Positive Events & Occurences

[BetongÅsna]

I don't mean to brag, but I still think my puns were the best.

(If only Run were here)

[Star Worms]

These jokes are a real flop. I wonder if we can make enough to turn onto the next page.

[bonz]

These jokes are a real flop. I wonder if we can make enough to turn onto the next page.
Boohoo! Cry me a river! :p

[BetongÅsna]

We seriously need to keep this corny humour in check.

[Star Worms]

Boohoo! Cry me a river! :p

How dare you raise your voice at me!

[Squirminator2k]

You know, I don't think these silly jokes really suit us.

[AndrewTaylor]

At least they're all-in one thread.

[Akuryou13]

You know, I don't think these silly jokes really suit us.well it's obvious at this point that none of us are working with a full deck :p

[Squirminator2k]

We've... there's... some of...

...CARDS.

[Paul.Power]

The "There Exists" sign from maths is a very rum E.

... try saying the last bit out loud.

[Akuryou13]

The "There Exists" sign from maths is a very rum E.

... try saying the last bit out loud.if that's the best you can do I think your brain may have gotten shuffled around with all that math.

[Paul.Power]

if that's the best you can do I think your brain may have gotten shuffled around with all that math.

Have a heart, I also did one about tricks.

[SupSuper]

The "There Exists" sign from maths is a very rum E.

... try saying the last bit out loud.Now that was lowball. :(

[SomePerson]

To totally "shuffle" this conversation, I have an actual positive event/occurence:

#6 in the "Most Raptor Kills" category! Hells yeah!

http://raptorsafari.com/leaderboards.php

[Xinos]

Well I say 'off with their heads! I can't stand theese lame card jokes any longer!

[Akuryou13]

:D everyone go see Forbidden Kingdom right now! it's the most unintentionally hilarious movie of the year! it was horrible! :D

[Squirminator2k]

I didn't think it was unintentionally hilarious, but I did think it was surprisingly entertaining for such a bad film.

[Akuryou13]

I didn't think it was unintentionally hilarious, but I did think it was surprisingly entertaining for such a bad film.well the horrible cheese was so thick I found myself cringing and laughing alternately through most of the movie. either way it was a great movie for being so god-aweful.

[MtlAngelus]

I saw Iron Man today. AWESOME.

[FutureWorm]

I haven't posted in quite a while. jeez.

I got national merit scholar either commended or nominated. I won't find out until September but I am totally pumped either way. I get to be referred to two universities of my choice and i just need to figure out which ones right now:-/
cool i got that it was worth $10,000 a year at my college

[Paul.Power]

Puyo Puyo 2 is coming to the Virtual Console.

And I can't stop smiling.

(So America's already had it for two months. Who cares? :p)

[Paul.Power]

I have a KC Green custom comic and I can't stop smiling (http://capn-special.livejournal.com/107995.html)

(the SimCity one)

[Pigbuster]

Summer vacation.


WOooooooooooooooOOOOOOOeeeeeee.

[MrBunsy]

Already? It's only just May!

[Pigbuster]

College: Harder work, shorter school year.

At least, that's how I thought it works for most colleges. I may be mistaken.

[MrBunsy]

Earliest I'd come across till now was a friend of mine who finishes at the end of May. The dates I've got for Southampton next year (woo!) say I won't finish till 20th June. Ah well.

Enjoy your holiday though! How long have you got off?

[Akuryou13]

me and a group of friends went and subjected ourselves to Speed Racer earlier today. the plot was ACTUALLY pretty good considering it was speed racer. so long as you accept that all the world's issues can be solved by winning a grand prix, you can actually make complete sense of the plot of the show...I was shocked!

but on a more amusing note the racing was GOD ****ING AWEFUL!! the races were so horribly coreographed and put together that it made the rest of the movie almost annoying to watch because of how painfully hilarious the race scenes were.

as a whole, though, it was a supremely entertaining movie. I'm not sure if it was intentionally as horribly hilarious as it was, but intentional or not it trumps Forbidden Kingdom for most hilariously bad movie of the year :p

WARNING: Please wear precautionary sun glasses while viewing this movie.
no, I'm not kidding. neither me nor any of my friends saw the last 30 seconds of the final race because it was too painful to keep your eyes open.

[AndrewTaylor]

I have some Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Drivel Sensitive Sunglasses. Would they do?

[Akuryou13]

I have some Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Drivel Sensitive Sunglasses. Would they do?damn you for making me look that up and feeling like an idiot when it turned out to be something obvious :p

[FutureWorm]

as a whole, though, it was a supremely entertaining movie. I'm not sure if it was intentionally as horribly hilarious as it was, but intentional or not it trumps Forbidden Kingdom for most hilariously bad movie of the year :p

i am 100% positive that beverly hills chihuahua will top it

[MtlAngelus]

i am 100% positive that beverly hills chihuahua will top it

No, that movie is just plain horrible, nothing hilarious about it. :(

[Akuryou13]

i am 100% positive that beverly hills chihuahua will top itno no, that movie is just going to be painful. disney has yet to make a movie that's so bad it's funny, they just make movies that are horrible.

[SupSuper]

They're so bad it's funny. To watch their notability plummet.

ZING!

[Alien King]

Study Leave has started.

[Squirminator2k]

Disney profits plummet and I'm out of the job. Lawks!

[Melon]

Is that a positive thing?

[AndrewTaylor]

If I didn't know anyone who worked there (which is becoming increasingly true) I would have said that yes, Disney have altogether too many resources and need taking down a peg or two with their brainless and not-funny cartoons, irritating-voiced and totally incoherent characters and their insipid and awful attempts to claim the word "magical" for their own.

[philby4000]

I have a KC Green custom comic and I can't stop smiling (http://capn-special.livejournal.com/107995.html)

(the SimCity one)
I'm going to have to go borrow some digits because two thumbs up isn't enough.

[Pigbuster]

I have a KC Green custom comic and I can't stop smiling (http://capn-special.livejournal.com/107995.html)

(the SimCity one)

Nice. :D

The image comment says that's his favorite one, too.

[Paul.Power]

Woo. Didn't notice that, nice.

[AndrewTaylor]

Strangely, the cartoon of the transport guy looks more like you than like the transport guy.

