Yay free Pocket PC :D

I'm finally getting (some) work done!

I finished a novel!! :)

The Civ I forum has 10,101 posts! That's a palindromic number! It makes me happy! :D

Also, the crude self-hypnotherapy I attempted seems to be working, and my fear of death which was making me feel sick has abated somewhat! Looks like as long as I don't let myself drift too far into the topic, I can switch to some other thought if it comes up, without any side-effects. God bless the placebo effect! :D :D

My first time I have a 500 euro bill in my pocket. :D

I'm not used to carrying such large bills in my pocket, better not go to a strip-club now.:lol: ;)

I'm going to Cancun in August :cool:

Saw RATM last night... un-funkin-real

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/4593/dsc00068by7.jpg

Lucy shot two kids today :eek:

I got a haircut today.

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9320/bisumd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9320/bisumd2.45ab3d0942.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=359&i=bisumd2.jpg)

Priceless. Just priceless. Great final :cool:

Last night I was sitting in my armchair with a cup of coffee, reading a novel, and suddenly a thought came to me: this is how life should be, and I was happy. :D

I beat the ice beast on Lost Odyssey.

Within the next four months I'll have enough money to buy the professional flute I've been longing for the past four years thanks to my graduation money, birthday money, and saving my allowance. :)

I was at Bospop last weekend. I saw ZZ-top perform. Billy Gibbons still rocks.

No wonder he was one of Hendrix' favourite guitarpickers.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bospop+zz-top

My friend is pregnant! (No, I really mean my friend, it isn't me. That would not be a rave.) They've been trying for almost a year, and they had to go to doctors 'cause his bits don't function quite perfectly, but now she's pregnant! The awesome part is that they live far away so I'm never going to be asked to look after the thing when it escapes from her insides! Babysitting sucks! But it's really cool 'cause I've been asking her every time I talk to her "you pregnant yet?" and now she is! :D

My friend is pregnant! (No, I really mean my friend, it isn't me. That would not be a rave.) They've been trying for almost a year, and they had to go to doctors 'cause his bits don't function quite perfectly, but now she's pregnant! The awesome part is that they live far away so I'm never going to be asked to look after the thing when it escapes from her insides! Babysitting sucks! But it's really cool 'cause I've been asking her every time I talk to her "you pregnant yet?" and now she is! :D

Not meaning to put a damper on things, but she isn't cheating on him, is she?

On a related note..

I'M GOING TO BE AN UNCLE!!!

Congrats to both of you! And, um, to the women doing all the actual work!

I successfully completed a lap of breaststroke in 3ft deep water without drowning!

Seriously, I suck at breaststroke.

Not meaning to put a damper on things, but she isn't cheating on him, is she?

Yeah, that's always a possibility with some people, but in this case, no friggin way. There's a better chance that she's carrying the next immaculately-conceived Messiah than there is that this chick screwed somebody besides her husband.

On a related note..

I'M GOING TO BE AN UNCLE!!!

You're gonna be a BADASS uncle. :cheers: 'Grats to you and sis and brother-in-law!

Yeah, that's always a possibility with some people, but in this case, no friggin way. There's a better chance that she's carrying the next immaculately-conceived Messiah than there is that this chick screwed somebody besides her husband.

Ah, good. :)

On a related note..

I'M GOING TO BE AN UNCLE!!!
Is this the sister that got married like....a year or two back? Congrats! You're going to be an amazing uncle.

I passed the AP Calc test, BYU is accepting my GCE credit, and I got paid today :cool:

'Tangled Up In Blue' is going to be on Rockband 2. :D

Shame that Guitar hero 4 don't also preview their songs, because Rockbands 2 does looks awesome!

All this talk of uncles and stuff makes me sad. I don't have any brothers or sisters, so I'll never be an uncle. :(

However...

Laptop and wireless makes my SOOOOUUUUULLLLL GLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!

I check out Study Abroad programs tomorrow.

'Tangled Up In Blue' is going to be on Rockband 2. :D

I, overall, love the track list for Rock Band 2, which will probably come out in Australia before Rock Band.

I passed the AP Calc test, BYU is accepting my GCE credit...
That's awesome :goodjob:

My summer classes are over tomorrow.

Got soo many games I want to play.

Civ 4
Assassin's Creed
Hitman Blood Money
Armed Assault
The Sims 2
Diablo 2
Test Drive Unlimited

And some movies and tv shows to watch:
Battlestar Galactica miniseries
Stargate Atlantis Season 4
Stargate Continuum.

This is going to rule.

I got a $40,000 dollar scholarship from Rutgers.

All this talk of uncles and stuff makes me sad. I don't have any brothers or sisters, so I'll never be an uncle. :(

Don't you have cousins though? Wouldn't you be the uncle of a child of your cousin?

I got a $40,000 dollar scholarship from Rutgers.

congratulations

I got a $40,000 dollar scholarship from Rutgers.
Sweet! :goodjob:

All this talk of uncles and stuff makes me sad. I don't have any brothers or sisters, so I'll never be an uncle.

Don't you have cousins though? Wouldn't you be the uncle of a child of your cousin?

He wouldn't be the uncle of his cousin's children, but he would be the uncle of his wife's nieces and nephews.

