I've officially seen every episode of the Twilight Zone now, except for one - The Arrival. I don't know what it is about that episode that freaks me out so much, but I've watched the first 5-10 minutes of it twice and then got too scared. I'm about to try again, though. I did the same thing with the one with the wax figures, and it's much less scary if you just watch the entire episode. I get frightened far too easily. Very silly.
I need a new show to watch now, though - any suggestions?
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Genejoke wrote:I play everything on a console because my tv is nice and big and it's in front of a super comfy chair by the radiator and I can bundle up in blankets. :] Who wants to hunch over and use mouses and whatever, ugh. There's been like, twice I wished I played a game on the PC. Once was because a friend I wanted to play with only had it on PC, and the other because of a super awesome sounding mod set was available. I'm pretty happy with most games out of the box and everything though.
I shouldn't worry too much about graphics, what the 360 and ps3 push out is pretty good. Sure powerful PCs can do better but I don't see much point, which is why I do most of my gaming on console even though my pc is pretty powerful.
I am looking forward to skyrim because I played the hell out of Oblivion, it took me months to beat that game. I've set aside christmas break for it so hopefully I can get most of it out of my system before I have to sit at work wishing I was home playing it. :]
Then again I thought I'd spend ages playing saints row 3 to death. I played it through once and did almost everything and I'm not sure when I'll play it again. :I
vidya gaaaaames
Niccea's Epic Saga:
Well…I have been waiting a while to put this up because I was wanting to see how things panned out, so I won't get too much pity, so here it goes…
The long and short of it is that I was kicked out of OT school. I can appeal my grade but my advisor says I don't have a chance and wishes me luck with a different career.
The internship I was on was going pretty good. However I lack clinical reasoning and safety. I can give you therory until I'm blue in the face but I can't seem to get it to work in a clinical setting. My clinical instructor decided to terminate my internship with 2 wks left to go. I probably did deserve it, I was doing ok but not at the passing level. I am kinda upset about it because it all came down to me with being a day late with writing out my goals for the last two weeks and they decided to boot me then and there.
Today I had a meeting with aforementioned advisor at the OT school. We looked into my options and came up with three ideas; appeal the grade (really slim chance), reapply to OT school in 6 years (after getting some much needed OT skills and also exploring other opportunities), or giving up on OT all together get some career counseling and possible enroll in another graduate program.
Well, the career center didn't have any appointments available until next week. So I went to the Admissions office, told them my story, and they gave me information about other graduate programs that the school offers. One that I had considered getting even before this went down was an MBA.
I met with the assistant director for the School of Management and we hit it off. She told me that even though applications were due last week, I can still quickly shoot her one and I'm almost guarenteed admission. She is even going to waive one of the critera that said I needed 5 years of work experience because of how long I have been in college. So now I'm going to get stuff in order for that and with any luck, I will have my MBA in 15 months.
Other good thing is that is night school so I can also get a part or even full time job while I'm doing classes (in fact, it is encouraged).
The only thing left to do…is tell my parents.
skoolmunkee wrote:Nowadays with an HDMI cable and a USB controller for the PC (or one of those mod kits that lets you use an XB360 controller with your PC) you can do that as well. Especially now that video cards are coming out with connectors/adapters for HD TVs. The Radeon Sapphire HD 6570 that I got when I upgraded my system supports HDTVs. Now if only HDMI cables weren't so expensive…Genejoke wrote:I play everything on a console because my tv is nice and big and it's in front of a super comfy chair by the radiator and I can bundle up in blankets. :] Who wants to hunch over and use mouses and whatever, ugh. There's been like, twice I wished I played a game on the PC. Once was because a friend I wanted to play with only had it on PC, and the other because of a super awesome sounding mod set was available. I'm pretty happy with most games out of the box and everything though.
I shouldn't worry too much about graphics, what the 360 and ps3 push out is pretty good. Sure powerful PCs can do better but I don't see much point, which is why I do most of my gaming on console even though my pc is pretty powerful.
I am looking forward to skyrim because I played the hell out of Oblivion, it took me months to beat that game. I've set aside christmas break for it so hopefully I can get most of it out of my system before I have to sit at work wishing I was home playing it. :]
Then again I thought I'd spend ages playing saints row 3 to death. I played it through once and did almost everything and I'm not sure when I'll play it again. :I
vidya gaaaaames
Genejoke wrote:
eh? hdmi cables aren't expensive. Or at least not over here. sure some stores may try and sell you a gold plated super dooper mega hdmi cable but after a point they are all the same. You shouldn't need to spend more than $20 dollars on one, at a guess.
That's probably why they're so expensive around here. Gold plated are the only kind of cables the stores here carry. -_-
Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pure diamond or diamond studded CPU heat sink. I hear that diamonds conduct heat very VERY well. That'd be one expensive CPU heat sink though…
Heh… what a close call earlier today. Came really close to reinstalling Windows to my SATA drive so I could toss my old IDE hard drive in the trash. I thought it was failing, or that the IDE to SATA connector was frizzing out. Turns out that the power supply plug going into the HD was faulty… the wire had come off one of the clips. One thin rod and a set of longnose pliers later it was fixed. Apparently the cable was only soldered on. At the end of the clip are a pair of tabs that are supposed to wrap around the wire. They weren't in this case.