[Zero72]

Strangely, the cartoon of the transport guy looks more like you than like the transport guy.I thought the same thing.

[SupSuper]

Except Paul doesn't obessess with tr-

Holy crap, it all makes sense now!

[Paul.Power]

WHERE'S DERYL?! WHERE'S DERYL?!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Zero72]

http://zero72.deviantart.com/journal/18441429 :D

[FutureWorm]

http://zero72.deviantart.com/journal/18441429 :D
d'awwww

name it untilted

[MtlAngelus]

I vote for trillian too.

[Zero72]

Unless I get any earth-shattering new suggestions within the next day or so, it's likely to be Sable.

[MtlAngelus]

Jovia ?

[Xinos]

Maybe Zelda? Trillian is a good name too.

[worMatty]

I'm holding off making any suggestions because I think you're best coming up with a name yourself.

[MtlAngelus]

I named a cat once "Taparrosca", which is the word for plastic bottle caps in spanish(the ones that you screw/unscrew off). :p

It was a street cat and it was quite wary of people. A bit of an odd cat since it wouldn't run away, but if you tried to pet him he would try to slash your hand with his paw. I used to have fun hiding and scaring him from behind. :p

[Zero72]

Welp, I've pretty much decided to settle on Sable at this particular moment, with her dozing off in my lap. :3

[SomePerson]

That's a nice name.


In my positive event and occurrence, I'm practically done with the guitar except for paint.

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/96/img0776ny0.th.jpg (http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/96/img0776ny0.jpg)

[Xinos]

That's a nice name.


In my positive event and occurrence, I'm practically done with the guitar except for paint.

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/96/img0776ny0.th.jpg (http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/96/img0776ny0.jpg)

Cool. If you want to be fan artist of the year I suggest you color it like this: http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/8533/56457648ql6.jpg

Otherwise, maybe not.. it seemed like a good idea before I actually made the imge ;p

[worMatty]

Wow, a Team17 guitar. That's cool. Nice colour scheme, Xinos!

[FutureWorm]

Cool. If you want to be fan artist of the year I suggest you color it like this: http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/8533/56457648ql6.jpg

Otherwise, maybe not.. it seemed like a good idea before I actually made the imge ;p
in general a purple guitar would be pretty rockin'

[MtlAngelus]

That's a nice name.


In my positive event and occurrence, I'm practically done with the guitar except for paint.

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/96/img0776ny0.th.jpg (http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/96/img0776ny0.jpg)

*thumbs up*
I demand you play Stairway to Heaven's and/or Sweet Home Alabama's solo on it, and upload results.
:p

[Zero72]

That is some pretty sweet stuff.

[bonz]

Nah, play the Wormsong on it.
That is, if you coloured it in the T17 colours.

[SomePerson]

Thanks!:)

Girl: So what kind of guitar is that?
Me: I made it
Girl: OMG that's so cool!!! ...so what inspired the color scheme?
Me: A video game
Girl: Oh... *leaves*

:rolleyes:

Actually that purple one you did looks pretty dang cool, but I'm already set on turqoise...:p


edit: Glorb I can't seem to type coherent sentences at 1:30 in the morning...

[bonz]

Thanks!:)

Girl: So what kind of guitar is that?
Me: I made it
Girl: OMG that's so cool!!! ...so what inspired the color scheme?
Me: A video game
Girl: Oh... *leaves*

:rolleyes:

Actually that purple one you did looks pretty dang cool, but I'm already set on turqoise...:p


edit: Glorb I can't seem to type coherent sentences at 1:30 in the morning...
And if you paint it turqoise, the dialog will be like this:

Girl: OMG that's so cool!!! ...so what inspired the color scheme?
Me: The turqoise stripe in the LGBT movement flag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)) that has been removed in 1979. It stands for magic.
Girl: Oh... *leaves*

[Akuryou13]

sorry to interrupt but I went to the movies again last night :D

this week's travesty? Indiana Jones.

I really wasn't planning to go see the movie because it was obviously going to be bad, and I wasn't disappointed on that front at all.

oddly enough, though, it was actually a pretty good movie. the plot made sense the characters were pretty much fine (even indy being old wasn't all that bad to me), and in general I was ready to accept it as just another generally alright movie. sure, it had a large share of illogical events (like the magnetic skull that seemed to not always be magnetic), but as a whole it was a fairly decent movie. I remained with that opinion up until the point where the space aliens used their mothership to teleport el dorado into another dimension....and no, I couldn't have made that up if I tried :p it was greatness :D

[AndrewTaylor]

I saw that on Saturday. It's fantastic as long as you don't watch it hoping for it to be sensible or clever or have any artistic merit at all.

[Squirminator2k]

It's fun until the third act. Then George Lucas took over and it went into a downward spiral into mediocrity.

[Akuryou13]

I saw that on Saturday. It's fantastic as long as you don't watch it hoping for it to be sensible or clever or have any artistic merit at all.pretty much that exactly. it's a very good movie for mindless entertainment, though.

It's fun until the third act. Then George Lucas took over and it went into a downward spiral into mediocrity.wait, is that really what happened?

[AndrewTaylor]

It's fun until the third act. Then George Lucas took over and it went into a downward spiral into mediocrity.

Yeah, the lash chunk of film wasn't really anything. It didn't make even as much sense as the rest of the same film.

[Squirminator2k]

Exactly. And that's why I made [this tee-shirt (http://www.printfection.com/jumpleads/Blame-George/_s_195992)].

[worMatty]

Capitalism FTW.

[FutureWorm]

last day of high school. finished it off tonight with a kickin' dance party at my place. life is good. :cool:

[Akuryou13]

last day of high school. finished it off tonight with a kickin' dance party at my place. life is good. :cool:you were still in high school?! I did not realize that.

[Pickleworm]

last day of high school. finished it off tonight with a kickin' dance party at my place. life is good. :cool:

Did you dj it :cool:

Did you totally get all up in a girl's business with justice blaring and sweat flying everywhere :cool:

[FutureWorm]

you were still in high school?! I did not realize that.
unfortunately, yes; is my maturity beyond my years? :cool:
Did you dj it :cool:

Did you totally get all up in a girl's business with justice blaring and sweat flying everywhere :cool:
yes and yes

[Squirminator2k]

omg futureworm is HaK I KNEW IT

[FutureWorm]

omg futureworm is HaK I KNEW IT
damn i've been discovered!

