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by **hyperion** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:54 am UTC

hermaj wrote:Well you don't need two signatures.

couldn't hurt though :wink:

i had a really easy maths test and french writing test, and it was raining all day. and i just realised that i like stuff most people hate.

by **Toeofdoom** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:37 am UTC

HYPERiON wrote:and i just realised that i like stuff most people hate.

hehehehehe....

That applies for me in so many areas... such as maths, science, tests, exams, star trek, etc.

Website · by **thefiddler** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:58 pm UTC

AHHHHHH!

The guy I like just called me first, out of all our friends, to tell me he was accepted at Loyola! Woo! And then promised to come see me on the weekends.

I'm so happy right now, you have no idea.

by **Likpok** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:40 pm UTC

I used Gauss's law correctly to determine charge distribution inside a nonconducting cylinder. It was awesome.

Also, there was no teacher in my Economics class. He wasn't there, and they couldn't find a sub. So we got an effective study hall.

by **dragonfrog** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:07 am UTC

Actually happened yesterday, but what the heck.

I (sort of) got a promotion at work. My boss and I have to work out a development plan for me to learn some things I'll need to be better at in the new job, and as long as I meet that plan, I get the raise in 6 months.

by **rpoulin79** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:10 am UTC

I ran 6 miles today and the pesky shin splints from last week seem to have gone away.

by **Toeofdoom** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:27 am UTC

Classes for one of my subject is accurately described as "Sitting around talking about computer games."

Thats pretty cool I reckon

by **Lani** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:05 pm UTC

1.) It's Friday! Hooray!

2.) I just finished off the delicious leftovers from a pasta dinner last night of linguine, capers, tomatoes, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, and other tasty things. Mmmmmm....

3.) I think I'm going to a show tonight featuring three of Austin's best muscians/bands playing Prohibition era music of the 1920's. I love hot jazz from that time period anyway, but having these three bands is the amazing icing on the cake. I'm really excited about this, actually.

4.) I think I'm going to a going away party tonight. It will probably be drunken (and I don't drink much these days), but it will be good to have the official goodbye to people.

by **Belial** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:07 pm UTC

take pictures. Drunken nerds are funny.

by **Lani** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:10 pm UTC

Heh, but these are dance nerds, which means that there is a good possibility of people climbing on each other as human jungle gyms and whatnot. Plus drunken dancing, and making out with regrets in the morning.

Bringing a camera is a good idea, though.... Ahhh, schadenfreude... :twisted:

by **Belial** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:12 pm UTC

In that case, funny *and* possibly arousing.

My commandment stands.

by **parkaboy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:04 pm UTC

i have bested the illness! I'm still sick and gross, but i got a TON of things done today;

deposited my check
paid speeding ticket
paid credit card bill
got car inspected
did my taxes
went to the post office TWICE (it could have been done in one trip if i had planned better but most of my activites where seat-of-the-pants today)
and i think i can get my mage to 27 before i pass out.

YYAyAYyYYYY delerium!! *cough syrup*

by **chan the evoker** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:16 am UTC

My laptop started working again today. It periodically goes catatonic and the only cure is to carry it around in my backpack for a few hours. I have been trained to have a good backup policy.

by **smocc** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:18 am UTC

I've got the second performance of my high school play (which is awesome) tonight. Now I get to sit around resting until 5:00.

And at the opening last night I got flowers from some woman I didn't know. And my parents gave me an Oscar Wilde action figure.

Now I have Neutral Milk Hotel playing and in about an hour I'm going to go have the best butter chicken in the world and play Mario Kart.

by **hermaj** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:31 am UTC

smocc wrote:...in about an hour I'm going to go have the best butter chicken in the world...

No you're not, unless you live a few streets away from me! The best butter chicken (and any other Indian dish, for that matter) is to be found at our local Indian restaurant. We had malai kofta for dinner last night... yummmmm.

EDIT: Oh, wait, you live in India. Well, maybe you're going to give me a run for my money there.

by **smocc** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:36 am UTC

Exactly.

You know it's good when you can hear them slaughtering chickens next-door.

by **aldimond** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:59 am UTC

chan the evoker wrote:My laptop started working again today. It periodically goes catatonic and the only cure is to carry it around in my backpack for a few hours. I have been trained to have a good backup policy.

