Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127

[Rockphed]

What are you programming in? For Java, netbeans is supposed to be one of the best (I don't/have never programmed in java, but have friends who do). There's also the windows virtual suite, although the user interface sucks for that. Bloodshed is supposed to be pretty decent as well.

I'd probably just dual-boot linux and use vim, but that's what I'm used to as well.

C++ actually. I suppose netbeans would probably work since Java and C++ share lots of syntax. I don't suppose there is a windows version of vim? I mostly need this for my parents' computer, so installing linux would probably not go over well. There is a c++ compiler installed, so I don't need to worry about that.

[Coidzor]

^: I wish I knew. Actually, I wish I had continued on my education of programming languages...

Mhm. Though I must say, either it's rather spotty in its development in the populace in general or it's just a side effect of moving just before puberty hit and living in a community of immigrants from all over when I was a kid, but I don't really feel like I'm part of an "us" on the state level.

It's quite interesting to feel that disconnect there.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I must say, Curly, that your use of the language is truly lovely.

I read, that's all. All my eloquence, what little I possess, is therefore atributed to far greater writers, speakers and poets.

Yep. Though apparently the tenors were slightly flat on the final note

I didn't notice it, though I am purportedly tone deaf. It was beautiful anyway.

That did occur to me. In the afternoon rehearsal Nick McGegan said something about us being the future of choral music. I never thought about myself as being really part of big things in choral music, but then I've just performed in one of the proms at age 21, so maybe I should rethink that point of view.

There you go. Maybe you'll be world famous one day.

I heard about the Stephen Fry interview. He also posted about it on his twitter. And came backstage after the performance and signed autographs (I couldn't be bothered to wade through the crowd to reach him, so I didn't get one). Oh, and apparently he said our diction was excellent, which is astounding for such a large choir.

D:
Shame you didn't get the autograph. And the diction was really good, I could make out virtually every word. Unlike the (bass?) soloist. And I think the mezzo - soprano. Mezzo - soprano's deeper than soprano right?

I loves my music highs Though of course the Royal Albert Hall does apply to the performance as well as the standing ovation. So it's kind of like it just put everything at a higher basic level.
And thinking about it some more, really a standing ovation just lets you keep feeling the elation. The extent of the elation is down to the quality of the performance - in which the Royal Albert Hall was obviously a factor. Amazing setting and excellent acoustics.
*Is envied*
*And kinda smug*

You deserve being smug. I wish I could see the Albert Hall, but the acoustics, even I could tell were excellent.

Your awesome, it is truly overwhelming.
And of course this is another example of how things can't be incorrect english. A dictionary would tell you awesome is an adjective, but I just used it as a noun, something you have.

It's a good defence, and what I really feel. I don't see why some people believe it's that awesome.

We talked about it: There are different tiers of Us and Them. I have a lot of Us:

If I go out around town, I'm a Whitman student.

If I cross to the other side of the state, I'm from Walla Walla.

If I go to California, I'm from Washington.

If I go to Pennsylvania, I'm from the West Coast.

If I go to England, I'm from the USA.

Presumably if I leave the planet, I'm from Earth.


The difficulty lies in where US stops. Because eventually it does, and that's where wars happen. In the American Civil War, people's concept of "us" didn't really extend beyond the state they lived in: A person was a Georgian first, a Southerner second, and an American last of all. People in the north may have been Americans, but they were Northerners. Pennsylvanians. Not Us.

(For my ancestors, it was the southerners who were Thems). And it was after the war that things started to reverse so that people were American first, West Coaster second, Washingtonian third.)



Sorry. It's interesting.

I know.
And when it gets to such a small place like Britland Us and Them goes very deep. There's even a secondary school Us, Them and Those People because we have three secondary schools.
And the Us and Them dichotomy is fascinating and yes, politically important. I've often wondered how far Us and Them has affected literature.
Answer: all literature is Us and Them, but often it's family v. family or country v. country and not often dwelt on.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Epic-length Curly multi-quotes intimidate me. Mostly because I have no idea what's going on. >.>

*hides from giant pink boxes o' doom*

[Assassin89]

Epic-length Curly multi-quotes intimidate me. Mostly because I have no idea what's going on. >.>

*hides from giant pink boxes o' doom*

Those boxes are not pink. They are light brown. Those pink boxes you speak about are spies.

