Here is your room Sue.

*Drags in huge bouncing-castle*

*Giggles*

Oh my goodness! Air it up! Air it up! Please!

*jumps with excitement*

*Blows up bouncing castle*

(Using air not explosives)

Anyone wanna play?

   Oh my goodness! I do! I do! I DO!!!

*runs to bouncing house and jumps into*

is not a house..

Is a castle

*Pouts*

*rewinds actions*

*runs and jumps into the bouncy castle and begins to rule the world*

0,o

wut...

No, it's my world

*Gets into bouncy-castle*

*Jumps around trying to catch Niecy*

Passes by, overhears everything and says, "I wish the office was like this bouncy-castle-thingy."

*Pulls in Zephy*

bounce here in stead

Okay... Wait... I need to get a stapler... Err... Nevermind.... My bad...
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:00, Sun 16 Oct 2011.

*Jumps on Bouncy Castle* Haha this is great!

 Nice new picture Sue.

*joins in on bouncing in the castle* Whee!

Thank you wildy, you're new picture is awesome too

*looks worriedly over at Zephy*

Hope you don't staple a hole in my bouncy-castle...

everyone's having so much fun on it

Thank you. So anyone need anything else to make this place complete?

Me!

You need a bouncing bear in the bouncy castle.  Them's the rulez.

*Jumps on bouncy castle*

*Once Grizzly gets in, jumps really high*

*Jumps high with Zoey*

Damnit, Reddit is down...

What shall I do now?

Find another meme site?

Tumblr. *tumbles around the room hyperly*
This message was last edited by the player at 16:53, Fri 04 Nov 2011.

tumblr???

herressyy!!!!!!!!!

9gag is also a good place to visit.

happy new years!!!!!

YAY!!!

okay, no one has said anything, so I'll bring the chicken out of the bag

our almighty GM has suggested I become the new almighty GM and he remains a co-GM, to make sure I stay nice and treat his creation with respect and make it remain alive, make his baby grow and all :)

are the gamers of the Social Network cool with this?

what do you mean no one said anything?

I thought there was an announcement somewhere...

announcement yes, but the gamers, haven't said anything...

I want feedback you know

lack of revolution to overthrow the authoritarian government is not enough feedback? ]:P

I wanted people to spell it out that they don't hate me..

okay?

I'll go back in my corner nows...

We don't hate you Sue. I think you'll make a great GM. I just don't think many people are on during the holidays.

yeah the holidays isn't over yet...

yay, I'm not hated :)

*hugs all around*

Indeed... most people I know are just getting back to work today...

I'm okay with it.

I think.

Are you going to make me do more work in this game than I'm already trying to avoid doing?  :)

well no...

I don't make people do anything

Unless they want me to give them more to do of course

*Walks in and nails the new title to her wall*

Head-GM of RPOL Social Network (2.0)

*Takes a step back to admire her handiwork*

It looks rather nice don't it?

It certainly does.

I agree.

*Massages CuteSues shoulder*

So how are your shoulders feeling now that you've got all this responsibility resting on them?  ;)

*tests shoulders*

hmm...

a little heavier, it is a big responsibility to take over someone else's production, and I hope I won't disappoint too much

*Hugs teddy*

I can seek comfort in you?

*listens to silence*

So...

everyone is off having a life?

*reads a book* kinda

oooh

what you reading?

eh... I just had nothing to say...

oh this when people joked.. I thought...

jokes?

where?

do we need to call in Batman...

Cats are cooler.

OF COURSE!!!

nanananana Catman!!!!!!!

oh wait..

this one?

http://www.comicvine.com/catman/29-23247/

^Yeah, I think it is that one! :)

I only ever saw him in an issue of Suicide Squad...
but I noticed more Deadshot in that one...

I actually have a Deadshot HeroClix figure...

the phantom

is my comic hero of choice..

But I prefer him in a blue suit, the americans seem to get him in purple..

which is an odd color to have, but oh well

I like blue... yes...

That's strange I'm pretty sure the Phantom was an American creation. But why is it blue in other countries? I know purple isn't exactly a practical color for sneaking but I don't think blue is either mostly.

maybe they ran out of paint...

I don't know...

My comics says they were invented by Lee Falk, but sold by Egmont, which is an Denmark based comic-firm...

so yes?

