I hope you agree.
* I mean this sort
(http://www.simplynicegifts.com/media/item/small/Yellow_pink_daisies.jpg)
Not this sort
(http://www.tennesseecriminallawyerblog.com/52691_marijuana_plant.jpg)
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"well, that really depends. It could really be anything, if your writing is really small then it won't be as long as if your writing is really big. And also, you might say in 300 words what someone else says in two sentences."
Hey new blog thread,I am totally in favor of this. If your student gets it (Which he likely will) This will make his day for sure!
So I got this in an email from a student: "could you tell me one more time the way to write a meme and what you want on it?"
He meant "memo," but it's a delicious typo. I'm super tempted to say, "Well, you've got a couple of options--there's 'i herd u liek,' and 'Imma let you finish, but...,' but really your best bet is probably to go with 'invizibul bike,' because of the higher nostalgia quotient." Great idea, Y/Y?
Why not say something useful like "Anywhere from a page to three pages, you don't want to take too much time because you only have an hour."
I thought the whole process of getting wisdom teeth out was far less painful and terrible than what was told me beforehand. Do not fear. Things will turn out way less awful than you imagine.
Hell, my dentist popped one out of my mouth using an old (sterilised) screwdriver. No pain, no fuss, no worries.
... and was that a useful comment to make in the neighbourhood of someone who is a bit nervous about dental work?
Allison, that's super awesome!
Yeah, regular extractions are pretty easy. A weird feeling, but easy.
How is stuff, everyone?
Mr Hocking! Just get married already!
Actually... they gave me laughing gas before putting the iv in to knock me out. That was awesome. I remember I heard P-Funk right before passing out, I think I might have even said "gotta have that funk". I hope you get the laughing gas too; it was actually really really helpful with the anxiety plus it makes you awesome.
Edit: Should mention that because my dad deleted Adobe Reader from the computer in his OMG VIRUZ HUNT, this entire thing would not be possible had I not made Shane download my ministudio's instruction manual .pdf and email it as an attachment so I could see it using Google Docs.
Dear Cardinal Fang,
I just want you to know that I didn't have a crappy experience with my wisdom teeth removal. Mine were trying to go in sideways so I had the surgery too. I didn't swell up too bad and the painkillers made me sleep through most days. I think I only woke up to eat some soup and maybe pee and then go watch tv or something with my dad before passing out on the couch again. So sometimes it doesn't suck, even with the surgery! (But yes, don't plan on doing shit for at least a few days)
glyphic based on yr first bands infulences it sounds like that band probably ruled. also it says you guys are from the same city, yr old band break up?Yeah. We broke up because our drummer couldn't keep up and the other guitarist joined a metal band. Sigh.
I just found out that apparently Japanese mayo is really hard to find in Australia, something to do with how it has too high a ratio of eggs? This sucks because I totally have a crush on Japanese mayo. Fuck Australia has some weird laws.
I'd say that's probably how it is most places, but I've never really checked out music scenes anywhere else. But I mean, dudes who listen to Creed are just as likely to want to start a band as dudes who listen to Sonic Youth. One is just easier to find than the other.
But yeah, I will totally ask around and see if anybody I know is interested in rocking out.
hey screw you bmv books for only giving me like $5 for all those hardcovers i sold to you, who the heck do you think you are?Tania I guess I have known you for a while now and I think you're pretty rad but if it comes down to you or the late-night used book store I know who I'd pick.
okay yeah i guess you are actually a pretty awesome bookstore with a really great selection and i'm essentially just shitting up your store with my shitty books but... come on, give me more than $5 for all that. i'm poor.
Oh god I'm multiposting but I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW SHITFUCK YEAH
It's at the coffee shop downtown where I am pretty certain I will be hired on the spot y0, and if I am hired I am pretty certain I can get myself a fairly regular music gig there.
Fuck yeah I'll be the perfect coffee shop prick, I will wear my cap and have a ponytail and a shirt collar folded down over the top of my sweater and I'll wear my messenger bag and get Buddy Holly glasses and start listening exclusively to local bands that don't even exist anymore and only hang out with people who wear skinny jeans or corduroy pants FUCK YEAH
Oh god I'm multiposting but I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW SHITFUCK YEAH
It's at the coffee shop downtown where I am pretty certain I will be hired on the spot y0, and if I am hired I am pretty certain I can get myself a fairly regular music gig there.
Fuck yeah I'll be the perfect coffee shop prick, I will wear my cap and have a ponytail and a shirt collar folded down over the top of my sweater and I'll wear my messenger bag and get Buddy Holly glasses and start listening exclusively to local bands that don't even exist anymore and only hang out with people who wear skinny jeans or corduroy pants FUCK YEAH
Oh hey! I wear corduroy pants! XD
Hello new bloggy thread!
So I'm going to meet a friend to go see Avatar tomorrow, and while this is an awesome thing, I have recently discovered that this movie apparently makes people go all emo and /wrists because they can't join this movie. This creeps me the fuck out. I REALLY wanna see this movie, but I don't exactly know how to cope with a theater full of people who take movies too seriously. I try not to judge people whenever I can, but that's still creepy.
It has also come to my attention that an un-toasted Quiznos sandwich contains only 2/5ths the total awesome of a regularly toasted sandwich.
In other news, the insomnia monster has returned in full force, and I have yet found any effective means of killing it.
Ohgod my dad is eating it.
start listening exclusively to local bands that don't even exist anymore and only hang out with people who wear skinny jeans or corduroy pants FUCK YEAH
the above is a wonderful example of a terrible post
why do good things never wanna stay
This is pretty much the same as with me. My teeth were trying to grow in sideways and were pushing my teeth together towards the front--ruining years of braces work. The painkillers helped, and i got to sleep and eat pudding and ice cream all the time.
He already knew about it when he ate it! He looked them up on the internet and it said it's fine to eat them so he did. And then my brother did too. I ate pepperoni rolls instead.
2k8 I do not know what you are talking about regarding /wrists over Avatar. It is a really pretty movie. People get into things. People get over things. If you hear someone saying how sad they are because they can't turn into a giant blue alien and run in the rainforest, odds are they probably aren't that sad and they won't think much about the rainforest after they watch The Book of Eli or whatever else.
And he said, "I won't be offended if you do." That's when I hung up. I didn't need his permission. Sure, we slept together, but that was it. He didn't own me. I could sleep with other people. That morning he called. "Did you do it? Are you ok? Do you want to see me?" It was one word. All strung together. There weren't pauses in his speech. I hung up, and rolled over. There in my bed lay the problem. I shook him awake, and asked him to leave. He moved to kiss me, but I pushed him away. Not another one.
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"Please don't call me that."
"What?"
"That name. Please don't call me that."
Claire. Claire. Claire. Her name is Claire. She has short brown hair, and glasses just like Emily. Whenever we have sex, I always call her Emily. I know she's dead. I can't help it that Claire looks just like her when she comes. I wish she'd play along.
I just applied for one of my dream jobs: working for the Boston Red Sox.
The past 24 hours? THAT rad.
Cue all forumites moving back in with our parents.
fuck that shit, i don't want to be blue, 4 metres tall and with a creepy tendril tipped tail.
Ben got a phone call yesterday from his real estate agent letting him know that the owner wants to move back into this apartment. So we have two months (a good amount of notice, I will admit) to find a new place and move into it. This means we have to look for a place more urgently than we have been, and can't just wait until we find somewhere we love. Plus it means packing up and moving when we were thinking about how we could rearrange stuff to utilise the space here better. Annoying!
I just found out that my landlord wants to show people my apartment on Thursday: two weeks before I am due to be out.
Guess who has to pack the illegally-kept cat up and move her to the new place this week? This means I will have to stay in the new house without any of my furniture! FUN
my access cable music show tapes its 5th episode on Monday. Life is good.
also read that post while looking at ray in my avatar
-Nice things-Thanks, I really appreciate it.
she will not accept an essay if it is not written in the first person
So, uh, in the loss of internet I've been calling Patrick and being whiny at him. Sorry, dude.
The NSW Board of Studies tries to get people to give personal essay responses in English.
her calling me a pedophile and hanging up. Not sure where that came from.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/Lapuz/drawings/sharkweekfeb.jpg)
Depends how things go with Punxsutawney Phil today.
apparently now she's "a rock critic based in New York".
It's a shame to see people's lives collapse like this. Very sad.
I fucking told my dad I should just leave my cell number as my 'primary phone' since it is FUCKING ALWAYS ON ME GOD DAMN ITWEIORJVGFIORMGIOMEORIMVIO
I fucking told my dad I should just leave my cell number as my 'primary phone' since it is FUCKING ALWAYS ON ME GOD DAMN ITWEIORJVGFIORMGIOMEORIMVIO
-Me
Dude you can do other things that are not computers or miniatures. Just puttin' it out there.
her calling me a pedophile and hanging up. Not sure where that came from.
do you like women with small breasts
Today's dress didn't go well - the set is hugely cumbersome and there are twenty-two scene changes. It just isn't workable, so I'm going in as soon as possible tomorrow morning to rework it and try to make it easier to manage. It's in seven pieces and all of them are about eight feet tall. It just ruins the entire play to have two-minute scene changes and makes it almost an hour too long.At our school, we have an annual performance called Thirty Under Ninety in which we all collaborate on 30 different scenes and then perform in under ninety minutes. And there isn't a set order to when we perform each scene, it's random each night. Because of this, the same person isn't always doing the set changes.
Happy Birthday May!
Happy Birthday May!
c) ATTENTION HALIFAX and TORONTO I just saw a band here called The Balconies. They are from Toronto and they rock pretty well. They play in your cities on the 6th and 10th, respectively, and I am not sure how early in the lineup they are playing (they headlined the tuesday night show here but they are openers for By Divine Right in Toronto and probably are opening in Halifax as well) but they are pretty swell. Maybe they will be some something in the future! I enjoyed them a whole bunch
Guys! I'm now nineteen!
...if life has taught me anything it's that each crush/lust episode seems like the most momentous crush/lust episode of your entire life, the one that cannnot and will not ever be topped, only for about as long as it takes for the next one to come around. Let it go.
I got an ant farm today, it was entertaining to assemble.
However, I was not able to find sufficient ants to populate it.
Tomorrow, I set traps!
(a bunch of words)
get a prom dress, do the whole makeup+hair thing and go like that to BSS. You get the best of both worlds.
Guys! I'm now nineteen!Oh hey, we share a birthday!
Hey guys, today I tweeted at Sloan to tell them to come and tour the UK, and they tweeted back!
The tweet was something along the lines of "unless you can pay us 200,000 dollars to come there it doesn't look likely cause it's too expensive" which kinda sucks but yeah. That's my exciting news of the day.
Y'know, you could always just remind her of that. It's kinda self-centered to assume everyone is keeping close tabs on your financial situation. There's a good chance she just forgot and will be apologetic about being insensitive when you remind her.
This is one of those things where you need to keep their intentions in mind. Perhaps they were being insensitive, but it was motivated by wanting to have sushi with friends. That's not so bad.
I know we just had the wisdom tooth surgery conversation, so I am sorry to be redundant, but I am getting a wisdom tooth pulled tomorrow and am actually kind of more nervous about it than I thought I would be?
It turns out that I like my mouth as it is.
That is, without big gaping, bleeding holes in the gums.
:-(
The english students are laughing, they never have to go to lectures (I walk home with a guy who hasn't been to a single lecture this year) and they can do as much work as they feel like.
Those of you who have had your wisdom teeth removed, why have they been removed? The area around one of my wisdom teeth hurts like hell, but it's not really my tooth that hurts, just the stuff around it.
Those of you who have had your wisdom teeth removed, why have they been removed?
(Also, woo! Encourage me to keep trying to lose ten pounds! At least!)
The english students are laughing, they never have to go to lectures (I walk home with a guy who hasn't been to a single lecture this year) and they can do as much work as they feel like.
Wait a minute, are you trying to tell me English at Cambridge is some total mickey mouse shit?
Sorta bored at home, watching the Sabres game. Wishing I had somethin else to do. Gonna tear up more wallpaper after the game.
Tomorrow I might take a walk around and look for more work.
fuck that nonsense. Maybe I have just moved on from sci-fi. I am going down to the used bookstore and picking up The Grapes of Wrath because I got a quarter of the way through that then left it behind in Ontario and also I'm picking up Sanctuary because my friend said she is studying it in an english class and it reminder her of me for some reason. I will read those books at the cafe that is only open till 5PM and I will knit as well. I will eat fried rice for supper and drink wine and think deep thoughts about existence because life is beautiful and meaningful if so we make it.
Old friend I haven't seen in years invited me over to do acid at his place tonight is this awesome y/n
a chain of hills or mountains
Around here Sierra and Ciera are really common names.
The girl is named Sierra?
You and me have roughly the same amount to go. I'm 200ish trying to get to 185. Wanna be workout e-buddies?
Or D'Brickashaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Brickashaw_Ferguson)!
Wait no that's in a league of its own.
Bogans (http://thingsboganslike.wordpress.com/a-bogue-by-any-other-name/)
My favourite on that list is Xal (Crystal. Get it, like Xmas?).
Hey, I'm not criticising the girl. But I'm getting the feeling that American parents collectively need to have a long hard look at themselves.
Hey, I'm not criticising the girl. But I'm getting the feeling that American parents collectively need to have a long hard look at themselves.
Hey ... beats Lagina.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/lagina
I would rather be named after a mountain range than the alphabet, a body part, an STD, or a car.
Also, speaking of weird names, I knew a Precious Loving, and a Sterling Silver.
Noooo.
Why not Doctor Steel?
One time I was given a bottle of really good vintage red wine and I swear it was way more alcoholic than regular red wine but I looked it up and apparently wine can't age once it's bottled?
I know a guy whose legal name is Russell Steele. Russell shortened is Rusty. Rusty Steele. And yes, he's in a metal band (http://translationloss.com/artists/29).
One of the department heads at ANU is called Mr. Cockburn.
Thank god I didn't end up going there, I wouldn't have been able to keep a straight face.
I just dropped Science Fiction Literature because I didn't like it at all. I feel really good about this.
Of course, if you believe that something is very alcoholic, you can become psychosomatically drunk, hence the old sitcom gag of telling people that the non-alcoholic punch is alcoholic and the next thing you know your younger brother is wearing your lampshade as a hat, and your friend threw your cat out the window.
From: Jackson Yoon
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 9:18 AM
To: Alison Lester
Subject: sorry personal question
You wearing make up?
From: Alison Lester
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 9:19 AM
To: Jackson Yoon
Subject: RE: sorry personal question
Uh yeah, I always do. But I just moved and I don’t have a mirror yet. Is it okay?
From: Jackson Yoon
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 9:20 AM
To: Alison Lester
Subject: RE: sorry personal question
Always?
Oh ok, yeah its ok, just thought you looked nice =)
if he says yes, run to the hills, run for your life
If you lived in America you could now sue for sexual harassment and retire on the proceeds.
If you lived in America
America
i am going crazy on the inside and i wish i could make it stop!
stuff
When he found the current site of central Melbourne he noted in his diary, "This will be the place for a village."[1][2] and declared the land "Batmania".[3][4]
Not to mention baitmania sounds like a particularly tacky store, the type that can only muster up enough money to have their advertisement air on country television, and even then all it would consist of would be some bogan just shouting at you over a flashing image of a fish.
... we looked like fucking dealers. Straight up looked like mismatched drug dealers.
me with my long hair, backwards baseball cap, and sport sunglasses... we looked like we'd just finished filming The Search For Animal Chin
cooking stuff
finished Arcadia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_(play))
... we looked like fucking dealers. Straight up looked like mismatched drug dealers.
Sinking lower and lower, I came to the realization that underneath all the subterfuge, the world is a horrible, desperate place run by merciless psychological systems, and that everyone just lies to themselves in different ways to combat this. I felt lonely and beyond help.
Guys, do not watch Whip It. It will make you want to roller derby so bad and therefore make you insanely jealous of Jodie.
2. I petted a fox. It was crossing the Meadows as I was crossing the meadows and I got really close to it, and then I lured it to me with crisps.
Ok. I realize that I'm shitting up this page with all my words, but this is sort of important to me, I guess.
I am volunteering at a church now. I am doing sound and video. It is one of those churches that have crazy-ass spectacle choir and band arrangments that are like concerts every week. They have a digidesign soundboard that costs more than my yearly salary at my job.
I am also now in two bands.
I still can't motivate myself at my job, though. Odd, that.
TL;DR I may be making progress at getting a job doing something that I like instead of bullshit that I can't stand.
Wish me luck!
Guys, there are three rad things about my life right now:
1. I am seeing a lady I think. We went to get lunch together at 1.30 and then it was 6.30 and we were like oh shit.
2. I petted a fox. It was crossing the Meadows as I was crossing the meadows and I got really close to it, and then I lured it to me with crisps.
3. I have press tickets to go and see God is an Astronaut, plus interview them. What do I ask them?
Zingoleb,
I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU. :x
one of our dogs ran off and came back with another dog's head in its mouth. Hm.
everything Zingoleb posts in this thread
I think for all of my writing assignments I want to use Zinglobeb's life but even for creative writing assignments it's not believable.
My last assignment was flying rhinos.
stuff
Patrick,
everything Zingoleb posts in this thread
Xzibit
hey I made out with a hot chick look I am so sexy also I totes got that job man that is cool oh no the girl works there and even though she is awesome this will ruin my life because everything ends poorly for me but man I am so cool look at me making out with this hot chick
Guys,
Don't keep a broken glass with jagged edges and filled with bits of shattered glass next to your cold glass of water. I've nearly glassed myself in the face like, 8 times at this point.
