Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 248113 times)

Lines · « **Reply #850 on:** 03 Oct 2010, 14:36 »

I went with my roommates to their hometown this weekend for the county fair. I tried very hard to win a bunny (you can win not only goldfish, but also bunnies!), but alas it was not meant to be. And I pet a cow! They are a lot softer than I imagined. So was the baby draft horse. (Read: 5 month old draft horses are still HUGE.)

I think me and my female roomie are going to try to convince her bf that we should all get either a bunny or a kitten. To be continued...

BlahBlah · « **Reply #851 on:** 03 Oct 2010, 16:04 »

I am at uni now! I've met so many people now and there's so much to do, it's crazy.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #852 on:** 03 Oct 2010, 16:52 »

I've just got back from an ice hockey scrimmage, which was intense for any practice but for first practice after six months off ice? Man. The boys play fast and hard and we just went on playing for two hours straight, more than I've ever played before.

Last year's captain's boyfriend, who was one of our coaches, is in the US Airforce stationed over here as a mechanic and he just got back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. We were all sort of low-key anxious for him the whole time so it's great to have him back safely, in one entire piece and still skating as well as ever.

Christophe · « **Reply #853 on:** 03 Oct 2010, 17:56 »

Dear Blog Thread,

It's been about a week or so since the lady and I broke up. After going through a lot of Feelings and talking with various friends, I've concluded that while this sucks, the idea that she, or anyone else is "the one" is kind of a dead ideal. Also there's no one in this town who I would be interested in making out with without losing respect for myself or getting beat up by certain friends, so I think I'm probably gonna stay single for a good while.

Next point: Hopefully by a year I will have accumulated enough money to move out of town. Anyone have any ideas? Going back to San Jose would be rad because I still have friends or family there, but other places like Seattle! and Chicago!!!!!! and Glasgow! are calling out to me.

Jace · « **Reply #854 on:** 03 Oct 2010, 22:55 »

I started building my shield tonight. Also worked on my sword a bit.
I have a big bruise on my arm (about a 2" swollen lump) from using a shield that was too loose, so I made my own that fits super snug on my forearm. I need that because I am attending my first battle this weekend.
All I do is look forward to Saturday every week.
The 23rd there is a party at my apartment, but also a battle in Ohio. I kind of want to go to the battle more than the party.

Graphite · « **Reply #855 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 06:48 »

Dear blod threag,

I'm in a show that opens on Thursday, and I finished all the costume construction I needed to do for it on time. This should be happy news, but it is not.
One of the lead actors just found out she has nodules on her vocal chords/in her throat/something to that effect. Her doctor has told her that if she talks at all over the next few weeks, she could damage her voice for life. Thus, she can't play her part, which she was perfect for and played extraordinarily. Now we have to find a replacement for her, and they'll probably need to read the lines onstage - that's not the worst thing ever, since the character is meant to be a compulsive writer and surrounded by papers, but it's certainly not ideal.

The cast is all pretty miserable about this. She was one of the best things about the show, and she goddamn deserves to be in it.

pwhodges · « **Reply #856 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 07:06 »

I have seen operas where the original singer acted the part on stage while the substitute sang the part at the side (visible to the audience). Can this work in spoken theatre, I wonder?

Graphite · « **Reply #857 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 07:28 »

Unfortunately, it's an odd play in a little black box theatre, so the strangeness of the "live dubbing" would probably be far too visible to the audience and they might think it was some sort of deliberate thematic thing. Apparently the director considered it, though.

Yayniall · « **Reply #858 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 07:50 »

China got in a load of trouble when they did that.

McTaggart · « **Reply #859 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 11:59 »

What I should have spent tonight doing: Finishing off this assignment that I've gotta hand in tomorrow.
What I have spent tonight doing: Dancing to Chromeo in my bedroom.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #860 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 14:22 »

My college daughters are awesome

We went to Pizza Hut for dinner and got on really well straight away, and they had loads of questions and were great and then we went to this really crowded drinks party and I met a couple of people and then we went back to my law daughter's room and a load of other first year lawyers came and asked me loads of questions. This mothering malarky is fun!

valley_parade · « **Reply #861 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 16:44 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 03 Oct 2010, 16:52

I've just got back from an ice hockey scrimmage, which was intense for any practice but for first practice after six months off ice? Man. The boys play fast and hard and we just went on playing for two hours straight, more than I've ever played before.