"The Phantom's costume is colored blue in Scandinavia, red in Italy, Turkey, and formerly in Brazil"

There is a long talk about it being purple, and that The phantom was the first to invent black mask without eyes, something all super-heroes does nowadays

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom

this is what wikipedia has to say about it thought.. so it's a known fact it's different colors... Lee Falk wanted it gray.. so no one really got what they wanted

yeah... I read that one... but it doesn't really give reasons for the colour choice...

as said, the creator wanted grey... the printer maybe screwed it up?

or then the grey would negate the belt, so he picked a random color.. it is all the printers doing really

it's a conspiracy of the machine!

yes, yes it is

there will always be conspiracies in comics :)

<.<

>.>

<.<

*is paranoid*

you're in a comic?

neat

I can't find proof that I'm not in one...

seen any masked heroes running in your town daily?

they should be pictured in your news paper a lot..

I don't read the papers...

okay

want a cookie for being in a comic?

no, thanks...

a hug?

those are very nice, indeed...

*hugs*

I'm a nice person

I remain... sceptical...

about the hug

or that I'm nice?

I think I've confused myself now -_-'

*hugs*

don't worry, it happens to the best of us

so... what's up?

I feel like I've done nothing with my life..

ergo, I have an 'damn I'm old'-chrisis...

I had that since I was 15...

oh...

I usually end up convincing myself I will live to 90, which means I have lotsa years left, and then the chrisis ends..

but, now, I just feel like... I plan to do somehting, but then I don't, which makes me a sad kitteh

I assume I won't live long...

or at the very least, I hope so...
This message was last edited by the player at 22:21, Thu 15 Mar 2012.

I know the feeling. It helps to do little things towards the big plan or whatever.

yeah... I've been looking at language course podcasts on iTunes just now, before bedtime...

my big plan in life...

Live and hope it's a good life

so far it's been awesome, but I still want to add 'looked at the world for 10 years' on the list

looked at the world for 10 years?

what's that supposed to mean?

travelling nonstop for 10 years....

ergo never coming home to show parents I'm alive, only send a post card or e-mail at times

oh... I thought you wanted to just stand still and watch the world go by... creepy...

standing still hurts

walking doesn't

I thought I was the only one who experiences that...

I have problems standing still...

and it's the main reason why I don't like going to church...

I know the feeling, I used to have to stand still all the time in school for music class.

I thought they'd give you a chair... at least that's what I saw on TV...

They do, but I was in Choir and we had to perform. So you kinda had to get used to standing.

I see...

makes sense...

I wanted to learn how to play the violin...

my parents didn't like it...

Why, did you try to practice at night?

no... I never had the money to buy one...

they just didn't like the idea...

it's pretty standard for them, really...

my dad mocks me for learning Spanish, for instance...

oooh, you know spanish!?!??!?! COOL!!!

I tried, I failed at the future and passed forms, as they were like completely new words...

and it's never too late to learn anything, as long as you live, you can learn :)

No, I do not... I'm just learning... been a few months...

I didn't get to past or future tenses in class yet... we did have future intentional but that one is extremely easy...

I did, however, look at some tables for verbs and didn't find them that difficult...

I studied 4 courses, and the one with future and past, was in the last couse, and my brain went: wtf, h*** no.. amd shut off

Spanish is useful, one gets to sound smarter than one is if one learns it :)

well... I've got no idea when I'll reach that point... since my course finishes in a few months and after that I won't be able to afford another... my teacher told me the best way for me to learn is to self-study... though I did talk with one of my friends if he could offer some tutoring from time to time...

I was told, best way to learn, is to talk it, with someone that doesn't use a word of english

that sounds counter-productive... it's like if you want to learn how to drive a car, get into one... in a manner of moments you'll be a top level driver and totally not dead...

heh, I'm a person that was taught how to drive that way...

I started slow, thought... And was a nervous wreck after an hour...

I wasn't a good driver until after 2 years thought... now I'm half decent too, I won't be top driver ever, but I can drive on ice, water, sun-hot roads and still not cause an accident

any drive that you can walk away from is a good one...

I only drove a car with my dad next to me...

I used an instructor with only a break on his side of the car

so if I was near doing somehting totally wrong, he'd break and scream at me

I did the same... but just that one time... and no screaming was involved...

I'M GOING TO LONDON ON TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

*Parties hard*

I'm very jealous, and officially hate you.    :(

*gets sad puppy eyes*

why?

no hating me...

*sighs*   No, you're right.  I'm trying, but you're too adorable to hate.

I'm still jealous, though.

I'm jealous that Nuric gets to be jealous of Cutesue going to London.  And that makes me jealous.

