Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIa: Beyond Blogosphere. (Read 211904 times)

plumbob78 · « **Reply #4450 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 06:55 »

Dear blog thread,

Christmas breakfast will be pancakes. Just pancakes. There is no breakfast meat here because "everyone here is on a diet." We are going to be eating shit-tons of turkey and stuffing and potatoes and pie later. Wait, what?

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #4451 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 07:17 »

Merry Christmas!

One of the cats I'm cat-sitting just killed* a mouse in front my eyes!

Brutally effective.

Edit: apparently it didn't kill it. It just made it petrified of being alive. Now I supposedly have to kill it

jhocking · « **Reply #4452 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 07:33 »

My fiancee's cat toys with mice. It's really mean; it doesn't kill them right away, it stares at them and smacks them around for a while before killing them.

One cat anyway, the older jaded one. I'm pretty sure her other cat is scared shitless (and the older cat looks at the rebellious teenager cat with disdain.)

Reed · « **Reply #4453 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 07:47 »

Well, I'm stuck in lab for a good chunk of the day today! Lucky me! I just really hope that I can finish in time for the dinner that my friend invited me to. It's not looking so good right now.

allison · « **Reply #4454 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 08:33 »

Quote from: Emaline on 24 Dec 2009, 20:58

Quote from: allison on 24 Dec 2009, 15:19
Fuck you, Emaline. That is all I wanted but it is always too expensive. I go over to my friend's house and his mom and I make things and I get to use her Kitchenaid mixer.

Hahahaha I didn't buy it. I'd never spend that kinda money on myself. My boyfriend kept hinting that he had his dad help him out on a gift and I was kinda freaking out that is was something else. I was so happy that it was this. Its apparently the top of the line one as well! I'm so excited to use it.

NEVERMIND I TAKE IT BACK I GOT ONE TOO
It's cobalt blue and I named her Martha.

plumbob78 · « **Reply #4455 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 09:38 »

Dad just called his older brother to say merry christmas. Older bro may have bone cancer in his pelvis. More tests pending. Not so cool.

JD · « **Reply #4456 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 10:15 »

I went to a Christmas party. There was Caviar there. It remained untouched throughout the entire evening.

Emaline · « **Reply #4457 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 13:00 »

Quote from: allison on 25 Dec 2009, 08:33

NEVERMIND I TAKE IT BACK I GOT ONE TOO
It's cobalt blue and I named her Martha.

That's so awesome! Yay! What are you gonna make with it first? I spent Christmas with a bunch of Italians and the gave us some Italian beef, so I'm making bread to go with it. I'm so excited! Best christmas present ever!

FIXDIX · « **Reply #4458 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 15:14 »

Dear blog,

Just finished watching the new Doctor Who ep. It was ok. Now I'm off to spend Boxing Day with the girlfriend and have a bbq at with her family. Fun!

Yayniall · « **Reply #4459 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 17:01 »

I couldn't stop laughing at the Master being a Hunter from left 4 dead.

allison · « **Reply #4460 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:15 »

Quote from: Emaline on 25 Dec 2009, 13:00

What are you gonna make with it first?

Mashed up some really delicious mashed potatoes for Christmas dinner. I was so excited.

Ladybug · « **Reply #4461 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:20 »

Cousin's son: Is your girlfriend hot?
My brother: I think so, yes.
Cousin's son: But is she really hot? Like, skinny and with big boobs? Or do you just think she's hot because you're getting some from her?

I am pretty sure I did not talk about "getting some" when I had just turned 12, damnit.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #4462 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:24 »

I'm pretty sure I did. In fact I'm pretty certain I was fascinated with sex from like, age 11 which is pretty much when I started Paying Attention.

Urgh, I started work at 6am this morning and of course I slept in and fell over twice running to work in the rain. I then had a mini-breakdown at work after people kept asking me how my christmas was and I got so depressed I used up this fortnight's worth of "personal time" (we get 10 minutes) to sit in the bathroom and cry. Fuck you feelings!

jhocking · « **Reply #4463 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:31 »

Quote from: Ladybug on 25 Dec 2009, 20:20

Cousin's son: But is she really hot? Like, skinny and with big boobs? Or do you just think she's hot because you're getting some from her?
...just turned 12

What I'm most amused by is the the 12 year old thought process that assumes their lesbian aunt has the exact same definition of hot that they do.

