Something about college girls at punk rock shows. There was the one girl who said she liked me because of how "ironically working-class" I was. And then there was the one who said that my Newgrange tattoo reminded her of the dentist's office, and the one who thought my Jawbreaker tattoo was a swastika. I could go on all day.Backhanded compliment of the week:
A girl at a show I played on Monday came up to me after the set and said something to the effect of "Wow, you really sound like Brian Fallon. I mean, the Gaslight Anthem are kind of old news and too afraid to play their instruments, and the Menzingers are way better, but you sounded good."
Thanks, college sophomore girl. Really, thanks.
Sounds like someone who needs a little more experience with social interaction...
What means "ironically working-class"?
Not that kind of "working" class I had in mind when I asked that question...
Apparently yes.What was that about Dave attracting women that are above average when it comes to awkwardness/weirdness? Oh, we hadn't any reference to that in quite a long time. ;)Would it be too much to ask for someone at least marginally normal, stable, and grounded in reality?
Well that's depressing.
That's how these things usually work, I've found....Pretty sure that's a pick two, you can't get all three situation...What was that about Dave attracting women that are above average when it comes to awkwardness/weirdness? Oh, we hadn't any reference to that in quite a long time. ;)Would it be too much to ask for someone at least marginally normal, stable, and grounded in reality?
I can't even find one out of three, much less two.
What means "ironically working-class"?Something about college girls at punk rock shows. There was the one girl who said she liked me because of how "ironically working-class" I was. And then there was the one who said that my Newgrange tattoo reminded her of the dentist's office, and the one who thought my Jawbreaker tattoo was a swastika. I could go on all day.Backhanded compliment of the week:
A girl at a show I played on Monday came up to me after the set and said something to the effect of "Wow, you really sound like Brian Fallon. I mean, the Gaslight Anthem are kind of old news and too afraid to play their instruments, and the Menzingers are way better, but you sounded good."
Thanks, college sophomore girl. Really, thanks.
Sounds like someone who needs a little more experience with social interaction...
She assumed he was wealthier than he actually is, and that he was just dressing down. (That's my guess anyway.)
What means "ironically working-class"?
My best guess is that she assumed that since I look like a blue-collar working dude, I was doing it as a fashion statement and not because I went to a punk show right after work.
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Backhanded compliment of the week:
A girl at a show I played on Monday came up to me after the set and said something to the effect of "Wow, you really sound like Brian Fallon. I mean, the Gaslight Anthem are kind of old news and too afraid to play their instruments, and the Menzingers are way better, but you sounded good."
Thanks, college sophomore girl. Really, thanks.
You know despite your greasy hair, you are a very attractive girl
The first world dilemmas... Should I start Risen 2 first, or should I start with NWN2? *sigh*
Witcher 1/2 must wait for tomorrow or later.
*sigh* Wasteland 2 Deluxe Edition is so expensive :(
You should move to Brooklyn with Orthos.3. I really don't like Brooklyn...
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Just the way Putin likes it.I know, but to this day, my mind still associates it with Russia.Russia Georgia is just Georgia these days.
...and two Russian-supported autonomous enclaves.
~laughter~
I have got to stop staying at school until five.
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So I read that quickly, and, at first, I thought it said, "I have got to stop setting fire to the school."
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<_<
Risen 2...
Oh, it's 2:44 already?
While the main character looks much better than in the first part, the pirate's daughter that was one of many-many quest givers and is VIP in the second part looks, well, not better :/
Also, I feel like combat was unnecessary simplified. Or maybe I just need to improve my skills?
Oh dear lord I forgot what dry felt like.
Decided I'd drop by the football game. First of the year, it's good to go and support the school, etc.
It's also raining, windy, and about 50 degrees. FUN TIMES.
About how long should I spend smacking Gsu around in the Veldt?
Don't smack him.
