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They ran out of ideas a few years ago, they have maybe one or two good episodes a year now maybe, but pre-movie Simpsons, that's some good s*&@!Scint's finally got me past my general dislike of Matt Groening fostered by the existence of The Simpsons and we've been watching Futurama to great acclaim.you dislike the Simpsons?
There's got to be a story there.
I was prohibited from watching them growing up, so I wasn't raised with them like a lot of people of my generation were. Likely as a result, even the early episodes I find unfunny, stupid, and devoid of entertainment value.
The Halloween episodes are really the only exception, and they're still pretty hit or miss.
They ran out of ideas a few years ago, they have maybe one or two good episodes a year now maybe, but pre-movie Simpsons, that's some good s*&@!Scint's finally got me past my general dislike of Matt Groening fostered by the existence of The Simpsons and we've been watching Futurama to great acclaim.you dislike the Simpsons?
There's got to be a story there.
I was prohibited from watching them growing up, so I wasn't raised with them like a lot of people of my generation were. Likely as a result, even the early episodes I find unfunny, stupid, and devoid of entertainment value.
The Halloween episodes are really the only exception, and they're still pretty hit or miss.
interesting.
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Yeah, I was pretty wary of Futurama as a result, figuring it was going to be pretty much the same thing with a sci-fi coat of paint. I'm finding myself surprisingly and pleasantly proven wrong.
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Also the voice cast is everywhere. Scint and I just went through two or three characters on IMDB and found them in a ton of things we were familiar with.
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I need more time for writing.
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If i remember correctly Futurama was originally canceled because it wasn't more like The Simpsons, i love the show now and then.
Glad you like it:-)
Also it explains the context for a zillion internet memes and quotes.
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I'm also in the hated the Simpsons but loved Futurama camp. The Simpsons just isn't my style of humor.
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CY, that avvy is freaking me the hell out. I have a severe ant phobia. :(
(Long story short, my dreams are very vivid and could easily be either crazy B movies or dr who episodes. And I had a recurring nightmare about alien ants taking over the planet and no one would believe me when I tried to warn them. Basically I had this dream throughout my childhood. And then when we were dating, my husband was a total slob who left half full soda cans everywhere. So one day I decide to pick up and ants start pouring out of all of these cans, thus cementing my childhood fear into a lifelong phobia. This is why I will never watch Ant-man. Also this is why I like spiders so much. It's kinda and enemy of my enemy thing.)
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Also it explains the context for a zillion internet memes and quotes.
Have you gotten to the episode with Captain Yesterday yet :-)
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ants kind of freak me out. I dont think i have a phobia though.
your story about the soda cans made me cringe D:
To be honest Don Johnson Lincoln Ant isn't as much fun as I thought, the green background doesn't fit:-(
I will change it :-)
Also it explains the context for a zillion internet memes and quotes.Have you gotten to the episode with Captain Yesterday yet :-)
Not yet. Last episode we watched was the Central Bureaucracy episode.
"I am Bender, please insert girder." I busted up laughing when he did that during the song.
CY, that avvy is freaking me the hell out. I have a severe ant phobia. :(
(Long story short, my dreams are very vivid and could easily be either crazy B movies or dr who episodes. And I had a recurring nightmare about alien ants taking over the planet and no one would believe me when I tried to warn them. Basically I had this dream throughout my childhood. And then when we were dating, my husband was a total slob who left half full soda cans everywhere. So one day I decide to pick up and ants start pouring out of all of these cans, thus cementing my childhood fear into a lifelong phobia. This is why I will never watch Ant-man. Also this is why I like spiders so much. It's kinda and enemy of my enemy thing.)
...I like ants...
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Also it explains the context for a zillion internet memes and quotes.Have you gotten to the episode with Captain Yesterday yet :-)Not yet. Last episode we watched was the Central Bureaucracy episode.
"I am Bender, please insert girder." I busted up laughing when he did that during the song.
I love it when Hermes is gonna jump and Bender yells "Do a flip!"
I love it when Hermes is gonna jump and Bender yells "Do a flip!"Also it explains the context for a zillion internet memes and quotes.Have you gotten to the episode with Captain Yesterday yet :-)Not yet. Last episode we watched was the Central Bureaucracy episode.
