Mynxae's Maliciously Magnificent Random Banter #183

[AtlanteanTroll]

You know what they say about small hands don't you, Kneeb?

Small gloves.

[Mutant Sheep]

You know what they say about small gloves, don't you AT?

Small boots. Which is good, with all this talk about snow. Going bootless in winter is a terrible thing.

Originally Posted by Kneenibble

I feel bad even saying it now. I mean a certain emission you might use for a facial.

... Wait...... orr...

I don't have small hands ;________;
YOU HAVE SMALL HANDS
*runs into the bathroom crying*

Now now Knee, I'm sure AT is just insecure about his micro-hands.

[Kneenibble]

Originally Posted by Coidzor

Cold-pressed oils, you say? Intriguing.

Sadly I don't even get the innuendo. My cred is destroyed.

I feel bad even saying it now. I mean a certain emission you might use for a facial.

Originally Posted by AtlanteanTroll

You know what they say about small hands don't you, Kneeb?

Small gloves.

I don't have small hands ;________;

YOU HAVE SMALL HANDS
*runs into the bathroom crying*

[AtlanteanTroll]

Originally Posted by Mutant Sheep

You know what they say about small gloves, don't you AT?

Small boots. Which is good, with all this talk about snow. Going bootless in winter is a terrible thing.

I've been going bootless for almost four years, and let me tell you, it's a terrible thing. I'd like some nice warm boots, yessir.

Originally Posted by Kneenibble

I don't have small hands ;________;

YOU HAVE SMALL HANDS
*runs into the bathroom crying*

Yes, actually. I do. And I am proud of it. Then again, I also have pretty big feet and my head is tied for the largest the prop department's ever seen. So there's that.

Originally Posted by Coidzor

Must not hang out with the right crowd anymore.

When did you ever do that?

[Teddy]

Regarding snow and the consumption thereof, I tend to do it all the time when it's available and not littered with seeds and bark and other tree stuff that invariably ends up in it after a while. For as long as you stay away from the contaminated snow, it's safe, but it's extremely efficient in cooling down your body, so it's recommended that you melt it first if keeping yourself warm is an issue.

Originally Posted by Kneenibble

Here are some pictures of it:

Spoiler

Pretty! A bit too abstract for my taste, as I prefer jewelry that actually depicts something (like a leaf, or a dragon), but I appreciate its beauty nevertheless.

Originally Posted by Kneenibble

The photography does not capture the opal's fire very well, which is green, orange, blue, and a few flakes of purple. Opals are another of my favourite stones.

I think I can see some of it in the outer rims of the gem, but the image compression isn't doing it any favour.
...
*checks image info*
Yep, as I thought, JPEG.

[Coidzor]

Originally Posted by Teddy

Regarding snow and the consumption thereof, I tend to do it all the time when it's available and not littered with seeds and bark and other tree stuff that invariably ends up in it after a while. For as long as you stay away from the contaminated snow, it's safe, but it's extremely efficient in cooling down your body, so it's recommended that you melt it first if keeping yourself warm is an issue.

I'm suddenly reminded of something about consuming ice.

Other than as a possible symptom/side effect of pica, anyway.

[Teddy]

Originally Posted by Coidzor

I'm suddenly reminded of something about consuming ice.

Hmm, using the numbers presented by them and some rough assumptions on human energy consumption, I've figured out that the human body loses about 1.4 kCal worth of energy through heat (which is where practically all spent energy ends up in the end) every minute. Eating the equivalent of a large glass of water (2.5 dl) as 0^oC snow is going to cost you roughly 30 kCal to warm up to body temperature, or more than 20 minutes worth of heat lost in what probably is a minute. It's probably not especially dangerous when you're warm enough, but if you've been lost in the wilderness without food for a few days, this might very well spell your doom...

Originally Posted by Coidzor

Other than as a possible symptom/side effect of pica, anyway.

Nah, I don't eat that much snow. Only a handfull every now and then to cool myself off and experience the squeaky, crunchy texture of hard packed hugsnow.

[Dimonite]

Originally Posted by AtlanteanTroll

You know what they say about small hands don't you, Kneeb?

Small gloves.

