A credit for your thoughts...

[Dasquian Belargic]

Good lord we have a lot of random thoughts :o

[Tess Abrahams]

Why are you coming inside for water? Drink from the freaking hose, you namby-pamby excuse for a kid. Jeepers. :rolleyes

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

brummm-brumbrumbrumbrum

[Spectre]

How is it my fault you just fell on your ass? rly?

[Sam]

Really? Is standing in front of the urinal really the place you want to inundate me with small talk?

[Droo]

Stop staring at my feet, you Balkan freak! :lol

[Chaz de Coventina]

There are moments when I am just knocked off my docks by how fond I am of my family. I love them like a crazy person, obviously, but they're also just such a likeable horde. :love

[Park Kraken]

I'm too tired to cook the steaks tonight. But at least I can enjoy a glass or two of Sangria.

[Wei Wu Wei]

Now to wait for Closing day. Then I can turn a house into a lair. Then maybe I can take that girl on a REAL date.

[Droo]

If I had my way, little sisters would be locked in basements until they were twenty-five!! :verymad

[Tycho Auriville]

^

But then how would we have fun? :(

[Droo]

Your fun makes me lose sleep! :mad

[Tycho Auriville]

Are you waiting up for her or being kept awake by her? One is adorable, the other hi-larious. :mischief

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

duct tape over band-aids fixes all my troubles

[Taataani Meorrrei]

Texas Red had just cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the Ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hiiiiiip

[Kala'ndryl Ryj]

Tired...so tired...can't fall back asleep...I know! I'll wash dishes! :crack

[Wyl Staedtler]

Going to sleep in your clothes makes waking up feel like rock-bottom.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Apparently I'm not the favorite grand-kid anymore.

Guess you gotta rescue some Belgian hikers from freezing to death, otherwise you got no worth!

[Kala'ndryl Ryj]

When I was a toddler, people apparently used to tell my mother I was the cutest little boy, even if I was in a dress. I'm not sure what I think of this knowledge...my mother is far too amused.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Children EVERYWHERE

[Anna Fernandez]

We won 6-2! Awesome game! :D

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Sore...so...sore....

[Chaz de Coventina]

hahahaha take that, manchester city! :dance

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

mmmm... storm

[Jane]

Day off, please.

[Firebird1]

This thread is tiny..... Needs more thoughts.

[Anna Fernandez]

No, Sophie, 5:20 am is not an accecptable time of day to be awake. :zzz

[Park Kraken]

Freeon, get the freeon...

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Blah blah blah

[Lilaena De'Ville]

After Owen's story at dinner time yesterday about how there was a hippo in a tree outside and he needed a ladder and a pogo stick to get him out, I'm beginning to see that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is teaching him dangerous things.

[Tear]

And thus from 2004 - 2011. My computer has finally passed on. Blue screen of death to the point where I can't even boot into safemode.

I will miss you.

Most of all I will miss all my data that is being taken to the grave with you.

bitch.:lol

[Morgan Evanar]

You could probably do some of your own data recovery and get the vast majority of it back.

BSODs only mean so much.

[Park Kraken]

Note to Self: If ever selling Lemonade at a stand in GA, keep a sawed off shotgun close at hand.

But on a more fun note, last day of work this week. Looking forward to a typical long weekend of trainwatching, hanging out with friends, a munchkin party, a LAN party, and some outdoor work.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

cheekin gooooood

[Wyl Staedtler]

"What do you want for your birthday, Miho?"

"A football* player."

"... do you mean a football and cleats and a jersey so you can be like the guys on television?"

"No. A football player. To play with."


Apparently my field skills are not appreciated by my sports snob almost-four-year-old! :lol


* soccer

[Dasquian Belargic]

Playoff Hockey: the only thing getting me out of bed before 8am today.

Gotta watch the game before someone somewhere spoils me :ohno

[Crusader]

"What do you want for your birthday, Miho?"

"A football* player."

"... do you mean a football and cleats and a jersey so you can be like the guys on television?"

"No. A football player. To play with."


Apparently my field skills are not appreciated by my sports snob almost-four-year-old! :lol


* soccer

At least the boy knows what real football is.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I Am Drunk It Isdelicious

[Wyl Staedtler]

Playoff Hockey: the only thing getting me out of bed before 8am today.

Gotta watch the game before someone somewhere spoils me :ohno


I HOPE YOU MEAN THE CANUCKS GAME. Clearly they are the only team worth watching.

[Captain Untouchable]

Playoff Hockey: the only thing getting me out of bed before 8am today.

Gotta watch the game before someone somewhere spoils me :ohno


I HOPE YOU MEAN THE CANUCKS GAME. Clearly they are the only team worth watching.

Damn right it is! :shakefist

[Dasquian Belargic]

Obviously! I watched 2/3rds of it this morning and will watch the rest when I get home... Maybe the Ducks game too.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Winterhawks have the opportunity to clinch their spot in the WHL Western Conference finals on Friday night. After getting punched in the nose and going down 5-1 at home the first game in this second round, they bounced back and have won three in a row, one at home and both on the road.

This is so exciting, all the years I've been following them we've never made it out of the second round before. Owen is getting a faux-hawk to show solidarity.

[Dasquian Belargic]

fuckin nucks :cool

[Mu Satach]

that's it, I don't fucking care anymore about this damn job -

*hit's the red "evac" button*

ATTENTION: All hands on deck. Activate escape protocol mission delta 5389...

