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Finally back from orientation. It ran long by over an hour T_T
On the plus side, that was because the teacher was taking time to just talk about stuff instead of just wading through all the boring activities, so it's probably better that way. And I was getting paid, so I guess it isn't a problem.
Incidentally, while we were going over how best to handle a bad day, someone said the following: "if you make your coworkers worry about your problems, they'll be distracted too, and then they'll tell their friends and they'll also be worrying and nobody will be able to focus on their jobs and before you know it the store's burned down."
@Crimson: Huh, that does look like the kind of laptop I want. Ah, I see. Thank you very much!
What is your job, INUH
i don't understand it
is this some sort of top secret government shit where your coworkers can't help you because otherwise, you're risking the security of your beloved nation
That wasn't actually said by the teacher, FWIW. It was in response to a bit in the orientation saying that if you're feeling down, you should try not to make other people feel down too.
Probably not the former given that it's the sort of company that hands out stock to its employees like candy.
Well, to be fair, I don't think there's a job where such a thing as "Don't panic" is not encouraged, though.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck pop music.
Just left the homecoming dance. Still can't force myself to dance to stuff I hate, and I still don't think swaying back and forth and bobbing up and down counts as dancing. If they played j/k-pop and dubstep at dances, I might have a chance. As it is, this makes it immensely difficult to connect with people, and I don't know how I'm supposed to carry myself in a relationship (once I'm a part of one) if I can't dance.
I like some pop
^^ Welcome to clubbing. When I find myself doing that, I find somewhere nice to drink and smoke so I can just have a chat with people.
hey fuck you cee lo green is awesome
and some other dudes
but mostly cee lo green
^^^ I like some of it, too. I just don't think it lends itself well to dancing. Nor does rock & roll (waving your hands in the air isn't dancing either, Patrick).
^^ I dunno, man. If I'm at a dance, I feel really lame sitting at a table and just chatting.
^ The band actually did play "Fuck Forget You" shortly before I left. And I really like the song. I just can't dance to it.
Also, I spent like, a week trying to figure out where I could go for New Year's. I could have gone to Adelaide, Sydney or Melbourne (visiting a friend who's coming up over Christmas, Legionnaire, or imposing on Alex).
Then my brother took it upon himself to invite the both of us up to Brisbane to go see my father
FUCK YES
FUCK YES
I HAVE PORTED THE ENTIRE CHRONO TRIGGER SOUNDTRACK TO MY IPOD
ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!
The downside is that I have to listen to Corridors of Time before getting to Queen Zeal's Theme and Ocean Palace.
@Nova: Probably not a good idea.
What isn't, going to see my father?
So I'm writing up the creation myth for my fantasy world, and right around the bit where the not-gods-but-kind-of are granting mimic octopi intelligence, I went "this is pretty weird."
Creation myths get pretty weird.
Try integrating a creation myth into a world with a definite pattern in mind, though. That is, a world where even the Gods dance to destiny and all that jazz.
It gets pretty confusing writing those things.
> a world where...the Gods dance to...jazz
WOULD READ
I would try and integrate that, but it would be very out of place, so I don't think I will.
Anyway, in the process of writing it up, I decided it would benefit quite a bit from some simple, woodcut-style illustrations since I'm doing it as an in-universe manuscript.
The issue of trying to write a creation myth like mine, or one of the issues even, is that it really fucks up the timeline.
Did the pattern spring into existence first, or did the Gods spring into existence first? Well, obviously, it must have been the Pattern, because why would the Gods create a Pattern that ties them up as well? Except that if the Pattern came first, then what need did it actually have of Gods, and who then created the Pattern? Or is there another higher being up there? Or did the Pattern and the Gods come into existence simultaneously? Are the Pattern and the Gods tied inexorably together? Do the Gods actually get their power from the Pattern- and if so, are they really deserving of being called Gods?
Gah. It would help if even I knew the answer.
Every time I see someone review my badfic completely seriously, I can't help but smile.
I would feel terrible if I wrote a badfic and somebody honestly attempted to give me some constructive criticism. I can never understand how people do it.
To be clear, I'm talking about "reviews" along the lines of: "this sucks harder than a vacuum. grammar is not optional."
I figured, that just reminded me of something.
So, my school's anime club is running it's monthly 24-hour anime night. But somehow I got talked into taking the graveyard shift (1-4 AM).
First showing of my shift: AMV Hell 5.
This is gonna be a weird night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Crusade#Dutch
Played this stuff at the frat yesterday, lost in the first few rounds. Fistmaster Milky Way Marines are supposed to be too campy to die that quickly.
Does anyone else have a character they have in their head that says something at appropriate moments
Like a mental Bugs Bunny going "Zing" when someone makes a witty retort