I have tiny hands. I like to say that they're small because they're just about the only part of me that gets any exercise, with typing and piano playing. Or, as I will actually say: "I may have small hands, but I'm a big pianist!"

[Cobra_Ikari]

Originally Posted by Kneenibble

I don't have small hands ;________;

YOU HAVE SMALL HANDS
*runs into the bathroom crying*

*hugs close*...hey, I have pretty small hands, and I've never had any problems with anything else being too small.

I don't really have a thing for hands or anything, but I tend to notice them when they look...mmm...*coughs*...I'm not sure how to word this, just know that it was a compliment and...umm...I'll...be in my bunk, or something.

Anyway, you have nice hands. =P

[MoonCat]

THREE DAY WEEKEND!

Also, I didn't have a total breakdown after/during the pre-homecoming assembly!

Also, I think the song representing the seniors this year may be Gangam Style. I really, really hope so.

[LaZodiac]

Originally Posted by MoonCat

THREE DAY WEEKEND!

Also, I didn't have a total breakdown after/during the pre-homecoming assembly!

Also, I think the song representing the seniors this year may be Gangam Style. I really, really hope so.

Awesome! You better get online so we can talk!

[Mutant Sheep]

Originally Posted by MoonCat

THREE DAY WEEKEND!

Also, I didn't have a total breakdown after/during the pre-homecoming assembly!

Also, I think the song representing the seniors this year may be Gangam Style. I really, really hope so.

I HAD 5 DAY WEEKEND. *must one up the moon*

good for you. Those are for the dance, not the rally.

Nuuuuuuuuuuuu! JAR JAR STYLE LEAVE MY EYES ALOOOONE.

Oh, yeah. People get in chayt?

[Amidus Drexel]

Hm... I have to say, tuning all the strings on my guitar to G was an interesting choice. I'm not entirely sure what the train of thought was there, brain. Sounds pretty good though (although I'm effectively sliding everything).

ION: Going on a camping trip tomorrow, so I won't be back until Sunday (barring some unlikely fortune that I get internet in the middle of nowhere)

[Rawhide]

Originally Posted by Amidus Drexel

Hm... I have to say, tuning all the strings on my guitar to G was an interesting choice. I'm not entirely sure what the train of thought was there, brain. Sounds pretty good though (although I'm effectively sliding everything).

ION: Going on a camping trip tomorrow, so I won't be back until Sunday (barring some unlikely fortune that I get internet in the middle of nowhere)

"I think the only reason I still have a "G" in my alignment is because I haven't had a good opportunity to abandon it."

Are you sure it's not because you tuned your guitar to all G?

[araveugnitsuga]

Originally Posted by Rawhide

"I think the only reason I still have a "G" in my alignment is because I haven't had a good opportunity to abandon it."

Are you sure it's not because you tuned your guitar to all G?

As once quoted: "I broke a G-string while hammering a minor"

[Amidus Drexel]

Originally Posted by Rawhide

"I think the only reason I still have a "G" in my alignment is because I haven't had a good opportunity to abandon it."

Are you sure it's not because you tuned your guitar to all G?

In that case, I would have 6 "G"s in my alignment.

Originally Posted by araveugnitsuga

As once quoted: "I broke a G-string while hammering a minor"

Oh, all the G-string guitar jokes.

[araveugnitsuga]

Originally Posted by Amidus Drexel

Oh, all the G-string guitar jokes.

Pianos have G-Strings as well, and harps. Pianos and Harps actually have more, with the piano having thicker strings and the harp more delicate melodious ones.

[Amidus Drexel]

Originally Posted by araveugnitsuga

Pianos have G-Strings as well, and harps. Pianos and Harps actually have more, with the piano having thicker strings and the harp more delicate melodious ones.

Well, yeah. Most guitars only have 6 strings, and most pianos have well over a hundred. Just the potential (given only 12 possible notes) for having a G string is overwhelmingly in favor of pianos.

On that note (pun unintentional), how many strings do harps normally have?

[araveugnitsuga]

Originally Posted by Amidus Drexel

Well, yeah. Most guitars only have 6 strings, and most pianos have well over a hundred. Just the potential (given only 12 possible notes) for having a G string is overwhelmingly in favor of pianos.

On that note (pun unintentional), how many strings do harps normally have?

