Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 257809 times)

Rizzo · « **Reply #2150 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 02:32 »

Quote from: sean on 11 Dec 2010, 23:29

oh my god after that string of posts i feel so little

oh god i am so little do things get better when you are not little please somebody tell me this shit gets better because oh my god i am about done with things not being better everywhere i turn i see nothing fuck.

i should probably stop drinking and smokin pot and drugs or whatever. though thats all that keeps me sane.

fuck

Daaaaaaaaaaaawgggg. Chill out. Shit gets easier.

Inlander · « **Reply #2151 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 03:36 »

Seriously though guys 30+ is where it's at.

You don't believe me but when you get here you'll see.

Eris · « **Reply #2152 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 03:40 »

Quote from: Rizzo on 11 Dec 2010, 21:53

I've been 23 since July and it's been pretty decent.

I am older than you by a month? Crazy talk! Then again, I still have to keep double checking that I am actually 23 and not 22. Whatever age I am, it is pretty nice, I guess. My New Year's Resolution of "Be Happy" has been going alright. I wasn't happy constantly, but I like the think the majority of the time I have been happy throughout the year.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #2153 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 03:58 »

24 seems to be panning out ok so far. Except I quit my shitty job and started an even worse, shittier job and I don't know how or if I'm going to be able to fix the situation any time soon (though I hear back tomorrow if I can have my old, shitty job back). Also for the last few days I've been finding spiders everywhere. Not just in my house but in my hair and my clothes and all over my arms and oh god in my beard and on my face oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck spiders spiders covered in spiders oh fuck help me

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #2154 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 06:40 »

Dear Blog Thread,
This is my first winter in Pittsburgh PA, and we don't really get snow. The downside is that we get all the wet, but the ground doesn't freeze, so its just mud and brown and gray. Its ugly as fuck. 3 hours north, in my old home town, my parents have 26 inches of snow. If I'm going to get the cold as temps and bitter wind, I'd like the snow that goes with it! Its 35 degrees here right now and raining. It sucks.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2155 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:40 »

Man y'all are making me feel young. Sean, you are not alone in being 19!

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2156 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:44 »

37 since world aids day.

snalin · « **Reply #2157 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:44 »

yay for 19!

Ladybug · « **Reply #2158 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:45 »

I liked 19! Not a fan of 23. I hope 24 will be better.

Metope · « **Reply #2159 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:46 »

I'm feeling really old these days since most of the people I hang out with here are a lot younger than me (I guess that's natural when you start your undergrad studies at 21, going on 22). I talked to my friend Sarah who is 18 about it, and I was all 'When I'm in my early 30's, you'll be in your mid 20's'. Yikes!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #2160 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 08:52 »

Say Your Age Thread III: Look Who's Saying Their Age Now

tania · « **Reply #2161 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:04 »

if 30+ is the time in your life at which you finally have money, like money to furnish your apartment with furniture from an actual furniture store instead of from craigslist then man you better believe i am excited to turn 30

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2162 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 10:23 »

Quote from: Inlander on 12 Dec 2010, 03:36

Seriously though guys 30+ is where it's at.

You don't believe me but when you get here you'll see.

It really is true. Life will never be as good as it is when you're thirty. Smarter, monied, reckless and still able to bounce back from the damage of your own ill conceived plans. It's down hill from there so do it like you mena it when you're 30.

In blogging mode, I'm still recovering from yesterday's ill conceived plan to take my shiny new fixed gear out to the cycling club's Christmas dinner yesterday. What I thought would be a casual potter up to Owler Bar was in fact a straight gib over the top and down into Baslow and me bailing out in Grindleford because I was close to death. Had I been 30 I would have been a cycling god, alas 5 years of pie and beer have served me ill.

sean · « **Reply #2163 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 10:46 »

dang i got mopey last night.

sorry bout that guys. i get mopey sometimes.

allison · « **Reply #2164 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 11:01 »

It's okay Sean, that is what internet message boards are for. We still like you!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #2165 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 11:12 »

JUST FOUND A QUEBECOIS/POUTINE JOINT IN CANMORE, LIFE NOW COMPLETE

Tom · « **Reply #2166 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 11:20 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 12 Dec 2010, 07:40

Man y'all are making me feel young. Sean, you are not alone in being 19!

I've been 19 for a month and already I feel like shit.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #2167 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 13:39 »

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
spiders
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Inlander · « **Reply #2168 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 14:55 »

Is that a new song you're working on?

Not having heard your music I imagine it'd be all: chugga-chugga-chugga "The spiders - aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh - the spiders - aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh" chugga-chugga-chugga.

De_El · « **Reply #2169 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 15:37 »

Quote from: Tom on 12 Dec 2010, 11:20

Quote from: Barmymoo on 12 Dec 2010, 07:40
Man y'all are making me feel young. Sean, you are not alone in being 19!

I've been 19 for a month and already I feel like shit.