Cheers,
Jimmy the Squid.
I know Emaline I know but I wasn't the one who brought the subject up, and I wasn't the one who kissed me, and I wasn't the one who invited a dumb boy who likes me to spend the night at my apartment okay?
Affirmative Action stuff and needing a job
T minus 2 months before whiny "I don't know what to do about my gf/coworker because she caught me sexing customers fml" post in relationship thread.
but there is "two or more"?
I also get "Are you a smoker?" which I don't really see how that is relevant.
With the smoking thing, here it is a legal requirement to provide a five minute smoking break every hour. Obviously that's a lot of non-working time out of the day so if it came down to two equally well qualified applicants, one of whom smoked, that would be a deciding factor.
What the fuck am I supposed to do? Is there anything I can do?
one of our dogs ran off and came back with another dog's head in its mouth. Hm.
Ok, seriously, WTF?
If someone bones a taxidermy animal, is it still beastiality? I mean, it's an inanimate object, and basically a statue, so wouldn't it be more of agalmatophilia?
Attempts at self-mutilation to make him orgasm have proved fruitless, though.
Also, this is necrobestiality. Having talked to a self proclaimed 'roadkill fetishist'...actually the rest of this sentence is better left unfinished now that I think about it.
man zing i have been asked not so politely to give you a shot and not to be such a dick but man, i really cant say yr pulling yr weight on this one.
Attempts at self-mutilation to make him orgasm have proved fruitless, though.
He has tried this. He used scientific method and everything. Fucking variables and shit.
I don't think I've ever felt so physically and emotionally drained. I've been incredibly socially isolated this past week and have been pretty much going insane. I actually had the worst panic attack I've ever had on Wednesday night (which is saying a lot for someone formally diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder) where I literally just had to turn off all the lights and lie in my bed in the fetal position to avoid throwing up and hyperventilation. I also just had an emergency root canal this afternoon. Honestly, I just want to stop being in pain without any pharmacological aid. Plus, the only person who can understand how shitty I've been feeling this whole week in its entirety is unreachable. I'd really love a hug and some talk time from my best friend right now but she's in India and that's that.
dovey do you have a crush on me?
I am nerd raging so hard that my glasses are sliding down my nose.
The gay bar across the street is blaring Limp Bizkit and Disturbed. It is 10 a.m.
gay bar across the street is blaring Limp Bizkit and Disturbed. It is 10 a.m.
gay bar across the street is blaring Limp Bizkit and Disturbed.
gay bar is blaring Limp Bizkit and Disturbed.:? :? :?
Where can I get an application from?
can i hijack this after that awesome thing to sean? i saw this
and decided it should be given to harry by everybody.
One of my rare Facebook usages was a minute ago, and I saw this:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/jhocking/jodizzle.png)
At first I thought "hey cool!" and then I realized I was on ally's page and that was probably talking about her. :-(
(I was on your page to take a closer look at your profile picture, where did that drawing come from?)
Where can I get an application from?Just write "yes, please" on any surface and deliver it to me in any manner you please.
Triple o/
It's supposed to be quiet at midnight, damnit.
I gave my boyfriend a little banoffie pie from work for Valentine's Day! He was going to buy me flowers, but by the time he finished hanging out with his friends he was pretty sure all the flower shops would have been closed! It is no big deal, though, because I worked for 12 hours yesterday so I didn't really see him that much and was really tired by the time I got home anyway.
woooooo valentine's day?
I am pretty much the least "listen to me!"-ish person you will find...But see, if the people there know you at all, this works to your advantage. When I was in dorms I basically never made any noise at all, so I felt absolutely no guilt in going next door or downstairs to say, "I don't care how low your amp is set to, you are playing a goddamn bass, and no matter what you do the noise will always come through the wall." or "I can hear every word you are saying, through my radiator. Might wanna quiet down."
So because you felt a certain way about noise you thought everyone else should as well?
Dear Blog Thread,That sucks.
Me and my girlfriend broke up today. It was completely amicable and we're still best of friends. It still feels mad shitty though.
people who do not wear helmets have either had too few or too many concussions
I'm right about to try that. It's worked for a friend of mine.
So You've Decided To Put Your Graphics Card In the Oven; And Other Stupid Ideas You Got From The Internet
The fact that a head hit a wall implies the necessity of a helmet. I do not want to say 'you should of been wearing a helmet' but I did want to point out that after my head-hit the doctor gave me that no-sleeping advice to be on the safe side, and I do not want Patrick to die. I reply here again because I find your no-helmet sentiment disheartening.
I don't think I've ever felt so physically and emotionally drained. I've been incredibly socially isolated this past week and have been pretty much going insane. I actually had the worst panic attack I've ever had on Wednesday night (which is saying a lot for someone formally diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder) where I literally just had to turn off all the lights and lie in my bed in the fetal position to avoid throwing up and hyperventilation. I also just had an emergency root canal this afternoon. Honestly, I just want to stop being in pain without any pharmacological aid. Plus, the only person who can understand how shitty I've been feeling this whole week in its entirety is unreachable. I'd really love a hug and some talk time from my best friend right now but she's in India and that's that.
man, word UP Julia, I have severe panic attack disorder and i was totally okay for about a year and then all of a sudden now I have been freaking out almost every day and my sleep patterns keep getting fucked up and the other day i had two hours of sleep because of i was so freaked out i couldn't stop twitching, and when i woke up i had another attack really bad and i tried to get up and fell (like a half faint, the world fades to black and i float and i snap out of it mid-fall) and cracked my hand on my bed frame. luckily i am the Messiest Human Being so the rest of my body landed on soft dirty clothes. i finally made a drs appt, i'd gone off my drugs (effexor i love you) when i quit school, and the earliest i can get in is the 24th. oh my god i cannot wait i cannot wait! when i first got diagnosed with it, i found out almost every lady on my dad's side has it, and i was like why the fuck didn't ya'll tell me this sooner, wtf. mine still isn't as bad as my gramma's, she can't go anywhere with a lot of people or she faints, whereas i feel more comfortable in a crowd as i feel more invisible.
okkervil river helps me. maybe it will help you? (no really, it is even better than the effexor, and i love effexor, specifically the velocity of saul at the time of his conversion)
Triple o/
\o
However, now I'm working almost constantly in the labs on projects that I have put off till the last minute cause I was too busy having fun times.
damnit.
Shameless Self-Promotion Alert.This actually is a nice blog. Good work. *bookmarked*
HAI blog thread! Check out my blog (http://racecarbrown.blogspot.com)! (This week there is even mention of Infinite Pony Debates topics)
It is slightly pretentious and a little bit obtuse but I would like to flatter myself and say it is an entertaining read.
Thanks!
Play hard
Be forced to work hard
Complain hard
Rinse
Repeat
Generally being as much of assholes as the rest of engineers just so they can join the exclusive little titled club with all the blockheaded anti-innovation civil and environmental engineering douchesacks.
I am an engineer. I am neither an asshole nor a douchesack.
Look what I got working this morning:
http://vimeo.com/9494080
The tracking still isn't perfect, but that's a trivial problem compared to getting the camera view and 3D graphics rendering properly. I've been working on this AR technology for months and I've almost got everything working!
I'm curious as to why you went with 2D codes instead of geolocation?
Also someone linked me to this on twtter:
Augmented reality tattoos (http://yovia.com/blogs/gizmo/2010/02/16/augmented-reality-tattoos/)
You should get a tat of your goblin thing Jhocking!
Also Im in total love with my best bud of all times little sister. Not in a I want to bang her type way, but in a like family sorta way.
So i thought i should try this whole "jogging" thing, seeing as my new daily routine opens up a full hour before i actually have to get out of bed (at the expense of staying up until 3 am... Sorry meeblyites but i have to get my life sorted or i will probably kill myself - or worse, flunk in a course again). My problem with working out has always been sheer laziness and detesting shortness of breath, both of which are pretty terrible reasons for not being in a reasonably okay shape. I don't know why i am telling you this but fuck you, you are Blog Thread, this is why you exist in the first place.
I am purchasing a table for the house because our old one got taken!
After this we need chairs. Hmm.
Well, technically the squalor will still be there, you'll just be above it rather than directly in the midst of it, what with the chairs.
guys I just went sledding with my boyfriend and the dog and it was the best ever oh my godddd
I am thinking of taking up jogging too. But I would prefer to do it when it is evening and less people can see me.Screw exercise.
I have a strong dislike for exersise, sweating in public, looking silly in public.
I can walk for a long time, but I'm a terrible jogger! Motivate me (and Jens) to do this, blog thread!
Guys, on the side of the building I work in there's this crazy icicle formation that reaches from the top of the building to about 10 feet from the ground. (I think the building is 7 stories? 6 or 7.) It's CRAZY AWESOME.
guys I just went sledding with my boyfriend and the dog and it was the best ever oh my godddd
Did you go dogsledding?
My roommate is in Canada right now and he went dogsledding. I am hecka jealous.
I have also resolved to do a curling bonspiel when I'm in the Frozen North as well.
Look what I got working this morning:
http://vimeo.com/9494080
The tracking still isn't perfect, but that's a trivial problem compared to getting the camera view and 3D graphics rendering properly. I've been working on this AR technology for months and I've almost got everything working!
blisters
are the blisters at the back of your feet, like above the heel?Yes.
i get blisters there all the time when i wear boots. i find that when i put insoles in there it seems to solve the problem a good 95% of the time because it elevates my heel above the blister-y area and stops the chafing. you could try that i guess.
I personally found it really irritating when people would hang around my place of work all the time if they kept using the same shtick and jokes and kept asking 'so when are you hiring' all the time.
I think our moot tomorrow is going to go really well - I just read through the opposing team's argument and it is based on a lot of optimistic legal fallacy and not much else.Remember, if it feels like the lecturer/judge is giving you a really hard time then it means that you are doing well. It's when they ask really easy questions that you should be concerned.
I have to watch a week and a half's worth of Daily Show/Colbert today to catch up because this is just getting ridiculous and I am filling up the HDR with my unwatched stuff:x this weeks episodes are not online on their website and it is making me mad
I have to watch a week and a half's worth of Daily Show/Colbert today to catch up because this is just getting ridiculous and I am filling up the HDR with my unwatched stuff
What about Episode 1?
I am also sad because I can't ft into half my clothes now because I have got a muscular but and thighs now.
Men do it too.
Jodie you better show that giant muscled ass off. I'd give anything to have a toned butt.
What kind of normal person is size 6 top and size 10 (in jeans at least) on the bottom.
I found its empty rooms
not quite empty -
the loose ends of other lives,
the odd yellow curtains, the odd
blue walls, the dead dog in the garden
which I removed, but not without first
trying to ascertain
what had killed it.
The drawing room
where we'll draw
out the happy geese
of mutual speech, the circling
of my feet there on rainy days.
There's more light
at the back, more quiet
in this part of town
& I shall hear you better
than I can from here.
The black sparrows I watch in the garden,
the melting snow,
the mahogany piano,
the clanging pots & pans,
the drawers of shells I carefully carry
in by hand, the new white curtains,
the whistle of Euston Station,
the cook caught for 14 pounds
& 14 shillings with tea & sugar,
the ever black soot in the sky,
our neighbour, the Shakespearean clown, two doors down,
the rooms red & green as if painted by parrots,
& my specimen museum
in the front attic, creature-beasts
like private gargoyles crouching
above our church, the mews at the back
where coachmen sing.
Sometimes we'll eat walnut pickle & stewed pear
& sometimes muffin pudding.
Is this not our house
where you & I lie in our still
mysteriously perfect bodies
where you play your long fingers
over the chords of my skin.
Is this not the house
you will humanise me in?
Outside, the December wind
howls as if to knock us down.
Inside, we will huddle
the fire near, nights like this,
all the nights of our green green life.
Your buttered eggs on toast,
your broth, hot and brown, brought
to me on the sofa when I am sick,
your footsteps on the stairs,
a long chestnut strand of your hair
on my pillow, the drip
of your pen across
rough paper, your kiss,
your voice in the kitchen with the cook
you will sack, 'too cute', the way you look
as you scold me, while laughing.
And when on our first night we drew
the awful curtains in the windows
of our terraced house closed
I could only hear
your breath
shallow as I stepped closer, I couldn't
get close enough
quick enough.
I don't care
if the floors are hardened mud
or the windows without glass
or if our chairs are carved from the roughest wood
& the bed sags in the middle
as long as you are there with me my Em,
as long as you are there.
Will I ever stop having a powerful desire to watch Mister Rogers' Neighborhood when I'm sick?
women's curling is way more fun to watch because of Eve Muirhead.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/girls-with-curls-ice-maidens-send-games-temperatures-soaring-20100221-on77.html
US player Chris Plys, 22, was Entertainment Weekly's Olympic stud of the day.
Entertainment Weekly's Olympic stud of the day.
Olympic stud of the day.
I have been scouring the internet for a Waffles.fm invite. I have failed so far. Ugh.
HINT HINT
If you post private tracker invites or ask for private tracker invites anywhere on this forum, you will be banned.
A billion billion hugs your way, Allison.
Doggs,
I have an interview tomorrow at 830am with McDonalds, but I have an interview with a much better business at 11am. It isn't a time factor, but I don't know if this better place will even hire me.
Basically, What do I tell McDonalds if they want to hire me at the earlier interview?
My old boss died on the 4th and his funeral was today and I only just found out, and I don't exactly know how I'm supposed/allowed to feel right now.
Dawg, I was talking about the recipe site.I have been scouring the internet for a Waffles.fm invite. I have failed so far. Ugh.
HINT HINTQuoteIf you post private tracker invites or ask for private tracker invites anywhere on this forum, you will be banned.
Quoting these two things for the new page to make sure the mods don't miss it.
Yeahuknowit
Also, as far as the benefits thing with mcdonalds. I think this other job has benefits too. And probably better ones. I'd also make more money than at mcdonalds and not have to deal with the clientelle of mcdonalds.
In-N-Out
Yesterday was the longest day of my life. My grandma had a very, very severe heart attack at church. It took 13 minutes for the paramedics to arrive. She went into ICU at around 4pm and for the last 12 hours has been in a medically induced paralysis and heavily sedated. We are going to the hospital soon to see if she has brain function and if she is concious. She's a tough lady, but she can only take so much. I'm really scared.Sorry to hear. Here's hoping she pulls through.
Dawg, I was talking about the recipe site.
if you are anywhere but in bed or the bathroom, you're doing it wrong
jace, just go to both interviews and if both places end up hiring you, call mcdonalds and tell them you changed your mind and don't want to work there anymore. i've been hired at the end of every interview i have been to as well, but usually it's informal and then they still call me back in a week or so to confirm when i'll be starting and stuff. even if they do hire you after the interview, they'll still need time to make a schedule and call you back and all that. they might be disappointed but honestly, what can they do when you say you don't want to work there anymore? the worst case scenario here is that you end up in mcdonald'd bad books and if you're working a much better job anyway, i think you'll find some way to live with that somehow.
Is there an Urgent Care over there? They tend to be cheaper than doctors and you can still see them quickly. As for water, maybe try to suck on ice cubes? Whatever it is, I hope you feel better soon!
what do I do
MacBook that was upgraded to 4gb memory and 350gb harddrive.
I adopted another cat! She was a stray but very friendly and sad looking! I took her to the vet! SHE IS HAVING BABIES ARGRJGGS WTF
Hey guys, I have a job now. I work at the McDonalds that is about a 4 minute walk from my house. If I had a car I would have been able to try and get a job driving around to businesses and trying to get them to use verizon. But hey, at least I have a job!
Guys I officially have a job that is somewhat less shitty than my old McDonald's one.
It's supposed to be a temp position, but if I don't spend all my time jacking off in the bathrooms instead of actually working,
I'm going to guess that it's because the recipe wiki doesn't accept registrations right now but I hear it's really good and damn do I love me some well-made Cheesecake. Hopefully, it'll have a good recipe for Cheesecake.Dawg, I was talking about the recipe site.
Why the crap do you need an invite for a recipe wiki
Seriously.
I really want someone to tell me
Blaggy,http://gekos.no/art/index.php/component/option,com_idoblog/Itemid,60/id,68/task,viewpost/
So I've decided to take up doing portraits and figure drawing because it's always fascinated me more than other forms of drawing and I should stop being lazy and actually draw rather than doodle.
Local colleges actually offer no art classes on the form. Neither do they offer classes on how to speak German. The most they offer is introduction to visual arts, which is something I've already done several times through school. Dang, I'm going to have to travel, like, out of the county.
I'm the guitarist in an all-black Baptist gospel choir in Oakland nowOh my God Patrick this is so fucking cool
I just spent all day playing Lord of the Rings Risk for research for work.Oh no, now you're going to get fired because you showed them all up.
I came second, I beat one of the directors, I am pretty happy with that.
LotR Risk > Risk
so uh, i might record in spoon's studio for free
LotR Risk > Risk
!!!
GUYS I FOUND A KITTEN
\singing and playing ukulele
GUYS THAT KITTEN I FOUND TURNED OUT TO BE AN ELDRITCH ABOMINATION AND NOW I AM GOING INSANE.
well, I could go to the emergency room, but the best one is like an hours drive, and that seems too costly for something that might be better tomorrow morning. I don't know. I'm afraid to drink water. I am going to try to wait it out, but if I'm not better by morning, I guess I'm going to go to the ER.