Initiate project EAE:MGS - t-minus 4 months and counting.

[Flux]

Sleep, do not elude me so. I have to finish work tonight 45 minutes ahead of time and Thursday nights are always a bitch. =(

[Park Kraken]

"What do you want for your birthday, Miho?"

"A football* player."

"... do you mean a football and cleats and a jersey so you can be like the guys on television?"

"No. A football player. To play with."


Apparently my field skills are not appreciated by my sports snob almost-four-year-old! :lol


* soccer

Ah the innocence of youth. My mind so went in the wrong direction when I read the bolded part. :lol
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[Chaz de Coventina]

ngl, my first thought when he told me he wanted a football player was "oh my god, what kind of pimpin' four-year-old have I raised?!"

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

so... tired...

[Morgan Evanar]

Ahhhh, so this is what Android is supposed to be like.

[Anna Fernandez]

So a good way to get noticed at the gym is to bust out some 'spider-man' crunches or whatever they're actually called. Only managed five but I got some workout advice from one of the guys playing basketball lol

[Wyl Staedtler]

ugh my eye keeps twitching; I knew that scene in The Island was going to haunt me.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Tornados a'coming :(

Glued to James Spann. (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ABC-33-40-Main#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://www.abc3340.com/&medium=520983) Crazy seeing pictures of debris and overturned cars on interstates that I was driving on a little over an hour ago.

[Zereth Lancer]

The lack of symmetry in the human body disturbs me...

[Dasquian Belargic]

Watching this weeks BBC Question Time and wondering if I just saw Droo in the audience!

[Mu Satach]

Who's drinkin?

I'M DRINKIN!

[Droo]

Watching this weeks BBC Question Time and wondering if I just saw Droo in the audience!

I hate to disappoint but I've never even been in a studio audience. It was someone from Liverpool?

[Dasquian Belargic]

Watching this weeks BBC Question Time and wondering if I just saw Droo in the audience!

I hate to disappoint but I've never even been in a studio audience. It was someone from Liverpool?


This weeks episode was in Liverpool yes.

[Blade Bacquin]

I sit here just thinking about it I'm not much younger then my grandpa when he passed away. I'm 28, he was only 32 when passed and now I could possibly be facing the same fate he did. It get's even stranger because I look nearly Identical to my grandpa according my mother and grandmother. It's just all to ironic.

[Polly Smithson]

I'm not sure whether I should just let my little brother continue to be a raging whore or punch him in the face and tell him to man up and stick it out for a while.

=/

[Neiva Ruiz]

I recommend the violent route.

---

Hint of Lime Tostitos pair surprisingly well with Shiraz.

Either that or my tastebuds are tanked.

[Mu Satach]

Next time I have a Java cigar I need to pair it with a glass of bourbon.

[Flux]

Let's get DANGEROUS.

[Captain Untouchable]

Let's get DANGEROUS.

Did you call D.W?

[Anna Fernandez]

LD is thoroughly and profoundly damaged / broken, and I love it.

[Wyl Staedtler]

Two extra-strength tylenol later and a lot of help from Holly and: we have wiki, people. :smokin

[Dasquian Belargic]

Raffi Torres, why you gotta be so damn dirty >:

[Wyl Staedtler]

'Cause he's a boss playin' hockey like it's 1959.

[Flux]

Let's get DANGEROUS.

Did you call D.W?
There was trouble, so I did exactly that. Also I bought the first season of his cartoon on boxset.

[Park Kraken]

My dream project for the USN over the next ten years; Comission a dozen more Comfort class Hospital Ships, a few mobile Desalinization conversions from Cargo Carriers, perhaps a couple of Freshwater carriers from VLCCs if that doesn't work out, plus maybe a few mobile power plant ships by stacking rows of retractable Solar Panels onboard a ULCC conversion, and adding the power lines that would play out to the mainland of the hard hit areas. It would be called the Rapid Relief Response Force (3RF) Task Force, and like our current level of carriers and escorts, would be able to deploy to multipule disasters at once if the need arose. Foreign deployments for best response times; Two in Singapore, one in Hawaii, and one in Bermuda. I think that would be best to cover where the disasters typically happen.

[Wyl Staedtler]

My kid is pretending to smoke a cigar with a Bic pen and is wearing Ray Bans from 1987. What a boss.

[Kalail Rotas]

My Kitteh is a NUZZLE MONSTER

[Wyl Staedtler]

in a hardware stre, the best smelling and most interesting place on earth :love

[Crusader]

Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!

I just got a new CAD PC at work :happy: :)

[Polly Smithson]

'The only one who can ever hold you back is yourself. Nobody else can stop you from doing anything, nobody can make you do anything. You have all the power in the world, so use it. Don't ever stop moving forward, even if it hurts as long as you keep moving you'll get where you need to go. Sure there are going to be scars, but you can look at them and say "I made it through that because I'm strong." People will come into your life and effect you in ways you could never imagine, sometimes for good, sometimes for bad but either way you take it all and learn from it. Remember those happy times and strive for them, and remember the horrible times so you can stand up to it when it comes again. Don't ever be deceived by people, and always be careful when you open your heart, because in the end that's what we are. We are our hearts, and what kind of heart do you want to be?'

