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

[MoonCat]

I'm done! I'll be able to participate in real conversations now!

Tomorrow.

[LaZodiac]

Question for the Pokemon buffs: Which of the games have the most/best post-Elite 4 content?

Black and White. Half the cities are actually unaccesibly untill post game (well, post plot).

Infact, MAJOR SPOILERS:

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You don't even get to fight the champion during your "Elite Four" run, since part of the plot is that the bad guys interrupt this. It is only during the post game that you can even become champion!

I'm done! I'll be able to participate in real conversations now!

Tomorrow.

Ok Moony. I'll be here, ever present as always, to help if need be

[Mutant Sheep]

Black and White. Half the cities are actually unaccesibly untill post game (well, post plot).

Infact, MAJOR SPOILERS:

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You don't even get to fight the champion during your "Elite Four" run, since part of the plot is that the bad guys interrupt this. It is only during the post game that you can even become champion!

Coooool. *doesn't want Piplup 2, the cutequel, another fire/fighting, or more of annoying green haired guys you have to fight every 3 hours of plot*

Ok Moony. I'll be here, ever present as always, to help if need be

I will be here, almost never, to make a hindsightidly-stupid comment and then come back 9 hours later.

[Teddy]

Man, you guys are always doing something fancy. It's so cool.

While I sure love travelling, and especially at night, it's never struck me before to call it fancy...

That said, we saw both a fox and an elk on our way up. The latter was shrouded in mist, and appeared as a dark shade with glowing eyes and an almost feline look to it before we got close to it. Monstrous and distorted, the visual made quite an impression (the good kind) on me.

What would you need a pink hippo for for sleeping? Do you mean you can't go to sleep without a plushie ?

I can, but I sleep better with one than without. Last night was a prime example of this: too bright, too cold and nothing properly sized to hug. I'm actually pretty tired today.

;________;

If one day I can write in French half as well as you write in English, then I shall be more than pleased. It's my only shot at a second language... Latin doesn't count

I've had English all the way from grade 3 to 12. Heck, in grade 10 to 12, I even picked a course (that is, the whole three-year package) that specialised in the language. I'd say that I have my rights to be able to handle English on a near native level after that.

I have contacted my budgie agents in Sweden -- they will see that your pink hippo remains safe while you are away from him. [her?]

Naww...

And it's "her". She even has cute little babies in her tummy. :3

ION:
My phone is stupid. I had 5 pips of battery power remaining (out of 7) when it suddenly went *beep* and claimed the battery to be almost empty. Now it's down to 1 pip, which, while I believe it to be overly alarmist, still means that I'll probably be left with no Internet access by tomorrow.

And I mourn the lack of cameras. This morning, the lake was so still that the reflection of the opposite side in its surface was nigh perfect. You could turn your head upside down and be perfectly fooled by the image. And the sky looked even better in the reflection. It's sad that I can't share the image with you...

We also found a dead and mostly scavenged elk. It's flesh and skin is gone, and the hair lies as dead pine needles on the ground and the bare white bones. The legs remain intact, however. How curious...

[LaZodiac]

Coooool. *doesn't want Piplup 2, the cutequel, another fire/fighting, or more of annoying green haired guys you have to fight every 3 hours of plot*

I will be here, almost never, to make a hindsightidly-stupid comment and then come back 9 hours later.

Looks like we'll just have to agree to disagree, on various points. Specificly, Oshawott isn't a "Piplup 2". I agree that I'd like something other then fire fighting. And N is awesome.

While I sure love travelling, and especially at night, it's never struck me before to call it fancy...

That said, we saw both a fox and an elk on our way up. The latter was shrouded in mist, and appeared as a dark shade with glowing eyes and an almost feline look to it before we got close to it. Monstrous and distorted, the visual made quite an impression (the good kind) on me.

I can, but I sleep better with one than without. Last night was a prime example of this: too bright, too cold and nothing properly sized to hug. I'm actually pretty tired today.

I've had English all the way from grade 3 to 12. Heck, in grade 10 to 12, I even picked a course (that is, the whole three-year package) that specialised in the language. I'd say that I have my rights to be able to handle English on a near native level after that.

Naww...

And it's "her". She even has cute little babies in her tummy. :3

ION:
My phone is stupid. I had 5 pips of battery power remaining (out of 7) when it suddenly went *beep* and claimed the battery to be almost empty. Now it's down to 1 pip, which, while I believe it to be overly alarmist, still means that I'll probably be left with no Internet access by tomorrow.

And I mourn the lack of cameras. This morning, the lake was so still that the reflection of the opposite side in its surface was nigh perfect. You could turn your head upside down and be perfectly fooled by the image. And the sky looked even better in the reflection. It's sad that I can't share the image with you...

We also found a dead and mostly scavenged elk. It's flesh and skin is gone, and the hair lies as dead pine needles on the ground and the bare white bones. The legs remain intact, however. How curious...

As someone who hasn't done anything her entire life, hearing about all this doing of stuff is fancy to me.

Oh man, foxes!

If I could, I'd make myself an equivilent to a plushie. I like being helpful

Awe, it's really too bad you couldn't take a picture of that. It sounds like it'd be cool

...less cool is a mutilated corpse. Be safe Teddy!

[HalfTangible]

I shouldn't get impatient waiting for drawings from a guy who's moving into a dorm and has chronic tendonitis... Especially when i should be doing my english essay instead of posting on here constantly and refreshing said guy's quest in another tab.

[Devmaar]

If by "horrifying" you mean FANTASTIC.

Okay, after my computer was being screwy all day (I fixed it, don't worry) I figured out the obvious solution: I just put it on Google Drive. You should all be able to see it here. (and yes, I know it sort of just ends. Any help on the conclusion would be much appreciated)

I for one, really liked this.
I also don't feel it needs any more of a conclusion.

