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[CurlyKitGirl]

Originally Posted by Introbulus

<- Envy mode activated.

D: Ack...all I have to look forward to this week is about 160 pages of long, drawn-out text on Qualitative Interviews. And then writing about the bits in-between.

Ouch.
But it is a master's degree, and an over-the-internet course, so it'd be harder and not have as many lectures.

Originally Posted by Introbulus

On the positive side though, for my birthday today I hung out in a nice little deli-type luncheon place with my dad. They make nice sandwiches full of delicious meats and stuff. =3 Though they only had The New York Post for reading, which kind of sucked. <.<; Too much sensationalism, not enough news.

Ahem.

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLOMP HUG!!*

[Trobby]

Originally Posted by Haruki-kun

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I don't know that book.... I used to read a book about a puppy who always arrived later at home than his brothers. The brothers arrived late and were sent to bed with no dinner, but he got home later and snuck into the kitchen to eat.

Until one day..... SPOILER ALERT! His brothers arrived home early and ate everything. Poor puppy.

Sounds...interesting, but I've never heard of that one. ^^;

The one I'm thinking of stars Loveable Furry Ol' Grover, and starting at the very first page, he's worried about the monster who will show up at the end of the book, doing things like begging the reader to not turn the page and building brick walls to keep you from being able to turn it.

Spoiler

At the end, the monster turns out to be Grover himself.

That book, along with "Hide and Seek with Grover" are among my favorite children' s books of all time.

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

Ouch.
But it is a master's degree, and an over-the-internet course, so it'd be harder and not have as many lectures.

True. <.<; I've managed to avoid massive reading assignments up 'til now though. D=

I'll manage though. Fortunately there isn't too much to do in any of the other classes I've got, so I can focus on this a little more.

I'll manage...it's just inconvenient.

Ahem.

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLOMP HUG!!*

And this is why I love the Playground.

*Glomps back* <3 Thanks, Koorly. And you too Haruki.

[Pyrian]

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

I. R. R. Tolkien.

No U. R. R. Not

[Haruki-kun]

Originally Posted by Introbulus

Sounds...interesting, but I've never heard of that one. ^^;

The one I'm thinking of stars Loveable Furry Ol' Grover, and starting at the very first page, he's worried about the monster who will show up at the end of the book, doing things like begging the reader to not turn the page and building brick walls to keep you from being able to turn it.

Spoiler

At the end, the monster turns out to be Grover himself.

WHAT A TWEEST!

So guess what? I have a cold. No fever or anything, but school has been a real pain all day with a runny nose.

[Trobby]

Originally Posted by Haruki-kun

WHAT A TWEEST!

So guess what? I have a cold. No fever or anything, but school has been a real pain all day with a runny nose.

Do they allow you to carry water? If they do, carry a bottle of water with you wherever you go and keep drinking from it during the day. Staying hydrated is an important part of getting over a cold.

[AtlanteanTroll]

So, I was checking out my grade on the school website and the teacher put in a 7 out of 20 instead of 17 out of 20.

I think my heart stopped for a bit.

[Haruki-kun]

Originally Posted by Introbulus

Do they allow you to carry water? If they do, carry a bottle of water with you wherever you go and keep drinking from it during the day. Staying hydrated is an important part of getting over a cold.

They do. I guess I should start with that. I've already got medicine, anyway, but I hate that this happens every year.

[Thufir]

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

Oh hells yes!
Got a mostly-finalised lecture list today.

I have one thing to say:
A four week lecture series on I. R. R. Tolkien is being run this term.
Hell.
Yes.
:extremelylargesmug:

*snip*

But there's one lecture series I'm definitely going to attend.
I. R. R. Tolkien.

You may now be envious.

And to think it was not so long ago you still didn't like LotR.

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

One of my favourite lecturers is running a lecture series on The Representation of the Supernatural in Early Modern Drama.
!!
D:
:D
The downside is that it's technically an Mst class.
Should I see if I can sneak in?

Absolutely. I would, if I wasn't lazy, and also not in Oxford.

Happy birthday, Trobman.

