Mercenary Pen's Meticulously Planned Machine of Prose Random Banter #182

[Heliomance]

This song calms me down like no other. What songs calm you guys down?

This one. Works every time.

[wadledo]

This one. Probably won't work for anyone else though.

[CheesePirate]

This one works for me.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

The entire album "The Beginning Stages Of..." by Polyphonic Spree.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I didn't listen to music to calm down.

How's uni, Gwyn?

[CheesePirate]

I also find this sort of thing very soothing.

[Teddy]

This song is probably the most soothing song I have in my library. It doesn't matter what mood I am in, it always put me in that calm, low, introspective state of mind that's perfect for processing any sad emotions I happen to harbour. I like that song.

[MoonCat]

This helps me sleep at night.

ION: This is the best thing in the world due to sheer awesomeness. Part of me wants to play it at school to the friend who was being harrassed by meme-loving girls with the chorus last year.

(Last year I resolved that by saying "aww, look, they're flirting!", to which they all said "ugh" and never bothered him again. )

[Dimonite]

This. Nothing like it to stave off the madness.

[CurlyKitGirl]

So, ulcers.
Normally I grin and bear them because they go away pretty soon.

These two though? Are positioned directly in front of my bottom from teeth just a little bit above that weird bit of skin connecting your lips to your gums.

In other words: the slightest unconscious movement canes like a bitch. So I turn to Bonjela, it never hurt before, so it'll be fine.
Previously we had kiddie Bonjela. Now we have adult Bonjela. OW.
So looking around for something less painful I see Bonjela Complete Plus which is kind of like a liquid plaster type thing. Naturally I applied it because I couldn't sleep, and needed relief.
Once, when I was ten and at my first Guide camp I tripped and grazed up my entire left shin on some gravel. It wasn't much, so I didn't do anything about it after wincing and wiping the gravel off my leg.
A day later, I was in shorts when some rude so-and-so pushed me off the path and I fell on my knees into a patch off stinging nettles.
That hurt lots.
So when I tell you that applying Bonjela Complete Plus to my ulcers felt exactly like someone rubbing stinging nettles into an open wound I am not exaggerating in the slightest.
That is bloody awful to use in so many ways: it stings to apply, you have to air dry the goo so your mouth aches from holding the affected area away from the rest of your mouth; by drying part of your mouth it feels awful when you let go; the 'plaster' makes you feel like you numbed part of your mouth and tastes like rubber.
And yet it works. The ulcers already feel a lot better, but by God is it horrible to use!

ION:
Watched The Prince of Egypt again last night. That film is amazing no matter what. Unless you absolutely detest all forms of animation.
And that music!
Got to say I prefer the children's chorus of 'Ashira El Adonai' over the adult one. I think those are also the only words in Hebrew I know absolutely.
Still, my favourite song is 'All I Ever Wanted'/'The Plagues'.

IRN:
Also watched Hunchback of Notre Dame for the nth time last night.
[insert here all previous rants about said film]
[insert here yet more derogatory remarks concerning the gargoyles]
[insert here unending love for 'Heaven's Light'/'Hellfire', but especially the latter]
[insert here link to said song]

[LaZodiac]

The gargoyles, to me, don't even exist. I've excised them from my memory (it helps I haven't seen the movie more then once). For me, their is only one cartoon gargoyle family that exists. And they have to contest with Xanatos.

[Cobra_Ikari]

The gargoyles, to me, don't even exist. I've excised them from my memory (it helps I haven't seen the movie more then once). For me, their is only one cartoon gargoyle family that exists. And they have to contest with Xanatos.

...and are named for locations in NYC? =3

I really need to rewatch that show someday. =3

[LaZodiac]

...and are named for locations in NYC? =3

I really need to rewatch that show someday. =3

They also had a very good episode involving gun safety. The end of that episode was not "guns are bad" but instead "guns are god damn dangerous, but like all tools, if respected, will not harm anyone you don't choose to aim at"

[CurlyKitGirl]

The gargoyles, to me, don't even exist. I've excised them from my memory (it helps I haven't seen the movie more then once). For me, their is only one cartoon gargoyle family that exists. And they have to contest with Xanatos.

