Topic: Things you are looking forward to, a compendium. (Read 8402 times)

Gnomes2169 · « **on:** 12 Nov 2012, 17:36 »

So I'm looking forward to going out with some friends and watching the movie-musical of Les Mis. I'm going to see this, sing along, and clap at the end of every stunningly beautiful song. Screw theater etiquette, I'm going to clap for each song that gets nailed.

riccostar · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Nov 2012, 17:40 »

Thanksgiving break, a week of rest during which one can restore one's sanity. That and tomorrows comic...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 Nov 2012, 17:52 »

Augmentation implants for my brain.

Nikolai · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 Nov 2012, 19:38 »

I've wanted a neural interface since I was 12.

I'm looking forward to my wife, my bed, my xbox, and alcohol.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Nov 2012, 19:43 »

Surgery.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 01:15 »

A weekend at my mum's - I will catch up on ALL THE SLEEP. Going to see the university show choir's Christmas concert in a few weeks (Christmas is very early here!), which I mentioned I wanted to go to and my lovely boyfriend just went ahead and booked tickets straight away

They're apparently really good and they only have one concert a term.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 01:36 »

Saturday. Two movies and a girlfriend. Breaking Dawn 2, Skyfall. In a cinema that serves scotch.

jwhouk · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 06:47 »

Eight more years, then the R-word.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 06:57 »

RRRrrrrrrrr ... ectal exam?

pwhodges · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 07:08 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 13 Nov 2012, 06:47

Eight more years, then the R-word.

Really? - they turf you out that young?

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 07:23 »

Friday- this month's "extra" paycheck! I can actually afford to go Christmas shopping and sock another couple hundred bucks away in the wedding fund.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 08:33 »

Prisons are tough places to work, I think it's less of chucking out and more of allowing.

jwhouk · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 18:05 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Nov 2012, 07:08

Quote from: jwhouk on 13 Nov 2012, 06:47
Eight more years, then the R-word.
Really? - they turf you out that young?

Given that I'll have 27 1/2 years with the state by that time, and 53 is minimum retirement age... Yeah, I'd say.

Retirement benefits are based on a formula of age and years of service. I'm just waiting for the minimum age, since I hit 20 years next year.

EDIT: And May - you speak truth. I don't think you wanna know about the number of former DOC employees who keel over shortly after retirement.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #13 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 18:10 »

I'm looking forward to my hair growing out after the terrible (read: emotional) haircut I just gave myself. my hair hasn't been this short in at least ten years.

Carl-E · « **Reply #14 on:** 13 Nov 2012, 22:51 »

Short term; I'm looking forward to getting more work - just finished a training course for teaching at an online school, waiting now for a course or two.

Slightly longer term; getting a local non-teaching job. I wouldn't mind "regular" work (read; no "homework") that I can leave behind at the end of the day, and teach only part-tiime online.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 00:35 »

I'm looking forward to moving into a new house and having enough room for all my crap.

I'm looking forward to spring when the weather is warm enough for me to start doing some training in the evenings.

I'm looking forward to August and rising Super Brevet Scandinavia.

Patrick · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 01:36 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 13 Nov 2012, 18:10

I'm looking forward to my hair growing out after the terrible (read: emotional) haircut I just gave myself. my hair hasn't been this short in at least ten years.

I know the feel. I'm that way right now, my hair's like 1" and 3/4. Granted, I look like an idiot in my driver's license photo where it's shoulder length and looks like a lion's mane, but that's what I get for having thick hair I guess.

VonKleist · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 03:53 »

Hooray for November.
Looking forward to eating more "Weckmänner".
It´s a traditional Pastry from the beautiful Rhineland. Basically a little dude made of dough with a clay-pipe and raisins for eyes. You cut them up, smother them with butter and marmelade and wolf them down.

Carl-E · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 05:09 »

Would that make you a Weck-wolf?

VonKleist · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 05:43 »

Heh,

but the more important question is, how will the clay-pipe hold up?