Ladybug · « **Reply #4464 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:35 »

Quote from: jhocking on 25 Dec 2009, 20:31

What I'm most amused by is the the 12 year old thought process that assumes their lesbian aunt has the exact same definition of hot that they do.

Lesbian aunt? Pretty sure my brother is male, and not the aunt (or uncle) of his cousin's son? :p

I guess I might've been thinking about sex and stuff (after all, we had sex ed around 6th grade, when I was about 12 or 13, and far from everything was new knowledge) and discussing/giggling with friends, but I don't think I'd ever ask people I saw as seldom as about once every two years about anything like that, and phrases like "getting some" were entirely foreign.

I'm sort of more worried about this kid's view of people's worth, I suppose, he just says so much weird shit that adds to it all. He's gone as far as, completely seriously, saying that it's no wonder his dad is single, when he keeps eating as much as he do (the dad has a gut, but that's pretty much it), talking about how a friend of his wasn't as skinny as she used to be, so he didn't hang out with her anymore (as an explanation to why he hadn't bought her a Christmas gift), and just generally being way too obsessed with people's looks or weight. And his dad is encouraging it, talking about how the kid needs to exercise to maintain his sixpack, is really careful about watching that the kid doesn't eat too much (he's ridiculously skinny and short, probably approaching a growth-spurt and works out a lot, he should be eating!), etc.

jhocking · « **Reply #4465 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:41 »

oops I thought you said you were responding; you are his aunt (2nd aunt I think, relationship terminology gets confusing there.) Darn, now it isn't amusing.

That is concerning about his attitude toward others but also nothing you can do about that. Sounds like that kid is on track to grow up to be a right douchebag.

Ladybug · « **Reply #4466 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:44 »

Hm, that might be true, I don't think we have a Norwegian term for that - I've always wondered what to call this kid.

I've always suspected he'd end up a douche, since his dad is pretty bad, but didn't really think it would manifest this early :/

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4467 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 20:48 »

No, he's on the right track. If you don't look good, you can't be a good person. Everyone knows that.

Patrick · « **Reply #4468 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 21:50 »

Dear blag,

I get evicted in a week yaaaaaaay I still don't know where the fuck I am going to go or what I am going to do with my shit.

Also Christmas was going to suck, but my housemate Carrie talked to the people she and the kids were gonna spend their Christmas with, and long story short, I was fed lobster tail for the first time. Hooooooooooly shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

After dinner and hangouts were done, Christmas sucked again, but I got a phone call from my ex Tara, and I guess now I'm gonna go over and hang out with her and her mom and get stoned and watch a Led Zeppelin DVD or something. Sweeeeeeeeet.

Oh and my iPod broke and I lost all 90+ GB of music. A BLOO BLOO BLOOOOOOOO (actually this really sucks 'cause that's how I learn the overwhelming majority of songs I learn)

Love,
Me!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4469 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 22:28 »

Called my entire family Racist. They are, but I probably shouldn't have said it anyway.

Inlander · « **Reply #4470 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 23:34 »

Quote from: Ladybug on 25 Dec 2009, 20:35

his dad is encouraging it, talking about how the kid needs to exercise to maintain his sixpack

What the hell kind of 12-year-old has a sixpack.

JD · « **Reply #4471 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 23:38 »

One who eats nails for breakfast.

nobo · « **Reply #4472 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 23:41 »

I hit puberty at age 10 and my growth spurts continued until 13 or 14. During that time I could not keep an ounce of fat on me no matter how much I at, so at age 12 I definitely had a six pack going.

Inlander · « **Reply #4473 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 23:43 »

When I was growing up children were skinny and they had big heads and they looked like children, god-dammit.

Spluff · « **Reply #4474 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 23:47 »

A lot of kids that age have six packs, because they're skinny. It just depends on when you lose your puppy fat. I think I had mine when I was 12?

