Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness #120

[Castaras]

I have a question for any and all musicians of any skill level:

Do key changes make you inexplicably happy? I've just listened to two songs with key changes in them, one a major song, the other a minor, and in both incidents, a quiet, usually timid voice in my head said, "Yay! Key change!" (In that colour. )

Happy really isn't the best word to use here, since this personified feeling exclaims its love of key changes even in the most depressing of songs written in minor keys.

...It's a key change. I must be crazy. And enjoying it, admittedly.

Yes. But what makes me happiest is complicated time signatures.

See Apocalypse in 9/8 for more details. Not just in 9/8.

[Coidzor]

Yup, still bizarre.

Now I'm even more interested in seeing the two pieces of writing and finding out what this other source was.

[Thufir]

Yes. But what makes me happiest is complicated time signatures.

Have a listen to these guys.
First song on the on-site jukebox. Figure out the time signatures. It's fun!
Also, they're awesome.

[Dragonrider]

I'm learning a song on the piano that switches between 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, and 6/8. It's not THAT hard to play, but switching between counting 4/4 and 6/8 in particular is really annoying.

But sounds cool.


Randman: Yeah, key changes ARE happiness-inducing.


My five-year-old brother made an insightful observation the other day:

"Guess what, Mem! I know how to tell when a song is about to end. You know how? I can tell when they start singing the same words over and over again that it will be over soon. I also can tell when they sing the same words in a different way [meaning, I think, a key change]."

He is very articulate.

Also: "Mem" is just his nickname for me and bears no resemblance whatsoever to my real name.

[TwoBitWriter]

Just wanted to say how awesome DeeRee is for making my new avatar!

[dish]

Just wanted to say how awesome DeeRee is for making my new avatar!

It is, indeed, awesome.

[Cristo Meyers]

Just wanted to say how awesome DeeRee is for making my new avatar!

You look like how I imagine you look whenever we talked over MSN: a look of "why exactly am I talking to this jerk?"

[TwoBitWriter]

You look like how I imagine you look whenever we talked over MSN: a look of "why exactly am I talking to this jerk?"

Heh, you got a good point. I figured it was just me fussing over a tricky chapter that just won't end in a way I like.

On that note, why the hell aren't you on MSN more?

[Cristo Meyers]

Heh, you got a good point. I figured it was just me fussing over a tricky chapter that just won't end in a way I like.

On that note, why the hell aren't you on MSN more?

Because i'm usually either: a) drunk, b) working on 40K miniatures, or c) using the laptop in order to minimize potential distractions while writing because I am a lazy lazy man.

[randman22222]

Have a listen to these guys.
First song on the on-site jukebox. Figure out the time signatures. It's fun!
Also, they're awesome.

What... Time... Sig.... That's into sixteenth notes, or something!

That or how bad I am with figuring out time signatures is starting to show.

[TwoBitWriter]

Because i'm usually either: a) drunk, b) working on 40K miniatures, or c) using the laptop in order to minimize potential distractions while writing because I am a lazy lazy man.

Heck man, you choose productivity over me? When my wife is out an entire week and I can actually socialize?

[Dr. Bath]

Just wanted to say how awesome DeeRee is for making my new avatar!

You might wanna put that in your sig. It's the courteous thing to do after all.

[Cristo Meyers]

Heck man, you choose productivity over me? When my wife is out an entire week and I can actually socialize?

Generally speaking

There's also Fallout 3, Space Empires 5, Night Watch, and probably at least one more that I'm forgetting...

[TwoBitWriter]

You might wanna put that in your sig. It's the courteous thing to do after all.

I already have a shout-out to her in my sig for the avvie... but the wording could be a bit better I suppose...

@Cristo: And I got C&C 3, Wing Commander Prophecy, Fallout 3, and Fable 2 but I still like chatting now and then.

[Cristo Meyers]

@Cristo: And I got C&C 3, Wing Commander Prophecy, Fallout 3, and Fable 2 but I still like chatting now and then.

Oh yeah? Well I have a Rhino-Bug!

[TwoBitWriter]

Very Tzeentch, but it almost looks like a very well-made birthday cake.

[Cristo Meyers]

Better'n it looked before...

[Dr. Bath]

I thought it was meant to be Nurgle... >_>

Needs more purple. And gold and octarine.

[randman22222]

Oh. I forgot to mention. That nap sucked. I only had about an eighth of my covers, because I was so tired, I didn't bother to move the junk that littered my bed. I was barely asleep, and I hovered in and out of the dream state as if I were riding a horse with seizures.