I've seen this film dozens of times; I basically delete their 'song' for Not Fitting and excise any moment of humour I dislike or anything that suggests they're not figments of the imagination.
And am very confused when people talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame II, since when was Disney planning a sequel?

I really need to rewatch that show someday. =3

Mmmm, I used to watch that when I was younger. Never saw much of it though due to weird copyrights or something. I think I saw about twenty episodes all told.

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

[LaZodiac]

I've seen this film dozens of times; I basically delete their 'song' for Not Fitting and excise any moment of humour I dislike or anything that suggests they're not figments of the imagination.
And am very confused when people talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame II, since when was Disney planning a sequel?

Mmmm, I used to watch that when I was younger. Never saw much of it though due to weird copyrights or something. I think I saw about twenty episodes all told.

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

I don't know what you're talking about either. The only Disney sequel are the Alladin ones.

Do you have a can of compressed air? Blowing that at it could help jostle out anything making it stick.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

Pour flat coke on the key. Should fix it.

[LaZodiac]

Pour flat coke on the key. Should fix it.

I'm going to say no. I'm probably just being ignorant here, but liquids and technology don't mix as far as I'm aware.

[Devmaar]

Hopefully, about 10 hours from now I will be in mu uni flat

[Teddy]

[insert here link to said song]

I had to wage a minor war against YouTube to make it play, but I came out victorious (although I suppose YouTube managed to milk another penny out of their advertisers thanks to my refreshings). Victory makes all good sweeter.

They also had a very good episode involving gun safety. The end of that episode was not "guns are bad" but instead "guns are god damn dangerous, but like all tools, if respected, will not harm anyone you don't choose to aim at"

Bah, forbid them all, I say. Anything smaller than a tank lacks dignity.

ION:
My enter key keeps sticking, any way to fix it without ripping it out entirely?

Well, depending on your keyboard, prying it out and cleaning underneath it might actually be the best idea. It's probably best done on a classical keyboard, they look a bit more robust than the laptop ones.

[MoonCat]

Due to my having essentially no idea what the hell I was doing at the time, I watched the sequel to HoND first, enjoyed it for the 'ooh, shiny', considered it on par with anything else Disney came up with (I had a really low opinion of Disney at the time, HoND was one of the first really good ones I ever saw.), and then watched the original.
I think I fell out of my chair when Frollo showed up on his horse.
I also thought he had died of a heart attack at the end of Hellfire, because of him falling to the floor. I was so confused I didn't even get the full amazingness of the song until I watched it again.
I once watched a youtube set of all of HoND, where they had cut out every single clip of the gargoyles. It was amazing.

[LaZodiac]

Bah, forbid them all, I say. Anything smaller than a tank lacks dignity.

I think I know an anime you'd like...

Girls Und Panzer

[CurlyKitGirl]

I don't know what you're talking about either. The only Disney sequel are the Alladin ones.

Those were pretty good I have to admit. And Lion King II.

Do you have a can of compressed air? Blowing that at it could help jostle out anything making it stick.

Only deodorants and insect repellents.

Pour flat coke on the key. Should fix it.

This sounds fishy somehow. :smallsuspicious:

Hopefully, about 10 hours from now I will be in mu uni flat

Ooooh, where to?

I had to wage a minor war against YouTube to make it play, but I came out victorious (although I suppose YouTube managed to milk another penny out of their advertisers thanks to my refreshings). Victory makes all good sweeter.

Yeah, it's annoying that it keeps jamming at 3:06, fortunately I just keep hitting play again and again until it worked.

Well, depending on your keyboard, prying it out and cleaning underneath it might actually be the best idea. It's probably best done on a classical keyboard, they look a bit more robust than the laptop ones.

'Tis a laptop keyboard.
Normally when keys jam I just work a fingernail under it until it works, but it doesn't seem to work with this key.
Next stop: a screwdriver.

