Topic: Blog Thread III : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 261181 times)

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #10950 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 04:17 »

dude, weddings. you would not believe the amounts people spend on weddings. we'd be set.

Linds · « **Reply #10951 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 05:00 »

SO MANY WEDDINGS. Comparing to what people will pay to have a wedding at one of the local parks, I'm sure we could afford to keep the house up off of weddings in the gardens.

May, if I had the money I'd be so in. I wanted to get some friends together to buy this house, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.

valley_parade · « **Reply #10952 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 06:36 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jun 2012, 02:43

OK everyone I'm going to need your life savings to buy the forum a house. If everyone can chip in a couple of grand we'll be sorted, and then we can rent it out and we'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

a) I only have like $190 to my name right now

b) there's no basement, where are we gonna host punk shows as a way of paying the mortgage?

Papersatan · « **Reply #10953 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 06:56 »

a) I only have like $190 to my name right now

b) there's no basement, where are we gonna host ~~punk shows~~ kink parties as a way of paying the mortgage?

valley_parade · « **Reply #10954 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 07:45 »

Oh wait, it's got a "vaulted wine cellar". Fuck wine, kink and punk ahoy!

snalin · « **Reply #10955 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 05:13 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jun 2012, 02:43

OK everyone I'm going to need your life savings to buy the forum a house. If everyone can chip in a couple of grand we'll be sorted, and then we can rent it out and we'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

There's no better way of saying "I'm filthy rich" than "I've got a reception hall. It's panelled in oak. It's described as 'grand'. It's about the size of a quarter of a tennis field". I also like that there are "self contained staff accommodations" - so you don't have to see the servants when they're not serving you!

pwhodges · « **Reply #10956 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 05:25 »

On the first floor there isn't even any way between the staff and main parts of the house!

Linds · « **Reply #10957 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 05:29 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 06 Jun 2012, 07:45

Oh wait, it's got a "vaulted wine cellar". Fuck wine, kink and punk ahoy!

Not to hate on punk or people who like it, but most people who like punk don't have that much money! We need to make money off of rich people! So I think Kat's route might actually be more effective, especially if it's very discrete. Also I want to have masquerade balls and that wouldn't mesh well with punk. And you need wine for those things. Also wine is nice. Also outdoor music festivals are a lot better than basement festivals, but if people litter on those grounds, they gonna die.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #10958 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 06:03 »

I'm SO in. Can I sign up as the first wedding on the premises? I nearly had a meltdown yesterday about how much fucking money these Wedding Industry Bastards want to weasel out of us.

Linds · « **Reply #10959 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 07:51 »

Weddings are expensive. Some friends are planning one now and trying to keep the cost down as much as possible, but when you add up food, reception location, photographers, and all that, it's nuts. Personally I want an inexpensive wedding so I can go someplace nice for my honeymoon. I will make most of the stuff myself if I have to (which I kind of want to do anyways).

Barmymoo · « **Reply #10960 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 08:48 »

We could totally start a wedding service. One of my stepbrothers is a great photographer, I have musician friends who play at a lot of weddings, between us we could definitely do the catering. OK everyone, send me all your moneys.

Redball · « **Reply #10961 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 09:10 »

So how many two thousand dollarses is this?

Barmymoo · « **Reply #10962 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 09:11 »

Currently we're looking at $ 3,110,416.50, plus stamp duty. And conversion charges. Better get selling off those kidneys, people.

celticgeek · « **Reply #10963 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 09:16 »

A mere $480 per forum member.

celticgeek · « **Reply #10964 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 09:31 »

And we send it in to this address in Nigeria, right?

pwhodges · « **Reply #10965 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 09:33 »

No, this time it's to that department of the UN that uses a Yahoo mail address.

LTK · « **Reply #10966 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 09:39 »

Quote from: celticgeek on 07 Jun 2012, 09:16

A mere $480 per forum member.

A bit more if you only count the people who have posted in the last, say, two months.

valley_parade · « **Reply #10967 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 10:05 »

Quote from: Linds on 07 Jun 2012, 05:29

Quote from: valley_parade on 06 Jun 2012, 07:45
Oh wait, it's got a "vaulted wine cellar". Fuck wine, kink and punk ahoy!

Not to hate on punk or people who like it, but most people who like punk don't have that much money! We need to make money off of rich people! So I think Kat's route might actually be more effective, especially if it's very discrete. Also I want to have masquerade balls and that wouldn't mesh well with punk. And you need wine for those things. Also wine is nice. Also outdoor music festivals are a lot better than basement festivals, but if people litter on those grounds, they gonna die.

