Kneenibble's Knack for Knightly Knickers: a Knell for Random Banter #184

[Asta Kask]

That would be a very sweet gesture, and I would definitely send something Canadian in return. Hmm, maple syrup would be a bit trite [or would it?]... we don't really have anything culturally seasonal...

The shipping costs would be too much to consider, in all probability

I shipped a book to Vancouver - cost about $10 in shipping. Of course, it didn't weight near as much as a Julmust bottle (1.5 l).

[Mynxae]

Speaking of Hallowe'en... I still need my avatar for it made >.< Kinda hoped that Ele would but he's mean So here I am with nothing scary for next week unless a miracle happens and my pony gets drawn in two days by an awesome avatarist /sigh I'm doomed. :/

[Kneenibble]

I shipped a book to Vancouver - cost about $10 in shipping. Of course, it didn't weight near as much as a Julmust bottle (1.5 l).

Hmm, that's not nearly as much as I would have thought.

Speaking of Hallowe'en... I still need my avatar for it made >.< Kinda hoped that Ele would but he's mean So here I am with nothing scary for next week unless a miracle happens and my pony gets drawn in two days by an awesome avatarist /sigh I'm doomed. :/

Perhaps you shouldn't be keeping him up all night anymore.

still biting my tongue

[Dimonite]

Speaking of Hallowe'en... I still need my avatar for it made >.< Kinda hoped that Ele would but he's mean So here I am with nothing scary for next week unless a miracle happens and my pony gets drawn in two days by an awesome avatarist /sigh I'm doomed. :/

I don't see a particular problem with not having a Hollowe'en avatar (says the guy who's never going to change the dragonpuppy his sister drew for his birthday several years ago).

[AsteriskAmp]

Mmm... Pepsi...

I've already taught myself Inkscape and I'm too lazy to do the same with Photoshop. Especially seeing as I don't have it.

It's quite simple, I never thought I would do anything beyond Fireworks for basic stuff and last thing I knew I end up in a diplomate for graphic design and learning Illustrator and real Photoshop.

ION: NO SCHOOL TODAY!!! Woot! Now the problem of "How do I keep myself occupied for the hours I would normally be in class" is presented...

The answer is simple. gather round with classmates and make bottle rockets.

Speaking of Hallowe'en... I still need my avatar for it made >.< Kinda hoped that Ele would but he's mean So here I am with nothing scary for next week unless a miracle happens and my pony gets drawn in two days by an awesome avatarist /sigh I'm doomed. :/

From my remembering ponies aren't particularly hard to do, firing an inkscape tutorial will be faster than waiting for a request to be replied most likely.

I don't see a particular problem with not having a Hollowe'en avatar (says the guy who's never going to change the dragonpuppy his sister drew for his birthday several years ago).

Yah, the real event however is the cosplayer gathering that occurs that same day; for which it IS a problem not having a costume.

[Coidzor]

I can never decide what to be for Halloween. I love dressing up too much, and if I do come upon a theme I like, the problem is that I'd need between 1 and 4 other people to cooperate for the theme to properly be played out. :/ None of my friends like that kind of long-term commitment though.

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I'm currently wondering what to do this year between all of the spare stuff I have, like the horned helmet, the camo pants, the olive drab fatigue jacket, the blue robe and cowl with a silver triangle on front, the black robe and cowl, the graduation robe and mortarboard, the two labcoats (one with faded bloodstains, the other not), the "vampire" semi-translucent black cape, the various trenchcoats and trilbys/stetsons/fedoras around the house, the pinstripe suit, the sky blue suit, the cobbled-together late 70s/brazillian fusion leisure "suit" ensemble.

I guess there's also the Ushanka. The horse femur is a bit too cumbersome and potentially a weapon to really go anywhere with as a prop, unfortunately, though it was pretty good with my long hair for the brief photo shoot I did last halloween.

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I suppose I could see if there's still a wig or get a feminine haircut/styling and go as a bearded lady by borrowing that green sequined serpentine dress? Probably would have to borrow a lot of makeup, enough that I'd have to sit down and draw up a plan of action with her though. Or annoy the LGBTA thread/Kneenibble and OD on tutorial links of interest if I shaved everything off.

