00 AM

Huh... My image search showed it to be highly variable and rather pretty. While it is not as sparkly as quartz, being a rock and not a crystalline mineral, it would likely be a more practical material for construction as, to my understanding, crystals are inherently fragile.
As always, one must examine the stone and decide which would be best for facing and which for structural sections no one will ever see. They did it with Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza and just about everything else ever built.

Yeah, I'm mostly working from what I've seen around here. After all, there are next to no types of stone which aren't highly variable depending on where you are in the world...

While that is likely the case throughout the vast majority of the Earth, I am certain that are restrictions in regard to cities, towns, industry and mountains.

Hmm, I've seen a fair number of ultra-light planes flying at low altitude over our house, but I'm not sure if I've ever seen any flying over the town centre (but then again, I usually don't hang around in the centre, so I may just have been unlucky)...

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-03, 09:41 AM

I need a guitar first. But I should be able to get one with ease as there is a music store within walking distance and I'd easily be able to get my Mum to drive me anyway so walking distance doesn't matter.

Dooooo ittttttt :smallbiggrin:

No! We're going to admire the sunshine today! Only if the sun would shine, though... Damn it, Scotland! *drag*

More like barely over one tank.

HA! It is pleasantly grey over here too, so I can't be forced into sunshine either way. :smalltongue:

Hey, not my fault yon Brits charge way too much for your gas (of course, we do too... just not nearly as much).

ION: Ah, sometimes I forget there are downsides to not worrying about anything; as my overactive (and apparently somewhat partitioned) mind wishes to chastise me for not doing so when it would seem appropriate.

FinnLassie

2013-08-03, 10:49 AM

You must live in a very sophisticated country if massages are reduced in cost due to being a student.

It was written as such. And yes, though when you posted it was only eight in the evening, but I was playing Space Empires V and that murders time so it is now eleven.

Well, it's the UK, everything seems to have a student discount here. To be fair not all massage places have student discounts, and even the one I go to has a very non-existent discount... It's less money nevertheless. :smalltongue:

And now that I'm back home, is it time for you to be in bed? I would think so, heh, it must be the early hours in Australia.

HA! It is pleasantly grey over here too, so I can't be forced into sunshine either way. :smalltongue:

Hey, not my fault yon Brits charge way too much for your gas (of course, we do too... just not nearly as much).

ION: Ah, sometimes I forget there are downsides to not worrying about anything; as my overactive (and apparently somewhat partitioned) mind wishes to chastise me for not doing so when it would seem appropriate.

Aww, Amicloudy gets to spend time in his favourite weather! :smalltongue:

*krhm* Excuse me, I don't think with a "British" state of mind. I have no clue what petrol over here costs, I'm thinkin' with mah Finnish brain, Finnish knowledge. :smallyuk: *pokes with stick* But yes. It's still very expensive. Bah. It was half the price like 6-7 years ago. :smallsigh:

Wait, what, were you worrying about something? :smalltongue: :smallconfused:

LaZodiac

2013-08-03, 10:53 AM

Uwaah I'm going out to lunch with my friend from work today. Woo!

FinnLassie

2013-08-03, 10:57 AM

AAAAAH SWEET CHEESE MOTHER OF CHILLI I ACCIDENTALLY FLIPPED CHILLI SAUCE IN MY EYE
AND I RUBBET IT

Uwaah I'm going out to lunch with my friend from work today. Woo!

Yay! Have a good time!

Rawhide

2013-08-03, 10:58 AM

RWBY. That is all.

Drakeburn

2013-08-03, 01:23 PM

RWBY. That is all.

I'll admit, RWBY is pretty good so far. 3D anime with a bit of old anime effects in it.

By the way, been working on some pixel art, trying out a new style.

What do you guys think? :smallcool:

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/215/3/e/fighter_sprite_by_darkcyberdude-d6ggty9.jpg

Made this one for the Avatar Fight.

Haluesen

2013-08-03, 01:34 PM

Uwaah I'm going out to lunch with my friend from work today. Woo!

Woot! Hope it is (or possibly was, depending on when it happens) fun! :smallsmile: Going out to eat with good company is great.

AAAAAH SWEET CHEESE MOTHER OF CHILLI I ACCIDENTALLY FLIPPED CHILLI SAUCE IN MY EYE
AND I RUBBET IT

Ah no! Here Finny I'll help get it out! *runs over with hose*

ION: Hi everyone. Ugh my body feels on serious autopilot right now, woke up after 11, this is so off for me. x.x

P.S: Drakeburn I like. :smallsmile: I wonder if I could have a health bar? :smallbiggrin: Should be a nice entry, I really like the shades.

HalfTangible

2013-08-03, 01:46 PM

RWBY. That is all.

I know right?! :D

LaZodiac

2013-08-03, 02:40 PM

What do you guys think? :smallcool:

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/215/3/e/fighter_sprite_by_darkcyberdude-d6ggty9.jpg

Made this one for the Avatar Fight.

It looks nice. Definitely a very good sprite edit, to be sure. The hair looks good, though a little painted on (but that's okay).

Lunch went well! We talked about how we don't need to do makeup and stuff so we save a bunch of time, and about movies (she thinks 2 and a half hours is too long. She discovered this while watching Wolverine. So I guess I know she doesn't like Hue Jackman abs.) and talked about having kids is a huge money sink.

At the end of it I shook her hand and she laughed at how formal I act and then we hugged.

Kymme

2013-08-03, 02:41 PM

RWBY. That is all.

Gonna go out on a limb and say Weiss is my favorite of the four.

Drakeburn

2013-08-03, 03:03 PM

It looks nice. Definitely a very good sprite edit, to be sure. The hair looks good, though a little painted on (but that's okay).

I used references from different Megaman Styled sprites to get a good idea of how to make my own. I actually made this one from scratch (made it with MS Paint).

In the future, I'm planning on making more sprites, Pokemon-Like, both overworld and trainer sprites.

I just hope I get an opponent soon, cause I'm really itching for a good avatar fight. :smallamused:

FinnLassie

2013-08-03, 03:03 PM

Ah no! Here Finny I'll help get it out! *runs over with hose*

ION: Hi everyone. Ugh my body feels on serious autopilot right now, woke up after 11, this is so off for me. x.x

Hal! NO! I'm already oka---WHARRBLGARBL *is soaked*

Sheesh, I wish I was able to do that.

Which reminds me, I have a 8am wake up call tomorrow... Noooo...

Gonna go out on a limb and say Weiss is my favorite of the four.

I've only seen the trailers for them (... are those the only things out at the moment, anyways?), but I have to agree with you. Seems like an interesting character, plus her design and weapon stole my heart. :smallbiggrin:

HalfTangible

2013-08-03, 03:05 PM

I just hope I get an opponent soon, cause I'm really itching for a good avatar fight. :smallamused:

*points to sig*
Avatar
Battle
Royale

Rawhide

2013-08-03, 03:10 PM

I've only seen the trailers for them (... are those the only things out at the moment, anyways?), but I have to agree with you. Seems like an interesting character, plus her design and weapon stole my heart. :smallbiggrin:

Yeah. The trailers. That's all. Oh, and the first three episodes.

Though, I'm kind of partial to Ruby's enthusiasm.

Haluesen

2013-08-03, 03:11 PM

Hal! NO! I'm already oka---WHARRBLGARBL *is soaked*

Sheesh, I wish I was able to do that.

Which reminds me, I have a 8am wake up call tomorrow... Noooo...

Hehe oops sorry. :smallbiggrin: I wanted to help! *hugs*

Well I don't like sleeping in. :smallconfused: I know I'm weird.

Aww I'm sorry. :smallfrown:

*points to sig*
Avatar
Battle
Royale

There's...wait...what? :smalleek: I gotta see this.

LaZodiac

2013-08-03, 03:25 PM

I used references from different Megaman Styled sprites to get a good idea of how to make my own. I actually made this one from scratch (made it with MS Paint).

In the future, I'm planning on making more sprites, Pokemon-Like, both overworld and trainer sprites.

I just hope I get an opponent soon, cause I'm really itching for a good avatar fight. :smallamused:

...Huh. For what it's worth, I've looked at the Megaman sprites for long enough to notice that you did it 100% perfectly. Like, you have done it so perfectly that I thought it was just an edit, not a full redraw. Good job!

Drakeburn

2013-08-03, 03:36 PM

...Huh. For what it's worth, I've looked at the Megaman sprites for long enough to notice that you did it 100% perfectly. Like, you have done it so perfectly that I thought it was just an edit, not a full redraw. Good job!

Thanks. The reason I do redraws rather than edits is so that I can feel more accomplished. How satisfying is it to just edit an already made sprite?

TaiLiu

2013-08-03, 03:44 PM

Huh. I stopped getting money from the folk to spend on trips when I was 16. Had to save up from my monthly allowances

Ah, the fabled "allowances." How exactly do they work?

Due to some rather un-ergonomic chatting poses, my left shoulder is acting up. I've tied my dressing gown's belt around them to force them to rest at a less stretched position, and stuck a toy sword between the belt and my back to take away the load from my neck. It's by no means comfortable, but at least I won't have to massage my own shoulder every other minute...
Ah. I hope your [left] shoulder feels better soon!

AAAAAH SWEET CHEESE MOTHER OF CHILLI I ACCIDENTALLY FLIPPED CHILLI SAUCE IN MY EYE
AND I RUBBET IT
OH NO

Lunch went well! We talked about how we don't need to do makeup and stuff so we save a bunch of time, and about movies (she thinks 2 and a half hours is too long. She discovered this while watching Wolverine. So I guess I know she doesn't like Hue Jackman abs.) and talked about having kids is a huge money sink.

At the end of it I shook her hand and she laughed at how formal I act and then we hugged.
Ah! That is good.

Teddy

2013-08-03, 04:25 PM

By the way, been working on some pixel art, trying out a new style.

What do you guys think? :smallcool:

*pixel art*

Made this one for the Avatar Fight.

Hmm, pretty good! The upside down Y-shape of his legs is a bit glaring, though. Perhaps try and move his feet closer to eachother so that he doesn't look like he's about to fall down in split...

LaZodiac

2013-08-03, 04:48 PM

Thanks. The reason I do redraws rather than edits is so that I can feel more accomplished. How satisfying is it to just edit an already made sprite?

I'd be more satisfied with just editing so that I can save time, personally :smalltongue:

Though your method allows for a deeper understanding of how the sprite itself works, so you can make poses off of it.

Drakeburn

2013-08-03, 05:38 PM

Hmm, pretty good! The upside down Y-shape of his legs is a bit glaring, though. Perhaps try and move his feet closer to eachother so that he doesn't look like he's about to fall down in split...

In case you haven't noticed, that is how the Megaman Style looks. :smalltongue:

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-03, 05:54 PM

Aww, Amicloudy gets to spend time in his favourite weather! :smalltongue:

*krhm* Excuse me, I don't think with a "British" state of mind. I have no clue what petrol over here costs, I'm thinkin' with mah Finnish brain, Finnish knowledge. :smallyuk: *pokes with stick* But yes. It's still very expensive. Bah. It was half the price like 6-7 years ago. :smallsigh:

Wait, what, were you worrying about something? :smalltongue: :smallconfused:

Indeed. :smallcool:

Bah, you're living in Scotland, it's a fair assumption. :smalltongue:

Strictly speaking, no.

By the way, been working on some pixel art, trying out a new style.

What do you guys think? :smallcool:

Very nice; I like it! :smallcool:

AAAAAH SWEET CHEESE MOTHER OF CHILLI I ACCIDENTALLY FLIPPED CHILLI SAUCE IN MY EYE
AND I RUBBET IT

*snicker*

ION: Session went well. Looks like all that planning at 3am paid off. :smallamused:

Coidzor

2013-08-03, 06:02 PM

Lunch went well! We talked about how we don't need to do makeup and stuff so we save a bunch of time, and about movies (she thinks 2 and a half hours is too long. She discovered this while watching Wolverine. So I guess I know she doesn't like Hue Jackman abs.) and talked about having kids is a huge money sink.

At the end of it I shook her hand and she laughed at how formal I act and then we hugged.

Not into Hugh Jackman and she brought up how children are a waste of time and money out of the blue? Weird girl. :smallconfused:

...Also Weird girl... :smalltongue:

Ionbound

2013-08-03, 06:03 PM

Hey, has anyone noticed how much the 00 on a D% look like how The Giant draws his character's eyes?

LaZodiac

2013-08-03, 06:03 PM

Not into Hugh Jackman and she brought up how children are a waste of time and money out of the blue? Weird girl. :smallconfused:

...Also Weird girl... :smalltongue:

Well we were talking about children in general due to my sister. It wasn't out of random :smallbiggrin:

Teddy

2013-08-03, 06:06 PM

In case you haven't noticed, that is how the Megaman Style looks. :smalltongue:

I'm an art critic, not a Megaman Style critic. That's what LaLa is here for. :smallwink:

But yeah, I judge art after what general impression it makes on me, and what things disturb that impression. And, I must admit that I find Megaman's legs a bit disturbing, like he's about to fall down in split...

FinnLassie

2013-08-03, 07:07 PM

Hehe oops sorry. :smallbiggrin: I wanted to help! *hugs*

ARGH! Get off me! *pout* First he tries to kill me with some awful water overload, then squish me to death... *mutter*

Ah, the fabled "allowances." How exactly do they work?

OH NO

*shrug* In our family, me and my other sister (this was introduced when me and her became teenagers) got 50 euros per month (later 70 as the cost of things had gone up a lot). With that we had to cover movie tickets, 90% of our clothes, CDs, DVDs, any extra transportation the folk didn't agree to... Hmrmmm.. Something along those lines.

I KNOW.
Tastes good though. Eyes just don't agree with the wonderful taste.

Bah, you're living in Scotland, it's a fair assumption. :smalltongue:

Strictly speaking, no.

*snicker*

But you should know that I don't drive a car... I dunno. My point here is lost in outer space.

Phew. You almost got me worried there. :smallsigh: :smalltongue:

:mad: *throws sauce in your eyes*

...Also Weird girl... :smalltongue:

Zoozie's the best weird girl there is! :smallbiggrin:

Hey, has anyone noticed how much the 00 on a D% look like how The Giant draws his character's eyes?

My life has a new, odd aspect to it.

Taet

2013-08-03, 07:11 PM

I have been here but not wanted to talk much. Just talk to me and lean on my shoulder if you need one. I am sorting the things from this morning's garage sales. I could buy a small bag of craft toys for 50 cents and I got five. It's work you don't need to think about.

Hey, has anyone noticed how much the 00 on a D% look like how The Giant draws his character's eyes?

I hadn't before. Now I can't not see it.

By the way, been working on some pixel art, trying out a new style.

What do you guys think? :smallcool:

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/215/3/e/fighter_sprite_by_darkcyberdude-d6ggty9.jpg

Made this one for the Avatar Fight.

You are right. Wide feet and a triangle body over all make it look like Megaman style to me and I have not even played those games. It's good work!

What's a good way to glue clear plastic sheets and not have the glue show? This bag had printed plastic shapes in it that would be good if they were stickers. They're just extra and it's OK if it is not possible. I bought this bag for the plastic sheets and the safety pins. Those will make cheap but fancy tags for the next blazer. Stickers would be extra.

Someone has already stuck stormtrooper head erasers on to all of the heads of the cross walk signs around here. I didn't do it. It's funny though.

FinnLassie

2013-08-03, 07:38 PM

I have been here but not wanted to talk much. Just talk to me and lean on my shoulder if you need one. I am sorting the things from this morning's garage sales. I could buy a small bag of craft toys for 50 cents and I got five. It's work you don't need to think about.

Taet! You're alive! :smallbiggrin:

Ooh. Garage sales... I've never been to one. They must be a load of fun.

LaZodiac

2013-08-03, 07:57 PM

You are right. Wide feet and a triangle body over all make it look like Megaman style to me and I have not even played those games. It's good work!