[Fredthefighter]

Epic-length Curly multi-quotes intimidate me. Mostly because I have no idea what's going on. >.>

*hides from giant pink boxes o' doom*

Join the club, we've got jackets.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Epic-length Curly multi-quotes intimidate me. Mostly because I have no idea what's going on. >.>

*hides from giant pink boxes o' doom*

v.v
Sowwy.
I don't want to scare the cute Cobra.
*hugs sowwy*

[Thufir]

It's a good defence, and what I really feel. I don't see why some people believe it's that awesome.

Because you're eloquent in your impassioned expression of what you feel.

[Cobra_Ikari]

v.v
Sowwy.
I don't want to scare the cute Cobra.
*hugs sowwy*

No be sowwy! *snuggles*

There aren't enough pink boxes o' doom in the entire world to keep Cobra away from a cutie like you! I dun care if they're actually light brown, they're close enough to pink for me, and pink boxes o' doom sounds better. =P

[Dragonrider]

Mhm. Though I must say, either it's rather spotty in its development in the populace in general or it's just a side effect of moving just before puberty hit and living in a community of immigrants from all over when I was a kid, but I don't really feel like I'm part of an "us" on the state level.

That's because, at least in the region where I live, the whole "state Us" thing is largely no longer existent. Somehow, post-Civil War, we became more about The Country and less about The State.

[Coidzor]

I only get frisky about people I want to seduce, myself. I'm just too staid to get all up for it unless there's a possibility of romance in it.

That might just be the spoony bard in me though.

haha. Spoony bard.

Hmm. I wonder if the fascination cats have with boxes and cubby holes to hide in is from some kind of carry over from when they lived in deserts and would bed down in little nooks, crannies, and caves... My brother's cat just crawled into a little flat space in my bedside bookshelf, almost tipping the phone in there over.

Cobes: I hope you know just how wrong it all sounds when you turn 'em pink and associate them with curly and fearing her.

Curly: Your words convince some of us that you are hot, mostly. In addition to what Thufir said.

[Rockphed]

Though I must say, either it's rather spotty in its development in the populace in general or it's just a side effect of moving just before puberty hit and living in a community of immigrants from all over when I was a kid, but I don't really feel like I'm part of an "us" on the state level.

I found the same thing here in Michigan. There is, however, a very deep divide between Detroit and Everywhere Else.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Cobes: I hope you know just how wrong it all sounds when you turn 'em pink and associate them with curly and fearing her.

...you've completely lost me. What are you accusing me of now?

[Coidzor]

^: Something lewd, Cobra. Something quite lewd. involving pink and box as keywords. Curly is another keyword, but that's a given.

<_< I think that's because there's two camps on Detroit. The camp that lives there that think everyone should be moved out of it and the place wiped off of the map and replaced with something where people would want to live and the camp that just thinks it should be wiped off the map with the people who live there still in it.

[Rockphed]

...you've completely lost me. What are you accusing me of now?

I think he is accusing you of being afraid of Curly's feminine side. I think. She is an intimidating person, though, in my mind, it has more to do with her impressive posting ability than her use of feminine wiles. Then again, all women are scary because of their feminine wiles. Such things are not for mere mortals(i.e. men) to grok.

<_< I think that's because there's two camps on Detroit. The camp that lives there that think everyone should be moved out of it and the place wiped off of the map and replaced with something where people would want to live and the camp that just thinks it should be wiped off the map with the people who live there still in it.

Then there is the camp that thinks that everybody outside the city is out to get the city and its denizens. Then there is the camp that just wants to dance as it burns. Hence Devil's night.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I think he is accusing you of being afraid of Curly's feminine side. I think. She is an intimidating person, though, in my mind, it has more to do with her impressive posting ability than her use of feminine wiles. Then again, all women are scary because of their feminine wiles. Such things are not for mere mortals(i.e. men) to grok.

