Random Raves Three (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=288097).

Feeling good about some random thing? Tell us about it!

Thank Catharsis for that title.

I got to start the new thread. :cool:

Drat you Bigfoot! We cross-threadposted :(

But it's Random Raves Four, surely :mischief:

EDIT: Ooh, ninja title edit too, crafty devil

Horrible Double THreads!!! It makes me puke and rave.

Drat you Bigfoot! We cross-threadposted :(

But it's Random Raves Four, surely :mischief:

EDIT: Ooh, ninja title edit too, crafty devil

We posted our threads at the exact same minute! :lol: What do we do now? :crazyeye:

Drat you Bigfoot! We cross-threadposted :(

But it's Random Raves Four, surely :mischief:

by you making a second post, I shall continue in this thread

but... as repeating a bit from the last thread

Spoken like a true american:salute:

:smug:

Normally I propose a dance-off in situations like these, but I doubt I could beat you (EDIT: Bigfoot. I would pwn Taras Bulba :p) in one of those. :cry:

Normally I propose a dance-off in situations like these, but I doubt I could beat you (EDIT: Bigfoot. I would pwn Taras Bulba :p) in one of those. :cry:

You're probably right. I mean golly, do I ever have a lot of soul.


Besides, mine has the :) thread tag!

Normally I propose a dance-off in situations like these, but I doubt I could beat you (EDIT: Bigfoot. I would pwn Taras Bulba :p) in one of those. :cry:

oh really! I propose a forum dance off!

sooo the old thread will no longer be used?

Eventually it'll get locked by the moderators. Usually after 1000 posts in one of these series threads, we start over with a fresh one. I don't fully understand why, but I don't mind because it's fun to jockey for position to start the new thread.

Im' really happy I am over my thread addiction.. i didn't even monitor the last one! ;)

oh really! I propose a forum dance off!

Fool! You know not what you mess with: I activate FORUM BODYPOP!

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Im' really happy I am over my thread addiction.. i didn't even monitor the last one! ;)

You're here surprisingly quickly :mischief:

This thread is funny too, but the other title is better.

Bigfoot, Catharsis AND Abaddon in the same thread, it's off to a good start.

Fool! You know not what you mess with: I activate FORUM BODYPOP!

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I'll see you're simple anscii and raise you... an anscii .gif

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i70/BoboBilly/Gifs/ASCIImanwalking_opaque.gif



and btw... remember the thread cat

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i70/BoboBilly/Gifs/new_thread_cat.gif

I trained my cat well...

ohh.. an better gif:
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8148/1225323885593vk9.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1225323885593vk9.gif/1/w233.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img131/1225323885593vk9.gif/1/)

Edit: Cart! why am i not in your sig :p

Im' really happy I am over my thread addiction.. i didn't even monitor the last one! ;)
Yeah you do seem to have passed on the torch of the obsessed thread-starter.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i70/BoboBilly/Gifs/new_thread_cat.gif
That's a keeper! :lol:

'Foot dances forth into victory.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff93/sowateveru78/dance_animated_gif-1.gif

Man Taras that's like the virtual dance-off equivalent of taking equine steroids. May as well do this: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: 'cause it amounts to the same thing.

Also, ACTIVATE FORUM HEADSPIN

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So as not to spam, here's an actual rave: things sort of seem to be going OK. I mean, there's all this economy nonsense and Russia and partisan hackery of all shapes and sizes but to be honest, those things just doesn't seem to be worrying my little head like they should. And then some fool comes along and starts talking about black swans and all of a sudden bam, no more contentment for you sunshine. But for now, joy joy joy.

'Foot dances forth into victory.




http://www.myspacecomedy.com/images/funny/woot-go-you.jpg

Ninja edit makes Abaddon look like a tool! :cool:

Man Taras that's like the virtual dance-off equivalent of taking equine steroids. May as well do this: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: 'cause it amounts to the same thing.

Also, ACTIVATE FORUM HEADSPIN

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you just got

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i70/BoboBilly/Gifs/recoil.gif

'Foot dances forth into victory.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff93/sowateveru78/dance_animated_gif-1.gif
http://www.myspacecomedy.com/images/funny/woot-go-you.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i70/BoboBilly/Gifs/nothing.gif

I am the king of .gifs

Ninja edit makes Abaddon look like a tool! :cool:

Ninjaedit saves Abaddon :p

http://i14.tinypic.com/4yrv6lw.jpg

I am the king of .gifs

Pu-lease, I didn't generate my ego sig, nor cause a re-writing of the Babe Thread rules for nothing :p

Pu-lease, I didn't generate my ego sig, nor cause a re-writing of the Babe Thread rules for nothing :p

I think I hear the people screaming for something... I hear echo's of Change..... change is coming... you've got a new challenger!

but I best stop before I go crazy on flaming this thread like its extraordinarily dry lint.


new RAVE: I feel crazy right now... don't ask me why but I do

I think I hear the people screaming for something... I hear echo's of Change..... change is coming... you've got a new challenger!

but I best stop before I go crazy on flaming this thread like its extraordinarily dry lint.


new RAVE: I feel crazy right now... don't ask me why but I do

Man, thats crazy talk.

http://www.januarymagazine.com/features/feaimages/CallMeCrazyExcerpt.jpg

OK, you gotta stop it before we get in trouble. :lol:

Meanwhile, I found my harmonica! Harmony!