To clarify things. I'm not saying that the image is like Megaman. I'm saying that the way it's put together, if I took Megaman and put him ontop of it, or it ontop of him, they'd overlap perfectly. Which is actually quite a good job for something made from the ground up.

Taet

2013-08-03, 09:37 PM

Taet! You're alive! :smallbiggrin:

Ooh. Garage sales... I've never been to one. They must be a load of fun.

Most of the time they are. It's good to talk with the person about why they are making their life simpler or what is the new hobby that took the place of these supplies or where they are moving to or how the kids have grown up tall and grown out of those toys. Sometimes they are sad though. Bank sales are sad and so are estate sales from someone who has died. There was an estate sale today for someone like us. His sister did not understand geeks at all but was a little bit happier to see that someone else would like his geek stuff. I will have to make a story about the flying dragon figure about how it now holds the soul of its first owner. Now it's hovering over all the minis because it's six times as tall as the tallest of them and it is all to scale.

Elemental

2013-08-04, 04:40 AM

Yeah, I'm mostly working from what I've seen around here. After all, there are next to no types of stone which aren't highly variable depending on where you are in the world...

Hmm, I've seen a fair number of ultra-light planes flying at low altitude over our house, but I'm not sure if I've ever seen any flying over the town centre (but then again, I usually don't hang around in the centre, so I may just have been unlucky)...

Alas, the stone available in any particular area is likely to be very limited. Though it does give a unifying touch to a city or town, particularly in the case of older buildings when the importing of stone was exceedingly expensive.

I suppose it depends on the kind of aircraft in question.

Dooooo ittttttt :smallbiggrin:

I will do so then. First I need to check my finances to see how much I can put towards the purchasing of a guitar. I'd likely purchase a cheaper one due to the combination of being cheap and not willing to spend vast sums on something I'm not good at until I'm good enough to warrant such an expenditure.

Well, it's the UK, everything seems to have a student discount here. To be fair not all massage places have student discounts, and even the one I go to has a very non-existent discount... It's less money nevertheless. :smalltongue:

And now that I'm back home, is it time for you to be in bed? I would think so, heh, it must be the early hours in Australia.

One would be lucky to get a student discount at the cinemas these days... Of course, I can't get one anyway because I'm not a student. Though I do have a concession card that gets me cheaper public transport...

When you posted it was ten to two in the morning... So yes. At this moment, it is seven thirty-five in the evening. Brisbane is about ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time if I recall correctly...

Devmaar

2013-08-04, 05:45 AM

When you posted it was ten to two in the morning... So yes. At this moment, it is seven thirty-five in the evening. Brisbane is about ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time if I recall correctly...

Cross-referencing this with your posting time suggests 9 hours

Skeppio

2013-08-04, 05:48 AM

When you posted it was ten to two in the morning... So yes. At this moment, it is seven thirty-five in the evening. Brisbane is about ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time if I recall correctly...

Eastern Australia (Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales) is GMT +10. We're also not currently in daylight savings time.

I'm helping! ^_^

Feytalist

2013-08-04, 06:15 AM

Oh 3G why are you acting up.

So I slept for just over 16 hours. I feel... better. Not quite human yet, but I'm getting there.

Okay. Coffee!

Teddy

2013-08-04, 06:26 AM

Most of the time they are. It's good to talk with the person about why they are making their life simpler or what is the new hobby that took the place of these supplies or where they are moving to or how the kids have grown up tall and grown out of those toys. Sometimes they are sad though. Bank sales are sad and so are estate sales from someone who has died. There was an estate sale today for someone like us. His sister did not understand geeks at all but was a little bit happier to see that someone else would like his geek stuff. I will have to make a story about the flying dragon figure about how it now holds the soul of its first owner. Now it's hovering over all the minis because it's six times as tall as the tallest of them and it is all to scale.

This is a wonderful story, incorporate it into your game. A dragon which sprung from a figurine when it's crafter died, forever carrying his souls across the skies... :smallsmile:

Alas, the stone available in any particular area is likely to be very limited. Though it does give a unifying touch to a city or town, particularly in the case of older buildings when the importing of stone was exceedingly expensive.

Well, it kind of requires a town where wood wasn't an abundant building material as well, or only the rich homes will have used stone (which they very well may've imported), and such towns aren't especially common around here, with Visby being the only clear exception...

I suppose it depends on the kind of aircraft in question.

Possibly...

Eastern Australia (Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales) is GMT +10. We're also not currently in daylight savings time.

I'm helping! ^_^

Ahh, right, daylight saving time explains a few things...

I don't remember, but I think GMT actually includes daylight saving time as well, as compared to UTC which never does... Either way, GMT can be a bit confusing, while UTC never is...

factotum

2013-08-04, 07:22 AM

I don't remember, but I think GMT actually includes daylight saving time as well, as compared to UTC which never does... Either way, GMT can be a bit confusing, while UTC never is...

No, GMT and UTC are pretty much the same (I'm not even sure if there *is* any difference between them). When we go into daylight savings in the UK the time zone becomes BST (British Summer Time), which is GMT+1.

FinnLassie

2013-08-04, 07:58 AM

Most of the time they are. It's good to talk with the person about why they are making their life simpler or what is the new hobby that took the place of these supplies or where they are moving to or how the kids have grown up tall and grown out of those toys. Sometimes they are sad though. Bank sales are sad and so are estate sales from someone who has died. There was an estate sale today for someone like us. His sister did not understand geeks at all but was a little bit happier to see that someone else would like his geek stuff. I will have to make a story about the flying dragon figure about how it now holds the soul of its first owner. Now it's hovering over all the minis because it's six times as tall as the tallest of them and it is all to scale.

I might have gotten a bit teary eyed here. Just a bit. A TEENY TINY BIT.

One would be lucky to get a student discount at the cinemas these days... Of course, I can't get one anyway because I'm not a student. Though I do have a concession card that gets me cheaper public transport...

When you posted it was ten to two in the morning... So yes. At this moment, it is seven thirty-five in the evening. Brisbane is about ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time if I recall correctly...

Back in Finland the only things you get a student discount with are matters of transportation, i.e. trains and buses, and not even buses at all times. Man, do I love Orange Wednesdays with a student discount, it's like paying nothing for a film ticket...

*has been confused about time zones since moving to Scotland about a year ago* I mean heck, I can't even remember when I can contact my sister in Japan. Stupid time differences.

No, GMT and UTC are pretty much the same (I'm not even sure if there *is* any difference between them). When we go into daylight savings in the UK the time zone becomes BST (British Summer Time), which is GMT+1.

GMT is a time zone, UTC is a system for time-keeping. I... I can't explain it any better.

Rawhide

2013-08-04, 09:50 AM

No, GMT and UTC are pretty much the same (I'm not even sure if there *is* any difference between them). When we go into daylight savings in the UK the time zone becomes BST (British Summer Time), which is GMT+1.

UTC is GMT with leap seconds taken into account.

Also, Queensland never has daylight savings.

EmeraldRose

2013-08-04, 09:54 AM

*snip*
Okay. Coffee!
*in dances the coffee fairy with fresh, piping hot coffee for all the girls and boys*

Cuthalion

2013-08-04, 11:31 AM

See you guys in a week! Going off on a camping trip. Sorry for anyone who's waiting on my art, I'm terrible. :smallyuk:

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 11:34 AM

Have fun camping!

Also, fiveish hours sleep Zodi just had a nice, pleasant sort of rant. I think my mind is broken a little.

Zodi Wii U Portability Rant: man
[10:28:05 AM] LaZodiac: I love the realization I had
[10:28:07 AM] LaZodiac: lets say
[10:28:09 AM] LaZodiac: I'm at the airport
[10:28:13 AM] LaZodiac: I gotta wait for HOOOOURS
[10:28:17 AM] LaZodiac: and for some reason I don't want to plya my 3DS
[10:28:21 AM] LaZodiac: say I've beaten all the games on it
[10:28:25 AM] LaZodiac: I could take my Wii U
[10:28:28 AM] LaZodiac: plug it into the wall
[10:28:30 AM] LaZodiac: take out it's gamepad
[10:28:32 AM] LaZodiac: BAM son
[10:28:35 AM] LaZodiac: playing a game
[10:28:43 AM] LaZodiac: if it's a game that doesn't need the TV
[10:28:49 AM] LaZodiac: you...don't need to plug it into the tv
[10:28:56 AM] LaZodiac: which means you do not need a TV
[10:29:07 AM] LaZodiac: so like
[10:29:08 AM] LaZodiac: just
[10:29:14 AM] LaZodiac: take out my gamepad at the airport
[10:29:18 AM] LaZodiac: plug the system into a nearby wall
[10:29:25 AM] LaZodiac: blam, playing Super Mario World
[10:29:30 AM] LaZodiac: or Super Metroid
[10:29:33 AM] LaZodiac: or Earthbound
[10:29:42 AM] LaZodiac: or, in some cases
[10:29:44 AM] LaZodiac: like say
[10:29:46 AM] LaZodiac: Super Mario World U
[10:29:54 AM] LaZodiac: and Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
[10:30:01 AM] LaZodiac: those games
[10:30:04 AM] LaZodiac: those Wii U games
[10:30:12 AM] LaZodiac: use the gamepad as a second screen
[10:30:22 AM] LaZodiac: so they don't use the TV either
[10:30:25 AM] LaZodiac: they don't NEED the TV
[10:30:30 AM] LaZodiac: so I could play those too
[10:30:36 AM] LaZodiac: I am doing this that would BLOW MY ****ING MIND as a kid
[10:31:14 AM] LaZodiac: Loli Zodi would be like
[10:31:18 AM] LaZodiac: "THIS...THIS IS AMAZING"
[10:31:27 AM] LaZodiac: and then she'd ask to play Banjo Tooie on it
[10:31:32 AM] LaZodiac: and Adult Zodi would be all
[10:31:37 AM] LaZodiac: "...I'm...I'm so sorry"
[10:31:58 AM] LaZodiac: and Loli Zodi would be "BUTBUT, MAYBE THE NEXT BANJO GAME? RARE IS GOOD THEY'LL NEVER LET ME DOWN"
[10:32:10 AM] LaZodiac: and Adult Zodi would be all "....I'm...oh I'm so, so sorry. I'm so sorry"
[10:32:18 AM] LaZodiac: and then we'd have a nice comforting hug
[10:32:19 AM] LaZodiac: and then eat doughnuts

Skeppio

2013-08-04, 11:44 AM

Also, fiveish hours sleep Zodi just had a nice, pleasant sort of rant. I think my mind is broken a little.

Zodi Wii U Portability Rant: *snips*

Maybe you need a tad more sleep. :smalltongue:

Also, is it odd that your rant made me think "loli Zodi would be the cutest little thing ever"? ^.^

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 11:45 AM

Maybe you need a tad more sleep. :smalltongue:

Also, is it odd that your rant made me think "loli Zodi would be the cutest little thing ever"? ^.^

Not odd at all. I was apparently a really cute kids. More then three cashiers had asked my Mom if they can take my eyelashes because they're apparently like, super fantastic.

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-04, 11:59 AM

But you should know that I don't drive a car... I dunno. My point here is lost in outer space.

Phew. You almost got me worried there. :smallsigh: :smalltongue:

:mad: *throws sauce in your eyes*

Hey, I knew how much gas cost before I could drive. :smalltongue:

Heheheheh :smallamused:

:smallbiggrin:

I will do so then. First I need to check my finances to see how much I can put towards the purchasing of a guitar. I'd likely purchase a cheaper one due to the combination of being cheap and not willing to spend vast sums on something I'm not good at until I'm good enough to warrant such an expenditure.

*nods* Some cheap acoustic would serve you well. Hell, I've got one of those. :smallcool:

See you guys in a week! Going off on a camping trip. Sorry for anyone who's waiting on my art, I'm terrible. :smallyuk:

Have fun! :smallcool:

Also, fiveish hours sleep Zodi just had a nice, pleasant sort of rant. I think my mind is broken a little.

Zodi Wii U Portability Rant: man
[10:28:05 AM] LaZodiac: I love the realization I had
[10:28:07 AM] LaZodiac: lets say
[10:28:09 AM] LaZodiac: I'm at the airport
[10:28:13 AM] LaZodiac: I gotta wait for HOOOOURS
[10:28:17 AM] LaZodiac: and for some reason I don't want to plya my 3DS
[10:28:21 AM] LaZodiac: say I've beaten all the games on it
[10:28:25 AM] LaZodiac: I could take my Wii U
[10:28:28 AM] LaZodiac: plug it into the wall
[10:28:30 AM] LaZodiac: take out it's gamepad
[10:28:32 AM] LaZodiac: BAM son
[10:28:35 AM] LaZodiac: playing a game
[10:28:43 AM] LaZodiac: if it's a game that doesn't need the TV
[10:28:49 AM] LaZodiac: you...don't need to plug it into the tv
[10:28:56 AM] LaZodiac: which means you do not need a TV
[10:29:07 AM] LaZodiac: so like
[10:29:08 AM] LaZodiac: just
[10:29:14 AM] LaZodiac: take out my gamepad at the airport
[10:29:18 AM] LaZodiac: plug the system into a nearby wall
[10:29:25 AM] LaZodiac: blam, playing Super Mario World
[10:29:30 AM] LaZodiac: or Super Metroid
[10:29:33 AM] LaZodiac: or Earthbound
[10:29:42 AM] LaZodiac: or, in some cases
[10:29:44 AM] LaZodiac: like say
[10:29:46 AM] LaZodiac: Super Mario World U
[10:29:54 AM] LaZodiac: and Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
[10:30:01 AM] LaZodiac: those games
[10:30:04 AM] LaZodiac: those Wii U games
[10:30:12 AM] LaZodiac: use the gamepad as a second screen
[10:30:22 AM] LaZodiac: so they don't use the TV either
[10:30:25 AM] LaZodiac: they don't NEED the TV
[10:30:30 AM] LaZodiac: so I could play those too
[10:30:36 AM] LaZodiac: I am doing this that would BLOW MY ****ING MIND as a kid
[10:31:14 AM] LaZodiac: Loli Zodi would be like
[10:31:18 AM] LaZodiac: "THIS...THIS IS AMAZING"
[10:31:27 AM] LaZodiac: and then she'd ask to play Banjo Tooie on it
[10:31:32 AM] LaZodiac: and Adult Zodi would be all
[10:31:37 AM] LaZodiac: "...I'm...I'm so sorry"
[10:31:58 AM] LaZodiac: and Loli Zodi would be "BUTBUT, MAYBE THE NEXT BANJO GAME? RARE IS GOOD THEY'LL NEVER LET ME DOWN"
[10:32:10 AM] LaZodiac: and Adult Zodi would be all "....I'm...oh I'm so, so sorry. I'm so sorry"
[10:32:18 AM] LaZodiac: and then we'd have a nice comforting hug
[10:32:19 AM] LaZodiac: and then eat doughnuts

Bahahahahahaha, brilliant! :smallbiggrin:

Maybe you need a tad more sleep. :smalltongue:

Also, is it odd that your rant made me think "loli Zodi would be the cutest little thing ever"? ^.^

Sleep? What's that? :smalltongue:

Skeppio

2013-08-04, 12:11 PM

Not odd at all. I was apparently a really cute kids. More then three cashiers had asked my Mom if they can take my eyelashes because they're apparently like, super fantastic.

D'aawwww ^.^

Qwertystop

2013-08-04, 04:09 PM

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 04:47 PM

Pikmin thoughts!

(wow... opening's dark)

This. Looks. Amazing.

So, they remember Olimar?

Heh. Alph and Red's first meeting.

Ha, <Please still be alive>

Worth the wait from the first well-it's-in-the-works announcement.

I have been playing it too! About Olimar...it's implied that he's dead. Something has happened. Something mysterious!