So there's hope yet.

He wouldn't be the uncle of his cousin's children, but he would be the uncle of his wife's nieces and nephews.

So there's hope yet.

Neat! Besides, I have a feeling I'll become an "uncle" of sorts to my friend's kids years from now.

I got a $40,000 dollar scholarship from Rutgers.

Wow, nice going!

I rave that ansar has quoted me in his signature! :goodjob::cool::)

I'm getting the tooth out in an hour.


EDIT: OR NOT. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=7047117&postcount=211) :mad:

got EU3. Looks like I'll enjoy it, hopefully I will

MITES (now all I have to do is send my application and get accepted).

The summer awaits.

I got a 5 on my AP Biology Test! And the results in my Honors Biology Final came in: I had the highest score in the class! Finally, my teacher is willing to give me a recommendation to take Chem 101 at a local university!

I'm getting a new computer.

I got euros.

I swapped my Euros to hangover. Not sure if that was really a good deal. :scared:

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

Is "boys" a euphemism here?

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

This sh!t is bananas.

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
I can teach you, but I'd have to charge.

MyPa 1 - 0 Tampere United

:dance: :dance:

I got euros.

Damnit! I only have dollars.

Wait, no I don't. I am out of dollars too.

Absinthe is a lovely drink :smug:

Oh yeah. Despite the scars it causes to your face.. yum. Used to have a team called "Absinthe" on local pub quiz.

My blackberry bushes are ripening! The ones that are ripe so far are delish. :)

Oh yeah. Despite the scars it causes to your face.. yum. Used to have a team called "Absinthe" on local pub quiz.

What are these scars you talk of? I'm sure I don't have any of those!

I quit my job! So long, suckers! :mwaha:

I did it partially because of how much time my internship takes up, but mostly because I found out they were going to can everyone in my position at the end of the summer anyway. There was cake for my last day. Very tasty. :)

I quit my job! So long, suckers! :mwaha:

I did it partially because of how much time my internship takes up, but mostly because I found out they were going to can everyone in my position at the end of the summer anyway. There was cake for my last day. Very tasty. :)

I would have just took it and walked out.

I would have just took it and walked out.

Well, I did wind up walking out with half of it. That's what was left over. :D

What are these scars you talk of? I'm sure I don't have any of those!

I'm pretty sure i have one which is a direct result of abuse of Absinthe. :mischief:

Maybe it does not apply to everyone. ;)

I've been listening to Øystein Sunde's Jeg sprengte TV'n i går
(I Blew Up The TV Yesterday), and I think it's awesome enough to translate the lyrics and post them here.

I blew up the TV yesterday
The travel program disappeared with an embarassed sigh into its
own reality, while flapping remnants of
purchase pressure and wheels of fortune disintegrated in a cloud of thankfulness.
And the camouflaged pushes of the politicians paddled
against the stream among the remains of angry debaters and
dissolved into fragments of nitpicking over party points at a
speed of 625 grimaces per second.
I blew up the TV yesterday.
And blue lightning greedily gobbled up the last advertisement
piece while the loudspeaker membranes went like
inverted strawhats into the sunset.
I blew up the TV yesterday.
And the whole of FilmNet's world of shooting, blood, gore,
slime, and semipornographic horror shows flew backwards
out on a cable network without a repercussion valve.
I blew up the TV yesterday.
so picture fragments of sponsor-burdened
Mount Everest-tourists, national sports team idols and
South Pole explorers took a giant leap for mankind
through the ionosphere into into outer space.
I blew up the TV yesterday.
I blew up the TV yesterday.

I hacked up the PC yesterday.
And 12 MB of RAM scootched on miniskis out the parallell
port and took with them a double handful of unsolvable
but daily problems, while
the printer stood there like a cow and chewed TrueType-
fonts and gulped error messages in the LCD display
while 80-gram environment-friendly paper and color tones
fertilized their way out of the cooling rims.
I hacked up the PC yesterday.
The PCMCIA slot spat out the Old Maid, a flush of spades
and an entire deck of cards to boot and let the SCSI-drivers drive
like maniacs in the CD-room.
I hacked up the PC yesterday.
The config.sys rolled itself up in the mouse and disappeared
in bleak terror into its own autoexec.bat.
Ashes to ashes, DOS to dust,
and may you rise again as a MAC.
I hacked up the PC yesterday.
And the 486-processor saw the light of common sense and flew out
the serial port and took the VESA-bus to Modem Town,
while the queue of reeducated vacuum cleaner salesmen
took with them their motivation courses, their PC brochures
and their sales arguments and followed after.
I hacked up the PC yesterday.
The software packages that had bloated until they were
unusable and exploded with self-importance, lay there like
bad joke books, and the 20th century's greatest bluff
packed up all its promises about increased productivity
and snuck away blushing into the night.
I hacked up the PC yesterday.
I hacked up the PC yesterday.

I've bought myself a pencil today.
Paper and eraser and pencil today.
Imagine writing and reading an acoustic PC.

Have written a letter today.
Stuck on a stamp and sent it today.
Imagine that I wrote an analogue letter.

