You! (A picture/Media thread) Thread XXXI: Roman Numerals Make Everything Fancy

[Shadow of the Sun]

Serpentine: that set of pictures is really nice. Looks like you had a good time. :)

[Teddy]

Wow everyone is commenting on my hair .__., pretty interesting since I don't do anything special with it.

Well, since you're pretty good-looking in total, I guess this means you've got a naturally perfect hair.

Yup, EngSci at Toronto, it's a more theoretical/principles strand of engineering! Deciding between specializing in Aerospace or Biomedical (we specialize after second year).

Yeah, I'm Eng. IT in Uppsala, so it's a lot of programming for me.

And while I love the discoveries in the field of Biomedicine, Aerospace still sounds the most fun, if for nothing else because it's got the word "aero" in it. I'm hugely into flying. Space can wait, I just want the clouds.

More adventure in the land of the pint;
candid shot by my friend while I was munching on some pastry:

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*pastry*

After being convinced to do a ridiculous pose:

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*pose*
She made sure to take this one with my camera instead of her phone...

I don't regret saying a word about your hair.

Also, ridiculous poses are the best. This is inarguable.

In kendo outfit... feel the bushido!!

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*bushido*

It's an honor being stared at by you, Paladin-[honorific].

Last week my wife and I took our 2-year-old on his first kayaking trip. The results were adorable.

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*adorable*

You're right, the results are irrefutably adorable. :3

Silly pic with my girlfriend in Florida.

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*silly pic*

Silly Troll, you don't need a plastic mustache. Your mustache is spiffing enough as it is!

It was, and they were. And arightythen!

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*many pictures*

Steampunk is cool stuff, I like your friends shiny and at least one of those robotic dancers remind me a bit of Steam Powered Giraffe...


I should probably post some pictures from my last holiday, but it's too late in the night for that now...

[Spanish_Paladin]

Well, since you're pretty good-looking in total, I guess this means you've got a naturally perfect hair.



Yeah, I'm Eng. IT in Uppsala, so it's a lot of programming for me.

And while I love the discoveries in the field of Biomedicine, Aerospace still sounds the most fun, if for nothing else because it's got the word "aero" in it. I'm hugely into flying. Space can wait, I just want the clouds.



I don't regret saying a word about your hair.

Also, ridiculous poses are the best. This is inarguable.



It's an honor being stared at by you, Paladin-[honorific].



You're right, the results are irrefutably adorable. :3



Silly Troll, you don't need a plastic mustache. Your mustache is spiffing enough as it is!



Steampunk is cool stuff, I like your friends shiny and at least one of those robotic dancers remind me a bit of Steam Powered Giraffe...


I should probably post some pictures from my last holiday, but it's too late in the night for that now...

The honor is mine Teddy-sama ^^

[Elemental]

Last week my wife and I took our 2-year-old on his first kayaking trip. The results were adorable.

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I can not agree more.

Apparently this band that played there is kind of a big deal. Professor Elemental was meant to play - it's the whole reason my friend wanted to go - but he cancelled

Wait... No I wasn't. I'm not a professor, nor do I play music professionally. Who is this impostor with my name?[/blatantly ignoring famous musicians]

In related news: I need to go to more markets and things...

[Serpentine]

Me too, and I also need to expand my circles. So, you know...

[tyckspoon]

Steampunk is cool stuff, I like your friends shiny and at least one of those robotic dancers remind me a bit of Steam Powered Giraffe...

The makeup isn't as ornate and complete, so probably more inspired by the Giraffe fellows.. also one of them looks like The Jon, and he's not even in the band anymore, so it's probably not them


I am filing all the recent photos as further evidence in the 'Everybody in the Playground is ridiculously good looking' folder. Seriously, y'all.

(Serps, did you lower the neckline on that dress or is it just more, ah, aggressive undergarments? I don't remember it having quite that much decolletage the last time you had pics of it.)

[DraPrime]

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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[Elemental]

Me too, and I also need to expand my circles. So, you know...

Gladly would I go to markets with you Serpentine. There are quite a few baubles I need to waste my money on.
That, and I would be honoured to be included in your circles.

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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If I can have lemonade instead, you have a deal.

[SubLimePie]

Whilst I will briefly chime in with everyone else and say you are very pretty, I want to dwell more on this 'land of the pint' nonsense.
Does that mean pints aren't as universal as I thought? Because if so, I've been seriously underestimating the awesomeness of my island for too many years...