Hey wait.  It's Tuesday now.  So, Sue is in London.

*waves to Cutesue frond across the pond*

I'm jealous of Grizzly's ability to be jealous of himself being jealous of Nuric being jealous of CuteSue who is going to London which she is already in because it is Tuesday.

I'm mad jelly of everyone cus they're spider bite free and some are even in London! :<

This is getting too confusing for my tiny brain, so I'm just gonna be jealous of myself, and cut out the middleperson.

I'm jealous that the middle person got cut out.

*troll face* :D

Jealous of Arkrim's troll face!

Jealous CuteSue's Room is now the Jelly Room. :P

I was not ready for that jelly.

This room is so jelly!

*bounces around soft jelly room*

Just don't get stuck in a jam.

Jam? Nonsense! This good sir, is the JELLY room! :P

*drags in her bags and tourist trappy stuff*

*topples over in a huge pile of British candy, toys and comics*

wuh...

Anyone miss me?

Or did you just go jamming?

We still are filled with jealous anger, but please tell us everything.

*Hands everyone a Dr. Who toy and some postcards*

So it was amazing, I spent all the time walking in museums and shops

and boy did I buy books, clothes, toys and got to be all geeky over the awesomeness of British history and and toys!!!

*hugs all*

I'm still trying to hate you, though I'm still unsuccessful.
But I'm glad you had a good time.   *hugs*

it was raining the whole time...

the underground flooded...

Don't hate me, the suffering I endured for the lil fun I found, should make that jealousy wanna hide

Nope.  Still jealous.   But I appreciate the effort, though.

I'm sorry you got flooded out.  That stinks.

meah, it took me three months to earn the cash to go, yay for living in Europe

cheaper to fly smaller distances

Cookie? It's shaped like the queen...

Yes, I've been assured that living in London is as expensive as living on the Moon.

no idea, I lived in a cheap hotel a few stops away from the center of London

so I didn't ask how much it costs to live in London

There's an old saying:  "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

I've heard from reliable sources that living in London is more expensive than living even in New York City.

Unless of course you're honestly more ignorant/pessimistic about prices than your pocket book is limited. I used to work retail and people would ask me how much something would cost with this look of fear and worry on their faces and when I told them the price they were almost always relieved and happy (save for the occasional grumpy cheapskates who were going to complain no matter what answer they got).

I used to work in a thrift store, and got the same cheap attitide.

I save up and then rent my house out while I am gone. This normally covers the air fare. ^_^

If I'd rent out my half of the apartment, I think the roomie would go berserk...

also, I have a cheap rent, so I end up having a lot of cash over at the end of every month, which is my 'travel money'

so this I save :) and then I travel

Unless I had the perfect ideal subletter or renter for my place, it would be more of a hassle to rent it out than to just leave it vacant.
And I have nightmares about being a landlord, to be honest.  I had a chance when we were selling out house after moving out of state, and we vehemently said no.


If you can do it, more power to you, honestly.

I just saw a slideshow from a friend who went to Venice for a week.
I hate her too.

stop hating, be more look for cheap flights or boat-trips, and go have fun

But hating is SO much cheaper.   *smiles*


Though I'm going on a couple of trips soon, one to a wedding in Alaska, and one to Pennsylvania for an SCA event.

remember to take your charger with you, my phone died on the last day on London...

It was annoying

*smiles*  Yes, I'll take my phone and charger, as well as my laptop.  I  might have a lot of free time, depending on what's going on.

also, me jelly, you can go on trips un USA no problem...

I usually have to get a LOT of money to go there... happened ones so far

I've done a bit of traveling in the US, that's true.   Not as much as I'd like, of course, but that's to be expected.

I'd like to able to travel. I don't have the money. I jelly.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:46, Tue 12 June 2012.

Well I have come home to some surprises but I have a friend who lives near by now and she checks on the house mid stay. I don't rent to younger couples anymore ether. That was the biggest mistake I ever made, sueing them was fun tho!

They didn't think they could get in trouble for trashing the house even when it says in the contract they signed no wild party times!

hmm, would renting your house be expensive?

as I'm thinking how one could travel the best in US, that is, when and if I can afford it

It's not very much, it's on a lake as well so you can go to the lake ect. I forgot how much we charged last time since we haven't rented in over 2 years now. (Too busy working to GTFO). If you're really interested in visiting GA I'll let you know when we play to leave again.

GA?

ooooh lakesies me likesies

Happy Holidays to one and all

may your days be merry and not too snowy

*Hugs all*

I'm staying in Texas, so we'll have weather in the 60s, with some scattered showers.

