Random Banter #117

[CurlyKitGirl]

Today has been gooooood!
No history, Classics I kind of did all the work on Book Four yesterday so I did nothing today and won't tomorrow.
Lit was Lit. And we did a umb show, I had to dress and undress the Cardinal. Ours was the funniest dumb show interpretation.
Coursework drafts came back today; I was shocked when I got the rought grade of an A- as I spent two hours writing the bleedin' thing the day it was due and did so little work during ourcoursework lessons it's unbelievable.
Actually I did do work, it was just for my friends' coursework instead.
She redid her AS coursework and has a rough draft of a B already (one grade higher than last year) and this years' as a very high C.
We're working on her again tomorrow to bring it up more.

I am good at Lit. ANd I'm so happy she got great grades!

[Fredthefighter]

I like the second version more.

And by that, I mean The Perfect Crime #2.

Just pulled that one up on Youtube, it's quite different (both style and lyrics and vocals). It's definitely good.
I prefer the Faith No More one.
Now for some Scat(man John)


EDIT: Well Curly, I'm happy that you're happy that you're friend is getting good grades. Happiness is something to be happy about. I'm not sure whether I'm making any sense anyway.

[TwoBitWriter]

ha ha ha...

FYI, I posted another BASC chapter in the new shipping thread.

@Fred: *waves* it's good to be back. It's been a rough week.

Edit: @Curly: New BASC chapter in shipping...

Yeah, I said it twice!

[Dallas-Dakota]

And this is why I don´t usually come to RB anymore.

[Fredthefighter]

FYI, I posted another BASC chapter in the new shipping thread.

@Fred: *waves* it's good to be back. It's been a rough week.

Edit: @Curly: New BASC chapter in shipping...

Yeah, I said it twice!

I heard. I feel your pain my friend, the same thing happened to me in January. He died of cancer. In a way, his death was a release from the suffering he was going through, he wasn't himself in his final hours, he didn't speak to anyone, not even my grandmother, he just lay there in bed with his eyes open. I was fortunate enough not to watch him die.

[A Rainy Knight]

I heard. I feel your pain my friend, the same thing happened to me in January. He died of cancer. In a way, his death was a release from the suffering he was going through, he wasn't himself in his final hours, he didn't speak to anyone, not even my grandmother, he just lay there in bed with his eyes open. I was fortunate enough not to watch him die.

Dealing with death is hard. I just lost my great-grandfather about a month back. He was 99.

The hardest part was seeing him age. He did everything for himself: he grew up in the Depression, but he became a farmer and lived a clean, hard-working life. And if you asked him how he was doing, any day at all, he would always reply "Mighty fine!" But when he was older, I knew he didn't enjoy having to rely on a walker, on other people, on anything else. He enjoyed being able to support his own life, and it pained him to lose that self-sufficience.

God, I wish I had been able to say goodbye to him.

[Fredthefighter]

Dealing with death is hard. I just lost my great-grandfather about a month back. He was 99.

The hardest part was seeing him age. He did everything for himself: he grew up in the Depression, but he became a farmer and lived a clean, hard-working life. And if you asked him how he was doing, any day at all, he would always reply "Mighty fine!" But when he was older, I knew he didn't enjoy having to rely on a walker, on other people, on anything else. He enjoyed being able to support his own life, and it pained him to lose that self-sufficience.

God, I wish I had been able to say goodbye to him.

We all wish we had the chance to say goodbye to the people we've lost in life. Even if I had said goodbye to my granddad though, in his state, he probably wouldn't have heard me, or at least he wouldn't have been able to say anything back.
But enough about death. We're both still alive (I was the last time I checked, don't know about you. ). The people you lose in life never want you to forget them, but they also don't want you moping about all the while because you miss them.
Okay, I said all that and can't think of a new topic that isn't death-related.

[A Rainy Knight]

We all wish we had the chance to say goodbye to the people we've lost in life. Even if I had said goodbye to my granddad though, in his state, he probably wouldn't have heard me, or at least he wouldn't have been able to say anything back.
But enough about death. We're both still alive (I was the last time I checked, don't know about you. ). The people you lose in life never want you to forget them, but they also don't want you moping about all the while because you miss them.
Okay, I said all that and can't think of a new topic that isn't death-related.