Qwertystop

2013-08-04, 04:48 PM

I have been playing it too! About Olimar...it's implied that he's dead. Something has happened. Something mysterious!

I know you're playing - sent you a message.

All I've seen is the first message you find. Also, I wish you could split large enemies to make more than one kind of Pikmin. Because wow.

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 06:15 PM

I know you're playing - sent you a message.

All I've seen is the first message you find. Also, I wish you could split large enemies to make more than one kind of Pikmin. Because wow.

Ah, I hadn't noticed you sent me a message, sorry!

And that'd be interesting an idea, but also require us to rip enemies into pieces which would be kind of crazy XP

Qwertystop

2013-08-04, 06:21 PM

Ah, I hadn't noticed you sent me a message, sorry!

And that'd be interesting an idea, but also require us to rip enemies into pieces which would be kind of crazy XP

Or just have it fall apart when you kill it. That first boss is massive and has very little space for carrying relative to size.

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 06:23 PM

Or just have it fall apart when you kill it. That first boss is massive and has very little space for carrying relative to size.

True, true. That guy is pretty huge. And he gives SO MANY Pikmin. I jumped frm like 20 greys to 147 greys after eating his corpse.

Qwertystop

2013-08-04, 06:44 PM

True, true. That guy is pretty huge. And he gives SO MANY Pikmin. I jumped frm like 20 greys to 147 greys after eating his corpse.

I think there were other things involved in that jump - I ended up in the high 50s in-onion. Maybe the corpse degrades? I didn't have time to drag it back that day.

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 06:46 PM

I think there were other things involved in that jump - I ended up in the high 50s in-onion. Maybe the corpse degrades? I didn't have time to drag it back that day.

That happened to me too. Maybe I just didn't know how many Pikmin I had at the time XP

Elemental

2013-08-04, 08:26 PM

Cross-referencing this with your posting time suggests 9 hours

Well, I did say about. And then there's always the possibility that you people in England are living with daylight savings at the moment, so that makes things slightly more complicated.

Eastern Australia (Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales) is GMT +10. We're also not currently in daylight savings time.

I'm helping! ^_^

That is indeed the case. Most of the rest of Australia uses daylight savings, except for us in Queensland. Because we're awesome and special. There is actually a reason we don't, but I can't remember it.

Well, it kind of requires a town where wood wasn't an abundant building material as well, or only the rich homes will have used stone (which they very well may've imported), and such towns aren't especially common around here, with Visby being the only clear exception...

I meant for churches, fortifications and public buildings. The first two of which are almost always stone and the last of which is often stone. Before the invention of motorised transport, moving stone long distances was an exceedingly expensive and slow process, and if you needed a lot of it, it was best to just find the nearest quarries and save imported stone for embellishments.
Otherwise, one needs the infrastructure and might of an empire combined with convenient transportation to accomplish it, which is still no guarantee. Even the Egyptians who had access to what was practically a super highway in those days used different kinds of stone for their temples based on location to save on costs and time.

Back in Finland the only things you get a student discount with are matters of transportation, i.e. trains and buses, and not even buses at all times. Man, do I love Orange Wednesdays with a student discount, it's like paying nothing for a film ticket...

*has been confused about time zones since moving to Scotland about a year ago* I mean heck, I can't even remember when I can contact my sister in Japan. Stupid time differences.

As always, it depends on the business in question. Which is highly variable from place to place. Cinemas are often expensive here anyway, at least to my understanding.

Fortunately, all my close relations live within four hours driving distance so time zones are not an issue. But alas, it does play havoc with my trying to work out what the best time to be on the Internet to discuss things with people is. It is a curse I assure you.
So, I've had to come up with a solution and it involves making you all move to Australia. However, like most solutions it lacks practicality.

Hey, I knew how much gas cost before I could drive. :smalltongue:

*nods* Some cheap acoustic would serve you well. Hell, I've got one of those. :smallcool:

Sleep? What's that? :smalltongue:

That's one the reasons I don't think learning to drive would be a good idea. That combined with the eternal worry that I'll just end up crashing all the time.
Though, I may have to learn to drive anyway if we move to Proston.

Indeed it would. I'm pretty sure they have those down at the local music store. But I can't remember how much they cost any more and their website was notably uninformative.

I believe that this comic can explain it: Hallucinations (http://xkcd.com/203/)

Dimonite

2013-08-04, 09:40 PM

I should probably talk to people more about things other than Andre... but my life hasn't been all that interesting lately, so here's the latest picture of him, almost all feathered up! Also one of his parents looking on with disapproval. :smalltongue:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q71/s720x720/1098063_10201872135307901_1476219385_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/q71/s720x720/1094942_10201872134907891_1685630164_n.jpg

LaZodiac

2013-08-04, 10:09 PM

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-04, 11:38 PM

Not odd at all. I was apparently a really cute kids. More then three cashiers had asked my Mom if they can take my eyelashes because they're apparently like, super fantastic.

Mine were, once. Then I went "I don't careeee" are they instantly lost a centimeter.:smalltongue:

Andre be silly.

ION:MIYAMOTO I WANT TO YELL AT YOU. First Skyward Sword, and now this.:smallmad: ANGER AND RAGE.

Deathkeeper

2013-08-04, 11:39 PM

Skeppio

2013-08-04, 11:47 PM

I should probably talk to people more about things other than Andre... but my life hasn't been all that interesting lately, so here's the latest picture of him, almost all feathered up! Also one of his parents looking on with disapproval. :smalltongue:

*snip images*

Aww, cute! He's growing up quickly! (I don't know much about birds or how fast they mature) :smallsmile:

Dimonite

2013-08-05, 12:17 AM

D'aw, he looks so cute now!

I thought he was cute before. :smalltongue:
But really, I'm surprised to see this level of featherage already.

Mine were, once. Then I went "I don't careeee" are they instantly lost a centimeter.:smalltongue:

My stage makeup professor kept on telling me not to use mascara when everyone else was using mascara, because my eyelashes are WAAAAY too long.

"Don't look at me! Don't look at meee! *raac!*"

I think he's used to it by now - he's been putting up with it since before he was hatched. :smalltongue:

Aww, cute! He's growing up quickly! (I don't know much about birds or how fast they mature) :smallsmile:

Well, I can now tell you that cardinals mature faster than cockatiels. I was expecting them to grow at the same rate, which would have meant that Andre wouldn't be this feathery for another few days at least.

Feytalist

2013-08-05, 04:17 AM

So yesterday after my extended nap I woke up with the weirdest burst of energy. So I cleaned everything.

No wait, I did that wrong. Cleaned ALL THE THINGS

I miss Hyperbole and a Half wait there was a new one just earlier this year how did I forget that

Qwertystop

2013-08-05, 07:04 AM

ION:MIYAMOTO I WANT TO YELL AT YOU. First Skyward Sword, and now this.:smallmad: ANGER AND RAGE.

What is the "this" in question?

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-05, 09:20 AM

What is the "this" in question?

Seconded. :smallconfused:

AtlanteanTroll

2013-08-05, 09:21 AM

My stage makeup professor kept on telling me not to use mascara when everyone else was using mascara, because my eyelashes are WAAAAY too long.
I too have had this happen with various directors. I also have to get an excruciating amount of blush because I'm so damn pale. :smallsigh:

(Theater, making men talk about makeup since antiquity.)

Skeppio

2013-08-05, 09:30 AM

What is the "this" in question?

Seconded. :smallconfused:

Based off the discussion I had with him several hours ago, he's mad at Luigi's Mansion 2, since he needs to beat X number of levels before he has access to the multiplayer. :smallamused::smalltongue:

MetDitto

2013-08-05, 09:37 AM

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

HalfTangible

2013-08-05, 09:46 AM

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

Canada's freezing.

Rawhide

2013-08-05, 09:50 AM

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

If you die in Canada you die in REAL LIFE (http://xkcd.com/180/)!

Skeppio

2013-08-05, 10:03 AM

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

I want. :c

Dimonite

2013-08-05, 10:27 AM

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

That... actually sounds fun. Shame about my lack of any sort of transportation. :smalltongue:

If you die in Canada you die in REAL LIFE (http://xkcd.com/180/)!

First you get me hooked on Steam Powered Giraffe (unless that was someone else, but I was fairly sure that was you) and now I'm archive binging XKCD again. I hope you're happy. :smalltongue:

FinnLassie

2013-08-05, 10:32 AM

As always, it depends on the business in question. Which is highly variable from place to place. Cinemas are often expensive here anyway, at least to my understanding.

Fortunately, all my close relations live within four hours driving distance so time zones are not an issue. But alas, it does play havoc with my trying to work out what the best time to be on the Internet to discuss things with people is. It is a curse I assure you.
So, I've had to come up with a solution and it involves making you all move to Australia. However, like most solutions it lacks practicality.

Cinemas in Finland were horribly expensive, guh. How much are they in the glory of Aussie-land?

My family's sort of all over the place... Sister in Japan, me here in Scotland (and well, I don't know where I'll end up :smallwink:), other sister has settled in Finland, but they might move to the States at some point, if her husband wants to do a phD. People to me are either walking distance or a flight or two away. I just have to get used to it.

I should probably talk to people more about things other than Andre... but my life hasn't been all that interesting lately, so here's the latest picture of him, almost all feathered up! Also one of his parents looking on with disapproval. :smalltongue:

-snip, pics-

I think my heart just melted.

Hey, I knew how much gas cost before I could drive. :smalltongue:

Heheheheh :smallamused:

Well well well, didn't Mr. Smartypants just enter the room with their pure wit. :smallyuk: :smallwink: :smalltongue:

You evil, evil man.

ION: I put new glasses and sunglasses into order today, hopefully the sunglasses will arrive this week. I wouldn't really have had the need to change my lenses, but as my current frames seem to be falling apart as we speak... It's sort of necessary. These have been fixed far too many times up until now. *narrows eyes* My sunglasses will be polarised. Aww yiss. :smallcool:

Rawhide

2013-08-05, 10:34 AM

First you get me hooked on Steam Powered Giraffe (unless that was someone else, but I was fairly sure that was you) and now I'm archive binging XKCD again. I hope you're happy. :smalltongue:

That was me. And it is so funny that you should mention it. I only just loaded their Diamonds video moments before reading your post and am currently listening to it. It's playing fullscreen on my third monitor.

The Succubus

2013-08-05, 10:53 AM

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

Well, I can share some good recipes with you. I made some lebkuchen on the weekend and they got devoured at work today. (They're gingerbread cake/biscuit things).

Yeah, I endorse this idea - go to it! ^_^

Rawhide

2013-08-05, 10:53 AM

P.S. This would have been awesome. (http://vimeo.com/64272956)

Kymme

2013-08-05, 11:16 AM

P.S. This would have been awesome. (http://vimeo.com/64272956)

Yes. Yes it would.
*sheds single tear*

ION: Stayed up till three in the morning last night taking down a set and BOY are my arms tired. At least I got some theater seats out of the deal.

MetDitto

2013-08-05, 11:18 AM

Canada's freezing.
I'm a cuddlebug and I love layers and blankies. :333

If you die in Canada you die in REAL LIFE (http://xkcd.com/180/)!
B-but we'll be in a warm bakery, munchin on these (http://i.imgur.com/c8T7p95.jpg)!

I want. :c
Drop everything and fly over!

That... actually sounds fun. Shame about my lack of any sort of transportation. :smalltongue:
We can pay for transportation in this fantasy ^_^

Well, I can share some good recipes with you. I made some lebkuchen on the weekend and they got devoured at work today. (They're gingerbread cake/biscuit things).

Yeah, I endorse this idea - go to it! ^_^
The bakery is to be "Gingerbread Queers" so we can totes make those.

also I just this (http://i.imgur.com/zDlAv.jpg):33

(bread is kind of awesome you guiz)

LaZodiac

2013-08-05, 11:51 AM

What is the "this" in question?

Seconded. :smallconfused:

Sheep is dumb and bad at games. He also buys single player games with the express purpose of playing their minor multiplayer modes.

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

Awesome! Where in Canada?

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-05, 11:56 AM

Sheep is dumb and bad at games. He also buys single player games with the express purpose of playing their minor multiplayer modes.I will only contest the latter one, but Pikmin 3 and Luigi's Mansion both need me to spend half an hour trawling around their tutorial and loads of cutscenes before I can do any multiplayer. And I say "grr" at this!:smallmad::smalltongue:

Awesome! Where in Canada?
*place where webcomic supposedly takes place at*:smalltongue:

AtlanteanTroll

2013-08-05, 11:58 AM

I will only contest the latter one, but Pikmin 3 and Luigi's Mansion both need me to spend half an hour trawling around their tutorial and loads of cutscenes before I can do any multiplayer. And I say "grr" at this!:smallmad::smalltongue:
Do you mean the Luigi's Mansion for the 3DS? Because that's looking to be one of my first purchases (after Pokemon Y, of course) once I finally do get my hands on one.

LaZodiac

2013-08-05, 12:12 PM

Do you mean the Luigi's Mansion for the 3DS? Because that's looking to be one of my first purchases (after Pokemon Y, of course) once I finally do get my hands on one.

He does mean that, and he's taking it far to hard. If he had listened to the game's clues instead of assuming they were tricks, he'd of finished the first mission in around ten minutes, a perfectly reasonable length. As opposed to the 25 or so he did.

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-05, 12:25 PM

Do you mean the Luigi's Mansion for the 3DS? Because that's looking to be one of my first purchases (after Pokemon Y, of course) once I finally do get my hands on one.Its a good purchase, despite my willingness to return it (and I would have, if it didn't take half an hour to do.:smalltongue:), its just ANNOYED. ANNOYED-NESS-NESS.:smallsigh::smalltongue:

He does mean that, and he's taking it far to hard. If he had listened to the game's clues instead of assuming they were tricks, he'd of finished the first mission in around ten minutes, a perfectly reasonable length. As opposed to the 25 or so he did.And there are three missions after that before I can do any multiplayer. So 30 minutes+, which I find to be too much, especially after having just done this for Pikmin 3.:smallmad:

MetDitto

2013-08-05, 12:26 PM

Sheep is dumb and bad at games. He also buys single player games with the express purpose of playing their minor multiplayer modes.

Awesome! Where in Canada?

I don't actually know anything about Canada :p so I'm open to suggestions

Deathkeeper

2013-08-05, 12:28 PM

He does mean that, and he's taking it far to hard. If he had listened to the game's clues instead of assuming they were tricks, he'd of finished the first mission in around ten minutes, a perfectly reasonable length. As opposed to the 25 or so he did.

Wait, the first mission? Where pretty much all you have to do is get the poltergust and beat like 4 ghosts? I think I did it in 7 and still got all possible money.

I got through the whole first mansion in one hour. It's a single player game for goshsake!

LaZodiac

2013-08-05, 12:29 PM

Its a good purchase, despite my willingness to return it (and I would have, if it didn't take half an hour to do.:smalltongue:), its just ANNOYED. ANNOYED-NESS-NESS.:smallsigh::smalltongue:

And there are three missions after that before I can do any multiplayer. So 30 minutes+, which I find to be too much, especially after having just done this for Pikmin 3.:smallmad:

Oh no, playing the game so you can play more of the game~

I don't actually know anything about Canada :p so I'm open to suggestions

I'd suggest not Yellowknife because it's a small town! But also I would suggest Yellowknife since it's where I live and I want a bakery.

Wait, the first mission? Where pretty much all you have to do is get the poltergust and beat like 4 ghosts? I think I did it in 7 and still got all possible money.

I got through the whole first mansion in one hour. It's a single player game for goshsake!

See above comment about Sheep being bad at games :smalltongue:

(just teasing guys!)

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-05, 12:30 PM

Wait, the first mission? Where pretty much all you have to do is get the poltergust and beat like 4 ghosts? I think I did it in 7 and still got all possible money.

