KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147

[Trobby]

"Your drink, sir. I can promise you the lady has done nothing to it. You have that on my word of honour."
What I've done to it is of course another matter.

"Ah, thank you sir. And as a very personal thanks to you, I'd like you to have the very first sip."

*Slides it towards you*

"Go ahead then. Make it a good one."

@V: *Takes a cautious sip after you take one, and nods*

"Can't be too careful, you understand."

[Thufir]

Two octaves above middle C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1FVc_4iHNw <- 2:06 in that song. It's fairly ridiculous.

I've never actually measured how high I can go. I would do it now, but it's half one over here and I'll wake the whole house up. I can do a ridiculously high-pitched scream, but I don't think that counts.

Also, I've seen a couple of people posting 'i' in place of 'j'; what's that about, purely out of curiosity?

Impressive. My falsetto is not so much as it used to be, but I'm not sure if I ever got that high.

Curly's J key is mostly broken and will only work if she stabs it viciously, so she's substituting I. I'm iust doing it because she's doing it => it's cool.

Edit: @^: "I'm honoured, sir." *Takes small sip* "Now I'll leave you and the lady to your discussion."

[AtlanteanTroll]

I hate social interaction, is their something wrong with me?

[InaVegt]

I have updated my where do you live data. :O

Edit: Bah, seems incomplete.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I have updated my where do you live data. :O

Edit: Bah, seems incomplete.

New nowhere?

[Cobalt]

Better than Old Nowhere. I hear that place bites.



Oh, and the reason Curly and others use i instead of j started because of her j key being broken. One ioke led to another, and it eventually iust kind of caught on.

[Snares]

I hate social interaction, is their something wrong with me?

Dunno. It could always be that you simply haven't found the right people to interact with yet; you seem to get around here pretty well. I didn't like socialising very much until I went to a college some distance away from where I lived, found people there I liked, and hey, now I quite like the whole social shebang.

Also, do you actively hate it, or do you simply not enjoy it? Hate is a strong word.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Dunno. It could always be that you simply haven't found the right people to interact with yet; you seem to get around here pretty well. I didn't like socialising very much until I went to a college some distance away from where I lived, found people there I liked, and hey, now I quite like the whole social shebang.

Also, do you actively hate it, or do you simply not enjoy it? Hate is a strong word.

I don't have to talk to you guys (and gals) face to face.

Somewhere in between hate and simply not enjoying it.

[Gullara]

I don't have to talk to you guys (and gals) face to face.

Somewhere in between hate and simply not enjoying it.

Its definitely something that can be awkward. Social interaction isn't always my strong suit either, but its something that has to be done. And its true that practice makes perfect. I've gotten much better over the years.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I'm sure. My dad is making me go to different school clubs, none of which I am (really) interested in.

[Snares]

I don't have to talk to you guys (and gals) face to face.

Somewhere in between hate and simply not enjoying it.

I can kind of understand that. Face-to-face conversation can have some awkward moments, much less of those over the good ol' internets. And hey, some people are just a bit averse to socialising and all that... I don't see anything wrong with them. It's bad that your dad is making you go to things though. Socialising isn't something that can be forced very easily, and for me, if someone makes me do something, it starts to feel like a chore... I can easily see how you'd come to dislike social interaction if people were forcing you into it.

[Gullara]

I'm sure. My dad is making me go to different school clubs, none of which I am (really) interested in.

Sometimes things like that can help. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there. It helps when your in a group with really outgoing talkative people because then they do most of the talking, and you can ease yourself into the conversation.

Hanging out with people with similar interests is a good way of getting yourself more comfortable with social interaction as well.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Sometimes things like that can help. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there. It helps when your in a group with really outgoing talkative people because then they do most of the talking, and you can ease yourself into the conversation.

Hanging out with people with similar interests is a good way of getting yourself more comfortable with social interaction as well.

Yeah, I know, but I'm actually being (more) social this year. I got into the school play and I'm on the debate club. So yeah.

Anybody around here like Futurama?

