Not really a fan of hanging out with high people.
That guy on khat was pretty musch exactly like someone on meth, speed, or cocaine: talking a LOT of crap very fast. Not interesting crap, just crap. Pure crap.
People on acid or mushrooms are as BORING as hell. Gaaaaahhhh…
People on pot are either slightly dull, or very dull depending on how high they are.
Alcohol is probably the only drug that really does make people more interesting a fun- but only a small amount unless they're used to it. Too much and they become the absoloute worst. Worse than all the other drugs.
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people on pot can be interesting, as long as they aren't full on pot heads. It's a fine line with most drugs to be fair, but the people on them never have clue one when they steam roller over it. One type of online post that pisses me off is the canabis wonder drug is so much better than legal drugs. Well in some ways it maybe but it isn't without it's downsides either. That stuff stinks for a start, and don't get me started on the mental effect it has on some people. I know way more people who have turned into paranoid muppets from that stuff than I do who have become full on alcoholics. I won't deny I know a few people who use it a lot with no apparent ill effects, but they are in the minority and are generally more focused people to begin with.
My experiences with alcohol and other substances have been similar. When you are intoxicated you usually don't notice how you are being affected. I agree that moderation is better, but when you are consuming it is hard to meassure yourself.
I also discovered that my videogames abilities (some) improve while under the influence.
Happy Hanukkah, to whoever celebrate it…
Back when I was a young warthooooog… I mean back when I was a young lad and learning to drive I was also often out discovering nightclubs, women and binge drinking. Anyway a number of times I cancelled driving lessons as I was still drunk the next day. One time I didn't as I had cancelled a lot and I felt okay ish… so I had the lesson and at the end my instructor said I had come on leaps and bounds and was driving much more confidently. I didn't dare tell him I was still half cut. But it was that which made the difference, call it Dutch courage or whatever, but a little alcohol took away the nerves and let me just get on with it. I also found being in a similar state helped me study, but it's a fine line to balance. Often after a heavy nights drinking and four hours sleep my brain is like a sponge. I would not recommend this a a way to make it through university though.
@Genejoke and Bravo:
THIS:
http://m.videobash.com/video/show/id/2653541
The Key To Get Ahead In Life Mitchell And Webb (slightly less than 2 drinks).
The thing is, it's so true! So hard to maintain though.
ozoneocean wrote:You would need constant supervision from a third party. This also reminds me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asySRpuqnTM
@Genejoke and Bravo:
THIS:
http://m.videobash.com/video/show/id/2653541
The Key To Get Ahead In Life Mitchell And Webb (slightly less than 2 drinks).
The thing is, it's so true! So hard to maintain though.
I heard somewhere that the characers on "It's Alway Sunny in Philadelphia" are drunk, and everything is according to their perspective…
@tupapayon - that looks like a fun movie. Ah movie reality is so much better than the real works :D
@Bravo- ew… Leave that stuff for the alcoholics.
Hey, you know what? Since now we have a skilled, trustworthy programmer for good rates, that means…
We can come up with a bunch of stuff we want fixed, ask him for a quote, then make a kickstarter to pay for it since we'll KNOW how much money we need.
Or Indegogo, or something else. The thing is, knowing what things cost can actually help us move ahead with that!
Initially I only had Alexey fix up the most primary issues, nothing fancy like regular users would prefer. It was basic stability and performance stuff, along with the registration and password recovery systems. The site is nothing if new users can't join easily, old users can't sign back in, while everything crashes or takes 5 mto 10 minutes to load. Counters and removing this sucky java edit stuff from the forums is for next time.
Our ads paid a small amount of the fee, the newspost on Saturday paid more of it, and a freelance graphic design job I'm doing will pay for the rest. That's not the best way to come up with money for fixes though obviously so a kickstarter would be way better.
Thanks to YouTube I finally watched the Star Wars Christmas TV Special, which was terrible, but that lead me to 'Heil Honey, I'm Home', a series cancelled after one episode. It's an English take on the standard U.S. sitcom with Lucy and Desi (or Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore) replaced by Adolf and Eva. One of the oddest half-hours of television ever made, and well worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9jJx0NSjw
Definitely inspired by Springtime for Hitler from Mel Brooks' The Producers. A stand alone or a sketch is one thing But a whole series would have really stretched the concept too far. You might also want to see To Be or Not Be (1943) and Mel Brooks 1980's remake which in my opinion is the better film.
I'd forgotten about Heil Honey I'm Home. I think they were trying to spoof American sitcoms and at the same time make it hugely ironic, but American sitcoms are not about irony. It was on some satellite channel, not much watched back then in the UK, which is why it slipped through the net, at least for one episode. For the actual British take on the war, you have to go with Dad's Army or 'Allo 'Allo!
I should've bought that copy of Nancy & Lee in the charity shop this morning: only £3.99. I'll never make a businessman.
I don't know if we talked about it here or not, but Pit, Tantz and I were talking Hogan's Heros one day and looked up the cast: Almost all the Germans were played by real Germans, and not just Germans but German Jews who had either been war heros or escaped from Europe…
Pretty effin' awesome trivia that.
And you get that wankish joke about "loveable Nazis" in the Simpsons leveled at the show about their problematic overy friendly portrayel of Nazis -when in REALITY those guys had more right than anyone on the planet to portray Nazis any damn way they pleased.
Even one or two of Hogan's Crew were real heros… poor LeBeau was really French too, a Jew who lost his family in the camps and had been there himself.
In fact I read Werner Klemperer (Klink ) insisted that the Germans were never to win in any episode. He was the son of a well known conductor who was forced to flee Germany. Klemperer himself was a concert violinist. Pictures of him and his father are among those who have worked with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC when I took my backstage tour.