Yeah. I looked in the window. See two ghosts screwing around in the car. I go into garage. Look in all the stupid boxes. Become annoyed. Turn off, eat. Come back, swear at the car, get 5000. Two hours later, I have the multiplayer. :smalltongue:

Deathkeeper

2013-08-05, 12:34 PM

In a game that gives you almost no penalty for death, during the tutorial, and is about hunting ghosts, your first thought wasn't to check where the ghosts were?!

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-05, 12:36 PM

In a game that gives you almost no penalty for death, during the tutorial, and is about hunting ghosts, your first thought wasn't to check where the ghosts were?!

Ok, one:YOU CAN DIE IN THIS ONE?:smalleek::smalltongue: Meh. :P

When all I wanted was a main menu so I could do multiplayer? YES.

Deathkeeper

2013-08-05, 12:56 PM

Ok, one:YOU CAN DIE IN THIS ONE?:smalleek::smalltongue: Meh. :P

When all I wanted was a main menu so I could do multiplayer? YES.

Well, you could die in the first one. Your hearts run out you get bounced out and take the most minor of money penalties back then. I think it's about the same.

And just how did you expect to play multiplayer before you learned the controls and new items, hmm?

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-05, 12:59 PM

Well, you could die in the first one. Your hearts run out you get bounced out and take the most minor of money penalties back then. I think it's about the same.

And just how did you expect to play multiplayer before you learned the controls and new items, hmm?

Money penalty practically everytime you get hit, if I remember right, but yeah, you can die in the first one. This one feels like more like Epic Yarn, however.

The way I usually do?:smallconfused: By playing with three others who don't know the controls, but are are familiar with the controller?

FinnLassie

2013-08-05, 01:02 PM

*evil laughter*

I did it! I did it! I got rid of a 3-inch moth! Without even killing it!
let's not talk about the amount of tears and screams I shared with the world before it finally flew out...

Deathkeeper

2013-08-05, 01:09 PM

Money penalty practically everytime you get hit, if I remember right, but yeah, you can die in the first one. This one feels like more like Epic Yarn, however.

The way I usually do?:smallconfused: By playing with three others who don't know the controls, but are are familiar with the controller?

I don't really get it myself. The multiplayer is just the single player but with more frustration. It's the same gameplay either way, so if you dislike the main game it's going to be the same thing from what I've seen.

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-05, 01:16 PM

I don't really get it myself. The multiplayer is just the single player but with more frustration. It's the same gameplay either way, so if you dislike the main game it's going to be the same thing from what I've seen.

I'm fine with the main game, I'm just an anti-fan of unlocking multiplayer.

Teddy

2013-08-05, 01:40 PM

Dimonite

2013-08-05, 03:00 PM

I too have had this happen with various directors. I also have to get an excruciating amount of blush because I'm so damn pale. :smallsigh:

(Theater, making men talk about makeup since antiquity.)

I'm actually glad of it, though - mascara is a PAIN, almost as much as eyeliner. How some women deal with that stuff every day is beyond me.

Anyhoo, more Andre! My mom actually got pictures of him being fed and they are FANTASTIC.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/64709_10201880306432174_1077368877_n.jpg

I love Andre in the background just yelling at his dad. "Over here, I want food NAOW!" :smalltongue:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523423_10201880306512176_643126159_n.jpg

"Shut up and eat, son."

FinnLassie

2013-08-05, 03:39 PM

Three inches!? Wow, that's one mother of all moths...

Tell me about it. You should've been online when that thing was trying to kill me last night! Now, I got that bastard in the daylight. :smallcool:

Anyhoo, more Andre! My mom actually got pictures of him being fed and they are FANTASTIC.

-snip-

I love Andre in the background just yelling at his dad. "Over here, I want food NAOW!" :smalltongue:

-snip-

"Shut up and eat, son."

Andre, you wondrous being! ;____; <3 Please, keep us updated!

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-05, 03:56 PM

That's one the reasons I don't think learning to drive would be a good idea. That combined with the eternal worry that I'll just end up crashing all the time.

Indeed it would. I'm pretty sure they have those down at the local music store. But I can't remember how much they cost any more and their website was notably uninformative.

It can get expensive, aye, but only if you have to drive a long way or a lot.

*nods* You should be able to find a relatively decent one for the equivalent of $50-$100 US dollars, although you might have to get it used.

Well well well, didn't Mr. Smartypants just enter the room with their pure wit. :smallyuk: :smallwink: :smalltongue:

You evil, evil man.

ION: I put new glasses and sunglasses into order today, hopefully the sunglasses will arrive this week. I wouldn't really have had the need to change my lenses, but as my current frames seem to be falling apart as we speak... It's sort of necessary. These have been fixed far too many times up until now. *narrows eyes* My sunglasses will be polarised. Aww yiss. :smallcool:

:smallbiggrin:

Well, it is Lawful Evil. :smallwink:

Nice. :smallcool:

Yeah. I looked in the window. See two ghosts screwing around in the car. I go into garage. Look in all the stupid boxes. Become annoyed. Turn off, eat. Come back, swear at the car, get 5000. Two hours later, I have the multiplayer. :smalltongue:

Oh, you've finally finished that, have you? :smallamused:

*evil laughter*

I did it! I did it! I got rid of a 3-inch moth! Without even killing it!
let's not talk about the amount of tears and screams I shared with the world before it finally flew out...

*snicker* :smallbiggrin:

Three inches!? Wow, that's one mother of all moths...

ION:
Ugh, not feeling good today. Not feeling good at all...

I'd say it's more medium-sized, really, but y'all don't get luna (https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7NTxk5-u1HleeFvrh7fLFeSFaJq_zj6lCwENP0GzgjbP8NwC-Cw)moths (http://www.breadwig.com/photography/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMGP9334-butterfly-lunar-moth-photo-breadwig.com-zoom.jpg)in Europe. (and they're not but so big, either)

Feel better, man. :\

Tell me about it. You should've been online when that thing was trying to kill me last night! Now, I got that bastard in the daylight. :smallcool:

Hehehe :smallbiggrin: :smalltongue:

Haluesen

2013-08-05, 04:22 PM

*evil laughter*

I did it! I did it! I got rid of a 3-inch moth! Without even killing it!
let's not talk about the amount of tears and screams I shared with the world before it finally flew out...

Congratulations. :smallbiggrin: Be proud of your great victory! (not sarcasm).

ION:
Ugh, not feeling good today. Not feeling good at all...

Aww what's wrong? :smallfrown:

ION: Hi everyone! I am back home!

Deathkeeper

2013-08-05, 05:08 PM

*evil laughter*

I did it! I did it! I got rid of a 3-inch moth! Without even killing it!
let's not talk about the amount of tears and screams I shared with the world before it finally flew out...

One time I had to do this because the moth wouldn't get out of my room, and kept dive bombing my head when I assumed it vanished and tried to sleep. I tried sleeping in a different room, failed, came back, used the bathroom in frustration, and when I came out it was fluttering out of my door and into the hall, which is when I slapped it into the bathroom and shut the door. After four hours I slept that night, darn it!

Teddy

2013-08-05, 05:38 PM

Tell me about it. You should've been online when that thing was trying to kill me last night! Now, I got that bastard in the daylight. :smallcool:

Finn vs. The Murder Moth
A struggle between giants, between Finnish sisu and insectoid... insectoidness. Only one can emerge victorious.

I'd say it's more medium-sized, really, but y'all don't get luna (https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7NTxk5-u1HleeFvrh7fLFeSFaJq_zj6lCwENP0GzgjbP8NwC-Cw)moths (http://www.breadwig.com/photography/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMGP9334-butterfly-lunar-moth-photo-breadwig.com-zoom.jpg)in Europe. (and they're not but so big, either)

Those are so cool...

Feel better, man. :\

Don't worry, I do now, but thanks for your concern. :smallsmile:

Aww what's wrong? :smallfrown:

Stuff, but it's getting better. Thanks for your concern anyway. :smallsmile:

Dimonite

2013-08-05, 07:05 PM

Andre, you wondrous being! ;____; <3 Please, keep us updated!

Well, my mom was watching him (or, as is increasingly more likely, her) all day, and he/she flew for the first time! Which means we may not be getting so many nice nest pictures in the future. :smalltongue:

ION: I figured out today that you get more pictures of me by searching "Dimonite" than by searching my real name in quotes. Is that weird?

IOON: WHY CAN I NOT BE THIS CHILD?!? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pdwoq0mHNQ)

FinnLassie

2013-08-05, 08:38 PM

Well, it is Lawful Evil. :smallwink:

Nice. :smallcool:

*snicker* :smallbiggrin:

Hehehe :smallbiggrin: :smalltongue:

Sure, sure, what ever Amilignment.

It is indeed nice. I actually didn't know that polarised lenses were, well, a type of lens, had only seen the word come up in some really sporty ads so I thought it was that kind of a thing. Ahh. Can't wait for the sunglasses. Or the other specs. I'm going to look proper weird with those ones on.

I blame you for all of my misfortune...

And, still, you dare to laugh!

Congratulations. :smallbiggrin: Be proud of your great victory! (not sarcasm).

:smallconfused:

Not sure if mentioning that it isn't sarcasm is sarcasm...

:confused:
:smalltongue:

One time I had to do this because the moth wouldn't get out of my room, and kept dive bombing my head when I assumed it vanished and tried to sleep. I tried sleeping in a different room, failed, came back, used the bathroom in frustration, and when I came out it was fluttering out of my door and into the hall, which is when I slapped it into the bathroom and shut the door. After four hours I slept that night, darn it!

:eek: That... That is unacceptable behaviour from the moth!

Finn vs. The Murder Moth
A struggle between giants, between Finnish sisu and insectoid... insectoidness. Only one can emerge victorious.

You are truly a great wee bear.

Well, my mom was watching him (or, as is increasingly more likely, her) all day, and he/she flew for the first time! Which means we may not be getting so many nice nest pictures in the future. :smalltongue:

ION: I figured out today that you get more pictures of me by searching "Dimonite" than by searching my real name in quotes. Is that weird?

I wish there'd be at least one picture of sweet Andre in flight!

*shrug* To be fair, you can't find a single picture of me if you google my name. Google FinnLassie? Oh, sure. Tons.

Haluesen

2013-08-05, 09:05 PM

Finn vs. The Murder Moth
A struggle between giants, between Finnish sisu and insectoid... insectoidness. Only one can emerge victorious.

Stuff, but it's getting better. Thanks for your concern anyway. :smallsmile:

Heh. :smallamused: I want to see this.

And good! Better is grand. :smallbiggrin:

:smallconfused:

Not sure if mentioning that it isn't sarcasm is sarcasm...

:confused:
:smalltongue:

*shrug* To be fair, you can't find a single picture of me if you google my name. Google FinnLassie? Oh, sure. Tons.

I mentioned it because it wasn't sarcastic, in my head it sounded that way. I wanted to clear the matter up. :smallsmile: And I hate moths, so yeah.

Really this? Seriously? :smalltongue: Wow Google, wow.

Qwertystop

2013-08-05, 09:10 PM

I get one picture of a person from FinnLassie, and none from Dimonite.

My name just shows up with a same-name film producer.

Elemental

2013-08-05, 09:37 PM

Cinemas in Finland were horribly expensive, guh. How much are they in the glory of Aussie-land?

My family's sort of all over the place... Sister in Japan, me here in Scotland (and well, I don't know where I'll end up :smallwink:), other sister has settled in Finland, but they might move to the States at some point, if her husband wants to do a phD. People to me are either walking distance or a flight or two away. I just have to get used to it.

Apparently not as expensive as I thought they were... Only about twenty dollars for the movies I checked. But it likely varied from cinema to cinema as I just selected the biggest cinema around here to look for prices. And the local cinema is even cheaper for some reason! What is this? My life is a lie!

Come to Australia! We're significantly more awesome than a significant number of other countries! Or not. I have no idea of what the job market for your chosen field of study is like at the moment.
In my personal opinion, it's best to live within comparatively convenient travel distance of one's friends and relatives. Life was truly excellent when my grandma only lived a few streets away. It was indeed very convenient.

also I just this (http://i.imgur.com/zDlAv.jpg):33

That is a most excellent and humorous picture.

I'd suggest not Yellowknife because it's a small town! But also I would suggest Yellowknife since it's where I live and I want a bakery.

Bah. It's about the same size as Mount Isa. So... If Yellowknife were in Australia, it would be classified as a large town. But then, hardly anyone lives in Australia, so we don't count as a standard for deciding what is or is not a large town or city.

It can get expensive, aye, but only if you have to drive a long way or a lot.

*nods* You should be able to find a relatively decent one for the equivalent of $50-$100 US dollars, although you might have to get it used.

Well, I suppose I'd probably never actually drive anywhere once I did have a license...
But on the other hand, I have a lot of interests and once I have my own method of transportation, I may decide to pursue them, and that would require driving a lot.

Probably. But it has been a while since I looked at them in the music store.

I'd say it's more medium-sized, really, but y'all don't get luna (https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7NTxk5-u1HleeFvrh7fLFeSFaJq_zj6lCwENP0GzgjbP8NwC-Cw)moths (http://www.breadwig.com/photography/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMGP9334-butterfly-lunar-moth-photo-breadwig.com-zoom.jpg)in Europe. (and they're not but so big, either)

You know... Luna moths are actually incredibly cool.

LaZodiac

2013-08-05, 09:46 PM

Bah. It's about the same size as Mount Isa. So... If Yellowknife were in Australia, it would be classified as a large town. But then, hardly anyone lives in Australia, so we don't count as a standard for deciding what is or is not a large town or city.

We're the capital city of my territory :smalltongue:

Taet

2013-08-05, 09:53 PM

I do not get results in Google but I have cheated. :smallwink:

I'm actually glad of it, though - mascara is a PAIN, almost as much as eyeliner. How some women deal with that stuff every day is beyond me.

Anyhoo, more Andre! My mom actually got pictures of him being fed and they are FANTASTIC.

They are very young parent birds if the male has colors like the feathers growing on the baby bird!

ION: I put new glasses and sunglasses into order today, hopefully the sunglasses will arrive this week. I wouldn't really have had the need to change my lenses, but as my current frames seem to be falling apart as we speak... It's sort of necessary. These have been fixed far too many times up until now. *narrows eyes* My sunglasses will be polarised. Aww yiss. :smallcool:

When will you wear sunglasses in Scotland?

I was just talking to my girlfriend about running away to Canada and opening a bakery, if anyone else is interested :33

The bakery is to be "Gingerbread Queers" so we can totes make those.

What I want from a bakery is plain good yeast bread that I can buy every week. This is not easy to find. I am lucky that the cheap supermarket makes it.

DraPrime

2013-08-05, 10:12 PM

We're the capital city of my territory :smalltongue:

*looks east towards Boston*

Yeah. Capital city. Pfffffft. :smalltongue:

In other news, I am really bored! I cannot find work, so now I must wait almost a month before seminary begins again. Even XCOM will not entertain me all the time, and I have run out of money so I cannot go out and do fun things. I need something to do.

FinnLassie

2013-08-05, 10:16 PM

I mentioned it because it wasn't sarcastic, in my head it sounded that way. I wanted to clear the matter up. :smallsmile: And I hate moths, so yeah.

Moth haters, unite!

Apparently not as expensive as I thought they were... Only about twenty dollars for the movies I checked. But it likely varied from cinema to cinema as I just selected the biggest cinema around here to look for prices. And the local cinema is even cheaper for some reason! What is this? My life is a lie!

Come to Australia! We're significantly more awesome than a significant number of other countries! Or not. I have no idea of what the job market for your chosen field of study is like at the moment.
In my personal opinion, it's best to live within comparatively convenient travel distance of one's friends and relatives. Life was truly excellent when my grandma only lived a few streets away. It was indeed very convenient.

You know... Luna moths are actually incredibly cool.