[AtlanteanTroll]

{scrubbed}

[Lyesmith]

Ugh, I have an awful cold. I hateses you, stupid phglemmy bunged-up body!

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Ugh, I have an awful cold. I hateses you, stupid phglemmy bunged-up body!

I hate colds. I'm lucky. I rarely get sick. And when I do, I just sleep for half the day, then I'm fine. It's kinda wierd actually.

[Dogmantra]

I hate colds. I'm lucky. I rarely get sick. And when I do, I just sleep for half the day, then I'm fine. It's kinda wierd actually.

I hate you. Colds can keep me in bed for a week. A WEEK.

FOR A COLD.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I hate you. Colds can keep me in bed for a week. A WEEK.

FOR A COLD.

I get this a lot.

[Lyesmith]

I get this a lot.

AND SO YOU SHOULD

[CurlyKitGirl]

Only if he planned on not being a thiefy thief and brought it up later in the day, as he got out of the room before almost anyone else did without saying a word about it. Though someone asked, like, fifteen minutes after the initial joking around, "So [Football Player's Name], what're you going to do with it?" The response was a 'SHUTITWHATAREYOUDOING' look on his face and the entire class going silent and looking at him.

He's not the brightest bulb.

We'll probably bring it up eventually- we're all on good terms with her, many of us friends with the teacher on Facebook- but I'll have to ask him about it the next time we run into each other.

So I can look forward to THE THRILLING CONCLUSION! eventually, possibly, soon? Coolios.

Me or him(AtlanteanTroll)?

Cobalt is a blue-y colour, so you.
I'm still torn on nicknaming AtlanteanTroll.

Why am I on a nicknaming spree? I don't know? Will I remember and use most of these names? Surprisingly yes. WIll anyone else remember to whom I'm speaking or referring? Prolly not.

"I'd be much obliged, milady. Don't be tryin' to pull somethin' with my drinks though. I have a keen eye."

"As a keen afficionado of all things acoholic (within reason) I won't be tampering with your drinks. How are you going to remember what we be doin' tonight elsewise?"

I thought you were British. Where did you get that French Accent? And you'd better give it back before they start looking for it!

Aha! Zo yew forget zat Ah took French for ten yeerz and Ah am steel reezonabblee good at speekeen laik ze French.
Zut alors.

They can't have their accent back! It is my duty as a Britlander to mock those Frenchies across the Channel until they cry.

As for B movies...well yes, they are a little snobby...<.<; But I think Flash Gordon is also just not their generation. Granted they did grow up when serial comics like it were being made, but it just doesn't hold appeal to either of them. ^^;

Not sure how they feel about Highlander...

I'm used to kooky parents. Mine adore Flash (aaaaaaahhhhh) Gordon and most comic book movies to pieces.
This despite not really being big fans of comics.
Well, my dad had the first two hundred or so issues of the original run of Spiderman and suchlike . . . but he gave up.

P.S. Highlander has Sean Connery in it. So rent it, tell them it has Iames Bond in it and run with it. That or you could say it has Henry Iones Sr. in it. Whchever.

You're going to hate me for this, but I'm planning to apply to Cambridge, if I do apply to one of those two. Going for English there. I like combined English courses more than simply literature or language - I love literature, but I can reach literature overload sometimes and have to take a break from reading for a bit. The language part is interesting, too, but I don't like a wholly methodical approach to English either. Oxford only really does the literature IIRC.

