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That's just so... American.
Good morning FAWLTIES
Its cold bleak and miserable here in Sydney (This is Melbourne weather and belongs back down in the Emo Hipster Capital of Australia not here in sunny Sydney).
The Queenslanders won the first game of the State of Origin Rugby League series. (The best players are selected from the teams to play for the state that they were born in or first played Rugby League in). State of Origin I highlights
My youngest is chucking a nanna (tantrum) because she cant find her wellies (gumboots).
Silverchair have gone into permanent hiatus because making music together has become unfun.
Other than that things are good.
Gumboots? are those galoshes?
Silverchair? In a band?
Galoshes thats the word I was looking for - We call them Wellington Boots (Wellies) or Gumboots.
Silverchair - started off as just another teenage grunge band in the mid nineties but unlike a lot of bands of their time they matured into an amazing band that put out some very good music.
Mid nineties Silverchair-tomorrow.
Later Silverchiar Tuna in the brine Its a bit wall of sound and self-indulgent but I love this song.
heh hehThat's just so... American.
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I'm bummed. I skimmed thru the 1st 30 pages and haven't found any posts from me. I'm a bad treant. I need to be spanked. Solnes? LJ? Treppa? ;PWell, if you insist.. ;)
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Well, now I'm insulted. *pouts*
Does this help jog your memory?
Feel like crap and need to go wrangle sick child so he gets to bed on time. And also make dinner. Red curry tonight with sweet potato and mango. Nom nom nom. :)
Quebecois. We have some of those. You want?Nothing can stop me from enjoying FREEDOM once again... oh wait. I'm going to the US. You guys don't do that freedom thing anymore, do you.The Quebecois may see things differently.
Just the poutine.
<listens to the sound of his arteries clogging>
What, were you going to desert or surprise me!? I don't know...this is all too much. I think I better nap and deal with this surprise revelation later.Wait, didn't you read about it in the cake thread? I thought Uriz- oops! Never mind.
Damn you. He wasn't supposed to know about the cake. Now we have to lie about it while he's reading. Lie like a pony lawyer.
Wow... is Family Drama in the water or something? I thought it was just my family lately, but no...
The catch: he and his wife recently adopted two little African American girls, so he's moving to southern WV with his mixed race family. The fact that they'll living in a place where race relations are generally problematic is an issue in and of itself. But on top of that, my parents have actually told me in phone conversations how my new nieces 'act too black', and need to be disciplined for it. *sigh* It's not bad enough that they'll get that kind of thing in school and from strangers, but they'll get it from their own *family*. Those kids are going to have an awful time of it there, and I just don't understand what my brother is thinking.
I hope everyone else who's going through family drama comes out the other side okay.
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Sent sick kid to school without realizing it and he acted out and got two days suspension. Ugh. And now he is feverish and cuddly and demanding extra attention.Isn't school just about over for you? Most schools here are done. My son goes to a charter school and has the "priviledge" of having school until the 2nd of June.
Just not sure what the point of 2 days suspension is when it's the end of the school year anyway.
Pah! I don't graduate until the tenth of June, and short types have to wait until the 15th!
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I'm bummed. I skimmed thru the 1st 30 pages and haven't found any posts from me. I'm a bad treant. I need to be spanked. Solnes? LJ? Treppa? ;PWell, if you insist.. ;)
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Well, now I'm insulted. *pouts*
Does this help jog your memory?
** spoiler omitted **
Jess, perfect! I have been watching lots of anime during my convalescence, which also makes me think of my lectures on Japanese religion. Does "no" reliably translate in one particular way, or is it uber contextual? It's everywhere: names, concepts, beings...I gotta kNOw!In other news...
The funds I have been waiting for snuck into my bank account overnight. Barring any unexpected snags, I shall be back on two wheels Monday!
so...Monday trip is on?
No in English? Or no in Japanese?
English know would usually be "iie" in Japanese if that's what you're asking. Colloqualisms and dialects can change it a bit to "ie", "iya", stuff like that...
