Teacup Café XXXVII - Page 49

**Mari** · 09-15-2009, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

I'm so used to hanging out with people who are cool in their own groups that when I go to school to work I realize just how geeky I actually am. The high school I sub at is mostly rich preppy kids, too. At first I thought maybe I would be cool because I'm grown-up and I know how to live in the real world and do exciting, grown-up things, but I'm not cool at all. I'm a weird old lady now.

Which has its advantages...

Grey_Wolf · 09-15-2009, 10:38 AM

...........

Grey_Wolf · 09-15-2009, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amael

Um?

O_o

Shocked you, did I?

trolls' bane · 09-16-2009, 03:52 PM

*quantum teleports in, causing some nearby napkins to flutter off the table*

Good afternoon, everyone!

Note to self:

Questioning the day-to-day morality (the small things, in other words) of others by going so far as to say that they have not earned the right to call themselves human beings because of their actions or lack thereof is not a way to win friends OR arguments.

trolls' bane · 09-16-2009, 05:07 PM

GRRR!

There are people arguing in Starbucks right now. My Starbucks. This is my happy place; I spend 3/4ths of my waking day here, and it is my happy place where I go to not be disturbed by people and their stupid, meaningless problems. They are therefore directly assaulting my last outpost of sanity in this insane world.

Makes me want to personally liquidate them into puddles of radioactive pus.

...

katya · 09-16-2009, 06:09 PM

I wish I had a good place like that to go. I think I might go to the coffee place by my house soon. I have a hard time relaxing at places. I get there and I immediately am ready to go home. But I don't like being at home all day either. The house makes my sinuses and throat hurt and I like to get away from everyone for a while. It's just that once I get to "away" I want to leave. Must learn to relax and sit around.

hectorberlioz · 09-16-2009, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

I wish I had a good place like that to go. I think I might go to the coffee place by my house soon. I have a hard time relaxing at places. I get there and I immediately am ready to go home. But I don't like being at home all day either. The house makes my sinuses and throat hurt and I like to get away from everyone for a while. It's just that once I get to "away" I want to leave. Must learn to relax and sit around.

I usually find librairies to be the perfect relaxation spots. Especially if they have comfortable chairs to lay back in

katya · 09-16-2009, 07:36 PM

Yeah, it's nice how you don't have to spend money on coffee there. I don't really like any of the libraries around here though. There's always lots of ghetto kids hanging out there and not very comfy seats. :[ I like this coffee house though. Reeeeally comfy chairs.

hectorberlioz · 09-16-2009, 07:52 PM

Ah, see coffee shops (Starbucks, mostly) have never been comfortable to me. Too crowded. Of course librairies can be equally crowded if they're small scale. Bookstore serve as a nice alternative, though.

katya · 09-16-2009, 08:01 PM

This place is about the same crowd level as the library. Even though the library is huge, it's always full of people. Sometimes I go to Borders or Barnes and Noble and hang out in the cafe section there, but I'm starting to get sort of sick of it. I like the less corporate feel of these little cafes.

See, I would be happy that the library is always full, but most people are either checking out movies and music or just checking their facebook on the computer, or something like that. Some read though. There's a good culture here for readers- lots of book groups, book stores, things like that.

hectorberlioz · 09-16-2009, 08:09 PM

Barnes and Noble is good (but Borders is better!...when you can get to one). I'm really sad about the downsizing of their music section, especially Classical, which they've really cut down. What I don't understand is why a bookstore like B&N would follow "trends." Shouldn't SOMEONE be standing straight amidst the tide of fads of the day?

That's neither here nor there...anyways, you're absolutely right about librairies being used mostly for movies or computers. The closest library is in a town that is decidedly NOT book-gravitating. We have no bookstores or even music stores. The library is the most culture-rich institution in town.

katya · 09-16-2009, 08:18 PM

We have three libraries that I go to often, and more besides. We have a Borders and a Barnes and Noble. I like Borders, but B&N has a larger selection, for the days I'm actually thinking about buying a book. Borders has all the good manga though. I seem to go to B&N a lot but I think that's just because I had a gift card there for a while so I was buying bagels and things with it. I don't like it because it's in the mall and it doesn't feel like a real Barnes and Noble. It gets really crowded too, to the point where you can't find a place to sit down.

One thing I am very excited about is the new free wifi at both of those places though. It cost money before, which was ridiculous. It was good for my writing though, because I didn't get distracted by Entmoot! But I couldn't fact-check either.

hectorberlioz · 09-16-2009, 08:44 PM

Entmoot can be very distracting still, can't it?

I mostly stick around to read stuff, and post more lightly.

One of our cats is not looking very good at all. She threw up on my bed, and now she's crouching in odd position on the floor against the wall.

In any case, I have to tell my mom about the cat, and then get back to my homework. I'd better go. Have good good night's rest, Kat

katya · 09-16-2009, 09:00 PM

Poor kitty.

My kitty's better now. I think he was just constipated. I was worried, though.

hectorberlioz · 09-16-2009, 09:46 PM

Update on the cat: one of her legs is broken, and probably her insides are messed up. We're going to have to have her put down.

katya · 09-16-2009, 10:05 PM

Voronwen · 09-16-2009, 10:51 PM

Oh, that's so sad, about the cat!

trolls' bane · 09-16-2009, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

I wish I had a good place like that to go. I think I might go to the coffee place by my house soon. I have a hard time relaxing at places. I get there and I immediately am ready to go home. But I don't like being at home all day either. The house makes my sinuses and throat hurt and I like to get away from everyone for a while. It's just that once I get to "away" I want to leave. Must learn to relax and sit around.

