Also, it irritates the heck out of my kid that I still know more about Dragon Ball Z than he does. I get great enjoyment out of this.Rang in the new year sitting alone in my room, drinking hot cocoa, and watching Dragon Ball Z. It was awesome.This sounds similar to my yearly new years tradition. Although I did discover that I can get quite emotional about some of those old DBZ eps after a bottle of wine. Embarrassing but true. :)
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While nekkid? Naturally. I would slip the ring on their finger while they were averting their gaze from tthe improbability of my black manliness.
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Also, it irritates the heck out of my kid that I still know more about Dragon Ball Z than he does. I get great enjoyment out of this.Rang in the new year sitting alone in my room, drinking hot cocoa, and watching Dragon Ball Z. It was awesome.This sounds similar to my yearly new years tradition. Although I did discover that I can get quite emotional about some of those old DBZ eps after a bottle of wine. Embarrassing but true. :)
Even without the page topper this still reads creepy stalker.
Red bean mochi is lovely. And so far, gyoza kicks other forms of dumplings to the ground.
You couldn't cut a fart in a bean factory, you old hag!Tell them to get off your lawn!!!
That's what I do, and when they don't, I cut 'em!
*brandishes knitting needle*
You sure seem cranky. Did someone forget to change your Depends?
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Had a nice New Year celebration at a friend's house. Then yesterday John and I explored a new trail through a local park. It was chilly, but not to windy, which made it okay for walking.
Last night I made my usual chicken with white wine and mushroom sauce, but I discovered I did not have white wine available, so I used a red. And thus a new type of sauce was born...
I'm excited! Certain folks at Paizo should discover a package addressed to them today! Huzzah!
9... 8... 7... 6...
Back from funeral.
Obviously, it had to start snowing...
Obviously it had to stop snowing when the funeral finished and I was going back to home.
Also, buss tickets became more expensive with the beginning of the year, ticket-selling machine was turned off, there were no new tickets at the nearby shop and the buss drivers only sell 60 minute tickets when I needed 20 minute one so I had to pay almost twice as much as I planned...
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While nekkid? Naturally. I would slip the ring on their finger while they were averting their gaze from tthe improbability of my black manliness.
:)
Back from funeral.
Obviously, it had to start snowing...
Obviously it had to stop snowing when the funeral finished and I was going back to home.
Well, snow does seem kinda fitting for a funeral. Not very fun if you're at the funeral, I guess, though.
(And don't get me started on bus companies and their ticketing strategies. Greedy or incompetent b*st*rds the lot of them.)
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... What is he whose grief
Bears such an emphasis, whose phrase of sorrow
Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand
Like wonder-wounded hearers?
Darn it, Treppa. Now this is going to look even more trite:
Ich habe Kartoffel in meine Lederhosen!
Nice verse, though. Who/where's it from/by?
Darn it, Treppa. Now this is going to look even more trite:
Ich habe Kartoffel in meine Lederhosen!
Ist es eine grosse Kartoffel?
(and that's as far as I can dredge up my German)
It's The Bard, of course! From Hamlet, during Ophelia's funeral. Oddly, the first place I read it was in a Zelazney short story.
Darn it, Treppa. Now this is going to look even more trite:
Ich habe Kartoffel in meine Lederhosen!
Ist es eine grosse Kartoffel?
(and that's as far as I can dredge up my German)
Nein, die Hose zu eng für sie bereits.
Nein, die Hose zu eng für sie bereits.Darn it, Treppa. Now this is going to look even more trite:
Ich habe Kartoffel in meine Lederhosen!
Ist es eine grosse Kartoffel?
(and that's as far as I can dredge up my German)
o.O
It's The Bard, of course! From Hamlet, during Ophelia's funeral. Oddly, the first place I read it was in a Zelazney short story.
I would never know, I haven't ever read him in English. I might be good at reading modern English but I don't feel like reading pre-XIX English...
(And don't get me started on bus companies and their ticketing strategies. Greedy or incompetent b*st*rds the lot of them.)
For many years it city communication was quite good but now the city government has more and more debts and is not paying the city communication company (MPK) money the city owes to MPK...
Well, snow does seem kinda fitting for a funeral.Back from funeral.
Obviously, it had to start snowing...
Obviously it had to stop snowing when the funeral finished and I was going back to home.
At least it wasn't rain. I was afraid it might be raining.
Not very fun if you're at the funeral, I guess, though.
Funerals tend to be not very funny anyway.
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Just the type of deep poetry I would expect from one of my many wives.
While nekkid? Naturally. I would slip the ring on their finger while they were averting their gaze from tthe improbability of my black manliness.
indeed. Now that we are blissfully married, however, I will need my clothes back .
Get a room!
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Deeeeeeefinitely creepy stalker mode.
