KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130

[Rutskarn]

I'd definitely be Larry, then. Zero's basically Moe with cynicism, a British accent, and fondness for ice pops.

[Mr. Mud]

Google-fu has failed. Is "irked" a transitive verb ?

[Quincunx]

Failing on articulating why, probably because I keep flipping the blasted verb into the passive voice when I try (meaning there IS an object being irked--sod it, I just did it again!--but I keep wanting to convert it into the subject), but I say yes.

[Mr. Mud]

Failing on articulating why, probably because I keep flipping the blasted verb into the passive voice when I try (meaning there IS an object being irked--sod it, I just did it again!--but I keep wanting to convert it into the subject), but I say yes.

Ah okay, then is it excerpt time ? After a bit of reworking..:

[...]but Teddy and Ronny irked everyone to a magnitude that could yield such rancor.

Am I using it correctly?

[Quincunx]

The usage is correct, yet 'irked' is too mild to be paired with 'magnitude' and 'yield such rancor'. My preference would be to dial down the heavier and melodramatic end of the sentence, yet it's got the majority of the words in the same tone, so 'irked' is plainly the odd one out and should be replaced with 'aggrieved' or a verb of similar strength.

[Nameless]

I get a day off college tomorrow! HURRAY! *starts a rave*

[Cobra_Ikari]

I get a day off college tomorrow! HURRAY! *starts a rave*

*would rave, but is at school* v.v

I wish I had some days off, too. =\

[Nameless]

*would rave, but is at school* v.v

I wish I had some days off, too. =\

*laughs at your misfortunes*

[Dallas-Dakota]

*has school tomorrow*
*raves anyway*



Ow...mah head hurts...

[Cobra_Ikari]

*laughs at your misfortunes*

Curse you! Your schadenfreude will not ruin my awesome today!

[Nameless]

Curse you! Your schadenfreude will not ruin my awesome today!

I feel bad now... *offers a hug and a glow stick* ;_;




Huh, I just took a "What should you be for Halloween?" quiz.

Result: Cop: You are assertive and know how to get what you want. Naughty or nice? You decide with this cop costume!

Riiiiggghhhtt... o_o

[Shades of Gray]

I have a day off today. Hooray Thanksgiving.

[Nameless]

It's Thanksgiving?

[Fostire]

It's Thanksgiving?

It is here in Canada

[Cobra_Ikari]

I feel bad now... *offers a hug and a glow stick* ;_;

Aww...*snuggles*

I was just kidding. Honestly, I'm trying not to run around with a big stupid grin all day, because I have a date! =D

Huh, I just took a "What should you be for Halloween?" quiz.

Result: Cop: You are assertive and know how to get what you want. Naughty or nice? You decide with this cop costume!

Riiiiggghhhtt... o_o

Ambiguous and mildly kinky. Fits you perfectly.

[Nameless]

Aww...*snuggles*

I was just kidding. Honestly, I'm trying not to run around with a big stupid grin all day, because I have a date! =D

omgnowai?! who is it? pics! I DEMAND PICS!

Ambiguous and mildly kinky. Fits you perfectly.

I think I'll stick with my other costume. Yeah, the one I haven't thought of yet. :P

[Cobra_Ikari]

omgnowai?! who is it? pics! I DEMAND PICS!

That girl I've been pining over. AKA the one I asked you guys to vote for in the contest. =P

I think I'll stick with my other costume. Yeah, the one I haven't thought of yet. :P

Go naked with strategically placed censor bars. Same idea. =3

[Alteran]

It is here in Canada

Indeed it is! I am thoroughly enjoying my day off. It was also an excuse to eat turkey, so that's fun too.

How about you, other Canadians? Have you had a good thanksgiving? (And everybody else have you had a good weekend I guess whatever.)

[Nameless]

That girl I've been pining over. AKA the one I asked you guys to vote for in the contest. =P



Go naked with strategically placed censor bars. Same idea. =3

... Someone should so do that. xD

And congratulations. :D Where are you guys going?

[Fostire]

Indeed it is! I am thoroughly enjoying my day off. It was also an excuse to eat turkey, so that's fun too.

