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It never fails. Every time I want to go to Pittsburgh, something happens to my car. Seems this time I have a slow tire leak, but that's minor. It explains why my car drove funny today though. Judging by the performance over the past week and the tire pressure numbers Dad read, the tire didn't lose all that air overnight. He doesn't seem too concerned, just told me to keep an eye on it, and if it continues, we'll got get it patched, assuming that a hole is the problem.

Good news, though--the written part of my Paraguay project is done. I just need to make some minor changes, then tomorrow I'll get it bound. Though I will also be taking a break to get my nails done before I go out to dinner Friday night. LOL. That was Mom's suggestion. I wonder what color goes well with a black dress and black open toed shoes.

At 11/10/09 12:31 AM, Korriken wrote:

begins slamming his face violently against a hard surface.

Dude, fuck that using ass bitch.

She's a bitch.

A fucking BITCH.

She believes in a bunch of "love at first sight" hollywood fucking nonsense. I wouldn't piss on her if she were on fucking FIRE.

At 11/9/09 10:50 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

At 11/9/09 06:44 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Why do pets always want to "help" you with whatever you're doing?

My cat goes into my bedroom and finds any drawers I left open, and proceeds to take everything out.

My socks end up everywhere.

Not birds...
They see me eating, and they fly to me right at my face if they're out of their cage.

My male cockatiel, though, does seem to make me laugh when he starts whistling when I need a laugh. Can be annoying...

He alternates between Jingle Bells and Addam's Family ALL DAY.

You need to teach that bird some new songs :P

The shaming has already begun.

At 11/10/09 08:39 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: The shaming has already begun.

You can get away with doing that to a dog, but not a cat. I still remember how angry my boss' cat was when she put her in a Halloween costume.

Though that dog does look big enough to be a reindeer or pull a sled. One reason I don't want a large dog is I'm only 5'1" and can barely handle a big dog. Even my friend's trained guide dog, a black Lab, is hard to control at times.

At 11/10/09 08:52 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: You can get away with doing that to a dog, but not a cat. I still remember how angry my boss' cat was when she put her in a Halloween costume.

I beg to differ.

At 11/10/09 01:14 PM, lapis wrote:

At 11/10/09 12:31 AM, Korriken wrote: Sunday, November 1, my neighbor asks me if I could drive to Texas and pick up her cousin.

So this cousin is permanently moving to Louisiana?

Tomorrow, I plan on telling them either they can move into the house with me without him, or they can figure out how to pay the deposit and rent without me.

That's probably the best thing to do.

meh, I'm over it, actually. It was just a momentary thing that lasted a few days. the funny part is, I get to watch their relationship crumble and turn into dust as I sit back with some popcorn and a cold coke and laugh at the good show they put on. may take a few months, but at the rate they're going, they'll be at each others throats by easter.

and irony is, her friend likes me, but her friend smokes like a train and I don't date smokers. *slams face on desk* I would be inclined to help her kick the habit though....

I've been working on an idea for a cartoon lately. Its about an 'elf' in a double post apocalyptic earth (yeah, many shows destroy the world. I do it TWICE!) who, in college, is reunited with this elementary school bully, a very strong amazoness, who, by chance, ends up being assigned to his dorm room. Hilarity ensues.

of course, in this double destroyed world, the power of magic was released from its prison, which wipes out most of the world and causes many survivors to undergo mutations, turning them into something that resembles characters from fantasy novels.

I got the basic idea of the cartoon down, now I just need to work on concept art.

Skunky ? ? ?
What your doing to that poor dog .... & I suppose the cat as well, is wrong !
Funny as hell though L O L
But its still wrong...the dog looks like he realises, he's the butt of a joke... your going to give him self esteem issues . The cat doesn't look all that amused either -lol

I wonder what the dog would look like , running outside with a superman cape on ?

At 11/11/09 08:27 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Skunky ? ? ?
What your doing to that poor dog .... & I suppose the cat as well, is wrong !

It's my sister's cat. He loves his bowtie...That's his smug face.

I wonder what the dog would look like , running outside with a superman cape on ?

It would probably freak him out, unfortunately. We did joke about painting a lightning bolt on him and saying he's the Flash, though.

Greyhounds, like horses, do have points in their running stride where all four feet are off the ground, so there are some great photos of them "flying" out there. My husband picked up a copy of Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies and there's a full-color photo in there of a coursing greyhound with his front and back legs fully stretched out, at least a foot off the ground. Husker doesn't quite have the space to get that far into stride in the yard here, but he can still hit full speed in three strides. I pity the poor dumb squirrel that tries to eat my garden now!

At 11/11/09 09:47 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: It's my sister's cat. He loves his bowtie...That's his smug face.

