Oh man today was great. I looked awesome in my new outfit and got a bunch of stuff. First i got my cat a furminator(one of those deshedders). There's several furminator types but i saw one with a walking lard bucket pictured and knew that was hers.
I saw strawberry panic; the complete series in hastings >_> I almost squealed in the aisle…so embarrassing buying it but i'm gonna marathon it this weekend. Today i'm watching Sons of anarchy and planning to finish farscape.
Also books like this shouldn't even EXIST:
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Rant, Moan and Rave - 2010 edition
Oh shit, I've become a stereotype. My worst fears realized.Ha ha, you have DD immortality now!
I think going bravo on someone is a good thing. it's nice to hear from a grizzled veteran on the subject. it informs and helps."Going Bravo" is the perfect term!
…also sounds a bit like saying "I'm not wearing any undies" though…
Oh yes, and these "—-" are called "wildebeests".
Or "Gay wildebeests" if you're feeling wordy.
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Speaking of grizzled experience, I've been doing graphic design a few years now… I still can't recall exact PMS colour numbers though, I'm shiz with remembering numbers. But I CAN match them by sight in a flash, as well as tell exact percentages of PMS shades just by looking.
I know most font types will give me the closest match to most other fonts.
And most scarily I'm a very accurate judge of exact sizes and proportions of shapes, down to 10ths of a millimetre in many instances… It's not a concious, intellectual skill, I just "know" the values.
Oh man, I'm only four sales away from being able to afford my own copies of my last two sketchbooks and the newest comic!
That's pretty much the only good news. That and the last paycheck which was something like 7% larger than my largest one so far at this company (in theory we get the same amount every month but it changes depending on overtime, working saturdays, efficiency/quality bonuses and not skipping any days etc.)
The bad news: Today evening we have night shift. Also on Saturday. And then starting monday it's first shift but 12 hours… so I'll get off work Sunday 6am, get home around 7am… and the next day at the same time I'll be already at work and looking at an entire workday. How the hell am I going to switch my sleeping pattern like that? I have NO IDEA… expect me to be dead tired again.
The hopeful news: I'm hoping I can make these sales fast so I order my copies before this month ends. Hoding my own art in ym very own hands would sure as hell soften the nightmare of working at this company.
Bought a little teakettle the other day. I never used one before, so I started out overfilling it and watching it heat up with interest and then shock as it started sputtering boiling water on my keys and phone.
You never had a kettle before? But how did you, *gulp* make your tea? Did you *double gulp* not drink tea? If I didn't have my 20 cups of tea a day I would be going seriouly Bravo right now!
(I'm not using that right am I? Can somebody define 'going Bravo' for me?)
(I'm not using that right am I? Can somebody define 'going Bravo' for me?)I imagine it means the same as "Going commando." Right?
Argh I am so tired, why did I stay up so late, my sleep patterns were fine, THEY WERE FINE. Now I'm up at 10am about to go to sleep for the entire day. ARGGGHHHHHHHH, I remember when 3am was considered really late for me..
LOL(I'm not using that right am I? Can somebody define 'going Bravo' for me?)I imagine it means the same as "Going commando." Right?
It can mean whatever you want. The no undies thing strangely seems a particularly intuitive fit -completely unintentional though.
My meaning and Seventy2's is:
"Ya think ya know it all, but let me tell you sumthin' little whippersnapper, and ya better listin' good ya' hear?!"
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YAY! I finally got all my silver buttons! for well over $300 worth of buttons the package was very teeny and light… but they're all there, all 48 of them.
I almost didn't get them in the end though… after months of chasing up the guy to actually finish them and get around to send them, the halfwit postman delivered them to the wrong house in the wrong street! WTF? I'm just lucky they ended up in the same suburb.
Thank goodness the guys in that house were nice enough to deliver them here themselves.
Anyway, they're beautiful. The guy did a marvellous job! Pretty silver buttons. The round ones look like little Christmas balls…
After all the massively huge bills that are coming up, when I have spare cash again, I might buy another set for my other jacket.
… but they're all there, all 48 of them.I'm trying to picture a jacket that fits you that has 48 buttons. From descriptions, maybe Same and/or Genejoke might require 48 buttons . . .
Is this a floor-length jacket? Is the hem buttoned?
— (wildebeest watching home shopping network)
"SEE it sparkle and shine"
Three vertical rows of 16 on a hussar pelisse… but they're all there, all 48 of them.I'm trying to picture a jacket that fits you that has 48 buttons. From descriptions, maybe Same and/or Genejoke might require 48 buttons . . .
Is this a floor-length jacket? Is the hem buttoned?
Link to pics of others on the web...
hmmm. maybe i said that wrong. it's not like eyeballin. unless it proves to be hilarious. hmmmmm….tho skullbie did make it seem kinda creepy.
it's just that everyone wants to be so quiet. no one talks to anyone anymore. tho i guess a lot of us are tired…
haha, well the way she said it was pretty much what i was thinking too. talking about walking down the street and starring people down until they notice ya sounds kinda aggressive, are ya talking about people ya know? im sure i just misunderstood it a little bit.