... who are you and what have you done with my little brother? :uhoh

[Morgan Evanar]

My dream project for the USN over the next ten years; Comission a dozen more Comfort class Hospital Ships, a few mobile Desalinization conversions from Cargo Carriers, perhaps a couple of Freshwater carriers from VLCCs if that doesn't work out, plus maybe a few mobile power plant ships by stacking rows of retractable Solar Panels onboard a ULCC conversion, and adding the power lines that would play out to the mainland of the hard hit areas. It would be called the Rapid Relief Response Force (3RF) Task Force, and like our current level of carriers and escorts, would be able to deploy to multipule disasters at once if the need arose. Foreign deployments for best response times; Two in Singapore, one in Hawaii, and one in Bermuda. I think that would be best to cover where the disasters typically happen.I agree with absolutely everything but Bermuda. Basing out of Florida would make more sense. Bermuda is too far north to get anywhere in the Carribean or northern South/Central America quickly. Europe generally has enough resources to cover it's own.

[Carré Inirial]

Tired? Check.

Hungry? Check.

Cranky bitch mode because my mother has sucked up my days off AGAIN? Check.

If anyone has a large caliber firearm, please shoot me now.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Hdjrufhallf I'm ready to just go home and be done with the day :x

[Wyl Staedtler]

rhys`s requested bday menu:

candy
Italy salad (he means Caprese)
candy
broccoli and dip (hummus)
candy
toasted cheese sandwiches
candy
the not apple pie but with apples and cake (apple-thyme pastry braid versus american pie)
candy
pretzels
"An` candy, Mama."

:love

[Chaz de Coventina]

"I`m goin on a diet."
"Okay, Liz, if you were like, Chunk Norris, I would tell you."
"Haha I like that!"
"I got a million. Lord of the fries. Liz the Hutt."

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

3-11 tomorrow. Ah yay I get to sleep in in the morning.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Dear Tom Hicks,

Please leave the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex never to return.

Sincerely,

EVERY Dallas sports fan

[Xavier Synik]

*spoiler'ed for Jenny's sake until she watches Thursday night's hockey*


Dear Canuck fans... Can you say uh oh???

[Aurelias Kazaar]

oh please, they did this against Dallas in 2006. They'll probably be fine

Fyi, I'm sore as all get out. I love working out :)

[Tear]

This is our year. Only bandwagon jumpers are gonna be worried they might lose their ride. You're going down Chicago!;)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Come on boys.. We know you've got it in you.

[Svetlana Ustinov]

GO BRUINS!

*does a happy dance*

[Miranda Tarkin]

Baby Puss! Big Whisker!

[Chrysothemis]

God, it feels good to write in this voice again.

[Miranda Tarkin]

hooray for oral surgery soon >_<

crunchy, spicy foods, I miss you already.

[Park Kraken]

Spicy foods reminds me, I need to pick up some more Buffalo sauce at the store.

Maybe I'll do it this evening when I head out to catch Q613, which is coming south with a pair of Indiana Railroad SD90MACs.:dance :crack :rollin :crack :dance

[Anna Fernandez]

Where is everyone? :cry

[Droo]

Dutch, you are the man! :cool:

[Rossos Atrapes]

I just spent an entire day playing a computer game, and now the medieval Irish have an empire that is on the brink of collapsing... due to the fact that the King's sons are all drinkers. Oh how I've missed you, Medieval 1 TW!

[Miranda Tarkin]

Going to work after oral surgery is probably dumb. Good thing I have a competent orientee!!!

[Flux]

Hah! I forgot Ogre's account shows silly things when you check Who's Online. That made my day.

[Jacinda Blake]

going to disney world tomorrow, and waking up sick today = SUCK

[Taataani Meorrrei]

Listening to a bunch of old Johnny Cash gospel songs this morning and lovin' it.

[Captain Untouchable]

It needs to be next Saturday already.

Damn you, Moffat! :shakefist

[Tess Abrahams]

No more injuries for a while dudes, please'n'thanks. Mama ain't tough enough to handle anymore tears.

[Miranda Tarkin]

Ya know it's bad when the Charge RN sends you home because you look like shit. I am a fool for going into work today >_< and paying the price for it

[Park Kraken]

I just spent an entire day playing a computer game, and now the medieval Irish have an empire that is on the brink of collapsing... due to the fact that the King's sons are all drinkers. Oh how I've missed you, Medieval 1 TW!

Waiting for Shogun 2 TW to come out, although I'm thinking of re-installing and playing Rome: TW just so I can run around with elephants and sack cities silly.
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[Rossos Atrapes]

I just spent an entire day playing a computer game, and now the medieval Irish have an empire that is on the brink of collapsing... due to the fact that the King's sons are all drinkers. Oh how I've missed you, Medieval 1 TW!
Waiting for Shogun 2 TW to come out, although I'm thinking of re-installing and playing Rome: TW just so I can run around with elephants and sack cities silly.
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Every time I've played Rome, I wait until I get a massive army and position the camera just so, and intone "Begun, the Clone Wars have."

I think Shogun 2 already is out, though that just might be the Steam release (if they have different release dates). I haven't played it yet, because my only friend with a computer than can run it lives in Newport News, which is not ergonomic for playing a Total War game and having a life on the other side of the bay.

[Park Kraken]

Released March 15th. Which makes me wonder about those commericals that came on last week talking about 'Coming Soon'. :\

[Pierce Tondry]

Yeah, I've been playing and enjoying Shogun since its release. Wets my strategy whistle. :)

[Anna Fernandez]

Happy Easter everyone. :)

[Rossos Atrapes]

Yeah, I've been playing and enjoying Shogun since its release. Wets my strategy whistle. :)

I can't wait to play it for the co-op campaign capability. My friend vows he will destroy me to keep a Christian Shimazu daimyo from rewriting history... we will see. >D

[Pierce Tondry]

If you ever start up a game, give me a holler. I'd love to try the multiplayer and see how it is.