Last year's captain's boyfriend, who was one of our coaches, is in the US Airforce stationed over here as a mechanic and he just got back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. We were all sort of low-key anxious for him the whole time so it's great to have him back safely, in one entire piece and still skating as well as ever.

May talking about hockey got me all excited because the NHL season kicks off this weekend. Woohoo, another season of the Bruins getting my hopes up, only to smash them into tiny bits again!

abadname · « **Reply #862 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 17:42 »

I just bought the ring to propose to my girlfriend. I'll get it in 4-6 weeks, I'm not sure I understand why but I can wait. I"m so happy but this is so crazy. I'm freaking out.

negative creep · « **Reply #863 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 18:54 »

So, apparently, sex is pretty messy and essentially boring. Also I'm not good at it, if girls are involved. My quest for asexuality has thus been interrupted. I am now in a situation I never wanted to be in.
I kind of miss being alone and unwanted.
I know I am not making sense here.

JD · « **Reply #864 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 20:02 »

Have you met Zingoleb?

Zingoleb · « **Reply #865 on:** 04 Oct 2010, 20:36 »

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #866 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 00:48 »

I like long weekends. My girlfriend, a friend of ours and I drove up to the Jenolan Caves yesterday (about 4 hours away, near a place called Oberon) and went on a cave tour. It was pretty rad, though I did get a taste of the primal terror of being in a place I am really not meant to be. I can't see in the dark, I can't burrow or dig through rock, I can't smell anything unless it's pretty much very close to me and I can't hear that well. All in all, a very beautiful and terrifyingly oppressive place, the caves. However, after climbing around in a cave for a few hours and then sitting largely still for another 4 hours for the drive home my legs are entirely fucked. It feels like I've pulled the hamstring in both my legs and it's quite horrible. Today though I went to Bondi Junction to get some new glasses. They are very awesome and I shall show you guys what they look like when I pick them up. Also my debit card got eaten by the ATM so I had to go to the bank and get them to send me a new one which will be about 5 days from now. Blegh.

Eris · « **Reply #867 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 01:27 »

So, my mother made herself a facebook profile thing when I was living in canberra, and I thought I had suitably blocked her from seeing all my mopey shit that I put up on there back then (sorry for that by the way, if we are facebook friends), but I noticed recently when looking at the privacy settings that they had changed and she could see it all again. She has actually started using her facebook, god knows why, and has been commenting on some of my stuff. I made a status update recently on how I was feeling down, and she called me about it later that night. Then made a comment that made me realise that she is reading my twitter stuff as well. I tried blocking her from it all again and she just sent me a facebook PM asking me what is up with that, so I kinda had to unblock her from it, because I can't really say "I don't want you seeing any of my stuff".

Now I mean, sure that sounds like she is worrying about me and cares enough to call me, but to me that is like she is going into my room and rummaging through my stuff. I put a lot of stuff about myself out for everyone to see on the internet, but my family are generally kept out of that loop, and now I am getting self conscious because what if she sees? This is a strange feeling for me.

Also blah blah blah my job is shit and I hate the owners. I need a new blah blah blah.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #868 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 01:35 »

Yeah my mum recently figured out that I had blocked her out of a lot of stuff on my facebook too. I explained that I didn't want her to see a lot of the stuff that I post because we agree on so little and because I figured she doesn't need to see me using words like "fuck knuckle" and "cunt bucket". Basically she can now see it and I have had to stop using those words so much. Luckily she has not taken to posting about how much she wishes I believed in God like I did when I was little. I have yet to point out that I used to tell her that because it seemed to make her happy. Ah well.

scarred · « **Reply #869 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 01:49 »

When I went to college, pictures of me started going up where I had alcohol in my possession (or was just obviously drunk) and for a while I routinely untagged myself, until one time my dad offered me a beer at thanksgiving and my mom said "Of course he does! Haven't you seen his facebook?" so now I don't even bother. My dad and I drink together on a semi-regular basis and my mom just occasionally posts comments that say "you look like you're having fun! be safe!"