No snow, thank goodness.   :)


Still, I wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season.   And lots of sleep and sugar.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:43, Mon 24 Dec 2012.

I got snow thank goodness. :) It isn't very much but at least we got something.

 Merry Christmas and happy holiday season to all!

I have so much snow that we need to walk carefully or we'll trip on the mini coopers hidden in the snow...

I'm not even kidding, smaller cars are hidden...

*Serves all with nice christmas eggnog*

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 149):

We had that once in Massachusetts.  I do NOT miss it.   :)

It's about 52 degrees here (11 degrees Celcius) but very windy.

it's snowed for 10 days... ish

I don't remember when it began, to tell you the truth

Want some snow?
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:59, Fri 28 Dec 2012.

If you could spare just a little, like a few centimeters, I'll take it.

It's really fun to watch these Texas folks FREAK OUT when confronted with even a light dusting of snow.  :)

*Tries to send like 20 centimeters of snow*

It'll melt on the way anyway, but seriously, that won't even make a dent in the amount we have...

It wouldn't last that long here, especially with all the rain we're getting.   But I'll take it off your hands.

I grew up with half a meter of snow on a daily basis, so I'm very sympathetic, believe me.  :)

good

Cause it rained yesterday, and now it's cold again

whiiiiich means, ice, ice and more ice...

with lots of snow in between... Not nice

Ouch!  I remember icy roads very well.  I spend most of my childhood winters, it seemed, walking around on ice, either in the woods or on sidewalks.
I got good at it, but not without slipping and falling plenty of times.

ah, slipping and falling...

I can't do that, I have a bad back, so I'm extra extra careful always around thins time of year.

I walk everywhere, and no one ever respect a pedestrian

I need to get spiked-shoes, methinks

Some good golf shoes, that you can change into sneakers when you go indoors, perhaps?
I've lived in cities, where the roads and sidewalks usually get cleared pretty well.  Though having to shoveling my own walkway got old fast.

only place one goes indoors with shoes on is stores.. and there is no place to change shoes there...

Maybe you can carry ski poles?   I've seen that done in Alaska.

ski poles?

But that is a way to power walk...

You can't power walk with ski poles?  :)

of course you can...

Happy New Years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy new years, and stay safe.

(though I suspect that America has a much bigger drunk driving problem than Finland does)

well, we have this very strict law about drunk driving...

And if people get caught doing it, they lose their license for 6 months...

so few dare do it

the road being so demanding makes our drunk driving laws extra strict, as in it's already hard to stay on the road sober, why make it deadly for more than yourself with added booze?

Yes, we have laws about it, but we also have a 'pioneer/freedom loving' culture where a lot of judges don't take drunk driving seriously, especially in Texas, if no one died.

It can be very inconsistant.  Some people lose their license the first time.  Some people can get a dozen infractions, losing their license again and again, until they finally go to jail.

ah, well, there is a line, if they have higher alcohol level in blood than this

they automatically loose license, no court involved even...

Yes, you're much stricter than we are.  Of course, it varies from State to State a little bit.

But we punish people for driving drunk, it's just a little tougher.

I had an ex that lost his license due to driving drunk, the police returned his car to his home, and went away with his license, and then he was pretty much screwed...

or I was, guess who was demanded to drive him everywhere...?

*grins*  if he drove drunk, he had better learn to hitchhike.

meah, he was an ass

I dumped him, still want to murder him....

but that's another story

But probably a good one.

I don't drink much.   And I'm always the Designated Driver.

*grins*  I drive bad enough sober, so I never drive drunk.

I drive like a goddess..

so why mess with perfection with alcohol

*grins*  Sometimes I think I drive like a goddess, too.

Kali, Goddess of Destruction.

hmm....

She would wouldn't she, too many arms

Yes.  She tries to use her phone, play with her Ipod, drink some coffee, all while driving.   Very embarrassing.

you forgot put on her make-up...

What???   Are you suggesting that Kali isn't beautiful just the way she is??

*shakes head in shame*

well...

and here I thought she used male blood as eye-shadow

She would, but, well, you know, health concerns today and all.......

but...

she a goddess, of chaos and destruction, one would think she made the health-concerns...

Exactly, so she doesn't want to seem like her creations aren't good enough for her, right?   That would set a terrible example.  Kind of a "do as I say, not as I do" kind of thing.   :)

ah

well, chaos is meant to do that isn't they

make people not know what the heck is going on

Yes, that's what it does to me.   :)

Cookie?