Yeah, you're completely right. I've pretty well moved on, I'm just disappointed that I never got to tell him exactly how well I thought of him until after he was dead. Ah well, if there's a heaven, he's there, and if it has Internet access, he can find out right now that I think he was a wonderful great-granddad who raised one hell of a family and lived one hell of a life.

Non-death-related, I live in the middle of a cornfield, and it's manure-spreading time for the farmers. Did someone say something about a ****storm...?

[Player_Zero]

Okay, I said all that and can't think of a new topic that isn't death-related.

"CATS," he said eventually, "CATS ARE NICE.”

[Fredthefighter]

"CATS," he said eventually, "CATS ARE NICE.”

That's a good point. I do like kittens, but I prefer dogs, something about having a loyal companion descended from the cunning wolf just makes me feel proud.


ARK, I like the way you think, because if heaven doesn't have internet access, then I'm pretty much going to build it when I get there. Also, the ****storm made me laugh. Thankyou for that. The Beatles are also cheering me up too. You say you want a revolution, we all wanna change the world.
Bands that make me proud to be English: Queen, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many more.

[A Rainy Knight]

That's a good point. I do like kittens, but I prefer dogs, something about having a loyal companion descended from the cunning wolf just makes me feel proud.


ARK, I like the way you think, because if heaven doesn't have internet access, then I'm pretty much going to build it when I get there. Also, the ****storm made me laugh. Thankyou for that. The Beatles are also cheering me up too. You say you want a revolution, we all wanna change the world.
Bands that make me proud to be English: Queen, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many more.

You know he's quoting Death from Discworld, right?

Also, I have a band that makes me proud to be American (as if we need any reason to be proud other than our kickass giant SUVs and heart-stopping foods ): They Might Be Giants.

[Fredthefighter]

You know he's quoting Death from Discworld, right?

Also, I have a band that makes me proud to be American (as if we need any reason to be proud other than our kickass giant SUVs and heart-stopping foods ): They Might Be Giants.

Which book? I haven't read them all yet. In the house I have Carpet Juggulum, Making Money, The Truth and Going Postal left to read. I'll move onto them after I finish "Streets of Blood" (Shadowrun novel).
You americans with your SUV's and heart-stopping foods.
*Shakes fist*
I have one question though, WHERE THE HELL IS DISNEY LAND: ENGLAND?
I like what I've seen of America (Florida, Disney World, Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure, Seaworld, Denny's).

[Phaedra]

Which book? I haven't read them all yet. In the house I have Carpet Juggulum, Making Money, The Truth and Going Postal left to read. I'll move onto them after I finish "Streets of Blood" (Shadowrun novel).
You americans with your SUV's and heart-stopping foods.
*Shakes fist*
I have one question though, WHERE THE HELL IS DISNEY LAND: ENGLAND?
I like what I've seen of America (Florida, Disney World, Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure, Seaworld, Denny's).

Off the top of my head, I think it's Mort. But I'm sure someone with better Discworld knowledge or who's actually taken the time to look it up will correct me.

Why would we want a Disneyland? I mean, I've only been to the one in Paris, but I wasn't overly impressed.

[Fredthefighter]

Off the top of my head, I think it's Mort. But I'm sure someone with better Discworld knowledge or who's actually taken the time to look it up will correct me.

Why would we want a Disneyland? I mean, I've only been to the one in Paris, but I wasn't overly impressed.

The one in Paris is nothing compared to the American one. I suppose we just don't have the space for one that good. Poor us. I like Disney World, it makes me feel like a 10 year old again. The Muppets are my special friends.
I googled it and it's Sourcery.

[A Rainy Knight]

The one in Paris is nothing compared to the American one. I suppose we just don't have the space for one that good. Poor us. I like Disney World, it makes me feel like a 10 year old again. The Muppets are my special friends.
I googled it and it's Sourcery.

Huh, I thought I'd read that line before, and I haven't read Sourcery. Maybe his love of cats was mentioned in a different book, just not that specific line. I was definitely thinking Mort or Reaper Man, but the power of Google is probably right.

[Fredthefighter]

Huh, I thought I'd read that line before, and I haven't read Sourcery. Maybe his love of cats was mentioned in a different book, just not that specific line. I was definitely thinking Mort or Reaper Man, but the power of Google is probably right.