Man, thats crazy talk.

http://www.januarymagazine.com/features/feaimages/CallMeCrazyExcerpt.jpg

that's not crazy talk... that's Obama talk

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i70/BoboBilly/Gifs/baby-for-obama.jpg

OK, you gotta stop it before we get in trouble. :lol:

Meanwhile, I found my harmonica! Harmony!

I'm sorry Bigfoot... my ego runs before my brain....

Abaddon... you win this time... but we will meet again! kinda'.... indirectly at least

Abaddon... you win

This makes me happy. :king:

In other news...my workload hasn't been nearly as bad as anticipated. Wasting all of yesterday watching the election doesn't seem to have put me behind at all.

Dinner tasted good and I met up with someone there unexpectedly that I hadn't seen in awhile! :)
Abaddon... you win this time... but we will meet again! kinda'.... indirectly at least
Don't feed the Abaddon, it'll just keep hanging around for more.

its been a pretty crazy forum posting for me in the last 10ish minutes.... more-so than I've ever done... I'm proud

Don't feed the Abaddon, it'll just keep hanging around for more.

first I get him dependant on my compliments.... then when I cut if off... he dies.... if you grab it by the neck, eventually your grip is good enough to strangle it

but shh.... don't let him find out ;)

Dinner tasted good and I met up with someone there unexpectedly that I hadn't seen in awhile! :)

Don't feed the Abaddon, it'll just keep hanging around for more.


The meal was loverly thanks ;)

Other than Catharsis, I have not seen anyone who bet that McCain would win change their avatars and signatures. :mad:

Other than Catharsis, I have not seen anyone who bet that McCain would win change their avatars and signatures. :mad:
...and you're happy about this why?

MobBoss did something, I don't know if it followed all the rules of the thing.

I'm pretty mad that the Taliban and Osama didn't mind their own durn bizness over 7 years ago.

I'm pretty mad that the Repubs didn't focus on the economy before it became a daming point this year.

I got to watch The Long Green Line again and finally figured out exactly who said the quote in my sig!

I got a big hug from someone as soon as I walked into my old high school on a whim after voting yesterday.

After that I had an excellent cheeseburger.

...and you're happy about this why?

I'M HAPPY THAT I MIXED UP THE TWO THREADS :blush:

I enjoy destroying the titles of the "What Song You Listening To" threads.

I was reading Stormfront's forum about Obama's victory. It was hilarious. Great for entertainment. Those poor oppressed whiteys :lol:

This is turning into a funny gifs thread......Yay! :love:

I rave that I am making excellent time on my NaNo. Spending only about an hour a night writing, I am still ahead of the pace I need to win, which I have never done before (the first year, I didn't even start until the 6th.) At this rate, I may finish a little early, and I can still spend plenty of time with my lady friend.

I rave that I am making excellent time on my NaNo. Spending only about an hour a night writing, I am still ahead of the pace I need to win, which I have never done before (the first year, I didn't even start until the 6th.) At this rate, I may finish a little early, and I can still spend plenty of time with my lady friend.

Good. You can write part of mine.

I think I've actually hit my pace only twice so far.

The trick is not to use contractions or compound words (which I have to remember not to do here - it's okay to say "everything", not "every thing") although that probably only gives me a few hundred extra words.

I rave that i subscribe

Random raves:

If the USA is headed towards a path of protectionism and make-work, I highly suggest we drill drill drill for my oil as the form of make work.

The NaNo contest seems pretty cool, I may try next year....maybe do some warm-ups over the year. Cool CFC thread---mini-NaNo warmups.
Andromeda Strain + Jurassic Park + textbook Evolution theory + Arnold the Govinator might get my creativity sparked.

The Wired How To Magazine supplement, its interesting, if not the greatest like National Geographic maps. :p

I rave that I have a place to rave if I happened to have any raves.

I have recently been remotivated to continue my current alternate history timeline! :)

I am more than a day ahead, and I have not spent more than about an hour any day this month.

I really, really like part-Indonesian singers.

I really, really like part-Indonesian singers.

Any one in particular? I can think of at least one attractive half-Indonesian singer . . .

I have two extra days off!

I discovered /b/

I'm finally back from my trip and I can just sit down and relax.... feels good

I rave that i was able to chew through my restraints and bite the mail man today!

My interest in finishing homework/anti-procrastination is at high levels at this moment :)

(except for the fact that I am, in fact, on CFC at this very moment :undecide:)

Only four exams before high school is over forever.

This threads is what happens when you mix drugs and forums.

Oh well good thing you let us know.

i'm not sure whether to throw something under Rant or Rave....

i'm not sure whether to throw something under Rant or Rave....

Not being sure, would be a rant.

But wouldn't it be a Rave once i figure it out?

But wouldn't it be a Rave once i figure it out?

Yes, but you haven't figured it out yet, or at least you haven't demonstrated that you've figured it out yet.

I trained my cat well...

ohh.. an better gif:
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8148/1225323885593vk9.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1225323885593vk9.gif/1/w233.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img131/1225323885593vk9.gif/1/)

Edit: Cart! why am i not in your sig :p

Dude... I could seriously watch that all day...

I do.. :groucho:

Good amount of work done, good food, good movie, good company

Good day :)

they called for snow but it is too warm so it rained!

I saw a guy today that looked EXACTLY like Carlton from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

I saw a guy today that looked EXACTLY like Carlton from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

That's a rave? :lol:

Hell yeah, it was freaking hilarious!

I rave about being raved to rave about.

Confused yet? :p

I rave that i have two extra days off!

I thought it said "Monetary Diversions On The Road To The Grave."