"No" in Japanese, I'd need context. The most common "no" in Japanese is the possessive. It's essentially indistinguishable from apostrophe s ('s). Jessica no tama = Jessica's ball.
NO in Japanese. Like I said, I've seen it everywhere: in names like Abe no Seimei and in phrases like mono no aware and kaze no stigma (obviously the last from English). So, it's a possessive, usually?
No, tell me what you really think about the place. Don't hold back.I can't stand the pollution. I can't stand the contaminated food. The internet restrictions are worsening weekly, and I work online, so that about does it for me.Nothing can stop me from enjoying FREEDOM once again... oh wait. I'm going to the US. You guys don't do that freedom thing anymore, do you.Why are you not going to be in China? I missed this one.Don't get me started.
I will say that Paizo getting onto the Great Firewall's block list (and my hacking through it) speaks quite loudly of the greatest failures of Chinese policy: pointless and ineffective censorship.
It was this avatar right? Or one of the times I said Mao was worse than Hitler or Stalin? Or the time I said I wished I could got back to his life time, roast him alive, carve him up, and feed the bits on really long tooth picks to Chinese alligators?
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grackle
Until March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
It was this avatar right? Or one of the times I said Mao was worse than Hitler or Stalin? Or the time I said I wished I could got back to his life time, roast him alive, carve him up, and feed the bits on really long tooth picks to Chinese alligators?No, tell me what you really think about the place. Don't hold back.I can't stand the pollution. I can't stand the contaminated food. The internet restrictions are worsening weekly, and I work online, so that about does it for me.Nothing can stop me from enjoying FREEDOM once again... oh wait. I'm going to the US. You guys don't do that freedom thing anymore, do you.Why are you not going to be in China? I missed this one.Don't get me started.
I will say that Paizo getting onto the Great Firewall's block list (and my hacking through it) speaks quite loudly of the greatest failures of Chinese policy: pointless and ineffective censorship.
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+2 I hate the whole 'kin' theory where folks are allowed to treat you like sh!t because you happen to share some DNA. Best wishes and positive vibrations E7, I know that crap is tough.You can pick your friends, you can't pick your kin, but you can sure as hell pick your ass up and get out of their jacked up scene.+
That is some righteous awesome science, man. +1
What kind of monkey are you?
Darwin was depicted as a monkey, so monkeys are Darwinists.Evolution is all like, "Get your genes passed on to more people than anyone else."
If shared DNA is being passed on, you'd want to support them and make them successful, if you were a real monkey.
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Hmph. You beat me by one page. (Catching up now... can I do it?)I have been here since the begining! :PI came in on page 22 :D
Yes! Caught up to this post!
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RL stuff
The mothers of two different people I know have both died since Sunday. I didn't actually know them. One had pneumonia after an operation (hospital cleanliness please?) and the other had very bad Alzheimer's. Both of the people I know are in their mid-fifties. One of the people was retiring from teaching this year, and missed a field trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (actually a life-changing experience for me, but not really because of the plays), and may even miss the rest of the year (but I expect she is grateful to have been there when her mother died). The other's mother was in a home, and I don't know much more, but he's normally a really chipper (wait, that word is not in Mozilla's UK dictionary?) guy who makes a lot of jokes. I'm pretty sure my teacher is one of the typical "I don't know what I am" (in respect to religion) types, but my uncle is a Protestant (I don't actually keep track of the different Protestant denominations, besides Lutherans and Baptists [my dad's family was Lutheran last generation, while my mom's parents raised them Baptist]). I had to write my condolences. I kept it really short because I didn't want to be presumptuous or say something insensitive, but it was hard to figure out how to avert the "better place" trope (the "presumptuous" problem; it could be averted by saying "She's probably in a better place, but I didn't know her so she could have been a b&$%#" - the rudeness problem).
Yeah, that doesn't really beat anyone else's problems. So - condolences!
heh hehWhat. The f~@&. I die inside.
Some part of you loved it. You know it.