;;;
My girlfriend just commented on how the cat looks pleased, she's a cat person, as well as a dog lover.
;;;
THe lighning bolt ideas a good one (IMO) too bad about the cape though ;)

Yeah, cats squint when they're happy. They're pretty weird like that.

I did put a collar on Charlie once, as a lark. I expected him to be upset and try to pull it off, but instead he pranced around the house like a dandy. He went up to Steve and sat in his lap and stretched his head back so Steve could see the collar. It was hilarious, really.

Husker would probably wear a costume if it was close-fitted. They're used to wearing colored vests at the track during races, and he has no issues wearing the little blanket-style coat we bought him. I just think a cape would scare him because it's flappy.

At 11/11/09 10:30 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: I just think a cape would scare him because it's flappy.

;;;
if it was just a small cape, something around the size of his vest, it would be a great photo, if he's got all four feet off the ground & cape flying when he's running.
Super dog...& no photo shop required.
I remember a woman had little rubber boots she used to put on her dog when I was a kid, she lived next to us...it was something she taught the dog to put up with. IF a dog can used to foot wear, it can probably get used to anything !

At 11/10/09 11:43 PM, Korriken wrote: I've been working on an idea for a cartoon lately. Its about an 'elf' in a double post apocalyptic earth (yeah, many shows destroy the world. I do it TWICE!) who, in college, is reunited with this elementary school bully, a very strong amazoness, who, by chance, ends up being assigned to his dorm room. Hilarity ensues.

I got the basic idea of the cartoon down, now I just need to work on concept art.

actually,
that situation lends itself well to a short story.

If you write it up, I would be eager to read it.

At 11/10/09 06:45 PM, Ravariel wrote: Then just build the central assembly and Bob's your uncle.

What's weird is I understood every bit of that... and I do have an uncle named Bob (as previously mentioned). O_o;

What I really want to make is that chain it's hanging on, the "Jen's Pind Linkage" pattern. It's supposed to be one of teh more difficult patterns to weave, but at the same time... it looks so damn cool.

At 11/10/09 08:39 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: The shaming has already begun.

That dog is going to have a nervous breakdown any minute. New home, new people, constantly running into furniture... now he's got an identity crisis to deal with. I hope you're happy, skunky. ;-D

At 11/11/09 12:35 PM, fli wrote:

actually,
that situation lends itself well to a short story.

If you write it up, I would be eager to read it.

the background story i'm working on could be made into a novel. but I'm no good with words, i prefer to use imagery. that and I'm seriously bad at narrating fights, which there are enough in there, but I would be willing to let you read the scripts as I finish them.

At 11/11/09 01:14 PM, Korriken wrote: the background story i'm working on could be made into a novel. but I'm no good with words, i prefer to use imagery. that and I'm seriously bad at narrating fights, which there are enough in there, but I would be willing to let you read the scripts as I finish them.

Well, if you write it up as a short story-- I'll read it.

Anyway--
I got several rejection emails recently... but I think I may get lucky. I submitted 28 short stories, plays, poems, and non-fictions...

I got 23 rejection letters.
But the last 5 are still standing.

With luck, at least one of those 5 will be considered for publication.

I'm writing up another short story--
it's about a guy who wants to enlarge his penis-- and he gets trapped.

That's the situation.
And I'm having fun with this story.

I´m having this weird science phase where I check out stuff like superfluids, aerogel and fractals.

That´s why I think I found a self repeating Teddy Bear named Mandelbrot to be funny.

You can say whatever you want about Julia sets, but they make kickass desktop wallpapers.

The Novel Influenza paid me a visit, but I´d like to postulate that the Codeine in my coughdrops did me more harm than that bug ever could have.

On a distantly related note to the subject of humiliating animals in general, and canines in particular, the picture below is relevant.

At 11/11/09 04:17 PM, fli wrote:

I'm writing up another short story--
it's about a guy who wants to enlarge his penis-- and he gets trapped.

That's the situation.
And I'm having fun with this story.

that could go in so many different directions...

speaking of which, how would one go about getting his stories copywrighted so no one can find my work and steal it?

At 11/10/09 12:31 AM, Korriken wrote:

Tomorrow, I plan on telling them either they can move into the house with me without him, or they can figure out how to pay the deposit and rent without me.

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Um, yeah. Get away from these people now. I saw later on you posted that one of them likes you but still. Make them sleep on the floor.

At 11/10/09 06:57 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote:

Good news, though--the written part of my Paraguay project is done. I just need to make some minor changes, then tomorrow I'll get it bound. Though I will also be taking a break to get my nails done before I go out to dinner Friday night. LOL. That was Mom's suggestion. I wonder what color goes well with a black dress and black open toed shoes.

I always get the french tip, I like them to look fairly natural. Though for Halloween I got pink tips with glitter because I was a pricess.

Alot people who think chicks who get their nails done are high maintenance and that's quite the opposite. Im very low maintenance and very lazy. I get them done twice a month and then I dont have to mess with them.