Also, it irritates the heck out of my kid that I still know more about Dragon Ball Z than he does. I get great enjoyment out of this.Rang in the new year sitting alone in my room, drinking hot cocoa, and watching Dragon Ball Z. It was awesome.This sounds similar to my yearly new years tradition. Although I did discover that I can get quite emotional about some of those old DBZ eps after a bottle of wine. Embarrassing but true. :)
Yeah, no.
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I've known many people who don't like the New Year and its traditional resolutions, with their pressure and near-inevitable failure. The dislike is certainly understandable.
I prefer to take the half-full view. People's willingness to examine themselves and attempt to improve shows willingness to change and strive for better - and to be better, not just to have better stuff. It's an important distinction. So whatever the results, the act of introspection and attempt at rebirth and renewal is a good exercise.
Congratulations on all who have made resolutions, and best of luck in your efforts at self-improvement.
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I'm more of the "if I feel the need to make a chance I'll do it right then (or at least try to start) rather than waiting for New Year, and I won't just come up with a thing that I think needs fixing just because it is New Year" mindset myself.
Also, it irritates the heck out of my kid that I still know more about Dragon Ball Z than he does. I get great enjoyment out of this.Rang in the new year sitting alone in my room, drinking hot cocoa, and watching Dragon Ball Z. It was awesome.This sounds similar to my yearly new years tradition. Although I did discover that I can get quite emotional about some of those old DBZ eps after a bottle of wine. Embarrassing but true. :)
Hmmm. Not sure if I should feel flattered or creeped out about being added to FHDM's otaku harem... :P
Red bean mochi is lovely. And so far, gyoza kicks other forms of dumplings to the ground.
True dat. I always keep a couple of bags of gyoza in the freezer for a quick dinner when necessary. It's especially great during exam season when I have no time to cook. And everyone loves them so no complaints. :)
I've known many people who don't like the New Year and its traditional resolutions, with their pressure and near-inevitable failure. The dislike is certainly understandable.
I prefer to take the half-full view. People's willingness to examine themselves and attempt to improve shows willingness to change and strive for better - and to be better, not just to have better stuff. It's an important distinction. So whatever the results, the act of introspection and attempt at rebirth and renewal is a good exercise.
Congratulations on all who have made resolutions, and best of luck in your efforts at self-improvement.
Introspection and attempting to change are great, but they only really work if you're emotionally ready for that. For myself, I find those times I'm ready to deal with things rarely coincides with New Year. coming right after the holidays, new year is more often than not a time to retreat and lick whatever fresh wounds were inflicted by the enforced family time that often goes with the holidays. This year was a welcome respite from that, but only because all the drama happened over thanksgiving instead. Still dealing with that fallout. I find that fall and spring are the times I'm more likely to make and actually keep any life-changing resolutions. Change feels more natural then. But I may just be being weird again. :)
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I'm more of the "if I feel the need to make a chance I'll do it right then (or at least try to start) rather than waiting for New Year, and I won't just come up with a thing that I think needs fixing just because it is New Year" mindset myself.
My resolutions are more of a "That thing I've been working on, but occasionally let slide? Now's the time to rededicate myself to not letting it slide. Deep breath...and forward!"
:)
It's The Bard, of course! From Hamlet, during Ophelia's funeral. Oddly, the first place I read it was in a Zelazney short story.Zelazney = ♥
Well, he couldn't write women worth crap...but I still love his stories. :)
But... What about... Oh.
Yet, I think that Fiona is still my favorite aunt of any protagonist.
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I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and New Year.
I made it back from Kentucky yesterday after spending some needed time with my Mother and my sister's family. But, it was a hard, whirlwind week or so for me.
I arrived Friday evening on the 21st. Saturday morning I got up, went downstairs and had some cereal thanks to the "hotel help yourself" atmosphere my sister has made for her house.
While eating my Mom came in and we had a good long conversation about a variety of things. Very pleasant, especially so, since my sister later said it was rare to see such conversations with my Mom's Alzheimer's worsening and such conversations being few and far between.
That Saturday, after eating, I went upstairs and started to take a shower when my 13 year old nephew came in, excited, and asking me to watch "Total Recall". I said sure and proceeded to hold off on my shower until I found out that it was still up in the air if we were gonna watch it.
I proceeded to go ahead with my shower by starting with brushing my teeth but I heard a commotion downstairs. The troubled voice I heard said something about grandma (my Mother) being hurt and I ran downstairs, scared to death as I heard the waling begin.
But, as I got downstairs and around the corner I saw my Mom standing, although visibly shaking. The wailing was my nephew. While playing with the dogs he had ran into my Mother, hitting her in the nose with his head and he was terribly upset.
After getting over the shock, her eyes started to tear up and we weren't sure if the small bend in her nose was entirely due to a break she had when a kid or if it was again broken. So, we ended up taking her to the hospital and they determined that her nose was broken but didn't need resetting.
Whew!
After leaving the hospital, we (my Mother, my sister, and myself) went to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch and then to Wal-Mart to pick up some things and a prescription.