:mischief:

I finished my homework before 5 PM, so I have had 4 hours to write essays for college (which means, of course, that I used 0 of those hours effectively.)

I just had a great Sunday, and I really needed it.

I had a bad day writing, and I still broke 2K.

I also beat my girlfriend in pool twice in a row because she kept getting unlucky.

Someone is attacking me on IRC. :(

I just may be able to catch up on Calculus work. :)

Someone is attacking me on IRC. :(
And you're glad? What are you, a troll?

And you're glad? What are you, a troll?
Oops. I mistook the meaning of the word "rave". :lol:

I know, I just like to give people a hard time. :p

My girlfriend just said I'm the 'perfect boyfriend'...wasn't that nice?

What, are you asking? :shifty:

I don't know you! :run:

it was rhetorical, calm down Bigfoot

Boy, I'm on a roll this evening. :lol:

I'm sorry everybody. :D

I don't care if I fail my Specialist Maths exam tomorrow, because if I do then so will at least 50% of other people doing the subject, thus making my score decent anyway.

my new avatar is full of win. dont you guy's just love comrade stalin? what a sexy dictator, i was thinking about putting saddam hussien but decided stalin was more succesfull.

I have made significant progress on my current alternate history, and I did pretty bloody well at the quizbowl tournament this past weekend. :D
Any one in particular? I can think of at least one attractive half-Indonesian singer . . .
The one I'm thinking of isn't quite half-Indonesian but she's close, and all she wanted is to just breathe.
my new avatar is full of win. dont you guy's just love comrade stalin? what a sexy dictator, i was thinking about putting saddam hussien but decided stalin was more succesfull.
Shout-out to fellow NESers: his teeth were inadequate. :lol:

Yesterday I ranted about how my throat was killing me... Today I just woke up and I don't have anything wrong with it any more!!! :dance: I still have a very stuffed nose but it'll go away and it's not nearly as annoying. Didn't take any kind of medication whatsoever!

my new avatar is full of win.
I'm starting to think mine is too.

dont you guy's just love comrade stalin? what a sexy dictator, i was thinking about putting saddam hussien but decided stalin was more succesfull.
Yeah, Saddam only invaded like what, two countries? He was a wussy.

I rave that I have a free day today (but 3 ceremonies tomorrow), and that I finished building (long live Ikea) the library in my flat, and put all my books and DVDs in order.
Yay!

I'm starting to think mine is too.


Yeah, Saddam only invaded like what, two countries? He was a wussy.

and he lost, both times!!

My security settings are fixed, now I can use as many emoticons and html things as I want! :D:mad::eek::cry::(:eek::eek::goodjob::goodjob::go odjob::nuke:

I have the easiest job ever! I sit in the library which no one ever comes into and do stuff on the computer. I'm at work right now and I get paid $7.15 an hour for this. :goodjob:

Not the most amazing of salaries, but I wouldn't complain in that situation. :clap:

In other news, 'Foot has removed his perma-offline status! Happy days. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLt7clQbBzo)

I knew you would notice that, you stalker maniac! :lol:

Oh by the way, I worked in a library for 3 years... it gets old quick.

I'm in school to become a librarian...

That's exciting :)

You have to bear in mind that I'm a renegade.

But they treated me well there.

Rave- I know a renegade

I think I met my writing pace for the first time today. I'm going to be thrilled if I have 25,000 at the end of the month.

For tomorrow, Veterans Day, no charge for all veterans at Applebee's Restaurants. I thought that was mighty decent of them.

Rave- I know a renegade

Don't you mean a maverick?

Rave: My new bike finally arrived over the weekend! Awesome!:goodjob:

huh? did someone say maverick?

I'm a maverick.

and might I add the only way to become a maverick is to self-proclaim yourself as such (credit: Stephen Colbert)

I love cash back credit cards!

I discovered this:
http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.45.swf?cid=317016

For tomorrow, Veterans Day, no charge for all veterans at Applebee's Restaurants. I thought that was mighty decent of them.

How do they know if they are vets?

How do they know if they are vets?
Military ID, American Legion/VFW membership cards. I think there's a couple other ways too. I don't think you would get away with it. :p

huh? did someone say maverick?

I'm a maverick.

and might I add the only way to become a maverick is to self-proclaim yourself as such (credit: Stephen Colbert)

:lol: I loved that little segment! :lol:

Let's go pick on a nerd :p

Military ID, American Legion/VFW membership cards. I think there's a couple other ways too. I don't think you would get away with it. :p

what makes you say i'm not a vet?:confused:

what makes you say i'm not a vet?:confused:

I remember hearing that you were a 4-year-old pimp.

I was a child solider in Liberia:lol: (only at CFC you can laugh at child soliders:p)

I was a child solider in Liberia:lol: (only at CFC you can laugh at child soliders:p)

I think only YOU can laugh at child soldiers. :lol:

Don't say it like that. It makes me look like a monster:crazyeye:

I finished the second installment of my alternate history (Our Mutual Fiend - Sledgehammer - Man in a Suitcase). Stuff is actually diverging now, it's been some seven years since the PoD. Pretty happy with how it turned out. :)

Dachs...i'm a big Alt-history fan....is it online somewhere?

Dachs...i'm a big Alt-history fan....is it online somewhere?
Yeah, it's in the NES Alternate History Thread IV: The Sequel. All installments are located on this page (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=225910&page=82); it's written as more of a history-book as opposed to a story per se, so don't expect something like canonized's Timelines from me. :p

NES?.....explain...