How about you, other Canadians? Have you had a good thanksgiving? (And everybody else have you had a good weekend I guess whatever.)

I had thanksgiving dinner yesterday with a bunch of people I barely know. They're great people though, very friendly. Also since I moved back to Canada this year after 18 years of living abroad, this is also my first thanksgiving (not counting those when I was a baby).
Now I'm spending my day off studying for my economy midterm I have tomorrow.

[Phase]

*would rave, but is at school* v.v

This didn't apply in my school, what with our Rave Club. Unfortunately, there was one person less than we needed to justify the investment.

[Cobra_Ikari]

This didn't apply in my school, what with our Rave Club. Unfortunately, there was one person less than we needed to justify the investment.

Sadface. I really don't see there being a rave club here, as it's a very conservative, very religious college. >.>

[CurlyKitGirl]

I now have the internet in my room. I am therefore joyous.
I've also become an official member of the Oxford University Student CHorus and this term we're performing Rossini's La Petite Messe Solmonelle. In Latin. And I'm sightreading music. This is all very good as I've not sung proper since choir in Primary; I've never sung in Latin before and I've never sightread music before.
It's easier than I thought it would be.
Haven't had any official lectures yet, those are tomorrow. Well, I have one compulsory lecture every week, so everything else's optional. But my lectures are tomorrow and, like a good university student, my essay is not yet finished. Fifteen hundred words in, not much more left.

Fun is being had. Even if the person two doors down from me is in isolation for suspected swine 'flu. But I've probably already had it and everyone's being really nice to him leaving sweeties, DVDs etc. outside his door and supplying him with food fresh from Hall and lecture notes.
He's a nice chap.

[V'icternus]

You have internet in your room? Party!

Seriously, party.

That's what Uni is for, right? Finding excuses to party?

[Nameless]

Sadface. I really don't see there being a rave club here, as it's a very conservative, very religious college. >.>

We can always have an e-rave!

[CurlyKitGirl]

You have internet in your room? Party!

Seriously, party.

That's what Uni is for, right? Finding excuses to party?

Hey, guys, the Curly One, she has an essay to finish first remember?

[Pyrian]

I now have the internet in my room.

First it was running water, now in-room internet? At this rate in a few weeks you'll have laser blasters and a time machine.

[V'icternus]

Hey, guys, the Curly One, she has an essay to finish first remember?

...Well, finish the essay, then.

Afterwards, have a party. Have alcohol. Keep the webcam running. Post pictures. Freak out!

We'll have our own party in your honour. With blackjack, and hookers!

[Thufir]

I've also become an official member of the Oxford University Student CHorus and this term we're performing Rossini's La Petite Messe Solmonelle. In Latin. And I'm sightreading music. This is all very good as I've not sung proper since choir in Primary; I've never sung in Latin before and I've never sightread music before.
It's easier than I thought it would be.

Huzzah!

Well, I have one compulsory lecture every week, so everything else's optional.

*Is stunned.*

But my lectures are tomorrow and, like a good university student, my essay is not yet finished. Fifteen hundred words in, not much more left.

Well I, having sorted out my project change and gotten some recommended reading, realised this afternoon that maybe I should actually read it, before my meeting with my supervisor tomorrow afternoon.
So I'm sitting here making my way through a lengthy chapter detailing the basic mathematics of close binary stars. Tomorrow I'll try to work out what the formulae mean. Yay last minute stuff.

Fun is being had. Even if the person two doors down from me is in isolation for suspected swine 'flu. But I've probably already had it and everyone's being really nice to him leaving sweeties, DVDs etc. outside his door and supplying him with food fresh from Hall and lecture notes.
He's a nice chap.

That is really nice. It's possible that students in general would be that nice, but I'm sceptical.

@V'icternus: Like the 'Somebody sneezed' party and the 'Day that ends in Y' party!
Actually, we had my housemate's birthday party last friday. It was good, though my best friend got REEAALLY drunk. And emphatically denied it. On the other hand, I didn't get totally knackered.

[Phase]

Hey, guys, the Curly One, she has an essay to finish first remember?

Me too! Mine's on Boucher.