That is so sad! 19 has been a bomb ass year for me, for the most part. Some shit went down but I turned it around and got over some Problems and now I might actually be a reasonably assured and amiable human being

But now I'm gonna be 20 and that's weird. There's no change in legal status, but is there anything customary to do on one's 20th birthday? My birthday is always kind of sad because it happens right after the term ends and all the friends I've spent months hanging out with have gone to their respective corners of the world. It'll be nice to see my family back in Chicago, but I gotta figure out something to do with myself that day.

scarred · « **Reply #2170 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 16:13 »

20 is sort of surreal, I don't know. It's weird not being a teenager anymore, but still being unable to go to bars. And by weird, I mean incredibly sad.

Graphite · « **Reply #2171 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 16:26 »

19 was the best year for me. It was the year I metaphorically Grew A Pair.

sean · « **Reply #2172 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 16:30 »

in not self loathing news:

guys i found a bike today! my friend andy called me at like noon and was like "SEAN THERES A BIKE OUTSIDE" and i was like lol whatever im still in bed. then about an hour ago andy and another friend jordan dragged me to d hall and we walked by it and holy shit there was just this beautiful black fixie with white wheels just sitting there. so, uh, i now have a really nice fixie. its really light too! also as im writing this im wearing framless glasses that i got last night cause i saw narnia in 3d (first 3d movie with the new fangled 3d movie technology!) and it was terrible. but i have the glasses now! whoo! little things!

Patrick · « **Reply #2173 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 17:17 »

Been catching up on the blog thread. Internet's been down for 4 days because my silly stoner roommate forgot to reset the router name and password when he reset the wireless router itself. Anyway...

So yesterday I went into San Francisco with Lindsay to see and take part in the Dickens Fair. We had made plans to attend before we broke up, and neither of us wanted to ditch. Basically it's like a Renaissance Fair except the idea is to try recreating Dickens-era London. Lindsay, being something of a seamstress, has a dress she hand-made, designed, everything. Wore that with a bonnet. I wore my threadbare corduroy pants, my least-incorrect shoes, a sweater+vest, and my wool cap. It was the best I could do.

I ate haggis and drank a nice copper ale. Never had copper ale before so it was quite a treat to have something I liked so much. As for the haggis... eh, I've had better. But this wasn't the worst in the universe, I'm sure. Tried meat pies for the first time, at Lindsay's suggestion. They were delicious. We were certainly in agreement that the holiday season is made so much better by attending.

As for the breakup, it's still in effect, and it still hurts like hell. But hey. I got to spend time with her. She always has been a shitload of fun to spend time with, so I've got no real room to complain.

And this week I get to record my weekly Beatles performance with Lukas. You will hear either our rehearsals or our actual performance, we'll be recording both. We're now calling ourselves the Holidays (an acknowledgement of our birthdays being on New Year's and April Fool's) and hope to start writing our own songs soon. We're also going to start organizing our self-management. Bulletin boards, notes, thumbtacks, phone calls, emails, the works. We're also going to start printing business cards, as well as looking for a steady drummer (drummers, those elusive little fuckers, are known for their flakiness) and another singer-guitarist.

A lot of things are happening that I am looking forward to, and I plan on enjoying them to their fullest.

Dazed · « **Reply #2174 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 18:10 »

Move to the east coast and I'll drum for you!

Rizzo · « **Reply #2175 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:28 »

Quote from: Eris on 12 Dec 2010, 03:40

I am older than you by a month? Crazy talk! Then again, I still have to keep double checking that I am actually 23 and not 22. Whatever age I am, it is pretty nice, I guess. My New Year's Resolution of "Be Happy" has been going alright. I wasn't happy constantly, but I like the think the majority of the time I have been happy throughout the year.

That does seem weird! Still, that's life I guess. I still get weird and confused when I meet people whose year of birth I can remember. I really ought to get over that, it's only going to get worse.

Quote from: scarred on 12 Dec 2010, 16:13

20 is sort of surreal, I don't know. It's weird not being a teenager anymore, but still being unable to go to bars. And by weird, I mean incredibly sad.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Fuck your life.

JD · « **Reply #2176 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:32 »

Quote from: scarred on 12 Dec 2010, 16:13

20 is sort of surreal, I don't know. It's weird not being a teenager anymore, but still being unable to go to bars. And by weird, I mean incredibly sad.

In America maybe. Come up to Canada some day.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2177 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 01:59 »

Quote from: sean on 12 Dec 2010, 16:30

in not self loathing news:

guys i found a bike today! my friend andy called me at like noon and was like "SEAN THERES A BIKE OUTSIDE" and i was like lol whatever im still in bed. then about an hour ago andy and another friend jordan dragged me to d hall and we walked by it and holy shit there was just this beautiful black fixie with white wheels just sitting there. so, uh, i now have a really nice fixie. its really light too!

Isn't that going to be someone else's bike?

I mean, they don't just materialise out of the ether. Either the owner left it there and they're going to want it back or it was stolen by someone who left it there and the owner is going to want it back.

Spluff · « **Reply #2178 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 02:42 »

probably fell off the bike tree

Inlander · « **Reply #2179 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 02:58 »

Still, it's a fixie, which suggests that he stole it off a hipster. That's not the same as stealing it off an actual person.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2180 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 03:01 »

You utter, utter bastard.