*has no idea about currency exchange rates when it comes to Aussie dollars* Sounds a lot. Could be about the same amount if put in euros, perhaps...? *too tired to open a new tab and search*

My chosen field of study... hahaha... What a funny thing to define what one wants to do in life. Nah. Meh. I feel like dropping out already and second year hasn't even started yet. We'll see. I'll end up getting a working holiday visa to the Aussielands or something, I bet.

They.
Are.
NOT.
:smallfurious:

When will you wear sunglasses in Scotland?

When the occasional sunshine arrives. Plus I'm rather sensitive to brightness, so I wear sunglasses all year round.

DraPrime

2013-08-05, 10:17 PM

When the occasional sunshine arrives. Plus I'm rather sensitive to brightness, so I wear sunglasses all year round.

Do you wear your sunglasses at night?

Elemental

2013-08-05, 10:30 PM

We're the capital city of my territory :smalltongue:

And that doesn't mean anything at all. Lots of capital cities are smallish.
Though on the other hand, Yellowknife is really the only sizeable place in the Northwest Territories...

In other news, I am really bored! I cannot find work, so now I must wait almost a month before seminary begins again. Even XCOM will not entertain me all the time, and I have run out of money so I cannot go out and do fun things. I need something to do.

Hmm... Perhaps buying a cheap but engrossing and really long game on Steam or something could solve this issue? For example, Space Empires V will steal my life if I'm not careful.
Alternatively, you could go for walks along the shoreline and contemplate nature. Or take up embroidery or knitting or something.
I'm running out of ideas.

*has no idea about currency exchange rates when it comes to Aussie dollars* Sounds a lot. Could be about the same amount if put in euros, perhaps...? *too tired to open a new tab and search*

My chosen field of study... hahaha... What a funny thing to define what one wants to do in life. Nah. Meh. I feel like dropping out already and second year hasn't even started yet. We'll see. I'll end up getting a working holiday visa to the Aussielands or something, I bet.

They.
Are.
NOT.
:smallfurious:

About thirteen euros. I've no idea if that's a significant quantity or not.

Well, you are studying something and you did choose it. At least, I think. You're doing teaching right?
No idea what the status of teaching is at the moment, but I don't think they're in need of them. Or they are but refuse to hire more of them. At least in Queensland. The job market is in rather poor shape around here.

I am certain that they are highly annoying when they get stuck in one's dining room when one is trying to consume soup, but they are beautifully coloured, have elegant patterns and look so soft!

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-05, 10:44 PM

Finn vs. The Murder Moth
A struggle between giants, between Finnish sisu and insectoid... insectoidness. Only one can emerge victorious.

Those are so cool...

Don't worry, I do now, but thanks for your concern. :smallsmile:

Heheheh :smallbiggrin:

Indeed. I've only ever seen one IRL, and it was actually a bit bigger than the ones in those pictures. They're more common farther north, I think. :smallcool:

Good, then. :smallsmile:

Sure, sure, what ever Amilignment.

It is indeed nice. I actually didn't know that polarised lenses were, well, a type of lens, had only seen the word come up in some really sporty ads so I thought it was that kind of a thing. Ahh. Can't wait for the sunglasses. Or the other specs. I'm going to look proper weird with those ones on.

I blame you for all of my misfortune...

And, still, you dare to laugh!

:smalltongue:

*nods* I prefer mirrored lenses myself, but those are a bit difficult to get. Polarized is nice too, though.

Pfft, like I could possibly have anything to do with those moths... :smallamused:
Note to self: be more subtle.

It was funny then, and it has not ceased to be in the interim. :smallbiggrin:

Well, I suppose I'd probably never actually drive anywhere once I did have a license...
But on the other hand, I have a lot of interests and once I have my own method of transportation, I may decide to pursue them, and that would require driving a lot.

You know... Luna moths are actually incredibly cool.

*nods*
It's worked out somewhere in the middle for me. I find that I end up driving to places every once in a while, but it's not usually very far; normally no more than 10 miles round trip.

Indeed they are. :smallcool:

FinnLassie

2013-08-06, 05:22 AM

Do you wear your sunglasses at night?

Nope. That'd be silly.

About thirteen euros. I've no idea if that's a significant quantity or not.

Well, you are studying something and you did choose it. At least, I think. You're doing teaching right?
No idea what the status of teaching is at the moment, but I don't think they're in need of them. Or they are but refuse to hire more of them. At least in Queensland. The job market is in rather poor shape around here.

I am certain that they are highly annoying when they get stuck in one's dining room when one is trying to consume soup, but they are beautifully coloured, have elegant patterns and look so soft!

Hmmh, in Finland it completely depends on what time of the day and week you're going to see the film. Right now the tickets would be less than that, but evenings, and especially weekend evenings the costs can fly quite high.

I've been trying to switch to history. I don't know. Do I want to remain in the education course? Aargh. I have to choose this year. I just have to. To waste my time on a degree that'll leave me burnt out after a few years of working in the area, or simply roam the streets, not sure what to do. I would be totally fine, being a freelance artist or something, but that's not really accepted by the society.

Moths are never wondrous! :smallmad:

*nods* I prefer mirrored lenses myself, but those are a bit difficult to get. Polarized is nice too, though.

Pfft, like I could possibly have anything to do with those moths... :smallamused:
Note to self: be more subtle.

I could choose mirrored lenses but they were far too much extra money. I got a bargain, rimless specs and sunglasses with extra jibbyjabba for £229. Not going to complain. And you shush about having a 20/20 vision. :smallannoyed: :smalltongue:

*narrows eyes* You bastard...

ION: I need to stop falling asleep whilst I'm still active on the computer.

The Succubus

2013-08-06, 05:32 AM

IThe bakery is to be "Gingerbread Queers" so we can totes make those.

also I just this (http://i.imgur.com/zDlAv.jpg):33

(bread is kind of awesome you guiz)

You could sell gingerbread couples for every spectrum of sexuality and love. "Gingerqueer - it's like genderqueer with extra cinnamon." =3

Skeppio

2013-08-06, 05:43 AM

You could sell gingerbread couples for every spectrum of sexuality and love. "Gingerqueer - it's like genderqueer with extra cinnamon." =3

That is the cutest and best idea ever. :3

FinnLassie

2013-08-06, 06:44 AM

Yay, finally got everything sorted with Sky about our internet billing. Apparently our 3 months free line rental hadn't been registered. There also was some fee for supplementing not having Sky TV that we were not told about, so that's also getting removed from the bills. :smallbiggrin: I'm so relieved that the guy I talked to was super helpful, most of the time I've had to deal with idiots over the phone.

Teddy

2013-08-06, 07:46 AM

It is indeed nice. I actually didn't know that polarised lenses were, well, a type of lens, had only seen the word come up in some really sporty ads so I thought it was that kind of a thing. Ahh. Can't wait for the sunglasses. Or the other specs. I'm going to look proper weird with those ones on.

Well, I think it's a coating, actually, because I'm not sure if you can polarise glass in and on itself...

You are truly a great wee bear.

:3

Heh. :smallamused: I want to see this.

Coming to theaters this Novem... No wait, it just reads "never" here. Nevermind then...

Yay, finally got everything sorted with Sky about our internet billing. Apparently our 3 months free line rental hadn't been registered. There also was some fee for supplementing not having Sky TV that we were not told about, so that's also getting removed from the bills. :smallbiggrin: I'm so relieved that the guy I talked to was super helpful, most of the time I've had to deal with idiots over the phone.

Wohoo! :3

Helpful people are the blessed sun that illuminates this world. There really can't be too much helpful people in this world (although I suppose there can be too much sun... Broken analogy...). :smallsmile:

Elemental

2013-08-06, 10:39 AM

*nods*
It's worked out somewhere in the middle for me. I find that I end up driving to places every once in a while, but it's not usually very far; normally no more than 10 miles round trip.

Indeed they are. :smallcool:

Hmm... I suppose it isn't as terrible as I fear. I just need to get my Mum to take me out driving. Alas, she's already taught my three older brothers to drive, so she freely admits that she would not be able to handle doing it twice more for my sister and I. Though my second eldest brother lives close enough for me to guilt him into it...

Fortunately, they don't live around here so I don't have to worry about them accidentally falling into my soup late of an evening.

Hmmh, in Finland it completely depends on what time of the day and week you're going to see the film. Right now the tickets would be less than that, but evenings, and especially weekend evenings the costs can fly quite high.

I've been trying to switch to history. I don't know. Do I want to remain in the education course? Aargh. I have to choose this year. I just have to. To waste my time on a degree that'll leave me burnt out after a few years of working in the area, or simply roam the streets, not sure what to do. I would be totally fine, being a freelance artist or something, but that's not really accepted by the society.

Moths are never wondrous! :smallmad:

Well, there's that too. But I wouldn't really know anything about it as I so rarely go to the cinema. And when I do, someone else is usually paying. So... yeah.

It is indeed the worst state to not know what to do with one's life. It once stalked me at every corner. Now, I still don't know what I want to do, but I've decided that worrying about it would just lead to continual illness. But that could just be my medication dulling the overwhelming feeling of doom resulting from anywhere from fifty to eighty* years of accomplishing nothing with my life. Either that or I've just become content to a life of quietly pursuing my own interests.
My own issues aside, I have little wisdom that could aid you in this matter. After all, my own successes are few when it comes to gaining an education. Apparently being smart is not good enough. One must have intellect in the time and way possessed by the majority.
Still, all I can say is, go with what you think is best. Teaching is very rewarding, but it's not for everyone. My Granddad considered education, but decided against it and became an office worker, bookkeeper and highly respected and beloved individual by his friends, relatives and neighbours.
In short, don't think of what society would accept. Think about what you want, whether you can be comfortable doing it and if people hate you for it, then that's their issue.
Though I will finish by saying that history is an excellent area of study. I mean, there's nothing to stop you from doing history and art after all.

If that was any help at all, I will be most surprised as it was mostly me just going off on tangents and typing randomly. But if anything, I do hope it provoked some thoughts.
And despite saying that the above made little sense, my conclusion continues that trend. Truly, acknowledging a failing does not guarantee a solution.

*Medical science will likely increase life spans. I for one think living for a century would be interesting. Particularly if I live to one hundred and eight**, that means I'd have been alive in three different centuries. And an interesting fact that Mynxae pointed out to me, most of us are among the last humans to have ever born in a year starting with the digit one. There will be no one else to share that distinction for millennia. The future, is here.

**I increased the range just in case. And yes, this is a footnote in a footnote.

They can be wondrous. It depends on the moth and the situation in question.

Edit: And before I go to sleep, just a few more things from the beginning to be sleep deprived brain of Elemental:

@Polarised lenses: If you get a pair and look at a flat screen monitor with them and tilt your head to the side, it makes the picture vanish. I think... Damned Wikipedia and their American spellings...

Helpful people are the blessed sun that illuminates this world. There really can't be too much helpful people in this world (although I suppose there can be too much sun... Broken analogy...). :smallsmile:

Hardly. It still applies. If there are too many helpful people, then eventually you'll run out food to feed them all with and some of them will starve to death and disease will spread through the surviving population. Alternatively, you could have so many that you'll be crushed beneath their weight.

And now I'm going to bed.

Drakeburn

2013-08-06, 12:45 PM

Good afternoon everybody. Today, as I was gathering the laundry, the same bird that bit my finger and neck jumped into the laundry basket. And I had someone else get the little rascal, since I dare not want to know where that bird would bite me next.

And when I was putting new toilet paper in the cabinet in the bathroom, a couple of bottles fell off, and one of them fell into the toilet. :smallsigh:

The one thing I enjoy about watering my mother's plants (vegetables and flowers) is the fact that I can scare wasps away by spraying water at them. And for those that do go down, I either attempt to drown them, or step on them. Feels good to drive those nasty bugs into the ground.

So, how are you guys doing?

@V: *yanks out a tail-feather to write a complaint*

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 12:51 PM

randman22222

2013-08-06, 01:03 PM

Kneen. How do your kind get along with African Grey Parrots? Would you consider yourself normal for budgiekind on this matter, or do you move against the grain?

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 01:18 PM

Draaakeburn! You use wing feathers for quills, not tails! And stop plucking me!

What flowers do you grow?

Kneen. How do your kind get along with African Grey Parrots? Would you consider yourself normal for budgiekind on this matter, or do you move against the grain?

I have heard really sad disturbing stories about budgies in the company of larger parrots that I do not wish to utter. ;___; Suffice to say that body language and behaviour differs amongst birdkind, and my people's innate curiosity and fluffy friendliness can be taken... amiss by more territorial and aggressive creatures.

*nibbles randmannius*

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-06, 01:26 PM

I'm always much facinated by your descriptions of birds/pets/things of fluff, my good compadre, "Oh nibbler-of-all-things-not-just-knees". How hard is it for one to care for such creatures? Are they all cute and affectionate, or do they most tend to be bitey or want nothing to do with you? I'd never considered an easy thing to take care of, and I figure it would take someone who is used to having noises and such, since birds are one to chirp and squawk and the like.

I suppose all animals have their pros and cons, and specific people are more equiped to be a match for certain pets. How did you first get involved with the budgie-verse?

LordShotGun

2013-08-06, 01:34 PM

FinnLassie

2013-08-06, 01:43 PM

Well, I think it's a coating, actually, because I'm not sure if you can polarise glass in and on itself...

Wohoo! :3

Helpful people are the blessed sun that illuminates this world. There really can't be too much helpful people in this world (although I suppose there can be too much sun... Broken analogy...). :smallsmile:

Heck, I don't know - I just wear the glasses! :smallyuk:

*happy dance* Join me, Nalle!

I was rather shocked that the guy I talked to was really nice. I've usually ended up shouting at the people about how inept they are at what they do as a living.

It is indeed the worst state to not know what to do with one's life. It once stalked me at every corner. Now, I still don't know what I want to do, but I've decided that worrying about it would just lead to continual illness. But that could just be my medication dulling the overwhelming feeling of doom resulting from anywhere from fifty to eighty* years of accomplishing nothing with my life. Either that or I've just become content to a life of quietly pursuing my own interests.
My own issues aside, I have little wisdom that could aid you in this matter. After all, my own successes are few when it comes to gaining an education. Apparently being smart is not good enough. One must have intellect in the time and way possessed by the majority.

I really, really want to do something with my life, but it's just that my mind fluctuates horribly often. I can't stay in place, I must go forward all the time. I just can't concentrate. I must keep on going. And well, the biggest problem with me is that I worry far too much about things although I know that worrying only brings more grey hairs to my mind.
Also, heh, yeah. Our life span has already extended, so I can't see it not getting longer in the future. I wonder what'll be the ultimate limit, though.

It's ok. I'm hopeless when it comes to helping others with this sort of a matter. And blah, medication. That time for me was rather hazy.. I don't really remember feeling like anything after they were forced on me.

Though I will finish by saying that history is an excellent area of study. I mean, there's nothing to stop you from doing history and art after all.

If that was any help at all, I will be most surprised as it was mostly me just going off on tangents and typing randomly. But if anything, I do hope it provoked some thoughts.
And despite saying that the above made little sense, my conclusion continues that trend. Truly, acknowledging a failing does not guarantee a solution.

History is really interesting, and I would love to study more on civil wars and such conflicts, plus oral history and its preservation. But... The job choices? Researcher (could be ok, doesn't pay much) and... teacher. HAHAHAHAHA. No.

*pats on head*
My train of thought never makes sense.

*nibbles Teddifer*
*nibbles Finnfinn*
*straightens Amidius's hair and hides in it*
http://31.media.tumblr.com/aaf8aa74ce7d37a29b511c984560c94b/tumblr_mr1773tQI61r3vo1to2_500.jpg
it's... beautiful...

*runs off to the corner and cries*

You prefer to hide in HIS hair instead of MINE?!