USER WAS BANNED FOR BEING HAK

[AndrewTaylor]

yes and yes

Are you in fact a character in The Inbetweeners?

[BetongÅsna]

I feel like I haven't failed my exams, which has got to be a good thing.

[Akuryou13]

I, somehow, just got my new headset in today. this is ridiculous considering I ordered it yesterday and it was shipped from england somewhere.

I'm not complaining, but DAMN that guy had to be speeding :p

anyway, my choice for a headset was the Medusa 5.1 ProGamer (http://www.speed-link.com/?p=2&cat=173&pid=2691&paus=1). these things kick ASS! I put them on and instantly I can tell the difference. the comfort level is WAY up, the sound quality is actually BETTER than my THX-certified logitech speakers. the construction feels very sturdy AND the set is attractive to look at.

I think I'm going to like these things :)

OH! and it had the novelty of coming with the european outlet plug so I actually got to see one for the first time today :) (and before you ask, it also came with a converter)

[Alien King]

I, somehow, just got my new headset in today. this is ridiculous considering I ordered it yesterday and it was shipped from england somewhere.

I wonder by what multiple of 10, how much longer that would take if it was from America to England.


OH! and it had the novelty of coming with the european outlet plug so I actually got to see one for the first time today :) (and before you ask, it also came with a converter)

I don't know if I should be suprised or shocked.

[Akuryou13]

I wonder by what multiple of 10, how much longer that would take if it was from America to England.I'm gunna say that it'd be 10^3

I don't know if I should be suprised or shocked.either that was a horrible pun or it should have been :p

[thomasp]

I, somehow, just got my new headset in today. this is ridiculous considering I ordered it yesterday and it was shipped from england somewhere.


That's less time than it takes something to go 50 miles by post here!!

Must have been shipped on a 747 :p Given they're the quickest civil aircraft in the skies...

[bonz]

What the heck?
That thing is powered over the mains?
Must have been shipped on a 747 :p Given they're the quickest civil aircraft in the skies...
Or: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_mail

[Pigbuster]

I, somehow, just got my new headset in today. this is ridiculous considering I ordered it yesterday and it was shipped from england somewhere.

I'm not complaining, but DAMN that guy had to be speeding :p

anyway, my choice for a headset was the Medusa 5.1 ProGamer (http://www.speed-link.com/?p=2&cat=173&pid=2691&paus=1). these things kick ASS! I put them on and instantly I can tell the difference. the comfort level is WAY up, the sound quality is actually BETTER than my THX-certified logitech speakers. the construction feels very sturdy AND the set is attractive to look at.

I think I'm going to like these things :)

OH! and it had the novelty of coming with the european outlet plug so I actually got to see one for the first time today :) (and before you ask, it also came with a converter)
I can't have any headphones better than my goofy retractible ones.

Headphone cords are one of the few cords the cats will chew up :p

[SupSuper]

Recently I found out my headset was doing small but annoying crackling noises and occasionally missing sound on one side. I was just about to get them replaced before my dad told me to check the front panel connection and lo' and behold, that was it. Goddammit there's nothing worse than trying to figure out how to properly connect a completely undocumented onboard soundcard to completely undocumented case connectors. :mad:

I wish my headset was wireless, it keeps tangling up with my chair and causing hilarious problems during Teamspeaks.

[MtlAngelus]

Got Harvest Moon on the Wii VC. :cool:

[Pigbuster]

They have harvest moon up there now!?

Please say it's the Nintendo64 version.

[Squirminator2k]

I think it's just the SNES version.

[MtlAngelus]

Yup, SNES version. It's AWESOME. :cool:
I heard there's a Wii Harvest Moon comming out sometime this year. Apparently it's already on Japan. I just hope it's as good as the Snes version, if it is I'm SOLD.

[Zero72]

I want HM64 something fierce. I don't even want to speculate how much time I spent playing that game. The whole thing is like a big fuzzy special memory to me. :3

Speaking of whole big fuzzy special memories, I hear Super Mario RPG has hit the Japanese VC.

[MtlAngelus]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/eek.gif

[Akuryou13]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/eek.gif

[Xinos]

Season 3 of The Venture Bros has begun!! And episode two should be out tomorrow.

:cool:

[Akuryou13]

swapped my processor out with my wife's. she uses a quad core version of the same thing I have. apparently these 2 extra cores make a HUGE difference. Age of Conan was running at 5 FPS most of the time for some reason, no matter what I set everything to. with the new processor I get 30+ FPS. :D

[Pigbuster]

The Mother 3 translation is really far along.
Almost all of the hacking is done, which is NEAT.

http://mother3.fobby.net/faqs/project-to-do-list/

[bloopy]

swapped my processor out with my wife's.

Without her knowledge? :p

[FutureWorm]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/eek.gif

http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/eek.gif

[Akuryou13]

Without her knowledge? :pno, no, I mentioned it to her. she said she wanted it back but after seeing the result I told her to screw herself I was keeping it :p

[SupSuper]

no, no, I mentioned it to her. she said she wanted it back but after seeing the result I told her to screw herself I was keeping it :pSounds like a fair trade, you get the processor, she gets the sex.

[bonz]

I told her to screw herself
Sounds like a fair trade, you get the processor, she gets the sex.
Fair trade if she screws herself? :rolleyes:

[Squirminator2k]

Launched [Ghost Hamster (http://www.ghosthamster.com/)], and every one of my webcomic buddies loves it. SupSuper hates the idea, of course, but that's because he's SupSuper.

[SupSuper]

Fair trade if she screws herself? :rolleyes:Fair trade for her. Think of the alternative. :p

Launched [Ghost Hamster (http://www.ghosthamster.com/)], and every one of my webcomic buddies loves it. SupSuper hates the idea, of course, but that's because he's SupSuper.Nonsense, I'm Supreme King Awesome Thunderpants.

[Xinos]

Posting from my new laptop (http://www.dustinhome.se/pd_5010129258.aspx) that I got today! :cool:
I was also happily suprised when I noticed the processor was 1.9 ghz and not 1.6 which it says on the site.

