Felstaff wrote:I prefer hobbies that aren't spiteful and don't ruin other people's good time. Like... arranging bottle-tops into mosaics. If it must be destructive behaviour, I heard there's good catharsis in choppin' wood. This is why all lumberjacks live longer than regular humans.
Yeah splitting logs is good. So is breaking something that needs to be broken for whatever reason. Assuming of course that you have something on hand that needs breaking.
Get a clean mace and tarp and a couple pumkins, put the pumkins on the tarp then beat the hell out of the pumkins and use the remains for some pumkin based food. It's destructive and constructive!
Heh, that sound's pretty great. I'll have to give it a shot next time pumpkins are in season.
Not all who wander ar...blah blah blah, basically I want to be cool like Aragorn.
Great. I was told a customer needed to come in early. So I wake up early, drag myself to work, speed because I was going to be a few minutes late, then...nothing. Oh, turns out they're not coming in early. Thanks for letting me know about that, sales guy.
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. - CS Lewis
And, I've just spoken to my mother for the last times before she goes into hospital tomorrow for open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve and bridge. And fit a pacemaker (possibly).
I know this is run of the mill surgery these days and I know she has a 96% chance of surviving. However, she's going to go to hell and back over the next 2 months and there's fuck all I ca n do to help. I also know she's scared, and so am I.
If the fucking filte rs screw this post up I shall not be amused. I' am not in the spirit of mod madness, sorry. You will all have to excuse me for a few days.
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Giant Speck wrote:You're a demon! DEMON!!!!
Oregonaut wrote:CURSE YOU VILLAIN!!
PhoenixEnigma wrote:Jumble is either the best or worst Santa ever, and I can't figure out which. Possibly both.
Jumble wrote:And, I've just spoken to my mother for the last times before she goes into hospital tomorrow for open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve and bridge. And fit a pacemaker (possibly).
I know this is run of the mill surgery these days and I know she has a 96% chance of surviving. However, she's going to go to hell and back over the next 2 months and there's fuck all I ca n do to help. I also know she's scared, and so am I.
*hugs* for Jumble. Please take care of yourself. It's a shitty place to be in but hang in there.
Summer is miles and miles away, and no one would ask me to stay. And I, should contemplate this change... to ease the pain. And I, should step out of the rain... turn away.
Giant Speck wrote:If I could bounce at 35 miles per hour, I'd get rid of my car and bounce to work!
Gummiberry Juice. You would still need a ride home though.
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TrlstanC wrote:But, I'm still curious, did no one else ever learn about creationism in science class at some point, at least those who went to public school?
Craigslist ad: "Apply in person at *location* and ask for *person*. Or you can e-mail your resume." Bikes 10 miles in the morning to location and catches said person. Person says to email resume. -__-
Some call it luck, I call it "subconscious planning".
Bloody Word crashed and I lost an hour odd of work, less than 10 minutes before I had to leave the house. Looks like I'm skipping my lecture to finish this.
"I like to be understood whenever I open my mouth; I have a horror of blinding people with science"- Richard Dawkins
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TaintedDeity wrote:And all I get is this tame space dragon. Where's my recognition?!
Whelan wrote:Bloody Word crashed and I lost an hour odd of work, less than 10 minutes before I had to leave the house. Looks like I'm skipping my lecture to finish this.
Doesn't Word usually autosave?
I put up my thumb ... and my thumb blotted out ... Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." Neil Armstrong 1930-2012
*sigh* Orange customer service is annoying. When I signed up for this plan, I was told I could freeze it for a while if I needed to and that that wouldn't affect the deposit I paid that was tied to me being with Orange. Today I called Orange and was basically told that because of the type of plan I was on, I couldn't. So I called the store where I got the plan and they basically refused to talk to me over the phone because they claimed they couldn't verify who I was (why they couldn't just ask for my birthday and shit is beyond me; that's what the main Orange helpline did). All they said was that I should either come in person (not going to happen, because they're in Manchester) or call Orange again and specifically ask about the deposit. So I called up Orange again, said almost the same thing as I had the first time, and I got put through to someone who actually knew what they were talking about with no problems whatsoever. They told me exactly what I had initially been told when I got the plan, took down the date I wanted to start the freeze, and that was it. I'm glad it got sorted, but why the fuck didn't that happen in the first place?
Maybe that's why we keep missing out. It doesn't really mean a lot in the grand scheme of things but I would've liked to be able to say that I live in a city. Alas, I live in one of the largest towns in the UK instead.
It's a nice enough place and only some places smell of gone-off beer. It's got a lot better in the 7 years I've lived here. Lot's of development going on and stuff like that. The only thing I dont like is that certain parts become off limits when it's dark but most large urbanised areas seem to get that and the police/ council are trying to combat it.
Minor rant: Really want a burrito but i dont have my card or cash on me
So, at work, one person has left, and we have the usual rush of people trying to take their annual leave before the financial year ends. What's our manager's plan to get through this? Book more than usual, cross your fingers and hope that everything turns out OK. Brilliant plan! More shit, less shovel.
Please note that despite the lovely avatar Sungura gave me, I am not a medical doctor.
Sytri wrote: Minor rant: Really want a burrito but i dont have my card or cash on me
You could try to see if someone will give you one for a song and dance. Don't know about in your area but it's worked at least once for me. I guess it depends on the person you're asking, sometimes it's hard to judge.
Not all who wander ar...blah blah blah, basically I want to be cool like Aragorn.
Sytri wrote: Minor rant: Really want a burrito but i dont have my card or cash on me
You could try to see if someone will give you one for a song and dance. Don't know about in your area but it's worked at least once for me. I guess it depends on the person you're asking, sometimes it's hard to judge.
Where do you live/can I come and live with you? That's magical. I get to sing, dance AND eat a burrito.
Happy Rant: Tried two nights out in a row before a 7AM start. Cruising on very little sleep. Life is good, somehow.
Where do you live/can I come and live with you? That's magical. I get to sing, dance AND eat a burrito.
I live in the beautiful city of Spokane! And yes you may, though I'm leaving for the great white north soon so I don't know how executable that will be for you.
Not all who wander ar...blah blah blah, basically I want to be cool like Aragorn.
I now have the mental image of a young man sitting on atop piece of plywood supported and propelled by hundreds of tiny sheep. I ask him where he got the sheep and he says that it's a rental.