Bitches I gots the wi-fi! I am writing this from my bed!
The bill was for $6000, of which almost $2000 I had to pay because I'm a freelancer with high-deductible health insurance. fucking hell
Who's talking about relationships?!
So my room is not exactly tidy and my mum is arriving in about an hour or maybe two.
I'm not a boy, maybe boyparts are really as alien as Cosmo would have be believe, but I would say that it's more normal to be able to exist without constant sexings than it is to feel a constant urge. When you've been feeling that way for six months, worry some.
(Actually, it's just really hard to sleep when you have a kitten trying to eat your ears)
a friend I had in college used to tape a target above his headboard between girlfriends.
call the bank
call your bank
And then I might suggest making them give you overdraft protection, if that's something you want to do.
Ok so tonight is the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras which means I have the apartment to myself as my girlfriend has gone out with her friends to get drunk and watch the parade. I don't go to these kinds of things because I hate drunk people and large crowds. Instead I shall be staying at home, getting lovely and eating copious amounts of satay chicken while watching dvds.
Awesome.
Jimmy, you have to watch your girlfriend at all times because women are untrustworthy whores that will sleep with any man they find.
Says the guy with the Canadian accent.It's not an accent! It's how people are supposed to talk.
It's not an accent! It's how people are supposed to talk, eh. How aboot it?
We ought to name a song after you.
Call it 'Canada'.
I don't have an accent :c I wish I did, I wish I had a charming accent like those brits.
Jimmy, you have to watch your girlfriend at all times because women are untrustworthy whores that will sleep with any man they find.
Jimmy, you have to watch your girlfriend at all times because women are untrustworthy whores that will sleep with any man they find.
That is how your post reads, just to give you some perspective.
Its true, history will reflect that no one has ever cheated on anybody ever.
Then again, those girls were kind of whore-y, so maybe my experience shouldn't be extrapolated.
Stuff.More stuff.
Interesting Thing #1: got to drive my dad's '65 Mustang
religious singing shock
Don't tell Australia Post that I'm forging my housemate's signature! But if you do tell them, tell them that it's with her consent and at her insistence.You put it in writing and now they will know, good job!
Oh man I am living on the edge of the seat on a train travelling to a station where I would change trains to one that on alternate days diverts to a life of petty crime.
Ugh, better than that.
Yeah that guy doesn't do the chord changes very well at all, they get changed up into dom7 chords in the second half of the refrain
Speaking of music, I got bored and started fucking around with a little idea that was kicking around in my head. It turned into this. (http://www.box.net/shared/p6cfv53nn1) It's 3 tracks, and it's pretty sloppy, but it gets the job done. Considering adding vocals.
So it looks like I will be in Germany for a few weeks around early October this year! Not the greatest time of year weather-wise to be there I think, but Chris's family is footing the bill to send us both there to visit his grandmother and aunts and everyone there after the wedding junk is over:)
Do we have any forumites near Wiesbaden/Mainz?
Blog Thread, how much do you generally have to smoke before you start to feel the effects of nicotine addiction?
Yeah I was just wondering cos I smoked a bunch of "tumorous" cigarettes yesterday....
Easter Island is where it's at.
Also, Amurkan gurls, is it true that it's fairly standard to hold off Shark Week for three packs to cut down from 12 annually to 4?
i roll my spliffs usually 85+ percent not tobacco to tobacco. But that is for indoor spliffs. honestly you can roll them that weedy and just use an incredibly dark, fragrant tobacco and yr good for smoking them in public cos the tobacco smoke is so strong.
Blog Thread, what am I supposed to do with my life? I have no idea!(And other stuff about Lit and writing.)
Anyway. My girlfriend, she is pregnant. This is a good thing.
Where was the interview? how long did it take? Did they mention that there were other people pending for interview or possibly when interviewing ends?
Yeah May I used to do that all the time, it is why I was prescribed them in the first place because Shark Week was pretty painful, but now I am actually using the tablets for their intended use I have to have my placebo every month just to MAKE SURE because I have read too many 'I didn't know I was pregnant' horror stories. Shark Week eases my mind.
Shark Week eases my mind.There have been a few times where I have been happy to get Shark Week
"Excuse me, good sir. I notice that your establishment offers a variety of fineries and finereries. Perchance you can enlighten me unto the perfect blend of tobaccos to mask the smell of my stank-ass bomb marijuana as I smoke it in the presence of women and children. As a man of distinction and gentlemanly persuasion, I would not like to trouble them with my bomb-ass stank-bomb spliff smoke extravaganza. Thank you, sir."
Anyway. My girlfriend, she is pregnant. This is a good thing.
gratz dude! That is hellaz rad.
Dovey, I'm confused. You smoked a lot of weed, so now you're worried about being addicted to cigarettes?
I know that feeling (not 9 years so I imagine it's more intense for you) so that actually sounds pretty awesome despite how obviously mundane it is.
dear nipple piercings,
I loved you. I always will. But you were interfering with my life too much.
Love,
andy
My old college roomate/bandmate entered me into a contest. I won. It was for a bunch of Alkaline Trio stuff. The new album, T-shirt, posters, etc.
Maryland-Duke game
Route 1
Riot police
Shit got real
Hello, Internet. It's been a while.
So the state of New Hampshire ("Live Free or Die" my ass) has recently charged me with Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute. I mean, really, NH? You're going to be redundant like that? Really?
I've dropped out of school to try and afford a snarky lawyer of the Hebrew persuasion, but when my case gets to the higher courts he's going to want more cash, and I don't know how he's going to get it. Does anyone know the going rate on a kidney these days?
<3
Just date him.
Guess just got pulled on stage at a drag show by a drag queen for having a "blak girl's ass". I knew I should have entered that american apperal contest. I got 2 free shots out of it though. And I got to shake my ass on stage at a gay bar.Were there pictures?
Today was the four year anniversary of finding my friend's body the day after he committed suicide.
Eric, man, I fucking miss the hell out of you.
Guess just got pulled on stage at a drag show by a drag queen for having a "blak girl's ass". I knew I should have entered that american apperal contest. I got 2 free shots out of it though. And I got to shake my ass on stage at a gay bar.Were there pictures?
Blog Thread 4: Fly like a rock, swim like a stone
In other news, UofT is the worst thing and we should burn it down.
Its Alpha Flight, not Department H.In other news, UofT is the worst thing and we should burn it down.
Canada's equivalent of the FBI (Department H?) will be at your place shortly to arrest you. Nice knowing you Allison.
guess who got into the only school they applied to, it is a private non partyschool place.
me! i got into st edward's university!!!!!!!!
In other news, UofT is the worst thing and we should burn it down.
Canada's equivalent of the FBI (Department H?)
Its Alpha Flight, not Department H.In other news, UofT is the worst thing and we should burn it down.
Canada's equivalent of the FBI (Department H?) will be at your place shortly to arrest you. Nice knowing you Allison.
guess who got into the only school they applied to, it is a private non partyschool place.
me! i got into st edward's university!!!!!!!!
Blog Thread 4: A new hope
Blog Thread 4: Ductape duck
Blog Thread 4: Now with 90% less whining
Blog Thread 4: MILLION POWER!!!!
Blog Thread 4: Fly like a rock, swim like a stone
Blog Thread 4: 4 dollars for good blogging
Blog Thread 4: Suitcase full of hippos
Blog Thread 4: I'm just a love machine and work nobody but you
Blog Thread 4: this time its all about you
Blog Thread 4: Coolest thread in the sink
don'ts
Dear guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7USvH1j6UY
Dear guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KZKZs-2YM
Woo I just got 2 tickets to Lady Gaga's extra date at the O2 on presale!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Guys I feel like I have been posting too much lately. Do you agree Y/N?
Because I usually read books at that time of day, I've taken great pains to find audiobook versions of as many of the books on my personal reading list, and listen to those while running!
Love that song so much, but I think you mean:Dear guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KZKZs-2YM
*bike talk*
Don't befriend people with bob marley tshirts or rasta hats, they are the worst kind of stoners and stoners are already the dullest kind of people.Heavens no.
shut up i don't care LA LA LA LA LAAAAA
Guys I feel like I have been posting too much lately. Do you agree Y/N?
I don't think so. The more people who are actually funny and interesting post the better it is to offset the uh...y'know.
Heavens no.
Button-ups, sweaters and trousers wearers are among the best stoners.
NOT LIKE I WAS EVER THE PERSON YOU WOULD HAVE TALKED TO THERE OR ANYTHING, but they shoulda sent you to the credit report disputes department. i've seen that happen a few times, where something was showing on a credit report that i couldn't find in our system. i mean, shit, what, i never worked there
Hey I drive way safer when I am high! I find it literally impossible to exceed the speed limit.
So we are stoning Jacob as well? I mean, he has made some terrible decisions, but really? Stoning him?
Guys, I made a curry for dinner, and I usually put a few peppers. Today I out in one(as in 1, singular, uno, un) poblano in, which according to wiki has a relatively low heat rating, but according to Whole Foods was somewhat high. When I put in the cauliflower, I got some of the sauce on my finger tips, so I licked it off. Now, I think I need a new tongue. Also, my lip piercing is burning now.
Well it's less hot than pretty much any pepper except for like bell and pimentos
Yes I am! This is what I've been trying to say
My grandmother confused me with her son in the end. A unique sort of pain. You have my sympathies.
Cinema Paradiso
Jens, good project :) Plus Guiness in your crazy frozen land is far too expensive, the obvious solution is to spend the money you save this month on coming back to Britain and drinking real Guiness for real prices.
I just had my end of term Director of Studies meeting. They're meant to be five minutes long - I was there for an hour and spent most of it crying. Basically I'd decided I had to sort out this problem I've been having with her tort supervisions and I don't think she'd even realised it was an issue for me. We didn't exactly sort anything but I'm going again on Tuesday to try and figure out what I'm going to do. She did offer to arrange a new supervisor for me, not just for next year but even for this one, but I get the feeling that if I say that I do want that then I'll have failed the test of my strength of mind.
Not exactly sure how I'm feeling. I think I might go and sleep for a bit.
I just sneezed so hard that now all the tendons in my neck + shoulders hurt like hell
This is true, when I'm high I'm going like 20 miles below the speed limit and freaking out at the unimaginable speeds of 35 mph.
Blog thread, I tried to go and have a three hour nap and kept waking up more tired that I was before and now I can't sleep at all. What has happened to my sleeping?
Without wanting to disagree with you in the general, it is kind of unfair to target Zingoleb specifically. All you drugged-up drivers are morons, don't do that shit.
I also have a slightly odd question for any UK forumites over 19 - do you go to the dentist any more? Is the media hype about not being able to find a dentist genuine?
Without wanting to disagree with you in the general, it is kind of unfair to target Zingoleb specifically. All you drugged-up drivers are morons, don't do that shit.
I have a lisp, way to be insensitive to speech impediments, you jerk.
(also, the little kid I know doesn't say his l's, and his s's are t's, so his aunt Sahar is Tahar. it's cute! Nikki not saying her letters properly is a normal part of speech development, unless she is older than I am thinking, in which it could be an indication that she might have hearing issues.)
I have no idea, I'm not a doctor.
Okay, so I broke up with this girl in January and apparently it wasn't on good terms at all. And I've been blabbing about this festival Primavera in Barcelona for a while (all over the place, here, but also on Twitter), and I know that she follows me on twitter. and then suddenly today she announced that she's going there as well, even though I know for a fact that while we were going out (I never thought we were going out, which is why I kinda broke up with her, but she did, which is probably why she was angry) she did not listen to any of the bands that are playing there. Maybe I'm being a bit weird, but is that weird? Or is it (most likely) just some crazy coincidence?
In other news, my dissertation is now 13 pages long. woohoo!
Go take a nap, or a shower, or go for a run. The mood will pass.
n this tiny tiny town.
n this tiny tiny town.
That is the explanation.
Agh, dammit Regina Spektor tickets, car repairs, car registration and trip to Sydney ALL IN ONE WEEK GAH.
Having a cousin that lives 7 hours away from your old boss...
Wow, maybe his horoscope says that he can be outgoing when he is with his friends but can also be shy at other times.
I think you're making too much of it, really.
Agh, dammit Regina Spektor tickets, car repairs, car registration and trip to Sydney ALL IN ONE WEEK GAH.
Yep this is pretty much the gist of what my thing is as well. I finally got my phone back from The World's Most Incompetent Phone Repair Assholes today after they told me that after having it for two months that they've finally worked out that the phone is proper-fucked and nothing can be done. How the fuck does it take two months to work that shit out? Anyway that means I have the distinct privilege of paying three hundred-and-something dollars for a replacement phone (it is one of them Apple doohickeys (it is borked because I dropped it in water(which is not covered by warranty))). This in addition to my new glasses, and my mum's AND my sister's birthday this week, and a bunch of expenses to do with travelling and trying to save for travelling and there about ten large and expensive gigs I want to go to (Regina Spektor tickets are like $80 WHAT) but I guess now I can only go to half at most and I booked in a tattoo (potentially a mistake, in hindsight).
In other news, my family are awful!
Patrick, thats a dumb idea and you know. If you think it might be something you do actually want to do take some time to consider it. Why the sudden change? What is different? Give it a few days before you start selling your shit off.
and also the AIDS
Tickets to Regina's Sydney Show are $91 + booking fee.
I don't remember asking either of you a fucking thing either
I would probably watch them on my laptop or stream them to my PS3 and watch them on my large television?oh, never thought of that
Blaggy,Interestingly enough, my favorite term for vomit is "Technicolour Yawn".
This is kind of gross so skip it if you want.
I went to my cousin's birthday party today and overindulged in brightly coloured cake and too much ice cream. I am now vomiting the most festive and technicoloured vomit I have ever vomited.
I'm three episodes out from the last episode of The Wire ever. I don't want it to end
[...]Boot.pic[...]
Next step is to buy this book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wire-Truth-Be-Told/dp/1847675980/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268554021&sr=1-1) and this C.D. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pieces-Matter-Years-Deluxe-Complete/dp/B000YDOOT6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268554102&sr=1-1) (buy the C.D., don't download it, because the accompanying booklet is really interesting and informative).
I am definitely buying that book and probably "The Wire Re-Up" as well and maybe even the "Homicide" book and maybe maybe even Felicia Pearson's biography
It is nice not having to be Jens all the time.
Is it bad that his calling me broseph is the only thing that makes me reconsider?
Broseph I (The Holy Broman Emperor)
Publishers: Who's the Stallion?
This book won't make you vomit. But you'll want to hit somebody! If you're male. Sing from the rooftops if female. Outsell Dan Brown if a Publisher. Guys will buy it to rip it to shreds Girls to shove it up the boys and me because it keeps surprsing me: 200,000 words of evidence. An overwhelming critically compelling mass. Savvy sexy & salacious. And live on TV before launching I'll place history's most romantic most controversial and most polarizing bet. Depending on the Readers' response to the question on the last page: I'll win the bet! Or lose (my last $10,000). Males mad and emasculated by the book will vote No! Females triumphantly empowered by it will vote Yes! The question: Of 1,000 Heroes from 10,000 years who on the basis of popular genes is Stallion of The Millenium? Evidence in the book proves conclusively that the winner of this once in 10,000 years World title contest is Your humble servant. Publishers unafraid to publish The Stallion, contact him: [name & email address]©2010
goddamnit, I was really excited for the Planet Earth guys' new thing Life next Sunday, but I just found out that it's narrated by OPRAH FUCKING WINFREY.
I honestly don't know if I'm gonna be able to watch it now. :-(
dvds
You know what's awkward? Running into your therapist and her girlfriend at the supermarket.
Vancouver Pros | Vancouver Cons | Ottawa Pros | Ottawa Cons | |||
| Nice weather Good shows Lots of hippies The Sea! | Expensive living Lots of hipsters | You have already accepted Ottawa is a choice school too You could go protest things? Or hit Harper with a pie! | Not as cool as Vancouver OK it is friday night I am not making pro/con tables time to go out to the bar there is a band playing or something |
| Ottawa Cons |
But if one more restaurant/bar makes me work a night as a 'trial shift' I'll fucking scream. I have never been offered a job at the end of one of them and I walk out without the $50 they should have paid me having worked my arse off for them.
lots of tea . . . being thrown on the audience
oh god what am i going to do
lots of tea . . . being thrown on the audience
Ow . . .?
Got an email from a nonprofit in Ballard
Guys, my roommate left behind some Beanie Babies
I haven't had stuffed animals in like ten years
(http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/5a/2/AAAAC5CHWsoAAAAAAFoqqA.jpg)
I sleep with this one all the time
Blog thread, I'm freaking out a little right now. Tomorrow I have an interview with the Glasgow School of Art, which is pretty much my dream school. I'm worried because at the age of 21, I've never actually been to any sort of interview before. Schools don't really do interviews in Norway, and I basically got my job thrown at me when my friend who was quitting recommended me to her boss. I'm also freaking out because when I called to actually schedule my interview the woman who answered was from rural Scotland. I could not for the life of me understand a word she said. I'm just praying for the interviewer to be BBC English or something, because I already have trouble hearing what people are saying when talking on the phone, and it's a phone interview! Also, how will I be able to talk about my portfolio for 20 minutes? Oh god, I've never done this before, and all I keep thinking about is how this 20 minute phone call will decide where I end up this fall.