Confession: Mostly I want a huge house with a huge basement someday so I can host shows just to have the bands I like come and play them. Wouldn't give no fucks about turning profit.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #10968 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 12:50 »

Quote from: Linds on 07 Jun 2012, 07:51

Weddings are expensive. Some friends are planning one now and trying to keep the cost down as much as possible, but when you add up food, reception location, photographers, and all that, it's nuts. Personally I want an inexpensive wedding so I can go someplace nice for my honeymoon. I will make most of the stuff myself if I have to (which I kind of want to do anyways).

Yeahh, we're definitely going to budget route- gives me an excuse to get artsy and craftsy. I was on The Knot for a while and I saw one person talking about her 30k "budget wedding". I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. We're trying to keep ours at roughly a third of that and I still think it's too much money. That total is even with me making all of the bouquets, centerpieces, favors, stationery....

Oh! Can we have a studio in our house too? With easels, wheels, a kiln, etc....we can sell art to pay the mortgage too!

Linds · « **Reply #10969 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 01:30 »

Seconded! Studio is a must. I will even teach classes!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #10970 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 02:01 »

Although it's not mentioned anywhere in the descriptions, in the efficiency report (the red to green bar charts) there is a chart for a cottage. Totally can be a studio.

Redball · « **Reply #10971 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 02:16 »

400 sq ft for a wood shop and a closet with window for a ham station.

Mister D Nomms · « **Reply #10972 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:03 »

Every house needs a sex dungeon. If space is tight, we can share with the wood shop.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #10973 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:05 »

Guys, you are not having a sex dungeon in my 17th century house of elegance and sophistication, you can use one of the outbuildings and I'll just never go there.

Patrick · « **Reply #10974 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:14 »

You guys all have to be quiet when Troubador's recording though.

Redball · « **Reply #10975 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:15 »

Trying to imagine incorporating table saws, router tables, drill press, jointer-planer, band-saw, 6x48 belt sander into sex dungeon.
Ewwwww!
And that doesn't include the air compressor.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #10976 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:22 »

Fuck Saws are a thing actually.

Power Tool kinks are such a big thing.

Papersatan · « **Reply #10977 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:26 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 07 Jun 2012, 03:05

Guys, you are not having a sex dungeon in my 17th century house of elegance and sophistication, you can use one of the outbuildings and I'll just never go there.

People in the 17th century had sex!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #10978 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 03:43 »

I am sure they did. People still have sex, but not in my room :p

Patrick · « **Reply #10979 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 04:57 »

Guys, my guitar amp is $300-400 worth of broken, the snare drum at my jam night is broken, and Matt isn't sticking around at open mic tonight. Bummer day.

Redball · « **Reply #10980 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 05:31 »

Quote from: ackblom12 on 07 Jun 2012, 03:22

Fuck Saws are a thing actually.

Even featured in a university course: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/05/northwestern-professor-apologizes-for-fcksaw-demonstration/

Jace · « **Reply #10981 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 06:08 »

My nana is gonna die and I'm at work trying not to break down because even though no one else is here it sucks and I have been preparing myself for it for years but I never thought that I'd be 3000 miles away when it happened. I don't want condolences or anything, I just have to write this down. Reposted this from the other forum I'm on to ensure coverage.

Redball · « **Reply #10982 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 06:59 »

That's hard, to be far away when someone you love is dying. OK, so no condolences. You've got my sympathy, though.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #10983 on:** 08 Jun 2012, 04:32 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 07 Jun 2012, 03:43

I am sure they did. People still have sex, but not in my room :p

... awwww ...

Linds · « **Reply #10984 on:** 08 Jun 2012, 06:55 »

Quote from: Papersatan on 07 Jun 2012, 03:26

People in the 17th century had sex!

New sigquote, because I could not stop giggling at this.

Welu · « **Reply #10985 on:** 08 Jun 2012, 12:57 »

I tried to surf yesterday for the first time ever. Managed to get on my knees a few times and after the first couple goes I got the hang of balancing pretty quick so I didn't keep falling off. Was very fun but very tiring and today my arms are screaming at me for it. Need to get working on my upper body strength.

LTK · « **Reply #10986 on:** 08 Jun 2012, 02:46 »

You and me both, Welu. In gymnastics, the first time I pulled up to shoulder level in the rings was so intensive I couldn't pull up on anything else for the remainder of the lesson. The trick is, according to a stocky Asian guy with biceps the size of my quadriceps, to get the rings on the inside of your wrists instead of hanging on your palms or fingers.