NES?.....explain...
There's a whole subforum (http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=69) here on CFC devoted to these games called 'Never-Ending Stories' (which in reality do end, and sometimes don't have a lot to do with stories). They're usually involving each player taking control of a country and having it out with one another in various fashions. I suppose it's kind of vaguely like a political MUD, if you want to put it that way. In any event, in order to get ideas for NES settings, a few of us have been posting alternate histories for quite some time. There's a link to the NES alternate history repository in my sig, actually. Catharsis hates us (:p), but we're a fun bunch.

Don't say it like that. It makes me look like a monster:crazyeye:

No, YOU make you look like a monster . . .

Ahem. I had a lousy day but am still keeping my 2K/day pace.

Only 2 exams to go...

I do?193987

If that is a picture of you attacking a young maiden then yes, you look like a monster.

On a rave note: I managed to free my car from its snowy tomb, thus preventing me from getting a ticket in the morning!

Why yes it is.;)

Why yes it is.;)
That's what all Marylanders are like, so it's no big deal. :p

In other news, Def Leppard's drummer was really awesome, I'm not gonna lie. "Photograph" is an excellent song.

My phone seems to be charging! This can only be good!

I do?193987

What monster is that???

Catharsis hates us (:p), but we're a fun bunch.

Now, now. I don't hate the whole shebang: just the spam, and the forum culture. And the games. And all the players.

Sorry, what was the question?

:mischief:

Hold has mysteriously disappeared, and my Econ exam is getting a nice curve. It's only a drop of water in the bucket, this miserable, hits-you-like-a-sack-of-bricks-you-didn't-see-coming-bucket, but I'm focusing on the positive. :) I WILL push the rock up the mountain.

A-/B+ on my final Ancient India test.

All projects, presentations, and exams out of the way for a little while, no immediate deadlines hanging over my head...time to breathe easy and be lazy :cool:

I finally finished revising an article I'm submitting to a history journal! I'm done just in time to begin writing three of my term papers, though. No rest for the wicked, or History majors, I suppose.

I have about 3 hours in which I am forced by the situation to stay at home and do nothing!! :D After 6 days of continuous running around, this is amazingly good.

I have the most brilliant song idea! Finally, my muse has caught up with me. :D

I got tickets to see the Columbus Crew in the MLS Semifinals tomorrow.

I got tickets to see the Columbus Crew in the MLS Semifinals tomorrow.

Jealous. I'm so close, yet so very far away. :(

Jealous. I'm so close, yet so very far away. :(

I'm actually a tiny bit worried. The police think we're going to have fights (The bus of Chicago fans get a special Columbus Police escort). I happen to live, literally, across the street from the Crew fan club HQ, and only a few min away from Crew Stadium. If any after game hi jinks go down, its going to be in my hood.

The game however, will be awesome.

I'm actually a tiny bit worried. The police think we're going to have fights (The bus of Chicago fans get a special Columbus Police escort). I happen to live, literally, across the street from the Crew fan club HQ, and only a few min away from Crew Stadium. If any after game hi jinks go down, its going to be in my hood.

The game however, will be awesome.

Sounds great! The new Rio Tinto stadium in Sandy is ridiculously close, but I seriously doubt I could swing tickets. Hope you enjoy yourself, and make sure you blast cabana music as you walk around to throw off any troublemakers ;)

my mom just made delicious a delicious smoothie and I have a pizza all to myself :)

being the only child left in the house has its perks

i got an 88 on my bio exam, 20 point curves FTW.

i got an 88 on my bio exam, 20 point curves FTW.

I wish my bio teacher did curves.....

congrats on the 108

My bro's bio teacher was the teacher from hell. Mine wasn't so bad.............................

I wish my bio teacher did curves.....

congrats on the 108

no, i got a 68;)

My bio teacher was only a bio teacher in the titular sense. She was really a professional golfer who taught biology on the side. I only did barely OK in the class, but I spent the entire year laughing at the situation.

My biology teacher in freshman year of high school enjoyed telling the story in which she attempted to copulate with a dolphin. Not one of my favorite classes.

My rave: quiz bowl. WOW it's awesome.

no, i got a 68;)

ooh.... :blush: sorry

Having sex with animals is a great experience but so long they are fury . A dolphin ? That is GROSS.

That is deeply, deeply, profoundly disturbing...

ooh.... :blush: sorry
No need to be, he got a free ride this time! :goodjob:

Having sex with animals is a great experience but so long they are fury . A dolphin ? That is GROSS.

nah man dolphin sex is awesome, i only did it once and it never beat all the times i had sex with my dog's.

No need to be, he got a free ride this time! :goodjob:
Meh. Personally I'd rather have gotten one extra point on that exam instead of twenty.

Meh. Personally I'd rather have gotten one extra point on that exam instead of twenty.
You're what they call a "creative thinker." ;)

You're what they call a "creative thinker." ;)
No, I'm what they call "extremely immature". :p

Blazing hot chili mac with Parmesan cheese!

I reached the half way point of my novel and it is only the 12th!

I got a 56 on my Calculus 2 midterm! And I've taken the class before?....

EDIT: I'm also an civil engineering student...so yeah stay off my bridges?

I got a 56 on my Calculus 2 midterm! And I've taken the class before?....

EDIT: I'm also an civil engineering student...so yeah stay off my bridges?

and you like that? TROLL!!

Eschew washingtonpost.com and their insistance on making me pay to see an entire archived article. To the microfilm section of the university library, I say!