Indeed! As far as I know, the UK is the only place where real (read imperial, 568mL) pints are still used.
The people down in America use the ersatz pint (473mL), which I frankly don't get...
Why don't they switch to the metric system?
You can't get a satisfactorily filling pint of milk anywhere else .

In kendo outfit... feel the bushido!!

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*looking determined*

That's awesome! I totally recommend learning at least one self-defense method if only to develop the self-discipline

Well, since you're pretty good-looking in total, I guess this means you've got a naturally perfect hair.



Yeah, I'm Eng. IT in Uppsala, so it's a lot of programming for me.

And while I love the discoveries in the field of Biomedicine, Aerospace still sounds the most fun, if for nothing else because it's got the word "aero" in it. I'm hugely into flying. Space can wait, I just want the clouds.



I don't regret saying a word about your hair.

Also, ridiculous poses are the best. This is inarguable.

Thank you thank you, you're not bad looking yourself

Aerospace for us deals with both in and out of atmosphere flight, so SPACE is a go.
Lots of programming for us too... Loads of math and physics as well, not as much practical engineering practices.
This program's geared more towards research and graduate school than anything else.
And it's a roller coaster of a ride there too, about 40 hours of lectures+labs+tutorials a week.
What language(s) do you program in?
I'm pretty competent with C++, and am exploring C, Python, and Assembly right now.

[Serpentine]

What does it say about me that I thought the whitetext word there was gonna be "piss"?

The makeup isn't as ornate and complete, so probably more inspired by the Giraffe fellows.. also one of them looks like The Jon, and he's not even in the band anymore, so it's probably not them

Definitely wasn't them, but I'd be actually fairly surprised if they weren't an influence.

(Serps, did you lower the neckline on that dress or is it just more, ah, aggressive undergarments? I don't remember it having quite that much decolletage the last time you had pics of it.)

I'm pretty sure I've pretty much only worn that bra with it, but uh... yeah. "Aggressive" might be the word there I think it'd just been a while since I'd readjusted, and I didn't realise it had dropped that low...
You complaining?

Gladly would I go to markets with you Serpentine. There are quite a few baubles I need to waste my money on.
That, and I would be honoured to be included in your circles.

I wish I had monies to waste on baubles I'm gonna be pretty boring at the markets, I'm afraid, but I still like looking at them. You in the FB group?

[Elemental]

I wish I had monies to waste on baubles I'm gonna be pretty boring at the markets, I'm afraid, but I still like looking at them. You in the FB group?

Well, they'd be cheap baubles. But yes, they are fun to look at, you never know when you'll find something you've been looking for for ages.
And no... Unfortunately, I am not in any FaceBook group I am aware of. Likely because I'm opposed to FaceBook on flimsy philosophical grounds developed as an excuse to have a reason to not get it.

[Spanish_Paladin]

Indeed! As far as I know, the UK is the only place where real (read imperial, 568mL) pints are still used.
The people down in America use the ersatz pint (473mL), which I frankly don't get...
Why don't they switch to the metric system?
You can't get a satisfactorily filling pint of milk anywhere else .


That's awesome! I totally recommend learning at least one self-defense method if only to develop the self-discipline

Thank you thank you, you're not bad looking yourself

Aerospace for us deals with both in and out of atmosphere flight, so SPACE is a go.
Lots of programming for us too... Loads of math and physics as well, not as much practical engineering practices.
This program's geared more towards research and graduate school than anything else.
And it's a roller coaster of a ride there too, about 40 hours of lectures+labs+tutorials a week.
What language(s) do you program in?
I'm pretty competent with C++, and am exploring C, Python, and Assembly right now.

It's not very practical (you can't carry a bokken all the time ). But you are right about discipline, body , mind and spirit.

[FinnLassie]

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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An exquisite choice of attire, lad.

[OverdrivePrime]

You complaining?

Complainers will be executed! And then tortured!

[Fay Graydon]

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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I LOVE THAT BAND! *notes Dragonprime as a very cool person she would love to have a beer with*

[Teddy]

The makeup isn't as ornate and complete, so probably more inspired by the Giraffe fellows.. also one of them looks like The Jon, and he's not even in the band anymore, so it's probably not them

Well, I assumed that far as well. I just find their looks to be reminding me of SPG...

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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*prime dragon*

Dem eyes! It's like you pooled the collected essence of a thousand plushies and infused them into a pair of eyes. The kindness, it stares into my soul!

Aerospace for us deals with both in and out of atmosphere flight, so SPACE is a go.
Lots of programming for us too... Loads of math and physics as well, not as much practical engineering practices.
This program's geared more towards research and graduate school than anything else.
And it's a roller coaster of a ride there too, about 40 hours of lectures+labs+tutorials a week.

