"Temporary" Venting Thread IV - Page 6

Nautipus · 06-23-2008, 11:42 PM

Tess- Awesome, dude, congrats.

Insomniacs- Sorry.

K, I couldnt post last night, because I was just too tired. We had two trucks come in, containing over 20,000 items each, and were expected to get them unloaded in 3 hours. Guess how many of us there were.

4

Impossible task. But yes, we did it. I only had to limp out with a rag against my wrist and knee, severe bruising to my ribs and back of one of my hands, a large scrabe on the other, and various other cuts, scrapes, and bumps. FUN, FUN.

The last sane person · 06-24-2008, 01:38 AM

*tacks out field surgeon kit and cleans Naughty up*

Ouch, but on the bright side; you are superman.

We won the paintball tournament the other day, but in the most pathetic way possible. The other teams started to play dirty and cheat, not to mention hide and send the minimal amount of players onto the actual field. It was the most borning and frustrating game ever.

***Tessar*** · 06-24-2008, 03:46 AM

edited for the sensitive. Also because I wuz bein' flameh. :P

sisterandcousinandaunt · 06-24-2008, 09:20 AM

Good luck with that, Tessar.

Sane, that sux.

I'm here to vent that those kind of morons don't get better as they age and have children and advanced degrees.

And I truly truly HATE trying to find a girly way to deal with the passively expressed feelings of upperclass white women. This whole "play nice" routine means "We already have all the goodies, and we're comfortable with that."

bah!

Nautipus · 06-24-2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by The last sane person

*tacks out field surgeon kit and cleans Naughty up*

Ouch, but on the bright side; you are superman.

We won the paintball tournament the other day, but in the most pathetic way possible. The other teams started to play dirty and cheat, not to mention hide and send the minimal amount of players onto the actual field. It was the most borning and frustrating game ever.

Superman? I wish. And I fear the same thing is going to happen this Sunday as well. Weee.

I hate people like that, Sane. It would be nice to be able to play the game for fun every once in a while, but I guess other people have different plans.

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-24-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Tessar

Have people seriously forgotten how to actually read? Like not just go, "OH MY WHAT WILL OUR DASHINGLY SEXY HERO DO NOW?!" and actually say, "hey, this seems really weird... why is every single character acting out of their personality multiple times?"

Yeah, I know what you mean. Myself, I divide fiction into two categories: literature and fluff. Literature is books that say something, that challenge you to think, that draw you out of the box, or, at the very least, have very good character study. Fluff is everything else, and that's most of what people read: fluff, pageturners, all that junk. It's kinda sad, actually. I mean, I'm not completely against that; a little light reading now and then is fine, but it shouldn't be your daily bread, as it were, but rather a break from real reading. And light reading should not be light enough to be mind-numbing. Neil Gaiman is good light reading.

Nautipus · 06-25-2008, 12:15 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XkgO...eature=related

BeardofPants · 06-25-2008, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Yeah, I know what you mean. Myself, I divide fiction into two categories: literature and fluff. Literature is books that say something, that challenge you to think, that draw you out of the box, or, at the very least, have very good character study. Fluff is everything else, and that's most of what people read: fluff, pageturners, all that junk. It's kinda sad, actually. I mean, I'm not completely against that; a little light reading now and then is fine, but it shouldn't be your daily bread, as it were, but rather a break from real reading. And light reading should not be light enough to be mind-numbing. Neil Gaiman is good light reading.

That is so incredibly snobby, I don't even know where to begin. And Neil Gaiman... fluff? Dude.

***Tessar*** · 06-25-2008, 02:01 AM

Neil Gaman is fun ^_^. I love his stuff.

Lief Erikson · 06-25-2008, 02:57 AM

Tessar, Sane, that's horrible. I'd HATE to play paintball with people like that or read hideous books like that

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***Earniel*** · 06-25-2008, 04:57 AM

Jinx is gone.

He died on my lap yesterday night. I don't think he knew or felt what was happening anymore, which is some comfort.

The last sane person · 06-25-2008, 05:12 AM

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that Eärniel, I know how it feels. Lost peshe in my arms too. But at least he had someone he loved with him.

*hugs* though that probably wont do much right about now.... Rest In Peace Jinx.

BeardofPants · 06-25-2008, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Eärniel

Jinx is gone.

He died on my lap yesterday night. I don't think he knew or felt what was happening anymore, which is some comfort.

((((( Sarah )))))

Curufin · 06-25-2008, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

That is so incredibly snobby, I don't even know where to begin. And Neil Gaiman... fluff? Dude.

Wow, I'm entirely with BoP here. The snobbery in that post knows no bounds.