Don't think I've really lost enough weight for that though, haha. x.x Who'd've thought I was 50 pounds overweight when I thought I was only about 20 or so. I mean, other than the BMI which I figured was bogus anyway.

Or maybe the problem is that I just acquire so many pieces of costumes that it seems silly to set out to construct an entirely new one from the ground up?

Edit: Oh, and how could I forget the two old gas masks that I haven't really figured out how to wear and be able to breath in and I can't combine with my glasses and I don't have any contacts so they're not really options except as a weird form of necklace or hat.

[Mutant Sheep]

Speaking of Hallowe'en... I still need my avatar for it made >.< Kinda hoped that Ele would but he's mean So here I am with nothing scary for next week unless a miracle happens and my pony gets drawn in two days by an awesome avatarist /sigh I'm doomed. :/

Bah, your avvie is scary enough. Its a PONY.

ION: Wow 10 day trial for Pandaland is out. Why not 2 weeks ago when I had a 5 day weekend? I'm gonna wait for Christmas like I did last time I got free sub time. Or I could just not use it. An option.

I can never decide what to be for Halloween. I love dressing up too much, and if I do come upon a theme I like, the problem is that I'd need between 1 and 4 other people to cooperate for the theme to properly be played out. :/ None of my friends like that kind of long-term commitment though.

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I'm currently wondering what to do this year between all of the spare stuff I have, like the horned helmet, the camo pants, the olive drab fatigue jacket, the blue robe and cowl with a silver triangle on front, the black robe and cowl, the graduation robe and mortarboard, the two labcoats (one with faded bloodstains, the other not), the "vampire" semi-translucent black cape, the various trenchcoats and trilbys/stetsons/fedoras around the house, the pinstripe suit, the sky blue suit, the cobbled-together late 70s/brazillian fusion leisure "suit" ensemble.

I guess there's also the Ushanka. The horse femur is a bit too cumbersome and potentially a weapon to really go anywhere with as a prop, unfortunately, though it was pretty good with my long hair for the brief photo shoot I did last halloween.

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I suppose I could see if there's still a wig or get a feminine haircut/styling and go as a bearded lady by borrowing that green sequined serpentine dress? Probably would have to borrow a lot of makeup, enough that I'd have to sit down and draw up a plan of action with her though. Or annoy the LGBTA thread/Kneenibble and OD on tutorial links of interest if I shaved everything off.

Don't think I've really lost enough weight for that though, haha. x.x Who'd've thought I was 50 pounds overweight when I thought I was only about 20 or so. I mean, other than the BMI which I figured was bogus anyway.

Or maybe the problem is that I just acquire so many pieces of costumes that it seems silly to set out to construct an entirely new one from the ground up?

Edit: Oh, and how could I forget the two old gas masks that I haven't really figured out how to wear and be able to breath in and I can't combine with my glasses and I don't have any contacts so they're not really options except as a weird form of necklace or hat.

Coid. You just worried so much you rank in the 'teenage girl' category on my 'fashion' chart.

[HalfTangible]

anybody else unable to log in to msn?

[Devmaar]

anybody else unable to log in to msn?

I am, but it could be because I lack an account

[TheCountAlucard]

So, anyone got any advice for making the crown on a Princess Bubblegum outfit, on a relatively low budget?

Not for me, of course.

[Teddy]

When I was researching Swedish cuisine [which may or may not have had to do with my failed attempts to seduce H Birchgrove], I came across this thing Julmust. It sounds delicious and I quite wish to drink it.

The chances that I will ever get some, however, are disappointingly measly.

I'd send you a bottle of my favourite variety (one with a stronger flavour than the most, perfect for sipping), because shipping for a single bottle is definitely survivable, but I'm not sure about the shipping regulations for foodstuff...

I shipped a book to Vancouver - cost about $10 in shipping. Of course, it didn't weight near as much as a Julmust bottle (1.5 l).

