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'Decisioning' is not a word. No matter how many times you use it in the course of your incoherent paragraph, it's not a word. The word you're looking for is 'deciding'.
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.
Now if only the people responsible for editing documents put out by my library's parent agency would learn these things.
These are trying times for English majors, folks. :P
~peeps in on Lindisty~
Why am I awake so early?
Good morning, oh hired servant of the Dark Side.
~peeps in on Lindisty~
Oh! Hello, Dragon!
Your dreams are all about sex, you perv.Need a dream expert.
I don't get them all the time, but every now and then I dream of gothic churches with beautiful stonework lined up in a row across campuses/blocks and buildings like schools/apartments/rectories/cemeteries/etc done up as nicely. I'm always awed when I walk or drive into these areas, though I'm often wondering where everyone parks to go to these places. They also have expansive lawns/entries to the front of the buildings.
Today's version had an abandoned/crumbling church, but with an up to date apartment/city office type building around the corner. I was trying to collect pieces of fallen/broken stained glass windows.
Not sure if I've ever seen this stuff before. I wish I could draw it out.
It's almost like a college campus made up of multiple churches/denominations along with other buildings. There are different layouts/make ups whenever I dream of them.
Not sure why I dream of this stuff, but I've always loved old buildings.
I had an interesting dream last night...
I dreamt I was about 12 years old...and that I was spending the night at a friend's house. Said friend had a WHOLE bunch of minis for D&D/Pathfinder/your game of choice that he was willing to give to me, as he was getting out of gaming. I was looking through them all, and picking out what I wanted and what I didn't want. Halfway through, I found Battletech minis, which came with a funky cool video, which I watched. It was SO realistic, it was a weird hybrid of Mechwarrior/Warhammer 40K, and I ended up picking out a WHOLE bunch of elementals to use as minis for my PCs, and I woke up when the friend's mom walked in and said that I was to spend two days there. I said that it was okay, and that I would leave tomorrow as planned as I had walked with my bike.
It was so real...
'Decisioning' is not a word. No matter how many times you use it in the course of your incoherent paragraph, it's not a word. The word you're looking for is 'deciding'.
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.
Now if only the people responsible for editing documents put out by my library's parent agency would learn these things.
These are trying times for English majors, folks. :P
Interesting...
~peeps in on Lindisty~
BAD DRAGON! PERVERT!
~peeps in on Lindisty~BAD DRAGON! PERVERT!
~turns away from Freehold DM and then in his direction~
~turns away from Freehold DM and then in his direction~~peeps in on Lindisty~BAD DRAGON! PERVERT!
Now children, play nice! :)
~my tail slides up behind you and pokes you in the ribs right after you hold your breath and the gas cloud reaches you~
Morning FAWTLites.
Lind, know the rage, speaking as an amateur author. I have a teacher friend who I regularly trade frustrations about grammar with.
E7, can't say much for the implications - though I can't say gothic architecture and religious structures of that sort lean anywhere near sexual fantasies as far as I'm aware - but that sounds like a pretty awesome dream sequence to me.
One of these days we need to invent a technology that lets us record dream imagery somehow. On the other hand, I could see it being used for evil (or perhaps simply sex) very easily.
FH and Dragon... dudes, get a room. =P
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~my tail slides up behind you and pokes you in the ribs right after you hold your breath and the gas cloud reaches you~
HAHAHAHAHA..AAAAAHH!! I...I can TASTE IT!!!
HAHAHAHAHA..AAAAAHH!! I...I can TASTE IT!!!~my tail slides up behind you and pokes you in the ribs right after you hold your breath and the gas cloud reaches you~
HAHAHAHAHA..AAAAAHH!! I...I can TASTE IT!!!~my tail slides up behind you and pokes you in the ribs right after you hold your breath and the gas cloud reaches you~
[air tether secured btwn two astronauts]
[noise]
Command Center: We're detecting elevated methane levels in Commander Overbeck's suit.
COMMANDER OVERBECK'S IN DISTRESS!
Commander Overbeck: It's in my mouth! [retching]
[pause, while the techs look at each other]
*giggling*
This scene brought to you from Rocketman
HAHAHAHAHA..AAAAAHH!! I...I can TASTE IT!!!~my tail slides up behind you and pokes you in the ribs right after you hold your breath and the gas cloud reaches you~Don't reckon I normally get called inta this here thread.
*mop mop mop*
Thank you, noble janitor.
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E7 - You mentioned the buildings in your dreams are always difficult to access. Maybe it's the frustration of always being a spectator to such architectural wonders and a desire to fully experience them instead?
Whenever I am in an old building, I wonder who lived or worked there, what it was like when it was built, and so on, and then usually feel a twinge of regret that I will never experience it because the time has passed.
E7 - You mentioned the buildings in your dreams are always difficult to access. Maybe it's the frustration of always being a spectator to such architectural wonders and a desire to fully experience them instead?
Whenever I am in an old building, I wonder who lived or worked there, what it was like when it was built, and so on, and then usually feel a twinge of regret that I will never experience it because the time has passed.
I've always enjoyed older architecture, and lament the loss of beauty in today's mass production buildings/finishes.
In the dreams, it's not so much difficult to enter as being positioned that you have to walk up a grand avenue/large lawn to get to them. Kind of like the mansion on the grounds of the estate. Your eye is drawn to the majesty of the structure as you make your way towards it. In some past dreams I've been in one of the churches, and walked thru a graveyard (similar to ones I visited in Wales/Scotland in '99), but there are always other structures that I think would be cool to go into.
But, since you brought up the point, I found the collapsing structure in the last dream occurrence as I rounded a corner of a city street. The ruin was right next to me. Hmmm, a foreshadow of impending doom? *hides under covers*
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Sometimes I think I should carry around notecards that say, "There's a difference between being socially awkward and being a jerk. Learn it."