ION: So, it turns out the first NUGSS rehearsal was this evening. I discovered this about an hour before it started, with my dinner not going to be ready for another 20 minutes. Managed to get there only 10-15 minutes late, but for some reason the Union had been shut until 7:30, so I had to wait around. But then, I got in and all was well. Saw a bunch of people I haven't seen for months, sang some G&S, ate some muffins (There were muffins to help entice the freshers).
Good numbers of new people, hopefully they'll stick around. It should be a good show this one.

[CynicalAvocado]

am i the only person who finds pretty girls with cockney accents attractive

[Teddy]

SortofbelatedhappybirthdayTrobby!

ION: I've spent the entire evening listening through my TheRadioDept. playlist. I got kind of stubborn towards the end, refusing to stop and go to bed. Also, I will post this before 0:00. I will.

IOON: My thoughts and purposes don't always make an awful lot of sense...

[CurlyKitGirl]

Originally Posted by Thufir

And to think it was not so long ago you still didn't like LotR.

I'm still not really all that keen on him. But it's a lecture series on Tolkien.
Besides, three of the lectures are on Tolkien's Mythmaking (and therefore worldmaking), and as an aspiring writer, knowing how to build such a well-built world is important.
THen Tolkien's Reuse of Medieval Literature. Also know as How To Reuse Really Good Plots.
Then there's Tolkien's Languages aka: how to conlang.

These three are all the reason I need.

Knife is dug in deeper . . .

Originally Posted by Thufir

Absolutely. I would, if I wasn't lazy, and also not in Oxford.

There is some Marlowe.
Of course, there's also a six week lecture series solely on Christopher Marlowe as well.

I'm iust twisting the knife here aren't I?

Originally Posted by Thufir

ION: So, it turns out the first NUGSS rehearsal was this evening. I discovered this about an hour before it started, with my dinner not going to be ready for another 20 minutes. Managed to get there only 10-15 minutes late, but for some reason the Union had been shut until 7:30, so I had to wait around. But then, I got in and all was well. Saw a bunch of people I haven't seen for months, sang some G&S, ate some muffins (There were muffins to help entice the freshers).
Good numbers of new people, hopefully they'll stick around. It should be a good show this one.

At least you made it, and managed to eat dinner as well. Not to mention you got some muffins as well!
That's always good.

[Pyrian]

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

am i the only person who finds pretty girls with cockney accents attractive

*blink, blink* I find pretty girls attractive regardless of their accent. I mean, it's kind of built in to being pretty.

[Trobby]

Originally Posted by Pyrian

*blink, blink* I find pretty girls attractive regardless of their accent. I mean, it's kind of built in to being pretty.

Was going to say this, but then Pyrian beat me to it. Damn you and your future psychic powers.

[Thufir]

Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl

I'm still not really all that keen on him. But it's a lecture series on Tolkien.
Besides, three of the lectures are on Tolkien's Mythmaking (and therefore worldmaking), and as an aspiring writer, knowing how to build such a well-built world is important.
THen Tolkien's Reuse of Medieval Literature. Also know as How To Reuse Really Good Plots.
Then there's Tolkien's Languages aka: how to conlang.

These three are all the reason I need.

Knife is dug in deeper . . .



There is some Marlowe.
Of course, there's also a six week lecture series solely on Christopher Marlowe as well.

I'm iust twisting the knife here aren't I?

Iust a little bit.
*Bleeds*
*Metaphorically*
Maybe I should go back to uni and do an English degree or something. Alternatively, maybe that would be impractical.

Oh yeah, and I agree with Pyrian and Interryobobob.
Some accents might make me find someone less attractive, maybe. Due to me associating them with the kind of people I really don't like. But I can't think of a case where an accent would cause me to find someone more attractive than otherwise.

[CynicalAvocado]

Originally Posted by Pyrian

*blink, blink* I find pretty girls attractive regardless of their accent. I mean, it's kind of built in to being pretty.

i have a terrible way of wording things

what i meant was if there were two girls of equal prettyness and one had a cockney accent and one had a texan accent i would be attracted more to the cockney accented one

[Coidzor]

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

am i the only person who finds pretty girls with cockney accents attractive

Well, I imagine people who already have cockney accents don't mind them in their women, that being how they've perpetuated themselves.

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

what i meant was if there were two girls of equal prettyness and one had a cockney accent and one had a texan accent i would be attracted more to the cockney accented one

But gah... That's like choosing between a rabid pit bull and a rabid rottweiler. Either one of which can kill you easily.