Well, space is cool too, so I hardly complain.

We're roughly 2 parts computer science and programming + 1 part mathematics, with a sprinkling of electronics and other peripheral courses on top.

And, I suppose we have it easier with roughly 20 hours of scheduled lectures + labs + tutorials a week, with another 20 intended for individual studies. Especially since I get along quite well on the scheduled activities and thus don't have to do a lot of individual studies.

What language(s) do you program in?
I'm pretty competent with C++, and am exploring C, Python, and Assembly right now.

In order of proficiency: Java, Erlang, C, SML, MIPS Assembler. I've done a smidgen of Python as well, so I suppose I've got more or less enough to read Python code, but I need to keep a fair share of introductions and reference sheets up to program it.


Pictures!

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Playing with cousins' dog. When I arrived, she ran out in front of our car, and the best way of getting her away from it was to jump out and run away in the other direction. This dog loves to play... :3



Sillying around with cousins and littlest brother at the fika table. We're all staring at little brother...


So magic sunsets...


4 o'clock in the morning, fog rolling down the opposite shoreline (taken with my phone, hence the poor quality)...


Chilling on the cape. These pine roots are awesome!



I really, REALLY love this saw. It eats through these tree trunks like they were wax.

[OverdrivePrime]

That sunset is the prettiest, Teddy.
Also, cool saw, bro!

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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You.
Come to Montreal this year somehow.
So we can have beer.

Edit: also, KeyLimePi is super cute and is totally classmates with my friends. Only UoT is big enough that probably not but YAY MORE CANADIANS.

Because if there's one thing the internet needs, it's more canadians. We're already the most represented on the internet proportional to population :P

[DraPrime]

If I can have lemonade instead, you have a deal.

Of course! Lemonade is good stuff.

I LOVE THAT BAND! *notes Dragonprime as a very cool person she would love to have a beer with*

An exquisite choice of attire, lad.

Sonata Arctica fans! Excellent!

Dem eyes! It's like you pooled the collected essence of a thousand plushies and infused them into a pair of eyes. The kindness, it stares into my soul!

Funny, I haven't heard comments like that about my eyes in a long time. Back when I was 13 years old there were a couple girls who liked to refer to me as "Bambi eyes" on account of them being very large, very brown, and very adorable. Good to know that I've still got it.

You.
Come to Montreal this year somehow.
So we can have beer.

I don't know about this year. Unless I all of a sudden manage to get enough cash together before August 25 to go all the way up there and back it isn't happening. Maybe in March when I have spring break, or during some long weekend before that. Preferably never in the winter. I've been up to Montreal then, and it is cold. Brrrrrr.

[Spanish_Paladin]

I loved Sonata Arctica, specially Ecliptica, Silence and Winterheart guild. But it brings to me very sad memories.

[Fay Graydon]

Sonata Arctica fans! Excellent!

How can anyone not love Sonata Arctica! Especially when they did Orchestral Covers of their own songs! When I heard them I thought I'd die!

[Malfunctioned]

So I think it's been aaaaaaaaagggeeeeeessss since I posted a photo here.

But yeah, this is what I look like now.

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[Dallas-Dakota]

Dragonprime would gladly enjoy a beer with you.

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I would like to accept that offer and return a offer of grilling steak and drinking some fine rum with you.As seen in the picture, I accepted the offer of a beer.

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[Fay Graydon]

I would like to accept that offer and return a offer of grilling steak and drinking some fine rum with you.As seen in the picture, I accepted the offer of a beer.

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You know this is the first time I've ever seen a picture of you Dallas XD

[Lix Lorn]

You know this is the first time I've ever seen a picture of you Dallas XD

You really have been gone a while, sweetie.

[DraPrime]

I would like to accept that offer and return a offer of grilling steak and drinking some fine rum with you.As seen in the picture, I accepted the offer of a beer.

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Ah D-D, you remind me that it's been too long since I last saw you. Sadly I have no rum or steak with which to accept your offer like you did mine, but I'll drink some of my brandy in your honor.

Some day I have got to get myself back to the Netherlands.

[Elemental]

Pictures!

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So magic sunsets...

Your Cousin's dog is rather adorable. If I were to have a dog, I would have a dog like that. Maybe.

And yes. That sunset is truly magical.

Also... Forgive me if I sound ignorant... But what exactly is a fika table? Based on the context, I would say its similar to a dining table... But I could be wrong.

Of course! Lemonade is good stuff.

Excellent. I shall endeavour to make this happen whenever I am next in American New England.