I feel like I need my asthma medicine now, and I don't even have asthma.
Dear Dovey
I hope the giant Perth storms have not drowned you
<3 much love
Jodie
Guys, my roommate left behind some Beanie Babies
I haven't had stuffed animals in like ten years
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I sleep with this one all the time
I suggest we form a cabal of red panda plushie owners.
Hooray that Dovey is ok!
(At least I care)
Just step it up a notch and pick other people's things up and apply that same approach.
"A hot toasted sandwich? Fresh out of the oven? For me? PUPPY DOG EYES!?"
P.S. it is essential to actually shout PUPPY DOG EYES at them while making the puppy-dog eyes.
I've come to the conclusion that Anna has actually been possessed by a spambot.
Toe... shoes?
All of my shoes are for my toes.
I've come to the conclusion that Anna has actually been possessed by a spambot.
or the sprit of coolness.
Guys don't swallow toothpaste don't do it
it sucks
I like some combination of the two. Something like:
"We aresoglad to have Maggie O’Brien’s as part of our team for this event!. The Wishlist foundation is confident that our team and the Maggie O'Brien team can work seamlessly together to make it successful, fun, and profitable for both organizations. In order to ensure that everything runs smoothly, however, we would appreciate your cooperation with a few requests:"
I had to beat off like 25 of the little guys before I could get on with what I was doing
Today is my first day of work. Yesterday, I woke up puking, because I was so stressed about today. My alarm went off, and I had to lay still in bed trying to calm the fuck down enough to tell my boyfriend to turn it off(it's on his side of the bed, and was actually for him to go to work). But before I could actually calm down, my stomach decided it was time to vomit. Now I feel like that might happen and I can't figure out how to calm down and I need to eat before leaving, and ;sdjfjadsfjdaskfj;
Except my alarm clock is my girlfriend.
Install a keylogger and sell his account.
Is there a way I can tactfully handle this?
Sure, it's a crappy job that I'm recruiting for, but it's better than no job at all.
Just to clarify, these aren't overqualified people. These are people with the bare minimum of applicable experience (6 months recent) who I have built up to the client in order to get them interviews. Mind you, they aren't scum, but companies aren't exactly fighting over them.
That is the worst Okkervil River song. For Real.
So uh... is buying a place out of the question?
Harry: yr roommates actually wash their dishes? Thank yr lucky stars.
That is the worst Okkervil River song. For Real.
A two-bedroom, single-storey terrace house two doors down from the house I live in recently sold at auction for A$816,000. This is up from A$640,000 for a very similar house just over one year ago. So, "yes".
P.S.: waaaaaahhhh life isn't fair waaaaaaahhhh
Edit: Okay, so I looked at the rubric for the paper and apparently I can do well enough without sources. At least, well enough to not fail.
I think I deserve a nice pat on the back for sitting here wringing my hands for the past fifteen minutes instead of getting shit done.
Dear the Blog Thread,
I have to write a paper on the the effects temperature has on yeast glycolysis for a biology class. Unfortunately, I need to find 3 journal articles about the effects temperature has on yeast glycolysis so that I can cite them in the paper. Unfortunatelyer, it is an incredibly specific topic to find journal articles about, and the experiment itself is considered to be sort of a training-wheels thing for bio majors to get a feel for the scientific process and all the paper writing that goes along with it, so it is unlikely that I will find the article that I want in goddamn Nature. Unfortunatelyest, this means wading through databases in search of something I am not optimistic about finding, all the while trying to make sense of the impenetrable language of science.
Sincerely,
Guy In the Corner Asking Why In Between Hushed Sobs Bluh Bluh Bluh Bloo Why Bluh Bloo
so apparently people on my campus are playing humans vs. zombies right now. theres like 10 kids hanging around my dorm room with nerf guns hunting zombies or something.
i really really wanna see a battle.
why are you not joining in?
Scans of my unborn son revealed that:
a. he's completely healthy
b. he's a he.
Actually, the scan sort of screamed that last bit ...
We are happy.
b. he's a he.
Actually, the scan sort of screamed that last bit ...
I do not miss Trupiano in the least. I pray for the day when they finally axe Castiglione, too. Christ he annoys me.
I feel a little weird about it, like maybe I should feel a little sad at the passing of a human life, especially one that was obviously so troubled and alone, but then I always thought he was a dick, and this doesn't change that. I have also never known anyone who killed themselves before, so that probably has something to do with it.
On a more positive note, I got laid last night. Woo!
People will keep dying. Loads of 'em!
[...] that Catholic girl was a poor choice.
Is it Uisge Beatha? Because it should be Uisge Beatha/
My boyfriend wants me to go skydiving with him and some coworkers in two-and-a-half weeks. Part of me thinks it will be awesome. Part of me is sure that as soon as it comes time to jump, I'm going to be blubbering to the instructor and crying and sobbing and refusing to leave the plane.
Have any of you done it? Is it as fun as it looks? As terrifying as it sounds?
(But what if the parachute fails? What if I freak the fuck out? What if my boyfriend's coworkers all think I'm a pansy? What if I throw up? What if my shoes fall off? Accccck!)
Too soon? Too soon.
No no, catholic SCHOOL girls are hot, it's because they're supposed to be rebels against the system or something. I was one, feel free to base your judgements on that.
I have my first physical in many of years on Thursday! I hope I don't have the AIDS.
Hey guys! It's my birthday!
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME WOOOOOOO
Hahahaha
Yeah fuck Bashcraft a bit.
I'm going to London next Friday to meet my potential summer employer and her two sons. I'm not really sure what to wear - what would you wear to an interview to be a mother's help? Obviously wearing a suit to meet a 2 year old and a 14 week old is not sensible (plus I don't have one) but what do I wear?
Also, I have a ton of work to do before 12 tomorrow but I am going to bed because I am too tired to concentrate.
what would you wear to an interview to be a mother's help?
I have hit a new low :(
In addition, this week is apparently Man Week which means tonight a bunch of my friends are gathering to watch Rambo and drink beer and do stupid shit. What the fuck is going on here I don't know
b) see what the hell these two girls are planning. We were at a flea market together this weekend and we stumbled over a movie about Sylvia Plath, I have a suspicion they're going to make me watch it (I detest Plath, they both love her stuff).
I also texted one of them asking whether I should bring anything, and she answered "just your dignity and will to live". Also it started snowing outside. This is getting increasingly scary.
Dear Blog thread,
I decided to sleep in today, but i did it on the way to class.
[...]
What up pole and ditch.
'Believe in dinosaurs' .... what does that even mean?
How can you not admit the existence of dinosaurs, they are fucking awesome.
Tablet
probably the same reason people are so in denial about unicorns.
Forget c), not that great.
So this is an epitaph, not for calamitous
Loss but for loss; this was a person
In a small way who had touched our lives
With a whisk of delight, like a snatch of a tune
From which one whole day's mood derives.
And I'm confused on the "keeping it dry" part. So obviously, don't soak it in water, insta-dry it when it gets wet, but what about the ointment? Does that count as being wet? Or not, since it's a more of a gel.
what type of job do you have, if you don't mind me asking? it sounds like you work with a beanbag design company
I mean what is a summer without me crushing on a bartender though right?
passport day happy day! i have a passport and i can legally leave the country again. fuck yeah.How did the Tronno vice cops let that one slip by?
I HAVE A PLUSH PANDA HAT WITH MITTENS.
I HAVE A PLUSH PANDA HAT WITH MITTENS.FIGHT YOU
Wait, you mean ear-flaps? Is that what you kids mean when you keep going on about your hats having "mittens"?
I HAVE A PLUSH PANDA HAT WITH MITTENS.FIGHT YOU
There's a hockey fight in the background of that photo
Wait, you mean ear-flaps? Is that what you kids mean when you keep going on about your hats having "mittens"?
Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a house now than at pretty much any other time, while the real estate prices are still low?
no downpayment.
The first time I saw a white swan in real life I actually squealed from excitement because I wasn't sure they actually existed.
How do they work?
I did not get the baby job
Taking that extra year means losing a bunch of money, since I have to take an extra year of student loans and I lose one year of potential income, but I feel like I need it, and I like being a student, and even though people tell me I'm a girl studying IT, so I shouldn't bother with improving my grades, I think that is a crappy excuse for having poor grades.
Sure you can. I might not be able to answer, but I could try or at least try to guide you in the right direction. I don't know how much maths you have at what I'm assuming is the bachelor program, but from what I can see, you have some intro to maths-thing? I know that at least at NTNU, a couple of the math classes are fairly simple, while the ones you take in the, uhm, sivilingeniør-programs can be pretty tough. The main thing, though, is to work consistently throughout the semester – I had a 6 in maths every semester from 8th grade to the last year of high school, but failed my first math class at uni (I'm in one of the sivilingeniør-programs, datateknikk) simply because I wasn't used to the workload, and I was used to having to do very little to achieve good grades. I'm still struggling to get past that mindset :p However, if you have a fairly decent grasp of maths, then you should be fine. Not everyone starts studying right after high school either, so it's not like you'll be alone in not having had math for a while, and from what I could find on the UIB website, the MAT101 class doesn't look too bad. MAT111 looks a little bit trickier, but that might just be because I don't like a couple of the topics covered.Taking that extra year means losing a bunch of money, since I have to take an extra year of student loans and I lose one year of potential income, but I feel like I need it, and I like being a student, and even though people tell me I'm a girl studying IT, so I shouldn't bother with improving my grades, I think that is a crappy excuse for having poor grades.
Hey - I'm going to start studying IT this autumn (datateknologi @ UIB), so if I'm having trouble getting something, I can shoot you a PM, right? Also, how bad is it that it's a year since I last had maths, and I remember pretty little? I'm good at maths, but if they assume that everyone is up to date with their maths, I'm afraid I'll be struggling from day one.
Also, to all the computer people on the forums, I've started using Microsoft's SmallBasic, just to get a feel for what programming is like. Is that a good starting point? Is there better starting points?I've never used SmallBasic, so I don't know anything about it, but honestly, a lot of what programming is about, is getting familiar with and learning to think in the right way, and for that, most languages should be fine (PHP is often recommended as something that is easy to get into, and easy to achieve results from quickly, but languages like Python and Java (which is what they use in the intro courses at UIB and NTNU) are also good). Learning about variables, data types, using conditionals (if, switch-case), for and while loops, methods/functions and things like that are the key thing, and if you grasp that, then adjusting to the syntax of a new programming language is the "easy" part. I've been a student assistant in NTNU's equivalence of "Introduction to IT", and the ones who grasp those concepts are the ones who end up not struggling too much, while some people still didn't understand what a variable was after 4 months, and that makes programming slightly tricky.
I'll love seeing what has changed (if I recognise anything at all, that is!).
i am going to ignore all my responsibilities and it's going to be the best summer ever
this lesbian I had hooked up with before
Gender and identity are personal and subjective.That isn't what my church told me.
I got a job at Canadian Tire! I am going to be a part-time bike assembler! The nice bike shops don't want me because they've got their old staff and their old staff's friends, but Canadian Tire will have me and I will be assembling SuperCycles for people who are OK with having mediocre bikes. I am used to Ontario where minimum wage is like $10.50 or something and I was making $12 at my last student job so it is like 'ughhh really you want to pay me $8.45 an hour' but I will be good at it and I will ask them for more later and they pay 'piece-work' for assembly so I'd get $5 a bike and I should be able to whip them together in half an hour in decent shape. Apparently people rush their bikes and cut corners but I do not really want to do that. I will do good work and they will give me a raise because that is how a good capitalism works, right? Right?
In retrospect, I should have talked myself up in the interview a bit and asked for a higher starting wage, I'm sure I could have gotten it. Oh well, it has been a while since I interviewed for such a low-paying job so I guess this is what I get. Next time I'm interviewing for an entry level job for which I am well qualified I will ask for more money because I am worth it, yes.
Are you also going to be doing repairs? From what I understand that is the worst part.Presumably that is where the $8.45/hour come in, so I can see why you might rather cruise through bike assembly at $15/hour if you're fast instead of fixing someone else's bike. Having dealt with a lot of abused bikes in my tenure at the DIY shop on campus, I can see where that could get pretty frustrating.
i am going to ignore all my responsibilities and it's going to be the best summer ever
Man I wish I was still 16.
I'll love seeing what has changed (if I recognise anything at all, that is!).
The thing about new york is that it'll probably all look the same.
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOUUUUUUUU
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOUUUUUUUU
Fuckin' Shane, how does he work?
Holy fuck. Hope she makes it through ok.
I think you mean metho, not menthol. I don't think being covered in metho is going to be very good for the cat, but I also don't know if it would kill it; not my area of expertise, but it doesn't sound very good.
I need a hobby. Help?
I met Brendan McLeod and Barbra Adler yesterday! Also known as half of The Fugitives!
I need a hobby. Help?
I met Brendan McLeod and Barbra Adler yesterday! Also known as half of The Fugitives!
jealous
Did they perform? Gosh dang they are fantastic.
Yes! They are ridiculously fun people to be around.
RUSS!
well, shit.
love and hugs lunchy.
Teyla's girlfriend and family are arriving from the US. It's most likely her life support will be turned off tomorrow. I feel sort of hollow.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts.
JD, you don't gotta beat it like it owes you money.:|
I was cutting down a tree and it fell over me, but I was okay because there was just enough space for me to crawl out. The other tree also almost fell on me. I decided not to tempt fate with a third tree.
(he is saying you masturbated so much that you pulled a muscle in your penis)
(get it? It's a play on words, using the double meaning in the word 'beat')
(it's funny, i guess)
a Kirby J concurring judgementWait wait wait, Kirby J has made concurring judgments? And the universe is still intact?
in a different place, of course
So in about seven or eight weeks or so, I graduate. I'm kind of anxious.
Congratulations, you're my new favourite person.a Kirby J concurring judgementWait wait wait, Kirby J has made concurring judgments? And the universe is still intact?
Friends, if any of yr loved ones are considering getting cancer, do not let them do it, it's not cool.
guys i am at the train station and there is this really lovely looking girl but she is wearing ed hardy chucks and that makes me want to stab her so much. :/I know how you feel. There was this really pretty girl somewhere I was once (somewhere important!) and I wanted to talk to her, but she was wearing Crocs. :|
It might be time to stop drinking every day and drinking so much coffee and stressing.
I did.
I'll go get dressed.
Today when I was walking along the river an old woman yelled after me "IF YOUR SKIRT HAD BEEN ANY SHORTER, WE'D SEE YOUR ENTIRE CUNT". Amazing.
I can't find anything anywhere which suggests that would work.
I forgot the golden rule of being a librarian. Just assume everyone get all the information wrong that they present you.
I put cinnamon in my hair to try and lighten it and I think my scalp is melting off
And I know what cinnamon is, it's that stale bread you put in your salad.
How can you be so obtuse? Is it deliberate?
Once when my girlfriend and I were having breakfast she asked me "what's the difference between jam and jelly."
I responded "I can't jelly my dick up your ass!"
http://www.prairiedogmag.com/cover/?c=cover-feature&id=259
http://www.prairiedogmag.com/cover/?c=cover-feature&id=259
What's in that bag at yr feet John?
Does anyone know of a)any French children's books I should read and b)of anywhere(other than Amazon) I could purchase them?
So, blog thread...sigh. Ok basically, since I was little girl with romantic and idealistic dreams, I have wanted to learn French.
We put in applications ($35 fee each! the highest I've ever seen)
None of you spotted my horrible mistake! A south-facing kitchen in the Southern Hemisphere would not get much sun at all. The house is south-facing but the kitchen, being at the back of the house, is north-facing.
EDIT: also real estate agents can be unpleasant but I'd sooner deal with an agency than a private landlord any day of the week. But that's probably because my one experience of dealing with a private landlord in Melbourne was this guy: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/melbournes-worst-landlord/2006/11/04/1162340095862.html (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/melbournes-worst-landlord/2006/11/04/1162340095862.html).
Also:We put in applications ($35 fee each! the highest I've ever seen)
Holy shit, I hope to hell Melbourne real estate agents never cotton onto the idea of charging people for the privelege of applying for a house.
It might help if you switch the spanish/french/danish/whatever version of Itunes. I forget how you do it though.
day .5 of roughing it in the wilderness. The bathrooms here are really nice actually. also free wi-fi is nice.
private viewings
selling someone their first home for $250,000
Ok so Hannah was kind enough to tell me that there is a bookshop in our area that is hiring. I'm popping in tomorrow to hand in my CV and hand-written cover letter (I guess they want to check out my hand writing). Hopefully this goes well?
selling someone their first home for $250,000
oh god that makes me so depressed. I have been looking at places for sale or just sold around here (because I hate myself and like making myself feel poor?) and a tiny studio/ 1 bedroom apartment goes for $370 000 easy. Houses are all basically $1 mil or more, and anything I would want to get (nice place, 2 bedroom and doesn't need much work done) is probably more around $500 000 for apartments, not even taking into account the strata costs. That is half a million dollars right there! For an apartment! Then I think about how my parents' house cost $170 000 and it is 3 bedrooms and a study, and that I am never going to be able to afford to buy that kind of house in the part of Sydney I would want to live. Ever.
booooo
The problem with living in a country that has a state religion is that for no goddamn reason everything shuts down fifty days after Easter. This is called Pentecost and I am so angry at it, fuck you Pentecost. I was going out tonight! With a lady! And now I have no idea where to take her or what to do! Serious Pony Discussion, what do I do
Well, it might not be the handwriting they're interested in - rather, a handwritten cover letter basically assures them that you really want the job, that you aren't just tossing out a million bajillion CV's and cover letters where the names of the companies are switched out. I can't imagine why they would want to actually see your handwriting! Unless you'd be required to write on blackboards and such with offers of the day, but I can't imagine that that would be a deciding factor.
vom
I will also jump on the bandwagon of house/apartment hunting. So far everywhere we have been has not looked worth the price. :(
Also:We put in applications ($35 fee each! the highest I've ever seen)
Holy shit, I hope to hell Melbourne real estate agents never cotton onto the idea of charging people for the privelege of applying for a house.