I haven't actually smoked one since I was a kid^^

edit: apparently the pipes are blocked nowadays to discourage kids from smoking them.. what a country

Welu · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 06:24 »

In the short term, I'm looking for to seeing Jimmy Carr this weekend.
Long term, I'm looking forward to... I dunno.

valley_parade · « **Reply #21 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 07:08 »

-Girlfriend's coming to town for trivia tomorrow night. And apparently bringing tacos.
-Iron Chic 7" with my favorite song of theirs

Rockman · « **Reply #22 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 07:41 »

Short term, looking forward to a glass of grenache when I get home. We opened the bottle last night and it was excellent.
Kinda short term, looking forward to the Wii U launch. Not 100% sure I want to buy it, but launch = more reviews = better information for my decision.
Short/long term, looking forward to getting a new car. Finally getting something we can actually fit more than a duffel bag and a prayer into.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 Nov 2012, 10:55 »

Short term - I've got a new PC arriving sometime in the next week or so. Apparently it's in the "build and test phase". So basically the company I bought it from sent me an email to say that they are doing what they're paid for, but whatever...

Wii U looks interesting, yea. Finally getting a screen that will run consoles, so I may get one a while after launch. I'll probably get myself a GameCube as well, I really want to finally play Super Mario Sunshine.

My first payday as a real employee, yay!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #24 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 02:07 »

Now something else to look forward to - an interview for midwifery on December 18th! It's not my first, second or even third choice uni but I might fall in love with it when I visit, who knows? It's a great sign though, it's the first feedback I've had from my application.

Longer-term, I'm looking forward to Jens coming at Christmas.

Rockman · « **Reply #25 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 05:11 »

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 14 Nov 2012, 10:55

Short term - I've got a new PC arriving sometime in the next week or so. Apparently it's in the "build and test phase". So basically the company I bought it from sent me an email to say that they are doing what they're paid for, but whatever...

You doing iBuyPower or CyberPowerPC for your build? With most of these companies just make sure you follow up with them over any delays -- sometimes a part you ordered will be discontinued and they'll put your build on hold without telling you. I had to switch graphics cards to get mine done, but once that was sorted out it only took about a week. Still getting a lot of enjoyment out of that rig. ^^

Bluesummers · « **Reply #26 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 05:38 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Nov 2012, 17:52

Augmentation implants for my brain.

In my country they call that a hat.

I'm looking forward to catching up on the TV shows that have been slowly accumulating on my DVR these past few weeks...

Carl-E · « **Reply #27 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 07:21 »

Quote from: Bluesummers on 15 Nov 2012, 05:38

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Nov 2012, 17:52
Augmentation implants for my brain.
In my country they call that a hat.

You clearly live in a strange country. Hats are hair augmentations and scalp warmers. They do nothing for brains...

Barmy, YAY! Hope the visit goes well.

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Christamas concert on Dec 8th, doing Britten's Ceremony of Carols (SATB arrangement), and a carol medley with a children's choir.

Redball · « **Reply #28 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 07:22 »

Speak for yourself. I always put on a stocking cap before eating ice cream.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #29 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 08:44 »

in twenty days, I've got a 68-hour bus ride across the country. ugh.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #30 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 13:51 »

Quote from: Rockman on 15 Nov 2012, 05:11

You doing iBuyPower or CyberPowerPC for your build? With most of these companies just make sure you follow up with them over any delays -- sometimes a part you ordered will be discontinued and they'll put your build on hold without telling you. I had to switch graphics cards to get mine done, but once that was sorted out it only took about a week. Still getting a lot of enjoyment out of that rig. ^^

Chillblast, which I believe is a trade name of Decision Logic. I suppose you're right, I would rather be told what's happening - it just seemed weird to tell me what they did less than 24 hours after I ordered it but not in the emails confirming the order.

Gnomes2169 · « **Reply #31 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 16:28 »

Finally going home to see my kitties, some friends, etc, etc next wednesday. Oh, and watching Sherlock Holmes, Game of Shadows tomorrow night with some friends! Yay!

Bluesummers · « **Reply #32 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 19:56 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 15 Nov 2012, 08:44

in twenty days, I've got a 68-hour bus ride across the country. ugh.

How slow does the driver have to be going for it to take 68 hours to go anywhere? That just sounds...torturous.