[Dimonite]

I for one, really liked this.
I also don't feel it needs any more of a conclusion.

Thanks!

[Cobra_Ikari]

As someone who hasn't done anything her entire life, hearing about all this doing of stuff is fancy to me.

Oh man, foxes!

If I could, I'd make myself an equivilent to a plushie. I like being helpful

Aww...you've totally done awesome things, I'm sure. Like be Canadian! =D

You and your foxes. =3

*snuggles Zodiplushie* ^_^

[CurlyKitGirl]

You know the world has inverted when:

you walk through the living room and hear your nearly fifty-two year old mother singing along to Gangnam Style. Which is on your local radio station.

My face:
:BIGWHUT:

[Cobra_Ikari]

You know the world has inverted when:

you walk through the living room and hear your nearly fifty-two year old mother singing along to Gangnam Style. Which is on your local radio station.

My face:
:BIGWHUT:

...your mom speaks Korean? =3

[Maxios]

So, every year for the past few years my parents and I have gone to the Feast of San Gennaro in Los Angeles. Last week, we realized we probably wouldn't have enough money to attend last night because of our bills. My mother did the bills earlier, and then mere moments later we get three paychecks: my father's, a bonus from my father's that was nearly the exact same amount as the bills, and my mother's.

[CurlyKitGirl]

...your mum speaks Korean? =3

Well, she was trying to sing along. She is fifty-two after all, and she can barely speak French.

[Coidzor]

As someone who hasn't done anything her entire life, hearing about all this doing of stuff is fancy to me.

One of the good things about the information age is that you can learn how to do just about anything you'd want to do with digging.

So what do you want to do?

[LaZodiac]

One of the good things about the information age is that you can learn how to do just about anything you'd want to do with digging.

So what do you want to do?

Honestly, I'm not sure.

[Aedilred]

Honestly, I'm not sure.

Why don't you try a few things and see if you enjoy them?

[Tragic_Comedian]

Doing's not terribly important. Being is.

Why don't you try a few things and see if you enjoy them?

But this is probably the best way to approach the situation.

[HalfTangible]

Doing's not terribly important. Being is.


But this is probably the best way to approach the situation.

You are what you do. To do nothing is to be nothing.

Doing is VERY important.

[LaZodiac]

Why don't you try a few things and see if you enjoy them?

I'd probably be more inclined to do things if I had people to do em with. But I'm working towards that.

[AtlanteanTroll]

One of the good things about the information age is that you can learn how to do just about anything you'd want to do with digging.

Imitating some dude on Youtube or following some ASK.com instructions and actually being good at something are pretty different though.

You are what you do. To do nothing is to be nothing.

Doing is VERY important.

Seconded.

I'd probably be more inclined to do things if I had people to do em with. But I'm working towards that.

Bah. Friends are overrated.

I don't actually believe that, I'm just angsty.

[Tragic_Comedian]

You are what you do. To do nothing is to be nothing.

Doing is VERY important.

Well, I'd say self-perception is very important. So if you think you are what you do, then, yes, doing is important.

Example: A_T started percieving himself as a bird, and now he is one.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Well, I'd say self-perception is very important. So if you think you are what you do, then, yes, doing is important.

How can you have any self-perception if you do nothing?

[Mercenary Pen]

I'd probably be more inclined to do things if I had people to do em with. But I'm working towards that.

I recommend National Novel Writing Month for this- but you don't want to take my word for it- I completed it three times already so I must be crazy by definition...

There do seem to be quite a few Canadians that take part in it though, so you might even find some locally.

[HalfTangible]

Well, I'd say self-perception is very important. So if you think you are what you do, then, yes, doing is important.

Self-perception (in my experience) tends to hinge on how much you do or don't accomplish.

[Coidzor]

Imitating some dude on Youtube or following some ASK.com instructions and actually being good at something are pretty different though.

It can give a good survey and point one in the right direction, however.

[Aedilred]

I'd probably be more inclined to do things if I had people to do em with. But I'm working towards that.

The best way to meet people is usually to go out and do things; then you meet people with common interests while doing them.

I appreciate it can be daunting, but it's easy to get into a vicious circle of inactivity: you don't do anything because you have no-one to do it with, and you have no-one to do it with because you don't do anything. Then one day you wake up and realise you're thirty and you haven't done anything worth mentioning.

[Coidzor]

I appreciate it can be daunting, but it's easy to get into a vicious circle of inactivity: you don't do anything because you have no-one to do it with, and you have no-one to do it with because you don't do anything. Then one day you wake up and realise you're thirty and you haven't done anything worth mentioning.

It's also a surefire recipe for depression in the meantime. :/ Stasis has always been my least favorite state.

[MoonCat]

Guess whooooo

Didn't get do their massive Swistzerland presentation today because everyone else took so long, bombed a math test

AND GOT THEIR KICKSTARTER PACKAGE?!?!?!!?!?

SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!

(I'm not very good at sulking.)

[AtlanteanTroll]

It's also a surefire recipe for depression in the meantime. :/ Stasis has always been my least favorite state.

Indeed it is. When you feel down go hang out. Good way to feel better. You smile for a bit, even if it's dis-genuine, and more often than not you'll find a real one creeping onto your face.

[Coidzor]

Indeed it is. When you feel down go hang out. Good way to feel better. You smile for a bit, even if it's dis-genuine, and more often than not you'll find a real one creeping onto your face.

That reminds me, I need new people to hang out with.

(I'm not very good at sulking.)

Wait, why are you sulking again? Or is this just part of that whole being a teenager thing where instead of being sulky I opted to just spend my teenage years being preoccupied with the fairer sex at every waking moment?