Despite the in-game text hinting otherwise, smacking him into running away does not increase the number of Rages he learns. He ONLY gains the Rages from
1. The group of monsters he Leaps into
and
2. The group of monsters you defeat immediately before he returns.
Everything in between is not learned. So you'll want to get him back in the party ASAP so you can have him Leap at a different group, especially if you run into one of the rare and really desirable encounters like Marshall or Telstar or the Serpent Trench beasties.
So I read that quickly, and, at first, I thought it said, "I have got to stop setting fire to the school."
... go on....
... go on....So I read that quickly, and, at first, I thought it said, "I have got to stop setting fire to the school."
I Concur
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Today's new word for me is morpheme the smallest grammatical unit in a language
The more you know...
That was a new word for me too, so thanks. It's almost a homonym for morphine... which made me think of a chorus of keketar proteans lazing about, deeply intoxicated out of their minds on speedballs of power words and Black Speech.
I Concur... go on....So I read that quickly, and, at first, I thought it said, "I have got to stop setting fire to the school."
I'm all ears.
Decided I'd drop by the football game. First of the year, it's good to go and support the school, etc.
It's also raining, windy, and about 50 degrees. FUN TIMES.
Sounds HEAVENLY....
About how long should I spend smacking Gsu around in the Veldt?Don't smack him.
Despite the in-game text hinting otherwise, smacking him into running away does not increase the number of Rages he learns. He ONLY gains the Rages from
1. The group of monsters he Leaps into
and
2. The group of monsters you defeat immediately before he returns.
Everything in between is not learned. So you'll want to get him back in the party ASAP so you can have him Leap at a different group, especially if you run into one of the rare and really desirable encounters like Marshall or Telstar or the Serpent Trench beasties.
Oh man. Maybe I'm showing my age here. I know he would learn the rages in the battles he showed up in in the SNES version. Maybe this changed with time? I do know a lot of updates were made in the PS version. What version are you referring to?
That guide is for the SNES version.
Here's the relevant bit, in section 6.0:
When Gau Leaps, he will obtain ALL Rages he didn't know yet from that particular monster formation. If you killed one already, Gau will learn that Rage. If the monster is still hidden (for instance, the Chaser hasn't died and called the Pipsqueak brigade yet), Gau will learn the Rages.
While you're fighting and Gau stays away, Gau WILL NOT learn the Rages of the monster formations you defeat in the meantime. Some people may claim otherwise and even suggest hurting Gau whenever he returns to learn as much as possible in one go. This is false info.
When Gau returns he learns all the Rages of the monsters you defeated in that battle (excluding Pugs and ProtoArmor obviously). The same applies as when he Leaps. Obviously, you killed all the formation's active monsters to even have Gau return, but Gau will also learn the Rages of dormant monsters that never showed (e.g. when Telstar died too quickly to summon the Soldiers). If you scare him, however, by trying to torch/impale/petrify/electrocute/whatever him, he will not learn the Rages of the monster formation he popped up in. Also, the very first time you recruit him (when you have to use the Dried Meat
item), Gau will not have learned the Rages of the monster formation he appeared in.That's all there is to it. There is neither an improved chance of him showing up when you don't know the Rages of the monster formation yet, and there's no decreased chance of him showing up in a monster formation he knows everything about either. Gau isn't smart enough to notice the difference between the monsters, it seems. Those 'eyes shining of intelligence' never were more than hateful leers directed at party members anyway :P
I'm so g%&+&#n tired and lonely right now, I don't even know what to do. Everyone I know is leaving town or getting married and having kids. Meanwhile, here I am, creeping up on 30 and still doing the same s@#! I was doing 10 years ago, minus having a job. This is so f$#%ed.
Things in life that suck - Trying to help out a friend in need and realizing that I may have made things worse.
Guess who's up way too early on a Saturday.
That guide is for the SNES version.
Here's the relevant bit, in section 6.0:
When Gau Leaps, he will obtain ALL Rages he didn't know yet from that particular monster formation. If you killed one already, Gau will learn that Rage. If the monster is still hidden (for instance, the Chaser hasn't died and called the Pipsqueak brigade yet), Gau will learn the Rages.