Inlander · « **Reply #4475 on:** 25 Dec 2009, 23:51 »

They may not be fat but I still think it's freaky that a kid's muscles are that well defined.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4476 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 01:29 »

Quote from: nobo on 25 Dec 2009, 23:41

I hit puberty at age 10 and my growth spurts continued until 13 or 14. During that time I could not keep an ounce of fat on me no matter how much I at, so at age 12 I definitely had a six pack going.

And look where you ended up.

Quick, we gotta get this kid some help...

Blaggy, I want to whine a little, so let me whine, let me whine, let me whine:

I have a night job, yeah? So that means I'm up all night. Now, this doesn't get in the way of anything I do, ever, except that because my sleep schedule demands that I sleep most of the day away on my days off, I miss anything and everything I want to do. Case in point: Two parties tomorrow that I probably will not be able to make.

It probably would not be so bad if I was scheduled something like Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday every week but they sort of change the days I work every single week so I can't ever even plan anything out, argh grr rawr boo ack-thppt and all that.

On the other hand...I do like this paycheck thing I got going on.

Jace · « **Reply #4477 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 01:34 »

I am getting so sick of constantly waking up because my flatmates have no idea how to be quiet. It is 230am and I have only gotten like 5 hours of sleep, but it was interrupted at midnight or so because they were talking and watching stuff on their computer really loud. They were doing it this time. She is vocal. I am going to turn into a Bad Flatmate for the next 5 days I am here. I am going to play my guitar loudly about an hour after they fall asleep. I am going to secretly pack all my shit up and move it without them really noticing (they know I am moving, but they think it is in january. I am leaving before the end of the month. Then for the coup de grace, I am going to go to the office when all my shit is gone and ask tell them that we have had more people than are on the lease living here and everyone gets evicted.

These people can eat dicks, the lot of em.

Emaline · « **Reply #4478 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 01:56 »

Dear Blog thread,

Fuck. Make me stop getting sick. I was just getting over my flu, and I got this terrible sinus thing, and after getting rid of that I am getting a god damn cold. It does not help that I cannot sleep, nor that last night I slept for maybe two hours tops next to a fireplace with no fire, and a window, on the floor, with one tiny blanket(that had the PBR logo on it! har har har har) that kept getting stolen from me. Hopefully tonight I will get a decent nights sleep.

Patrick · « **Reply #4479 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 02:15 »

Hey. Hey guys.

I got fuckin' thermal underwear in the mail today.

Be jealous.

Inlander · « **Reply #4480 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 03:46 »

Hey Jace, go back-packing in Europe for a couple of months, staying in youth hostel dormitories the whole time. After that you'll be able to get to sleep and stay asleep no matter how much noise is going on around you. Don't worry about the expense - consider it an investment in a valuable life skill!

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #4481 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 03:53 »

Failing that go back in time and orchestrate events so that you grow up living next to a train line heavily used by freight trains in the early hours of the morning. You'll be fine.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #4482 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 04:20 »

Failing both of those things sack up

Ã¶de · « **Reply #4483 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 04:44 »

Jace · « **Reply #4484 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 05:04 »

I am just irritable about having to be here still because these people are annoying. I have told them that I can hear them and I do not want to. Yet they do nothing on their end to help remedy the situation. But ultimately I do not care because I am leaving and I won't have to see them ever again.

Funny sidenote. Up until flatmate's fiancee (well, girlfriend first, then fiancee within a couple weeks) moved in everyone used to sleep with their doors open and just generally have their doors open when they were home. People used to come over in the evening and hang out and watch movies and play games. This has not been the case for the past 30 days. No one likes her that much.

jhocking · « **Reply #4485 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 09:05 »

My mouse in on the fritz so I was thinking of sending an email to the tech guy at Columbia to ask if they have any spare mice they could give me. I was about to write "my mouse has shit the bed."