[QUOTE=Dachs;7439067]That's what all Marylanders are like, so it's no big deal. :p[Yes we are sexy beasts:D

my alt-history story is coming along just fine....

Schadenfreude is awesome.
my alt-history story is coming along just fine....
Sounds like a familiar refrain. :p What's yours on? I've finally picked a title for the first part of Installment III.

American war in 1902 over Venezuela with a angry Germany and a VERY hesitant England..."Unbroken Chains" based off an essay i did in high school.

(I'm an unabashed TR fan)

American war in 1902 over Venezuela with a angry Germany and a VERY hesitant England..."Unbroken Chains" based off an essay i did in high school.

(I'm an unabashed TR fan)
The Cipriano Castro affair? Hurm. I don't know if the Germans, and probably not the British, would have gone to war over him and the loan payments. But good stuff anyway. :goodjob:

The Cipriano Castro affair? Hurm. I don't know if the Germans, and probably not the British, would have gone to war over him and the loan payments. But good stuff anyway. :goodjob:

i have to say i'm rather impressed with your recall,lol

I amusingly first heard of the whole thing here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4429001&postcount=1939). das althists: FTW?

On a more ravy note, a $20 bet I made a year and a half ago was finally paid off today. I was surprised the deadbeat actually did it, too, cause what I did wasn't really worth 20 bucks. BUT STILL, I got cash monies. :D

Finally joining Digg and Facebook.

Rave^4.

Rave 1; I have officially finished highschool.

Rave 2; I bought an Xbox 360, and it came with Mass Effect and Halo 3 free.

Rave 3; Guitar Hero World Tour is awesome.

Rave 4; I actually have something that resembles a social life recently.

I survived.

I am not a statistic! (specifically, I am not going to be part of the unemployment statistics.)

Finally aced a couple of Sporcle (http://www.sporcle.com/) quizzes I've been struggling with - Countries of the World (last time I tried I got 194/195 - curse you Malawi!) and US States (I have a mental block on Minnesota).

Pulled off an A on a Finance exam that the average score was a 60%.

Fallout 3 is an amazing game.

I managed to somehow use the completely wrong formula and work for a physics question on our quiz, and still get the right answer. :D

I got a 60% on my math quiz today :D Horrible score but better than I expected.

One of the questions was something about how long would it take 2000 whales to turn into 150000 whales if they double every six years. I got the right answer by just plain guessing and no idea of the formula at all :goodjob: (It's around 37 by the way)

Watched the finale of LOST season 3 and it was awesome.

And the best part was :
Are you sure ? There's a pretty big spoiler there if you haven't seen it.
Charlie (Dominic Monhagan) dies ! :)

I was listening to my boss on the radio this morning. He was interviewing some Rabbi or somebody and at the end of the interview he says: "Thank you so much, and God bless everyone." And then my boss says: "Same to you".

I can't tell you how funny that was to me.

I contributed to the site!!

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=298951 :D

I rule at Mathematics.

My birthday is tomorrow. [/brag]

i just got a great answer for a bad question!

Watched the finale of LOST season 3 and it was awesome.

And the best part was :
Are you sure ? There's a pretty big spoiler there if you haven't seen it.
Charlie (Dominic Monhagan) dies ! :)

That part pissed me off so much. I mean, I didn't like Charlie at all, but he had plenty of time to get out the door himself, too, and even if he didn't, to still try and break the window. He just sort of resigned himself to dying, and that annoyed me.

Of course, there are other people I would've rather seen go than him, namely, that stupid British chic with the baby that he drools over. Every time she speaks I want to reach through the TV screen and slap her.

The character and the actress are both Australian . . .

Well you know who I'm talking about. I hate her all the same.

My girlfriend was cheating on me and thanks to her own stupidity I found out even though I wasn't looking! :lol: On top of that, she was on IM right now, in invisible mode, and had at her status "I love you my <little lover>" (can't really translate the last part, it's a diminutive from a word meaning beloved person).

So I started a couple of stealth programs that I have on my computer and hid myself under another name, taking the name from the name she had at the status, started talking to her, made her believe she was talking to someone else, and then suddenly letting her know I'm not exactly who she thinks I am.
Then I hacked into her account (dumb security question, figured her postal code out from her address), and sent a pretty freaking embarrassing message to everyone, including that guy she was talking to. Then I sent it to the guy from which she was trying to obtain a contract for some recordings (yes, musician just like me), and later I even sent it to her "teacher" (around here in highschool you have a teacher that is "assigned" to a class, like a higher authority than a normal teacher) and she - the teacher- even answered to ask me if I'm serious. After that she got a message from the guy she wanted that contract with, and he sounded really cold and basically told her to f-off in a very polite manner. And then, to seal everything, I sent it to her mother's email too.

All in all, don't mess with a guy with knowledge in computer who happens to have a lot of relations exactly in the field you are "working" in (music). You DON'T know what to expect. The revenge is soooo good after the humiliation! You can't even imagine how good it feels!!




Then I discovered this in a site similar to myspace/facebook:

ally ♥ her bf ...
ally ♥ MaryuSsS ......... [censored] off, whore! I feel so relieved! Go back to your beloved little lover with the pseudo-Roman name!

geez Mirc...guess your not into live and let live...

My girlfriend was cheating on me and thanks to her own stupidity I found out even though I wasn't looking! :lol: On top of that, she was on IM right now, in invisible mode, and had at her status "I love you my <little lover>" (can't really translate the last part, it's a diminutive from a word meaning beloved person).