Hmm, I've never been too fond of the Julmust you'd find in a plastic bottle. Then again, I'm accustomed to a stronger variety than most other sorts, so most of the others just taste watered down to me. Also, I'm slightly sceptical toward plastic bottles as containers in general. It's probably just a figment of my imagination, but it feels like quality only comes in a glass bottle...

[Coidzor]

Teddy: If marketing is to be believed, there's nothing like a cool glass bottle.

Also, if you've got problems, ain't gonn' be a plastic bottle that'll solve 'em, oh no sir.

So, anyone got any advice for making the crown on a Princess Bubblegum outfit, on a relatively low budget?

Not for me, of course.

Wire, gold spraypaint, and foil or just wire and more plasticy gold-colored foil such as can be acquired at a craftgoods store.

Even lower budget, just crib this nice lady's instructions?

Coid. You just worried so much you rank in the 'teenage girl' category on my 'fashion' chart.

I'll never be that thin.

OMG OMG OMG! No one is ever going to ask me to prom looking like this. And so forth.

[Saposhiente]

I'll never be that thin.

See, that's what a teenage girl would think

[Kneenibble]

I just finished Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I need a hug, or laudanum, or something.

It does not help that I have the same name as the main character, so it feels like the voices are addressing me personally -- and it also does not help that my cellar looks a helluva lot like Brennenburg Castle, and could very likely grow patches of mucousy cobwebby pink pulsating flesh-wads as the symptom of an unknowable intelligence intent on my utter destruction.

Somebody hold me

I'd send you a bottle of my favourite variety (one with a stronger flavour than the most, perfect for sipping), because shipping for a single bottle is definitely survivable, but I'm not sure about the shipping regulations for foodstuff...

Hmm, I've never been too fond of the Julmust you'd find in a plastic bottle. Then again, I'm accustomed to a stronger variety than most other sorts, so most of the others just taste watered down to me. Also, I'm slightly sceptical toward plastic bottles as containers in general. It's probably just a figment of my imagination, but it feels like quality only comes in a glass bottle...

I share this aesthetic. Glass is more pleasing in all respects, and the entire aesthetic experience of a thing must be taken into account -- not merely the taste of its contents. Which seem to be affected by the container, anyways, but even if not.

You will find, among some cultures, an attention to the ornamentation of gifts and even packaging as much as the gift or consumer object itself. The Japanese, for example. The aesthetic idea at work in such gestures touches me at my soul.

If you sent me this thing, I would frolic expansively through a snow-covered field in unbounded enthusiasm and glee. And, as I said to Kaskatoon, reciprocate with whatever appropriate object you please. But of course, such matters are awkward, and not to be obliged.

[LaZodiac]

I just finished Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I need a hug, or laudanum, or something.

It does not help that I have the same name as the main character, so it feels like the voices are addressing me personally -- and it also does not help that my cellar looks a helluva lot like Brennenburg Castle, and could very likely grow patches of mucousy cobwebby pink pulsating flesh-wads as the symptom of an unknowable intelligence intent on my utter destruction.

Somebody hold me

Zodi to the rescue! *hugs tightly*

Fun fact, the game actually changed the name of the main character depending on what you tell it your name is. So the only reason why they are adressing you personally is because you, essentially, told them too.

[Kneenibble]

Zodi to the rescue! *hugs tightly*

Fun fact, the game actually changed the name of the main character depending on what you tell it your name is. So the only reason why they are adressing you personally is because you, essentially, told them too.

*huuuuugs and mumbles weeping*

You may be trying to comfort me, but no. I have seen playthroughs online. The main character's name is fixed. ;____; It just happens to be mine.

[Mutant Sheep]

*huuuuugs and mumbles weeping*

You may be trying to comfort me, but no. I have seen playthroughs online. The main character's name is fixed. ;____; It just happens to be mine.

I no Knee's name, I no Knee's naaaame. *playground birdsong voice*

[LaZodiac]

*huuuuugs and mumbles weeping*

You may be trying to comfort me, but no. I have seen playthroughs online. The main character's name is fixed. ;____; It just happens to be mine.

...huh. Then apparently I've heard from Dragonprime wrong, and that means you have the same name as him.