Think about it
Mixing is hard!
the listening environment isn't exactly acoustically ideal... Hopefully when I bounce this track down and take it to somewhere with better speakers it doesn't sound like ass.
The Pauli exclusion principle is pretty much an axiom. Entire hugely successful theories rely on assuming it's true. It has to be true else all sorts of shit would be how it isn't.
mcdonalds is terrible
Quote from: the forumsmcdonalds is terrible
You guys have some seriously weak digestive systems, honestly.
yeah i really do not eat fast food at all anymore, my diet pretty much consists of fruit and oatmeal and sandwiches. despite the fact that my body is now in ruins i am pretty proud of it for resisting the way it did, it shows i have been making some good progress with my eating regime. except when i binge on ice cream because i am lonely and i hate my job but hey, nobody's perfect.
go go team health!
man i don't understand people eating at chipotle
chipotle makes the blandest food i have ever seen labeled "mexican"
Saw a live recreation of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense on Saturday. It blew me away. They did everything in their power to recreate it faithfully. Same outfits, same dance moves, same GIANT SUIT. I was totally impressed.
It was awesome.
The venue was a huge art gallery on Cherokee street, where I had never been. The neighborhood looked sketchy, but I think it was mostly because I came from the wrong side of town. Went a different way home and found several music stores and now I want to go back during the day sometime.
I am so jealous. Was it at Firefly, or Fire...something, or something like that? Someone from my work lives around Cherokee, and he was always trying to get me to go to that art gallery. And yeah, Cherokee is kinda sketchy, but Apop is there! And Binge & Purge! And they are having that craft fair there in June!
Chipotle is sadly the best Mexican place around here, not counting the tiny little dirty stand that I hear is amazing, or the place that is all the way on the other side of the river but is staffed and owned by only Mexicans.
I'm incredibly tickled by the idea of hating on a Mexican restaurant because it is owned and operated by real Mexicans so I'm not changing it.
Emaline, the best food is always at the dirtiest looking place.
We got a new house!
<img>Kitchen of The FUTUUUURE!!</img>
KITCHEN THAT WOOOOORRRKKKSS
We got a new house!
We got a new house!
Also the house that I loved that I put an application in for has been leased to someone else.
the bathroom ceiling was covered in trusses of fake ivy leaves with fake bunches of grapes dripping down.
man i don't understand people eating at chipotle
Walk of Failure.
That was a lot of text but it was worth every word.
story
HOW'D IT GET BURNED
HOW'D IT GET BURNED
HOW'D IT GET BURNED
HOW'D IT GET BURNED
HOW'D IT GET BURNED
story
post of the month
Sometimes I really don't like my city. This (http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100525/ENT07/305250072/Another-Shepard-Fairey-mural-painted-over) is one of those times.
shepard fairey is a wack toy. way to go against everything graffiti stands for you fuck
way to steal people's art and sue people for stealing your art
shepard fairey don't come to austin, unless you want to get knuckled down
and is really fucking close to Rochester NY where there's actually things like goth nights and there's things I can do when I'm stuck awake all night instead of going up a wall.
and is really fucking close to Rochester NY where there's actually things like goth nights and there's things I can do when I'm stuck awake all night instead of going up a wall.
so you wear black and stand around people who dont want to be friends with you either and drink coffee?
Or maybe not everyone's actions are fraught with meaning and they are just dicks.
>reasontonevergotogothnight.jpg
This is the image of goth night you probably should have.
But the second one is vandalism.
Someone took the initiative to deface public art without permission.
By covering up the mural, the perpetrator is demonstrating that there are still people in the world who have a fear of artistic and free expression...
but when we get a big name to do several, non-permanent ones, people have a shit fit. Fuck them.
Wouldn't needing permission kinda defeat the whole purpose of not having "fear of artistic and free expression"? By covering up the mural, the perpetrator is demonstrating that they have no fear of these things and thus don't go out and seek the approval of others to deface public art/property. Isn't that the point?
I hate Shepard Fairey, but this is shitty cos the mystery defacer just white (or beige, brown, whatever)-walled it instead of actually making something.It's the sort of thing that Dash Snow would have done, I think. I mean, the chances of this being an artistic statement are slim to none, but if it is the case, I think it's at least as interesting as Shepard Fairey's original work. Not that it means all that much.
I hate Shepard Fairey, but this is shitty cos the mystery defacer just white (or beige, brown, whatever)-walled it instead of actually making something.
we, too, need to move before June 12th.
he has this habit of asking our mom what happens when I fall down the stairs.You lose your memory.
Although I can't remember the last time he asked.See above.
I'm selling my mom. I will take one goldfish, instead of two, so this is totally a deal!I see what you did there.
Really though, how do you tell someone who will guilt trip you/throw a tantrum/lock herself in her room for days and not eat and not feed her dependant kids, and not do anything to fucking sack the fucking hell up?
quick tell me why larry the cable guy is funny zing
a butt doctor
I've worked from nine to half past nine,That's half an hour.
poop
BUTTSLOL
set up the speak'n'spell to repeat the word "ass" in that dispassionate computer voice, at the loudest volume, every second
Also, I have completely forgotten my PIN number, I use it almost every day, it should be part of my muscle memory by now, but I just can not remember it at all, what the hell I am actually very scared. I should not just forget something as important/common as that.
Basically, muscle memory is a funny thing! If you consciously think about what you're doing you get all fucked up and flustered. It's especially noticeable playing a musical instrument (especially one as complicated as a piano, which I've played on and off since I was in primary school). Your fingers know what they're doing; try to leave your brain out of it.
forgetting shit
Today I was at a cafe minding my own business when the lady at the table next to me pulled out a camera and starting taking pictues of me. I was kind of weirded out and asked her why, and she said in an accent I couldn't quite place that my face just looked so Norwegian she had to take pictues of it. I guess I'm a tourist attraction now!
If you're going camping, you should go somewhere that's more than 5 hours away?
Also, fun story, last time I checked (to be fair this was four years ago) it was legal to camp anywhere in France. I realize you're probably not willing to head to France, but the more you know!
Paying down debt is a great, but you have to consider that sticking with a flakey landlord is a bit of a financial risk in its own right. Obviously you should win if he ends up jerking you around at a later date provided you document things, but I'm personally all for skipping that nonsense. Most people seem to get over complaining about somewhat cramped apartments after a month or two, but shitty landlords are the gift that keep on giving.
Fag.
Fag.He definitely likes the cawk.
friends tried to get a pic with cops next to an EMS truck outside a show last night. they said no, and my friend did not press it any further. cops!
friends tried to get a pic with cops next to an EMS truck outside a show last night. they said no, and my friend did not press it any further. cops!
I'm pretty sure that cops, while on duty and in uniform, are officially not allowed to take pictures with civilians. I vaguely remember some campus-wide scavenger hunt that had to scratch off the "picture of you with a policeman" requirement for that reason.
I'm pretty sure that cops, while on duty and in uniform, are officially not allowed to take pictures with civilians. I vaguely remember some campus-wide scavenger hunt that had to scratch off the "picture of you with a policeman" requirement for that reason.
Cops Don't Like That (http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns)
I have to get surgery on Tuesday to remove my wisdom teeth. :( I've never had surgery before and am pretty scared.
oh aren't you fun
speaking of which, when i was wearing that unicorn shirt at 'quatch some guy walked by and wouldn't stop asking if i was gay
i was all like "no"
and he was like "why would a straight guy wear that shirt"
and i was like "cos it's badass"
Oh god I am so ready to start living by myself. I just came home and found my housemate spitting into the kitchen sink, and I asked her if she was okay, and she said "Yeah, I'm just taking some Chinese herbs and they're really gross." I thought about asking her not to spit into the kitchen sink, especially when the bathroom sink is not five paces away, but I just could not be bothered because I know she wouldn't understand and god-dammit I just shouldn't have to explain to someone that spitting all over the sink in which we wash our dishes is not very hygienic.
Do you use dispose of your forks after use, as well?
AWWW FUUUUUUUUUCK THREAD.
I told my friend I wouldn't date her friend
Dear S***,
To put it mildly, we feel completely neglected as tenants. I have had far more unsatisfying experiences since the sale of my apartment building than positive experiences. My old landlord responded to issues personally. When something broke, he was often at the apartment that day, and if he was not I knew exactly when it was going to be addressed.
The most recent issue is the dishwasher. I called you about the issue of the dishwasher being broken on Friday, April 30th. You told me that a maintenance person would be there the following day. In fact they were there on Saturday 5/1 and Sunday 5/2. I left my house unlocked both days and received no news at all about the repair. In fact, the maintenance crew entered my house to use my electricity to make repairs on the rest of the apartment building, without so much as even glancing at the dishwasher problem I had. To their credit, they did take down the broken screens in my apartment, which mind you were in the exact same condition they were when I moved in and when the current owner purchased the place.
I called R**** on May 3rd. He said that he would order the parts for the dishwasher that day and had me take cell phone pictures of the front of the dishwasher and the inside since he had not taken a look himself over the weekend. As you know, after that I went through a long period of hearing nothing of my repairs due to R****'s death in the family. I understand things happen and I also understand what it is like to lose a Mother, this I can forgive. However I was assured things would still be taken care of and they were not.
More than 3 weeks passed before I finally got two out of the four screens that were meant to be installed in the house. Prior to this, I could not even open the front windows to enjoy the weather or to cut down on air conditioning bills because I had no screens.
I contacted R**** again on 5/25, he said (as he had said prior to this) that he was "just about to call me" and how "weird" that was. Considering that R**** has only called me once since the beginning of this problem on 4/30, I fail to believe that. During the conversation on 5/25 R**** stated that he had just ordered the correct parts finally after getting the wrong parts several times. He said they would arrive within 5 days but last time they arrived in 3.
After giving him plenty of time to call me and finally fix this problem, I called R**** again on 6/3. He stated that he "got the part 2-3 days ago" and could not make it that day but would "try to squeeze me in" on Friday, 6/4. I'm sorry if this seems a little self-centered, I realize that he is busy but when someone has been waiting for 5+ weeks for a repair, I'd think they would take priority. As of this letter's writing I still have not heard back and I have zero confidence that this repair will happen today or probably until I call back yet again and ask what is going on.
To be honest though these recent issues are not the root of the problem. Overall I feel the most neglected by the management of this property. My point is this: I do not feel like it is my job to keep the house in repair and to hassle repair people to make sure it gets done. If I owned a house, I would expect to do this but I would also hire accountable people to do my repairs. I have spent considerable time and effort in attempting to accommodate these repairs. I have also spent considerable time washing dishes for the last 5 weeks. The dishwasher is in fact part of the lease and part of what I am paying rent for. I do not feel that I should be paying full rent when articles included in the rent are down for more than a month, let alone the amount of time and frustration I have spent attempting to get it repaired when I am not the person writing the check to the repair people.
This is not the first and only complaints I have. As you may recall, I went through a lot of trouble getting my refrigerator replaced, more than once. I had to be home for these deliveries, and even front the money to pay the delivery people. When I wanted to install satellite television, you were unavailable for my calls, even after getting back in town. The best I got from you were text messages. I do not feel like it is professional to be unavailable by phone and then to text message me even when I specifically request to speak to you. You even used to be fairly available by phone and responsive, but lately every time I call you I get voicemail and no return call. Let's not even mention the fact that I think the lawn has only been mowed a handful of times this season. Before the first time it was cut about a month or so ago, the grass was halfway up to my knees. Since then, it has been maintained much better, but it is still getting much longer than anyone else on the street before it is attended to.
The bottom line is this. I do not want an unpleasant business relationship. I do not want to start a war, or make legal threats, or anything else. I simply want to pay you guys rent every month and have my apartment maintained inside and out. I do not want to move out of the area, or even out of the apartment. I have been in this building for close to 3 years now, I plan on staying longer, and I'm honestly not that difficult to satisfy. I just want things to improve and to have a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Thanks for your time,
to be fair they probably just snatched it, ran up the road and then smashed it somewhere. i played that game many times with peoples milk bottles when i was a teenager.
Do you use dispose of your forks after use, as well?
No but I'm the only person in the house who makes sure there aren't little bits of food encrusted on them when I wash them.
Letter we are sending to our landlord. Good? Bad? Should we send it?
apparently i lead people on because i hug too much.
but that won't stop me. HUGS FOREVER.
INTERNET HUGS TO ALL MY INTERNET FRIENDS. HUGS!
[insert achewood HUUUGS strip of choice here]
AWWW FUUUUUUUUUCK THREAD.
I told my friend I wouldn't date her friend because she's hanging out with us all summer. But I've had a crush on this girl and we both like each other. Should I pull a Jim and Pam and secretly date her, or ignore it? Aw fuck what do i do?
Also, I got a raise at work and my life is pretty awesome.
It's not a competition, Liz.
The owner of your property has instructed our office that vacant possession is required. Accordingly, we enclose a Notice to Vacate that expired on 08 August 2010.
In other news, I'm still trying to figure out what's going on with the waitress at my local cafe who's got all unexpectedly friendly lately. I don't get any kind of a romantic vibe off her - more maternal, if anything, which is disconcerting seeing as how she's younger than me. It's like of all the regulars at the cafe she's singled me out for extra care and attention, which is certainly not unpleasant; I just don't quite know what to make of it.
Goddammit this thing likes the computer more than me
staying up all night and watching the sun rise is wonderful.
Guys guys guys GUYS Blondie and the Pretenders are touring together and I don't have anyone to go with! WAAAAH! WHO WILL COME WITH ME?
cabin in the woods
pretty much as cool as it gets
Aww, Harry's heart's a-goin' pitter patter
cabin in the woods
I am so envious.
I just moved out into my own apartment over the weekend and spent the night there last night. I'm really tempted to just link to Iron Maiden and keep yelling "freedooooommm" over and over again. But I won't.
i prescribe 10 mg of The Darjeeling Limited
I had a baby and it was black(as in, it was just a shadow of a baby or something)
In other news, I have started adding people from this here forum as friends on facebook. So don't be shocked if some freaky dude with a weird french name tries to add you, it is probably just me!
I had a baby and it was black(as in, it was just a shadow of a baby or something)
This bit, stripped of all context, is amazing.
In other news, I have started adding people from this here forum as friends on facebook. So don't be shocked if some freaky dude with a weird french name tries to add you, it is probably just me!
FUCKING CHICAGO, HOW DOES IT WORK
(Chicago, t-minus seven hours til arrival.)
Man, so chicago won the cup last night.
I had a baby and it was black(as in, it was just a shadow of a baby or something)
(Also, I learned this a long time ago: Don't visit the Pointless Thread while at the library)
On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdJgTx0iFeE) the (http://www.hooping.org/archives/000061.html) internet (http://www.ehow.com/how_11285_hula-hoop.html)?wrong hula.
Or do you mean wherever you are?
No, popsicles are bad after removing your wisdom teeth! That's like drinking with a straw, the pressure from when you suck on it can release the blood cloth that has just formed where the tooth used to be, exposing all the nerves which is very painful and slows down the recovery process like whoa. That blood cloth is essential for the wound to heal properly, since it will eventually become gum tissue. It's called a dry socket I think?
Wait, are you Martha Sharp?
open mic comedy set tonight fuck yes i need whisky.
Anyone living in the UK want to be my guarantor for my new flat?
I realize you were joking (god I hope you were joking) but people really need to know that signing to guarantee someone else's finances is incredibly risky. Even doing this for a relative is dicey; it's like gambling, only do it if you can afford to lose the money.
Plans changed.
I am currently sitting here watching videos, from the St Louis show, on the tube.
But I did get this message a little while ago at facebook
"You should make a CD for me of pj"
and then this
"And then we can listen together."
and then this one
"I can get out your way around 10"
Should I be scared?
I think I'm going to watch videos and be in bed by ten, I'm tired.
I have 4 kids here, anyone should be scared to come over.
Plans changed again, drinking, listening to Tool, chatting with a friend.
Fuck he just sent me another message that he's been growing a beard for me.
Zingoleb, you are such a gay ass bitch fag and I hate your guts.
Ok, not true at all. I think you are quite alright. What'd you get your ears pierced at?
I am fully expecting a post tomorrow or the day after saying 'hey guys cirque de soleil was rocking'.
Man, it takes a special kind of asshole to take a job whose sole purpose is to wake up drunk people sleeping in the train station at SIX FUCKING A.M. It might not have been a good thing to tell the guy that, he's probably just hanging onto a minimum wage to eke out an existence, but jesus christ. They're playing coldplay in the burger king next to where i am sleeping, i feel i am allowed to bitch. Also: why would you toss out a one night stand at 5 in the morning that is hell of a dick move
(I meant what size)
So I gave the nice waitress my phone number and told her that I thought it'd be nice if we got a coffee some time, so now I'm waiting to see what happens. She smiled and said "Thankyou" in what seemed like a pretty spontaneous and genuine way, so who knows.