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trying not to turn this thread into my own personal facebook page, but i'm spending the weekend at the fire academy, even staying in the dorms! ("FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE ACADEMY! LIKE NO CADET THEY'D EVER SEEN! DAH NAHNAH NAH DAHNAAHHHHH NAH NAH!) im lookin forward to havin a few rounds with everyone after class, i havent gotten a chance to fit in as well with these guys as i did with the guys in fire 1.
ALSO writing a new story with Tantz Aerine! it'll be more of a history thing, which i've never done before, but im getting really excited about and brainstorming like a mother fuuucccccckkkkkkkk! the story's gonna be about a native american man who enlists in the u.s.a.f and gets stuck in ww2 greece. with her giant bag o knowledge of history, and my love of violence, this is sure to be a treat!
Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
oh yeah, id read some of that when i was younger! how many did issues did it last? i think i got to around the time spider was getting sick.
50 or 60. It didn't so much "last" as it reached its planned conclusion. Good stuff!
oh good! so it doesnt just drop off then. it follows through, which is good. maby ill pick it up again, find where i left off.
finally picked up the last volume of "The Preacher" yesterday and finished it in one go!came to a good ending, everything's all tied up and packaged away. i was glad to see Cassidy wasnt a complete douche in the end. it's hard to make such a likable character then basically turn him into something ya should probably actually be despizing, but it came around nicely, along with alot of things. hell, it keeps ya reading. that was one addictive series. fucking seriously. i wouldnt mind checking out more of Garth Ennis's stuff some time.
who enlists in the u.s.a.f and gets stuck in ww2 greece. with her giant bag o knowledge of history, and my love of violence, this is sure to be a treat!
US army air corps 1926-'41, US army Air forces 41-47, USAF 47-present. That's the only history critique i can prolly ever give accurately!
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hmmmm…this all does sound creepy. maybe i won't stare them down but just say hi, while looking the other way. lol. that'd be confusing.
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I JUST SLEPT 13 HOURS. it was amazing.
You never had a kettle before? But how did you, *gulp* make your tea?I had to microwave each mug of water individually, which was a hassle, so instead I developed a really serious coffee habit and tea was vaguely luxurious and classy.
Still classy though. And 20 mugs a day is 20 times as classy.
You never had a kettle before? But how did you, *gulp* make your tea? Did you *double gulp* not drink tea? If I didn't have my 20 cups of tea a day I would be going seriouly Bravo right now!
This might blow your mind but most Americans do not even have electric kettles. Most of us go through our lives boiling water on the stovetop, not knowing electric kettles exixt. (I do think they are probably more popular now than they were 5 years ago, people may have heard of them at least.)
This might blow your mind but most Americans do not even have electric kettles. Most of us go through our lives boiling water on the stovetop, not knowing electric kettles exixt. (I do think they are probably more popular now than they were 5 years ago, people may have heard of them at least.)
That's incredible! Every household in the UK most have at least one kettle - every office kitchen and factory too - probably even some rabbit hutches.
I had to inspect a factory one day in North London - boring looking place full of huge machines, all churning out little copper rings. When the job was done I asked the guy what they were making and he says,
"You know the cordless kettle, where you lift the kettle and the base stays behind? Well this ring is the electrical contact that joins the two and we make them for every kettle in the world."
I practically fell at his feet - I had just inspected tea Nirvana!
I vouch for skoolmunkee. When visiting some friends in Scotland, I was amazed that not only did their electric kettle have front and center in their kitchen, but it included electronic settings calibrated to the point-celsius to heat the water to that magical temperature for perfect tea. They about dropped when I said I usually toss a teabag into a mug of water and zapped it when I wanted tea (a la Ochi). Celestial Seasons at that.This might blow your mind but most Americans do not even have electric kettles.
That's incredible! Every household in the UK most have at least one kettle - every office kitchen and factory too - probably even some rabbit hutches.
When visiting some friends in Scotland, I was amazed that not only did their electric kettle have front and center in their kitchen, but it included electronic settings calibrated to the point-celsius to heat the water to that magical temperature for perfect tea.Well, I have a kettle that's not nearly that sophisticated. Only brings the water to a boiling point before shutting down automatically.
It's quite handy for when I want to make oatmeal and/or tea; because I don't need to fill it completely for something like that and the time it takes to heat up that amount is near instant. If I'd start heating the water before getting my cup or bowl ready, it always finishes before I'm ready for it.
Something I learned while staying in America; everyone has a toaster oven. It's like a normal oven except it's tiny and sits on the counter.
Most of us go through our lives boiling water on the stovetop, not knowing electric kettles exixt.I've heard of them, but never actually seen one. I just bought a metal pot that sits on the stove…I thought it was super-cute…
Don't have a toaster oven either, but am heartily amused that they're an American thing!
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