Chosokabe and Shimazu start off with some serious advantages, the biggest of which is their proximity to the far west trade ports. I haven't tried the Mori but I imagine they're similar given their starting location.

Myself, I have a soft spot in my heart for the Takeda. Their starting position makes me sad though.

[Rossos Atrapes]

If you ever start up a game, give me a holler. I'd love to try the multiplayer and see how it is.

Chosokabe and Shimazu start off with some serious advantages, the biggest of which is their proximity to the far west trade ports. I haven't tried the Mori but I imagine they're similar given their starting location.

Myself, I have a soft spot in my heart for the Takeda. Their starting position makes me sad though.

Oh I so will do that. I've never played online with Total War as the strategy element attracted me more than the tactical, and truth be told, I was scared of being owned all the time. I like what I'm hearing about the online multiplayer for Shogun 2 though.

Is the starting position for ol' Takeda any different from Shogun 1? They had it pretty rough there too; they either stuck it out up north or down south, but rarely managed to hold both, even with Shingen and Tokugawa.

[Pierce Tondry]

In this, Takeda starts with the province of Kai. They're allied with the Imagawa to the southwest and have a trade agreement with the Hojo to the southeast, so unless you do something stupid you don't really have to worry about attack from the south. However, the game leads you to attack North Shinano, the province immediately to the north. Once you do that, you suddenly have four neighboring provinces with avenues of attack. If you are able to build up your army enough to hold two fronts effectively, you'll be fine on defense. Any move to expand, however, puts you at risk of trading off one province for another and that's especially likely since you are surrounded by clans of historical significance on all sides. The safest thing to do is to build an army and then send it out to conquer only one territory, where it will sit and defend access to the rest of your territory, about four times. Hiring that many units kills a small economy and since most other starting positions only need two or three armies for defensive and offensive coverage, it puts Takeda at a strong disadvantage in the early going.

Don't get me wrong, I found ways around those problems. But there were definitely a few years where my troops were thinly spread.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Two more hours. Two more hours.

[Inyos Aamoran]

Did I just do what I think I did? :ohno

[Kassandra Distorith]

Ohhhh yes. Yes, you did.

:eee

[Kat Harriman]

Twice, in one night? :eek

[Flux]

SW-Fans.nerrrrr

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Rewatching BSG the miniseries. Awesome...

[Tradeskill]

Made my first avatar image in ages. Either I'm rusty or bad at GIMP. Or both. >_<

[Peter McCoy]

How the hell do you get through to a sixteen year old girl who's more interested in her iPod and Facebook than her studies, has repeatedly brought poor reports home from school, whose parents are ashamed to go to Parents evening because of how poorly the teachers speak of her? The worst part is they all say the same thing - she has so much potential and is very bright when she applies herself but is just so lazy and prefers turning around and chatting to friends than paying attention to the teachers lesson. Her friends won't be able to get her a job when she leaves school!

My parents have had calls off the teachers asking why she hasn't done her homework - as far as we know she does it in her room but it's got to the point now where we just cannot take her word on anything because of the amount of lying she does. She even had the gall to tell her IT and Graphics teachers that she can't do the homework because she does not have the internet at home - she's never off the fucking thing!

My mum called me just now to say she feels ashamed because my sisters graphics teacher just called her and asked her if there's any way at all she can supervise Lauren for the entire evening every night this week and watch her do her coursework because if nothing changes, she will not get good enough grades to get into Sixth Form (for those in the US, UK 6th Form is for 16-18 year olds and is basically prep for degree level).

She's already been grilled in the past and it doesn't seem to have changed her attitude. SO I tried sitting and speaking with her, trying to make her understand how important it is that she take her GCSE's seriously, rather than shout in her face, but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. My mum is worried as well as angry. The problem is she can be sitting on the laptop and my dad will ask her what she's doing...

"My homework"

For all my dad knows, she is. he hasn't got a clue when it comes to computers/the internet. He's slowly learning, using Youtube on the laptop I gave him but thats as far as his knowledge goes. Whereas if I look at her screen I know what kinda stuff she shouldn't be on when doing homework but I'm not always there. The biggest issue is we shouldn't have to do any of that, she's been told enough times and had enough bad reports to know that she needs to pull her finger out.

At the end of the day it's her own future she's fucking up. Her attitude stinks. When she brought her report home before Christmas her answer to the poor grades was 'they're only mock exams', or 'everyone else did just as bad'. Totally the wrong way to look at it!

The only thing we hadn't done to try to punish her was stop her pocket money. I give her £30 a month and suggested I stop it until we see an improvement but my mum said 'You can't do that, thats too much'. The way I see it right now, she doesn't bloody deserve it.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Ah, Peter.. :( I feel for you. The economy being what it is, it's even more frustrating to hear teenagers with that kind of attitude because you know that they could be setting themselves up for much harder of a fall than they realise.

[Anna Fernandez]

Did you guys try parental controls on her computer so she can only do homework? Just a thought... although if she can easily figure out how to get around it then that's that. And I would cut her pocket money without a doubt. Tell her she gets it if she gets good grades otherwise she might as well get a job flipping burgers because that's what she's setting herself up for. And of course, grounding her from friends, etc.