I'm ok with this arrangement.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #870 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 02:13 »

I don't think there's anything on my facebook I wouldn't want my parents to see, which probably says something about how boring my life is... My dad does have an account but he doesn't use it much and my mum barely even emails me, let alone checks up on my facebook!

Today I am meeting two of my supervisors for the first time, and also have a meeting with a supervisor from last year. They're kind of at awkward times because at some point I need to go and get some stuff from the other side of the city, but there's only about two hours between the first and second meeting and I need to have lunch in there. Hmm. I guess I could take a packed lunch? Yes! I'll do that.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #871 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 02:16 »

I am Facebook friends with my boyfriend's mother (much to his chagrin). I figure I never put anything up there that would be upsetting to her anyway, and she's a big church lady.
My dad and his girlfriend are on Facebook as well, but he says he doesn't imagine I would want to know what he posts, just as he doesn't really want to know what I do, even though we are pretty close.

ummmkay · « **Reply #872 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 03:46 »

i am facebook friends with a lot of my extended family, including my grandmother. i'm super close to my parents so i don't mind that, but it definitely freaks me out knowing that my grandmother is reading every post i make. i don't put much on facebook though (for example, i have never even made a facebook album or uploaded pictures), so it's not a huge deal to me, just kind of odd.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #873 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 04:04 »

I did not accept my mom and dad's requests, when they asked why I simply told them that there are parts of our lives that we should keep separate.

snalin · « **Reply #874 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 04:57 »

Not a single one in my extended family is on facebook, and I'm pretty happy about that arrangement.

Lines · « **Reply #875 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 05:33 »

My mom doesn't have a facebook, but I am friends with some of my cousins. (They're all 30+, none are my age.) Only one or two of them isn't on limited profile. My friends who are FB friends with their parents have them on limited profile, but it seems to be a mutual thing. I mean, facebook is going to be as private as you want it, so if you don't want your parents to see stuff, don't feel bad about putting them on limited profile. If your parents can see everything and you're ok with that, then that's cool. Personally I would put my mom on limited profile, but then again I think she'd understand and/or wouldn't want to see everything anyways.

negative creep · « **Reply #876 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 05:59 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 04 Oct 2010, 20:36

Hi!

Hello! Nice to meet you!

jhocking · « **Reply #877 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 06:05 »

Quote from: Lunchbox on 05 Oct 2010, 02:16

I am Facebook friends with my boyfriend's mother (much to his chagrin).

I just tried to search for the old post where I complained about my girlfriend talking to my mom about me, and tommy declared that to be a reason to break-up. Can't be bothered to search more though.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #878 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 06:10 »

I have my mum on facebook, and although she doesn't use it very much, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't give a shit about me going out and drinking because we quite often go out to the pub and get suitably pickled together.

Best mum ever.

jmrz · « **Reply #879 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 06:11 »

I have most of my family on my facebook. One of them however, crossed a line. I will tolerate the pregnant belly photos and I will tolerate the baby photos, but I will NOT tolerate status updates about your child's 'poopsplosion'. There is a line, it was crossed.

Dazed · « **Reply #880 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 06:59 »

Yeah I pretty much just pre-emptively told my parents, my aunts/uncles/grandparents, and all of their friends that I will never acknowledge their internet presence ever ever ever ever ever and that it's really better that way.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #881 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 09:19 »

Apparently my potentially new landlady is named "Severnne Castor".

Man. That is a villainous name if I've ever heard one.

jodizzle · « **Reply #882 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 14:50 »

My parents don't have facebook. Sometimes I'm convinced they don't even know what the "Internets" is, just that their daughter seemed to liikke it enough to go overseas and meet it that one time.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #883 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 14:52 »

Argh guys argh I got a tutoring job and I just realised that this means I have to teach an actual person actual German for an actual exam and his parents will pay me actual money.

Holy Moses.

Argh argh argh what if I can't remember how to speak German any more?

Lines · « **Reply #884 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 15:31 »

Listen to some tapes! Supposedly that helps. Or watch German films. I watched a lot of SPanish films when I was learning Spanish and it helped quite a bit.

Inlander · « **Reply #885 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 15:48 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 05 Oct 2010, 09:19

Apparently my potentially new landlady is named "Severnne Castor".