I'm going to have to punish him later...you can help, of course, if it makes you feel better

(give in to the whip)

[Kneenibble]

I no Knee's name, I no Knee's naaaame. *playground birdsong voice*

And yet -- after we butted heads on Aiur, and Char, and all other infested worlds, did you not already catch its whiff?

Will you use this wisdom irresponsibly, and summon me into chalky circumscriptions of service? ;___; Or will you guard my secret and call on me only in true need?

...huh. Then apparently I've heard from Dragonprime wrong, and that means you have the same name as him.

I'm going to have to punish him later...you can help, of course, if it makes you feel better

(give in to the whip)

*ahem*
I'll do my best not to indulge the mental images that have arisen from your post.

I can't promise to try, but I promise to try to try.

[Mutant Sheep]

And yet -- after we butted heads on Aiur, and Char, and all other infested worlds, did you not already catch its whiff?

Will you use this wisdom irresponsibly, and summon me into chalky circumscriptions of service? ;___; Or will you guard my secret and call on me only in true need?

I wont tell anyone to just google The Dark Descent then, I guess. However, my battle.net account works and Starcraft isn't down... care to d-d-d-duel?

...huh. Then apparently I've heard from Dragonprime wrong, and that means you have the same name as him.

I'm going to have to punish him later...you can help, of course, if it makes you feel better

(give in to the whip)

*gasp!* DP is (going to be) a man of the cloth! SHAME, good madam. SHAME.

*ahem*
I'll do my best not to indulge the mental images that have arisen from your post.

I can't promise to try, but I promise to try to try.

Good for you, fight your urges and rock out! *riffs out like a boss*

[Nix Nihila]

I just finished Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I need a hug, or laudanum, or something.

It does not help that I have the same name as the main character, so it feels like the voices are addressing me personally -- and it also does not help that my cellar looks a helluva lot like Brennenburg Castle, and could very likely grow patches of mucousy cobwebby pink pulsating flesh-wads as the symptom of an unknowable intelligence intent on my utter destruction.

Somebody hold me

*hugs*

This time of year is always when I am most fascinated by horror. Usually I just read a few horror novels, but this year I've been itching to try out some horror games as well. However, having seen pieces of Amnesia: The Dark Descent playthroughs in the past, I'm fairly certain I won't sleep for several weeks if I do end up playing it. I suppose I'll just have to experience it vicariously through Day[9] again.

[Coidzor]

See, that's what a teenage girl would think

A bwoo-hoo. A bwoo-hoo.

I suppose I'll just count myself lucky that I've managed to lose 30 pounds in the past 4 months.

Granted, I think most of that happened in the first 2 months and it was those last 5-10 pounds that kept eluding me.

Which is going to make the next 20 all the more fun without developing some serious commitment to a diet and exercise regimen rather than simply increasing my physical activity and avoiding blatantly bad for me foods.

Also, lastpass is weird. As is familiarizing yourself with someone's house without feeling creepy like you're scoping it out or poking into what you shouldn't poke into, but, well, I just can't be comfortable in a hosue unless I've made sure there's not anything alive that I'm not aware of inside of it. Or something anyway. Housesitting is weird.

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I can't figure out what this OS is easily or what Aurora is, but I can only assume that it's some form of linux distro and I'm getting the jibblies from the fact that the keyboard I'm using seems to be hooked up to a microphone or in the perfect position to make its sound echo across the room so that I hear the sound of myself typing shadowed a few seconds later from behind me.

Very, very unnerving.

Almost as much as the door that's locked with no obvious way to unlock it what with lacking a keyhole or an alternate means of entry that's not a hidden door that stands up to cursory inspection. Thought it was the linen closet, which is why I tried it at all, as they forgot some clean linens in the dryer so I folded them up and didn't know where to put 'em.

...Still looking for that linen closet actually. I'm beginning to suspect they may not have one.

Oh 12 gods. For a second there it sounded like the mouse clicks were being echo'd too. phew.

Thankfully the dog has warmed up to me.

With any luck it won't experience the separation anxiety they were worried about so I won't have to sleep cuddling it, but, well, it was insisted that I spend the night over here with it for the first night as well as bathe over here.