It may be get tough on her, or wash your hands of it. If your mum doesn't think it's serious enough to warrant cutting her allowance then your sister probably already knows she can continue to get away with this. :hug tough situation

[Peter McCoy]

Looks like my sister accidentally sent a text to my mum instead of her friend. Apparently my mum came home with a face like she wanted to stab her (what fucking horrific thing to say to your friend about your mother) and apparently some guy called Paddy is never speaking to her again because everybody thinks she's a slag.

I haven't got a fucking clue who this person is but it certainly does not sound like my sister. Shows just how good of an actor she can be. I wanna know what she's been doing to make everyone think she's a slag. I need to keep away form the situation directly and just find out from my parents what's going on because if I get involved I'll just lose end up cracking her!

She's such a priveledged young girl, she literally wants for nothing. She's not spoilt by a long shot, she doesn't always get her own way but she's by no means hard done to. We give her enough leeway and independence as we think she both deserves and is mature enough to handle. I guess this goes to show just how immature she really is to have such a shitty attitude towards - in a very serious way - her future.

[Anna Fernandez]

:glomp ^^^



our baby gates broke and I cannot keep Sophie confined to one room anymore. Its nerve wracking.

[Peter McCoy]

Put a bell on her so you know where she is.

I'm just forgetting about the whole sitution with my sister now. Fallout 3 offers great escapism.

Combat Shotgun + VATS = OSSUMNESS!!!!!

[Hurucan]

What's that?

Thor? 3D? IMAX? Ten past five tomorrow?

Effin A, kiddies. :cool

[Anna Fernandez]

Put a bell on her so you know where she is.

I'm just forgetting about the whole sitution with my sister now. Fallout 3 offers great escapism.

Combat Shotgun + VATS = OSSUMNESS!!!!!

Haha maybe you should just put a bell on her :mneh

[Pierce Tondry]

Right, so, I have no idea what Kate Middleton is like, but this is still hilarious to me. Sorry if it offends anyone UK-ish.

http://katemiddletonforthewin.tumblr.com/

[Peter McCoy]

Right, so, I have no idea what Kate Middleton is like, but this is still hilarious to me. Sorry if it offends anyone UK-ish.

http://katemiddletonforthewin.tumblr.com/

She's the bint who's getting married to Prince William on Friday. Any anybody who would be offended can fuck off :) The Royal family said the public wouldn't pay for the wedding.

Guess who's fucking paying!?!?!?

[Carré Inirial]

Sleeeeeeep. Where are you? Not here, apparently, because efforts to obtain you have failed this evening.

Thank you so much for eluding me when rest is the only thing that would get rid of this blasted head cold. Truly, I appreciate being ill & burning through my days off this early in the year.

Someone shoot me now. It might feel better than this.

[Crusader]

I am kind of glad that I use Xbox live instead of Play Station Network. I am not saying that MS can't be hacked but Sony's PR management is horrible.

[Anna Fernandez]

Ty's heading into work and finding out what his raise is. :ohno As long as it isn't insulting, that's all I want.

[Chaz de Coventina]

Let`s not be uncivil.

I`m going to go curl up with our "neglected, ill-parented son" and chat with him over tea. I`d suggest you do it since you`re clearly such a more responsible, involved parent but you live overseas, don`t you? :)

>_<

[Carré Inirial]

Ty's heading into work and finding out what his raise is. :ohno As long as it isn't insulting, that's all I want.I'll keep my fingers crossed for you & Ty :)

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Ok...finally found something that sucks about living in this apartment complex...they haven't turned the AC on yet and its so bloody hot in here...I need a fan.

MY KINGDOM FOR A FAN!

[Anna Fernandez]

I'm your number 1 fan, Dee! :wave

[Carré Inirial]

Awwwww.....:glomp

[Anna Fernandez]

Anyone ever thought about going on Survivor?

It might be so much fun :ohno

..I'm just worried they'd choose to bring back the "eat something alive and wriggly" challenge for immunity and then I'd be screwed.

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/geordie-shore

Ah for fucks sake man MTV... >_< we don't want/need our own version of Jersey shore

[Mu Satach]

^ awwww...


In other news, I love love LOVE how I spend my time culling through reviews and technical specs to hand over my purchase recommendation that
A - meets their tech needs and
B - somehow manages to come in under the budget and
C - is something I honestly can feel confident about suggesting because it not only meets current needs but has extra features so it won't become obsolete in 3 years

ONLY to have said colleague casually circle a damn suggested item at the bottom of the best price/legit online store printout I found while stating "Oh I'll just look up this one."

>_< Good God woman... THAT ONE DOES NOT FIT THE SPECIFICATIONS that YOU DEMANDED!!!
I found you what you asked for, why the HELL do you do this?

[Anna Fernandez]

Raise news is in: its insulting.

I'm so mad right now. He works night and day (literally) for these bastards and oversees almost the whole state's merchandising departments, and they only want to give him $5000 more a year? There are local sales guys pulling in more than that as their base salary.


raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage

[Wyl Staedtler]

After today's visit to the doctor, Rhys has to go in tomorrow and have his cast cut off and his leg re-manipulated because it's off by 30 degrees. They'll set it as best they can and then give it another week before they check again but if it doesn't slot back and stay in place it looks like surgery. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen!

Kick to the teeth after the morning's riot. This poor kid. :(

[Crusader]

Had my first monitoring appointment this morning. Everything went well Now after just 3 months I will get more competence/work. Since they are so satisfied with my work that I will become the guy responsible for our IGBTs components.