It helps that I don't like being at home at all.

Grey_Wolf · 09-17-2009, 01:44 PM

"And we're back on M.O.O.T. 102,2 with the Moots playing this classic Isaac Hayes rendition of the theme from Shaft slightly changed..."

Who's the moot private dick
that's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Hect!)

You're damn right
Who is the man
that would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Hect!)
Can ya dig it?

Who's the cat that won't cop out
when there's danger all about
(Hect!)
Right on

You see this cat Hect is a bad mother--
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' about Hect
(Then we can dig it)

He's a complicated man
but no one understands him but his woman
(Hect B)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa5rP64YbQ

hectorberlioz · 09-17-2009, 06:15 PM

I had no idea I was like that, GW

. My secret life that I don't know about

09-16-2009, 03:52 PM	#964
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	quantum teleports in, causing some nearby napkins to flutter off the table Good afternoon, everyone! Note to self: Questioning the day-to-day morality (the small things, in other words) of others by going so far as to say that they have not earned the right to call themselves human beings because of their actions or lack thereof is not a way to win friends OR arguments. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-16-2009, 05:07 PM	#965
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	GRRR! There are people arguing in Starbucks right now. My Starbucks. This is my happy place; I spend 3/4ths of my waking day here, and it is my happy place where I go to not be disturbed by people and their stupid, meaningless problems. They are therefore directly assaulting my last outpost of sanity in this insane world. Makes me want to personally liquidate them into puddles of radioactive pus. ... __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-16-2009, 07:52 PM	#969
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Ah, see coffee shops (Starbucks, mostly) have never been comfortable to me. Too crowded. Of course librairies can be equally crowded if they're small scale. Bookstore serve as a nice alternative, though. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-16-2009, 08:09 PM	#971
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Barnes and Noble is good (but Borders is better!...when you can get to one). I'm really sad about the downsizing of their music section, especially Classical, which they've really cut down. What I don't understand is why a bookstore like B&N would follow "trends." Shouldn't SOMEONE be standing straight amidst the tide of fads of the day? That's neither here nor there...anyways, you're absolutely right about librairies being used mostly for movies or computers. The closest library is in a town that is decidedly NOT book-gravitating. We have no bookstores or even music stores. The library is the most culture-rich institution in town. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-16-2009, 08:44 PM	#973
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Entmoot can be very distracting still, can't it? I mostly stick around to read stuff, and post more lightly. One of our cats is not looking very good at all. She threw up on my bed, and now she's crouching in odd position on the floor against the wall. In any case, I have to tell my mom about the cat, and then get back to my homework. I'd better go. Have good good night's rest, Kat __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-15-2009, 10:38 AM	#962
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	...........

09-16-2009, 06:09 PM	#966
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I wish I had a good place like that to go. I think I might go to the coffee place by my house soon. I have a hard time relaxing at places. I get there and I immediately am ready to go home. But I don't like being at home all day either. The house makes my sinuses and throat hurt and I like to get away from everyone for a while. It's just that once I get to "away" I want to leave. Must learn to relax and sit around.

09-16-2009, 07:36 PM	#968
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Yeah, it's nice how you don't have to spend money on coffee there. I don't really like any of the libraries around here though. There's always lots of ghetto kids hanging out there and not very comfy seats. :[ I like this coffee house though. Reeeeally comfy chairs.

09-16-2009, 08:01 PM	#970
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	This place is about the same crowd level as the library. Even though the library is huge, it's always full of people. Sometimes I go to Borders or Barnes and Noble and hang out in the cafe section there, but I'm starting to get sort of sick of it. I like the less corporate feel of these little cafes. See, I would be happy that the library is always full, but most people are either checking out movies and music or just checking their facebook on the computer, or something like that. Some read though. There's a good culture here for readers- lots of book groups, book stores, things like that.

09-16-2009, 08:18 PM	#972
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	We have three libraries that I go to often, and more besides. We have a Borders and a Barnes and Noble. I like Borders, but B&N has a larger selection, for the days I'm actually thinking about buying a book. Borders has all the good manga though. I seem to go to B&N a lot but I think that's just because I had a gift card there for a while so I was buying bagels and things with it. I don't like it because it's in the mall and it doesn't feel like a real Barnes and Noble. It gets really crowded too, to the point where you can't find a place to sit down. One thing I am very excited about is the new free wifi at both of those places though. It cost money before, which was ridiculous. It was good for my writing though, because I didn't get distracted by Entmoot! But I couldn't fact-check either.

09-16-2009, 09:00 PM	#974
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Poor kitty. My kitty's better now. I think he was just constipated. I was worried, though.

09-16-2009, 09:46 PM	#975
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Update on the cat: one of her legs is broken, and probably her insides are messed up. We're going to have to have her put down. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-16-2009, 10:05 PM	#976
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309

09-16-2009, 10:51 PM	#977
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Oh, that's so sad, about the cat! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

09-17-2009, 01:44 PM	#979
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	"And we're back on M.O.O.T. 102,2 with the Moots playing this classic Isaac Hayes rendition of the theme from Shaft slightly changed..." Who's the moot private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Hect!) You're damn right Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? (Hect!) Can ya dig it? Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about (Hect!) Right on You see this cat Hect is a bad mother-- (Shut your mouth) But I'm talkin' about Hect (Then we can dig it) He's a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman (Hect B) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa5rP64YbQ

09-17-2009, 06:15 PM	#980
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I had no idea I was like that, GW . My secret life that I don't know about __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

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