...Not quite sure about that last one, really. Sounded a bit like a setup, but I can't imagine what for.

...huh. Then apparently I've heard from Dragonprime wrong, and that means you have the same name as him.

I'm going to have to punish him later...you can help, of course, if it makes you feel better

(give in to the whip)

Oh my~

...

...

That reminds me, I need to get some leather pants.

[Kneenibble]

I wont tell anyone to just google The Dark Descent then, I guess. However, my battle.net account works and Starcraft isn't down... care to d-d-d-duel?

*gasp!* DP is (going to be) a man of the cloth! SHAME, good madam. SHAME.

Good for you, fight your urges and rock out! *riffs out like a boss*

Whoa! A metal Italian friar! That is awesome, I want to brush his beard for him and rub rose oil into his scalp.

Why yes, yes I do care. I shall log on momentarily.

*hugs*

This time of year is always when I am most fascinated by horror. Usually I just read a few horror novels, but this year I've been itching to try out some horror games as well. However, having seen pieces of Amnesia: The Dark Descent playthroughs in the past, I'm fairly certain I won't sleep for several weeks if I do end up playing it. I suppose I'll just have to experience it vicariously through Day[9] again.

The scarce Nihilicious Nix! *hugs and hoards*

Even having watched the sexy Day[9] play it through before I ever started, the game still ****ing destroyed me psychologically. If you value intense sensual experiences, however, I think you should play it in spite of the horrible horrible consequences.

The best moment in his playthrough, if I may entice anyone else for a look [language warning]

[LaZodiac]

*ahem*
I'll do my best not to indulge the mental images that have arisen from your post.

I can't promise to try, but I promise to try to try.

Ok. Glad to see I can help make the scaries go away. I'm always here to help, my little birdy pal

[AtlanteanTroll]

Dear God.

Me and my friend spent 2 hours getting lost trying to go to a haunted house. We both live in the suburbs and the haunted house is out in the country. No problem we thought. We're just going to hit up the mall, grab some crap we had ordered in, and then go out to the place. By the time we get out there, it's 7 PM, dark as Hell, and raining, and we're in the middle of nowhere. We're having trouble finding where we need to go, and I'm in the middle of calling some friends when my phone dies. My friend think that they can use their phone's GPS to get us where we need to go, when their phone dies.

So we're driving in circles in some really creepy back roads (Hooray, vivid imaginations!) for about an hour before we finally come to a Wendy's after wandering into some real podunk town. We get some food, ask for help, and finally get directions as to where we need to go. Turns out we just needed to take a left and keep going and we'd get back home. So we go down that road and after about another 2 hours, we get into the ghetto-y part of downtown. And now we're both home.

Uggh. I'm so tired.

[Coidzor]

Dear God.

Me and my friend spent 2 hours getting lost trying to go to a haunted house. We both live in the suburbs and the haunted house is out in the country. No problem we thought. We're just going to hit up the mall, grab some crap we had ordered in, and then go out to the place. By the time we get out there, it's 7 PM, dark as Hell, and raining, and we're in the middle of nowhere. We're having trouble finding where we need to go, and I'm in the middle of calling some friends when my phone dies. My friend think that they can use their phone's GPS to get us where we need to go, when their phone dies.

So we're driving in circles in some really creepy back roads (Hooray, vivid imaginations!) for about an hour before we finally come to a Wendy's after wandering into some real podunk town. We get some food, ask for help, and finally get directions as to where we need to go. Turns out we just needed to take a left and keep going and we'd get back home. So we go down that road and after about another 2 hours, we get into the ghetto-y part of downtown. And now we're both home.

Uggh. I'm so tired.

Well, it's certainly an adventure. Sorry it turned out so rough though.

And that's why you keep an emergency phone charger in the car.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Well, it's certainly an adventure. Sorry it turned out so rough though.

And that's why you keep an emergency phone charger in the car.

Yeah, well. It's going to be fun looking back on it, I can tell already.

And yeah ... We did. Or she did, rather. Sort of. She had a wall to car converter, but she didn't have her actual charger. We got to borrow one at the Wendy's, thank God. We almost stopped at a Motel we were so fed up.