When we got home from Wal-Mart, I helped my Mother out of the car like always, and then helped her up the few stairs into the house, even with a couple of bags of groceries in my hand.
After clearing the dogs away and setting down the bags, I took my jacket off with intentions of putting it upstairs in the bedroom I was staying in. But, my nephew stopped me to my frustration, insisting that I watch him win a race in his Dragon Vale phone game.
That's when we heard it. The unmistakable sound of something (someone) crashing to the ground. We all instantly raced around the corner knowing Mom had fallen.
I will be blunt. Nothing has ever made my heart sink like the sight of my Mom lying on her back on the floor, with her eyes glazed, and a pool of dark blood growing under her head on the hardwoord floor.
:(
Don't worry! She's "OK".
She was initially a lil groggy and she was not even responding (squeezing back) when I held her hand and gently squeezed it. 911 was immediately called and we took her to the hospital ourselves after she was examined by the EMTs and the decided she was OK for us to take rather than go in the ambulance.
Results: No signs of concussion and the MRI came back good. The ulna of her left arm was broken (the left hand was the hand I was gently squeezing but feeling no response) and my mother had to get some staples in her head to close the laceration. The staples were taken out today.
But, no broken hip, no hurt back, and no concussion. Fortunately, she had lost her balance on the first step and the injuries were minor compared to what they could have been.
I decided to proclaim my Mother the luckiest unlucky person alive.
Broken nose from a collision with her grandson while he was playing with the dogs (four of them) and when she returned home from the hospital, she had not been home five minutes when she fell. The fall could have been much, much worse than it ended up being (despite how bad it actually was) and she still made it back from the hospital at exactly four o'clock. That was just in time to watch our beloved University of Kentucky Wildcats (my whole family has been raised as fans by our Mom and she is the biggest fan of us all) basketball team play the hated University of Louisville Cardinals. Great luck and timing dampened by the fact that we lost. :(
My Mother is the luckiest unlucky person alive. :)
There is a lot more to the trip (good, bad, ugly, frustrating, funny, etc.) but that is all for now.
Time to shave [redacted] my backside moving towards the [redacted].
Chicks dig a shaved [redacted]
I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and New Year.
I made it back from Kentucky yesterday after spending some needed time with my Mother and my sister's family. But, it was a hard, whirlwind week or so for me.
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Wow. You certainly visited all ends of the spectrum on your trip. Glad your Mom is OK, despite the issues.
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I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and New Year.
I made it back from Kentucky yesterday after spending some needed time with my Mother and my sister's family. But, it was a hard, whirlwind week or so for me.
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Those kinds of things can be terrifying! I'm so glad your mother is going to recover from her fall! My grandmother had a fall, and didn't tell anybody. We only found out about it because there was bleeding on her brain, and it got so bad she started displaying stroke-like symptoms. The doctors, on examination, said the bleeding was from some relatively recent trauma, likely a fall. The damage was permanent, sadly, and so we'll never be able to find out the details of when or how she might have fallen. :(
I know it's sometimes stressful, but what a blessing everyone was right there for her!
I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and New Year.
I made it back from Kentucky yesterday after spending some needed time with my Mother and my sister's family. But, it was a hard, whirlwind week or so for me.
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...Those kinds of things can be terrifying! I'm so glad your mother is going to recover from her fall! My grandmother had a fall, and didn't tell anybody. We only found out about it because there was bleeding on her brain, and it got so bad she started displaying stroke-like symptoms. The doctors, on examination, said the bleeding was from some relatively recent trauma, likely a fall. The damage was permanent, sadly, and so we'll never be able to find out the details of when or how she might have fallen. :(
I know it's sometimes stressful, but what a blessing everyone was right there for her!
Thanks for the responses Emperor 7 and Jess.
The rough part is ensuring that someone is always there. We are working on that problem right now.
I wish the best for your grandmother, Jess.
It's great that your Mom finished relatively unhurt after such row of misfortune.
asI said earlier, sharoth is not going to be banned for asking a question courteously.Have fun everyone. I think it is time for me to take a break from Paizo for a bit before I cause too much trouble. Or curse someone out for being an idiot and a fool. Have a good weekend.If you get banned for calling out that racist authoritarian subhuman rapist murdering apologist pile of s@*@ then they sure as f@!# don't want to hear what I have to say about filth like that!
If they ban you and not him then I might as well say my honest opinion about the vile sick subhuman filth that are committed to imposing their lusts on everyone who might not obey their sick evil vision.
If his diseased fascist vision is civil and your moderate view is not then I look forward to being banned with you.
Take care.
(I'm not trying to bring politics here, but if they ban Sharoth they can kiss my ass.)
What's gotten Sharoth's scales ruffled up but good? Go on holiday for a couple weeks and all of a sudden Sharoth's skipping the boards. What will we do without tilde's flying thick and fast?!