Now I can crash in peoples couches and still have access to msn and stuff. No need to go home for like... ever! Unless of course I want to work or play demanding games, but how likely is that when I could just stay 'wherever' and browse wikipedia and bug people over the nets.

[Paul.Power]

Forgot to mention earlier: I got onto a teacher training course to teach Maths at 11-18 year old level. I start in September.

(clock up a fifth year of university education...)

[MrBunsy]

Posting from my new laptop (http://www.dustinhome.se/pd_5010129258.aspx) that I got today! :cool:
I was also happily suprised when I noticed the processor was 1.9 ghz and not 1.6 which it says on the site.

Now I can crash in peoples couches and still have access to msn and stuff. No need to go home for like... ever! Unless of course I want to work or play demanding games, but how likely is that when I could just stay 'wherever' and browse wikipedia and bug people over the nets.
It's even even got a real graphics card, very nice. You could probably run Source games on it, then.

Edit: Paul, you're crazy :p, but I hope you enjoy it. Where will that be?

[Paul.Power]

Swansea Metropolitan Uni.

[Xinos]

It's even even got a real graphics card, very nice. You could probably run Source games on it, then.

Indeed! I tested Half-Life 2, it recomended most settings on high but no anti aliasing. It ran pretty smoothly on 1280*800. :)
I got a wierd graphic glitch when I tried to teleport myself in Dr. Kliner's lab, instead it seemed to teleport half of all the pixels to a point in the middle of the screen lol. But tabbing out and in from the game fixed it.. Maybe the computer got too warm.

[Squirminator2k]

I'm a Producer.

[AndrewTaylor]

Of what?

[Squirminator2k]

Well to get a little more specific, Dino Andrade of SoulGeek asked me if I'd like to head up the SoulGeek Media branch of the site - handling production of the podcast, video content, et al. - and I said yes.

[FutureWorm]

got new glasses so now i'm even more of a qt than before

[Pickleworm]

got new glasses so now i'm even more of a qt than before

what kind :)

I love glasses

[FutureWorm]

you already saw the picture on my facebook profile!! sheesh

plastic frames, prada pr 05fv (these (http://www.framesdirect.com/framesfp/Prada-mekfrj/r.html))

[Zero72]

Cool.

...Maybe I'll look around here. As completely geeky as this may sound, I really want glasses like my character in Albatross18 has. I've wanted them for some time.

[FutureWorm]

i actually purchased my frames from www.bestbuyeyeglasses.com and highly recommend them. however, it's a good idea to have your eye doctor put in your lenses, because if you order them from the internet, you can't get a refund if you decide you don't like your frames

[Pigbuster]

http://pigbuster.deviantart.com/journal/18812372/

:goofy blowing party prop that goes fweeee:

[SomePerson]

Happy birthday!

You are 6 days older than I am...

[SupSuper]

And now you're as old as I am!

Welcome to the Old People Club. :p

[FutureWorm]

you're almost a year older than me it seems

[MrBunsy]

Yey, we can be the younglings. :p

[Paul.Power]

The scary part of being 23 (or 22, or 21, or anything greater than 23) is the whole "if this was Logan's Run the book, I'd be dead by now".

[Pickleworm]

Yey, we can be the younglings. :p

young club activate

[bonz]

Teenies...

[Pickleworm]

Teenies...

WE EAT WHAT WE LIKE

[AndrewTaylor]

The scary part of being 23 (or 22, or 21, or anything greater than 23) is the whole "if this was Logan's Run the book, I'd be dead by now".

Can't say I've found that.

[Melon]

Results day today for my second year of my maths degree. 76% average, I'm happy with that. It only counts as 1/3 of my degree, with next year being 2/3. I'm aiming for at least a 2-1, and it's looking good so far. :cool:

[Akuryou13]

today was a fairly good day.

first off, I got my computer case in and I love it. I hooked everything up into the new case and it, somehow, managed to ACTUALLY work the FIRST time! *prepares for the end of the universe* well, technically the first time I hadn't plugged in the 24-pin molex plug completely, so I had to adjust it, but that was the only hitch.

secondly, I got to see Boston and Styx when they checked into my hotel today for the concert they're going to be giving tomorrow night. didn't really get to talk to them hardly at all, but they actually seemed like rather cool guys (unlike Earth, Wind, & God.....whom we of the Coushatta Casino Resort hate with the undying passion of 1000 suns).

[SomePerson]

I'm famous! Or at least it would seem my electric balalaika is?

So you may or may not know about my page for the first off electric balalaika I made: http://brian.kentosh.com/index.php?pg=balalaika I was looking through my stats and looked at the referrers to my site just to see.

http://forums.rgc.ro/index.php?s=&showtopic=22384&view=findpost&p=236053 - Does anyone speak Romanian?...

http://www.harmonium.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=31&p=14063#p14063 - or Danish?...

http://thatweirdo7.deviantart.com/art/its-electric-88711484 - Finally something in English...:p

But woo! I have random people referencing my balalaika! I also am the first result for either a text or image search for "electric balalaika".:) I feel so...famous... I know that that's not actually too many people or views or anything, but I just find it kinda exciting to see people finding and posting about what I've made. And I'd consider that a positive event.:)

[SupSuper]

Google (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rgc.ro%2Findex.php %3Fs%3D4f56b0b4f276742ab5e0c8609cd0b5a0%26showtopi c%3D22384%26st%3D0%26p%3D236053%26%23entry236053&ie=UTF8&sl=ro&tl=en) Translations (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harmonium.dk%2Fforum% 2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D13%26t%3D31%26p%3D14063%23p1 4063&ie=UTF8&sl=da&tl=en)

Nothing special though, people are just googling and using your electric balalaika as an example. :p But still, well done.

[bonz]

http://forums.rgc.ro/index.php?s=&showtopic=22384&view=findpost&p=236053 - Does anyone speak Romanian?...
I'm quite sure that CyberShadow does.

[Pickleworm]

I can't fit any more bands in my list of favorite music on facebook. I think it's safe today that I have enough cred now.

[bloopy]

I drove through a snow storm. It was fun and beautiful. The snow hadn't been falling for long, so the road was still usable, and it must've stopped after a bit later because I don't think the particular road was ever closed, unlike some others further west.