So I started a couple of stealth programs that I have on my computer and hid myself under another name, taking the name from the name she had at the status, started talking to her, made her believe she was talking to someone else, and then suddenly letting her know I'm not exactly who she thinks I am.
Then I hacked into her account (dumb security question, figured her postal code out from her address), and sent a pretty freaking embarrassing message to everyone, including that guy she was talking to. Then I sent it to the guy from which she was trying to obtain a contract for some recordings (yes, musician just like me), and later I even sent it to her "teacher" (around here in highschool you have a teacher that is "assigned" to a class, like a higher authority than a normal teacher) and she - the teacher- even answered to ask me if I'm serious. After that she got a message from the guy she wanted that contract with, and he sounded really cold and basically told her to f-off in a very polite manner. And then, to seal everything, I sent it to her mother's email too.

All in all, don't mess with a guy with knowledge in computer who happens to have a lot of relations exactly in the field you are "working" in (music). You DON'T know what to expect. The revenge is soooo good after the humiliation! You can't even imagine how good it feels!!




Then I discovered this in a site similar to myspace/facebook:

ally ♥ her bf ...
ally ♥ MaryuSsS ......... [censored] off, whore! I feel so relieved! Go back to your beloved little lover with the pseudo-Roman name!

That's awesome.

My rave is that I got onto the Model OAS team this year! There are only like five other people on the team.

geez Mirc...guess your not into live and let live...

I lost a part of my morals after being humiliated in front of people I care about as much as I USED to care about her.

You know, when you do the amount of things that I did for her and get this kinda treatment back, you ARE gonna love the revenge! I could have shown her things she would have never dreamed of. I'm serious. I was about to take her with me to a 2 week trip through Italy that I'm making for some concerts.... and many things that fall under the definition of a "broad horizon".

She deserved it but that whole thing makes you sound like a psycho Mirc. :lol:

Also, have you considered singing the blues?

She deserved it but that whole thing makes you sound like a psycho Mirc. :lol:

:lol: People have done worse things to my friends, I could have taken a lot of inspiration from them. I don't want to waste any more time on her though so I didn't bother.

Funny fact #n: When I tried to talk to her at first, she pretended her father was on the computer. And I asked whether the supposed "he" at the computer had chest hair or something else on his chest. And then she stopped talking to me realizing I might know more than I should.

Dude.... you're so gonna get bollocked for that Mirc! :lol: Nice job tho.

Epic win, Mirc! :lol:

*makes note* Never cross Mirc and log onto AIM...

If the thread were closed today, Mirc would win it.

Mirc that was just awesome, girls really shouldnt cheat on geeks. This is the 2nd story I've heard of geeks taking revenge in such an awesome manner.

Mirc that was just awesome, girls really shouldnt cheat on geeks. This is the 2nd story I've heard of geeks taking revenge in such an awesome manner.
What's the first story?

Type in 'I hate you julia' into google.

I don't get it?

The ihatejulia.com website seems to be a very clever way of making money, though! :hatsoff:

Mirc that was just awesome, girls really shouldnt cheat on geeks. This is the 2nd story I've heard of geeks taking revenge in such an awesome manner.

:D Yeah, and if apart from that the guy also happens to have a life and have good connections in the outside world, it might get even better..... ;)

Guh. It wasn't so bad the first time Mirc but too much of this stuff will start to take your soul away.

:confused: I don't get it...? I couldn't have done half of what I did if I didn't have many connections in real life, that's what I was saying. What's your point?

Oh wait, I thought you were talking about his connections. I dunno. None of my business anyway... :blush:

I don't get it?

The ihatejulia.com website seems to be a very clever way of making money, though! :hatsoff:

There didnt use to be an email option, you just had to have people click on the link you were provided to unravel the nasty bits.

Are the nasty bits worth the effort? :evil:

nasty bits are allways worth the effort.

I love when girls want to talk about their problems. Not just because it's an opportunity for me to drum up brownie points, but because their constant blabbering makes it harder for them to realize that I'm paying very little attention. :cool:

we sat by a really funny little 1(ish) year old in Stake Conference today

I discovered a new idiom today! It induced joy.

I love my new Albert King album.

TEACH FOR AMERICA ACCEPTED ME!!!

I will be teaching Elementary School in New Orleans for the 2009-2010 school year.

YES

Congratulations!

Awesome, New Orleans rocks. How can any city with drive-in beer shops be all bad?

Wait, there are places that don't have those? we have them in Columbus...

but if anybody knows stuff about New Orleans, please, post them or PM me. I've never been to Louisiana.

even PA, where we can't buy beer in stores, has beer distributors

Wish I could go to New Orleans. :(

Well all the luck in the world to you downtown! :clap:

I just ate a buttload (yes a buttload) of popcorn and then topped it off with like 8 tall glasses of delicious lemonade......

it was a good night..... now I get to finish it off with homework :(

Epic lulz: MS Word 2007 decided to inform me, on the basis of using so many foreign words, that I had too many spelling errors to continue displaying them all. (For the record, I have some 20,000 characters at this juncture.)

wow...nice..i didn't even know it was possible to do that,lol

I guess it is. There's a typo up there; it ought to be words, not characters. Of characters I have about 104,000 without spaces.

I thought I was going to be up until 4 AM doing this stuff, but it looks like I will only be up until 2 or so.

bahahahhaha I'm so awesome!!!!!!!!!