At 11/10/09 08:06 PM, fli wrote:

Not birds...
They see me eating, and they fly to me right at my face if they're out of their cage.

My male cockatiel, though, does seem to make me laugh when he starts whistling when I need a laugh. Can be annoying...

He alternates between Jingle Bells and Addam's Family ALL DAY.

If you leave food out will they get into it? Or mess with stuff in the kitchen?

At 11/10/09 08:39 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: The shaming has already begun.

AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

pic related

At 11/11/09 10:04 PM, SevenSeize wrote: pic related

You're giving me evil ideas, seven. And I am highly curious to see what my parent's dashdunds would do in that situation...

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I don't know how I could have forgotten this; "Battlefield" by Blind Guardian. It was the first song by them I was fortunate enough to hear back when I was in Highschool... and it still rocks 7 years later.

At 11/11/09 06:24 PM, Korriken wrote: speaking of which, how would one go about getting his stories copywrighted so no one can find my work and steal it?

One of two ways:

1) Submit the story to the US Copyright office to be copyrighted. They store it in the archives and register the copyright. It costs money.

2) Print the story, with the little c in the circle in the title, along with the date, then mail it to yourself. Viola, copyright'd. As long as you can legally prove you wrote the thing before they did, the copyright to the words defaults to you.

At 11/11/09 10:04 PM, SevenSeize wrote: If you leave food out will they get into it? Or mess with stuff in the kitchen?

All the birds are semi trained (except Hermione, the youngest of the doves.)
They don't fly into the kitchen if they're out... they got one designated area, which can be cleaned of poop easily. Kitchen is off limits because of the potential that they may fly into/onto the stove or some sort of kitchen appliance.

And even then, they're potty trained. (except for Hermione, and then the cockatiels... they're the only ones who I clip their wings.)

But they see me eating an apple, and they go nuts trying to get to it. (They all love a bit of chopped up apple.)

And they also love broccoli and carrots.

Copyright.
It's not worthwhile.
And it only goes to your words... stealing ideas, you can't get any sort of monetary compensation.

I meet the guy who wrote the original "Mall Cop" story-- before the studio whom he sent out took the same story, but put in their own writing team. He's getting no where...

And more than likely,
somebody is gonna steal an idea than your actual words.

I've already seen somebody's blog that has a short story (of lesser quality) that is highly similar to my short story "Devil's Food Cake" (daughter, grandmother, deep secret... Soylent Green angle.)

Its a sunny day out today .
5 degrees & I'm going into town to get my studded tires installed.

& I'm still in shorts ;)

fuck you winter, by this afternoon I'll be all set !

At 11/12/09 09:19 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Its a sunny day out today .
5 degrees & I'm going into town to get my studded tires installed.

& I'm still in shorts ;)

fuck you winter, by this afternoon I'll be all set !

Heh. It's 26ºC here and I'm wearing jeans.
No shorts in the School of Economics >=( This ain't no humanities yo.

Presentation on Paraguay this afternoon. I'm nervous as hell.

...it also doesn't help there were a ton of new developments overnight either...

At 11/12/09 10:00 AM, Der-Lowe wrote:

At 11/12/09 09:19 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Its a sunny day out today .
5 degrees & I'm going into town to get my studded tires installed.

& I'm still in shorts ;)

fuck you winter, by this afternoon I'll be all set !

Heh. It's 26ºC here and I'm wearing jeans.
No shorts in the School of Economics >=( This ain't no humanities yo.

It is 57F/13C here with a nice 12mph wind from the Northeast, perfect weather for shorts.... in NOVEMBER!!! HA HA HA HA!!!

I think I may open up the windows here in a bit and let the house air out.

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My brother is buying a gun for home defense. Not our home mind you, for the home he and his fiance/wife are buying. Now while some of you may not be bothered by this idea, I am. My brother and I are complete polar opposites in terms of personality; I'm pretty even keeled and mature when it comes to everyday life (despite my admittedly bizarre sense of humor), where he is still immature to a point and has a short temper. His fiance realizes this, and thankfully she's got a good hold of the reigns when it comes to him, I'm still uneasy about this... so is our Mother, and I'm not even sure if our Dad knows yet. Just... blegh. This situation makes me uneasy.

I'm just wondering what he's going to do when he realizes he can't do target shooting at his new house. He'll be living inside the city limits, and they don't allow that kind of thing there.

At 11/12/09 01:28 PM, Proteas wrote: It is 57F/13C here with a nice 12mph wind from the Northeast, perfect weather for shorts.... in NOVEMBER!!! HA HA HA HA!!!

Hi guys, it's 63 F here in SF........FOR A FOGGY CITY

Suck on that

Also, why is it Cadillac chooses the most annoying songs for background music?