[Squirminator2k]

The American government gave me $600, and then the job agency I'm with gave me a $644.41 bonus simply for existing. Plus I've had my weekly wages, which come tp just shy of $700. This week has been remqarkably lucrative for me.

[FutureWorm]

The American government gave me $600, and then the job agency I'm with gave me a $644.41 bonus simply for existing. Plus I've had my weekly wages, which come tp just shy of $700. This week has been remqarkably lucrative for me.
apparently it's also been full of spelling errors

[Squirminator2k]

One word. One typo.

This summer, Keanu Reeves and Will Smith star in... The Exaggeration. This movie is not yet rated.

[FutureWorm]

One word. One typo.

This summer, Keanu Reeves and Will Smith star in... The Exaggeration. This movie is not yet rated.
two typos and they're in pretty close range of each other

[Xinos]

I'm getting my laptop back today! Should be here in aprox. 40 minutes.
*bounces around*

[Squirminator2k]

two typos and they're in pretty close range of each other

Well that's... that's the sequel, then.

Also: Today Jump Leads has accumulated close to 50,000 pageviews. Lawks.

[Paul.Power]

Well that's... that's the sequel, then.

Also: Today Jump Leads has accumulated close to 50,000 pageviews. Lawks.I think that may be something to do with the ProjectWonderful advert for Jump Leads that I saw on Schlock Mercenary today.

[Squirminator2k]

Well, yes, there is that. It's also running on every single Blank Label Comics website. Not bad considering.

[Zero72]

I got an iHome or Sony Equivalent Thereof for $75 at a Circuit City closing sale. Believe it or not, that's cheap. And it's a HELL of an alarm clock. (y)

[Blinx]

The vinyl I ordered finally came. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless, Limited 1,000 copies run of it. Got number 437/1000. :)

[Pickleworm]

I'm coming home for a few days. maybe i'll be able to get some sleep

The vinyl I ordered finally came. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless, Limited 1,000 copies run of it. Got number 437/1000. :)

That's seriously awesome, and didn't you pay like a retail price or something for it?

[Xinos]

The Arvika festival is going on right now, and It's only a 20 minute walk from my apartment. Which means I can sleep in a bed rather than a crappy tent like most people (Hah!). Also since we made three small games for the festival everybody in my class got free admission tickets. They're much ugglier than the regular cloth ribbons people get, these are white plastic ones that make you look like a medical patient, but I can access certain areas most people cannot :p

Last night I saw Slayer play, they were awesome. :cool:

Playlist (http://www.arvikafestivalen.se/Img/arvika_spelchema2_forweb.jpg)

[Pickleworm]

Home for the weekend. Maybe I'll get to sleep :p

[Akuryou13]

my wife bought the new Disturbed CD earlier in the week. I mostly ignore it as, while their single off the CD was something that I liked it seemed similar enough to the other CD that I didn't figure i'd bother. well, I decided yesterday to go ahead and give it a listen.

this is the first CD where the single, that I liked, was my LEAST favorite on the CD. this CD kicks serious ass :)

[AndrewTaylor]

this is the first CD where the single, that I liked, was my LEAST favorite on the CD. this CD kicks serious ass :)

I love it when that happens.

[Xinos]

And combichrist were great also =)

[Blinx]

My band have a gig on the 15th of August! :D

[FutureWorm]

i'm finally getting a cell phone

[Blinx]

That's seriously awesome, and didn't you pay like a retail price or something for it?Indeed I did. I got it for $15.99 I think.

[Pickleworm]

i'm finally getting a cell phone

omg we;'ll be able to text each other like all the time : o it'ss be all "whats up matt" ">_> nm u" "just chillin in class.... mrs johnson is a nazi" ">_> sucks dude.. i'm gettin a slush at jerome's stop n go with the doggs and my grrl" "nice... i wish i wasnt going to calvin and going to party state high like you" "^_^ heh. dont get hard on urself m8. calvins fine if you want to be a cog or a sprocket in the machine or some bs... not for me but its cool if thats for you... id rather unfold (spiritually) under the sun in the flowers, staring at it until it loses its precious meaning, until thunderstorms form under my eyelids and earwigs make nests in my hair, which, growing, ties itself into the ground as im slowly absorbed, dissolved, spirit frequencies ringing true, the sound of failure long leaving my ears, distant acoustic guitars strum, molten nectar flows falling upon us, thunderbirds with fly's wings smashing through screen doors, truly i have become a cog in the machine as well... if something as intricate in its beauty, as a fractal, as infinite fractals in all directions, could possibly be described as a cog by even the most audacious of all people..." "mrs johnson is yelling at me so i cant text anymore : ("

[Xinos]

Im back in Stockholm for the summer :]

Maybe I'll get some sleep.

[FutureWorm]

omg we;'ll be able to text each other like all the time : o it'ss be all "whats up matt" ">_> nm u" "just chillin in class.... mrs johnson is a nazi" ">_> sucks dude.. i'm gettin a slush at jerome's stop n go with the doggs and my grrl" "nice... i wish i wasnt going to calvin and going to party state high like you" "^_^ heh. dont get hard on urself m8. calvins fine if you want to be a cog or a sprocket in the machine or some bs... not for me but its cool if thats for you... id rather unfold (spiritually) under the sun in the flowers, staring at it until it loses its precious meaning, until thunderstorms form under my eyelids and earwigs make nests in my hair, which, growing, ties itself into the ground as im slowly absorbed, dissolved, spirit frequencies ringing true, the sound of failure long leaving my ears, distant acoustic guitars strum, molten nectar flows falling upon us, thunderbirds with fly's wings smashing through screen doors, truly i have become a cog in the machine as well... if something as intricate in its beauty, as a fractal, as infinite fractals in all directions, could possibly be described as a cog by even the most audacious of all people..." "mrs johnson is yelling at me so i cant text anymore : ("
you spent way too much time on this post

[Blinx]

Possibly one of the funniest thing's I've read.