I've been listening to f'ing Bach and Gregorian chants and whatnot all night trying to inspire myself to come up with some brilliant philosophical theology.... so this morning I'm pretty much resigned to not coming up with a truly brilliant objection to this view, so I just say screw it and start pumping gangster rap... and immediately I come up with a fantastic objection. Woo! God i love gangster rap.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I found the longest name for a law ever.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

Or CERCLA for short.

Got an A on a difficult and rather weighty paper I thought I did kinda horrible on, which is a big relief to my mind. :woohoo: Seems like all my grades are in good shape...so long as I don't screw up or get complacent in the last 4-5 week stretch, I could be on the way to a 4.0.

Got mostly B+'s, and my Latin grade is a B! (Thought it was to be lower)

Well on my way to a 4.1 for next quarter report. But god I regret taking that drama class that I usually skip now anyway. Goddamn 83. But I guess I have more than enough time to bring it up by pretending to give a crap.

my Academic team dominated in the competition today, coming in 8th out of 82 I believe. AND, on top of that, we only had 2 people when every other team had AT LEAST 4 people (as 4 are allowed, we just didn't have enough players)

it was amazing, and it was very fun

I don't think I'm going to get a 4.0 this quarter. Stupid AP classes giving me B's. I don't think I can bring it up either. Plus the Final is a project as opposed to a major test. For most of the people in my class, that's a rave but I'm super good at multiple choice tests and now I have to do a project that will take around a week of work.

Just so you know, a B in an AP class looks better than an A in a regular class.

my Academic team dominated in the competition today, coming in 8th out of 82 I believe. AND, on top of that, we only had 2 people when every other team had AT LEAST 4 people (as 4 are allowed, we just didn't have enough players)

it was amazing, and it was very fun
What tournament?

I really am kind of starting to like Safari. Not going to overtake Opera as my 2nd browser though.

I've recently discovered a new love for accordion music.

It's mysteriously warm for November. :)

Something isn't right... :shifty:

I made the most amazing chain of presenting only one point of view of information and lies that I thought of in 5 seconds and it worked miraculously. It's unbelievable how everybody believed it straight away and the guy that I was protecting through that got away so well that he actually gained a lot of respect from this whole thing. And it's one of those things that, if enough time passes (think 2-3 months), nobody will ever be able to find out the real variant, and it won't matter. :D

So I helped an almost-innocent friend of mine who helped me a lot to gain back his reputation through very fast and successful thinking. :D

Then you bragged about it on the internet, and it all came crashing down on you.

No way. Check the last sentence of the first paragraph.
Ah, and... nobody involved speaks English

What tournament?

it was at Monsignor Donavon in Toms River... that is the most fun (funnest?) tournament that our academic team plays in, IMO

it was at Monsignor Donavon in Toms River... that is the most fun (funnest?) tournament that our academic team plays in, IMO
Ah. This place (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=33&sid=4bea8a9c77868e7c0f32655407b4098e) is an excellent way to gain information on quiz bowl tournaments in your area. Being in New Jersey, you're kinda stuck between DC metro area's tournaments (which are the best in the country HELL YEAH :p) and the ones up around New York and New England. Travel time would be painful. I hear there's some interesting stuff in Delaware that Wilmington Charter just kind of gets away with ganking for frees; if you played in some of those and showed them up that'd be funny.

My Xbox came back today!!! :woohoo:

I have to actually do college work tonight and get up at 10am to do the damn test! :mad:

It's in economics too which I have little interest in so theres no upside to this work.

YOU CALL THAT A RAVE!? WHAT IS THIS!?

I have a test tommorow which I feel somewhat confident for. :)

I really am kind of starting to like Safari. Not going to overtake Opera as my 2nd browser though.

It better not :trouble:



Food somehow tastes better when you know the people who made it didn't get paid :cool:

Ah. This place (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=33&sid=4bea8a9c77868e7c0f32655407b4098e) is an excellent way to gain information on quiz bowl tournaments in your area. Being in New Jersey, you're kinda stuck between DC metro area's tournaments (which are the best in the country HELL YEAH :p) and the ones up around New York and New England. Travel time would be painful. I hear there's some interesting stuff in Delaware that Wilmington Charter just kind of gets away with ganking for frees; if you played in some of those and showed them up that'd be funny.

I might recommend it to my adviser for the club, but I doubt anything will happen...

do you go to these things? or do you just laugh at my nerdy-ness

I might recommend it to my adviser for the club, but I doubt anything will happen...

do you go to these things? or do you just laugh at my nerdy-ness
You could say that I have some experience in quizballin', yeah. The team that I captained last year won NAQT nationals...:p

Australia won even though we played like crap. Thank you Schwarzer and Bresciano.

You could say that I have some experience in quizballin', yeah. The team that I captained last year won NAQT nationals...:p

just out of curiosity,

A-do you each get specific categories to study? or is it like our team where we all have a general idea of everything (for the most part) with 3-4 categories we're best at (e.g.-my categories are geography, biology, history (despite what you may think), and perhaps math (I'd like to be in Calculus before I consider it MY category))

B-if you said yes to A, what categories are you?

C-what are some of the questions like?

D-what is the age range of this competition... like, I'm a sophomore in HS, and even though I consider myself intelligent, I don't think compared to alot I'm all that great

A-do you each get specific categories to study? or is it like our team where we all have a general idea of everything (for the most part) with 3-4 categories we're best at (e.g.-my categories are geography, biology, history (despite what you may think), and perhaps math (I'd like to be in Calculus before I consider it MY category))

B-if you said yes to A, what categories are you?
Usually we'd identify what people were best at (we kept the same A team throughout the year, barring a few isolated events early in the fall and winter), then have them just go and read up on their own as they normally would. Practices would just involve us reading through packets to get a sense of the canon and of frequently used clues.