(This applies in both my personal and professional lives. My profession seems to attract those who are... eclectic and often socially inept. And I'm a geek who hangs out with a lot of geeks, for whom inclusiveness often seems to translate to tolerating jerkish behavior.)
Now I'm curious what was in that email.
~innocent whistle~ Honest Lindisty! I did NOT send you that perverted e-mail! It was Freehold DM's fault! ~screams as the Pervert Police take me away~ I was framed! ~grabs at the walls, my claws raking into them~ I am innocent... ~pulled away by the PP and taken out of there~
Save it for the judge, lizard. We've been watching you. Aaaaalways watching.
[Nixon voice]I am not a Pervert![/Nixon voice]
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.
So true. It's 'architecting.'
Now I'm curious what was in that email.
Eh... it's kind of a recurring theme.
Mostly, I try to avoid these people except when absolutely necessary, but one of them is a member of my gaming group. He just sent an email to the gaming group with a link to a video that contains a blatant rape joke. I'm just girding my loins to have the 'Dude, telling rape jokes to a rape survivor is pretty insensitive and crass' conversation yet again.
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.So true. It's 'architecting.'
Actually, in this case it was past tense, 'architected', as in, "$FIRM designed and architected the building."
If I accepted it as a verb, then the present progressive tense, 'architecting', would also be valid. Which I still don't, so the point is moot. :)
Now I'm curious what was in that email.Eh... it's kind of a recurring theme.
** spoiler omitted **
O_o
Okay, I consider myself pretty fringe in my belief that the vast majority of people who are complaining about offenses don't need to be appeased but rather need to be blatantly told to get a thicker skin, tougher spine, and stop whining. And I still think this kind of thing is way over the line.
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.So true. It's 'architecting.'Actually, in this case it was past tense, 'architected', as in, "$FIRM designed and architected the building."
If I accepted it as a verb, then the present progressive tense, 'architecting', would also be valid. Which I still don't, so the point is moot. :)
How about architecturing? - which you've gotta admit is a pretty impressive feat for a longship.
poor, perverted dragon. I hope he gets the help he needs.
[Nixon voice]I am not a Pervert![/Nixon voice]
Rape jokes just aren't funny.
[poor, perverted dragon. I hope he gets the help he needs.[Nixon voice]I am not a Pervert![/Nixon voice]
*eyes FHDM suspiciously*
Rape jokes just aren't funny.
+1. It disturbs me that there are people out there who don't get that.
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Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.So true. It's 'architecting.'Actually, in this case it was past tense, 'architected', as in, "$FIRM designed and architected the building."
If I accepted it as a verb, then the present progressive tense, 'architecting', would also be valid. Which I still don't, so the point is moot. :)
Neologisms! The English language is very flexible, you know.
;)
(Just being contrarian...)
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Does anybody else have sounds that just make their skin crawl for no real reason?
I have discovered that I can't abide the sound of someone eating yogurt or pudding out of those little cups. The sound of the spoon against the plastic container drives me to distraction, especially when they get to the end and they are scraping down the sides of the cup with short rapid movements. Am I the only one who feels this way?
I hate the soudn of vaccuums and power tools.
Generators, cars, the fridge when it's not running quietly, the washing machine, thunder....really any low grumbly sound. It makes me nauseous because of how it messes up my inner ears.
Rape jokes just aren't funny.+1. It disturbs me that there are people out there who don't get that.
+2. And +1 on what Lynora said.
I get migraine headaches if I hear the sound of my hoover for too long (more than 15 minutes). Kinda makes cleaning the flat a bit more drawn-out than I'd like.
Also, I don't care what dictionary.com says, I don't think 'architect' is a verb.So true. It's 'architecting.'Actually, in this case it was past tense, 'architected', as in, "$FIRM designed and architected the building."
If I accepted it as a verb, then the present progressive tense, 'architecting', would also be valid. Which I still don't, so the point is moot. :)
Neologisms! The English language is very flexible, you know.
;)
(Just being contrarian...)
Huzzah for contraryness! Fight the power!
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012
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Does anybody else have sounds that just make their skin crawl for no real reason?
I have discovered that I can't abide the sound of someone eating yogurt or pudding out of those little cups. The sound of the spoon against the plastic container drives me to distraction, especially when they get to the end and they are scraping down the sides of the cup with short rapid movements. Am I the only one who feels this way?
I react the same way. Especially when it goes on for longer than it seems it should.
Does anybody else have sounds that just make their skin crawl for no real reason?
I have discovered that I can't abide the sound of someone eating yogurt or pudding out of those little cups. The sound of the spoon against the plastic container drives me to distraction, especially when they get to the end and they are scraping down the sides of the cup with short rapid movements. Am I the only one who feels this way?
It's not exactly the same, but I occasionally become overwhelmingly ooked out by social eating. The insertion of food into gaping red, moist maws, the mastication, the swallowing, the sights, the sounds.... ew, just ew. We don't eliminate socially, why do we ingest socially?
Then I try really hard and get over it.
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Does anybody else have sounds that just make their skin crawl for no real reason?
I have discovered that I can't abide the sound of someone eating yogurt or pudding out of those little cups. The sound of the spoon against the plastic container drives me to distraction, especially when they get to the end and they are scraping down the sides of the cup with short rapid movements. Am I the only one who feels this way?
Diane Rehm's voice. (Which is a shame, because I think she's a smart woman who runs a really good radio show with interesting guests and topics. I just can't stand to listen to her.)
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You're not wrong about that. :)
(To be specific, I don't much care for reading Shakespeare, but I enjoy seeing his plays acted out on stage.)
Stupid thread making me think of tying contracts for soicalization.
Treppa I like eating alone as well.