ALOSSOS, PICKLEMWRUM, BEUCK MUDURN GAUILT IS AWESUMEEE

[Pickleworm]

ALOSSOS, PICKLEMWRUM, BEUCK MUDURN GAUILT IS AWESUMEEE

Hmm I see you gave it a few more listens :p

I'll definitely have to check it out as a whole. The individual songs I have heard from it have been serious fantastic.

[SomePerson]

This is def. a positive event occurrence. :)

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4888/img0839hd2.th.jpg (http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4888/img0839hd2.jpg)

[MtlAngelus]

Nice!
Now play something :P

[Zero72]

That is extremely cool. Congrats. :D

[Xinos]

Looking good! I agree with MtlAngelus, record some awesome riffs for us ;)

[bonz]

Wasn't the colour supposed to be T17 Retro Purple?
So you could play the Worm Song better?

[Blinx]

Nice guitar Some Person! What pickups have you put in it?
Interesting tremelo arm too.

I play a Fender Stratocaster myself, with Lace Sensor pickups in it. :)

[SomePerson]

Thanks!:) Sadly as this is my first electric guitar I don't yet know any awesome riffs to play you guys yet, but I have a friend who's amazing so at some point I might get a recording of him playing something. Ideally on his nice amp, too...

Nice guitar Some Person! What pickups have you put in it?
Interesting tremelo arm too.

I play a Fender Stratocaster myself, with Lace Sensor pickups in it. :)

Pickups are self-wound with the Stewart-Macdonald Humbucker Pickup Kit (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Pickups:_Kits/Humbucker_Kit.html).

Temolo is a Gotoh knockoff (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailpieces/Electric_guitar_tremolos/Gotoh_Traditional_Tremolo_for_Strat.html) because I didn't particularly feel like paying more for the other ones on that site, although looking back I could have bought a Fender one for $18 more at Guitar Center...

I pretty much bought everything I used at that site. They pretty much have everything there you'd need to make a guitar. Although next time I'll probably buy my wood from http://www.lmii.com/ because they have a much better selection. I'm thinking of making a bass-guitar, but I'm not sure yet.

[worMatty]

Cool. Get your mate to play the rock version of the Wormsong from United.

[Slick]

I slept in till 9:30 am today, because I quit my job last Friday. :cool:

[Pigbuster]

Oh snap .

[Akuryou13]

I slept in till 9:30 am today, because I quit my job last Friday. :cool:bein unemployed is a positive event? :p

[MtlAngelus]

bein unemployed is a positive event? :p

HELL YEAH! :cool:

[SupSuper]

Loving every second of it.

[Zero72]

I almost wish I were unemployed. ...Almost.

[Slick]

Just got hired in two more jobs. (passed the interview and what not)

...Now I'm calling them just to say I can't work there. Because I can't.

So I'm quiting two more jobs today. :cool:

[Akuryou13]

I stumbled onto the following webcomic today!

if this isn't positive I don't know what is! also, I have no idea if this is a popular comic or not but I'm posting links just in case you haven't seen it before.

http://www.drunkduck.com/Slackerz/index.php?p=115559
http://comics.drunkduck.com/Slackerz/pages/28f9a22ef9745d60f3d67fffac8df442.jpg

[MrBunsy]

That made me laugh out loud :p

[SupSuper]

It's a great comic although the main site is having issues since the VGCats linkage.

It's also made me realize how many people called Scott make webcomics. :p

[bonz]

All the talk about breakfast cereals reminded me of the four apricot dumplings I have still sitting in the kitchen.

I think I'll put them in the microwave oven right now.
Yummy!

[MrBunsy]

Just finished my week working in BAE's restaurant at Farnborough Air show. Tiring week, but I got to see the Vulcan Bomber and the Red Arrows, and it paid quite well.

[thomasp]

I'm going down to Farnborough tomorrow for the airshow :D Looking forward to seeing the A380 in the flesh again, as well as seeing the Vulcan fly for the first time (have heard her overfly Loughborough, since she was rebuilt & tested around there, but never actually saw the plane). Hope the weather holds up...

[Pickleworm]

I stumbled onto the following webcomic today!

if this isn't positive I don't know what is! also, I have no idea if this is a popular comic or not but I'm posting links just in case you haven't seen it before.

It's funny, but it's trying WAY too hard. If it was more subtle it would be way better. Just throwing that out there.

I said it's funny, don't think I have a vendetta against your webcomics or something okay :(

[Akuryou13]

I said it's funny, don't think I have a vendetta against your webcomics or something okay :(lol, I think we're possibly the polar opposites in terms of sense of humor :p barring occassional overlap (truck bearing kibble), I don't expect you, or most of the rest of the people here, to share my sense of humor :p

you europeans are freaks. :cool:

edit: although as i read through this comic, it becomes more and more repetative and lame...

[SupSuper]

As much as I hate your sense of humour, I can't help but whole-heartedly apporve these comics. (to make it worse, my teacher does talk like that)
http://comics.drunkduck.com/Slackerz/pages/55e74ed9583211d2154c8b208c38c26c.jpg
http://comics.drunkduck.com/Slackerz/pages/b59a66f86ba2a75660ecf267fd575778.gif

[MtlAngelus]

I'm fairly certain that Pickleworm is american too.
If he's not then I've been living a lie.

[Akuryou13]

I'm fairly certain that Pickleworm is american too.
If he's not then I've been living a lie.is he really? I never realized that.

[Melon]

Ah, so it's called Slackerz! I found it ages ago, loved it, but couldn't remember the damn name of it. (Yeah yeah, browsing history, whatever). Thanks for bringing it back to my attention.

[Slick]

I've bought bread today! Ergo, i have toast. ;)

The world would be a better place if it was toast. That is a fact.

[Zero72]

The world would be a better place if it was toast. That is a fact.I couldn't agree more.

[FutureWorm]

is he really? I never realized that.
hell yeah :cool:

[Pickleworm]

is he really? I never realized that.

Yes, amerikkka

[bloopy]

I've bought bread today! Ergo, i have toast. ;)

The world would be a better place if it was toast. That is a fact.

"If it was toast?" Do you mean the world would be a better place if it was already toasted before you bought it?

[FutureWorm]

Yes, amerikkka
heh heh. your so edgy, man...