[Serpentine]

Teddy pics are always a pleasure, in more ways than one.

And no... Unfortunately, I am not in any FaceBook group I am aware of. Likely because I'm opposed to FaceBook on flimsy philosophical grounds developed as an excuse to have a reason to not get it.

Ah, rightio.
...
How did people organise things like this before Facebook?

Complainers will be executed! And then tortured!

I had an interesting day at uni the other day.

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I found the world's longest-running laboratory experiment and recipient of the IgNobel Prize, the Pitch Drop Experiment:



I met a very pretty duck:



And I also had some fun with some really interesting cloud formations. I took some scribbly sketches, but they're not online. I'm thinking about arting them up properly - either soft and smudgy and cloud-like, maybe chalk on black card, or refining them into proper pictures of beasts. I think the pegasus should be soft, at least...

In addition, it's August here, which is the last month of winter. This is what it was like on the south side of the Brisbane River this afternoon:

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Finally, my littlest nephew scoots like a pro.

[Elemental]

Ah, rightio.
...
How did people organise things like this before Facebook?


I had an interesting day at uni the other day.

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I found the world's longest-running laboratory experiment and recipient of the IgNobel Prize, the Pitch Drop Experiment:
-experiment-

I have a few theories. Most involve other methods of communication, but the leading theory involves magic.
Do you have Skype? If so, I could add you.

Ooh... The Pitch Drop Experiment... It is so cool, but so not very much so at the same time... You know what would really suck? Going to see it, and then finding out that the pitch dropped the moment you turned your back.

[Teddy]

That sunset is the prettiest, Teddy.
Also, cool saw, bro!

Indeed it is. It's a bit underexposed, which adds to the effect, but I was really pretty to be there as well. When this picture was taken, I was sitting on a railway bridge roughly a kilometre to the southwest and trying to make sense of my life, and this sunset really lightened up my heart. It was like a majestic bird beyond the horison had spread its wings across the sky, burning with orange fire and dying with red embers as the sun set further below the horison.

And yes, that saw is like nothing else. Ever since I started using it a few years ago, using any other saw has never been the same again. They're just so horrendously inefficient compared to this one of ours. I mean, on a good day and with a not too wide log, it can easily take off 0.5-1 centimetres per sawing. We have a chainsaw too, but I refuse to use it for as long as we have these.

Your Cousin's dog is rather adorable. If I were to have a dog, I would have a dog like that. Maybe.

Adorable, and she has the energy output of a nuclear powerplant. Now, that's what you should expect as well, for Samoyeds are sled dogs, and if there's something that characterises sled dogs, then it is that they're full of energy and almost inexhaustable.

And yes. That sunset is truly magical.

Pretty magical winged sunset. :3

We always get nice sunsets when we are up there. In fact, all weather formations are so much cooler up there than they ever are down here. With one exception, there was one evening down here when I looked up on the clouds and found myself looking down on another world. That was the most magical moment in all of my life...

Also... Forgive me if I sound ignorant... But what exactly is a fika table? Based on the context, I would say its similar to a dining table... But I could be wrong.

Fika is one of those Swedish words you can type into English Wikipedia and learn something new (technically, you'll have to go through a disambiguation page, but which one I talk about isn't ambiguous). A fika table is a table set for fika, much like a dinner table is a table set for dinner (or a table in the dining room, but shush). Saying that you sit around the fika table is roughly equivalent that you're having fika.

Teddy pics are always a pleasure, in more ways than one.

Oh, thank you!

I had an interesting day at uni the other day.

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I found the world's longest-running laboratory experiment and recipient of the IgNobel Prize, the Pitch Drop Experiment:
*experiment*

I met a very pretty duck:
*duck*

And I also had some fun with some really interesting cloud formations. I took some scribbly sketches, but they're not online. I'm thinking about arting them up properly - either soft and smudgy and cloud-like, maybe chalk on black card, or refining them into proper pictures of beasts. I think the pegasus should be soft, at least...

In addition, it's August here, which is the last month of winter. This is what it was like on the south side of the Brisbane River this afternoon:

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Finally, my littlest nephew scoots like a pro.

Hmm, the pitch drop experiment I hadn't heard of, the duck is pretty indeed, and I really want to see your cloudy animal sketches! I love clouds! :3

Also, scooting nephew is totally cute! :3


And in other notes, I'm totally and completely envious of DD's seemingly endless supply of mead. My family has a pair of friends making their own mead, but we only get a few bottles a year, so they become way too exclusive to drink at any times but special occations, and you can never have especially much of it, since both my parents and littlest brother will want to have some as well...