D:
Bu . . .
Naaaah, Cambridge's cool.
And for the record, the official degree title at Oxford is called BA (Hons) English Language and Literature, there's one compulsory language module in the second year, and more than twenty language orientated options in the third year, with another one or two offered as first year options, plus a compulsory Introduction to Literary Theory module which is a bit of both.
It's iust not as well advertised as - sadly - many Oxford students don't like abusing full access to virtually every department under the sun and choosing topics like Introduction to Language and Linguistics (I did - lots of complicated theoretical stuff in there - loved it. The sociolinguistic theories? Not so much) or the later stuff like Modern English Philology or Middle English Dialectology. Generally though, the Language is mixed with the Lit, but you are right that most people focus iust on the Lit. I cherish and worship my lit, but there must be respect and awe when it comes to the langages to.
Oh, there all all these foreign (deadish) language options which focus quite heavily on the language, perhaps even moreso than the literature in the language. But that's only Course II, and maybe some Course I options.
But whether you go Cam- or -ford, the one thing every degree at those places isn't is methodical.
Generally it's: next term you can do A or B.
A
Okay, here's your reading list; it's only a general one. If it fits within the field of A or B you can write on it.

I'm in the anime society, and the previous head of the society (in his third year) wrote an English essay which basically analysed his favourite anime series and compared it to a novel he was reading. It my even have been his thesis.
Either way, good luck with your applications.

I was at Durham to check out the Combined Arts degree, which is really interesting. Basically, you can pick modules from a whole range of subjects - given that there's bits I like and don't like in every subject, it's useful. The English/Creative Writing course at Warwick looks amazing though, and Lancaster's creative writing stuff looks very useful too.

That actually sounds very interesting. Especially for someone who's interested or good in all the Arts subiects.
I don't know much about Creative Writing courses, but if Iibar pops in, ask him; he's doing one at UEA I believe.

Pfft, you and Mr. Functioned pale in comparison to my Cedric-from-The-Mars-Volta falsetto. Even if I do miss out the top end of his range. But then again, the top of his range goes all the way up to a soprano C. I'd have to stick a very sensitive area in a vice to reach that kind of pitch. o_o

There are more ways than that to get a guy up to a high C.

Well, yeah. Some things are iust too tempting to resist.
Though I think your definition of 'topless' may need some work based on that last comment.

I've seen girls run around topless. They still have their bras on - and that's technically a top.
And don't worry, I like ogling as much as anyone.

This. One, he's a Prince. Two, he's a Lord. Forth, he's a Captain. But Third he's above no-one except Baldrick. And yes, the Blackadder/George dynamic is brilliant.

*taps fingers while looking broodingly into middle distance*
Time to go purloin the boxset from whoever has it now. I can feel a marathon coming on.

Wait, what? It's out? Why has my Dad not acquired a copy yet?! MUST READ WANT TO READ NOW.

It's true. The new blurb looks more intriguing than the last time I checked. A man with no eyes. A man with tunnels inside his head.
I suppose I'll be putting off my marathon until Saturday.

You're a girl though. Now when I do it (Which I can), it's impressive.

That's true. Always more impressive to see a guy try to hit those high notes. And amusing. The way their little faces contort and they lift their chin to get that extra bit of help.

Rewatched Holy Grail last night. And some of Meaning of Life tonight. The Crimson Permanent Assurance!

Crimson Assurance won the Cannes Film Festival award thingy you know.
Curses.
Okay.
Pterry. Python. Pblackadder.

ION:
CrAzY girl is crazy. Using the exercise bike at midnight for an hour whilst listening to Littlest Brother declaim about Meso-American culture and reading Bede's Ecclesiastical History. Amusingly, Anna used to be a boy's name.
Ronan is an actual Irish name as far back as 654AD.
CHAD is an actual name back around 620AD! CHAD.
Yeah, I read Bede to get religio-political-social context on the Anglo-Saxons and I walk away amused about Anna, Ronan and Chad.
Old English is fun.
Note: Bede isn't in OE, it's in MdnE, but I class it as OE because: context!

[Trobby]

"As a keen afficionado of all things acoholic (within reason) I won't be tampering with your drinks. How are you going to remember what we be doin' tonight elsewise?"

"...Yer' just tryin' ta' make an old sea dog blush now, aren't you? *grin*

Aha! Zo yew forget zat Ah took French for ten yeerz and Ah am steel reezonabblee good at speekeen laik ze French.
Zut alors.

Aaaahh...*nods* That'd do it. :3 I um..only took a year of French...<.<; So yeah...not as much experience here. *cough* Parles vous en Francaise? Non, Je ne pas parles en Francaise. Je parles en Englaise.