Although it reminds me of a story my father told me...He was hitchhiking from Arizona to Minnesota, got picked up by a family of hippies that drove their own hollowed-out school bus, and all they had to eat were peanut-butter-&-baloney sandwiches.
And marijuana.

Good times...I hope your bus ride is just as...eventful.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #33 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 20:05 »

Well, just out of curiosity I checked and Rochester, NY to San Francisco, CA is 44 hours if you go nonstop. With all of the extra stops a bus has to take and them actually following the speed limit (mostly), I can see it pretty easy in the US.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #34 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 21:12 »

Ugh...torturous indeed. I'd much rather hop on the Amtrak...at least they feed you.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #35 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 21:24 »

I'll be packing my own food and have some money to buy stuff on the way. Also, I hope I get a bus with outlets on it, so I can at least use my laptop most of the way.

I'll probably just take a blanket and pillow and just sleep most of the way, though, and use my laptop in the stations. I'm not gonna make the mistake of sleeping in a bus station with a laptop and a guitar.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #36 on:** 15 Nov 2012, 21:42 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 15 Nov 2012, 21:24

I'm not gonna make the mistake of sleeping in a bus station with a laptop and a guitar.

You'd wake up missing your laptop, guitar, and a kidney. But in return you'd get a whole bathtub full of ice! What a deal!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #37 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 01:49 »

I took a 20 hour coach trip in the UK once, which is quite remarkable considering the size of the country. I went from Edinburgh to Penzance via just about every single town in between. By the time we got there my ankles were horrifyingly swollen and I couldn't really walk (but that may have been due to the viral infection I didn't realise I had).

Jace · « **Reply #38 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 02:15 »

December 8th I'm going to an event called Masked Ball. I'll hopefully be fighting in the tournament with my new helmet that I still have to finish between now and then, but it should only take like 6 or so hours in the shop to bang it out (so many puns intended). I'm really looking forward to having a bascinet with a klappvisor.

I'm also looking forward to debuting my society name: Johannes Baehrenwald. The surname translated literally means to "bear forest." I mean that'd make a lot more sense if my heraldry wasn't a castle but fuck it I might switch it up and have a bear and a tower.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #39 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 09:01 »

The Hobbit.

Nikolai · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 09:09 »

Going the fuck home. So close I can taste it.

Carl-E · « **Reply #41 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 09:35 »

The movie version of Les Miz. Looks fantstic. Probably will go christmas day - it's one of the few days we go to the movies as a family, and it appeals to everyone in my family.

Gnomes2169 · « **Reply #42 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 10:16 »

Your family has good tastes.

Carl-E · « **Reply #43 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 10:55 »

Raised 'em right...

Barmymoo · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 14:56 »

The winter ball at the end of this month - I took my (absolutely beautiful Disney-princess style) dress to have the straps shortened slightly today, I'll get it back next week. Once that's done it will fit perfectly, which I don't think I can say about any other dress I've ever worn.

dr. nervioso · « **Reply #45 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 21:22 »

I want to see Les Mis, but my family isn't in to musicals. Luckily I have a few friends back home who do like musicals

Bluesummers · « **Reply #46 on:** 16 Nov 2012, 23:38 »

I enjoyed my high school orchestra's arrangement of Les Mis...but even more, I'd REEEEALLY like to see Allegiance on Broadway.

Jace · « **Reply #47 on:** 17 Nov 2012, 02:01 »

Quote from: Jace on 16 Nov 2012, 02:15

December 8th I'm going to an event called Masked Ball. I'll hopefully be fighting in the tournament with my new helmet that I still have to finish between now and then, but it should only take like 6 or so hours in the shop to bang it out (so many puns intended). I'm really looking forward to having a bascinet with a klappvisor.

GUESS WHO WAS WRONG ABOUT THIS AND A BASCINET WITH A KLAPPVISOR ACTUALLY TAKES AROUND 16. Well maybe 13 if you don't have to make the hinge.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #48 on:** 18 Nov 2012, 10:01 »

Might be selling a painting, this friday, to someone who isn't related to me. That's a (nervewrecking) first.

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