Have gone for a walk in the forest today.
A little walk and looked around in the forest today.
Imagine seeing it all in real 3-D.

I'm going to read a good book tonight.


:lol: :D :love: :agree: :clap: :yup: :badcomp: :badcomp: :badcomp:
It loses a bit in translation (e.g. I had to get creative on the religious reference, "room" is spelled "rom" for the "CD-room" joke in Norwegian), but it still amuses me greatly to think about how much crap we're putting up with from TVs and PCs.

I found my old Gold Version today and started playing. I looked in my pokedex and noticed-
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Isn't that awesome!

Bah, no one likes that second-generation stuff

there's a 90% chance i don't have to go to the local community college
and a 90% chance i'm moving out.

and that excites me greatly.
words couldn't even begin to express how happy that makes me.

I found my old Gold Version today and started playing. I looked in my pokedex and noticed-
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Isn't that awesome!

I was looking for my Advanced Wars and found my Gold too.

For my rant, i found Advanced Wars!!

Bah, no one likes that second-generation stuff
Not as good as the original's I agree, but 10000000% better than the third generation and later

there's a 90% chance i don't have to go to the local community college
and a 90% chance i'm moving out.

and that excites me greatly.
words couldn't even begin to express how happy that makes me.

Community college is awesome.

Finally, Eagle paperwork is done. Now, how exactly do I put myself in the same room as the advancement chair...

Duty to God Award too :D

1 month to uni

I found my old Gold Version today and started playing. I looked in my pokedex and noticed-
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Isn't that awesome!

I was looking for my Advanced Wars and found my Gold too.

For my rant, i found Advanced Wars!!

The other day, I found I lost most of my old Pokemon games. I only got my Silver and Cristal left :(

My new book arrived today!

Community college is awesome.

actually, i'm not complaining about this one. the place was a community college last year, but it was just changed to a university, so it's still small and lovable and pretty (the buildings are made of bricks and there are big, mossy trees and I just love it) but it's a four year place now. it's amazing and i love it so much and i'm really excited because it was confirmed today that i can go. it's all just so perfect. the church i go to is ten feet from where i'm staying and the college is 1.75 miles away and ahhhh!

i'm so excited! :)

Finally, Eagle paperwork is done.

Duty to God Award too

and congrats on finishing up that stuff

Incredible thunderstorm. Incredible.

Some lady brought everybody eggs and bacon and toast this morning. It was tasty, but we had no utensils, so I made a big breakfast sandwich.

Some lady brought everybody eggs and bacon and toast this morning. It was tasty, but we had no utensils, so I made a big breakfast sandwich.

I had a breakfast sandwich for breakfast too, but mine was microwavable items, it was very good still.

I also found out I am going camping this weekend which is good.

The Dark Knight lived up to all the hype

Metallica!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockon:

Saw them live last night. It was un-<censored by me>-believable! It was definitely worth staying 7 hours in the rain and getting so wet that water was still coming out of my t-shirt hours after it ended, and it was worth the 7 hours of standing up continuously too.

They played only older stuff, surprisingly. The stadium was full, beyond its limit. At the end, when they said they will be coming back in September, and "good night, Bucharest", the people were cheering so loud that even James looked slightly surprised!

Did they do Creeping Death?

Yeah!! And it sounded great!!!!!

They played a lot of old stuff.... from what I can remember they did Creeping Death, The Four Horsemen, Master Of Puppets, Whiplash, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, and some others I can't seem to remember now, but they were all very famous songs of them. Master of Puppets in particular was awesome, in my opinion.

Edit: I found the whole playlist:
Creeping Death
For Whom THe BEll TOlls
Ride The Lightning
Harvester Of Sorrow
SAnitarium
FOur Horsemen
ANd Justice FOr All
No Remorse
Fade To Black
Master oF puppets
Whiplash
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
One
Enter Sandman
Last Caress
So What
Seek And DEstroy

The audience was great. I sang and screamed with the rest of us until I lost my voice (I couldn't recognize my voice after the concert :p). I'm sure that at least half of the audience didn't understand James when he was making longer phrases in English, but you could tell from every single gesture of them that they loved it.

In fact I remember a funny moment near the end when Lars said: "Am I the only one who thinks 9 years is too long to wait for another concert?" (not sure about the exact few words at the end, but it has to be pretty close to my quote), and a good part of the audience started screaming "Yeeeeaaah!!!!!". I turned to the people around me and shouted, waving my hands "no! no!" and then a fraction of a second after the first "yeah" answer some guys at the front shouted "no! no! no!", and the crowd voice changed from "yeah" to "no". The "yeah" was probably too short for the band to notice from up there, especially when it was followed by a much stronger "no", but it was definitely a funny moment for who's fluent in English. :D

Here are some videos from the concert: http://www.metalhead.ro/Downloads-Filmari_cu_Metallica_de_la_Bucuresti-2169.html Very bad sound quality though. :(

"One" is possibly my all time favorite song.

Sadly it was slightly shortened... can't remember exactly what parts were cut but I do remember that it was not the whole song. So what, I say. :p It was still awesome.

