Random Raves XXVI: I Get High With a Little Help from My Friends
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I found this by accident looking for something else and now I cannot stop laughing, mostly at the anti-PC arguments.
http://www.ehow.com/ehow-tech/blog/who-needs-a-pc-anymore/
Okay, call me back when you can play Half-Life 3 on your iPad
http://www.ehow.com/ehow-tech/blog/who-needs-a-pc-anymore/
Okay, call me back when you can play Half-Life 3 on your iPad
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My sister just went through a crazy 36 hour long giving birth process that resulted in 9 doctors pulling out "Stewie" with actual prongs. She held out without drugs for almost 30 of the hours and then very smartly asked for some painkillers. She saw the humour in it and apparently at one point said "I guess it's got my husband's goddamn big ears!". Then she cut the cord herself like a champ because nobody else wanted to.
I am just overwhelmed with emotion, and it isn't only the vodka speaking. Oh, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this affected my sister a hell of a lot than it affected me - but even though I wasn't even anywhere near the actual birth.. seeing her and realizing what the hell happened and then seeing the baby... has had a tremendous impact on me.
She went through so much pain, and now there is new life. That sort of sacrifice.. I can't say I understand the desire to want to feel that much pain - but the bond between mother and child has never been more apparent to me. I understand my own mother so much more after gaining that understanding of what my sister must have gone through.. Sure, I've heard the all stories before, but none of it really felt.. real.
My sister's face 2 hours after the birth .. holy frapping crap.. She looked like she'd been to hell and back. Her husband looked even worse though... I really don't know what to think. My other sister drove down from over 800km away with her new husband. Right after I got home from the hospital, I shoveled my driveway (holy crap is it ever hard to shovel a driveway when you haven't done it at all this winter and all that snow has turned to ice), cleaned my house, then my parents came over, my sister arrived (not the one who gave birth, the one who is here for the weekend and staying at my place), and we all started doing vodka shots, drinking champagne, looking at pictures..
I still don't really want to have kids, but I already feel a special bond with my new niece. She has a big head, so I already know that she's going to be smart.. like her mother, and all the women in that part of the family - all very smart women who have impressive resumes, usually academic in nature.
This is really weird for me. I knew that I was going to be excited about this, and I was always very excited for my sister, but today it all sort of hit home. Life.. Man.. Who knew!!
I am just overwhelmed with emotion, and it isn't only the vodka speaking. Oh, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this affected my sister a hell of a lot than it affected me - but even though I wasn't even anywhere near the actual birth.. seeing her and realizing what the hell happened and then seeing the baby... has had a tremendous impact on me.
She went through so much pain, and now there is new life. That sort of sacrifice.. I can't say I understand the desire to want to feel that much pain - but the bond between mother and child has never been more apparent to me. I understand my own mother so much more after gaining that understanding of what my sister must have gone through.. Sure, I've heard the all stories before, but none of it really felt.. real.
My sister's face 2 hours after the birth .. holy frapping crap.. She looked like she'd been to hell and back. Her husband looked even worse though... I really don't know what to think. My other sister drove down from over 800km away with her new husband. Right after I got home from the hospital, I shoveled my driveway (holy crap is it ever hard to shovel a driveway when you haven't done it at all this winter and all that snow has turned to ice), cleaned my house, then my parents came over, my sister arrived (not the one who gave birth, the one who is here for the weekend and staying at my place), and we all started doing vodka shots, drinking champagne, looking at pictures..
I still don't really want to have kids, but I already feel a special bond with my new niece. She has a big head, so I already know that she's going to be smart.. like her mother, and all the women in that part of the family - all very smart women who have impressive resumes, usually academic in nature.
This is really weird for me. I knew that I was going to be excited about this, and I was always very excited for my sister, but today it all sort of hit home. Life.. Man.. Who knew!!
aimeeandbeatles
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That's the point
Swapped everything in an upstairs bedroom for everything in a downstairs bedroom at my grandmother's house today.
Link to video.
Rave because actually achieving something is rare for holidays.
Link to video.
Rave because actually achieving something is rare for holidays.
Kennigit
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that's really sweet warpus
though I'm not sure many women would appreciate hearing there husbands looked as bad or worse after birth, not like he went through a day of labour
though I'm not sure many women would appreciate hearing there husbands looked as bad or worse after birth, not like he went through a day of labour
GenMarshall
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Only if you can wrestle it out of Gabe's hands
.They should start calling it "Half Life: Forever", it's its becoming Valve's DNF.
Kan' Sharuminar
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Just under 24 hours before we see a Scottish victory over the Irish in the rugby 
Kan' Sharuminar
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I've now passed the halfway-point of watching every episode of old Doctor Who, apparently. I'm slightly pleased with myself.
Kan' Sharuminar
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I've passed that point. Recaps exist for the Hartnell/Troughton missing episodes. I've watched them (a few are my favourite stories) and feel I can claim to have watched the episode as best anyone can nowadays
But technically speaking, you're right. I've not watched every episode as originally broadcast. Because I can't.
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I've not seen them myself. Though I lie! I did watch them when they first came out, and can't remember them very well at all.
What are they like? I bet they're really very dated.
What's her name, Delia Derbyshire, did the music. Now that I remember still.
What are they like? I bet they're really very dated.
What's her name, Delia Derbyshire, did the music. Now that I remember still.
Kan' Sharuminar
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It was difficult at first, though I enjoyed a lot of the stories. Then sometime around Troughton's era I just fell in love with the storytelling, the Doctor and the atmosphere. I started looking forward to each new episode as much I would a modern series run
They don't feel too dated in terms of storytelling, though maybe in terms of how the sets and costumes are done. That's not too bad a thing in a story about time travel.
They don't feel too dated in terms of storytelling, though maybe in terms of how the sets and costumes are done. That's not too bad a thing in a story about time travel.
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Its better if I don't explain
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No, please do 
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
that's really sweet warpus
though I'm not sure many women would appreciate hearing there husbands looked as bad or worse after birth, not like he went through a day of labour
My sister is just very badarse, apparently. I think he went through a lot of emotional and psychological turmoil while she was mostly going through physical pain.
All in all I will never understand why somebody would ever want to put herself through so much pain
I mean, yes, I understand, but I don't..
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No, please do
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