Random Raves X: Success Tactics

[Yared]

An ex-girlfriend of mine from Romania is going to come visit me on Wednesday, for 6 days! That is a rave in itself (since she's just an ex because of the distance, not because of anything else). And we're gonna see a concert, and then I'm gonna have her as a guest in my concert on Friday. I'm looking forward to both events.

However, in the meantime, I also got together with a Turkish girl, who knows the organizer of my concert on Friday - meaning that she's also going to be there. Damn. I'm not sure what to do. It's gonna be pretty hard to find a convincing way of keeping them both separate! But who cares, I love this kind of problems!! Even if it ends bad, I'm gonna have another great story to tell my grandkids. So after this one's gone, I'm gonna have the Turkish girl all for myself until the end of the month. And at the end of the month, I'm going to visit another ex-girlfriend of mine, when I fly back to Romania, before I go to Bucharest and meet up again with the one that's coming to me on Wednesday. My schedule is full!! I can't believe that 3 and a half years ago, I had never kissed a girl, I had never had a girlfriend and I was incredibly shy when talking to females. Who says that changing your own self is not possible?

No offence but this made me feel sick. I hope you still have both of your balls left after this, so you can have grandkids to tell! BTW, beware of mad cousins

 

[Mirc]

I've been through these things before. My balls will certainly be intact, thank you very much. I'm greatly tempted to make a joke, but I'll abstain for the sake of the mods.

 

[BCLG100]

were you behind all them original 'can't talk to girls' threads Mirc? that was coincedently around the same time i got very bored of OT so that is not, in anyway, asking anyone to reinvigorate them!

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Is anyone familiar with the term "diegogarcity"? Because I explained what it means to someone last week and since then it has struck twice (with portrait-oriented business cards and the legend that Isaac Newton invented the cat door).

 

[Mirc]

were you behind all them original 'can't talk to girls' threads Mirc? that was coincedently around the same time i got very bored of OT so that is not, in anyway, asking anyone to reinvigorate them!

Nope, not me. First of all, I was shy - I was never at such a state as not to be able to talk to them, far from that. I just somehow woke up one day, realized that the choice is only mine, and started changing.

 

[choxorn]

Spring Break!

Awesome. Now go write those Mafia Character Backgrounds!

I still have 2 weeks until Spring Break, so, Rave... hm.... Well it's sunnier and warmer than usual, does that count?

 

[Yared]

Earlier today I posted a rant about how I had lost all of the work I had done this morning. Now, I'm proud to announce that I have rewritten it (in a better way I think too) all!

 

[Ansar]

Cornell will pay my flight to go visit

 

[Tani Coyote]

The weather is quite fine today, not too cold and not too hot!

 

[Zack]

Now go write those Mafia Character Backgrounds!

 

[Camikaze]

I went to the Russian consulate this morning, gave them a wad of cash, my passport and a few other important documents. All is well.

 

[Karalysia]

Cornell will pay my flight to go visit

One of my neighbors from like 10 years ago goes to Cornell I think she's an engineering major.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Is anyone familiar with the term "diegogarcity"? Because I explained what it means to someone last week and since then it has struck twice (with portrait-oriented business cards and the legend that Isaac Newton invented the cat door).

Does it involve the relation to a small Indian Ocean island?

 

[Dachs]

No. It's when you learn the definition of a word and then, not long afterward, you start to see that word all over the place.

 

[azzaman333]

were you behind all them original 'can't talk to girls' threads Mirc? that was coincedently around the same time i got very bored of OT so that is not, in anyway, asking anyone to reinvigorate them!

I believe that was Xanikk.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

No. It's when you learn the definition of a word and then, not long afterward, you start to see that word all over the place.

Well, I have seen it used more broadly than that, but it's the basic principle - learn or hear about something the first time, and then almost immediately after see it a lot more.

Though it does have to do with a small Indian Ocean island, the name being inspired by "serendipity" ("Serendip" apparently being an old name for Sri Lanka or something. I have no citation for any of this.)

 

[Shekwan]

I went to the Russian consulate this morning, gave them a wad of cash, my passport and a few other important documents. All is well.

Did they ask you what your intentions were in Russia?

Apparently they like to grill westerners on what they're doing entering Russia, as if they're going there to work for a pittance and never go home, for some mad reason. I think its mostly because thats what western countries do to Russians, even though a Russian would have a valid economic reason for wanting to live illegally in places like western Europe or Australia. They just do the ''jump through hoops'' thing for the sake of it like its some sort of indicator of national prestige. This is apparently a Russian trait. I'm basing this on what my lecturer said, and he travels extensively in the former Soviet Union so I'm buying it.

Reminds me of when I had to get an American visa. The embassy in Dublin sums up the Americans to me. Really big and intimidating, huge security. Theres a massive golden eagle above the entrance and a nice fountain. But when you get inside its like waiting in line at the dole office and the guy you have to talk to is really nice. I mean inordinately nice.

 

[Camikaze]

Well, it's just an 8 day tourist visa...and all the paper work was in order...and I look innocent enough. So no. I think the guy who looked over my paperwork said ten words to me ("do you need it quick?" and "take this to the cashier"), so it was surprisingly easy.

What was perhaps more annoying was that I had to travel for over an hour in each direction to and from this place, in an eastern suburb I'd never heard of, with only the help of google maps, only to take ten minutes with applying. Maybe an interrogation would've made the travel time seem more worthwhile.

 

[Shekwan]

Well, it's just an 8 day tourist visa...and all the paper work was in order...and I look innocent enough. So no. I think the guy who looked over my paperwork said ten words to me ("do you need it quick?" and "take this to the cashier"), so it was surprisingly easy.

What was perhaps more annoying was that I had to travel for over an hour in each direction to and from this place, in an eastern suburb I'd never heard of, with only the help of google maps, only to take ten minutes with applying. Maybe an interrogation would've made the travel time seem more worthwhile.

I suppose it would be a (slightly embellished) badge of honour to say you've been interrogated by the Russians.

 

[Camikaze]

I kinda wasn't looking forward to the bruises to prove it, though.