One? Is that a remake of the Three Dog Night song "One" (which is awesome) or some other song just titled the same?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-j39ABZyzek - One

:D

Ah. Yeah I remember seeing that video now. I didn't realize it was called "One." Sorry, but I have to say Three Dog Night's "One" is far superior.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKcd7yPLdU

And actually, this leads to a rave of a memory of the 1990 Missouri State Fair when I saw Three Dog Night and Air Supply in concert with a special lady under a starry sky. Wonderful memory. :)

Sweet and sour pork, though a pain in the ass to make, is a delicious and fantastic home-cooked meal.

personally i like u2's one better

I went to a birthday party a lil while back in Oxford, where the dress theme was "ballet".
Not having the biggest array of such clothing, I went for "stylish, camp, english homosexual" and wore what i usually do, with the exception of a flowery tie and matching braces.
People were coming up to me and saying "Good on ya, mate, I used to be a skinhead 15 years ago too".

:smug:

:shake:

I'm a skinhead now. I don't wear flowery ties...

Thank you America! My wife, (a US citizen) has received a $300 "economic stimulus" check. As we live in Canada, I feel this is very generous of you, God bless America.

Thank you America! My wife, (a US citizen) has received a $300 "economic stimulus" check. As we live in Canada, I feel this is very generous of you, God bless America.

Consider it guilt money for that whole softwood lumber falling out. ;)

Woohoo!
My dad's friend invited our family on a boat trip. Fun. :D

Yay, Jaedong got slaughtered :D

I got a letter from grandma! Oh, grandma. :love:

Eagle paperwork is DONE, Duty to God is received, and the first day of Elder's Quorum was...interesting. Oh, and a friend has his mission call. Pretty good day so far. :)

Depending on what sort of ward you are in, Elder's Quorum can be a real experience.

(I could rant that a member of the Seventy was in my Elder's Quorum today, but who would understand what I am talking about?)

Yeah, I get that impression.

You'd rant about a GA in Elder's Quorum? ;)

I went to A&W for the first time in my life today, and I have to say it was by far the best fast food expirience of my life. I'm serious!

You'd rant about a GA in Elder's Quorum?

No, but I would forget the difference between a rant and a rave. ;)

Eagle paperwork is DONE, Duty to God is received, and the first day of Elder's Quorum was...interesting. Oh, and a friend has his mission call. Pretty good day so far. :)

Ventura, California. My old backyard :)

That was next door to mine. English or foreign language?

English. It's larger than it used to be (as far as I remember), now it extends up and out past Bakersfield. Quite a diverse area if you ask me, with Santa Barbera, Bakersfield, Vandenberg AFB, Solvang, and Neverland Ranch all so close together ;)

I never have to take another Marketing class again.

I get to get a whole bunch of new clothes, a computer (or more ram, whichever is fine), and shoes later. :D

Moving day is done! :D

Now comes all the unpacking... :mad:

iM bAAAAAAAAACK¬! :D

War is awesome.

Eureka new season premier tonight!! Love that show! "Yeah, 111! How about that, huh? I didn't even study for my IQ test and I got better than 100%"
:rotfl:

Shame it's on Tuesdays, as I am busy that night. Is this season 2 or 3?

It's Season 3 starting tonight.

I have begun development on AbNESIV.

This will be a NES set in medieval Britain, and will rock your socks off! ;)

Based on Plotinus' brilliant The Rood and the Dragon - the Anglo-Saxon scenario for Civ3 http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=105759

Eureka new season premier tonight!! Love that show! "Yeah, 111! How about that, huh? I didn't even study for my IQ test and I got better than 100%"
:rotfl:

I miss that show...

The book I've been longing for is released in two days (which is the rave part because I've been waiting since November for this) and I swear time's only moving slowly because I want so much to read it. (which probably belongs in the 'rants' thread, but, in this case, the fact that the time is nearly here outweighs the fact that I still have to wait)

The next Stephanie Meyer book? Forget what it's called but I know an awful lot of people waiting eagerly.

The next Stephanie Meyer book? Forget what it's called but I know an awful lot of people waiting eagerly.

That's the one! (Breaking Dawn)

My doggie Suki was found!! Animal Control called me about 20 minutes ago and said he had picked her up and dropped her off at a local veterinarian's office. Really glad I had called and given the info to the city. I had to arrange to have proof of her rabies shot faxed to the vet and pay a fine at the city, but it looks like they'll release her to me this afternoon!!

Blessed day! And a most sincere and heartfelt thank you to everybody in that other thread who gave their warm wishes. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I :love: Suki!

EDIT: How the blazes did I misspell her name in the first sentence? Oh well, fixed now.

Hurray!!!! :D I'm so happy for you :)

(btw, "I love Suki" is easily misinterpreted :D)

Hurray!!!! :D I'm so happy for you :)

(btw, "I love Suki" is easily misinterpreted :D)

:lol: "Me suki suki, me love long time" kind of misinterpreting?

My doggie Sukie was found!! Animal Control called me about 20 minutes ago and said he had picked her up and dropped her off at a local veterinarian's office. Really glad I had called and given the info to the city. I had to arrange to have proof of her rabies shot faxed to the vet and pay a fine at the city, but it looks like they'll release her to me this afternoon!!