Inlander · « **Reply #2181 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:12 »

You can't possibly have come to know me well enough in a week to give me two "utter"s.

Inlander · « **Reply #2182 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:13 »

Anyway for all we know the owner might have abandoned it because they realised that riding a fixie is fucking annoying.

Inlander · « **Reply #2183 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:14 »

(Seriously though Sean "finders keepers" is really not an adequate moral framework upon which to base a grown-up life.)

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2184 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:18 »

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Dec 2010, 04:12

You can't possibly have come to know me well enough in a week to give me two "utter"s.

I blogged upthread that I was riding fixed wheel meaning you just called me a hipster. Close, but I think that warrant a double utter.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #2185 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:29 »

You ride a fixie though, there's no excuse.

Inlander · « **Reply #2186 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:35 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 13 Dec 2010, 04:18

I think that warrant a double utter.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2187 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:52 »

My life here is rather dull but I am making the most awesome plans! I'm really excited about Norway and also I am spending time in Surrey and London either side of it, so I will be doing so much awesome stuff. I think I'll be spending two nights in a Youth Hostel because it's not that expensive and I'd like to be totally free to do my own thing for a few days, and meet up with people who I wouldn't be staying with but still want to see. I'm also staying with three different people for a few nights each which will be awesome

Argh just looked at the Post Office currency exchange and the minimum order amount for Krone is £400. I don't want £400 worth of krone! If I spend that much in ten days I am in serious trouble!

pwhodges · « **Reply #2188 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 05:09 »

I gave up ordering currency in advance ages ago, and just use a debit card in a cash machine in the country I'm in. Nationwide (where I bank) have long been known as giving the best deal on foreign transactions, and when I last checked (quite a while ago) it was cheaper that way than buying currency in this country before leaving.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2189 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 05:26 »

Nationwide have now abandoned fee free withdrawls overseas.

If you can tie up the remainder of the £400 for that amount of time, the Post Office will buy it back commission free with proof of purchase. In which case leave what you can't spend at home and convert it, along with anything else, on yuor return.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2190 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 05:31 »

The latter option was what I was thinking of doing, but my stepdad made an excellent suggestion which I will follow up on, which hopefully will not cost any extra money.

Cernunnos · « **Reply #2191 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 06:08 »

Quote from: Inlander on 13 Dec 2010, 04:14

Seriously though Sean "finders keepers" is really not an adequate moral framework upon which to base a grown-up life.

Exactly. That is a shitty thing to do.

sean · « **Reply #2192 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 06:45 »

i mean, if i found the owner, i would be more than happy to give it back! but seriously who abandons their bike in a parking lot in the rain? and it is so nice and pretty!

i guess i am a pretty terrible person, huh? fuck

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2193 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 06:49 »

What are you doing to find the owner?

You're not a terrible person, but you will be if you don't do the right thing.

Patrick · « **Reply #2194 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:20 »

Oh man. Effective guilt bomb? On the internet? I have never seen one before.

Guys I just got back from Tracy. It is maybe 25 miles away from Livermore, but when we left town at 4:45am it was just the start of "idiots trying to merge" hour. And guess who was designated driver since everybody else was sleepy and whiny about it! Alas, I was the one stuck with morning freeway traffic on I580. Stop and go for half the damn distance we went. Literally just walked in the door maybe ten minutes before starting this post.

Hanging out in Tracy was fun though. My friend from work wanted to go hang out in Tracy to meet with a friend of his. It was pretty fun. We smoked in the bowl of a skatepark at 2am. Ate at Denny's at like 3:30. Some dude vomited in the parking lot, which made me have second thoughts about the meal we'd just subjected ourselves to, but I feel fine, and food poisoning would've hit by now. So I suppose I'm alright.

And now, bed. I don't plan on being conscious for the next several hours.

Lines · « **Reply #2195 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:51 »

Sean, just post flyers posting that a bike was found with your number/email or post something on Craigslist. If someone calls/emails and can describe it accurately, give it back. If no one comes to claim it, then I guess it's yours.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #2196 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 08:00 »

Or the more legitimate version is to report the find to the police. If they aren't presented with a reasonable claim within a fixed period, you get to keep the bike.

Slick · « **Reply #2197 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 08:52 »

Maybe they forgot their lock, maybe they forgot to lock it, maybe they left it for a minute and then got caught up in something else. Losing a bike is a serious pain in the ass. In fact, right now I am wearing a shirt that says I hope a bike thief gets run over by a monster truck.
You really ought to post flyers or something.

valley_parade · « **Reply #2198 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 09:18 »

Quote from: Patrick on 13 Dec 2010, 07:20

Guys I just got back from Tracy.

Did you see any cricket? When I was in Tracy, we drove by a cricket match!

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #2199 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 10:20 »

woo it's flloooooding

FLOOODIIINNNGGGG

there is a highway that i take to work, and to get home every day, and there is one part where it's perfectly straight for quite a while with nothing but flat farm fields on either side. the road is elevated so when it floods just right the water fills the fields on both sides and rises up to about the same level as the road. this creates the illusion of driving on a road on the surface of a lake and it's really neat.

it's easy to enjoy flooding when you live on a mountain and not in the flood plains

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