Never heard of that show… guess i didn't miss a lot.
Full of a cold at the moment. the kind that makes your face stream snot. messy and annoying but not making me feel all that bad.
I've finished five comic pages today, hows that for constructive? Being 3D it's not so bad, that hard work on these pages was done a while ago, I just needed to do the renders, put pages together and letter them. Tomorrow I'm back to set building, but nothing to difficult, i'm coming to the end of a long story and have a boost of creativity as the end is in sight. It's a good feeling.
I've been starting to have eye problems. I went to an eye doctor, we took a look at my eyes, and we know what the problem is… though I'll probably get some treatment, I don't expect to go blind any time soon… but it's still kinda scary… I still can read comics, posts, videos…
A little update on life-
The pupil that I began tutoring in early October turned out to be one of the coolest kids on the planet and it has been a great joy in my daily schedule. It turns out that kids today learn a lot of their pop culture references from youtube, enjoy games like Minecraft, and catch onto concepts pretty quickly. This week was a special week because my pupil was elected as Star of the Week by her teacher and peers. The teacher even made a positive phone call home praising her progress in school assignments. She is a very bright kid and I hope our daily tutor sessions have a positive impact on her study habits.
I have been juggling time management over the last two weeks with six day work weeks in addition to Drunk Duck duties and other obligations. Friday is my one day off, and even then, I still had to run errands all morning. I made up for it by sleeping all afternoon. I stopped by the market and bought ingredients for four mason jar salads and brewed enough tea for the next two days. I am lucky because I get to start Winter break one week early, so I get the next three weeks of work off save for the weekends.
My substitute teaching permit was officially granted last week! I just need to submit a few more applications and I will hopefully be able to start working in the school districts in January.
One part of my new job that I really enjoy is that I get to tell a large group of guys what to do and since they are all so disciplined and used to following directions, they actually listen to what I say. It is surprising because it is much more easier than dealing with elementary aged children. I am trying to find the right balance between yelling out orders and using a friendly demeanor for simple requests. I have noticed that it is good to be cordial, but everything is less effective if I am too nice. Some men just want to be bossed around by a woman in heels. I need to get accustomed to the "Yes, ma'am" response.
In other news, my three new pairs of Mid Century inspired cat eye style glasses arrived in the mail last week. They look very retro and are a striking addition to my wardrobe.
kawaiidaigakusei wrote:OK, as long as you're wearing some leather… and don't abuse your power (maybe a little)… remember, with great power, blah, blah, blah…
A little update on life-
Some men just want to be bossed around by a woman in heels. I need to get accustomed to the "Yes, ma'am" response.
I love having friends with different interests than me, but it's nice having friends who love all the same things that you do as well. I'm good friends with a girl who's also a history student and who tends to get a kick out of the same weird historical things as I do, so we send each other odd things that we find in our research all the time. It's nice because most people don't find creepy Victorian drawings of lemurs as amusing as I do. Anyways, we just discovered that sexy historical fanfics are a thing. This one is my favourite. I was honestly killing myself laughing when I found it.
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It annoys me when people I don't know add me on Facebook. Occasionally a friend of a friend at my university will send me a friend request, and I'll usually accept. But if they don't message me within a month or so to introduce themselves I usually delete them again. What's the point of adding someone who you have no intention of communicating with?
Teaching must be fun. I know it requires a LOT of patience sometimes. Teaching my youngest brother to prepare him for school and later my eldest niece wasn't easy… But the rewards can be gratifying knowing you did a great job.
Still stuck on powered battlesuit design. I was looking up examples online, but way too many are too skimpy (something you do NOT wear in space), some look more like form fitting latex, and still others are actually Power Suits (they're not worn, but piloted complete with controls and seat). A few good examples of a powersuit would be Master Chief from Halo and that powered suit from the Fallout series, but I'd like to create a suit that looks like it can be flown in space yet not look bulky with too many bits sticking out of it (except maybe the jetpack).
And now it's time to go to work… X_X
—I rarely accept unknown friends requests, but I have a few which added me through groups and have become quite friendly with them. The ones I definitely avoid are the gorgeous "models" who are… whatever… clearly fake profiles that will likely lead to hacking.
It annoys me when people I don't know add me on Facebook. Occasionally a friend of a friend at my university will send me a friend request, and I'll usually accept. But if they don't message me within a month or so to introduce themselves I usually delete them again. What's the point of adding someone who you have no intention of communicating with?
My creative streak continued. I did the sets and renders for a further five pages of Lore. I'll take a day or two off then letter them. I also have all the sets built for the remainder of the chapter, which means I will finish making it by the Christmas. I'm going to make the most of the buffer though, no rushing to post the pages like I usually do. I'm really looking forward to making the next chapter of it too, I have the bug again. And in the new year BASO will return from its six month hiatus.
Also I'm looking to do another comic jam for we are the duck, but I think rather than post pages as it is made I will try and finish it before posting anything. Perhaps using Dropbox to manage pages. I also want to do something very different from the super hero like antics of the last one.
If anyone has experience of doing comic jams can you give some input or suggestions on how best to organise it?
When someone I don't know adds me as a friend on Facebook I usually discover that even though I don't know them, they know me. It's like "oh that's the funny guy from the Long Island show that was hanging out with Georg!"
And I'm like "you remembered me?"
In high school there was this girl at a party who admitted to having a crush on me. And I said "Who are you?" She ran out of the room and I never saw her again. I'm not doing anything like that again. Then thre was the email from the hawt exotic dancer who said she knew me in High School. I thought it was a fake come-on until I looked her up in the yearbook and there she was. Strange things do happen.
But Stalin and Trotsky getting it on? That's nearly as bad as what I wrote to someone's story seed "Stalin and dragons" It's a fun exercise.
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