Mine does that as well... sometimes it goes weeks without working, and then suddenly works for a few months. Well that was the case until I took it apart last weekend. Actually I've taken it apart a few times but this time it's Apart For Good, all the protective stuff removed so I could get a good gander at the internal bits, and I'm thinking about how I might convert the touchpad + keyboard into an "input tray" suitable for using the computer that's hooked up to my TV and thus doesn't have a good mousing surface near it (I think this could be accomplished in grand style if I had a sodering iron and was good at building things... as it is I'll probably buy a sodering iron and make it look totally hacked).

by **hermaj** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:02 am UTC

Actually, I am totally looking for a laptop. I want a cheap one! Pretty much I want it for uni work so I don't need a huge one like you'd use for gaming, but I would like wireless internet? Any ideas? Because I know next to nothing about what's good and what isn't.

by **Toeofdoom** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:08 am UTC

Belial wrote:take pictures. Drunken nerds are funny.

You know what... If I get a camera... well... Swingamers apparently has a drunken lan every month or so... and theres often a swimming pool... and like... if swingamers arent nerds, no others are either.

by **thedesk** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:07 am UTC

I had a day like a sine graph. It started with school not being cancelled, so I had to wake up early to study for my quiz today. Then, the quiz was cancelled because some students couldn't commute to school due to shitty weather. Later, I bought some vodka at a grocery store, and on the way out, I found 20 dollars on the ground. I'm totally not kidding; that never happens to me! Then, to bring the day down again, my ex-girlfriend called me, which sucked. Then, I listened to Bonsai Superstar by Brainiac a few times, and life was happy again.

Now I'm going to have a cigarette. Thanks sine graphs!

by **Lani** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:22 am UTC

Aw dammit, I forgot to bring my camera. However, I did get to witness a hilarious round of Circle of Death drinking game, which is significantly more fun being sober and watching.

And I have now made plans to go down to San Antonio to the zoo. Yay for zoos!

by **fjafjan** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:21 am UTC

Is it bad that the "annoying things" thread is twice as long as this one?

by **Nonmus** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:16 pm UTC

This one hasn't gone too off topic yet. ;p

Yet.

by **German Sausage** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:12 pm UTC

so, anyone seen a good movie lately. im waiting for children of men to arrive at my video shop so i can snaffle a copy. if anyone's seen it, please give info.
also, ideas for raptor/zombie-free living here
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by **Likpok** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:00 pm UTC

In three classes Friday, we ignored the lesson plan (well, for two of them), and ended up discussing stuff like the crazy middle school science teacher. Actually, just crazy teachers in general.

And in one class, I got to draw Neoptolemus about to own the Trojans.

by **Grincement** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:35 pm UTC

Had a cup of tea IN the shower...the effort spend making sure no shower water got in the tea was worth it...

Website · by **thefiddler** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:42 pm UTC

German Sausage wrote:so, anyone seen a good movie lately. im waiting for children of men to arrive at my video shop so i can snaffle a copy. if anyone's seen it, please give info.
also, ideas for raptor/zombie-free living here
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Children of Men was really good! I saw it right when it came out and I thought it was amazing.

Although probably not one you can watch repeatedly. *shrug*

by **Fluff** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:43 pm UTC

Squeak wrote:Had a cup of tea IN the shower...the effort spend making sure no shower water got in the tea was worth it...

I have cups of tea in the bath now and then. Always an effort to keep the water / bubbles out of it, and off of whatever book I may be reading, but well worth it as you say.

I have never attempted a brew in the shower, however! :!:

by **Grincement** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:46 pm UTC

Fluff wrote:
Squeak wrote:Had a cup of tea IN the shower...the effort spend making sure no shower water got in the tea was worth it...

I have cups of tea in the bath now and then. Always an effort to keep the water / bubbles out of it, and off of whatever book I may be reading, but well worth it as you say.

I have never attempted a brew in the shower, however!

What can I say? I'm a rebel! (BTW thats a GREAT film - emperors new groove)

BEST MOVIE AT THE MOMENT: HOT FUZZ from the writers of Shaun of the dead and Spaced....also it contains many of my friends and neighbours as extras as it was filmed minutes from my house

by **LE4dGOLEM** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:46 pm UTC

Squeak wrote:
Fluff wrote:
Squeak wrote:Had a cup of tea IN the shower...the effort spend making sure no shower water got in the tea was worth it...