Going to a wee party tonight
I CAN'T HEAR SHIT AND I HAD MORE FUN THAN EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD NOT IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND SUCK A DIIIIIIICK
I CAN'T HEAR SHIT AND I HAD MORE FUN THAN EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD NOT IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND SUCK A DIIIIIIICK
oh just blogging from the inflatable pool in my living room, what's up internets
Also, jesus h christ guys amanda palmer is so freaking pretty.
I CAN'T HEAR SHIT AND I HAD MORE FUN THAN EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD NOT IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND SUCK A DIIIIIIICK
I CAN'T HEAR SHIT AND I HAD MORE FUN THAN EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD NOT IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND SUCK A DIIIIIIICK
I CAN'T HEAR SHIT AND I HAD MORE FUN THAN EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD NOT IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND SUCK A DIIIIIIICK
oh just blogging from the inflatable pool in my living room, what's up internets
shortly after making this post, ummmkay dropped his or her laptop into the pool and got electrocuted to death
rip
jens man the baby in your avatar is awesome, is that you?
that baby is so fucking aweseom
"Hi guys, maybe it's about time to stop using the microwave oven as a safe?"
A nurse had shown up and she said "Get him out".
I maybe have a pre-cancerous skin condition! :(
Bright side: i'll know for sure one way or the other on friday, and even if it is what I think it is there's stuff I can do to avoid actually developing cancer.
The girl whose EP I'm recording is going to that Law Students pissup. After what she's told me about what goes on there, I'm more than a little uncomfortable knowing that the future leaders of our country will be attending.This seems consistent with what Parliament's Question Time sounds like. Politicians argue like grumpy toddlers.
Celebrity party girl Amanda Feral is back from the dead, and hungrier than ever for a good time. With her zombie gal pal Wendy and vampy gay sidekick Gil, this stone cold fox is dressed to kill . . .
First, they pack their stiletto pumps and plasma into a skeevy rattrap on wheels that used to be a Winnebago. Then, with a little help from a Korean-ghost hood ornament, a masochist named Fishhook, and a slew of "moderately accurate" psychics, they hit the highway - their way. Of course, they'll have to navigate past some neo-Nazi skinheads, a horny dust devil. . .
Celebrity party girl Amanda Feral is back from the dead, and hungrier than ever for a good time. With her zombie gal pal Wendy and vampy gay sidekick Gil, this stone cold fox is dressed to kill . . .
First, they pack their stiletto pumps and plasma into a skeevy rattrap on wheels that used to be a Winnebago. Then, with a little help from a Korean-ghost hood ornament, a masochist named Fishhook, and a slew of "moderately accurate" psychics, they hit the highway - their way. Of course, they'll have to navigate past some neo-Nazi skinheads, a horny dust devil. . .
Isn't "silly muscle shirt" redundant?
Well I put up a blog for my local cable show.
It turns out that some people must be watching it because they stopped someone in the street that was in it.
The quality is horrible since I have lost the ability to make .mov files and the quality of the actual show isn't that great either.
http://namependingshow.blogspot.com/
wore the dress ben got me for my birthday and looked super pretty.
Cool stuff. What editing software do you use? Can you work in .avi instead?
2 tips. First is that the intro was too long for my tastes, but that's an opinion thing.
I was playing with the kitty when she surprised me with cuffs and a police-woman uniform...
wore the dress ben got me for my birthday and looked super pretty.
I've tried to buy dresses as gifts, I failed.
I guess what I'm saying here is that I need to take more tips on shopping from Ben.
the whole thing was a little weird
No no no we live on a small continentthat is also an island
Technically, everywhere in the entire world is an island.
I mean, if you really think about it.
I just blew your mind, admit it.
Oh, and, we're doing a boy band as entertainment.
Two basic definitions, only one specifies and island as subcontinental in size. So I guess by that one, even Australia isn't an island (and neither are the rest).
Oh, and, we're doing a boy band as entertainment.
Oh hey so am I, I am playing "I Drive Myself Crazy" by *NSYNC. Rehearsing it right now. I think I am going to omit the key change. I'm too lazy to figure out the chords in the higher key, fuck that.
Love,
Me!
The criteria for a continent is basically a convention rather than a strict definition or standard and odds are that people will still be arguing this after we're all dead.After you are dead, maybe.
nice short sleeve shirts
The criteria for a continent is basically a convention rather than a strict definition or standard and odds are that people will still be arguing this after we're all dead.After you are dead, maybe.
nice terrain, where did you go?
You just sussed the secret of tech support...
This is the other secret (http://cassland.org/images/certification.gif) (only works with bosses, not computers)...
These computers are fitted with a sensor that detects stress in the user. The closer a deadline looms, the more errors and crashes there will be. It is pointless trying another computer as they all belong to the same union. If you do have computer problems the most important thing to remember is to STAY CALM.
(http://cassland.org/images/CriticalDetector.jpg)
*computer note picture*
Hey guy, you're new, and I'm gonna try to say this in the nicest way possible, and I apoloize if I come off sounding mean, but you really don't need to quote the post right above you, especially if it is a picture. We'll get the idea if you just respond afterwards or respond saying "Pwhodges: that was it!" or do something like this:*computer note picture*
But yeah, just for future reference.
It's ok, it worked after I shouted at it. Hooray!
Also when do I get to meet this guy? I must approve before you two get all lovey dovey.
Dear Blog Thread,awesome!!!
After two months of getting myself into even more horrible debt, I just got a surprise (large!) payrise and title change!
I am pretty excited.
I'll have minions
No they'll be library assistants to the assistant librarian
The evil force is your dick. And it is not following you around, you are following it around.
For what its worth, Bud Light Lime isn't the worst beer.
For what its worth, grievous bodily harm isn't the worst crime.
I can think of many things I would be less inclined to drink than Bud Light Lime.
Patrick, jesus h fucking christ. Now I'm gonna get all mean and bitchy here but only because you act like this is a god damn surprise, when you were doing the same shit you were always doing with girls and making the same mistakes and now they've finally come to bit you back hard. STOP FUCKING EVERYTHING WITH A VAGINA THAT HAS A VAGUE INTEREST IN YOU. Obviously, this shit isn't working out. So stop it. Stop it stop it stop it.How can you speak ill of PBR? I'd trade a 6 of Bud light lime for 1 PBR
Ok sorry. That was really harsh. But seriously man. god. That really sucks, and I'm really sorry that that all happened. And I hope that shit gets better for you.
Dovey, at least it is not pbr.
STOP FUCKING EVERYTHING WITH A VAGINA THAT HAS A VAGUE INTEREST IN YOU. Obviously, this shit isn't working out. So stop it. Stop it stop it stop it.
if I don't get it we'll have to fly to Melbourne and we really wanted to drive down.
I have been getting weird sort of stabby pains on the left side of my chest, I wonder if this is a good thing.Have you been working out or running? It's probably nothing. Drink pickle juice!
I have been getting weird sort of stabby pains on the left side of my chest, I wonder if this is a good thing.Have you been working out or running? It's probably nothing. Drink pickle juice!
I am the most dedicated troll in history
How can you speak ill of PBR? I'd trade a 6 of Bud light lime for 1 PBR
I am the most dedicated troll in history
Only after NQG
[...]
I just got a surprise (large!) payrise and title change!
I am pretty excited.
guys is there a cure for this shit
you should try out Lush's Handy Gurugu. (http://www.lushusa.com/shop/products/body/hand-body-creams/handy-gurugu) My boyfriend had really terrible dry, cracked, skin on his hands, and it got pretty painful for him. We ended up buying a little jug of this, and it has worked miracles for him.
CHEST PAIN
Yeah, that's why he has chlamydia.
Yeah see the issue is maybe the most exercise I get is walking five minutes to and from the bus stop every day.
funk with my junk
Quote from: LunchboxCHEST PAIN
Seriously, I thought that was Tilda Swinton at first.
Unfortunately the illusion is shattered when you hear her speak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOKHyvNEwM).
I'm still bitter about Masterchef.
Weird. What's wrong with them? Or do you just have super dry skin? If you do, you should try out Lush's Handy Gurugu. (http://www.lushusa.com/shop/products/body/hand-body-creams/handy-gurugu) My boyfriend had really terrible dry, cracked, skin on his hands, and it got pretty painful for him. We ended up buying a little jug of this, and it has worked miracles for him. Seriously. His hands are super soft now. And they smell really good!I basically have eczema on my hands.
OH JESUS THE RANGAS ARE CONTROLLING THE COUNTRYIT'S ABOUT GODDAMN TIME
you should try out Lush's Handy Gurugu. (http://www.lushusa.com/shop/products/body/hand-body-creams/handy-gurugu) My boyfriend had really terrible dry, cracked, skin on his hands, and it got pretty painful for him. We ended up buying a little jug of this, and it has worked miracles for him.
hm, maybe I should try that stuff. The middle finger on my right hand gets so dry and cracked that it bleeds and I can't straighten it out. Some days it's like I'm walking around with claws. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong because it hasn't bothered me enough to find out, but it certainly seems like more than just run of the mill dryness because the nail on that finger is also deformed.
Welsh Prime Minister
Unfortunately the illusion is shattered when you hear her speak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOKHyvNEwM).
It turns out that the cartilage in your ribs can become inflamed and cause chest pains.
holy fuck that is long
Guys! My boyfriend just got a $8,000 raise! Holy shit!
I'm just gonna crosspost this here, because it's a lot to type and I'm a lot of pissed off.
So can we use this thread to bitch about previous employers who are still fucking us over?
Hey man, you made a dollar more than you would have sitting at home.
I'm just gonna crosspost this here, because it's a lot to type and I'm a lot of pissed off.
So can we use this thread to bitch about previous employers who are still fucking us over?
Nope, we have this (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23788.450.html)for that.
But....that wasn't a letter? I was just thanking at the end, but it was not in letter format. Either way, That part of my post was from the original post.So can we use this thread to bitch about previous employers who are still fucking us over?Nope, we have this (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23788.450.html)for that.
I have a job interview on Tuesday and I am really nervous and excited because I want this job and if i don't I fear that I'm going to be stuck in the soul crushing job forever. I need a chaaaaange.
I have chest congestion and a cough that will not go awayyyyyy.
Aaaargh! An uncle of mine just fell for a 419 scam. I'll probably be the one that tries to explain it to him. :-(
my entire family is in my flat, and my flatmate's entire family is here.
There are way to many people in this flat for my liking. I think our plan is to go swim in a Loch though. Rad.
GOOD NEWS FROM ME: a boy [...] wants to get a drink.
I have permission from my mother to turn the back of our garden into a vegetable patch. Excellence will commence next spring!
grandmother
he
Have fun when he forgets who you are entirely!
Today for my Sunday text message story I continued to send out some freaking awesome stuff like I do every week
grandmotherhe
This happened with my grandpa when I was 15. He died a year later. Single worst thing I think has ever happened in my family.
This happened with my grandpa when I was 15. He died a year later. Single worst thing I think has ever happened in my family.
A few of my older relatives have had Alzheimer's, so no it's not actually fun. It's terrible. But I was being sarcastic and didn't mean to offend.
oh man jimor that does suck. i've had to tell strangers that and that was bad enough. one was a cute little old lady so even though i am supposed to just straight transfer her to the fraud department, i made sure to wait with her because she was so scared and sad and she felt really dumb even though no one should because fraudsters are really really smart and they suck. i can imagine it was way worse when it's family or a friend.
oh man jimor that does suck. i've had to tell strangers that and that was bad enough. one was a cute little old lady so even though i am supposed to just straight transfer her to the fraud department, i made sure to wait with her because she was so scared and sad and she felt really dumb even though no one should because fraudsters are really really smart and they suck. i can imagine it was way worse when it's family or a friend.
OK, what's worse is when they don't believe you and keep corresponding with the scammer trying to "work something out" to finish the deal. :x :cry:
Anybody interested in anonymously fucking with a scammer if I can get the e-mail address?
OK, what's worse is when they don't believe you and keep corresponding with the scammer trying to "work something out" to finish the deal. :x :cry:
I bought a motherfucking bicycle.pixplaz
Soon I will be a courier.srsly?
How the hell do you treat super bad sunburn? I haven't been this badly burned since I was a kid. My chest is completely burned and my knees have been burned, it sucks so much. Other than apply aloe nonstop, what can I do?
Tomorrow, when it is daylight I will take some picsI bought a motherfucking bicycle.pixplaz
No, but I certainly feel like one, and if I lived in Toronto or maybe NYC I could probably be a courier, but there is little use for bicycle couriers in Buffalo.Soon I will be a courier.srsly?
Dear Sir Edward,
Thank you for your interest in working at Elsewhere Coffee House. Enclosed, please find our latest and greatest job application, ready for out-filling. We look forward to receiving it and adding it to our stack of hopeful candidates. If hired, please be aware that you will be over-worked, under-paid and generally abused whenever opportunity arises.
Thank you once again for your interest in our fine outfit!
Insincerely,
Maarit Vaga
Dictator of said company
Joe,
The future is supposed to be tomorrow, not today.
Love,
The world.
Take the job if they offer it. TAKE IT. TAKE IT TWICE.
In other news: It looks like I finally found a place to live in Glasgow! And not just a shitty student place, this place (http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/00/61296800.html). I mean, the bedroom is the size of my current flat in Oslo, and it's only £325 including all utilities. Seriously, look at that room! I'm discussing how to pay the deposit with the guy who lives there, so seems like this is it. Hooray!
our project got mentioned on wired.com
sweet!
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/06/augmented-reality-bp-logo-hack/
our project got mentioned on wired.com
"Now, experiments start with a question. What do you want to know?"
I thought about it for a few seconds. "I think the dog is cool," I said, motioning toward Brownie, our five-year-old chocolate Lab mix.
"What? What the hell does that mean? That's not a fucking question."
"What if I said: Do people think the dog is cool?"
"Jesus fucking Christ," he said, rubbing his temples.
yeah ukes are old hat, you need to learn yrself some mad didgeridoo
mandatory: what's this QC you talk of?
Oh hey I just got called a racist fuckwit on Facebook but then the comment was deleted just after I replied so I guess I'm not a racist any more? I don't know.
Oh hey I just got called a racist fuckwit on Facebook but then the comment was deleted just after I replied so I guess I'm not a racist any more? I don't know.Context?
dear masterchef. Please learn how to say French words right. What the fuck is a "gay-too Op-rah". Thanks
Come on now, you can't expect Masterchef George to be accurate in his French pronunciation when he hasn't even got a handle on English pronunciation yet.
Wow Harry, you're a totally racist fuckwit
I DO NOT MEAN TO OFFEND ANY STUPID PEOPLE WITH MY COMMENTS, PLEASE DON'T CALL ME RACIST.
(Just kidding! I DO mean to offend stupid people! Lolz.)
Why do people think trendy clubs are fun and/or cool. It is mostly expensive, loud, sweaty and gross. Why does my friend think it will show off how super urban he is if he takes people to the big tacky clubs.
[...]
Clubbing sucks, real life friends! It does I swear!
life is shit. goodnight internet
you don't have to avoid creepy dudes who want to touch you inappropriately
Will Smith feels your pain.:x
Gem, I am super really sorry about your cat and your food poisoning. That is horrible. Internet hugs and cookies(sans food poisoning) for you. I'm really sorry.
Guys, I think my sunburn is infected! Yay. Ugh. Its so gross looking and painful. And today I get to sweat my ass off in a nonair-conditioned house, while packing up a bunch of stuff and helping my boyfriend's dad move. And I am sickly. Yay. And right now it is just me and my boyfriend's sister, and her 1 year old, and the sister is just staying in her room and leaving the one year old in the livingroom, and I am both trying to watch this kid, and pack, and it is getting frustrating because the sister just keeps telling the baby to be quiet whenever it starts crying and man that baby is probably crying because she is bored and hungry and you are ignoring her. So yeah, fun!
And if it somehow gets infected go to the doctor instead of trying to tough it out
Will Smith feels your pain.:x
Gem, I am super really sorry about your cat and your food poisoning. That is horrible. Internet hugs and cookies(sans food poisoning) for you. I'm really sorry.
Guys, I think my sunburn is infected! Yay. Ugh. Its so gross looking and painful. And today I get to sweat my ass off in a nonair-conditioned house, while packing up a bunch of stuff and helping my boyfriend's dad move. And I am sickly. Yay. And right now it is just me and my boyfriend's sister, and her 1 year old, and the sister is just staying in her room and leaving the one year old in the livingroom, and I am both trying to watch this kid, and pack, and it is getting frustrating because the sister just keeps telling the baby to be quiet whenever it starts crying and man that baby is probably crying because she is bored and hungry and you are ignoring her. So yeah, fun!And if it somehow gets infected go to the doctor instead of trying to tough it out
Dude, you are the one that needs the financial aid more than her, you are the one who wants into art school, you are the one who has to do it. At a certain point, every parent lets their children loose upon this world. Why dont you fill the papers in yourself, and just ask her for those few things you absolutely need her for. Show some initiative, instead of waiting for the world to be nice to you.
Welcome to beeing not-a-kid anymore btw.That doesn't work for college until you're 25 in America. I'm not kidding either, unless you were emancipated, the government still looks at your parent's finances until you are 25.
Emaline- you should try to get it checked as as soon as you can because it sucks and its possible to get blood poisoning which could really ruin your day.
Plus what better way to break from your parents than moving to another continent?