Blessed day! And a most sincere and heartfelt thank you to everybody in that other thread who gave their warm wishes. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I :love: Suki!

good for you VRWC :goodjob:

Good one VRWC.
Nw saw the bugger's legs off to stop it happening again.

Nice, VRWCAgent! :)

My doggie Suki was found!! Animal Control called me about 20 minutes ago and said he had picked her up and dropped her off at a local veterinarian's office. Really glad I had called and given the info to the city. I had to arrange to have proof of her rabies shot faxed to the vet and pay a fine at the city, but it looks like they'll release her to me this afternoon!!

Blessed day! And a most sincere and heartfelt thank you to everybody in that other thread who gave their warm wishes. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I :love: Suki!

EDIT: How the blazes did I misspell her name in the first sentence? Oh well, fixed now.
Hooray! :goodjob: (I prayed for your doggie.) I'm glad you got her back.

My friend is coming over tomorrow and we are the greatest halo partners.

I just signed my first writing contract. Finally, I will be paid to write stuff.

I got my passport today. Well, actually I applied but it's basically the same thing. I just have to wait a month for it to get here.

I just signed my first writing contract. Finally, I will be paid to write stuff.

Hey man, that's great! It's really sounding like things are taking off for you. Hope to see you on the news someday doing big important things. :)

I got my passport today. Well, actually I applied but it's basically the same thing. I just have to wait a month for it to get here.

Basically the same thing? It isn't. Anyway, was it an American passport? A month seems a long time.

I just signed my first writing contract. Finally, I will be paid to write stuff.

Win-go man! :goodjob:

I just signed my first writing contract. Finally, I will be paid to write stuff.

That's great. Well done and good luck. :)

I just signed my first writing contract. Finally, I will be paid to write stuff.

Where did you get a writing contract, some newspaper or something like that?

Where did you get a writing contract, some newspaper or something like that?

Yeah, its a sportswriting deal for a local newspaper. Its not an exceptionally prestigious or lucrative deal, but I think its an excellent foot in the door.

Yeah, its a sportswriting deal for a local newspaper. Its not an exceptionally prestigious or lucrative deal, but I think its an excellent foot in the door.

You've got one foot in the music door and one foot in the writing door. Make sure you're not just humping the wall! :)

I drove for the first time today. I parked almost perfectly on my third try! I get my permit on sunday.

I drove for the first time today. I parked almost perfectly on my third try! I get my permit on sunday.

You drove without a permit?! :eek: That's def against the law.

I rave that both M*A*S*H and Chappelle Show are on tonight. I hope it's the History Channel parody.

P.S. prrrrrrrrrr!

I drove for the first time today. I parked almost perfectly on my third try! I get my permit on sunday.

When you punch two holes in the garage door from the mufflers on the 68 VW Bug you're learning in, be sure to wait til your dad is taking a nap to tell him. He'll be groggy and think you're kidding, then not punish you later because he feels he cannot do it after the fact since you told him right away. :goodjob:

You've got one foot in the music door and one foot in the writing door. Make sure you're not just humping the wall! :)

Well he could just as easily be peeing in the corner

Musikfest starts today!!!

I got to see my old band perform and afterwards hung out with them for a couple of hours. It was very refreshing and now I'm in an excellent mood. :D

You've got one foot in the music door and one foot in the writing door. Make sure you're not just humping the wall! :)

I think I've taken my foot out of music...its really one foot into journalism, and another foot into government service/law.

I'm lucky that I'm good at more than one thing I guess.

You drove without a permit?! :eek: That's def against the law.

Only in an empty parking lot. The class I'm signed up for(:mad:) said I should do it. We kept the paper in the car as I drove.

Only in an empty parking lot. The class I'm signed up for(:mad:) said I should do it. We kept the paper in the car as I drove.

Well if you already passed the test, it's the same thing as actually having the permit. I thought you just drove with no credentials at all! :lol:

This is reminding me that I need to get on this stuff. I'm 17 with still no liscense. :sad: I just have nine million things to do!!

I have the book I've been dying to read! And now I'm going to spend the rest of the night reading. :love:

I went to the Breaking Dawn release party as Darth Vader, and had a few lightsaber duels in front of all the squealing preteens. :D

There's a thunderstorm outside right now.

YES!!

At last I got my illegally downloaded Colonization working!

Also I finally asked via e-mail if I could do my TET session at a local newspaper.

My new flute sounds amazing. :love:

I got a web cam today.

I got a web cam today.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=cam_whore

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=cam_whore

Thanks i could use a few extra bucks.

My doggie Suki was found!! Animal Control called me about 20 minutes ago and said he had picked her up and dropped her off at a local veterinarian's office. Really glad I had called and given the info to the city. I had to arrange to have proof of her rabies shot faxed to the vet and pay a fine at the city, but it looks like they'll release her to me this afternoon!!

Blessed day! And a most sincere and heartfelt thank you to everybody in that other thread who gave their warm wishes. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I :love: Suki!

EDIT: How the blazes did I misspell her name in the first sentence? Oh well, fixed now.http://www.seykota.com/tribe/FAQ/2003_Dec/Dec_21-30/cheering.jpg

There's a relieve :)

Man you get so wrapped up in other stuff, you forget all the great legal drugs like caffeine. Stuff's awesome for getting a day's worth of housework done.