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-06, 01:50 PM

YAY! I just got accepted to my local police academy! I am going to follow in my late father's footsteps and become an office of the law! (hopefully)

Since I don't really have anyone to share this information with, I thought I would tell random people on the internet!
Congratulations!:smallsmile: How long does police academy usually take? (I could google this, but I am lazy.:smallamused::smalltongue:)

An admirable activity. (Also. I feel sad that I've never heard of your avatars joke. Therefore, I declare THAT IS FRIGGEN HILARIOUS.:smallbiggrin:)

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 02:19 PM

*nibbles Ovis*

I'm always much facinated by your descriptions of birds/pets/things of fluff, my good compadre, "Oh nibbler-of-all-things-not-just-knees". How hard is it for one to care for such creatures? Are they all cute and affectionate, or do they most tend to be bitey or want nothing to do with you? I'd never considered an easy thing to take care of, and I figure it would take someone who is used to having noises and such, since birds are one to chirp and squawk and the like.

I suppose all animals have their pros and cons, and specific people are more equiped to be a match for certain pets. How did you first get involved with the budgie-verse?

Well, my good marsupial eschatologue, allow me to sit on your shoulder and tweet the answers to your questions.

Budgies are inclined to be cute and affectionate, but they need a lot of attention. If they are bitey or antisocial then it is the owner's fault. And yes, they chirp, but they have a lovely song and imitate sounds they hear frequently (sometimes words). Their small size and low price is misleading: they are full of personality and intelligence and love.

My family got a budgie when I was 8, and I fell in love with them forever. My current budgie is an older rescue bird who came to me bitey, antisocial, and unhealthy, but I have turned her into a chattery snuggly fluffball.

YAY! I just got accepted to my local police academy! I am going to follow in my late father's footsteps and become an office of the law! (hopefully)

Since I don't really have anyone to share this information with, I thought I would tell random people on the internet!

Good for you sir, it is a noble profession. My grandfather and two of my uncles were in the force.

I really, really want to do something with my life, but it's just that my mind fluctuates horribly often. I can't stay in place, I must go forward all the time. I just can't concentrate. I must keep on going. And well, the biggest problem with me is that I worry far too much about things although I know that worrying only brings more grey hairs to my mind.

It's okay to fluctuate! You don't have to have life laid out before you like train tracks. Have the vaguest of trajectories, and just let things play out. The universe provides. Be okay not knowing.

Okay I'm sorry for the *gong* sayings, but I believe it.

*runs off to the corner and cries*

You prefer to hide in HIS hair instead of MINE?!

Wait! No! NO! :smallfrown: Come back! *flutters after, chirping*

Your hair is best nest! If you let me back in, I'll lean forwards over your forehead and preen your eyelashes for you too. *looks at imploringly*

LordShotGun

2013-08-06, 02:59 PM

Congratulations!:smallsmile: How long does police academy usually take? (I could google this, but I am lazy.:smallamused::smalltongue:)

An admirable activity. (Also. I feel sad that I've never heard of your avatars joke. Therefore, I declare THAT IS FRIGGEN HILARIOUS.:smallbiggrin:)

Anywhere from 6 months to 8 months full time depending on what field you are entering. Prison guards only take 6 months while investigators take 8 or more months. I am not quite sure what I want to do, but I got 4 or so months of basic training to decide.

Fortunately the county that I live in pays you while you train so I don't have to hold a full time job at the same time.

FinnLassie

2013-08-06, 03:30 PM

It's okay to fluctuate! You don't have to have life laid out before you like train tracks. Have the vaguest of trajectories, and just let things play out. The universe provides. Be okay not knowing.

Okay I'm sorry for the *gong* sayings, but I believe it.

Wait! No! NO! :smallfrown: Come back! *flutters after, chirping*

Your hair is best nest! If you let me back in, I'll lean forwards over your forehead and preen your eyelashes for you too. *looks at imploringly*

I wish the society agreed with me on this, I wish money agreed with me. I wish I could just, I dunno, make money whenever I needed to without it being an utter nuisance to the rest of the world.

Gong sayings...? :smallconfused:

*crying uncontrollably*

I, I don't know how to trust you any longer! Cheating on my fair hair with some lionlike fuzziness... ;__;
*holds her necklace up and starts swinging in back and forth*

Deathkeeper

2013-08-06, 04:10 PM

My aunt has a big cage full of finches. They're super cute but oh so chatty. It's a very effective way to keep yourself from oversleeping, because they're always chirping at about eight o clock. They're very colorful and cheery, except the one with the hurt wing who has to sit at the bottom and always seems cheery but makes me sad :(.
Not at all like her parrot who wants to kill me.

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 04:39 PM

I wish the society agreed with me on this, I wish money agreed with me. I wish I could just, I dunno, make money whenever I needed to without it being an utter nuisance to the rest of the world.

Gong sayings...? :smallconfused:

Well for example in your quandary about Education vs. History (which I will frame as Gilded Cage vs. Horrible Horrible Freedom), it sounds like you don't want to teach (and who blames you): but you are uncertain what could happen for you if you switch. You could just switch, and figure the rest out later.

Heh, by gong sayings I mean vague pretentious wisdom-nuggets like "Confucius Says" that you would bang a gong right after saying.

*crying uncontrollably*

I, I don't know how to trust you any longer! Cheating on my fair hair with some lionlike fuzziness... ;__;
*holds her necklace up and starts swinging in back and forth*

I can't lie, it was nice to nest in... it had that soft perfume of woodsmoke and gasoline and it was easy to tangle up. But it meant nothing to me! I swear, your hair is best nest, all curly and straw-gold and... and... and...

@v@ shiny...

My aunt has a big cage full of finches. They're super cute but oh so chatty. It's a very effective way to keep yourself from oversleeping, because they're always chirping at about eight o clock. They're very colorful and cheery, except the one with the hurt wing who has to sit at the bottom and always seems cheery but makes me sad :(.
Not at all like her parrot who wants to kill me.

The finches sound adorable. But Deathkeeper, I can't help but think that we might benefit from hearing the parrot's side of the story.

LaZodiac

2013-08-06, 05:11 PM

I'm cookin' steak! Yay steak!

Anyone else cook stuff recently? I'm guessing yes since you're all responsible adults :smallamused:

HalfTangible

2013-08-06, 05:12 PM

I'm cookin' steak! Yay steak!

Anyone else cook stuff recently? I'm guessing yes since you're all responsible adults :smallamused:

I put frozen lasagna in the microwave a couple days ago- does that count? :smalltongue:

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 05:35 PM

I'm cookin' steak! Yay steak!

Anyone else cook stuff recently? I'm guessing yes since you're all responsible adults :smallamused:

Aw yiss, steak. I was at my friend's place out in the country this weekend, and on Saturday we barbe-a-queued some ribeye from his neighbour's cattle. Plus peas, smashed potatoes, and a salad all fresh from the garden. And then enough liquor for me to forget to change out of my suit before we went rolling around in a rye field...

Dimonite

2013-08-06, 05:35 PM

He's getting fluffier and fluffier! Instruct his parents to feed him on the juiciest of snails and bugs so that he becomes fat and fluffy as can be. Let them spare no expense in his diet.

I'm sure that his parents already feed him as much as they are able. I have seen his father in particular snatch up an exquisite beetle specimen before returning to the nest.

I'm cookin' steak! Yay steak!

Anyone else cook stuff recently? I'm guessing yes since you're all responsible adults :smallamused:

*is jealous of Zodi's steak*

I cook all the time. Yesterday I cooked sloppy joes, and tonight I'm cooking salmon pork chops. Yay, last-minute menu changes!

LaZodiac

2013-08-06, 05:50 PM

I put frozen lasagna in the microwave a couple days ago- does that count? :smalltongue:

Considering how hard it is to get a nice perfect distribution of heat, so you don't either burn yourself with the molten cheese spooge from hell, or bite into a layer of permafrost, I'd say that yes, it does!

Aw yiss, steak. I was at my friend's place out in the country this weekend, and on Saturday we barbe-a-queued some ribeye from his neighbour's cattle. Plus peas, smashed potatoes, and a salad all fresh from the garden. And then enough liquor for me to forget to change out of my suit before we went rolling around in a rye field...

Oooh, awesome! I just put a boneless t bone or something into the freezer!

I'm sure that his parents already feed him as much as they are able. I have seen his father in particular snatch up an exquisite beetle specimen before returning to the nest.

*is jealous of Zodi's steak*

I cook all the time. Yesterday I cooked sloppy joes, and tonight I'm cooking salmon pork chops. Yay, last-minute menu changes!

Yes, be jealous of my delicious cooking skills and tremble!

I'm not the biggest fan of pork chops. They're good, though.

My best accomplishment, however, is this. I've been watching the house since last Thursday. Wanna guess how many dishes are dirty?

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-06, 05:53 PM

I could choose mirrored lenses but they were far too much extra money. I got a bargain, rimless specs and sunglasses with extra jibbyjabba for £229. Not going to complain. And you shush about having a 20/20 vision. :smallannoyed: :smalltongue:

*narrows eyes* You bastard...

ION: I need to stop falling asleep whilst I'm still active on the computer.

Gah, that's still really expensive. I really like not having to wear glasses...

:smallbiggrin:

Heh :smalltongue: :smallamused:

*nibbles Teddifer*
*nibbles Finnfinn*
*straightens Amidius's hair and hides in it*
http://31.media.tumblr.com/aaf8aa74ce7d37a29b511c984560c94b/tumblr_mr1773tQI61r3vo1to2_500.jpg
it's... beautiful...

MY HAIR! *twitch*

*sigh* Fine, you can stay there, if you want.

YAY! I just got accepted to my local police academy! I am going to follow in my late father's footsteps and become an office of the law! (hopefully)

Since I don't really have anyone to share this information with, I thought I would tell random people on the internet!

Congrats, man! :smallcool:

I, I don't know how to trust you any longer! Cheating on my fair hair with some lionlike fuzziness... ;__;
*holds her necklace up and starts swinging in back and forth*

Lionlike? Heheheh :smallamused:

Very good driver... :smalltongue:

I'm cookin' steak! Yay steak!

Anyone else cook stuff recently? I'm guessing yes since you're all responsible adults :smallamused:

:smallcool:

Er... does microwaving some blackberry cobbler count? :smalltongue:

Yeah, totally... Adult... legally, yes. Responsible... is a point in contention. :smallamused:

ION: Session today went particularly well. Heheheh. Scared the **** out of those two. Heh :smallbiggrin:

LaZodiac

2013-08-06, 05:55 PM

Er... does microwaving some blackberry cobbler count? :smalltongue:

Yeah, totally... Adult... legally, yes. Responsible... is a point in contention. :smallamused:

ION: Session today went particularly well. Heheheh. Scared the **** out of those two. Heh :smallbiggrin:

I'd say so yes, for much the same reason as Half Tan's Lasgna. Microwave stuff can kill you hard if you can't master heat distribution.

You're responsible enough to be part of 2 games online, three games in total, and soon to upgrade those numbers to 3 and 4 respectively :smallamused:
*this is a subtle nudge/nag*

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-06, 06:01 PM

I'd say so yes, for much the same reason as Half Tan's Lasgna. Microwave stuff can kill you hard if you can't master heat distribution.

You're responsible enough to be part of 2 games online, three games in total, and soon to upgrade those numbers to 3 and 4 respectively :smallamused:
*this is a subtle nudge/nag*

It took exactly three minutes of my time at 1am this morning. I'd hardly count it as cooking. :smallamused:

Er... it's actually several more than that. If we count all the games I'm in... Diplomacy PbP, Circle of Assassins PbP, two 3.5 PbPs, one 3.5 solo game over chat, and three RL 3.5 games, one of which I DM... and I may or may not play in another WW PbP game soon. I would protest that the fact that I'm playing a fair amount of games has little to do with how responsible I am, though. :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-08-06, 06:02 PM

It took exactly three minutes of my time at 1am this morning. I'd hardly count it as cooking. :smallamused:

Er... it's actually several more than that. If we count all the games I'm in... Diplomacy PbP, Circle of Assassins PbP, two 3.5 PbPs, one 3.5 solo game over chat, and three RL 3.5 games, one of which I DM... and I may or may not play in another WW PbP game soon. I would protest that the fact that I'm playing a fair amount of games has little to do with how responsible I am, though. :smalltongue:

I meant more your ability to juggle all that is responsible. Also, wow that's a lot more then I could tell :smalltongue:

Anyway, looks like my little Feng Shui campaign's just gonna be a drop in the water, eh :smallamused:

Taet

2013-08-06, 07:03 PM

I have just cooked and eaten pancakes. I spilled milk into the wet pancakes and worried that it would not work but they were perfect.

Helpful people are the blessed sun that illuminates this world. There really can't be too much helpful people in this world (although I suppose there can be too much sun... Broken analogy...). :smallsmile:

They are the light.

It is indeed the worst state to not know what to do with one's life. It once stalked me at every corner. Now, I still don't know what I want to do, but I've decided that worrying about it would just lead to continual illness. But that could just be my medication dulling the overwhelming feeling of doom resulting from anywhere from fifty to eighty* years of accomplishing nothing with my life. Either that or I've just become content to a life of quietly pursuing my own interests.
My own issues aside, I have little wisdom that could aid you in this matter. After all, my own successes are few when it comes to gaining an education. Apparently being smart is not good enough. One must have intellect in the time and way possessed by the majority.
Still, all I can say is, go with what you think is best. Teaching is very rewarding, but it's not for everyone. My Granddad considered education, but decided against it and became an office worker, bookkeeper and highly respected and beloved individual by his friends, relatives and neighbours.
In short, don't think of what society would accept. Think about what you want, whether you can be comfortable doing it and if people hate you for it, then that's their issue.
Though I will finish by saying that history is an excellent area of study. I mean, there's nothing to stop you from doing history and art after all.

If that was any help at all, I will be most surprised as it was mostly me just going off on tangents and typing randomly. But if anything, I do hope it provoked some thoughts.
And despite saying that the above made little sense, my conclusion continues that trend. Truly, acknowledging a failing does not guarantee a solution.

Hardly. It still applies. If there are too many helpful people, then eventually you'll run out food to feed them all with and some of them will starve to death and disease will spread through the surviving population. Alternatively, you could have so many that you'll be crushed beneath their weight.

And now I'm going to bed.

I really, really want to do something with my life, but it's just that my mind fluctuates horribly often. I can't stay in place, I must go forward all the time. I just can't concentrate. I must keep on going. And well, the biggest problem with me is that I worry far too much about things although I know that worrying only brings more grey hairs to my mind.

Sometimes I wonder why there is a need to do something with life. Cats live fine without it. A day for them is fine if it is a day asleep. Maybe we are all making a big mistake to think that there is a need. Or maybe it is just the need to try to do something no one else could do. That's OK but being yourself is very small and not something that needs a big accomplishment behind it. If you see a light that nobody else has seen that is enough but it does not feel like enough. You have to tell someone about the light too. The telling is the doing. The sharing of a story with someone else is the doing. And it is not paid for unless the listening person is being paid as a therapist.

I deleted something about medicine. Sorry. I never took pills. But what opened my mind was a hurt that I cannot stop or undo. Pills you can stop. Sometimes I wonder if I could have opened my mind and then stopped if I had dared to take medicine.

My aunt has a big cage full of finches. They're super cute but oh so chatty. It's a very effective way to keep yourself from oversleeping, because they're always chirping at about eight o clock. They're very colorful and cheery, except the one with the hurt wing who has to sit at the bottom and always seems cheery but makes me sad :(.
Not at all like her parrot who wants to kill me.

Spice finches are the only birds that I would want to keep. How much care do they need every day?

Cobra_Ikari

2013-08-06, 08:42 PM

...cooking's the real test of adulthood now? :smalleek:

...I'm screwed. v.v

turkishproverb

2013-08-06, 08:52 PM

...cooking's the real test of adulthood now? :smalleek:

...I'm screwed. v.v

I could give yuo a recipe or two :smallsmile:.

Cobra_Ikari

2013-08-06, 09:01 PM

I could give yuo a recipe or two :smallsmile:.