I'm a graduate student, well read, well travelled, have a good grasp of philosophy and literature, and I love reading historical romance novels. I read three or four a week. Do I read other things? Sure I do. But I think it's pretty snobbish to say that these books are trash, or useless. Every book you read gives you something, and you're missing a whole lot by rejecting popular lit.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*hugs Earniel*

**Mari** · 06-25-2008, 05:57 AM

Oh Earn!

*hugs*

Nerdanel · 06-25-2008, 06:09 AM

Very sorry to hear that, Eärniel.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 06-25-2008, 07:41 AM

I'm so sorry, Earniel.

Good bye, kittycat.

Nautipus · 06-25-2008, 09:37 AM

I'm so sorry Earniel.

((((((((HUGS))))))))

***Tessar*** · 06-25-2008, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Jinx is gone.

He died on my lap yesterday night. I don't think he knew or felt what was happening anymore, which is some comfort.

*BIG HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-25-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

That is so incredibly snobby, I don't even know where to begin. And Neil Gaiman... fluff? Dude.

In my defense, at that point I'd only read American Gods and Anansi Boys, both of which were very entertaining, but didn't seem to me to be particularly strong characterisation, or particularly deep, just a hell of a lot of fun. I actually read the first volume of the Sandman last night after we got back from MSD, and, while the first part was very entertaining, with the last issue I started to feel like it was going somewhere...bigger, if you know what I mean. I'm beginning to think he may be more than just superb light reading. I really like Neil Gaiman, too, I just hadn't seen anything more than great entertainment when I'd read him before.

But come on; surely you think there's a difference between stuff like, say, Laurel K. Hamilton, and, for instance, Shakespeare? At least most Shakespeare. Not just a difference in degree, but one in kind? At least it seems that way to me. I'm not saying light reading (which is really, in retrospect, a better word than fluff) is bad, I'm just saying it's different.

Going back and re-reading, I realise my post was worded way too harshly.

I didn't really mean to say anything more than what I said above: just that they're different.

06-23-2008, 11:42 PM	#101
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Tess- Awesome, dude, congrats. Insomniacs- Sorry. K, I couldnt post last night, because I was just too tired. We had two trucks come in, containing over 20,000 items each, and were expected to get them unloaded in 3 hours. Guess how many of us there were. 4 Impossible task. But yes, we did it. I only had to limp out with a rag against my wrist and knee, severe bruising to my ribs and back of one of my hands, a large scrabe on the other, and various other cuts, scrapes, and bumps. FUN, FUN. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

06-24-2008, 01:38 AM	#102
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	tacks out field surgeon kit and cleans Naughty up Ouch, but on the bright side; you are superman. We won the paintball tournament the other day, but in the most pathetic way possible. The other teams started to play dirty and cheat, not to mention hide and send the minimal amount of players onto the actual field. It was the most borning and frustrating game ever. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

06-24-2008, 03:46 AM	#103
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	edited for the sensitive. Also because I wuz bein' flameh. :P Last edited by Tessar : 06-26-2008 at 12:28 AM.

06-24-2008, 09:20 AM	#104
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Good luck with that, Tessar. Sane, that sux. I'm here to vent that those kind of morons don't get better as they age and have children and advanced degrees. And I truly truly HATE trying to find a girly way to deal with the passively expressed feelings of upperclass white women. This whole "play nice" routine means "We already have all the goodies, and we're comfortable with that." bah! __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

06-25-2008, 12:15 AM	#107
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XkgO...eature=related __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

06-25-2008, 02:01 AM	#109
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Neil Gaman is fun ^_^. I love his stuff.

06-25-2008, 02:57 AM	#110
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Tessar, Sane, that's horrible. I'd HATE to play paintball with people like that or read hideous books like that . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." Last edited by Lief Erikson : 06-25-2008 at 02:59 AM.

06-25-2008, 04:57 AM	#111
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Jinx is gone. He died on my lap yesterday night. I don't think he knew or felt what was happening anymore, which is some comfort. __________________ We are not things.

06-25-2008, 05:12 AM	#112
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that Eärniel, I know how it feels. Lost peshe in my arms too. But at least he had someone he loved with him. hugs though that probably wont do much right about now.... Rest In Peace Jinx. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

06-25-2008, 05:57 AM	#115
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Oh Earn! hugs __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-25-2008, 06:09 AM	#116
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Very sorry to hear that, Eärniel. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

06-25-2008, 07:41 AM	#117
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I'm so sorry, Earniel. Good bye, kittycat. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

06-25-2008, 09:37 AM	#118
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	I'm so sorry Earniel. ((((((((HUGS)))))))) __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

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