Lake Tahoe is freaking sweet. San Francisco was nice too.

Homemade ice cream is amazing, even better than normal ice cream! And I got my official drivers permit! Even more amazing, my picture doesn't look retarded.

I have discovered a new love for chess after beating a friend who plays chess exceptionally well and often. :) In fact, my mind has been stimulated in general. I think I might install Civ3 on my new computer.

There were elections today!! Freedom marches on for another cycle in America! Good job, founding fathers! :goodjob:

Oh ho Colin Hay's is coming to Edmonds in a few weeks! I'm wondering if I should go or not. My primary concern is that I might not like his newer stuff as much as I like his earlier stuff.

I can tangiably say i almost got a job today.

I let one of my friends hold onto my memory box. He's had it since late March and I asked if I could have it back yesterday since we're both headed off to college soon, so today he brought by two boxes. He said that he organized it so that everything fit better. I opened the familiar box to see a note wrapped in a little red rope and after I finished I could feel the tears running down my cheeks. The little note probably made my life.

I have some amazing friends. :)

what did it say???????????

what did it say???????????

Dear [insert my name here],

You aren't the most sensible person in the world and that is why I admire you. You have shown me different sides of myself and the capabilities of real humans. You are an excellent example and contributor to humanity and I am confident that you will always be that way. You are very different from me and in fact that is why I am proud to say you are my friend; where being different in a society is how people are kept alive where it counts.

Many of my friends are friends only because it would be convenient to be so, and when it comes time for these friends to go their separate ways, I move on without looking back. However, you are different and have become one of the elite few people to impress me enough that I will try my hardest to never lose contact with you and remain friends despite the distances. Many people may overlook the true power you have in yourself (sometimes even you don't see it). You are a gem, rare and beautiful, to this world and don't forget that.

I am proud to be your friend and wish that you will have a happy future even when factors in your environment are trying to keep you down. You deserve a good life.

Best wishes,
[insert his name here]

What a lovely thing to keep forever :)

It's noyce to be back here after a coupla years. I've been totally taken by surprise by the new old Colonization, have to check on that.

I was planning to bump a drug thread, but I read people are totally fed up with them by now.

So, I'll just spend quality time with my new friend, the vapolution.
:cowboy:

Wow, Saga is a lot better than anticipated. :)

Olympic football started. :dance:

I just learned the beginning to "Burger Queen" by Placebo on my guitar.

I just learned an awesome new word: "Milquetoast".

I just learned an awesome new word: "Milquetoast".


And now so have I

Interstella 5555 never gets old :)

I'm probably going to get to go grassman hunting here pretty soon.

I'm probably going to get to go grassman hunting here pretty soon.

You broke and watched MonsterQuest, didn't you? :)

You broke and watched MonsterQuest, didn't you? :)

Yeah, when I saw an episode about eastern Ohio I just had to. I knew we had Bigfoot sightings around here, but i never knew that were that famous.

Giant Octopuses Next Week On Monster Quest!! I Am Stoked! :D

Did you see the el chupacobra episode? If those chupacobras were just regular dogs, those were some weird ass dogs...

Did you see the el chupacobra episode? If those chupacobras were just regular dogs, those were some weird ass dogs...

No but I've seen other shows about the chup.


RAVE: The weather is finally nice enough to shut off the AC and open the windows. No more canned air today!

The orders are arriving for AbNES :D

I have killed 8 flies with my bare hands today, a new record.

I'm finally getting a haircut.

I'm getting ready to go jug fishing.

I'm getting ready to go jug fishing.

Dare I ask WTF jug fishing is?

So we have this running gag at the hospital. Whenever we get back from kicking the asses of violent/unruly patients in the psych ward, we throw our latex gloves on top of the metal grating that's suspended from the ceiling of the elevator (I guess it looked cool in the sixties). So eventually the entire ceiling of the elevator was just a mass of puke-beige latex.

And then I read a report my supervisor wrote noting that she cleaned it up and that she suspected it was just some psych patient going to or from the ward.

I found it funny the first time, anyways.

I've been driving pretty much every day and I'm getting pretty decent. I went on the main highway yesterday and, going the exact speed limit, got passed by every single car on the road.

I love my new ward. There are quite a few boys and girls my age, which is awesome.

I also received the Cambridge diploma! :)

Ohhhh, and I found the rings I lost! That was a relief. I lost two rings a few days before I moved and I opened my suitcase today and saw them nestled into a corner and got all excited and stuff.

Today's actually just been a really good day all around.

San Francisco is great (the only US city I've truly liked). Having friends that think like you is really great. Having girls that admire you is really great. Staying up 4 nights in a row having fun is also really great. Blueballs is not great but that's for the rant thread, not for here.

Dare I ask WTF jug fishing is?

Not what you think perv:p

You tie fishing line to the top of milk jugs, tie a hook to the other and throw them out into a lake. The cats bite them and can't go anywhere making them easy pickings to just troll on over and get em.

I love my new ward. There are quite a few boys and girls my age, which is awesome.

Student, single, or family?