Oh, no, it's not recipes I'm lacking, it's the ability to execute them. Join me in the kitchen some time, you'll be amazed at how inedible I can make something that was almost perfect before I touched it. :smalltongue:

...you'll have a lot of fun, though. :smallamused:

*hugs*

turkishproverb

2013-08-06, 09:05 PM

Oh, no, it's not recipes I'm lacking, it's the ability to execute them. Join me in the kitchen some time, you'll be amazed at how inedible I can make something that was almost perfect before I touched it. :smalltongue:

...you'll have a lot of fun, though. :smallamused:

*hugs*

Sounds like an interesting challenge. Remind me to try it some time. :smallwink:

*hugs*

Elemental

2013-08-06, 09:36 PM

Elemental, you are at a good stage where you have released your grip on the idea that you have to have your life figured out yet. Come, swirl with me in the existential whirlpool! Slouch with me to 30 to be born (I'm chipping away at my grad degree like a dwarf mining silver with a dentist's pick, and have changed my direction seven nine times since high school)!

Indeed. Their is so much of my life ahead of me, planning it all now would be a pointless waste of time. Though admittedly, I would prefer something more stable than a whirlpool but I am happy for the current to take me to exciting places from time to time.
Hmm... Nine changes in direction. It is indeed a good thing you chose not to become a navigator. However, a slow pace allows one to better follow the vein of silver rather than lose it in the darkness of the Earth and be forced to settle for the dull grey of lead.

I have heard really sad disturbing stories about budgies in the company of larger parrots that I do not wish to utter. ;___; Suffice to say that body language and behaviour differs amongst birdkind, and my people's innate curiosity and fluffy friendliness can be taken... amiss by more territorial and aggressive creatures.

It is indeed the case. When I last visited a bird sanctuary, the larger, more aggressive birds, macaws, cockatoos and the like, were in cages, whereas the smaller and/or less aggressive birds were free to roam the entirety of the interior. Of course, that didn't stop some of the little finches from flying through the gaps in the cage of that macaw... Fortunately, it did not seem to go after them when they did and they did not annoy it in turn.
I'm not sure if they had budgerigars there... But they did have lorikeets and other parrots, as well as doves and pigeons of numerous kinds. The lorikeets in particular were quite bold.
But what I remember most was the nests built on top of nest boxes. It strikes me as a truly excellent way to make use of them.

YAY! I just got accepted to my local police academy! I am going to follow in my late father's footsteps and become an office of the law! (hopefully)

Since I don't really have anyone to share this information with, I thought I would tell random people on the internet!

Congratulations and best of luck to you.

I really, really want to do something with my life, but it's just that my mind fluctuates horribly often. I can't stay in place, I must go forward all the time. I just can't concentrate. I must keep on going. And well, the biggest problem with me is that I worry far too much about things although I know that worrying only brings more grey hairs to my mind.
Also, heh, yeah. Our life span has already extended, so I can't see it not getting longer in the future. I wonder what'll be the ultimate limit, though.

It's ok. I'm hopeless when it comes to helping others with this sort of a matter. And blah, medication. That time for me was rather hazy.. I don't really remember feeling like anything after they were forced on me.

History is really interesting, and I would love to study more on civil wars and such conflicts, plus oral history and its preservation. But... The job choices? Researcher (could be ok, doesn't pay much) and... teacher. HAHAHAHAHA. No.

*pats on head*
My train of thought never makes sense.

As always, I can only suggest to do what you think is right. If society won't accept you for it, then there's not much we can do about it.
Of course, on the surface that just advocates going off and operating soup kitchens in poor neighbourhoods, or something else suitably charitable. But in reality, it advocates not being a jerk. But we all knew that already and now I'm being circular in my terrible advice.
Anyway... Worrying is the worst. It's worse than failure. After all, if you fail something, it's failed. If you spend days or even weeks worrying, you merely extend the period of stress and uncertainty. Not to say that worrying is inherently a bad thing. It helps us plan for contingencies and prevents us being caught unaware when stuff goes wrong. All I can say is to remember that you are young and have plenty of time. The days are getting longer after all.
Likely the lifespan of the human brain cell. Whatever that turns out to be. I don't see many people living much after one hundred and ten even with highly advanced medicine.

Mine's pretty mild. It's only an anti-depressant, not a mood stabiliser. It does dull stress and help a bit. I do genuinely feel more happy now that I'm on rather than when I wasn't. At first, I didn't really feel anything, but I've adapted. Of course, this is merely anecdotal evidence, and a single piece of anecdotal evidence is not enough to base one's decision on regarding psychiatric medication.

On the one hand, researcher could lead to almost anything. You could go on to become a historian specialising in medieval documents and folklore and end up on a remake of Time Team in the future or something. It is pretty open ended, so you're not pigeon holing yourself like if you got a degree in meta-academic epidemiology or something else narrow that actually exists.

Apparently, whenever Mynxae hears the phrase "train of thought", he thinks of trains. That evokes some rather humorous imagery.

Sometimes I wonder why there is a need to do something with life. Cats live fine without it. A day for them is fine if it is a day asleep. Maybe we are all making a big mistake to think that there is a need. Or maybe it is just the need to try to do something no one else could do. That's OK but being yourself is very small and not something that needs a big accomplishment behind it. If you see a light that nobody else has seen that is enough but it does not feel like enough. You have to tell someone about the light too. The telling is the doing. The sharing of a story with someone else is the doing. And it is not paid for unless the listening person is being paid as a therapist.

I suppose the issue could be that unlike cats, we are descended from prey. We need to strive to escape doom, a cat is a doombringer. True, we're masters of our destiny now, but we weren't all that long ago. Blessed with intelligence, we truly understand how fragile we are, and we fear that. We need to accomplish something if only to prove our own significance. Cats on the other hand, they have little understanding of their own mortality and thus feel no need for accomplishments to prove themselves. Combined with domestication and the protection and comforts they receive as a result, they quite literally feel no need to do anything but relax. Ignorance is bliss after all.
Not that I would exchange my intelligence for a relatively carefree existence. That would remove my ability to debate the nature of human achievement.

In related, but completely irrelevant news: I find it really annoying when people but double spaces after their full stops, ellipses, exclamation marks, question marks and other sentence ending punctuation marks. It's completely irrational of me to be so annoyed by something so minor that I can only detect when quoting people's posts. And it's not like I don't understand why people do it, but that doesn't help at all!

Also, hello to Cobra_Ikari who I have not seen around here for quite some time.
*waves*

Cobra_Ikari

2013-08-06, 09:53 PM

*waves back from the HugCave*

Is nice to be back. Missed you guys. Hopefully, it'll stick this time. =3

turkishproverb

2013-08-06, 09:56 PM

You really do need to stop leaving.

Skeppio

2013-08-06, 10:04 PM

*waves back from the HugCave*

Is nice to be back. Missed you guys. Hopefully, it'll stick this time. =3

I remember you! Good to see you again, Cobra! *hugs* ^_^

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-06, 10:09 PM

*waves back from the HugCave*

Is nice to be back. Missed you guys. Hopefully, it'll stick this time. =3

Izzat... A Cobra? COBRA! *shipship ship*:smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-08-06, 10:28 PM

Huuurgh.

I just ate a four pack of icing due to personal reasons.

Remind me never to do this again :smallsick:

turkishproverb

2013-08-06, 10:30 PM

Never eat Icing for personal reasons, LaZodiac

Dimonite

2013-08-06, 10:59 PM

My best accomplishment, however, is this. I've been watching the house since last Thursday. Wanna guess how many dishes are dirty?

Hmmmm... 5? :smalltongue:

...cooking's the real test of adulthood now? :smalleek:

...I'm screwed. v.v

Cobra?!?

COBRA!!!!! :smallbiggrin:

*hugs*

LaZodiac

2013-08-06, 11:10 PM

Hmmmm... 5? :smalltongue:

Two without counting utensils, 5 counting utensils. So you're accurate in that regard :smallwink:

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 11:22 PM

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/001-3.jpg

Cobra_Ikari

2013-08-06, 11:30 PM

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/001-3.jpg

Teddy looks majestic and heroic. Sheep looks scared out of his mind to be charging the enemy.

*snuggles*...very awesome. I hadn't known you were so good with art. :smallsmile:

Kneenibble

2013-08-06, 11:50 PM

Teddy looks majestic and heroic. Sheep looks scared out of his mind to be charging the enemy.

*snuggles*...very awesome. I hadn't known you were so good with art. :smallsmile:

I have a meagre enough skill as for silly drawings here. :smallwink: Thank you. *nibbles* I wanted Ovis to be fierce and wild, but I suppose he is not used to being used as a war steed.

Cobra_Ikari

2013-08-06, 11:54 PM

I have a meagre enough skill as for silly drawings here. :smallwink: Thank you. *nibbles* I wanted Ovis to be fierce and wild, but I suppose he is not used to being used as a war steed.

*is delicious?*

...I think part of it might be that it's hard to look fierce when you're a prey animal. A fluffy, adorable one.

Deathkeeper

2013-08-07, 12:00 AM

The finches sound adorable. But Deathkeeper, I can't help but think that we might benefit from hearing the parrot's side of the story.

Ah, but you see, I did. I was walking along, singing The Killers as I am wont to do, when I found myself being spied upon by Eegore's (to this day I haven't a clue why they named her that) beady little eyes of doom, perfectly still. On a whim, I started a different tune, changing the words to "this bird wants to kill me." She nodded enthusiastically. Thus, she has already given me a confession of her murderous intent.

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-07, 01:21 AM

I meant more your ability to juggle all that is responsible. Also, wow that's a lot more then I could tell :smalltongue:

Anyway, looks like my little Feng Shui campaign's just gonna be a drop in the water, eh :smallamused:

Heh, well, a few of those haven't met for a while, and all but one of the PbP games updates really slowly, so I think you're overestimating exactly how much work that actually involves, but sure. I won't actively tell people to call me irresponsible. :smalltongue:

Well, perhaps. Perhaps not. I'd rather like it to be a bit more than that; that'd just be boring. :smalltongue:

...cooking's the real test of adulthood now? :smalleek:

...I'm screwed. v.v

Oh, come on, anyone can cook steak. I'll help you. :smalltongue:

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/001-3.jpg

Brilliant :smallbiggrin:

LaZodiac

2013-08-07, 01:25 AM

Heh, well, a few of those haven't met for a while, and all but one of the PbP games updates really slowly, so I think you're overestimating exactly how much work that actually involves, but sure. I won't actively tell people to call me irresponsible. :smalltongue:

Well, perhaps. Perhaps not. I'd rather like it to be a bit more than that; that'd just be boring. :smalltongue:

Ahhh, okay.

Goodnight everyone...

Cobalt

2013-08-07, 01:38 AM

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/001-3.jpg

You should do more of these, I think they cheer up more people than their intended recipient.

FinnLassie

2013-08-07, 08:03 AM

Well for example in your quandary about Education vs. History (which I will frame as Gilded Cage vs. Horrible Horrible Freedom), it sounds like you don't want to teach (and who blames you): but you are uncertain what could happen for you if you switch. You could just switch, and figure the rest out later.

Heh, by gong sayings I mean vague pretentious wisdom-nuggets like "Confucius Says" that you would bang a gong right after saying.

I can't lie, it was nice to nest in... it had that soft perfume of woodsmoke and gasoline and it was easy to tangle up. But it meant nothing to me! I swear, your hair is best nest, all curly and straw-gold and... and... and...

@v@ shiny...

Bah. We'll see what happens. Life's a mess.

Wisdom-nuggets. Now I imagine McDonald's launching a new series of McNuggets - the wisdom edition. Inside them you can find strips of paper with wise words and fortunes in them, just like those fortune cookies!

Hey, my hair has the scent of tar and other things from the forests! :smallamused:

*slows down swinging the necklace back and forth* you are very, very tired...

Gah, that's still really expensive. I really like not having to wear glasses...

Heh :smalltongue: :smallamused:

Lionlike? Heheheh :smallamused:

Lucky thing. Now I just need to wait for some years and hope that your vision gets worse, so I can laugh at you when you have the need to get specs. *sits down, trying to be patient*

*narrows eyes* I have a headache...

I think I've mentioned how your hair is like a lion's fur. :smalltongue:

Sometimes I wonder why there is a need to do something with life. Cats live fine without it. A day for them is fine if it is a day asleep. Maybe we are all making a big mistake to think that there is a need. Or maybe it is just the need to try to do something no one else could do. That's OK but being yourself is very small and not something that needs a big accomplishment behind it. If you see a light that nobody else has seen that is enough but it does not feel like enough. You have to tell someone about the light too. The telling is the doing. The sharing of a story with someone else is the doing. And it is not paid for unless the listening person is being paid as a therapist.

Ah, cats, what an easy life they have...

Hmmh. I don't know what it is, but seems like all humans have the need to do at least something significant in their lives. Of course the level of how significant they want things to be varies, but, hm. Blah. I don't know, my brain isn't really collecting any thoughts properly. Um.

I honestly think that being yourself... At least on my part it's the most difficult thing.

As always, I can only suggest to do what you think is right. If society won't accept you for it, then there's not much we can do about it.

Anyway... Worrying is the worst. It's worse than failure. After all, if you fail something, it's failed. If you spend days or even weeks worrying, you merely extend the period of stress and uncertainty. Not to say that worrying is inherently a bad thing. It helps us plan for contingencies and prevents us being caught unaware when stuff goes wrong. All I can say is to remember that you are young and have plenty of time. The days are getting longer after all.
Likely the lifespan of the human brain cell. Whatever that turns out to be. I don't see many people living much after one hundred and ten even with highly advanced medicine.

On the one hand, researcher could lead to almost anything. You could go on to become a historian specialising in medieval documents and folklore and end up on a remake of Time Team in the future or something. It is pretty open ended, so you're not pigeon holing yourself like if you got a degree in meta-academic epidemiology or something else narrow that actually exists.

In related, but completely irrelevant news: I find it really annoying when people but double spaces after their full stops, ellipses, exclamation marks, question marks and other sentence ending punctuation marks. It's completely irrational of me to be so annoyed by something so minor that I can only detect when quoting people's posts. And it's not like I don't understand why people do it, but that doesn't help at all!

Blah, I suppose this means getting to know what I actually think is right. And that stuff requires brain work, what a nuisance... *wipes dust off brain and looks for the on-button*

The worst thing about worrying is that I know I postpone my own life and priorities by taking other people's worries to myself as well even if it's not needed at all. I would lie if I said I didn't worry for myself, but I smother that worry and then worry for others. Hmh.

Well, I have always had this silly need to work at a museum or something and being a historian wouldn't exactly lower my chances, but, gah. Right now I can't see myself happy in any form of profession. Roaming free, now that would be nice...

I have to agree on this, hehe.

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

-snip, one of the most delightful things ever-

This is how I imagine Mutant Sheep 24/7. A lovely sketch, and I know that Nalle must have been the most cheered up wee bear for seeing this!

Teddy

2013-08-07, 08:04 AM

@Polarised lenses: If you get a pair and look at a flat screen monitor with them and tilt your head to the side, it makes the picture vanish. I think... Damned Wikipedia and their American spellings...

Yes, this is true for normal LCD screens. My Tablet PC's screen is special, and instead turn incredibly psychedelic, looking a bit like I imagine an LSD trip would...

Hardly. It still applies. If there are too many helpful people, then eventually you'll run out food to feed them all with and some of them will starve to death and disease will spread through the surviving population. Alternatively, you could have so many that you'll be crushed beneath their weight.

Heh, they're hardly helpful if they breed so much they overpopulate the Earth, or all decide to jump upon you, but you have a point...

*nibbles Teddifer*

:3

YAY! I just got accepted to my local police academy! I am going to follow in my late father's footsteps and become an office of the law! (hopefully)

Since I don't really have anyone to share this information with, I thought I would tell random people on the internet!