Jimor · « **Reply #4486 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 09:19 »

Man, the store I used to work in had a drawer full of "broken" mice. One day I pulled them all out, popped the covers off, cleaned the gunk off the roller wheels, removed the hair and dust blocking the optical sensors, and told the office supervisor to stop ordering new ones every time somebody complained. There were now more extra mice than we had computers. Cleaning that shit isn't that hard! (that said, optical mice are tha bomb)

jhocking · « **Reply #4487 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 10:19 »

Yeah that's why I'm planning to just ask the tech guy if they have any spares they can give me. Every school I've ever encountered has a giant pile of discarded but fully functional mice and keyboards that's pretty much just taking up space.

Also, it's usually not because people thought the mice were broken, but because every couple of years when they order new computers, the new computers all come with mice.

Alex C · « **Reply #4488 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 11:05 »

Yeah, some lady going for her doctorate found that Americans will generally futz with something for 20 minutes before returning it. And that's for things they paid for themselves; I'd imagine that with public property they just bitch straight away.

McTaggart · « **Reply #4489 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 19:53 »

The prime minister is in the commentary box at the MCG chatting away merrily with the commentators. It's kinda surreal.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4490 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 20:01 »

Guys, do you ever feel like there is something major and of absolute dire importance that you're forgetting?

I'm doing that right now. I have no idea what, though.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #4491 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 20:59 »

I've mentioned before I am cat-sitting two cats. They're called Henry (as a unit) and are the most loving cats I have ever been around. They will jump on your lap, put their front paws on your chest and nudge your head for about ten minutes. They're making me want my own cat.

One of them bit my beard.

Emaline · « **Reply #4492 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 00:30 »

Fact: Ciabatta bread takes roughly 6 years to make. Also, it will lead to your hands being very dry and use up most of your yeast!

But hopefully the result will be good. We have Italian Beef to eat this on!

But seriously, this bread must have been invented by Italian monks.

Inlander · « **Reply #4493 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 01:16 »

Ciabatta is incredibly messy to make but also incredibly easy to make. The first time is the worst.

Patrick · « **Reply #4494 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 01:42 »

Dear blag,

It looks like I have no friends here in Sitka anymore. No idea where I'm gonna stay now, or what the fuck is gonna happen to all my belongings, or what the fuck is going to happen to my ability to feed myself or exercise proper hygiene (I rather like my teeth and skin and hair, see).

Now that it's after midnight, I have 5 days left. Yes I will be turning 21, but I will also be homeless. I kinda feel like I'm being led toward the gallows.

The best part is that the heater in the house is oil-fueled, and today it was discovered that the exhaust pipe wasn't even fucking connected. And it appeared to have been sabotaged. I'm really wondering if carbon monoxide poisoning isn't what caused me to oversleep so many times, making me late for work. If it is, I am pretty sure I should have my damn job back. Before the beginning of this month, I had a pretty spotless record. Until then, I was only ever late by a maximum of 4 minutes, well within the 5 minute grace period. According to the guy who checked the heater today, and according to my housemates, the house has been smelling of exhaust fumes for weeks. I never even noticed 'cause the place has ALWAYS kinda smelled like fumes.

Guys, what should I do regarding the exhaust fumes? I'm almost tempted to try to settle the issue with my former boss/landlord out of court, but honestly, this late in the game, he'll probably just see it as an act of desperation to get my job and my apartment back. I don't know what the fuck to do. I'm in the most dire straits I have ever been in in my entire life, here, and there's too much for me to think about.

Love,
Me!

Eris · « **Reply #4495 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 02:07 »

Don't you have some sort of family you can stay with?

Patrick · « **Reply #4496 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 03:05 »

Closest thing I've got are the people who fired and evicted me.

jhocking · « **Reply #4497 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 05:55 »

Quote from: Inlander on 27 Dec 2009, 01:16

Ciabatta is incredibly messy to make but also incredibly easy to make. The first time is the worst.

Ciabatta is a metaphor for sex?

Coward · « **Reply #4498 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 05:59 »

Close. Semtex.

tania · « **Reply #4499 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 16:46 »

BOSS you are a pretty okay boss but why did you bring two boxes of donuts to work and leave them in front of me and say "eat as many as you want, i know you work hard" you know what i am like YOU KNOW WHAT I AM LIKE

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