[Coidzor]

Yeah, well. It's going to be fun looking back on it, I can tell already.

And yeah ... We did. Or she did, rather. Sort of. She had a wall to car converter, but she didn't have her actual charger. We got to borrow one at the Wendy's, thank God. We almost stopped at a Motel we were so fed up.

Alone in a motel with your young ladyfriend!?

The Scandal of it all!

[Elemental]

*hugs the Elemental* And yet: if I'm dressed as a goofy-looking old queen, will my words not be altogether tinted with a grotesque comedy? And unable to be taken seriously? Probably no one else will be dressed for Hallowe'en, and I will only shock them.

Are you feeling better today?

*is hugged*
Well, if you feel that such a costume would be a mistake, then perhaps a different idea? I wouldn't know because I've never had anything to do with Hallowe'en.

Plenty. Though I hope the people in one of my Lords of Creations games stop pestering for details on the society I created. Furthermore, I wish they would stop taking extra liberties just because there's a lack of information.
Don't they realise it takes time?!?!
Now I shall have to lock everything down in neat and unchangeable order.

Heh heh, by plenty of extant examples, that is true.

I cannot imagine a warm unsnowy Hallowe'en. It wouldn't feel right! How could it be eery if you cannot see your breath?

I just can't imagine Hallowe'en at all... I've never done anything for it in my life.

Speaking of Hallowe'en... I still need my avatar for it made >.< Kinda hoped that Ele would but he's mean So here I am with nothing scary for next week unless a miracle happens and my pony gets drawn in two days by an awesome avatarist /sigh I'm doomed. :/

I am mean. And not up to doing art.
As it is, I'm going to have to skip out on one of my art commitments because there's no way I'm going to have it done in time. And in truth, I lack the inspiration and motivation to proceed with it.
Now I must go and apologise to the person who requested it.

Perhaps you shouldn't be keeping him up all night anymore.

still biting my tongue

Had anyone else said this I would be hunting them down to jab them in the ribs. But I know you meant it in jest.
And yes... He is keeping me up with his activities.

It's quite simple, I never thought I would do anything beyond Fireworks for basic stuff and last thing I knew I end up in a diplomate for graphic design and learning Illustrator and real Photoshop.

I am sure it is quite simple. But without Photoshop or the desire to acquire it, there is nothing I can do about it.
So instead, I fall back on my trusty Staedtler HB pencils and A4 paper.

I just finished Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I need a hug, or laudanum, or something.

It does not help that I have the same name as the main character, so it feels like the voices are addressing me personally -- and it also does not help that my cellar looks a helluva lot like Brennenburg Castle, and could very likely grow patches of mucousy cobwebby pink pulsating flesh-wads as the symptom of an unknowable intelligence intent on my utter destruction.

Somebody hold me

*hugs and makes tea for*
Do not worry. We still have the power to turn the computers off if they decide to seek our destruction, whether physically or mentally.

[Teddy]

You will find, among some cultures, an attention to the ornamentation of gifts and even packaging as much as the gift or consumer object itself. The Japanese, for example. The aesthetic idea at work in such gestures touches me at my soul.

Heh, suggesting that a gift is ment to be seen as Japanese has become my standard phrase for when someone's package seems too light and unrattly to actually contain something.

If you sent me this thing, I would frolic expansively through a snow-covered field in unbounded enthusiasm and glee. And, as I said to Kaskatoon, reciprocate with whatever appropriate object you please. But of course, such matters are awkward, and not to be obliged.

Hmm... I wouldn't ask for anything, because gifts should always come without a demand for compensation. And I'm woefully unaware of what I actually want to get to start with...

IRN:
I actually started researching regulations, because why not, and while I suppose the Canadian Border Services Agency may be good on many things, making user-friendly websites is not one of them. I mean, compare it to the website of our customs agency, where I without any hesitation found what I was searching for in 5 clicks. I mean, the only thing that distinguishes the Canadian site from any random web page of dubious quality is the distinct lack of ad banners...

Sending foodstuff by mail doesn't seem all too illegal (unlike sending used airplanes by mail). Still, no reference to what forms you need to fill in...