I kept it really short because I didn't want to be presumptuous or say something insensitive, but it was hard to figure out how to avert the "better place" trope (the "presumptuous" problem; it could be averted by saying "She's probably in a better place, but I didn't know her so she could have been a b&$%#" - the rudeness problem).
Yeah, that doesn't really beat anyone else's problems. So - condolences!
Actually, not knowing what to say in those situations is excruciating.
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ALSO: I'm "graduating" (long story) on the tenth!
I need to finish college application(s)/figure out if I'm going to college next year or working!
I need to figure out if I'm going to prom on the 4th, and, if so, who to go with!
I need to take the GED tests! (same long story)
I need to complete end-of-the-year projects for two AP (not that acronym) classes!
I need to prep for PaizoCon on the tenth! (Actually, there's not much prep needed for that.)
And I've just started reading/posting on a FaWTL thread. (I'm still not going to try to catch up unless I'm in prison or something.) Writing it all down, it looks kinda like I'm doomed. Oh, and I need to get my license sometime before August 14th (haven't needed it due to bike).
It'll all work out. For some reason, I'm optimistic.
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grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
Mmmmm, check out the beak on her...
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Actually, not knowing what to say in those situations is excruciating.I kept it really short because I didn't want to be presumptuous or say something insensitive, but it was hard to figure out how to avert the "better place" trope (the "presumptuous" problem; it could be averted by saying "She's probably in a better place, but I didn't know her so she could have been a b&$%#" - the rudeness problem).
Yeah, that doesn't really beat anyone else's problems. So - condolences!
Lord have mercy
I guess it could sound good to a Christian?
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Mmmmm, check out the beak on her...grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
You want big? Go for a finch. Grosbeak, maybe.
:)It was this avatar right? Or one of the times I said Mao was worse than Hitler or Stalin? Or the time I said I wished I could got back to his life time, roast him alive, carve him up, and feed the bits on really long tooth picks to Chinese alligators?
Truth is that the Chinese use computers for most of their flagging. Nobody knows why or how could have set off an alarm.... Lately, one of my clients, and American company in China, has had their corporate website banned in the province where they have their factory. It's just absolutely ridiculous because it harms Chinese companies trying to compete globally and drives good employers away from China.
grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!
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** spoiler omitted **Actually, not knowing what to say in those situations is excruciating.I kept it really short because I didn't want to be presumptuous or say something insensitive, but it was hard to figure out how to avert the "better place" trope (the "presumptuous" problem; it could be averted by saying "She's probably in a better place, but I didn't know her so she could have been a b&$%#" - the rudeness problem).
Yeah, that doesn't really beat anyone else's problems. So - condolences!
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Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
Whats wrong with meadowlarks?
heh hehWhat. The f$!!. I die inside.
C'mon, man...even Wookiee's gotta cut lose sometimes.
C'mon, man...even Wookiee's gotta cut lose sometimes.heh hehWhat. The f$!!. I die inside.
Crunkbacca!
Whats wrong with meadowlarks?Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
Nope. THIS bastard.
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Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
Well, at least they're native.
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I've heard talk of this. Somewhere. Over the rainbow.
Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!
the grackle is my spirit totem.
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What if I said no?Some part of you loved it. You know it.heh hehWhat. The f~@&. I die inside.
I'm right there with you Shiny...
Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!Well, at least they're native.
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Not in North Texas. We didn't see them here when I was a kid. They started showing up when I was a teen and their numbers have just gone through the roof, driving out other species. Major pest and noise pollutant.
Everyone in Texas hates this invasive species and its infernal sound. There are TONS of them, squeezing out our beautiful Texas songbirds. When I'm made Emperor of Texas, we will feed these hell-birds to the poor, baked in pies!grackleUntil March (in Chicago) I'd never seen a grackle! My list of icterids will soon be complete!Well, at least they're native.
** spoiler omitted **
Not in North Texas. We didn't see them here when I was a kid. They started showing up when I was a teen and their numbers have just gone through the roof, driving out other species. Major pest and noise pollutant.