While you're fighting and Gau stays away, Gau WILL NOT learn the Rages of the monster formations you defeat in the meantime. Some people may claim otherwise and even suggest hurting Gau whenever he returns to learn as much as possible in one go. This is false info.
When Gau returns he learns all the Rages of the monsters you defeated in that battle (excluding Pugs and ProtoArmor obviously). The same applies as when he Leaps. Obviously, you killed all the formation's active monsters to even have Gau return, but Gau will also learn the Rages of dormant monsters that never showed (e.g. when Telstar died too quickly to summon the Soldiers). If you scare him, however, by trying to torch/impale/petrify/electrocute/whatever him, he will not learn the Rages of the monster formation he popped up in. Also, the very first time you recruit him (when you have to use the Dried Meat
item), Gau will not have learned the Rages of the monster formation he appeared in.That's all there is to it. There is neither an improved chance of him showing up when you don't know the Rages of the monster formation yet, and there's no decreased chance of him showing up in a monster formation he knows everything about either. Gau isn't smart enough to notice the difference between the monsters, it seems. Those 'eyes shining of intelligence' never were more than hateful leers directed at party members anyway :P
That makes NO sense. I'm telling you, he learned all the rages from the battles he appeared in. This is going into slasher territory for me, I'm going to have to whip out my old copy and see for myself.
Dunno what to tell you man. Just copy-pasted what the guide says. I haven't bothered testing it myself, mostly because I didn't see the need, but also in part because of laziness and in part because I don't want to miss something I really want if I'm going to grind on the Veldt for an hour or two. But the guide's pretty darned thorough and precise, so I'd be pretty surprised if the guy got this thing wrong, compared to how much everything else got apparently tested pretty extensively.
Guess who's up way too early on a Saturday.
Me? I was woken up around 9 by some works outside. Then mother called and I didn't go back to sleep.
Guess who's up way too early on a Saturday.Me? I was woken up around 9 by some works outside. Then mother called and I didn't go back to sleep.
Heh. I meant myself, it was about 8:30 when I posted that. Though I'd been awake in some capacity since 7ish and attempts to return to sleep were ineffective.
Decided I'd drop by the football game. First of the year, it's good to go and support the school, etc.
It's also raining, windy, and about 50 degrees. FUN TIMES.
I remember being a ball boy for some of those games. Of course, we don't have school teams in Sweden, so it was completely voluntary...
Also the kind of football where only one player per team can use their hands, but who cares?
Layabouts!
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Also the kind of football where only one player per team can use their hands, but who cares?
Don't I wish that were the football we cared about here. I understand how that game works. The scoring makes sense, and the timer has actual meaning.
^ +1 ^
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My dad picked up reffing high school sports when I was in around fourth or fifth grade. He's tried for years to explain it to me.
It makes. No. Sense.
Getting the ball to location A should merit points. But if you do this, it's 1, this is 2, this is 6, and then you can get an extra point if you get the ball here using only your non-dominant hand and balancing a teacup on your nose...but only if there's a full moon.
When you put it that way it sounds like Dragon Poker might make more sense.
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Welcome to the National Calvinball League, ladies and gentlemen!
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The longman's at the 85 and the goalie's on third. Checkmate in six, but only if we can get out of the sand trap.
I don't know. I can see how other people would enjoy it, and I don't begrudge them their fun (though I do think the people who stayed past halftime in that mess are insane. It was miserable weather to be outside in). It's just...never been a major interest of mine, and I don't think it ever will.
(though I do think the people who stayed past halftime in that mess are insane. It was miserable weather to be outside in)
In seriousness, I imagine for a lot of them it was an issue of "getting what they paid for".
But admission was free for everyone last night. Local company bought out the seats for it.
"Taking full advantage of the free opportunity" then.