Plus starting in July I will be part of the team that is supervising our plant near Manchester.

In other words I am very pleased with the outcome :)

[Flux]

Ah meh da fwa flem da feh hwuh. :|

[Peter McCoy]

Overtime next week for the win! Getting payed an extra week's wages for what might as well be bugger all. 3 extra hours for 4 days, and working 8am until 1pm on what would have been my rest day on Wednesday. I'll be home by 1:45pm but if I was off work I probably wouldn't get out of bed until 3pm! 17 hours at double time! Sweeeeet! Hopefully they'll have more available over the month!

[Morgan Evanar]

Raise news is in: its insulting.

I'm so mad right now. He works night and day (literally) for these bastards and oversees almost the whole state's merchandising departments, and they only want to give him $5000 more a year? There are local sales guys pulling in more than that as their base salary.


raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaageUh 5k is a lot of money. That would be a 40% raise for me right now.

[Dasquian Belargic]

We got a $400 raise this year, go economy!

[Pierce Tondry]

Raise news is in: its insulting.

I'm so mad right now. He works night and day (literally) for these bastards and oversees almost the whole state's merchandising departments, and they only want to give him $5000 more a year? There are local sales guys pulling in more than that as their base salary.


raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaageUh 5k is a lot of money. That would be a 40% raise for me right now.

That would be significant for me as well, though not 40% significant. Unfortunately, with the VA state budget the way it is, none of us are looking at raises until next fiscal year at soonest (begins July 1st) and realistically not for a few more years after that. We've already not had raises for the past three to five years. :/

I'm glad you're getting something though. It's probably not easy to negotiate raises/salaries with two kids to provide for.

[Droo]

Pulling a sicky tomorrow? Yes, I think so. Fuck you, work.

[Dasquian Belargic]

^ Good man, that's the British way!

[Droo]

Sod all to do with the big day, really. If I could afford to hand in my notice without another job to walk into, I would do it in a heartbeat. Totally at my wit's end.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Raise news is in: its insulting.

I'm so mad right now. He works night and day (literally) for these bastards and oversees almost the whole state's merchandising departments, and they only want to give him $5000 more a year? There are local sales guys pulling in more than that as their base salary.


raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaageUh 5k is a lot of money. That would be a 40% raise for me right now.
Frankly in this situation it isn't, I suppose you'll have to take my word on that. The man has literally made/saved this company millions of dollars, built up his department to be the best in the business from the ground up, has created training manuals and company handbooks that they are looking to use companywide (not just in Oregon) and has been working night and day for their stupid asses doing stuff they can't and fixing their messes.

The fact that he's upper management with thirty people answering to him and only one district away from supervising the whole state of Oregon and there are Portland sales guys who make more than him as their base salary (not to mention bonuses and such on top) - YES it is insulting.

Augh I am still raging over it. :cry it's not the money we're doing fine, it's just that they're marginalizing everything he's done for them and all the family time he's sacrificed to make them money.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

2am wake up days two days in a row. Oy...

[Peter McCoy]

MAgicka rocks. I'm managing my money rather well. Had an awesome bash the weekend just gone. Day off tomorrow. Party to go to in the night. Cracking on with Doctor Who. The Capital Wasteland is awesome and my shotgun kicks ass. Pepsi tastes goooooooood. Oh, and I have lots of chocolate to eat.

Things are pretty good for me at the moment.

Ah! A moth in my room! THE END IS NIGH!!!! HEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Peter McCoy]

On a related note - no fucking way am I watching The Mothman Prophecies - the title scares the shit out of me!

[Wyl Staedtler]

^
Preach on, brother. :cheers


Augh potassium deficiency = murderous leg cramps.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Can I sack off work tomorrow pretty please

[Chaz de Coventina]

yes, squire, you may! let it be done.

[Emelie Shadowstar]

I think you should. Yup.

[Droo]

It's the British way, Jen! Do it for ma'am!

[Chaz de Coventina]

Wait wait wait, there is Skype for mobile phones?! What is happening oh my god. =O

[Tom Harriman]

I used to skype you from my mobile all the time... :uhoh

[Wyl Staedtler]

It's really surreal watching movies filmed where you live. We saw Soul Surfer and it's set on the North Shore of Kauai (because that's where Hamilton lost her arm) and it was like being home. Such a trip.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Holy crap we got sold...also new ink in two weeks :)

[Alice Kelly]

I want new ink... :(

[Chaz de Coventina]

you and me both, sister. come to the uk next year, we`ll have a tat party!

[Alice Kelly]

I just might have to!

...by then I'll actually have two weeks of vacation time! whoohoo

[Chaz de Coventina]

yesssss Euronerd! We will frolic through the streets of England.

And by God, I will eat a crumpet if it`s the last thing I do! :shakefist

[Alice Kelly]

mmmmm crumpets....

[Dasquian Belargic]

I got plenty crumpet for everyone ;)


I just might have to!

...by then I'll actually have two weeks of vacation time! whoohoo

You are coming, when I win those Olympics tickets!

[Emelie Shadowstar]

Yessssss!! :eee

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Work withdrawel. Ugh :x

[Aurelias Kazaar]

These oh-dark-30 work days ain't easy...brain = mush

[Irridia Solensis]

I need a new job :cry

[Chaz de Coventina]

Dear Life,

I would like to relinquish my status as a Responsible Adult. It was fun for a little while but as I get older and become more aware of how fragile and fleeting life is, I find I no longer possess the desire to be a card-carrying grownup. Please take back your bills and boardmeetings and balancing of chequebooks; your doing of housework and homeschooling children; see also included: attempting to prevent younger siblings from becoming trainwrecks, nursing of puking offspring, being pleasant even when exhausted and investing in retirement funds.