Pianos actually have even more because each note has three strings (hence the leftmost pedal being called una corda since it makes the hammer only strike on string instead of the group of three), 3 strings per note, 12 notes per octave and the 3 additional ones on the left and 1 additional to the right. So a piano has [((# of octaves)*12 +4)*3] strings (normally, since sometimes the edges have more or less keys).

The pedal harp or concert harp has 47 strings (at least by my count) which is six and a half octaves. The folk harp probably has less.

[Elemental]

Originally Posted by Dimonite

... never?
The only people I eve knew who had never seen snow were my cousins from Alabama. Then they came to Minnesota in mid-March, and we got record snowfalls just for them. Then we went to Alabama (for Christmas the next year) and it snowed there, which Alabama drivers are really not prepared for.

I live in Brisbane. We're subtropical.
We can grow bananas, sugarcane and pineapples around here.

Originally Posted by Rawhide

Don't eat the yellow snow!

Because it's been contaminated with pollen and some people are allergic to pollens?

Originally Posted by Teddy

And everyone would notice you going in there? But yeah, you probably know best what works in your house.

Mostly because I never have my door closed during the day because I'm not in my room and I like to have air flow going through it when I'm not there or it gets too stuffy.

Originally Posted by Teddy

I know that feeling. I haven't been able to gain weight for several years just because I never feel hungry enough to get myself a second serving.

It's mostly because my medication suppresses my appetite. I also don't do very much and a sedentary existence doesn't really require much food.

Originally Posted by Teddy

Good luck with that.

And it did go well. No one bugged me. I used the generic "I'm not feeling very well" excuse, which I wasn't, so they left me alone.

Originally Posted by Kneenibble

Here are some pictures of it:

Spoiler

The photography does not capture the opal's fire very well, which is green, orange, blue, and a few flakes of purple. Opals are another of my favourite stones.

All this talk of folks' favourite gems is pleasing me. In regards to pigeon's blood rubies, I have been very curious about the source of the name before myself: this article is as good as any in explaining that nobody really knows why the Burmese rubies that are highly saturated red with violet overtones are called that [about 3/4 down].

In regards to your other post, *hugs* & are you feeling any better today? If there is one thing I understand well, it is the need to be alone in a quiet place.

Indeed. The photograph does not adequately capture the fire of the opal. But aside from photographic difficulties, it is a beautiful ring. The use of Tsavorites complements the opal very well without outshining it when it comes to colour.

And I am feeling much better now that I've rested. Even though my sleep was disturbed last night first by cold and then by the windy weather I am currently experiencing. Still, it is an interesting experience to watch the sky lighten slowly as the sun rises out of view. One of these mornings, I should just get up when I can't sleep and sit on the front veranda and watch the sunrise properly.

Originally Posted by Amidus Drexel

Hm... I have to say, tuning all the strings on my guitar to G was an interesting choice. I'm not entirely sure what the train of thought was there, brain. Sounds pretty good though (although I'm effectively sliding everything).

I need to buy a guitar. I haven't played one in years.

Originally Posted by araveugnitsuga

Pianos actually have even more because each note has three strings (hence the leftmost pedal being called una corda since it makes the hammer only strike on string instead of the group of three), 3 strings per note, 12 notes per octave and the 3 additional ones on the left and 1 additional to the right. So a piano has [((# of octaves)*12 +4)*3] strings (normally, since sometimes the edges have more or less keys).

It would be less. The lowest notes have fewer strings. Starting at one string, and then two before going to three.
I do believe the reason for that is firstly, there's not enough room for three strings fir each of the lowest notes, and secondly, because the higher notes have such thin strings that they would both be very soft and very easily damaged were there only one.
At least, I think that's the reason.

[Cuthalion]

Violins have G strings.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Originally Posted by Elemental

Because it's been contaminated with pollen and some people are allergic to pollens?

Can't tell if you're being serious or not seeing as you've never seen snow, but no. You don't eat the yellow snow because it's become contaminated with urine.

[Mutant Sheep]

Originally Posted by AtlanteanTroll

Can't tell if you're being serious or not seeing as you've never seen snow, but no. You don't eat the yellow snow because it's become contaminated with urine.

Traditionally that of dogs.