Due to my having essentially no idea what the hell I was doing at the time, I watched the sequel to HoND first, enjoyed it for the 'ooh, shiny', considered it on par with anything else Disney came up with (I had a really low opinion of Disney at the time, HoND was one of the first really good ones I ever saw.), and then watched the original.
I think I fell out of my chair when Frollo showed up on his horse.
I also thought he had died of a heart attack at the end of Hellfire, because of him falling to the floor. I was so confused I didn't even get the full amazingness of the song until I watched it again.

Seriously, what sequel? Disney wouldn't stoop to completely destroying the meaning of the film by then making appearance mean everything; putting a camp gay villain in and then making him also ugly and unpleasant, cementing bad stereotypes; completely destroying whatever last hope I had of the gargoyles being imaginary by having other people interact with them; and don't even get me started on the crappy music on that film which utterly shatters the grandness and size of the original; the worse-than-telly quality of the animation; the deadness of the performance; the complete insincerity evident in every single cell of the film; AND THE CHILDREN!
And how all the original gypsies are now goodie two-shoes and the circus folk are now all pure evil with the exception of the one 'ugly' woman. And you can tell she's ugly and an outcast because she's a little clumsy. And it's not like that ruins the original intended message of the first film.
Or that switching everything from Complex And Interesting (excepting Phoebus and those GODDAMNED GARGOYLES) to even more cut-and-dry than black and white, or implying that travellers are child-stealing thieves and perverts!
Or ruining the heartwarming ending of the first film.
Or completely depopulating the city of Paris.
Or the music!
AND COMPLETELY IGNORING THE ENTIRE PLOT OF THE FIRST FILM.

OH MY GOD I HATE THAT FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not that it exists of course.

But I do remember the first time I saw Hunchback. I was six. Talk about a revelation; I would not be surprised if that film - and the music, particularly 'Hellfire' - were what got me interested in choral music, Latin and classical music. Also depictions of various religions in various media. And animation. And music.

I once watched a youtube set of all of HoND, where they had cut out every single clip of the gargoyles. It was amazing.

I've seen that version, it's pretty good, but the jerkiness of the cut annoys me. It also doesn't cut the gargoyles as much as I like so I get jerkiness editing for slightly less Idiocy.

[wadledo]

I am slightly ashamed to say that I was far to happy to see CurlyKitGirl on the top of the page when I looked at the forums.

Also, Disney does that with practically every sequel.

[LaZodiac]

I'll be honest, I didn't actually like Hunchback when I saw it as a kid.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I am slightly ashamed to say that I was far to happy to see CurlyKitGirl on the top of the page when I looked at the forums.

I'm just that awesome that merely thinking about me makes your day brighter.[/enormous ego]
Probably you know that I'm good for a rant, and my rants tend to be amusing? Or at least diverting for a few minutes.

Also, Disney does that with practically every sequel.

Which is why I almost never watch them. Aside from the Aladdin ones and Lion King II (which really is surprisingly good, with a few pretty good songs) I actually kind of like Cinderella III.
The Prince does something.

EVEN I HAVE GUILTY PLEASURES. ONES I ACTUALLY FEEL ASHAMED TO HAVE!!

[LaZodiac]

Cinderella 3 was actually really good. It furthered some development, made out main characters actually have character, and it had a reletively interesting plot (what happens when evil gets their hands on the power to make dreams come true).

The Alladin movies are still the best sequels though.

[Heliomance]

What about Toy Story? That has sequels.

[wadledo]

Which is why I almost never watch them. Aside from the Aladdin ones and Lion King II (which really is surprisingly good, with a few pretty good songs) I actually kind of like Cinderella III.
The Prince does something.

Lion King 1 1/2 was surprisingly good, for a spin off of a TV show of a movie of a storybook.

[Aedilred]

I don't think the Pixar films count.

[Dimonite]

I don't think the Pixar films count.

Why not? They're Disney.