"I am Bender, please insert girder." I busted up laughing when he did that during the song.
"Don't jump! Kill yourself in some other way that doesn't damage your liver!"
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Also it explains the context for a zillion internet memes and quotes.Have you gotten to the episode with Captain Yesterday yet :-)Not yet. Last episode we watched was the Central Bureaucracy episode.
"I am Bender, please insert girder." I busted up laughing when he did that during the song.
"I'm sorry, but your Warforged failed the feeblemind save."
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ants kind of freak me out. I dont think i have a phobia though.
your story about the soda cans made me cringe D:
Words do not do it justice. Seriously, I tipped over one can and all the other cans started moving too. And there were just streams of these tiny things all converging...
So I learned a couple valuable things that day. One, I do not scream when I am terrified. My voice just closes off. And two, I can jump a lot higher than I ever thought I could before that.
Needless to say I refused to go back to that apartment until he dealt with the mess/infestation.
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yeesh!
one time I was the unlucky victim of an ant infestation, because I made the unfortunate mistake of leaving a glass of mango nectar out overnight. the first thing I did was went for the axe.
We've been infested with Fleas, it haunts me still.
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yeesh!
one time I was the unlucky victim of an ant infestation, because I made the unfortunate mistake of leaving a glass of mango nectar out overnight. the first thing I did was went for the axe.
I had the same problem, but it was an empty cup that had held ginger ale. Apparently even just the residue left inside the glass was enough to have half my desk swarming with the little bastards.
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Bedbugs.
I hate Bedbugs.
I watch starship troopers when I remember my experience with them.
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Interestingly, I find ants very useful in bug-on-bug warfare, but then here in the Bay Area we have the itty bitty harmless Argentine ants, so maybe they're not as creepy.
But I lived in my parents' basement (living the dream!) through high school and college, and my friends would come over and leave all manner of detritus lying around my room. I got silverfish, spiders, ants, and the occasional pill bug.
I'd just put down sugar trails leading to the worst infestations, the ants would kill all the other critters (except the spiders, who lived safely in the walls), and then I'd clean 'em up and clean the room.
Repeat every 3-4 months...
EDIT: And my all-time favorite "bug story" was when my pet tarantula escaped its cage and I couldn't find it for 2 weeks. I was finally cleaning the room and making my bed, flipped back the comforter, and there, right out of a horror movie, was my tarantula.
Poor thing was half-starved and freezing. I put it back in its cage with some nommy crickets and nursed it back to health.
But how many people can say that they really have flipped back their bed covers and found a tarantula in their bed?
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I have too many bug stories I'm trying to repress, so tell me when it's done :-)
Interestingly, I find ants very useful in bug-on-bug warfare, but then here in the Bay Area we have the itty bitty harmless Argentine ants, so maybe they're not as creepy.
But I lived in my parents' basement (living the dream!) through high school and college, and my friends would come over and leave all manner of detritus lying around my room. I got silverfish, spiders, ants, and the occasional pill bug.
I'd just put down sugar trails leading to the worst infestations, the ants would kill all the other critters (except the spiders, who lived safely in the walls), and then I'd clean 'em up and clean the room.
Repeat every 3-4 months...
EDIT: And my all-time favorite "bug story" was when my pet tarantula escaped its cage and I couldn't find it for 2 weeks. I was finally cleaning the room and making my bed, flipped back the comforter, and there, right out of a horror movie, was my tarantula.
Poor thing was half-starved and freezing. I put it back in its cage with some nommy crickets and nursed it back to health.
But how many people can say that they really have flipped back their bed covers and found a tarantula in their bed?
Pretty neat sories, NH.
I also had an ant situation. I was in a hurry to get to work and forgot a cup of root beer on the coffee table and when I got home that night all tired and my first few steps into the house were... Crunchy, and I freaked out and fumbled the light on so fast to see a highway of black ants from the cup that I had been walking on.
I also had a spider situation. I was in a hurry to get to work (yes this is a trend with me) and ran out of the house... Straight into an enormous spider web. Unlike the ant situation this time I did scream but anyone would have screamed, I had a fist sized spider sitting on my shoulder looking very angry that I had just ruined her entire nights work at web building. Fortunately the spider decided to just run away from the crazy screaming human girl and not bite. I mean I love spiders, just not great big ones that have me in their web.