You tie fishing line to the top of milk jugs, tie a hook to the other and throw them out into a lake. The cats bite them and can't go anywhere making them easy pickings to just troll on over and get em.

Sounds like it involves a lot of sitting on your ass. My kind of sport! :D

My wife and I finally closed on a house today!

First-time buyer incentives contributed about $10,000 toward our down payment; we provided the remainder of the 20%, about $6100. Sellers covered our closing costs, and our interest rate is 5.25%. Not bad for a 30-year fixed mortgage. We made out pretty good, the way I see it. :cool:

I have updated AbNES!

I just found out one of my best friends is probably going to transfer back to my school for our senior year.

Student, single, or family?

Family, which is even more suprising.

I must say, it's odd not having a ward in the stake though. I have a nice thirty minute drive to every meeting and event held at the stake. That'll take some getting used to.

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:band:

Simone is the sweetest girl in the world! :love:
Simone has the fairest hair in the world! :love:
Simone has the sweetest butt in the world! :love:
Simone has the cutest voice in the world! :love:
She calls me all night long, singing such a giggly song!

Simone is the cutest lass in the world! :love:
Simone has the nicest smell in the world! :love:
Simone has the warmest smile in the world! :love:
Simone is the best to kiss in the world! :love:
Simone is so sweet, I can't wait till we meet, till the time that I won't miss her anymoooore!!

*applause* *applause*

cheesy love songs?
someone's in love! :lol:

Thats disgusting. Burn that post with fire. Then jump into the North Sea and start swimming to the Savelbard Islands. There you will exile yourself until you regain control of your mental facilities.

cheesy love songs?
someone's in love! :lol:

I'm so happy :)

Actually, I'm stunned as well. It's been six months now, and I still feel like I've just met her. :)

Let´s hope Lord Joakim don´t post the same thing in the rants thread.

I'm so happy :)

Actually, I'm stunned as well. It's been six months now, and I still feel like I've just met her. :)

Awww, that's sweet. :)
I wish you guys the best of luck!

Let´s hope Lord Joakim don´t post the same thing in the rants thread.

Haha, agreed.

Thank you Firstlady, I hope that we'll be good as well :)

Let´s hope Lord Joakim don´t post the same thing in the rants thread.

:lol:

Screw being cute...


http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6839062&postcount=424

Let´s hope Lord Joakim don´t post the same thing in the rants thread.

He didn;t, but I did. :p

Woah, woah, NESing rocks! :eek:



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I take it you haven't exiled yourself to Svalbard yet then?

I'm going there in a couple of months. Wanna come?

I'm going there in a couple of months. Wanna come?

:rotfl:


my random rave, NO MORE DIAL-UP!! Whoo!! High speed internet connection! Yeah!!

I'm going there in a couple of months. Wanna come?

I'm sorry I don't swing that way.

Jump on the train, I'm a girl too.

Damn, Svalbard? Ever since reading Northern Lights I really want to go there!

(My first NES I played as a Svalbard based nation!)

I have a good image-editing program! (No more appleworks/acorn free trial!)

Passed my amateur radio exam! :woohoo:

Passed my amateur radio exam! :woohoo:

Woot, congrats man.

Woot, congrats man.

I can't believe you know what I'm talking about. Are you a ham?

I can't believe you know what I'm talking about. Are you a ham?

I know what a ham is, but I just remember you talking about getting your own station awhile ago, you wanted names for it or something.

I know what a ham is, but I just remember you talking about getting your own station awhile ago, you wanted names for it or something.

Actually that was an unrelated thing. It's pretty much been extreme radio summer for me. I've split it between my internship at the radio station (and persuading my way into getting a show) and studying to get my ham radio license, which is out of the way now.

I always thought that getting a ham license was for a radio show, but i just wikied it and man was I wrong. I've always it would be cool getting your own show, best of luck with getting that.

Oh and I just got a rant, Penn & Teller BS comes on in a few.

Passed my amateur radio exam! :woohoo:

Good for you!

PS-9,000 posts fools. I'm still goin strong

Thanks fellas. Nice postcout downtown!

Also: I predict lucy will post a thunderstorm rave in a matter of moments......

EDIT: Also, M*A*S*H will be on tonight after a weeklong hiatus.

Vacation starts tomorrow, but it also means I won't be posting. :(

walking on the beach with my grandfather after church and visiting my grandmother tomorrow. should be pleasant. :)

I get to go golfing tomorrow morning. At the same time I might get someone else with money to join my grassman expedition to make it cheaper for us.

I like sex.

I got my schedule yesterday.

Finally the nervousness and junk is over.

I'm finally having my Eagle Board of Review tomorrow. Barely managed to squeeze it in less than 24 hours before I fly out. :)

YES! I fixed my firefox somehow. My IE was going like snail pace but now I'm back!
Actually, now that I think about it, it was only down for like two hours.

Oh, I love my kitty. :love:

He's so sweet, cuddly, warm and fun to play with. My door was ajar and he popped his head in and just looked at me for a moment and then came in and rubbed up against me and purred and stuff.

Oh kitty. :)

YES! I fixed my firefox somehow. My IE was going like snail pace but now I'm back!
Actually, now that I think about it, it was only down for like two hours.