[Coidzor]

Or worse. Banana syrup.

*shudder* Truly a fate of horror.

[MoonCat]

Originally Posted by LaZodiac

Awesome! You better get online so we can talk!

But... social!

<puts on manly hero voice> Sorry LaLa, I'm afraid that'll have to wait. There's too many AMVs I only watch for the music, and too many crappy chain mail lists I've got to read! Not to mention all the anime!

Also, I think Plato is stalking me across time. Must fix this.

Originally Posted by Mutant Sheep

I HAD 5 DAY WEEKEND. *must one up the moon*

good for you. Those are for the dance, not the rally.

Nuuuuuuuuuuuu! JAR JAR STYLE LEAVE MY EYES ALOOOONE.

Oh, yeah. People get in chayt?

Wait... does zat make you the sun?

I've never even gone to the dance. My only dresses are super formal anyway.

What is WRONG with you?

I was there, I go there everyday, no one is ever there. I close tab now.

ION: Okay, I think the world is conspiring against me in an attempt to either stick me in situations that make everyone around think I'm lesbian, or make it look like Bunker Boy and I are in any way interested in eachother.

IOON: Started an essay at 7:36 last night. Finished at 11:00. It cmae out pretty awesomely, especially considering I hadn't even known what I was going to write about at 7:31, and that I hadn't even known what the general subject we were being assigned was the day before. Today went something like this:

Morning: Wake up and realize I haven't quite finished the third period homework I was working on after completing the massive essay. Decide to do it in school.
1st Period: Realize that in my rush to write the entire essay plus finish all the other homework meant I totally forgot about the homework for third period that I wasn't halfway through when I fell asleep last night. Also,t his forgotten homework is basically prep for a test that I had forgotten about and did not study for. The test is today. Also, I can't do anything in this class, as we are doing a scientific experiment that requires a good deal of attentiveness.
2nd Period: Desperately attempt to finish both third period homeworks, and vaguely attempt to test oneself on what I may have to answer for test. Finish everything, breathe sigh of relief, then realize that 2nd Period teacher has been talking for half the class already, and just because one is the best student does not mean one can just completely space out on him.
3rd Period: Turn in the forgotten homework that I finished aobut fifteen minutes ago, take the test it was supposed to be prep for. Get full points, plus all extra credit options. Class runs out of time, so in turns out the homework I was up for until 12:30 last night could have been put off anyway.
Brief Moment Between 3rd and 4th Period: Stick head in the door of teacher who assigned massive essay and ask her if a handwritten essay is okay. She says fine, as long as it is in pen. Realize that switching from one class to another, I wrote my entire essay in pencil. Duck back out of her classroom and swear loudly.
4th Period: Give up entirely on ever doing what the class is intended for, and drag out fresh paper, a pen, and the essay which must be now recopied entirely in pen. Begin this task. Get about a third of the way through before being forced to leave the room because it's lunchtime.
Lunch: Spend all of lunchtime recopying the rest of the essay. This is not made any easier by the distracting group of Intellectual *******s who I'm sitting with, all of whom for once seem to not be ignoring me. Almost finish recopying when bell rings.
5th Period: This is the class taught by the strictest teacher, who most definitely would not be happy with me being inattentive in her class. Fortunately, teacher is a bit late, and due to the fact that classes are shortened and then are followed by a three-day weekend, she has deemed it not worthwhile to teach today, so it's all filler. Finish copying essay, and get a small heart attack when I notice how it seems a bit shorter than the original. Spend five minutes desperately searching for paragraph you missed and consider having to recopy the entire thing again. Realize it's just a handwriting difference, and nearly start crying in relief. Carefully put away copy and original, and spend rest of class doing what teacher tells me. At some point, mention to friend also doing the essay that I had to recopy the whole thing because it was in pencil. She is currently just finishing her essay, which she was still writing at the time, in pencil. Friend looks stricken.
6th Period: For the first class in the day, I don't have to worry about anything involving homework. Spend the period being glouriously non-panicked and leisurely work my way through a tragically easy French test and watch a movie about Paris afterwards.
Pre-homecoming Assembly: Sit through an assembly longer than every individual class today in which we hear vaguely bad pop music I can't name, Call Me Maybe, a badly-sung Star-spangled Banner, and the deafening screams of every single student in every single grade, because everyone had succumbed to mob psychology by the end of it. Including me. Hands raw at end from clapping so hard. Get into an interesting discussion with a few of the boys of whether it was more enjoyable to watch the dance number by the Girl's Volleyball team or the Cheerleaders. (Why that particular sports team is told to do a dance number wearing mini-skirts instead of forcing the football jocks to do a dance number shirtless is anyone's guess, it's equally sexist either way.) General consensus is that the cheerleaders were less interesting. I escape assembly shortly afterwards.
Time In Between After School Class and The Assembly That Just Happened: Scurrying out of the gym I pass the teacher of the Honors History class that takes place after school. This is the class the essay is due in. Teacher, who also does Yearbook, is out taking photos of the newly-deaf students, and hands me a key-ring containing literally over fifteen keys. She tells me to unlock the classroom for everyone, and that she'll be along shortly. I say 'Sure,' and ask which key. She replies, 'the shiny one,' and then rushes off after what I assume must have been a photogenically deaf freshman.
I spend the next ten minutes trying to find out which of the all-quite-equally shiny keys opens her classroom door, while being egged on/assisted by the various classmates who know that they wont get in trouble if I fail to open the door before the teacher comes back. I finally open the door and we all pour inside to boast about the odds we surmounted to complete our essay. My friend, who was still writing it an hour ago wins in terms of timing, but as she has about a page and a half handwritten, loses points. Twenty minutes after this the teacher shows up and we begin class. At the end, I turned in my paper and try and get home before any coincidences happened.