"But halfway home I changed my tune,
And when I saw my lonely room,
The mirror caught my eye.
When I sat down, I cried.

Big lie, small world
It was a big lie, small world" Weird dreams leaving me with a feeling akin to the mood/tone of that song. :S

[Cristo Meyers]

I thought it was meant to be Nurgle... >_>

Needs more purple. And gold and octarine.

It's a salvage job, pure and simple. The Rhino met with an unfortunate incident that resulted in needing a lot of green stuff to fix. Too much green stuff, actually. So I just did what I could to at least make it look daemon-possessed.

[Dr. Bath]

It's a salvage job, pure and simple. The Rhino met with an unfortunate incident that resulted in needing a lot of green stuff to fix. Too much green stuff, actually. So I just did what I could to at least make it look daemon-possessed.

If you're gonna be doing salvage jobs, play Orks. That would be why my Ork army is ferried about by open topped Predators and two tiered Land raiders. Also they had a Dreadnaught made from a helicopter kit (sadly smashed now)

[Cristo Meyers]

If you're gonna be doing salvage jobs, play Orks. That would be why my Ork army is ferried about by open topped Predators and two tiered Land raiders. Also they had a Dreadnaught made from a helicopter kit (sadly smashed now)

I had a buddy way back when whose Ork Trukk was made from K-nexx (basically Legos).

Ordinarily I would've just scrapped the Rhino for bitz, but it's my only Rhino right now.

[CurlyKitGirl]

There are a few universities that can expel a student for plagarism. I only said it can happen, not that it probably would. No one's getting expelled for a first offense, but someone that's dumb enough to try repeatedly and get caught...

In most Britland universities any proven plagiarism (I'm talking about more than just a few phrases or one or two sentences) results in failure of that module, and possibly expulsion from the whole course and university.
For theses it's especially strict.

@Tooby: Little/Big Sister DeeRee rocks. Strangely, that's how I picture you a lot as well.

ION:
Fourth hot day has resulted in Curli being sunburnt. On her feet. At least I have cooling aftersun.
*cuddles bottle*
And I totally got in some revision too!
And I got to hang out with Favourite Aunt No. 1! Tomorrow we're off to the Mount.

[Cristo Meyers]

In most Britland universities any proven plagiarism (I'm talking about more than just a few phrases or one or two sentences) results in failure of that module, and possibly expulsion from the whole course and university.
For theses it's especially strict.

I pretty sure that my alma mater could expel you for plagarism, I just don't think they ever went through on it.

ION:
Fourth hot day has resulted in Curli being sunburnt. On her feet. At least I have cooling aftersun.

Heh, I'm still peeling a bit from the sunburn I got on my vacation two weeks ago...

[Dr. Bath]

Heh, I'm still peeling a bit from the sunburn I got on my vacation two weeks ago...

Ew.

Well I went to sleep revised in the sun for most of today and I'm just dandy.

[Dirk Kris]

I cut school on my 16th birthday, fell asleep on the beach, and turned my head to the side. When I went back to school the next day, my face was half red and half white. I looked like Two-Face...if he was a dorky clown. Needless to say, I were busted.

[Dragonrider]

I had a buddy way back when whose Ork Trukk was made from K-nexx (basically Legos).

Ordinarily I would've just scrapped the Rhino for bitz, but it's my only Rhino right now.

k-nex aren't legos! Legos are blocks (unless you count Bionicles, which are mostly balls and joints); k'nex consist of ribbed bars and lots of gears that snap together. They're more like Next Generation Tinker Toys.

[Cristo Meyers]

k-nex aren't legos! Legos are blocks (unless you count Bionicles, which are mostly balls and joints); k'nex consist of ribbed bars and lots of gears that snap together. They're more like Next Generation Tinker Toys.

I wasn't going to assume that if I just said K'nex anyone would know what I'm talking about.

Spending a year on a board where you tend to get curb-stopped for assuming that someone in another country knows what you're talking about when you're talking about something from your own country makes you cautious

[randman22222]

k-nex aren't legos! Legos are blocks (unless you count Bionicles, which are mostly balls and joints); k'nex consist of ribbed bars and lots of gears that snap together. They're more like Next Generation Tinker Toys.

I want to make some snarky, joking comment, but considering I know the difference as well, and still have a ton of Legoes (but not the k'nex), I think I'll keep my mouth shut.

[Cristo Meyers]

I wish I still had mine, they made great terrain pieces for Warhammer and other games...