My problem now is that my college team is rather...underdeveloped, so I usually end up handling everything or almost everything. But back in high school I usually ended up handling history, geography, a large chunk of literature, and some computer science. Oh, and trash. :p
C-what are some of the questions like?
Usually about a paragraph (4-5 lines) of text. They don't like to provide recent examples of their less sucky questions without you paying for them, though, which is annoying. Red Door probably has a better sense for what's actually in the questions now.
D-what is the age range of this competition... like, I'm a sophomore in HS, and even though I consider myself intelligent, I don't think compared to alot I'm all that great
High school.

I'll point it out to my advisor, although I doubt she'll end up taking it.

not to mention I'm moving soon anyway, so even if SHE did accept I doubt I'd go there anyway. My better bet would to push for it in my new school out by Phoenix. I best get studying now then, as I can only imagine this would be a BIG leg up from what I'm used to in Academic team :P



EDIT: I just remembered to ask this... is this one of those retarded competitions where you have to get the EXACT answer or else its no go. In the last competition we went to (the Mon. Don. one that I was happy 'bout) there were about 100 points ('bout 4ish questions) that we didn't get ('bout 70 of which went to the other team(s)) because we missed things by one word

things like saying "Trickle-down Effect" instead of "Trickle-down Economics" and the other one I can remember was "Quantum Physics" instead of "Quantum Mechanics" (although I can see why the second one was wrong)

EDIT: I just remembered to ask this... is this one of those retarded competitions where you have to get the EXACT answer or else its no go. In the last competition we went to (the Mon. Don. one that I was happy 'bout) there were about 100 points ('bout 4ish questions) that we didn't get ('bout 70 of which went to the other team(s)) because we missed things by one word

things like saying "Trickle-down Effect" instead of "Trickle-down Economics" and the other one I can remember was "Quantum Physics" instead of "Quantum Mechanics" (although I can see why the second one was wrong)
There are multiple acceptable answers for stuff like that, or you may get prompted to clarify your answer. For some stuff, such as To a Nightingale, screwing up an article is Bad News though - but since it's a title that would make sense, nicht wahr?

my Academic team dominated in the competition today, coming in 8th out of 82 I believe. AND, on top of that, we only had 2 people when every other team had AT LEAST 4 people (as 4 are allowed, we just didn't have enough players)

it was amazing, and it was very fun

Quiz Bowl is awesome, although you do not live in the greatest area for it.

Ah. This place (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=33&sid=4bea8a9c77868e7c0f32655407b4098e) is an excellent way to gain information on quiz bowl tournaments in your area. Being in New Jersey, you're kinda stuck between DC metro area's tournaments (which are the best in the country HELL YEAH :p) and the ones up around New York and New England. Travel time would be painful. I hear there's some interesting stuff in Delaware that Wilmington Charter just kind of gets away with ganking for frees; if you played in some of those and showed them up that'd be funny.

If I was in New Jersey, I would try to get the team to go to the Washington D.C. area tournaments - they really are the best. (For example, February 7th at Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C.) New England teams are pretty weak from first-hand experience. In your area, you should try to go to Hunter (they're still having a tournament, right?) or Wilmington Charter on December 20th.

I might recommend it to my adviser for the club, but I doubt anything will happen...

do you go to these things? or do you just laugh at my nerdy-ness

I go.
You could say that I have some experience in quizballin', yeah. The team that I captained last year won NAQT nationals...:p

NAQT is weak. :p

just out of curiosity,

A-do you each get specific categories to study? or is it like our team where we all have a general idea of everything (for the most part) with 3-4 categories we're best at (e.g.-my categories are geography, biology, history (despite what you may think), and perhaps math (I'd like to be in Calculus before I consider it MY category))

B-if you said yes to A, what categories are you?

C-what are some of the questions like?

D-what is the age range of this competition... like, I'm a sophomore in HS, and even though I consider myself intelligent, I don't think compared to alot I'm all that great

A - Specializing is always the best. My team, for example, has one very, very good player. I do not need to get more than 2-3 questions a game for us to win. If you can do math, you will be able to win points on NAQT. Most good teams in the D.C. area (my experience) are terrible at math. I have yet to see a team other than a select few be good at math. Being good at science is an excellent plus. If you are good at science, that's even better. Some teams (including mine) are never good at science, and that is what kills us. Knowing geography is key too. If you are absolutely solid at geography, math, and science, you could score big points in NAQT sets and hold your own in PACE, ACF, and house-written tournaments.

B - Geography, Trash, some History, and Physics (which is not saying much because I am terrible at that).

D - It varies by team. My team is 2 seniors and a mix of 1 other senior, 2 juniors, and 1 sophomore. If you are starting as a sophomore and you work at it (and go to good tournaments), you will be a great player next year. Reading packets helps a lot. Writing down answers you miss in practice/tournaments help a lot. Writing questions helps the most, but you need a lot of experience to do it. NAQT has a useful list of "You Outta Knows" for basic stuff on their website. I suggest you get acquainted with that. If you know that stuff, you will do better than most teams. As you learn more and more, you can go deeper and deeper into various questions that appear again.

Anyways, best of luck to you.

NAQT is weak. :p
Eh, PACE ain't that much better, and ACF is irregular. ;)