Switch to Opera :smug:

I start Alliance Française the first saturday of September. :dance:

I'm nervous as hell, though.

Finally, we're playing football for the first time this year. I'm excited.

Well I had to drive through a tropical storm nearing hurricane strength to do it, but danigt, I'm an Eagle Scout!!! :D

I have rediscovered the sheer awesomeness of the CFC Christmas skin!!! :D

There's a new NotW (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=287893) starting soon.

This is good.

Well I had to drive through a tropical storm nearing hurricane strength to do it, but danigt, I'm an Eagle Scout!!! :D

Congrats Nylan. Its quite a significant accomplishment, and I can assure you, over the next few years, you'll be very glad you got it. Mine has opened a lot of doors for me.

I have a late start tomorrow! I don't have to go to school until after ten o'clock. Which means, I can do my homework in the morning instead of tonight!

Congrats Nylan. Its quite a significant accomplishment, and I can assure you, over the next few years, you'll be very glad you got it. Mine has opened a lot of doors for me.

Thanks :) I do indeed hope it pays off.

By a stroke of pure luck, or maybe something more...

someone dropped their Anatomy and Physiology class Mondays and Wednesdays in the afternoon and I dropped my night class and added it,

so I get to go to Institute!

...a top secret design document recently acquired with a five finger discount in Leipzig indicate that of the more than seven thousand new provinces added to the game, the original plan called for six thousand of them to be in the Balkans. A handwritten note scrawled on the cover of the document reads "This will finally solve the Balkan issue once and for all, as every Balkan nationalist on the forum can have a province of his own, and they'll all be within the same region for carpet bombing. I know this because Tyler knows this."

A random Paradox forumer on HoI3.

Before our swimming training, a child pooped in the water and we had no training.

God bless innocent pooping children!

Before our swimming training, a child pooped in the water and we had no training.

God bless innocent pooping children!

at least someone can appreciate my talent

:joke:

Before our swimming training, a child pooped in the water and we had no training.

God bless innocent pooping children!

If you don't like swimming, why do you go to your swimming training?

If you don't like swimming, why do you go to your swimming training?

maybe he runs it, and doesn't like teaching little kids

If you don't like swimming, why do you go to your swimming training?

Trust me on this one, I trained as a competitive athlete for YEARS, LOVED my sport, but still REALLY LOVED the days when there was a blackout or something and I got the day off. Especially at 5:30 am when I could go back home and fall asleep for an hour or two.

I know that free days are nice, but Love has seemed kind of sad every time he has said that he has to go swimming.

It is mostly fun with swimming, expecially on competitions. But some time you get happy with that it is cancelled.
And taras, i also teach kids to swim and it is fun. And you get paid :D

Oh man I'm loving this new Mount & Blade mod! Only replaces weapons and uniforms but still line battles are neat!

My schedule turned out awesome! (even though I didn't get French)

My schedule turned out awesome! (even though I didn't get French)

Weren'y you a French Ally?

Oh, I love my kitty. :love:

He's so sweet, cuddly, warm and fun to play with. My door was ajar and he popped his head in and just looked at me for a moment and then came in and rubbed up against me and purred and stuff.

Oh kitty. :)

You do know that stuff like that can be misunderstood, right? :p

You do know that stuff like that can be misunderstood, right? :p

What the . .. .. .. . is the matter with you. :crazyeye:

RAVE: I learned about border blasters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_blasters) today. That is awesome to me. They're mostly gone now though. Damn government regulations.

Weren'y you a French Ally?
Well, I still have French Alliance on Saturdays. :)

Olympic boxing is fun to watch.

Oh man I discovered Village Inn last week. It's the kind of restaurant that old people go to for the early bird special but breakfast is their forte. I was suspicious but OH GOODNESS their Ultimate Skillet was O SO GOOD! There were sausage links, bacon, eggs, cheese, diced potatoes with various diced veggies, pancakes! MMMMMMMMMM It's a little pricy but it's better than being pricy and poor quality. I went back again the next day and had the same item. I had to stop going there as I was regaining my weight but I hope to go back there again when I hit 190lb.

You do know that stuff like that can be misunderstood, right? :p

:eek: :lol: :confused: :lol:

You do know that stuff like that can be misunderstood, right? :p

asdf;

:run:

Not cool, Joakim. :sad:

I'm going to London for Christmas, and then I'm going to AMSTERDDAAAM!!!!!!!! OOHHH!!!!

I'm leaving tomorrow to Slovenia! (I love traveling so that's a rave in itself)

AND

I needed to buy a bag to put my stuff into since US Airways completely destroyed my other bag. I went to this big store close to where I live (for Americans, imagine a kind of Walmart, only not open non-stop) and found among the hundreds of bags a particularly nice Lamonza bag, almost half of the price of any of the other bags there. I asked about it, and they told me it's because two zippers aren't working (destroyed by the customers over the time it was exposed), and they are matched with the bag and very hard to find, so anyone buying that would need a lot of money to get it fixed before being able to use it.

I bought it, and fixed the zippers in 15 minutes WITH NO TOOL EXCEPT FOR A METAL STICK that I happened to have, and smart thinking. :D Hah!