So I am cleaning out and packing stuff in my flat, and under my bed I found a note that says "I'm so glad you found me". Is this the start of a movie plot?
i got a TA job!
Yeah, most people I know that went to art school are currently working minimum wage paying jobs with a huge art school debt.
Sometimes a song is so appropriate you can't believe it wasn't tailor written for you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOCvL_yWM7M)
Fuck her, and fuck both my parents for telling me I'm nothing but a failure, and fuck every single thing in this world
Patrick if they aren't contributing much/at all financially, couldn't you just file solo? You'll get better financial aid packages that way anyway and cut this stress out that's obviously such a giant pain in the ass.
I just "requested info." from that site.
I'm thinking about doing it next year. Do you have any say in the child you get? What I mean by that is if I wanted a child close to my son's age, would I be able to request a boy around his age?
yeah, yeah, I know.
breaking 90 is a big deal for NW Washington though! Espescially this summer since it's been pretty rainy and grey up until yesterday.
So, I really like my job, usually anyway. But this is bullshit.
So every one of our stores is supposed to sign up 20% of our customers each day to our rewards cards. Our store averages 30%. Recently we beat the entire company and our goal was pushed up to 40%. If we didn't make that goal(double what every other store is doing), we'd get written up. Today we are at 21% and being threatened to be written up if we don't do over 30%. This is complete bullshit. Its hard enough to get anyone to sign up because most of our customers already have the card(we've been keeping track). If we get written up three times we get fired. So we are all likely to get written up tonight. This is such fucking bullshit. Shit like this seriously makes me think of quitting.
Yeah, currently at my job (I work at a large Irish Pub) we took a 63% cut to our labour hours (anyone wanting to get into the food industry, dont) which while it falls under the correct percentage of sales to labour, puts us so far understaffed that there are days where it is completely impossible to make any kind of headway and just fucks us constantly until friday and saturday roll around where we can "afford" to have enough people to get the bare minimum accomplished we need to survive.
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I don't like you anymore New York! I'm seeing other states, ones that AREN'T manic about their seasons!
I nearly melted to death just going to the bank yesterday. I probably have a job interview downtown today, and I am seriously considering bringing nice clothes in a bag to change into down there.
Except humidity will fuck your shit more.[...]
I don't like you anymore New York! I'm seeing other states, ones that AREN'T manic about their seasons!
In that case stay near the coast/a great lake because a large body of water moderates the temperature.
one big reason i decided to make the move to vancouver despite the fact that it will utterly destroy my bank account in ways i don't even want to think about right now is that apparently vancouver's annual high for summer is roughly 15-20°C and the average low during the coldest winter they have ever had was −9.7 °C. frankly i don't care how much it rains, that sounds incredible. i can't even believe that is real. i would easily take six months of rain and humidity over this bullshit.
I has an ice cream.
I don't know why we complain about the weather in Britain; I really don't. It's so little trouble compared to the sort of stuff you guys have to put up with.
Ok, so I've gotta know, what exactly are your parents saying to you? Word for word if you can. Because I'm inclined to think that maybe you are just interpreting what they are saying the wrong way. Like maybe they are really saying "Art school is not a good idea, and maybe you should just become a doctor instead"
I feel like I'm faking it just to scrape by and sure, I appreciate great design, I see well designed things and sqeee a little. I have an unhealthy obsession with well designed stationary and nice pens and art supplies because it's all so WONDERFUL, but I can't bring myself to actually produce things that I'm proud of.
If someone asked me to write an essay and turn it in tomorrow on a subject I've got little knowledge of, I'd do a hell of a lot better at that than what I am doing now. I never did art at school by choice, we had compulsory classes in early highschool and if they could have failed me I am sure that they would have. I haven't picked up my camera and it's assorted lenses which are worth an incredible amount of money, to do anything fun in forever. I mean, graphic design is a hard gig. You have to be great and exceptional to be recognised and even then it's a constant struggle to prove yourself. I shouldn't be just scraping through with limited ideas, it just doesn't seem right.It's better that you realise that what you're doing is just an interest and not a passion or a talent at this stage though. I didn't realise I was only interested in psychology until I'd done half a year of post graduate study...
If someone asked me to write an essay and turn it in tomorrow on a subject I've got little knowledge of, I'd do a hell of a lot better at that than what I am doing now. I never did art at school by choice, we had compulsory classes in early highschool and if they could have failed me I am sure that they would have. I haven't picked up my camera and it's assorted lenses which are worth an incredible amount of money, to do anything fun in forever. I mean, graphic design is a hard gig. You have to be great and exceptional to be recognised and even then it's a constant struggle to prove yourself. I shouldn't be just scraping through with limited ideas, it just doesn't seem right.It's better that you realise that what you're doing is just an interest and not a passion or a talent at this stage though. I didn't realise I was only interested in psychology until I'd done half a year of post graduate study...
Maybe you should take this opportunity to have a break from studying and see if you can work out what actually interests you that you're good at and willing to work for? Talking to a careers councilor is always a good move, they can suggest all sorts of good options.
What didn't you like about compsci? Were you good at it? Maybe there's an aspect of that that you might enjoy closer study of?
Going to a literary speed dating night (http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/event/love-in-a-colder-climate-literary-speed-dating-ii/).I'm so glad this exists in the world.
that is so depressing
I thought you meant real mouse, and had a moment of panic that my pet mouse might be dead. Then I realised you didn't mean that and somehow that made the panic go away. Psyche, whut?
It was a little like a dating night conceived by a Bond villain!
I think I'll go see a late screening of Toy Story 3 by myself.
My mouse died last night so I'm using the trackpad that came with this netbook. However, I would prefer a mouse.
I thought you meant real mouse, and had a moment of panic that my pet mouse might be dead. Then I realised you didn't mean that and somehow that made the panic go away. Psyche, whut?Edit: I had the same thought about my rats.
How big of a block?
I think it is probably a poor idea to get tattoos involving drugs, but that is just my opinion.
So all Catholics are dripping wet?
However, after a lot of convincing from Rizzo and also my girlfriend I'm looking at some tattooists in Melbourne since I'm going down there in October anyway (also Harry I need to talk to you about us crashing at yours for a few days). I've spoken to some people at work who go to Melbourne to get their tattoos (they live with their folks who pay for the tickets down there) and they have recommended this girl (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=327373088&albumId=1209048) at a place called Green Lotus Tattoo. Her stuff is pretty awesome, the only thing I'm concerned about is not being able to actually go and talk to her, I can only email her the reference stuff.
, which I do solely to provoke reactions.
I also have a date with super-cute girl when we can both get the time to do it, but the plan is bike rides through some parks and then fellatio.
I'd like to move to Norway for the weather, anything higher than 20C makes me hate life.
i got an apartment in burnaby!
I'm sure there will be wheelbarrows somewhere! Also there has been a momentuous decision: we're hiring a van to take props up. So I may not need to find Edinburgh-located ones.
Tommy, I don't know what to say. I'm awfully sorry for your loss.
not really, but it is always something good to confirm (it's my round about way of saying it's Shark Week)
I now have a new mouse. I can go on-line without worrying about my screen resizing itelf, going forwards and backwards inadvertantly, etc.
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I had some really funny issues once where I would randomly scroll, go forwards and backwards, etc. So I went and bought a new mouse... It started doing it again. Turns out the problem wasn't the mouse, it was that my cell phone was too close to it.
Also those fuckers wouldn't allow me to play "Io" which is the only reason I lost. It was on a double word, and it would've made "cod" on a double word as well. Such bull.proper noun, dude
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Alright, who's gonna crash this wedding with me?
Then I hope you're on a month to month lease...
Smoked the best weed in my life (it smelt just like tropical punch!)
Hey guys, I met Andrew WK today
The first thing he said to me was "I like your outfit" as I was in all white. I was so excited (much akin to a giddy schoolgirl) all I could reply with was "Thanks, I like yours too!" Then he shook my hand, and signed my pants, he thought my name was Chase, at first, which is why it says "CHASING JACE ALL AROUND!" Then we took a picture. Then I asked for a headbutt, he said he had a very sensitive forehead, so we did a tiny headbutt instead. He joked about how he could feel the pain, and asked if he was bleeding. It was the best thing. He also signed my girlfriend's phone with "JESSICA IS A PARTY!" Excitement all around, I bought a tshirt, jacket, 2 patches, his new 2disc CD release, pins and an air freshener. Also I met his wife and she signed one of her stickers for me.
Overall, it was the best day of my life thus far.
on the upside, me and the newbie nicola are gonna set up 4 xboxes in the store and we're gonna play halo multiplayer on system link on the 4 testing tvs we have behind the till. siiiiiiiiiiiiiick.
So my mom is a stupid cunt and recently posted this on a webboard:
Hey guys, I met Andrew WK today
So my mom is a stupid cunt and recently posted this on a webboard:
So you don't like your mum hypocritically and selfishly complaining about her relatives, boyfriend, and other shit on a forum, yet you complain about your relatives, boyfriend and other shit on a forum?
It's good to vent but maybe you should actually resolve your problems with people in the real world so you don't have to get angry about all this stuff all the time?
My favorite is still wet melon. Mostly because of Kat giving instructions on melon fucking.Speaking of melon fucking:
Ah, good times.
Alright, who's gonna crash this wedding with me?
on the way to Walmart I was passed by an elderly women in a maroon van with a giant sparkly unicorn picture on the side. There were so many rainbows and it was professionally done.
So my mom is a stupid cunt and recently posted this on a webboard:
So you don't like your mum hypocritically and selfishly complaining about her relatives, boyfriend, and other shit on a forum, yet you complain about your relatives, boyfriend and other shit on a forum?
It's good to vent but maybe you should actually resolve your problems with people in the real world so you don't have to get angry about all this stuff all the time?
I think it's more the part where her mom is shamelessly complaining about not being able to cheat on her dad because his time off gets in the way.
So my mom is a stupid cunt and recently posted this on a webboard:
So you don't like your mum hypocritically and selfishly complaining about her relatives, boyfriend, and other shit on a forum, yet you complain about your relatives, boyfriend and other shit on a forum?
It's good to vent but maybe you should actually resolve your problems with people in the real world so you don't have to get angry about all this stuff all the time?
Look, öde, why don't you eat a dick and fuck off? Seriously. You and fucking Jeans, are constantly fuckers towards me for no fucking reason. Don't like my posts? Ignore them! Thats what I do, and any other reasonable person does, with posts I find annoying! Crazy, huh?
For those of you who are not constant complainers,
Don't like my posts? Ignore them! Thats what I do, and any other reasonable person does, with posts I find annoying!
For those of you who are not constant complainers,
I'm sorry to have upset you so much, I'm just a firm believer that ranting and venting don't actually solve any problems so I encourage people to try to fix them at the source.
Also, I hope we can all find a little humour in the irony of your "constant complainers" statement.
I tried to be friendly towards you in a PM, Emaline, bot you just ignored it and then you complained about something I did in the pointless thread a couple of days later. And you said I had a problem with you!
when a lot of people are unfriendly to you in the same place but are friendly to each other then maybe they are not the problem
Look, öde, why don't you eat a dick and fuck off? Seriously. You and fucking Jeans, are constantly fuckers towards me for no fucking reason.
i'm going to tell you the exact same thing i have told every single other member of this forum who has ever bitched and moaned when they posted something on a public message board and received a response they didn't want to hear: you posted it on a fucking public message board with a comments option. you're going to get feedback. you're not going to like all of it. suck it up, be an adult, and stop acting like a fucking brat.
I'll disagree with you that people should feel entitled to be inflammatory pricks when giving feedback. It's rude, it's unnecessary, and it's not conducive to a feeling of community. It's divisive at absolute best.
Hey guys, the reason I respond to Dan's post with aggressiveness is because he is constantly aggressive towards me.
I'm a little frustrated now, even without all the recent drama in here. Hearing about Sam's loss brought me back a few weeks to when my cat died and there were exactly 3 people here who seemed to notice how shit I felt - BrittanyMarie, Squawk and Jeans. I don't really know two of those people, but I like all of them a lot. And I like a lot of you guys too! I think it might be petty and I'm frustrated by the way I feel now, but it hurts me a lot to see such an outpouring of support here now and there was all of three people who were there for me even a scant bit when I was suffering one of the greater losses in my life. In fact in the sum total of my meat and net life it was those three people and my therapist who had any sort of presence - nobody was calling back, nobody was reassuring me of anything. I lost my best friend of 19 of my 23 years and it was like being dropped somewhere where no one spoke my language. It's made me a good deal more cynical than I was before. I don't know, maybe I wasn't saying the right things. Maybe my cat should've been a dog. Maybe June was just not working out for anyone.
So yeah, reading the last few pages has brought all that back. It's been too long now so just in case anyone was thinking of it, it's been a month and I'd rather you not act like it happened yesterday. These things just sort of happen. Just, I don't know, try to be more considerate of each other in the future? I know a whole lot of you see this thread as a rubbish bin for mindless navel-gazing at best and an arena for sniping at one another at worst but honestly a lot of times it shouldn't even really matter what you think of one another. Some people put a lot of stock in these internet connections. It'd be nice if that was warranted more often than not.
I think you'll find that I give people the benefit of the doubt beyond even reasonable standards
if you make them pay for their booze or, worse, don't have alcohol available at your wedding at all, you're a dick. no exceptions. always, always have a god dang open bar at your dang wedding.
if you make them pay for their booze or, worse, don't have alcohol available at your wedding at all, you're a dick. no exceptions. always, always have a god dang open bar at your dang wedding.
Uh, with my family it actually cost my cousin more money to have an open bar than my half sister spent on her wedding. Some people are just broke. Don't be a dick by calling them dicks.
open bar at weddingsMaybe if you don't enjoy weddings you can politely decline to go to said weddings?
This is the last I have to say to you. I'm just gonna pretend you don't exist, maybe you can do the same and we can both stick around!
This is the last I have to say to you. I'm just gonna pretend you don't exist, maybe you can do the same and we can both stick around!
Does this forum have an ignore function? Most do, specifically for things like this.
my assistant has a bit of a crush on at least one of the girls in the cast, which is very cute and may even come to something possibly.
having an open bar at your wedding is just one of those unspoken social things. everyone should always have an open bar at their wedding. yes yes i know it's your happy day and you are really excited and stuff but, no offense dude and lady about to get married... it's kind of a hassle and a little bit boring for everybody else. i'm sorry to say it but having been to like, a billion weddings it's kind of the truth. they take forever and there's always way too many people you don't know. i know open bars are expensive, but seeing as your friends and family got you a huge pile of presents and money and got dressed up and took the day off work and drove all the way out to the country club or hawaii or wherever your wedding was just to see you get married and cry and gush and get photographed like a billion times, the absolute least you can do to show your appreciation for making them come is to get them drunk so they can actually have some fun. if you make them pay for their booze or, worse, don't have alcohol available at your wedding at all, you're a dick. no exceptions. always, always have a god dang open bar at your dang wedding.
I can think of so many reasons to have a "dry" wedding that I can completely understand not even having booze available.
my assistant has a bit of a crush on at least one of the girls in the cast, which is very cute and may even come to something possibly.
Do you pick on him? He's your assistant tease him about this constantly
I wish friends of mine were starting bands so that I could join as a sideman. Being the lead guy is pretty nice but I bet it's fun to not have to be the guy on whom the main creative force is coming from all the time.
No lie. My life is turning into an episode of twin peaks.
Zing, what are you talking about, toffee is delicious.
So I very nearly ran over a drunk midget riding a skateboard this evening. Had a beer in his hand and everything.The owls are not what they seem.
No lie. My life is turning into an episode of twin peaks.
Tokyo is amazing, Sam is in love and says she wants to move here. I think she'll say that about every city we visit. I also think she just loves Tokyo so much because we're taller than everyone.
Got into Narita as expected at 0900hrs. First experience of Japanese culture was- of course- the Japanese toilets in the airport. Decided I didn't have to go bad enough to squat over a hole in the ground, seriously worried about losing my balance and falling over.
Breezed right through customs, everyone was super polite and helpful and spoke serviceable English. Downstairs to the train station and got the first major crisis of the trip, and one that would bother us right through our time in Tokyo: Attempting to navigate the train system. Even though almost everything is in English, the tickets are not, which makes it hard to work out which platform you are supposed to be on, or even which train. Another "interesting" episode came when we found out some way into the trip that at some points in the journey, the first four cars on a train separate and go in a different direction to the rest of the train. Much consternation trying to work out which cars we were actually in, and which ones we wanted to be in, culminating in a mad dash down the platform at a stop to get in the right car.
Luckily there were train announcements in English as well. In fact, damn near everything in Tokyo is English, and a lot of the time, without the Japanese to go with it. Sam remarked that we the only really "Japanese" things we saw were outside of the city. Everything in Tokyo proper is so Westernised.
We are staying in Kinshichou, which is three stops away from Tokyo station. Nothing crazy interesting here, aside from some pretty nice restaurants and a beautiful park. Also a 5-storey tall karaoke place, although I was to find out later that they are common as muck. Also; pachinko parlours. Pachinko is kind of a cross between slot machines and video games, and they are EXTREMELY loud. The glass sliding doors leading into the parlour keep all of the noise out but when we went in it was instant and overwhelming, about as loud as any concert I've ever been to. And just like slots, people (of all ages) lined up in front of the machines, who based on how full their ashtrays were, had been there a long time indeed.