Thanks for understanding!

Laters,

Me

[Mu Satach]

Sailor Neptune DIED!!!!

[Xavier Synik]

Congrats Canada... We just elected a dictator...

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Figures I start waking up right as I need to go to bed.

[Tear]

Congrats Canada... We just elected a dictator...

Isn't that an oxymoron?

[Flux]

Sudden low-self-esteem attack go! |I

[Xavier Synik]

Congrats Canada... We just elected a dictator...

Isn't that an oxymoron?


In the absolute sense of the words, yes... in the reality that this morning is Canadian federal politics, no... Harper runs his party and the country like a dictator, controlling everything. Only difference between that and an actual dictator is that in 4 years if people smarten their asses up we can vote him out, or at least give him a minority government.

All I hope is that he doesn't fuck up this country too badly, cause looking at it right now, he could set us back decades with some of the policies he's about to put in place.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Feels good to be back at work.

[Dahlia Ericsson]

I wish to go home now.

Or, instead, if someone could shoot me and send me to the hospital, that would also be acceptable.

[Xavier Synik]

Dear boss...

If you want to meet with me to discuss some things and get me to work on a list of work, it helps if you are actually IN the office...

[Polly Smithson]

My kid has to have surgery. =(

[Morgan Evanar]

Tomorrow is the day!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

My kid has to have surgery. =(
:(

Best to get it right though. :hug

[Polly Smithson]

Truth. Still, I`m a wreck.

He, of course, thinks that having a steel plate put in is super cool. Uncle Jason implied that he`d be like a superhero which is about the highest rung on a four-year-old`s list of aspirations.

[Droo]

Keep us updated, Liz. I'm around if you want to chat.

In other news: Hello, four day weekend.

[Droo]

< Will fuck for TOR release date!

[Carré Inirial]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm shaking I'm so excited!

[Dasquian Belargic]

British voting public, whyyyyyyyyyyyy

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

At least it's 40. And now my thumb hurts.

[Crusader]

< Will fuck for TOR release date!

Yeah you should get as much intercourse as possible since once this game is out you wont have much time for anything else.:lol

[Peter McCoy]

Oooh Droo! Your Avatar gave me an idea for my stag do - bar crawl dressed as Alex and the Droogs! But I don't just want to do that, so a single night out won't suffice :p

[Droo]

Only if we make a stop at the Korova Milk Bar along the way. :mischief

[Polly Smithson]

Kiddo got through surgery just fine, steel plate installed and the best part is: no more cast! Hip/torso/leg brace that immobilizes him but which can be taken off for bathing and such. Yay!

And with the purchase of a 200 Classic Cartoons DVD, this Mother's Day looks to be like a wonderful one spent in pajamas in bed with my awesome kiddos watching 'toons and basking in the fact that all of them are alive! :D

[Anna Fernandez]

So happy for you and Rhys :hug

[Xavier Synik]

I want to go golfing... why do you people have to work like normal people and not have days off during the week...

[Emelie Shadowstar]

I'm the man who is going to burn your house down! With the lemons!!! :shakefist

[Freight Train]

Pretty lady, good sushi, awesome comedy. What a fantastic night off I'm having.

[Polly Smithson]

steepteasteepteasteepteasteeptea...<br /> <br /> new box of pg tips, this is serious business, folks. ^___^

[Captain Untouchable]

I totally misread that as "stripteasestripteasestriptease".

I hold you personally responsible for my disappointment, and suggest you find a way to make amends.

:colbert

[Polly Smithson]

Come to Granola Nerd. There will at least be yoga. ;)

[Captain Untouchable]

Up close and personal with BoxAss, eh? :mischief

I seem to remember a conversation from last Nerd about a cowboy hat and you owing me a lapdance as well... :uhoh

[Dasquian Belargic]

Come to Granola Nerd. There will at least be yoga. ;)

yoga in the tubbb

[Anna Fernandez]

"in the tub" is the new "in spaaaaace"

[Polly Smithson]

in the tub... no one can hear you scream! >D

[Aurelias Kazaar]

The Internet just pointed out to me that Microsoft .NET + Skype = sky.net. We're doomed.

[Peter McCoy]

Turn-based games are evil! Just. One. More. Turn.

Damn, it's five-thirty AM!

[Captain Untouchable]

Turn-based games are evil! Just. One. More. Turn.

Damn, it's five-thirty AM!

Captain Untouchable likes this. :thumbup

[Crusader]

Turn-based games are evil! Just. One. More. Turn.


Damn, it's five-thirty AM!

CIV or Shogun?

[Sanis Prent]

Turn-based games are evil! Just. One. More. Turn.

Damn, it's five-thirty AM!

Haha this was me, X:COM, and two years of my middle school life. Time well fucking spent!

[Crusader]

I loved Incubation and I have a rich knowledge of awesome quotes thanks to Civilization but in my book the original Colonization is one of the best games ever.

[Polly Smithson]

Which cool kid just got their walkman fixed? Thiiiiiis girl! :cool

[Lieutenant William O'Hara]

You know the kind of groggy feeling you get in your head when you're really tired?

I have that in my stomach.

WTF, body? >_<

[Dasquian Belargic]

What a bouquet of cocks.