Now I have a cold, so I feel like crap. And there's nothing like videogames to make you forget all about feeling like crap! When your entire attention capacity is focused on the shiny things on the screen, there's no room left for the thoughts "Man, I feel like crap" and so you don't feel like crap at all any more.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #10987 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 12:21 »

Quote from: lepetitfromage on 07 Jun 2012, 12:50

Quote from: Linds on 07 Jun 2012, 07:51
Weddings are expensive. Some friends are planning one now and trying to keep the cost down as much as possible, but when you add up food, reception location, photographers, and all that, it's nuts. Personally I want an inexpensive wedding so I can go someplace nice for my honeymoon. I will make most of the stuff myself if I have to (which I kind of want to do anyways).

Yeahh, we're definitely going to budget route- gives me an excuse to get artsy and craftsy. I was on The Knot for a while and I saw one person talking about her 30k "budget wedding". I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. We're trying to keep ours at roughly a third of that and I still think it's too much money. That total is even with me making all of the bouquets, centerpieces, favors, stationery....

Just run through our wedding budget and it's come out at £4k tops ($6.1k). Mind you, I reckon I could probably halve that if we wanted to forego some of the nice stuff that's important to us. Mind you, the phrase "No, we're not bothering with that sort of nonsense" has crossed my lips a few times in recent months.

Patrick · « **Reply #10988 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 01:44 »

I've been having a lot of reminders that I'm homesick hitting me right in the face lately, and it's already ruined my day. Isn't even goddamn 2pm yet and I'm having something of a breakdown. Fuck this, I'm going back to bed.

Jace · « **Reply #10989 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 03:52 »

Me, texting my mom:
"any news?"
response:
"She is in hospice now. Resting comfortably on pain killers. Waiting for her to be ready to move in with your Grandpa Chuckie. Saw her this afternoon-she told me he was there with her & then smiled twice."

Simultaneously uplifting and soul crushing.
Have wanted to call my mom but I've been working the past couple evenings and I know that if I actually talk to her that I'd completely lose my composure.

Redball · « **Reply #10990 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 04:10 »

I think you're saying your grandpa has already gone on ahead?
Jace, can you give yourself permission to lose your composure, cry your eyes out? God knows I did in the last 17 months.

Jace · « **Reply #10991 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 04:38 »

Yeah, he passed on years before I was born.
The reason I can't lose my composure is because I'm at work and have been for the past couple evenings.

Patrick · « **Reply #10992 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 05:22 »

Watching grandparents go weighs on you heavily, everybody knows that. Talk to yr boss, take a day and just let loose, man, it'll do you some good.

Jace · « **Reply #10993 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 05:28 »

I have a full week of time off that I am taking starting next sunday. There will be fighting day and night and I'm really looking forward to that as it'll be a great stress release.

Linds · « **Reply #10994 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 08:17 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 09 Jun 2012, 12:21

Just run through our wedding budget and it's come out at £4k tops ($6.1k). Mind you, I reckon I could probably halve that if we wanted to forego some of the nice stuff that's important to us. Mind you, the phrase "No, we're not bothering with that sort of nonsense" has crossed my lips a few times in recent months.

Just out of curiosity, what's the nice stuff?

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #10995 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 11:35 »

We're having a Celidh band for our music where we could have done the music for practically nothing. As we're getting married in the morning and having the reception in the evening we've decided to orchestrate a picnic in between up on Burbage Moor in the Peak District. This has bumped up the transportation costs a fair bit. I could probably have arranged catering for the guests for around £300-400 but we decided to use a local restaurant to do it for us. Again this costs more but the food's really good and that's important to us. Finally I could have done the booze decently on the cheap but instead we went with buying in a couple of kegs from Sheffield's local breweries and while it's not that expensive, it costs a little more.

The bride is knitting her own wedding dress and that is costing dearly in time and frustration but is a massive saving in money. Not the point but it does count.

Linds · « **Reply #10996 on:** 10 Jun 2012, 06:29 »

Knitting her dress? COOL! If she lets you, you should totally post photos of it when she's done, I'd love to see it.

That sounds like it'd be a fun wedding to go to. And it's what you guys want, which is great. I've been to a few weddings where it felt like a wedding for the parents and not for the bride and groom and it just wasn't fun. (At least not for the groom and his friends, from what I could tell.)

valley_parade · « **Reply #10997 on:** 10 Jun 2012, 09:11 »

Ate a McGangbang last night.

I am giving credit to it for why I don't have a soul-crushing hangover today. However, I did wake up this morning to find I was still in full suit, aside from socks.

valley_parade · « **Reply #10998 on:** 10 Jun 2012, 09:43 »

Glad you asked!

It's a standard double cheeseburger from McDonalds, but you open it up and stick an entire McChicken in the middle.

Linds · « **Reply #10999 on:** 10 Jun 2012, 11:07 »

Whaaaaaaaaaat. The. Crap. Is that drunk people food? It sounds like drunk people food.

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