First day there, after checking in at our hotel (which we found thanks to an incredibly helpful barber down the street) we grabbed lunch at the Burger King across the road from the hotel. Yes, we ate at a Burger King in Japan. A recent fad (condemned by doctors) in Japan & Korea is "mega-burgers", and Burger King's version is the Rodeo Whopper. Four whopper patties, fried onion rings, lettuce tomato and mayo. Being a moron and unable to turn down the challenge I of course ordered one. With a grape Fanta. I was only able to finish two of the four patties, mostly because I made the fatal mistake of looking at the "beef". It wasn't pretty.
We spent the rest of the day in central Tokyo, Ginza and Maranouchi which are the central business and government districts and recently revived as a center for luxe and couture brands. Gucci and Bulgari mingling with tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurants, sake bars, multi-storey video game arcades and pachinko parlours. There was a section of three or four city blocks which were owned entirely by Mitsubishi. After that was the incredible looking convention center in Maranouchi which makes our tin shed look... well, like a tin shed.
I'll be including some photos from our travels, if they don't attach properly, let me know.
By far I think my favourite thing in Tokyo was the architecture, particularly in Ginza. Every building looked simultaneously modern and cutting edge, and timeless and classic. Not a dud among them. Dominating the skyline near where we were staying was a gigantic digital television tower. It was still being built yet it was already the largest thing in the city. On top of what has already been built there will be another observation deck and a huge broadcast antennae. It'll be done in 2012 and vying for spot of tallest structure in the world.
We also visited Hibiya park in the middle of the city, just down the road from the Imperial palace. Gorgeous place, combining Western and traditional Japanese gardens. Most peculiarly, the place was full of stray cats, reclining on the benches, acting- as cats do everywhere- like they own the place. As it turns out we were there on "ocean day" and there was a festival in the park with bands and lots of young people strolling around and drinking beer and snacking on the Yakitori (meat on a stick) that the street vendors sold.
We were exhausted and got back to the hotel at about 2130hrs. Being a capsule hotel, the bathing experience was communal and I almost went without but the humidity was too much to bear and the idea of a hot sauna and cold shower was too tempting, even if it did mean looking at some old Japanese dongs.
Finding stuff for Sam to eat in Tokyo was hell. Most of the restaurants have injected-moulded plastic versions of the meals in the window, but it was still impossible in most instances to tell if they had, say, fish stock in them or something. In the end we found a place in Kinshichou that did the job, and for cheap. On the Sunday night we found a Yakitori place, which was amazing, although we made sure to steer clear of the many, many varieties of organ meat on the menu and stuck with plain old boring duck and pork.
We spent Sunday checking out the Shibuya and Harajuku districts during the day. These are the cool, young districts and once again chock full of cool little boutiques (more Shibuya) and up-market department stores and couture brands (Harajuku). Over this weekend the Laforet Grand Bazar was being held, which is when all of the stores in Harajuku take their end-of-season stock and discount it ridiculously at a massive street market. Accordingly, Harajuku was literally flooded with people. After we were done with shopping we hoofed it down to Shinjuku, which as it turns out was much further than we thought it would be. I'm not sure how far exactly it was but we definitely earned our Yakitori that night.
Shinjuku is the nightlife centre and really the stereotypical place people think of when they think of Tokyo. This is where there is neon stretching as far as the eye can see in every direction and the outrageously-dressed pretty-young-things parade up and down the main square. It really is beyond describing in words so I'll let the pictures do it for me.
We headed back home at the incredibly late hour of 2230hrs (to be fair, we'd been on our feet for about 12 hours at this point and criss-crossed the better part of three city districts) for a long spa to unwind our knotty muscles and one final night in the capsules.
Up early-ish this morning and checked out of the hotel at midday, thinking we'd have all the time in the world before our 1800hrs flight, but by the time we'd had lunch, schlepped our bags across to the train station, waited for a train that would take us all the way to the airport (about half an hour), then took the hour-long train ride out to Narita and got ourselves checked in and through customs, it all worked out quite neatly. Just finishing typing this e-mail up as they're calling our flight, although there's no free wireless in the airport so I doubt I'll get to send it til we're in NYC, and I'll probably have a whole bunch of other tales to tell! I guess I'll get to that when I get to that.
Quote... Also; pachinko parlours. Pachinko is kind of a cross between slot machines and video games, and they are EXTREMELY loud. The glass sliding doors leading into the parlour keep all of the noise out but when we went in it was instant and overwhelming, about as loud as any concert I've ever been to. And just like slots, people (of all ages) lined up in front of the machines, who based on how full their ashtrays were, had been there a long time indeed.
Dear Mister and Missus Blaggy,
Throwing up is no fun. :(
When he found the current site of central Melbourne he noted in his diary, "This will be the place for a village."[1][2] and declared the land "Batmania".[3][4]
I wish we had houses that small here.
This is now unhelpful but the last stall in the toilets is western style. Also, tokyo subway is awesome! it is incredibly easy to navigate even if you know no japanese because everything is colour coded and in english.
The only problem I had with the train system was going back to the airport. There was a set of exit turnstiles that went to the airport, and another that went into the other train company's system. I of course accidentally used the latter and thus was stuck in a system for which I didn't have a proper exit ticket. :-o Fortunately, I just went to a ticket agent, flashed the other company's ticket, and played the confused tourist (which I was).
I stupidly want to do honours.
i got totally rainchecked on my date with attractive human female today. current mood - frustrated.
i also love being petty
I saw a wrinkled old redneck with a greasy snaketail and leathery skin go by. He had a unicorn tattoo. (Must work for the pound)Please expand on this logic. (Specifically, please say that your local pound rescues unicorns.)
I saw a wrinkled old redneck with a greasy snaketail and leathery skin go by. He had a unicorn tattoo. (Must work for the pound)Please expand on this logic. (Specifically, please say that your local pound rescues unicorns.)
Does anybody here have soundtracks to their dreams? I woke up with Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman playing in my head.
- Took shelter from said storm by going to Hooters (Hooters sucks guys! The wings aren't even good. What the fuck)
HOLY CRAP I SAW NEIL GAIMAN AND AMANDA PALMER WALKING TROUGH TIMES SQUARE LAST NIGHT
Also I think I may have seen Dr. Know from the Bad Brains today as well but I'm not sure. Do they even still live in NY?
Anyway, I have a small request for any cunning linguists out there. Can you help me come up with a little pun including Mole and Punk or something relating to the punk-subculture?
Ok, seriously, I sprained my neck on Friday at a "rave" if you wanna call it that...
Ouch... =[ Neck still hurting. HELP
There's a new shop on George St, bringing the number of cupcakeries* I have to pass on my Monday mail run up to three.
and yeah, cupcakes are kind of trendy now. i think they've replaced knitting as the new hipster thing for 2010.
and yeah, cupcakes are kind of trendy now. i think they've replaced knitting as the new hipster thing for 2010.Cupcakes are out. Bacon is in as the hip / nerdy thing people won't shut up about. I'm staking my cred on the prospect of raw milk being the new thing when bacon inevitably crests.
Turns out Salad doesn't taste too bad when coming back up.
Raw milk is genuinely The Best Thing though
Raw milk is genuinely The Best Thing though
Raw milk is genuinely The Best Thing though
Yeah I'm sure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brucellosis)
Transmission from human to human, for example through sexual contact from mother to child, is exceedingly rare, but possible
Cupcakes are out. Bacon is in as the hip / nerdy thing people won't shut up about. I'm staking my cred on the prospect of raw milk being the new thing when bacon inevitably crests.
I'm staking my cred on the prospect of raw milk being the new thing when bacon inevitably crests.
also i want those half shirts that were really popular in the 90s to come back and replace plaid. half shirts for EVERYBODY
I've liked falafel for years before it was cool.
Do I get cred for this plzzzzzz
i know something that is good to wear on first dates
Guess who threw up again
Everyone knows the Meatcake is the New Thing
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Guess who threw up again
Lmao... I love Patrick so much (no homo), you don't even know. He better see this.
Guys I have started playing touch rugby
Guys I have started playing touch rugby
Oh hey, awesome! I play touch, too! It's a lot of fun but exhausting if you don't have enough substitutes.
Wait, when you say touch rugby do you mean actually a touch version of rugby (as in rugby union) or the touch version of rugby league (i.e.: sets of six touches and then the ball's turned over to the other team)? The latter's much more common but the former's not unheard of - I played it a couple of times when I was at school and it's pretty weird. (Though I prefer watching union over league - I mean the proper full-contact versions - any day.)
We don't have any substitutes, but we're slowly accumulating more people to play, so hopefully that will change. It's mental, we're playing 40 minute halves
The music at the North-West River Beach Fest was dedicated to my dad this year.
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and maybe I will have a nap first! Naps are good.
I know! I mean, I know i'm going to have no problem winning the case. It's just added stress that I even have to go to court in the first place that really sucks. I tried being reasonable with visitation rights and stuff, but he's been pushing for more and more, and it's unrealistic. He even said that when we "decide on something" that he wants to go to court anyway to put it in writing. I don't think he realizes that they're going to force him to get off his ass, get a real job and start actually paying for something. Ugh... it's just stupid.
Thanks for all the good vibes. I really need them right now.
Perhaps when I get married I will have every person I have ever kissed process in a line behind me in reverse chronological order? Just for comparison, in case I want to make a last-minute change.
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Holy shit! So you're playing 80 minute games? That's insane!
I play "official" touch football (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_football_(rugby_league) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_football_(rugby_league))) which has 20-minute halves, if I played 40-minute halves with no substitutes I'd probably die afterwards. Touch is a really fast game!
I get all dizzy when I stand up ahhhhhh
I've decided that I should try to get a better handle on the Australian cultural canon because whatever that common strand is it just feels right.
I just bought a Kindle DX.
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You're tearing me apart Simon.
It's largely drinking and racism. Sigh.I approve highly of one of these things...
Today at Walmart, a little girl kept pointing at me and loudly asking her mother "Mommy, why does that girl over there sound like a boy?" to which the mother responded, "Quiet, she can hear you. How would you like it if I said rude things to you?"
J-cob,It's my parents' house. It may be fixed tomorrow. The repair people had to order some parts and they haven't come yet.
That needs to be fixed soon, autumn isn't that far away.
I take it you live in rented accommodation?
J-cob,It's my parents' house. It may be fixed tomorrow. The repair people had to order some parts and they haven't come yet.
That needs to be fixed soon, autumn isn't that far away.
I take it you live in rented accommodation?
James, were the socialists from fredericton kids that happen to live in a house called the Galley?
PS fuck you I wanted to go to sappyfest.
Today I fucked up one of the electricity experiments we do in one of the shows at work. Resulting in up to 10.000 volts shooting through my left index finger. There's now an entry wound between my knuckle and first joint, and an exit wound between my first and second joint. Before I managed to turn the thingy that gave me the jolt of, flames stood out of the side of it. Lesson: turn off before disassembling equipment that demonstrates lightning.
hey motherfuckers
guess who saw mothefuckin' sloan last night
guess who was at the best festival where sloan wasn't even advertised
they didn't want to make a big deal out of it
and then there was sloan
motherfuckers
Fuck you, Ontario provincial government!
Edit: Not the brother I am going to be living with in the fall, obviously. I cannot even remember the last time we fought.
Today I fucked up one of the electricity experiments we do in one of the shows at work. Resulting in up to 10.000 volts shooting through my left index finger. There's now an entry wound between my knuckle and first joint, and an exit wound between my first and second joint. Before I managed to turn the thingy that gave me the jolt of, flames stood out of the side of it. Lesson: turn off before disassembling equipment that demonstrates lightning.
Get yourself checked out by a doctor ASAP. I remember the safety briefing we had when I had my Physics degree. Basically, if you've had high voltage go through you, it may do a lot of damage internally that you don't feel and are not aware of.
FRINGE!
Edit: wait Jens are you coming to Edinburgh as well?
Dovey, no offence but at any point did you not think "Hey so maybe fuck Canada on this trip?"
It's an okay country but not in any way worth that kind of insane hassle when America is right there.
yes? yes.
before anyone gets butthurt about Tronno allow me to point out that all of this is probably a combination of how insanely frustrated and pissed off I am right now and the fact that we came here straight from New York City which probably makes every city seem like dildos.
before anyone gets butthurt about Tronno allow me to point out that all of this is probably a combination of how insanely frustrated and pissed off I am right now and the fact that we came here straight from New York City which probably makes every city seem like dildos.
Edit: Not the brother I am going to be living with in the fall, obviously. I cannot even remember the last time we fought.
The brother I went to school with? Yeah, he's pretty rad. Say hi! Sad thing about the other brother, though, I remember him as a pretty nice guy.
man blog thread, i started watching weeds on netflix yesterday and i can't stop, i'm almost done with season 3 and i have to be at work in 8 hours but i can't stoppppppppppp
Look what I did tonight! I'm so clever!
3 A's y'all
I really have no faith in people at all, and I'm doubting my ability to judge human character.
honestly, yeah. everyone i have spoken too has said "you'll come back to toronto right??" regarding my move and i am always like "yeah totally i'll visit i promise" but in my head i am always going "yeah uh no offense dogg but i hope you figure out on your own that there is absolutely no way i am ever going to like anything at all about toronto ever again after going to bc.".Welcome to Beautiful British Columbia.
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Jace and I just successfully stalked David Dovey.
I have Gilbert's Syndrome.
I actually just met a girl with Gilbert's. I guess whenever she doesn't keep hydrated or have three meals a day she gets really sick, jaundiced, and starts throwing up. She calls it being visited by Ol' Gilby.oh god I am glad I don't have that. I forget to eat and drink with astounding regularity.
One of my friends has a master key to the school, so I call him in there and I compare keys until I find one that matches. So now I have a master key to the school. This is exciting.
Dear 1994 Toyota Camry with Cracked Radiator,
FUCK YOU
Best,
Chris
So, i came to work a bit earlier than usual, and guess what.
3 minutes into the coffee, one of our boats pulls up, and the crew start waving rather enthausiastically. Why? THIS IS WHY?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04LIxI-ESNY&feature=player_embedded#!) It was soooo cuuute! (yes, i know its in dutch, but just look at it!)
Also like...a queen ant just flew onto my monitor and I was like "holy shit" and I tried to take a screenshot and then I realized I'm a moron,
My lack-of-food superpower is Loss of Consciousness. It has not proved very useful thus far.
and in the end he thanked everyone for their time and walked off without so much as playing a note.
I forget to eat and drink pretty regularly too and have never experienced that. In fact, my wife is constantly marveling at how I can consistently practically starve myself without even noticing.I am like this too.
Am I the only one who was kinda hoping your personal shark week would line up with The Discovery Channel's shark week (http://www.okaquarium.org/SharkWeek2010.php)? Oh, ok. Nevermind.
ZING!
I would not see a band called Darqroom.
Do you specify which ones are straight when you tell stories about them too?
Does that make sense?
Just got dumped by a girl I was on a steady one train line to falling in love with. Speaking of gays. I don't honestly think I could have figured a worse time for this to happen.
Straight white guilt, love it.
Most people seem to agree that 10% of people are gay, and just based on personal experience I would say even that is a stretch.
Well it probably IS something like 10% in the cities, because homosexual (men, anyways, not women so much) tend to move to a more 'gay' area
I walked outside the other day and someone at the gay bar across the street called me Seth Rogan. :-( :-( :-(
Well it probably IS something like 10% in the cities, because homosexual (men, anyways, not women so much) tend to move to a more 'gay' area, so you'll find urban places that are pretty much dripping with the gays everywhere and so to them it seems like "Yeah dude like 10% is probably right" whereas out in more rural areas, homosexuality is found to be less common! So the numbers vary where you are at.
I disagree. Maybe it's just my city (and that's what I'm entirely basing this off of), but there is a neighborhood here called Northside (aka the Gayborhood*) that is full of both gay men and women alike. Actually, there's a pretty large queer and trans community here as well, so that may be a part of that, but I would honestly say that there are just as many gay women who live or spend a lot of time in Northside. From what I've gathered from all my time with the LGBTQ community here in the past few years is that they all really like being together in the same community or at least atmosphere. But it's not contained in that community only by any means, but it is the dominant one. I know there's this weird taboo-like thing among gay men and women, but it's not always so, but again I think it's just largely due to this town.
Or it could just be that Northside is easily one of the best, most awesome parts of this city and is just full of chill, loving, awesome people.
Yeah I almost put something to the effect of "and we all know how accurate one dude's personal experience can be lol amirite" in brackets after that sentence. N e wayz I am glad I didn't offend anyone, hooray!
Are you a gentleman of girth with a large amount of blonde frizzy hair?
anyways yr town sounds amazing Linds.
Not really. Outside of that community, Cincinnati is full of racists, douchebags, and snobs. It just happens to have a few pockets where all the cool people with brains hang out. (I am very thankful they do exist or I would probably go batshit.)
From what I've noticed, if there's less people in your town, the more judgmental the people are if you are different.
Last month we spent like $75 on cigarettes.Seriously, you are really really lucky to be able to say that. Between the new tax and higher prices here anyways, my brand is almost 11 dollars a pack. Thank god I am giving it up. I definitely will miss smoking, because it is exactly that quiet reliable lover, but I also am very excited to be able to breathe and not cough up terrible shit and want to die. I just really hope that in the long run my lungs will recover from the hell I put them through as a teenager/young adult.
Is there ever an age where you can just stop caring, or it at more of a state of mind thing?
Anyone else quit smoking and immediately gain weight?
do dialectical journals