Now everything's working as it should. And my IDE will be good 'til the HD prices finally come down and I can add a 500 GB or 1 TB drive to the system (and remove the old IDE drive I'm using as the System drive and reinstall WinXP on the 160 GB SATA drive). :)
@Hippie Van: e-l-f c-o-s-t-u-m-e
@Niccea: I'm so sorry - that sounds like such a major disappointment. I have a lot I could write, but much could sound condescending (posts are rather limiting). this much is true: I've lived thru some disappointments that were major to me and mine, and the best I can advise is to try to recognize "the flow" and swim with it. "Fighting on" is NOT the same as "fighting the good fight". There is always a flow, sometimes hard to recognize, but once you see it and embrace it, you will be amazed how fast things will unfold.
Re: your parents - it is good to recognize that they will have their disappointments, but it is critical to hold true to who and what you are, and not what they have envisioned you to be. not easy - but important.
skoolmunkee wrote:
I play everything on a console because my tv is nice and big and it's in front of a super comfy chair by the radiator and I can bundle up in blankets. :]
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and about ME :)
I had a blessed day. I hope I will always remember it. After a month with this whole illness nonsense, I appeared back in the office today. It was really, really tiring (oh my gosh - how tiring it is to pay attention to people who just blah, blah, blah). But I hope I will always remember how so many people came up and sincerely told me that they were glad to see me back. Yeah, there's a whole lot to catch up on. and sure: everyone says they don't expect a miracle, but they'll want one any way. But things did Not fall apart. yay! And there are lots of mistakes made because people didn't know how to do what I do, so I AM needed. I couldn't (and didn't) imagine a more perfect balance.
and my husband, who has not always been stellar about thinking how my day was/is (gag/cough – understatement) was wonderful.
an "ordinary day" that has been especially beautiful. I guess it's just my turn to have something a little wonderful. I hope you all will have your turn, too, very, very soon.
@Niccea- Wow, that must be heartbreaking!
But if it's somewhere you don't really fit then it's probably for the best that you got out this early, before you actually started working in the field… Still, all that time and money spent, the work you put in… Wow.
Hopefully that experience and time spent will still count for something in your future study and work.
@Lonne- You're right Lonne, I didn't know that about Diamonds! Apparently Graphite is even better, but only under special circumstances…
@Skool- man, I hate console controls, so crude and limited… Most of my work is done on my comp so I have a pretty comfy chair, nice huge screen, surround sound and all the rest.- massive desk too…
But then I don't really game, so it doesn't count. Good for movies though.
@Ayes- Hopefully you'll get back into the groove soon, it's hard getting back up to speed, but often the break you have refreshes you and makes things better at work after a while. Knowing you're needed afteral and that you were missed is a pretty good feeling.
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I woke to a dripping kitchen tap… Luckily I have a big tub in the sink for washing up so I can save the water for the plants. -it was full to the brim. Looks like I'll have to do some home plumbing. Should be interesting!
Either that or just turn it off REALLY, REALLY hard.
ayesinback wrote:Sorry, ayes! I didn't have enough time to make a proper elf costume so I just dressed up in Christmas-y clothes. A green plaid skirt, red shirt, and a santa hat.
@Hippie Van: e-l-f c-o-s-t-u-m-e
I'll post some Halloween pics in the photo thread to make up for it. : )
My mom thinks getting an MBA is a bad idea. I went ahead and started the application anyways becasue the school's priority deadline was last week.) She doesn't feel like I could be successful with that degree (granted this is the same womand that didn't think I could do anything with a bachelors in psychology and frequently confused it with philosophy. She keeps trying to push me into computer engineering which I'm not paticularly interested in (she tried to push me into it 6 years ago too when I was starting my college planning. Hubby is all for the MBA, and I am getting good vibes off it. Though, frankly, I really don't know and I kinda want to make a decision so I can start acting on it next semester.
Niccea wrote:There is no point working towards a goal you have no interest in reaching, as when/if things get tough your desire to do it will not be enough to get you through.
My mom thinks getting an MBA is a bad idea. I went ahead and started the application anyways becasue the school's priority deadline was last week.) She doesn't feel like I could be successful with that degree (granted this is the same womand that didn't think I could do anything with a bachelors in psychology and frequently confused it with philosophy. She keeps trying to push me into computer engineering which I'm not paticularly interested in (she tried to push me into it 6 years ago too when I was starting my college planning. Hubby is all for the MBA, and I am getting good vibes off it. Though, frankly, I really don't know and I kinda want to make a decision so I can start acting on it next semester.