[Crusader]

Cardio Boxing rocks! Killing zombies rocks!

So why is there no zombie survival martial arts game for Kinect?

This should be a No Brainer

Burning calories and dismembering Ninja-Zombies one at a time.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Wow, where is everyone today??

[Peter McCoy]

Turn-based games are evil! Just. One. More. Turn.


Damn, it's five-thirty AM!

CIV or Shogun?

At the moment, Alpha Centauri. But once I've finished a few games, most likely Civ2 and a bit of X-Com (paid something like £2 for it on Steam)

[Lieutenant William O'Hara]

Civ 2. :love

I miss not being able to pimp out my throne room in the later games. :(

[Polly Smithson]

SHUTUP SOME OF US WANT TO WATCH THE MOVIE WITHOUT A CONSTANT STREAM OF COMMENTARY OH MY GOD. :shakefist

[Crusader]

Poor depressed Teddy blew the plush out of his head...ROFL

[Tom Harriman]

Poor depressed Teddy blew the plush out of his head...ROFL

Supernatural? :lol

[Crusader]

Yup I am catching up on you guys. accodrding to my calculations I will be done with season 6 in June :)

[Mu Satach]

A gun! I wonder if it's loaded?

*click click click*

[Tom Harriman]

Huh? Why is it AM and not PM? And why do I have weird dents in my face as if I fell asleep on a bunch of stuff? :uhoh

Waitaminute... *deductive reasoning*

>_<

[Park Kraken]

And it has begun! A new round of fun times for railfans as I was questioned and searched by three Federal Agents while out trainwatching last night. Didn't expect it to start happening this soon, but not in the least bit suprised that it did happen after the stuff found in the OBL raid was circulated.

[Carré Inirial]

Seriously, Kevin James, you are messing up my fucking Friday. If you were Mark Wahlberg, I wouldn't care. But you? No. GTFO of my city, stop blocking the street I work on, and tell your freak security to stop glaring at me while I get coffee. Its not my fault the miserable fuckers parked your trailer in front of my office building.

And by the way, enjoy the mad rush that always happens at Al's for lunch. Your trailer is blocking them too.

[Daria Nytherciria]

Friday Friday Fridaaaay :dance

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Friday loses it's specialness when you have to work saturday :( oh well, yay overtime :)

[Selinica Miriya]

Lesbianese food.

-snerk-

I love when the brain misreads things.

[Tom Harriman]

Lesbianese food.

-snerk-

I love when the brain misreads things.

I know Koreans eat dogs, and the French eat frogs. I wonder what lesbians eat...


:mischief

[Colonel M. James Hunter]

Hmm. Nice episode... shame about the recycled footage, though. :(

[Polly Smithson]

They`ve ruined Fantastic Mr. Fox! What is this movie, even? Well I know what book my kids are getting assigned next.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Sam Adams was a good patriot and makes a damn good beer.

[Tear]

They`ve ruined Fantastic Mr. Fox! What is this movie, even? Well I know what book my kids are getting assigned next.

Really? I enjoyed it. Although, I admit, I've never read the books.

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[Polly Smithson]

It was one of my fav books as a kid - such a clever, keen little tale and while it had a lot of wit it wasn`t anything like the film. If the movie had just been a movie it would have been really enjoyable (though I don`t think I`d have let the kids watch it then, either.)

I feel like such a negative nellie lately! Why can`t I be satisfied? :lol

At least there`s always Sean Bean.

[Droo]

It starts pissing down the moment I'm ready to leave for the gym. It's definately Monday.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Sulzer training: how to get DIRTY in one easy step :eee

[Lilaena De'Ville]

They`ve ruined Fantastic Mr. Fox! What is this movie, even? Well I know what book my kids are getting assigned next.

Really? I enjoyed it. Although, I admit, I've never read the books.

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What the cuss is going on in here?

I :love this movie

[Polly Smithson]

I am just a bitter old lady, ignore me. Just wait until I actually have a front porch and a rocking chair to yell at people from. Winning!

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I feel old. Playing nerf guns and riding motorcycles with the neighbor-kids all afternoon. Fun, but damn I'm exhausted now.

[Tradeskill]

I didn't like Fantastic Mr. Fox either. I ought to be packing to move house. Why am I not packing?

[Polly Smithson]

In kitchen, turn on hallway light. Turn off kitchen light. Walk down hallway, turn on bedroom light. Turn off hallway light. Walk into bedroom, turn off hallway light. Close door. Lock door. Shimmy into bathroom with back to the wall, turn the light on. Leave bathroom light on. Turn off bedroom light, dive from locked door onto bed and turn around with fists at the ready. Crawl under covers. Shudder.

:ohno

[Lilaena De'Ville]

...where is everyone today? :(

[Morgan Evanar]

???

What?

[Sanis Prent]

Honest Hearts got me into listening to the last of the Mohicans soundtrack. Forgot how good this is

[Emelie Shadowstar]

...where is everyone today? :(

At work....?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ridiculous! What is this "work"?

:p

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle...

[Ilias Nytrau]

Silly kitty, trying to stick your little pink nose in my chicken shawarma. :lol

I might add that silly kitty doesn't even like chicken and chicken has never been kind to his stomach. Nevertheless, he still tries to stick his nose in my food. Silly kitty. Tsk, tsk.

[Xavier Synik]

Enough with the rain already? I feel like I'm living in Vancouver, but without a Japadog.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle...

As I go ridin' merrily along :dance