Congratulations! Become a willpowered and honourable policeman, I've always looked up to people of that creed.

Heck, I don't know - I just wear the glasses! :smallyuk:

Well, you should be happy to know that polarised glasses have many wonderful uses! Going to a lake/river/the sea? Bring your glasses to look through the reflections in the water. Going cloudgazing? Bring your glasses to make the sky behind darker, making clouds you never saw visible. :smallsmile:

*happy dance* Join me, Nalle!

:smallfeeblesmile:

I was rather shocked that the guy I talked to was really nice. I've usually ended up shouting at the people about how inept they are at what they do as a living.

It struck me quite recently that I'm reaching the point in my education where I can't those working in my field to be more competent than me on virtue of them having a job while I'm still learning. The fact I could do better than someone out there isn't entirely reassuring...

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

*charge*

Heh, cute. :3 I think Sheep lacks a third set of limbs, though...

...
I suppose it's a bit fitting for how I feel currently. Taking inspiration, I drew my own sketch. You may recognise a few people in this scene, and some of you will understand what's going on better than others...
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4332/eqe8.png

IRN:
Had my first appointment with my kurator (Swedish word, Swedish thing (apparently) and nigh untranslatable) today, and talked for over an hour straight. Judging from how dark I feel, I think I'm going to need a number more sessions like these...

Cobra_Ikari

2013-08-07, 08:25 AM

IRN:
Had my first appointment with my kurator (Swedish word, Swedish thing (apparently) and nigh untranslatable) today, and talked for over an hour straight. Judging from how dark I feel, I think I'm going to need a number more sessions like these...

...my first guess was curator, but that seems unlikely, unless you are secretly a museum.

...sounds like a counselor/therapist/psychologist, if you're doing hour-long sessions and aren't feeling well.

*hugs that hopefully brighten you up a bit?*

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-07, 08:32 AM

I'm cookin' steak! Yay steak!

Anyone else cook stuff recently? I'm guessing yes since you're all responsible adults :smallamused:

I made taco burgers the other day!

Get ground beef. Shred LOTS of cheese, preferably a jack or cheddar, or mexican blend and some taco seasoning. Hand mix both into ground beef. Make patties out of meat. Cook. Add salsa, and other fixings into burger. No need for cheese, as its in the burger.

Add bacon for extra enjoyment.

Repeat as needed. :smallcool:

Teddy

2013-08-07, 08:38 AM

...my first guess was curator, but that seems unlikely, unless you are secretly a museum.

...sounds like a counselor/therapist/psychologist, if you're doing hour-long sessions and aren't feeling well.

*hugs that hopefully brighten you up a bit?*

Something like that, yes...

*hugs back feebly*

Dimonite

2013-08-07, 08:41 AM

I made taco burgers the other day!

Get ground beef. Shred LOTS of cheese, preferably a jack or cheddar, or mexican blend and some taco seasoning. Hand mix both into ground beef. Make patties out of meat. Cook. Add salsa, and other fixings into burger. No need for cheese, as its in the burger.

Add bacon for extra enjoyment.

Repeat as needed. :smallcool:

This is giving me flashbacks to the taco pizza they served in the cafeteria last year. I decided to try it assuming it just had hot sauce and sausage and was like a taco in that respect.

NOPE.

It had refried beans instead of pizza sauce. I nearly died.

AtlanteanTroll

2013-08-07, 09:24 AM

Well that sounds absolutely disgusting. :smallyuk:

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-07, 09:32 AM

Well that sounds absolutely disgusting. :smallyuk:

The pizza or the burgers? :smallconfused:

I for one, am not a fan of refried beans, so if you're in that camp, agreed.

Also, Dimonite - refried beans as a sauce for pizza is good or bad for you?

Dimonite

2013-08-07, 10:18 AM

Well that sounds absolutely disgusting. :smallyuk:

It was the worst taste experience of my life. :smallyuk:

Also, Dimonite - refried beans as a sauce for pizza is good or bad for you?

That was much clearer in my head, but I generally call refried beans recycled beans, so yeah that was bad.

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-07, 10:23 AM

It was the worst taste experience of my life. :smallyuk:

That was much clearer in my head, but I generally call refried beans recycled beans, so yeah that was bad.

Alright. I'm with you! However, the burgers I assure you are tasty. :smallbiggrin: No beans about it.:smallwink:

FinnLassie

2013-08-07, 10:57 AM

Well, you should be happy to know that polarised glasses have many wonderful uses! Going to a lake/river/the sea? Bring your glasses to look through the reflections in the water. Going cloudgazing? Bring your glasses to make the sky behind darker, making clouds you never saw visible. :smallsmile:

:smallfeeblesmile:

Yeah, the lady who was showing me the different coatings and such told me that if I do a lot of hiking, polarised is probably the best, and especially because I'm rather sensitive to brightness, it's easier for me to get things clear. Plus, if I ever start to drive I suppose it would be for the best.

*hug*

Amidus Drexel

2013-08-07, 11:30 AM

Lucky thing. Now I just need to wait for some years and hope that your vision gets worse, so I can laugh at you when you have the need to get specs. *sits down, trying to be patient*

*narrows eyes* I have a headache...

I think I've mentioned how your hair is like a lion's fur. :smalltongue:

Heh, you, "patient." :smallamused: And on that note: :smalltongue:

Sleeeeeeeeeeep :smalltongue:

I'd describe it more as a mop... but, whatever. :smallamused:

I suppose it's a bit fitting for how I feel currently. Taking inspiration, I drew my own sketch. You may recognise a few people in this scene, and some of you will understand what's going on better than others...
-snip; :smallfrown:-

*freezes in shock*

...You've actually managed to procure tears of sadness from me... for the first time in longer than I can remember. I think that speaks both to your artistic skill and the gravity of your situation, little about it that I know.

Feel better, man. :smallfrown:

MoonCat

2013-08-07, 12:51 PM

:frown::frown::frown:

Teddy, if you feel like that, I strongly recommend you take a break. I've seen this on at least two other than you in regards to the events, and you will get a million times worse if you refuse to take care of yourself. I wish I could help you more, you were a godsend when I was nearly spent, but now I feel you've taken the burden far too much.

Haluesen

2013-08-07, 12:51 PM

*waves back from the HugCave*

Is nice to be back. Missed you guys. Hopefully, it'll stick this time. =3

Hello person I do not know yet! *waves* I'm Haluesen and it is good to meet you!

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/001-3.jpg

This sketch is absolutely brilliant. :smallbiggrin: Yay Kneebs awesome art skills!

Heh, cute. :3 I think Sheep lacks a third set of limbs, though...

...
I suppose it's a bit fitting for how I feel currently. Taking inspiration, I drew my own sketch. You may recognise a few people in this scene, and some of you will understand what's going on better than others...
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4332/eqe8.png

IRN:
Had my first appointment with my kurator (Swedish word, Swedish thing (apparently) and nigh untranslatable) today, and talked for over an hour straight. Judging from how dark I feel, I think I'm going to need a number more sessions like these...

I'm sorry you aren't doing well right now Teddy. :smallfrown: *hugs* I hope things start improving for you soon. For what it's worth, I really like your sketch. :smallsmile:

I made taco burgers the other day!

Get ground beef. Shred LOTS of cheese, preferably a jack or cheddar, or mexican blend and some taco seasoning. Hand mix both into ground beef. Make patties out of meat. Cook. Add salsa, and other fixings into burger. No need for cheese, as its in the burger.

Add bacon for extra enjoyment.

Repeat as needed. :smallcool:

...I ABSOLUTELY MUST DO THIS SOMEDAY!!!! Wombat, you are a genius amongst us puny mortals. :smallbiggrin:

ION: Hi everyone! Having problems trying to be on as much as I want to be, hopefully I can talk plenty today. How have things been all around? I'm being hounded by the fiend of Homework today, hopefully I'll get it to back off by later. :smallamused: Also Fallout New Vegas is still a great game. :smallbiggrin:

Mutant Sheep

2013-08-07, 01:11 PM

Here is a sketch I wanted to do for Teddy a week ago to help him cheer up. It is Teddy riding Ovis into battle.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/001-3.jpgI like. However, I keep seeing a Locust Horde face instead of a sheep one, because my imagination dwells on whatever recent media I just digested. (Teddy looks silly and funny and other adjectives I'm too lazy to name)

I have a meagre enough skill as for silly drawings here. :smallwink: Thank you. *nibbles* I wanted Ovis to be fierce and wild, but I suppose he is not used to being used as a war steed.It is rather uncomfortable, is all. :smalltongue:

It was the worst taste experience of my life. :smallyuk:

That was much clearer in my head, but I generally call refried beans recycled beans, so yeah that was bad.
Sounds horrifying indeed.:smalleek: A pack of disgusting lies.

... Eurgh.

Tedday! I'm too lazy to quote thee, but I think I do have all three pairs.

I'm horrible at recognizing things, but I see picture and it looks like early Bowser. You use axes on Boswer.:smalltongue:

Kurator sounds so museum-y indeed. :smallbiggrin:

TheWombatOfDoom

2013-08-07, 01:14 PM

...I ABSOLUTELY MUST DO THIS SOMEDAY!!!! Wombat, you are a genius amongst us puny mortals. :smallbiggrin:

ION: Hi everyone! Having problems trying to be on as much as I want to be, hopefully I can talk plenty today. How have things been all around? I'm being hounded by the fiend of Homework today, hopefully I'll get it to back off by later. :smallamused: Also Fallout New Vegas is still a great game. :smallbiggrin:

It's tasty, easy, and wonderful. Thank you! :smallbiggrin: I came up with it when I was trying to decide between using the ground beef for burgers or taco, and then I thought - Why not BOTH!?

Hi! We have experienced each other in the same thread, but I feel we haven't really had the pleasure to exchange pleasantries. I'm Wombat. I poop in squares and crush things with my butt, whilst being gigantic and adorable. :smallsmile: I'm an artist and a writer by interest, while being stuck in a security position. I use the forums as a vent for creativity, and to interact with kindred spirits.

I own, but as yet had the fortune to play, Fallout: New Vegas. Homework in August? You poor soul.

Edit:
ION: My grandfather went into surgery today to remove the cancer that keeps coming back in his ear. (yes, I know that sounds bizarre - ear cancer) It's been operated on 3 times, and removed, but come back (and with diabetes, this makes things even worse there, with persistant infections as well). Now they've removed his entire left ear and part of his right. My dad informed me the ear removal surgery went well. to which I texted back - "Good to hear."

...and I just realized how terrible of a pun I just made about my grandfather's sugery by accident, and I'm abashed and sad (and also a tiny bit amused...:smallredface:)

Haluesen

2013-08-07, 01:35 PM

It's tasty, easy, and wonderful. Thank you! :smallbiggrin: I came up with it when I was trying to decide between using the ground beef for burgers or taco, and then I thought - Why not BOTH!?

Hi! We have experienced each other in the same thread, but I feel we haven't really had the pleasure to exchange pleasantries. I'm Wombat. I poop in squares and crush things with my butt, whilst being gigantic and adorable. :smallsmile: I'm an artist and a writer by interest, while being stuck in a security position. I use the forums as a vent for creativity, and to interact with kindred spirits.

I own, but as yet had the fortune to play, Fallout: New Vegas. Homework in August? You poor soul.

Edit:
ION: My grandfather went into surgery today to remove the cancer that keeps coming back in his ear. (yes, I know that sounds bizarre - ear cancer) It's been operated on 3 times, and removed, but come back (and with diabetes, this makes things even worse there, with persistant infections as well). Now they've removed his entire left ear and part of his right. My dad informed me the ear removal surgery went well. to which I texted back - "Good to hear."

...and I just realized how terrible of a pun I just made about my grandfather's sugery by accident, and I'm abashed and sad (and also a tiny bit amused...:smallredface:)

Heh it is a brilliant innovation. I have enough ground beef currently, I should consider it sometime soon. :smallbiggrin:

It's good to meet you Wombat! I'm Hal, I'm pretty sure I've seen you on the boards before but here is the only place I really say hi. Sounds pretty fun (the writing and creativity, I leave the square pooping to your own expectations :smalltongue: ), I'm mostly here to learn about how to be a better DM and actually have a chance to play in a game instead of just DM one. I guess I'm here because most other threads I am in go too slowly; here I can actually converse. :smallbiggrin:

Well yeah, the homework is for an online college class that goes year around. My "vacation time" is anytime that I'm not actively doing class work. And the game is great. :smallbiggrin: I play it on the computer and enjoy trying different game mods.

I'm sorry to hear about problems. :smallfrown: I hope your grandpa will be okay. It is good that the surgery went well though. And heh, sometimes having a small joke in worrying times can be a good things. Ear based humor is a plus. :smallwink: It could have been worse.

Taet

2013-08-07, 02:20 PM

It was the worst taste experience of my life. :smallyuk:

That was much clearer in my head, but I generally call refried beans recycled beans, so yeah that was bad.

Refried beans look and taste like they have been through someone's body already. I agree with you. :smallyuk: What a bad surprise on a pizza.

Huuurgh.

I just ate a four pack of icing due to personal reasons.

Remind me never to do this again :smallsick:

Icing is made to leave a bad feeling in your mouth after the last bite that only goes away when you eat more icing. Glazed donuts do too. I don't know how to fix that so I just do not buy and eat them as long as I remember. There are other good things to eat that do not hide a bad feeling in every bite. Even at a dollar store. :smallyuk:

*is delicious?*

...I think part of it might be that it's hard to look fierce when you're a prey animal. A fluffy, adorable one.

Elemental says that we are prey. So looking pretty is enough for some of us. Or looking fierce.

Hmm... Nine changes in direction. It is indeed a good thing you chose not to become a navigator.

All I can say is to remember that you are young and have plenty of time. The days are getting longer after all.

On the one hand, researcher could lead to almost anything. You could go on to become a historian specialising in medieval documents and folklore and end up on a remake of Time Team in the future or something. It is pretty open ended, so you're not pigeon holing yourself like if you got a degree in meta-academic epidemiology or something else narrow that actually exists.

Apparently, whenever Mynxae hears the phrase "train of thought", he thinks of trains. That evokes some rather humorous imagery.

I suppose the issue could be that unlike cats, we are descended from prey. We need to strive to escape doom, a cat is a doombringer. True, we're masters of our destiny now, but we weren't all that long ago. Blessed with intelligence, we truly understand how fragile we are, and we fear that. We need to accomplish something if only to prove our own significance. Cats on the other hand, they have little understanding of their own mortality and thus feel no need for accomplishments to prove themselves. Combined with domestication and the protection and comforts they receive as a result, they quite literally feel no need to do anything but relax. Ignorance is bliss after all.
Not that I would exchange my intelligence for a relatively carefree existence. That would remove my ability to debate the nature of human achievement.

In related, but completely irrelevant news: I find it really annoying when people but double spaces after their full stops, ellipses, exclamation marks, question marks and other sentence ending punctuation marks. It's completely irrational of me to be so annoyed by something so minor that I can only detect when quoting people's posts. And it's not like I don't understand why people do it, but that doesn't help at all!

This is true,

and it is a good thing that you are not a calendar maker. The days are getting shorter in August. :smalltongue:

A lot of people need to pay a tiny bit to give a researcher enough money to live. Time Team works because it is research for thousands of TV watchers and keeps the cost low enough. FinnLassie wants to keep doing something new so she needs to research quickly so she can get through a lot of new things. After that she can sell many uses of research to a few people each instead of one big thing to thousands of TV watchers watching the same thing.

You make sense to say that we are prey. I cannot say that I feel it though. If I die someone will not loot my time and my kitchen and my future food that I would have eaten ten years from now.

Is Elemental the only one who was not taught to use two spaces or am I the only one who was taught to use them? I worry.

...my first guess was curator, but that seems unlikely, unless you are secretly a museum.

It sort of works. If Teddy's spirit is open to the public. And it is here.