For the record, as far as Matt G. is concerned:
Life In Hell < The Simpsons < Futurama < Simpsons Comics
F$%* spiders.
The apartment I had when I was a junior in college was f~!&ing infested with wolf spiders. There was a big crack in the wall right next to the front door, and they'd come inside during the daytime to get out of the sun. I must have gone through one or two glue traps a week once I figured out where they were coming from.
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Pretty neat sories, NH.Interestingly, I find ants very useful in bug-on-bug warfare, but then here in the Bay Area we have the itty bitty harmless Argentine ants, so maybe they're not as creepy.
But I lived in my parents' basement (living the dream!) through high school and college, and my friends would come over and leave all manner of detritus lying around my room. I got silverfish, spiders, ants, and the occasional pill bug.
I'd just put down sugar trails leading to the worst infestations, the ants would kill all the other critters (except the spiders, who lived safely in the walls), and then I'd clean 'em up and clean the room.
Repeat every 3-4 months...
EDIT: And my all-time favorite "bug story" was when my pet tarantula escaped its cage and I couldn't find it for 2 weeks. I was finally cleaning the room and making my bed, flipped back the comforter, and there, right out of a horror movie, was my tarantula.
Poor thing was half-starved and freezing. I put it back in its cage with some nommy crickets and nursed it back to health.
But how many people can say that they really have flipped back their bed covers and found a tarantula in their bed?
LOL. You really *don't* want me to get started. Combine:
(1) Living in the wilderness 4 weeks a year,(2) Living in a half-subterranean basement the other 48 weeks,
(3) Owning many exotic pets,
I have many, many cringe-worthy stories.
I won't share... least without spoiler tags.
Ants are horrible, but cute cuddly spiders are adorable.
especially jumping spiders! They're my favorites c:
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I like animals, we have bunnies that treat our yard as a buffet because we never allow the lawn guys to use pesticides (They do not like me:-p)
Well...the internet is as potentially faulty as any other creation.
We also have an Owl that hunts said bunnies in our yard, and a family of Hawks, at least four now) it might be coincidence but I'm pretty sure mom hawk follows me when I go on my walks.
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Ants are horrible, but cute cuddly spiders are adorable.
especially jumping spiders! They're my favorites c:
Story of the day (OK. SECOND story of the day. OK, technically I may be at three. Anyway...):
We were gaming at Shiro's player's house, and one of the players at that table is a certified arachnophobe -- he gets so uncomfortable he'll leave the room if a spider gets too close to him. (So low-grade, but still irrational behavior based on their presence.)
So of course a relatively large jumping spider (maybe 1.5 cm, including legs) decided to crawl across the ceiling to... right over him. He immediately switched chairs to move across the table. It followed him. He got up, and we had to stop the game AGAIN to allow him to find a place that was "far enough" from the spider above that he could continue.
I finally sighed. "It's just a spider, and a jumping one at that. They're pretty smart, and they won't attack you. Let me get it outside for you."
So I clambered up onto the table, reached for the ceiling, cupped the spider gently in my hand, and...
...it dug its little fangs as deep as they would go into the meaty part of my palm.
So to gentle ministrations of, "Ow! Ow! It's biting me! Please stop that, Mr. Spider! I'm just trying to get you outside! Ow! Stop wiggling your fangs in my flesh, Mr. Spider, that is unpleasant!" I carried the little ingrate outside and released him.
My friend is now no less scared of spiders than before.
Stupid jumping spider.
Ants are horrible, but cute cuddly spiders are adorable.
especially jumping spiders! They're my favorites c:
Story of the day (OK. SECOND story of the day. OK, technically I may be at three. Anyway...):
We were gaming at Shiro's player's house, and one of the players at that table is a certified arachnophobe -- he gets so uncomfortable he'll leave the room if a spider gets too close to him. (So low-grade, but still irrational behavior based on their presence.)
So of course a relatively large jumping spider (maybe 1.5 cm, including legs) decided to crawl across the ceiling to... right over him. He immediately switched chairs to move across the table. It followed him. He got up, and we had to stop the game AGAIN to allow him to find a place that was "far enough" from the spider above that he could continue.
I finally sighed. "It's just a spider, and a jumping one at that. They're pretty smart, and they won't attack you. Let me get it outside for you."