Curly intimidates me with her being so much smarter than my puny reptilian brain can understand.

...but everybody kinda does that. =P

*snuggles everyone anyway*

[Coidzor]

I dunno, I'd quite enjoy being able to grok a dame like Curly or Deary.

Now as to whether that's possible, I guess we'd just have to find out the hard way.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I dunno, I'd quite enjoy being able to grok a dame like Curly or Deary.

Now as to whether that's possible, I guess we'd just have to find out the hard way.

My tactic is to simply assume all women are out of my league, as it's most likely true. It makes it sooo much easier to be comfortable around someone if you don't think there's any chance of a relationship happening.

Then, if they do end up liking you...hey! Pleasant surprise AND and ego boost! Awesome! =P

Cobra does not advocate this as a valid tactic for wooing women. Rather, Cobra acknowledges his incompetence when it comes to the art of romance and wishes everyone the best in such endeavors.

[Miss Nobody]

So, guys, tomorrow I have to go and get a haircut. And I'm paranoid about hairdressers who cut too much hair.

[Coidzor]

So tell them you're starting with a trim and ask for about an inch off to start with and then go from there?

I mean, as long as you communicate with them, they generally won't do anything to actively go against your wishes.

[Tiger Duck]

The same thing has been stopping me from getting a haircut.

Does anyone here know why fruit thee smells like the thee they are suppose to but taste like regular thee? And why they can't make the thee taste like the fruit

[Coidzor]

What dost thou speakest of, good sir? Fruit Thee? I have never heard of such a thing.

[Thufir]

And now, I must leave you once again, to return to my student house, because my food is there. I really look forward to when we get internet installed there so I can stay online at all hours and not miss vast swathes of random banter.

[Dogmantra]

So, guys, tomorrow I have to go and get a haircut. And I'm paranoid about hairdressers who cut too much hair.

Helpful Hint: Make sure you know exactly how long an inch is. I don't...

This has been the source of many unexpected results on the rare occasion I get my hair cut.

[Tiger Duck]

It was a gift box with 9 different "flavours" so I'm definitely going to drink it all, I was just wondering if anyone knew.

[Miss Nobody]

Helpful Hint: Make sure you know exactly how long an inch is. I don't...

This has been the source of many unexpected results on the rare occasion I get my hair cut.

One inch is enough. The scissor wielding person who cuts more than 1 inch of my hair will not live to see another day.

[Dragonrider]

You COULD just take my solution and cut your OWN hair.

[Coplantor]

Or mine and shave your head!

[CurlyKitGirl]

Because you're eloquent in your impassioned expression of what you feel.

Thanks.

No be sowwy! *snuggles*

There aren't enough pink boxes o' doom in the entire world to keep Cobra away from a cutie like you! I dun care if they're actually light brown, they're close enough to pink for me, and pink boxes o' doom sounds better. =P

They look pink - brown to m.
*huggles the Cobra*

Curly: Your words convince some of us that you are hot, mostly. In addition to what Thufir said.

But . . . I'm not. Guess I'll trust to my beautiful words then to fashion an illusion of physical beauty then.

I think he is accusing you of being afraid of Curly's feminine side. I think. She is an intimidating person, though, in my mind, it has more to do with her impressive posting ability than her use of feminine wiles. Then again, all women are scary because of their feminine wiles. Such things are not for mere mortals(i.e. men) to grok.

Curly intimidates me with her being so much smarter than my puny reptilian brain can understand.

...but everybody kinda does that. =P

*snuggles everyone anyway*

I intimidate and scare people?
*cries quietly in a corner displaying none of her impressive posting ability (which I don't have)*

You COULD just take my solution and cut your OWN hair.

Seconded.

I also find Miss Nobody's and Captain Happy's avvies to be rather taking. Especially Miss Nobody's.

[Miss Nobody]

You COULD just take my solution and cut your OWN hair.

...And the result would probably be the equivalent of my grandpa cutting my hair with garden shears, and without wearing his glasses.