I have cups of tea in the bath now and then. Always an effort to keep the water / bubbles out of it, and off of whatever book I may be reading, but well worth it as you say.

I have never attempted a brew in the shower, however!

What can I say? I'm a rebel! (BTW thats a GREAT film - emperors new groove)

BEST MOVIE AT THE MOMENT: HOT FUZZ from the writers of Shaun of the dead and Spaced....also it contains many of my friends and neighbours as extras as it was filmed minutes from my house

.. But are YOU in it?

If not, I shall disregard my efforts to see it before the DVD release.

by **Likpok** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:51 pm UTC

Convincing others to see it with me (Aside from the fact that it probably isn't here) might be a difficult, however.

"We should see this one because this person I met on the blagowobs says that she knows people who are extras in it!"

"what?"

by **LE4dGOLEM** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:17 pm UTC

Likpok wrote:"We should see this one because this person I met on the blagowobs says that she knows people who are extras in it!"

...That's what SHE said.

by **warriorness** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:32 pm UTC

I used the word "antidisestablishmentarianism" today in context.

by **Belial** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:44 pm UTC

aldimond wrote:Mine does that as well... sometimes it goes weeks without working, and then suddenly works for a few months. Well that was the case until I took it apart last weekend. Actually I've taken it apart a few times but this time it's Apart For Good, all the protective stuff removed so I could get a good gander at the internal bits, and I'm thinking about how I might convert the touchpad + keyboard into an "input tray" suitable for using the computer that's hooked up to my TV and thus doesn't have a good mousing surface near it (I think this could be accomplished in grand style if I had a sodering iron and was good at building things... as it is I'll probably buy a sodering iron and make it look totally hacked).

Up until a few weeks ago, I had a dell laptop that kept breaking. They made the mistake of putting the heat sink too close to the place where the AC adapter plugged in. So after extended use, the plug would melt just enough that it would no longer recharge. Then it would run out of power and die, and I had to get the motherboard replaced under warranty. This happened about four times.

Until about the time when I was done building my new desktop, at which point the warranty on the laptop died, as well as the laptop itself, and I took it apart. Now I have an external hard drive, and a bunch of notebook ram that I can sell. It works out pretty well for me.

lani wrote:Aw dammit, I forgot to bring my camera. However, I did get to witness a hilarious round of Circle of Death drinking game, which is significantly more fun being sober and watching.

Circle of death?

by **Lani** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:57 pm UTC

My friends have played it many times, but this was the first time I got to watch.

There is a glass in the middle of the table, surrounded by a shuffled full deck of cards face down. Each person draws a card, and each card value does something. For example, Aces are waterfalls - everyone starts drinking at the same time. Person #1 gets to finish first, then person #2 to the left, then person #3, and so on. Anyone in there can chose to be a dick to the people after them and take a really long time to finish. Another example is 7s - you go around the circle counting from 1. Anytime you reach a number that ends in 7, or is a multiple of 7 or 11, you clap instead of counting and reverse directions. When someone messes up, they have to drink.

Other rules - you can choose someone to be your date, so whenever you drink, they have to drink. Also, there was something about having an invisible martian on your drink, and any time you took a drink, you had to take him off, set him to the side, and then put him back on afterwards (mess up, drink again). You have to drink if you say the word "drink". And so on.

It's kind of like Calvinball, but as a drinking game. It's pretty brutal. Hilarious to watch if you're not playing, though.

Website · by **thefiddler** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:00 pm UTC

That sounds like fun, Lani.

by **Likpok** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:01 pm UTC

It's like the Mao of drinking games!

Admittedly, one could argue that Mao is a drinking game.

Website · by **thefiddler** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:03 pm UTC

Likpok wrote:Admittedly, one could argue that Mao is a drinking game.

Playing Mao drunk sounds like fun... I haven't had that experience yet. Maybe I need to call up a few people and get this show on the road...

Edit: Of course, I'm horrible at Mao when I'm sober, so drunk could be even more interesting...

by **Silverbolt** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:19 pm UTC

I was walking around in my "fuck-off" mood (I was really pissed off) and I was approached by the most polite beggar I've ever met. I did something that was really unlike anything I'd normally do. I gave him all my small bills (roughly the amount needed to get a burger around here)

I've been playing WAY too many CRPGs on "Good".

by **Belial** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:24 pm UTC

That feels really good, doesn't it?

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