So I clambered up onto the table, reached for the ceiling, cupped the spider gently in my hand, and...
...it dug its little fangs as deep as they would go into the meaty part of my palm.So to gentle ministrations of, "Ow! Ow! It's biting me! Please stop that, Mr. Spider! I'm just trying to get you outside! Ow! Stop wiggling your fangs in my flesh, Mr. Spider, that is unpleasant!" I carried the little ingrate outside and released him.
My friend is now no less scared of spiders than before.
Stupid jumping spider.
~LAUGHTER~
So close!
I finally figure out how to make NPCs on Herolabs, and almost got two I'd been working on forever now almost done and now my computer time is gone, wiped out by an 11 year old and her school report, which is optional but I'm sure she'll milk for the majority of the weekend:-\
I guess Doc Ock and her Techno-Goblins will have to wait
The only good spider is a roasted spider...also NH exotic pets?
I've got a bearded dragon and I've had a savannah monitor and a leopard gecko.
Ants are horrible, but cute cuddly spiders are adorable.
especially jumping spiders! They're my favorites c:
Story of the day (OK. SECOND story of the day. OK, technically I may be at three. Anyway...):
We were gaming at Shiro's player's house, and one of the players at that table is a certified arachnophobe -- he gets so uncomfortable he'll leave the room if a spider gets too close to him. (So low-grade, but still irrational behavior based on their presence.)
So of course a relatively large jumping spider (maybe 1.5 cm, including legs) decided to crawl across the ceiling to... right over him. He immediately switched chairs to move across the table. It followed him. He got up, and we had to stop the game AGAIN to allow him to find a place that was "far enough" from the spider above that he could continue.
I finally sighed. "It's just a spider, and a jumping one at that. They're pretty smart, and they won't attack you. Let me get it outside for you."
So I clambered up onto the table, reached for the ceiling, cupped the spider gently in my hand, and...
...it dug its little fangs as deep as they would go into the meaty part of my palm.So to gentle ministrations of, "Ow! Ow! It's biting me! Please stop that, Mr. Spider! I'm just trying to get you outside! Ow! Stop wiggling your fangs in my flesh, Mr. Spider, that is unpleasant!" I carried the little ingrate outside and released him.
My friend is now no less scared of spiders than before.
Stupid jumping spider.
ah poor little critter. It only wanted to protect itself from the incomprehensibly large fleshy giant!
As I said before, we encourage our spider population to decimate the other insect plagues that envelope the Midwest during the summer, not to mention the three brothers I don't get along with are all Arachnophobic, so I for one welcome our new Spider Overlords.
And we lived in Seattle for five years, you can't live in the Pacific Northwest for that long and be afraid of spiders, they're everywhere! There's a reason they don't have many mosquitoes out there and it isn't the climate.
Back from Mad Max. I randomly checked if it is shown in any cinema and discovered that indeed, today is a seance, and a 2D one! A bit overpriced comparing to other places that showed it, plus Friday price bonus, but it was totally worth it, and it might be one of the last seances except for random showings here and there at unspecified and hard to predict times.
...also NH exotic pets?
Over the years:
(1) Crayfish(2) Tarantula
(3) Black rat snake
(4) Chinchillae in great abundance -- never let anyone tell you they won't breed in captivity
(5) Madadascar day gecko
(6) Albino corn snake
(7) Leopard gecko
Also, a ferret (illegal in California even when neutered), a corgi, and a multitude of cats.
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I hope at least it's a 'good' move? For good reasons at least?Moving day.
Yay.
Boo.
Ugh.
If splitting up with your partner of over a decade is a good reason, then yes, it's for a good reason. :P
I lived on a farm, and was the middle child to boot so all the "pets" I got to name or take care of sadly then became dinner, and my parents would label what meat came from what animal so I'd be eating breakfast and mom would say "looks like this is Kirby bacon!" "Petunia sure makes great steak!" I was so close to vegetarianism:-D
I lived on a farm, and was the middle child to boot so all the "pets" I got to name or take care of sadly then became dinner, and my parents would label what meat came from what animal so I'd be eating breakfast and mom would say "looks like this is Kirby bacon!" "Petunia sure makes great steak!" I was so close to vegetarianism:-D
wow way to rub it in the face of a child!