[Squirminator2k]

Comic-Con is awesome. I've shaken Steve Purcell's hand, been hugged by Scott Kurtz (who knew who I was and was very excited to speak to me) bought a farkload of Doctor Who action figures (Time Crash Comic-Con exclusive pack! Also the new Fifth Doctor figure! And The Master! And Series Three Captain Jack in Series One packaging for some reason!) and the exclusive "Robot Santa and Christmas Bender" figure back. I also have a ton of books, met some Jump Leads fans by complete chance, and tomorrow I get to stand in line for the chance to exhibit at next year's con.

Awesome.

[MtlAngelus]

You hugged Scott Kurtz!!! :eek:
*faints*

[SupSuper]

Were you able to get away from his gravitational pull?

[Akuryou13]

Were you able to get away from his gravitational pull?bit excessively mean, don't ya think? :p

[AndrewTaylor]

bit excessively mean, don't ya think? :p

There's no infraction for insulting non-members, though. He knows how to play the system.

[Squirminator2k]

He's going to PAx too, and we'll be hanging out there. I don't know what Dino* has been saying to him, but Scott loves me for some reason.

_________________________________________
* Dino Andrade, founder of SoulGeek.com and voice actor who plays Skull in PVP: The Series.

[FutureWorm]

He's going to PAx too, and we'll be hanging out there. I don't know what Dino* has been saying to him, but Scott loves me for some reason.

_________________________________________
* Dino Andrade, founder of SoulGeek.com and voice actor who plays Skull in PVP: The Series.
so basically you're becoming a nerdy nerd??? great. we're all v. proud of you. :rolleyes:

[Akuryou13]

so basically you're becoming a nerdy nerd??? great. we're all v. proud of you. :rolleyes:yes, but he's not just A nerdy nerd anymore. he's becoming one with the inner circle....that's even better :rolleyes:

[Paul.Power]

Good news for Jump Leads, though.

[bonz]

Get that nerd who animated the other comic to animate Jump Leads too.
And get the same nerdy voice actors.

[Zero72]

Hm, evidently, I got a raise. Not sure what milestone I passed, but it must have been a good one.

Still hate the job with passion, but at least I'm getting paid pretty reasonably to hate it.

[bonz]

My son Noah has been born two nights ago.
Yay! :D

[Akuryou13]

oh ho! well congratulations indeed bonz! may you have many joyous nights without sleep and many glorious stress headaches! :p

[Paul.Power]

gl&hf

(Also, congratulations :))

[MrBunsy]

Congratulations!

eep! mini-bonz :P

[Squirminator2k]

Congrats indeed!

[Squirminator2k]

I may be the single luckiest man in the world.

Edit: Actually no, because posting that immediately after Bonz announces he's a father seems somewhat crass. I'm pretty lucky. I'd say Bonz is luckier.

I shouldn't be allowed to talk.

[Pickleworm]

I always thought Noah was a really cool name : ) Congratulations!

I may be the single luckiest man in the world.

Edit: Actually no, because posting that immediately after Bonz announces he's a father seems somewhat crass. I'm pretty lucky. I'd say Bonz is luckier.

I shouldn't be allowed to talk.

Don't worry about telling us what happened or anything :mad:

[Squirminator2k]

I've not said anything because I'm trying to find the right words. Suffice to say it can generally be considered a Good Thing, and it involves a Girl. Beyond that, it's a touch on the complicated (but fun!) side.

[Alien King]

Congratulations Bonz!

Although I find it a little scary to consider the fact that there will be bonz-spawn running around the world. One is enough. :D

[Xinos]

Congratulations Bonz!! :)

[MtlAngelus]

Congratulations! Have some cake!
*cake*

[Melon]

Woo! Go Bonz!

[Zero72]

What they all said!

[Squirminator2k]

So I'm seeing someone now. It's all very strange because a) she's a massive geek, b) she's incredibly attractive, c) she seems to like me for some unfathomable reason, and d) she has a boyfriend who knows and is okay with it and seemed disappointed that I'm not bisexual. Also, e) he has another girlfriend himself. So, f) there's a grand total of four of us.

Gee.

[MtlAngelus]

Woah.
Well, in the event of a foursome, just remember to watch your back. :P

[Zero72]

So I'm seeing someone now. It's all very strange because a) she's a massive geek, b) she's incredibly attractive, c) she seems to like me for some unfathomable reason, and d) she has a boyfriend whoOn the one hand, I'm happy for you, but let's just say my mind is stomping the imaginary brake through the floor.

[Paul.Power]

I... pretty much have no idea what to say to that, beyond that I hope it works out for you.

[bonz]

So I'm seeing someone now. It's all very strange because a) she's a massive geek, b) she's incredibly attractive, c) she seems to like me for some unfathomable reason, and d) she has a boyfriend who knows and is okay with it and seemed disappointed that I'm not bisexual. Also, e) he has another girlfriend himself. So, f) there's a grand total of four of us.

Gee.
Find something to severely and sustainably disrupt the relation to her boyfriend. After all, he already has another girlfriend and probably won't be unhappy anyway. Maybe he just needs a slight push to finally let go of her.

That said, only do this if you know that she likes or loves you, at least equally than she does the her current boyfriend.

If this is no solution or it doesn't work out, you at least have another geek friend to play computer games with.

[Pickleworm]

On the one hand, I'm happy for you, but let's just say my mind is stomping the imaginary brake through the floor.

Yeah. I think you are going to get yourself into a weird situation

[Squirminator2k]

It's already a weird situation.

[Pickleworm]

It's already a weird situation.

Yeah, that's what I meant. Does none of the stuff you listed set off the "bad sign" alarm in your head?

[Squirminator2k]

I've known her and her boyfriend for almost a year now. I've been well aware of "the rules" of their relationship for some time now. I just didn't think I'd end up becoming entangled, as it were.

[Paul.Power]

Yeah, that's what I meant. Does none of the stuff you listed set off the "bad sign" alarm in your head?I suppose it might cause him to check whether the boyfriend's a Mormon...

[Squirminator2k]

I do realise that, on paper, this sounds like it could lead to a Bad Situation. You'll just have to trust me when I say that I've known her for a while, I've known her boyfriend for a while, and I honestly can't see that happening.

[Blinx]

It sounds like the script of a new American Pie film or something.

Best of luck with it anyway.