The real estate agency I'm renting my house from is named Harrington Earl. The partners are named John Harrington - and Steve Earl.

So I just go around telling people that Steve Earl(e) is my real estate agent.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #886 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 17:04 »

My real estate agency is named 'Richardson and Wrench' but when I got the bond I wrote the check to 'Richardson and Wench.'
Embarrassing. Luckily they could still take it.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #887 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 17:47 »

Every time I hear an ad on the radio for these guys , I laugh my ass off. Juvenile, I know, but c'mon!

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #888 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 17:48 »

Hannah! You can always give people you don't wanna see (like your mom and whoever) on a list and just make the sad bits the only ones they can't see, basically. I have two lists "Cussin" and "No cussin" and normally i have everything to all friends but if there's something where i am being especially political and don't want my conservative family members or the fuckin' 8 year old cousin commenting on/seeing, i set it to "only cussin'"

(oh hey speaking of cox and johnson)
ps blog thread today my kitten got his first cat-boner. guess who's getting neutered this month!

Lines · « **Reply #889 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 18:30 »

D: I never saw boners on either of my cats. I am glad for this.

I get to visit my kitty on Thursday. I am looking forward to kitty cuddles and playtime. If I can't convince my roommates to get a kitten, I will be saaaaaad. (The ladies are all for it, the boy could potentially be for it, but us ladies need to stress how much we want a super duper kitty.)

Zingoleb · « **Reply #890 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 19:01 »

In the space of a week, I've lost my apartment, my job, and my girlfriend.

Good fuckin' times.

jhocking · « **Reply #891 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 19:08 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 05 Oct 2010, 09:12

Quote from: jhocking on 05 Oct 2010, 06:05
I just tried to search for the old post where I complained about my girlfriend talking to my mom about me, and tommy declared that to be a reason to break-up.

This'd be a joke from when I used to mess with your paranoia that I was somehow going to steal your girlfriend.

No no, you didn't declare it a reason for us to break up, you were saying that's a huge infraction with girls you date.

Seriously though, that is some fucked up shit. Do not talk to my mom. Ideally not ever, but especially not about me.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #892 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 19:30 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 05 Oct 2010, 19:01

In the space of a week, I've lost my apartment, my job, and my girlfriend.

Good fuckin' times.

Jesus, that sucks. Hang in there.

Jace · « **Reply #893 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 19:50 »

Quote

Facebook

My Facebook rule is just: No family can be friends of mine on facebook.

In other news, I built some stuff:

This is the back of my shield, it has an adjustable arm strap.

This is the front, it doesn't have anything on it yet. But it will have a bunch of foam on it.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #894 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 21:16 »

Blog Thread, I just went to the dietician.

She can't figure out what's wrong with me to make me so sick, so I'm going to be on a total strict 'This is exactly what you must eat for this meal' diet for the next two weeks. No dairy. No gluten. No preservatives. No refined sugars. No fruit.

NO BEER. NO PASTA. NO CHOCOLATE. NO DEEP-FRYING. NO CHEESE. NO ICECREAM. NO RED WINE.
Not sure how I am going to live.

On the other hand, if it makes me better I'm all for it.

Dazed · « **Reply #895 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 21:24 »

I think I might die without dairy, deep-frying, or cheese.

Like I have such a restricted diet that I would probably either starve myself to death or just eat dry cereal out of a box for a week.

McTaggart · « **Reply #896 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 21:34 »

White wine?

It is getting to summer.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #897 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 21:35 »

I'm pretty sure most cereal has gluten. Maybe not rice crisps and corn flakes? I'm not sure. But most cereal is wheat-based, tcheah.

Your diet sounds like it's straight up macrobiotic, Lunch.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #898 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 21:42 »

It's low allergenic. It's only for a few weeks, then I can start introducing things to see if they trigger my symptoms. Still, looking at my diet plan makes me want to cry a little. It involves a lot of soy and nuts and grainy stuff. I hate soy and nuts and grainy stuff.

I can also drink! One standard drink. Vodka or gin only. With soda water or lemonade.

EDIT: Whoa so we've finally announced our Internet presence. With a lousy 'Coming Soon' page. Heya: http://finalwaronline.net/

JD · « **Reply #899 on:** 05 Oct 2010, 21:48 »

How foreboding.

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