@Hippie- that's sad about your great aunt… Congrats on meing our community spotlit person though. But that doesn't make up for the loss :(
@Lonne- coffee doesn't help in the end. Exercise does though. That gets the heart going nicely… Do about 20 to 25 quick push ups and maybe some other stuff too. That really helped me. There's definitely a lessening of the sudden sleepiness after a few days. Getting to sleep at around the same time every night and eating right is also important. Boring as all that sounds. :)
PEOPLE! We need your contributions to the genre thread for this week's podcast! Please :)
http://www.drunkduck.com/forum/topic/174831/
Heh… I find that THIS forum section alone is getting most of the attention. We should probably do some serious advertising or something…
I wonder if removing my case cover and photographing the innards (including all those messy cables) will attract more attention…
Probably not, but it's worth trying. :)
@Niccea: one of the most useful graduate degrees in today's business climate is an MBA. It's a basic like an undergrad degee in Business Administration was twenty years ago. Do it.
I keep getting called in to work but can't because of the schedule I keep caring for the wife. Her pain is really getting bad as she's coming off the hard pain meds and the bones are really coming together around the hardware in her one ankle eight weeks after the injury. Lovely. And I have my eight hour SORA recertification class today. *yawn* Last one I did I was the only one who managed to stay awake.
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive?
Sora - Kingdom Hearts?
Sora: Tribe. Sora is the tribe inhabitant the districts of West Siang and East Siang of Arunachal Pradesh in the North-East Indian Himalayas…?
Sora is a Canadian singer/songwriter whose music is a fusion of folk, celtic, world and neo-classical?
Sora is a novel software radio platform with fully programmability on commodity PC architectures?
Sudanese Online Research Association?
ozoneocean wrote:SORA: Security Officer Registration Act.
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive?
Sora - Kingdom Hearts?
Sora: Tribe. Sora is the tribe inhabitant the districts of West Siang and East Siang of Arunachal Pradesh in the North-East Indian Himalayas…?
Sora is a Canadian singer/songwriter whose music is a fusion of folk, celtic, world and neo-classical?
Sora is a novel software radio platform with fully programmability on commodity PC architectures?
Sudanese Online Research Association?
The least interesting of the above choices.
Even more than the programming one?
Popular acronym.
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Lettering my current page now finally. Always a chore…
The continuing Sisyphean saga that is the creation of each page of Pinky TA. But unlike Sisyphus, at least I have something to show at the end of each trial, for him it was always back to the start.
I need to draw more sexy bods… drawing these war machines all the time is a little dry,
I really need to lay off facebook for a while. Right now all my classmates are posting "I graduate next week!" But update to the saga. I applied to the grad school Tuesfday night and yesterday I emailed some old teachers begging for last minute recommendation letters. The teacher that presided over kicking me out of OT school got me a real complementary one within 2 hours of my original email. And the other one I emailed promised me one this morning and knowing him, it might be more like this afternoon. I guess that is a silver lining…I didn't get kicked out of school because my teachers hated my guts, just because I sucked at OT.
Nothing like an ego stoke.I’m writing on behalf of (Niccea) and her interest in pursuing a degree in
business management. (Niccea) undertook coursework in occupational therapy for a period of
time. (Niccea) is a very sound student academically, but the clinical environment of health
care services might not have been the best fit with her math and computer strengths. So I
was excited to hear that she’s interested in aspects of a business career. I believe (Niccea)
could find a good match here.
(Niccea) is methodical and logical in her approach to tasks; she demonstrates dependability in
meeting deadlines, following through with commitments and responsibilities. She can
adapt to necessary changes and make compromises with others when appropriate; she was
a hard working member of student group assignments. She demonstrates commitment and
focus in her studies.
I would recommend (Niccea) for a graduate course in business studies. Please feel
free to contact me if you need further information.
BONJOUR! I have been off of these waaaaay too long….. considering I was going to change my avatar and then was like "Oh hey… it's winter again I don't have to!" Anyways… busy year busy year and as this seems to be the only section rapidly updating…. What all have I missed??
@Niccea- Good on ya gal!
Macattack wrote:Skoolmunkee had Bravo's baby, but then she cheated on him with Lonnehart. he found out and took the baby away to raise it as a single parent in Barbados.
What all have I missed??
But his evil twin brother Ironscarf tracked him down and stole the baby and Bravo's moustaches, leaving Bravo utterly bereft and dejected.
Meanwhile, Ironscarf impersonated Bravo and got Skoolmunkee to take him back (thinking he was Bravo). The baby started to speak however and was about to spill the beans on Ironscarf, when he thrust it into a time machine and sent it into the past to keep it quiet.
Ayesinback, a wealthy heiress of the lichenbacher chewingum billions, schemed to take a controlling interest in drunk duck with the help of the evil Ironscarf, but her daughter Rokulily foiled her plans with the assistance of her mysterious Latin lover, Product Placement. But it turned out that Product Placement wasn't Latin at all! He was actually part of a secret terrorist Icelandic plot, involving his fellow countryman Gulas, their sole goal being to kidnap Skoolmunkee and make her the queen of all Iceland!
But in a crazy twist they mistakenly kidnapped Hippie Van instead. Hippie has been queen of Iceland for 5 months now.
Oh, and in an even crazier twist, it turns out that I was in fact the baby that was sent back in time! I only doscovered it the other day when I suddenly went bald in the same place as Bravo, and grew a pair of boxing gloves. That's right, SKoolmunkee is my real mother and Bravo is my dad!
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