Also, congratulations to Bonz! :D Noah = cool name.

[worMatty]

****ing hell, how did you get yourself in to that situation? Were you asked? That is weird.

[Squirminator2k]

Well like I said, I've known how their relationship works for a while. I was house-sitting for them during Comic-Con - they were in Europe and didn't get abck until the Friday - and we went out on the Saturday and it just sort-of happened. She lives in San Diego but commutes to LA for a Directing class she's taking.

[AndrewTaylor]

Yeah, that's what I meant. Does none of the stuff you listed set off the "bad sign" alarm in your head?

My experience is that after being single a while the "bad sign" alarm tends to be much quieter than the "who cares - this is great" parade.

[FutureWorm]

my recommendation in this situation depends on just how hot she is

i.e. you should post some pictures so that we can all get a handle on the situation

[Squirminator2k]

As much as I'd love to, I probably shouldn't. She is (arguably) recognisable.

[MtlAngelus]

Angelina Jolie?

[Squirminator2k]

Don't be silly.

We broke up months ago.

[MtlAngelus]

About... 9 months ago? ;)

:p

[worMatty]

Hey, if she's in to all that, being recognisable isn't such a bad thing.

[bonz]

Hmm, which present Tinseltown starlet has a bisexual boyfriend?

[Squirminator2k]

Oh, and here's the unfinished version of the cover for Jump Leads book #1:

http://www.jump-leads.com/storage/book1_cover.jpg

[Xinos]

I'm off to Gothenburg for the weekend with a couple of classmates for an art class. It's this weekend and the next, but I'm not sure I'm going both times due to train ticket costs..

Anyway, adventure time!

[Akuryou13]

I am currently eating my second attempt at cooking a quesadilla. in the first one I followed the ridiculously simple instructions to the letter and came out with a mediocre meal in serious need of flavor. this time around I added my own spiced and cooked it slightly different. the result was fscking awesome! :)

I now know how to make bad ass quesadillas in less than 20 minutes or so. that's most assuredly good news in my book :D

[FutureWorm]

Oh, and here's the unfinished version of the cover for Jump Leads book #1:

http://www.jump-leads.com/storage/book1_cover.jpg
that's coolio

[Squirminator2k]

The near-finished version can be seen [here (http://www.jump-leads.com/news/213)].

[Xinos]

Looking good!

[MrBunsy]

:D

A-level results!

AAAB - Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry! I got a B in Chemistry despite an average grade of 56% this year. Not that I needed it. I don't even know why I took it.

So I'm definitely off to Southampton this September :D (MEng Electronic Engineering)

[Alien King]

Congratulations!
Hope it goes well for you at uni.

And after repeatedly trying to get onto the College Network:

Computing: B
Maths: A
Further Maths: A
Chemistry: A
Physics: A

Looking at the exam results, I was only a couple marks off an A in computing. 78% in both exams and 82% in the Coursework.
Not that I really care, as I've dropped computing.

[Paul.Power]

I'm getting a new computer :D.

It's another laptop, but one specifically advertised as a gaming laptop (yes, I know, contradiction in terms, but I'm still adamant it can be done), an Acer Aspire 6920G - dual-core 2GHz, 4 gigs of RAM, 250GB hard drive and 512MB graphics.

The nice part is that my old Dell Inspiron still works (unlike last time when the Evesham's screen just went kaput), so I can keep it handy for low key stuff like... well... everything that won't run on Vista and still needs XP to run.

[worMatty]

Why on Earth would you need that much RAM, and aside from the amount of graphics memory, what is the graphics processor?

[Alien King]

Buy a proper desktop computer! For one thing, they won't lead to a reduced sperm count. :p

[Paul.Power]

Why on Earth would you need that much RAM, and aside from the amount of graphics memory, what is the graphics processor?Nvidia 9500

Buy a proper desktop computer! For one thing, they won't lead to a reduced sperm count. I don't really have the room for a desktop. I also can't take a desktop downstairs so I can chat and watch cricket/watch something else/sit outside in the sun/wash dishes/play on my wii/etc. at the same time. I can't take a desktop on holiday with me. I can't take it to Uni with me either, although I'll probably take my current machine with me to Uni on a daily basis. I'll take my chances with the sperm count :p.

[SomePerson]

Why on Earth would you need that much RAM

I recently upgraded my laptop to 4GB from 1GB. Made all the difference in the world - Vista used to take about 3 minutes to shut down. It was outrageous - I'd never seen anything like that. All this last year I'd have to click the shut down button and then brush my teeth and then close the screen before I went to bed.

Upgraded the ram and shrunk the page file. new shut down time? 15 seconds.:D I don't fully understand why, but I'm not complaining. Granted I'm only actually getting 3.28GB because I'm on 32-bit Vista, but it's good enough.


As for the sperm count - get a laptop cooling pad. This (http://www.targus.com/us/product_Details.asp?SKU=pa248u) is the one I scored for $10, although you get what you pay for - it's loud.:-/ It might get a little bulky depending on the size of your laptop. My laptop is pretty small, so the pad has a wider base than the computer which makes it fit more nicely on the lap. If you have a big laptop as "gaming" laptops generally are it might get a little awkward. But then you can always use a desk.

(I got mine not for the sperm count but because my computer overheats - my 2.0GHz core 2 duo is too hot for the little fan that fits in my 12.1" chassis)

Which makes me realize I practically have Paul's cpu and ram combo, except that my 80GB hdd and Intel integrated video card make his a big winner.:p

[Paul.Power]

As it happens, I bought a cooling pad recently, although it's not really something I can use when I have my laptop on my lap. My laptop spends most of its time on my desk though, so I dunno.

[worMatty]

Surely 2GB is enough? And I take it the version of Vista coming with Paul's new laptop will be able to address as much as 4?

I recommend a flat, hard surface like a book when using your notebook on anything like your lap or bedsheets.

[Paul.Power]

Surely 2GB is enough? And I take it the version of Vista coming with Paul's new laptop will be able to address as much as 4?

I recommend a flat, hard surface like a book when using your notebook on anything like your lap or bedsheets.Well, my old machine was 2GB I think (unless it was 1GB), and it had a lot of memory problems (including BSoDs) when, e.g., running GIMP.