Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101

[Player_Zero]

Can I use that for Quote of the Week once I resurrect it?

Knock yourself out.

Also, apparently eating too much leads to hyperactivity leads to staying up until 2AM doing pushups.

[ColonelFuster]

For me, eating too much leads to comas leads to waking up at 2pm doing caffiene pills.

[Phase]

You know what I hate? Trying to read articles or stories online, while using my laptop, and then falling asleep. I could use the sleep-time, but I'd rather have it at night.

[DraPrime]

I think reading more exciting articles would be helpful for you.

[Griever]

I personally hate reading anything terribly long (more than a page or so) on the computer screen.

Sorry trees, I love my printed paper.

[Destro_Yersul]

I just don't like long and boring articles. I've read a few books online, mostly because they were old enough to have entered public domain and I couldn't be arsed to find a print copy.

Come to think of it, I have yet to finish 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'...

[DraPrime]

I really prefer paper if it's long. It's much easier to get back to where you were, and you never have to turn it off.

[Haruki-kun]

This is so awesome I can barely think of how to start explaining it...

Does anyone remember the Fine Arts Iron Avatarist contest? Well, My Art History told us that the month's project consists of taking a painting he'll assign and remaking it in any style we want, depicting it as more representative of today's society than that of it's time.

My mind immediately leaped to the Iron Avatarist contest and the entry I made for it. So after class I told him "Say, Professor, so we had this contest.." etc... "So would it be fine if my Project looked like this?" I showed him the entry I made. He took a look at it, and said, "Yeah, sure, that's fine! As long as you feel comfortable with it!"

Apparently, I'm gonna use Inkscape to draw an OOTS-style scene.... for a grade!

[Kneenibble]

I do hope, good sir, that you will publicize your auspicious results here for the pleasure of the forum?

[Uncle Festy]

I did something like that at the end of this past year.
I'd rather not publicize it, as it was kinda personal, but it was a school project. On Inkscape. In OotS style.

[Ego Slayer]

Hahah, Haruki. That's great... you'll definitely have to post it here when you're finished.

[DraPrime]

I wish I could get to draw in the style of one of my favorite webcomics and get graded for it

[Haruki-kun]

I will most definitely post it here for everyone to see.

Now just to think of how to start it...

[DraPrime]

May I suggest double clicking on Inkscape?

[Haruki-kun]

Ah! That might be a good start, now that I think about it...

[Zeb The Troll]

There is this place near where I live called "OKC Rocks!" where they took an abandoned grain storage silo and built a wall-climbing facility out of it. The thing is just massive, and they let you climb all the way to the top! You get vertigo man...

Totally not in line with any topic currently going on, but I just noticed your location. I went to high school in Noble. Norman was my stomping grounds after I got my driver's license. My daughter and grandson live in Norman now, but I'm not sure what part.

[Phase]

No, Haruki! What if your computer suddenly changed to a different OS! You might only have to click once! Or maybe double-click, drag to "Options," type "Inkscaperun.exe.rte," then doule click on the little error message that says "File name not found" in order to type in: "Search: Backup.nxe"! My brain's exploding just thinking abou-BOOM!

[Nychta]

1, please don't make Phase explode. I want to see my cat's madness during the full moon and pretend that *I* don't act like that.
2, I really really wish I could do OotS art for a grade. How about instead of my upcoming IGCSEs?

[Tempest Fennac]

What do you have to do for that, xNadia? I don't know anything about the NZ education system. Thanks for clarifying, Flickerdart (I wasn;t sure about how much time you'd lose during the flight).

[Nychta]

@ Tempest: It's like the English GCSEs, I believe, with an extra 'I' for international.

Basically, you do an exam at the end of the year for each subject that's *holds out arms and grins* THIS big, get a percentage mark and a grade from A* ->about E.

[Tempest Fennac]

Thanks. The lowest pass grade over here is G (A-Levels are marked as A,B,C,D, or E, but an A* grade is apparently going to be introduced as well for some reason). I take it that coursework isn;t used for IGCSEs, right?

[Nychta]

Uhh... To be honest, I'm not sure about the whole coursework thing. Though now you mention it, it must be used for art courses... or something? *marvels at own stupidity*

[Jibar]

Possible first post for the Muffinblog?

Maybe. I dunno. I wonder if I have the commitment to post blog entries regularly.

Now, fun story time. Fun story time about why I'm only responding to that quote now, the morning after.

*Get out of cinema*
Chick who's dating InksGuy: "Hold up. I need to go borrow Some Guy's phone."
Everybody: "Okay."
*So we trundle down to the pub. When she's got the phone, she calls a guy and now we get this conversation:*
Chick: "Hey Jibs," (not what she calls me, but she should), "wanna go rock climbing?"
Me: "Huh?"
Chick: "We've got a rock climbing wall for free. Wanna come?"
Me: "Uh, yeah, hold up."
*Calls home, tells them he went be home for longer than expected.*
*Goes rock climbing*

Ends up that this is all of Network, and everybody thinks I'm a random guy Chick pulled out of the pub. Spend about an hour and a half climbing, then go to the pub nearby. Half an hour there, and then Chick, I, and the guy who gave us the lift originally takes us back to my hometown, to go to the pub where we started from and I head home.

Very, very weird night.

Review of Hellboy 2 coming later either in this thread, or maybe in Media Discussions.

[Tempest Fennac]

Most of the GCSEs I took had coursework as well as exams (that was over 5 years ago, so things could have changed, though).

[Shadow]

*nom nom noms*



Tempest! You ninja'd my noming of Jibbers! I'm hungry!!!

[Nychta]

...I swear those three posts cropped up in one second...

Anyway, Jibs, you have a blooog? I'm gonna go invade it

[randman22222]

Australia should invade NZ.

Just have to post that every time I see a Kiwi...

Anywho, my step-cousin said I'd look good with guy-makeup on, and now I am reaaallllyyy intrigued. Gotta get some of my friends to help me try this out.

[Nychta]

I swear I saw that somewhere on my birthday thread. But the video forgot to put 100% AWESOME and also 100% DEFENDED BY NADIA. And thus the Aussies will be foiled!

EDIT: @V: Sure, why not. I think I've written in the permission thread already. *hopes the 3-post rule only applies in SMBG*
*trots off to sleep*

[randman22222]

Then that was probably also me.

Ooooh! Hey, wanna be shipped with Jibar? (Directed at the kiwi. )

[Leigh]

Randman! Post in the You thread!
Teehee, I love guymakeup. So much. It's probably unhealthy....I blame Jack Sparrow!