[CynicalAvocado]

Originally Posted by Coidzor

But gah... That's like choosing between a rabid pit bull and a rabid rottweiler. Either one of which can kill you easily.

i am confuse

[Coidzor]

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

i am confuse

Texans and Cockneys scare me, basically. Though I guess that's sort of tangential to their voices.

I guess as long as their mouths were busy with something other than talking it wouldn't be too, too bad... But then I imagine them eating me for some reason.

[CynicalAvocado]

Originally Posted by Coidzor

Texans and Cockneys scare me, basically. Though I guess that's sort of tangential to their voices.

I guess as long as their mouths were busy with something other than talking it wouldn't be too, too bad... But then I imagine them eating me for some reason.

i'm full blooded texan....

i scare you?

[Pyrian]

But then I imagine them eating me for some reason.

I thought that was what you were hoping for.

[Coidzor]

Originally Posted by Pyrian

I thought that was what you were hoping for.

That's our Pyrian!

[Quincunx]

Under the constraints of PG-13. . .I got nothin'.

So! How 'bout them baseball players--whattaya mean it's the last week of the season? Suppose that means it's almost time for hockey then.

[Gulaghar]

I leave for one second (longer than one second) and what happens? A new thread springs up out of nowhere. I always get left out of the boogieing.
*boogies alone in corner*

I just got back my first university paper. It was a small one and we had to do it with someone else. We ended up getting a 64%

We were really unorganized so we just split it up into sections for each of us to do. When we got it back the marks were broken down for each section. In the sections I wrote it said it was well done, good description, etc etc. Under my partner's section it was the exact opposite

I suppose we should have got organized and did it together and this all could have been avoided, but it still bothers me.

Because we're all first year students and he was feeling kind (pitying us) my prof gave the entire class a chance to fix our essays and resubmit them. My partner doesn't want to bother, but I think I'm just going to fix it myself. I really want to get a good grade.

[Trobby]

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

i have a terrible way of wording things

what i meant was if there were two girls of equal prettyness and one had a cockney accent and one had a texan accent i would be attracted more to the cockney accented one

Given that choice, I would pick a girl from Maryland instead. Sorry, she got to me first. <3

...not to put down all the cute girls from around the world with different accents, mind you.

Accents are really disassociated with cuteness as far as I'm concerned. The real cuteness factor is not the region from which their speech is associated, but the way in which they speak.

Also,

*Boogies with RPGsr4me*

Never to late to boogie.

[CynicalAvocado]

we're boogieing now?*
*boogies awkwardly*

[Stadge]

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

what i meant was if there were two girls of equal prettyness and one had a cockney accent and one had a texan accent i would be attracted more to the cockney accented one

Hmm, that could be a 'she's-abit-different' kind of attraction if you yourself are texan, the accent may not seem as interesting as it's more common in your area, and thus the cockney girl seems more interesting and therefore attractive?

Though of course that could just be nonsense inspired by a tired brain on my part.

And people are boggieing still?
*attempts to boogie*

[Gulaghar]

Originally Posted by Introbulus

Also,

*Boogies with RPGsr4me*

Never to late to boogie.

Originally Posted by CynicalAvocado

we're boogieing now?*
*boogies awkwardly*

Originally Posted by Stadge

And people are boggieing still?
*attempts to boogie*

I maintain my right to boogie at any time.
*boogies*

[Rae Artemi]

Originally Posted by Haruki-kun

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I don't know that book.... I used to read a book about a puppy who always arrived later at home than his brothers. The brothers arrived late and were sent to bed with no dinner, but he got home later and snuck into the kitchen to eat.

Until one day..... SPOILER ALERT! His brothers arrived home early and ate everything. Poor puppy.

The book, by the way, was called the Pokey Little Puppy. I used to read it to my sister.

[Haruki-kun]

Originally Posted by Rae Artemi

The book, by the way, was called the Pokey Little Puppy. I used to read it to my sister.

Thank you! I'd forgotten the title!

I wonder if my mom kept it....

[Trobby]

Originally Posted by Rae Artemi

The book, by the way, was called the Pokey Little Puppy. I used to read it to my sister.

OH! My girlfriend would've recognized that book. It's from her childhood too. o.o; Must be a regional thing, because I'd never heard of it before. ^^;