[Mynxae]

@Ele, I remember sometime you telling me that you liked Guitar Hero. Nathan has two guitars for his PS3, plus three of the Guitar Hero games. Perhaps you should get your Mum to drive you over here sometime? Plus I think soon my boyfriend is getting a guitar (used to play, hasn't in a looooong time) also.

Glad you're feeling better old friend.

[Elemental]

Originally Posted by AtlanteanTroll

Can't tell if you're being serious or not seeing as you've never seen snow, but no. You don't eat the yellow snow because it's become contaminated with urine.

I've never seen snow, but I have heard of it and read about it, so I do know that.
I was just pointing out another contaminant that turns snow yellow.

Originally Posted by Mynxae

@Ele, I remember sometime you telling me that you liked Guitar Hero. Nathan has two guitars for his PS3, plus three of the Guitar Hero games. Perhaps you should get your Mum to drive you over here sometime? Plus I think soon my boyfriend is getting a guitar (used to play, hasn't in a looooong time) also.

Glad you're feeling better old friend.

I am awesome at guitar hero. I'll give some thought to it, but you know how I am. I prefer to have visitors than to visit.
So, in other words, you should visit some time.

Also, I am not old.

[Mutant Sheep]

Moonie, I'm sorry. I cant read. But I can attempt to respond in my Erfworld readings...

I IZ SON SO HARD.

Formal is bestest. All black suit? Only way to do non-weddings.

EVERYTHING is wrong with me, everyone but Coidzor knows that.

That is about 40 times the amount of words I'd use to describe a WEEK of my life, Moonie.

@The Ele and the Myning and the Guitar Hero (Mostly GH)
I SUCK AT GUITAR HERO. I LIKE ANYWAYS. Ele, you are a old geezer, admit it. Rock Band is better anyways.

[Mynxae]

Originally Posted by Elemental

I am awesome at guitar hero. I'll give some thought to it, but you know how I am. I prefer to have visitors than to visit.
So, in other words, you should visit some time.

Also, I am not old.

I'll visit hopefully early next week. The only problem is money for my gocard. Stupid thing needs money put on it whenever I go anywhere.

And by old I meant that we've been friends for a long time (7 years isn't it?), not that you're old. Sheesh, you're only 8 months older than me.

[Elemental]

Originally Posted by Mutant Sheep

@The Ele and the Myning and the Guitar Hero (Mostly GH)
I SUCK AT GUITAR HERO. I LIKE ANYWAYS. Ele, you are a old geezer, admit it. Rock Band is better anyways.

I'm only nineteen years, seven months and eight days old!
Just because you're whatever age you are...