[KuReshtin]

Funny thing happened this morning when my alarm went off.

I woke up on my couch in my living room.

Now, that might not sound too weird, but considering I went to bed in my bed, in my bedroom, and I have no idea of how or why I headed to the couch in the living room, it kind of weirded me out a bit.
on top of that, I'm so tired right now that i'm almost faling asleep at my desk here at work.

I believe I'll have a nap when I get back home today. Most likely, that nap will last for about 3 or 4 hours, if I know myself.

[Starfols]

Curly's J key is mostly broken and will only work if she stabs it viciously, so she's substituting I. I'm iust doing it because she's doing it => it's cool.

My , . and rShift keys are broken. There's just no replacements

Oh well. The ioke's on me.

[Zeb The Troll]

The South Trogland journey took me down into the state of Maryland, where Trobby met with his girlfriend.

You were in Maryland and didn't stop in to say "Hello" to Alarra and me?

In what way is Maryland South Trogland?

It sits below the Mason/Dixon line, so technically South, but even Marylanders can't really agree on whether or not it's a "southern" state.

Fine. It just always was shown to be northerly from the view of us southwesterners.

*looks at location*
Since when is Indiana in the southwest?

[Archonic Energy]

Aaaahh...*nods* That'd do it. :3 I um..only took a year of French...<.<; So yeah...not as much experience here. *cough* Parles vous en Francaise? Non, Je ne pas parles en Francaise. Je parles en Englaise.

Je ne parlez pas le Francais. Je parlez Anglais et Americain...

i think.

[Raistlin1040]

Both of you are mixing verb forms. The proper way to say "I don't speak French. I speak English." would be "Je ne parle pas francais. Je parle anglais." And to ask "Do you speak French" is not "Parles vous en Francaise", it's "Parlez-vous francais?" The en isn't wrong, it's just superfluous, but you can't mix verb forms by using a tu form verb with a vous subject.

I've only taken two years, so I could be wrong. I'm just getting back into French, school having started Wednesday, so I'm rusty and could be forgetting my rules.

Question as I'm about to dash off at 2:15 AM and need to be up at 6:15. Why is it that I can go to sleep feeling fairly alert/rested/not tired, but after waking up after 4 hours of sleep, I'm exhausted and tired? Speculation upon my sleeping habits is fine, but I'm actually curious if there's a scientific explanation.

[The Succubus]

Maybe you should stop sneaking out at night and biting the necks of scantily clad young women?

I think it's probably to do with the sleep cycle - the REM part of sleep is the bit that restores and refreshes you. I'm guessing because you only have 4 hours, it takes a long time to reach that state and being dragged sharply from it disturbs things even more. So a certain amount of REM sleep is needed to offset the falling asleep and (to a lesser extent) the waking up bit. I promise to do some research into this for you - about 7 or 8 hours late this evening

[Quincunx]

Woo, I get to be succinct for once!

Everyone has their own average sleep cycle length and four hours does not cleanly divide into full cycles of Raistlin1040's personal sleep cycle. Thus he is being jolted out of a deeper phase of sleep and wakes up groggy, instead of refreshed and alert.

[Alarra]

My , . and rShift keys are broken. There's just no replacements

Oh well. The ioke's on me.

yeah, my x key is breaking. It's driving me crazy.

[Teddy]

So, I'm back in school again, and I've gotten my computer back.
LOVE! <3
I had forgotten how bad the batteries were, though. They last perhaps only 2-3 hours on half screen brightness.

I'm also dead tired.

This sounds more like a four-day camping trip than just Kayaking. Which makes it actually quite impressive. Sounds like a good, if extraordinarily "interesting" trip.

Well, yes it was. We did a lot of cool stuff.

What is a toad part?

Toad Party. It was 5 toads sitting around together on two moderately large rocks. They didn't actually do anything, but that was probably because I was looking at them. They were probably raving all night to the sound of The Crickets.