Yep, although the actually conversation is
"Then why is life worth living" (Ipserolde I think)
"BECAUSE" he said eventually, "CATS, CATS ARE NICE" (Death)

[Quincunx]

Those tiny lizards skittering along the edges of the ornamental plantings in Disney World wouldn't thrive in the French climate of EuroDisney Disneyland Paris, nor would the fountains and water rides stink downwind with that over-enthusiastic American dose of chlorine, and I cannot imagine that the sunshine descends like syrup anywhere on these rather northerly isles even in summertime. You can't put an entire theme park under glass and call it a hothouse.

[Fredthefighter]

Those tiny lizards skittering along the edges of the ornamental plantings in Disney World wouldn't thrive in the French climate of EuroDisney Disneyland Paris, nor would the fountains and water rides stink downwind with that over-enthusiastic American dose of chlorine, and I cannot imagine that the sunshine descends like syrup anywhere on these rather northerly isles even in summertime. You can't put an entire theme park under glass and call it a hothouse.

Okay. It's just that, as a child (I still consider myself a child) Disney World seems better than Disneyland Paris. Also, I like Florida as a whole, compared to what I've seen of France, which is some of The Alps.

[A Rainy Knight]

Okay. It's just that, as a child (I still consider myself a child) Disney World seems better than Disneyland Paris. Also, I like Florida as a whole, compared to what I've seen of France, which is some of The Alps.

I've been to Disney World in Florida once. But you know what my favorite vacation destination is? (I'm Virginian, by the way) South Carolina. I go to the beach there almost every summer. It's a great place, and I have way more fun than I think I did in Florida. At least I think so; I was really young when I went to Disney World.

Also, South Carolina's driving laws strike me as a wee bit dangerous. Here in Virginia at my age and with my learner's permit, I can drive a car if a licensed driver at least 21 is in my passenger seat, and I can only carry one (?) non-family passenger. My cousin in South Carolina, who's a few months younger than me? He can drive a car on his own with basically no restrictions other than, I believe, a curfew.

Did you know that South Carolina has one of the lowest life expectancies in the United States?

[Edge]

My sister has just shown me something amazing...

Nightmare Revisited

The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack covered by the likes of Marilyn Manson and KoRn. It's genius.

[Fredthefighter]

I've been to Disney World in Florida once. But you know what my favorite vacation destination is? (I'm Virginian, by the way) South Carolina. I go to the beach there almost every summer. It's a great place, and I have way more fun than I think I did in Florida. At least I think so; I was really young when I went to Disney World.

Also, South Carolina's driving laws strike me as a wee bit dangerous. Here in Virginia at my age and with my learner's permit, I can drive a car if a licensed driver at least 21 is in my passenger seat, and I can only carry one (?) non-family passenger. My cousin in South Carolina, who's a few months younger than me? He can drive a car on his own with basically no restrictions other than, I believe, a curfew.

Did you know that South Carolina has one of the lowest life expectancies in the United States?

Well, Florida is the only time I've ever been to America. So I don't know what the rest is like.
I didn't know that about South Carolina though. If I get the chance though, I'll have to take a trip to Virginia and come visit you my friend. You've got 6 to 8 years to run.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Which book? I haven't read them all yet. In the house I have Carpet Juggulum, Making Money, The Truth and Going Postal left to read. I'll move onto them after I finish "Streets of Blood" (Shadowrun novel).

SHame upon ye who calls himself a geek and one who worships I, the Goddess of the Written Word, yet does not read he whom I have blessed with my highest powers and blessed with the greatest of Muses.
For to forsake the one who has my patronage is likened unto blasphemy in the apocryphal writings.
Shame on ye. Shame and damnation eternal.

[A Rainy Knight]

Well, Florida is the only time I've ever been to America. So I don't know what the rest is like.
I didn't know that about South Carolina though. If I get the chance though, I'll have to take a trip to Virginia and come visit you my friend. You've got 6 to 8 years to run.

Well then, you're deprived of the stereotypes we Americans make of each other! Let me fill you in on one:

Here in Virginia, West Virginians are basically seen as inbred hillbillies who make a living out of shooting woodland creatures and eating them. I'm not saying it's true, there's a lovely and smart West Virginia-born girl in my class, but I'm certainly saying it's good to poke fun at West Virginians with.

[Fredthefighter]

Well then, you're deprived of the stereotypes we Americans make of each other! Let me fill you in on one:

Here in Virginia, West Virginians are basically seen as inbred hillbillies who make a living out of shooting woodland creatures and eating them. I'm not saying it's true, there's a lovely and smart West Virginia-born girl in my class, but I'm certainly saying it's good to poke fun at West Virginians with.

Hmmm, I promise not to poke fun unless provoked.

SHame upon ye who calls himself a geek and one who worships I, the Goddess of the Written Word, yet does not read he whom I have blessed with my highest powers and blessed with the greatest of Muses.
For to forsake the one who has my patronage is likened unto blasphemy in the apocryphal writings.
Shame on ye. Shame and damnation eternal.

I'm almost finished with "Streets of Blood" anyway.
And who said I worshipped you? I acknowledge that you are incredibly skilled with words, literature and poetry, but I would not go so far as to say "worship".
My faith lies in where England was at it's greatest, where she was the hub of musical culture. My faith lies in The Beatles, Queen, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.
So curse me, I shall never die, I shall never whither and be shut out into the cold.
True, I am very fond of Tery Pratchett's work, but I would not want to run out of books too quickly.
So I give you one last sentence, before you tear me asunder, LONG LIVE THE STAIRWAY!

[A Rainy Knight]

Goddess, would you care for me to destroy this heretic?

Also, I'm interested to know: are there any general impressions that you British people have of us Americans?

[Fredthefighter]

Goddess, would you care for me to destroy this heretic?

Also, I'm interested to know: are there any general impressions that you British people have of us Americans?

Well, sometimes we see you as slightly arrogant.
And also, some of us think you're all obese.
Don't worry too much about it though, I don't think that at all.
Also, destroy? You think you can my friend? Bring it on is what I have to say.
EDIT: Well, I have school in the morning so I shall see you all tomorrow..... maybe. I'm not sure whether I'll have the time, deoends whether I go to my Karate lesson or not. Well, goodnight my friends, may the rest of your days be pleasant and wonderful.

[CurlyKitGirl]

@Fred: you worship Curly, Goddess of the Written Word by default. You read, you worship me.

Goddess, would you care for me to destroy this heretic?

Gladly for he hath deneid my existence as Most Supreme Deity (of Books). For knowledge is power and I embody knowledge.
*SMITE!*
And lo, the unbeliever was smitten.

Also, I'm interested to know: are there any general impressions that you British people have of us Americans?

Hideous accents; fat; idiotic; heretical non - tea drinking colonists who drive big cars and eat even bigger meals.
And their music sucks.
OR
Hideous accents; too skinny; at least 20% artificial; diet mad colonists who driver "green" cars and are smarter than a chav. Good music though.
OR
Wannabe Brits a la Harvard and Yale with their hideously twangy accents. Films're good though.

Or variations upon said theme.

[A Rainy Knight]

Well, sometimes we see you as slightly arrogant.
And also, some of us think you're all obese.
Don't worry too much about it though, I don't think that at all.
Also, destroy? You think you can my friend? Bring it on is what I have to say.

Heh heh. Arrogant. Welcome to the American South, where, if it ain't American, then by God it ain't no good.

We generally see you as having that funny accent, as having lots of quaint but cute little peculiarities (especially in the British vocabulary - loo, lift, torch, boot n' bonnet, chips = french fries), and as THE HATED OPRESSORS! Not really.

Bring it on? Well, you asked for it. Taste the wrath of my stern verbal reprimand! "Bad Fred! Listen to the nice Curly!"

[Sneak]

I wish I had a New Zealand accent.

Also: GOD BLESS MY S.U.V.!

Also v 2.0: finally started a comic, at least...even if it may not be a good one. Please check link in sig...

...please?

[Phaedra]

you worship Curly, Goddess of the Written Word by default. You read, you worship me.

So... everyone who reads worships you? This doesn't fit with my long fought for right to apathetic agnosticism at all.

Are you a benevolent goddess, or should I start looking for goats to sacrifice and the like? Because it's harder to find goats than you'd think.