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 185):

Yay!!!!   nom nom nom......

*supplies more and more cookies*

*groans*   oh....so full.....

*Stops supplying cookies*

you okay?

Yep.  Probably just need a nap.

*hands a nap*

*takes it with a smile*    Zzzzzzzz.......

*Does a lot of suspicious and mysterious stuff as Nuric sleeps*

*Stifles a few giggles*

*wakes up*

Hey!!!  Who put my hand in this bowl of warm water?!?   Ewwwww!

it isn't water...

*Giggles menacingly*

Gah!!!    NOO!   *shakes fist in helpless rage*

*grins evilly*

maybe you should bite your fist in frustration too?

*starts to bite fist, then yelps*

Ouch!!!  My pretty flesh!!!

pretty?

Don't tell me.. it sparkles?

Only when someone throws glitter at me, like Mardi Gras or something.

In the sun, it burns like bacon.

good, as it'd annoy me immensely if twilight came t visit

*grins*  Yes.  SO many flaws with that movie and with that entire world.


http://www.cracked.com/funny-7664-why-twilight-sucks/
This message was last edited by the player at 08:15, Sat 19 Jan 2013.

the books was written to make money, and well, she succeeded in that

it's utter garbage, but it's considered a success as it did as intended

50 shades of grey is even worse thought...

Yes, both books were basically the fantasy lives of the authors,  though it could be argued that most books are.

no no, you seee...

50 shades of grey is basically twilight, but with humans

Meyers almost succeeded in suing the 50 shades of grey author at some point...

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 205):

*laughs*   wow......that's really sad,  since Twilight is basically every romance novel ever made, with vampires.

Besides, I thought 50 shades was all bondage and domination and all that.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:26, Wed 23 Jan 2013.

ah you see

it isn't like real world bondage, it is all about a poor innocent and empty girl, being made to do weird shit by an older man that isn't human...

so it's basically the same book

What makes it stand out from all the other terrible books of it's kind though? Is it really terribly written or what?

I've never read it, but I'm assuming that it's one of those 'presented at the right time in the right place' books, like Twilight, so it caught on for artificial reasons.

Getting the nickname of 'housewife porn' has probably helped it more than it deserves.  :)

Wow.  Twilight.  I have to make the point that there are no vampires in Twilight.  Rather, those that claim to be vampires are merely blood drinking Demi-gods.

I read 50 Shades.  It was so funny and made me want to bang my head against a wall.  I didn't find it all that racy to be honest, but I might have been too busy groaning at the main character to really notice.

Of course, I fully recognize that both books were not written for me, being a bear and all.  :)

indeed, demi-gods that have a fetish for blood is all they are...

I haven't read 50 shades of grey, couldn't, as apparently the main character ends up saying 'oh myy' a lot.. and I saw a youtube video of George Takei reading her lines, and it sort of.. made it too funny to bear...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WahBH9sANg

George has such a Beautiful Man Voice.  I could hear him speak all day.  :)


Yes, I was thinking that Twilight "vampires" are some kind of Elf, from the Dark part of Fey.   But perhaps that's taking it too seriously.

no one should take twilight seriously, they a huge joke

*smiles*  true enough.   Though sometimes I try to justify weird things from movies that don't make sense.

Oddly enough, I preferred 50 Shades over Twilight, but that's not saying much.

Although sparkling vampires is kind of ridiculous and funny.

We had lunch the other day at Uno's Pizzeria,  and they had a "Fifty Shades of Green" salad.    None of us dared to try it.

Fifty Shades of Grey salad?

Somehow I would have thought that it would have been a steak, beaten and cooked in very interesting ways.

*grins*  I think they wanted it to be tied in, but not TOO closely tied.   *winks*

I wonder if there is a gender-thing about arsonists?

I am trying to write a small story, cause I'm odd, and would it be weird if the main-character, ergo the arsonist was female?

I am one, so it'd make it easier for me to write out her thoughts, othewise I'd have to try and understand what a male would think, or it'd be all too butch and weird...

I think, or could I write it as a male, how does a male think?

and this is midnight-ramblings from a female with too much going on in her head, don't mind me, unless you want to discuss the difference between a female and male brain

I don't see any problem with having a female arsonist.  Mischief knows no gender.

I agree.  Men are generally more destructive, but there are plenty of women who could start a fire.

The important part is to make the reasons behind the desire to make fire.

I personally think men and women aren't that different from each other than we all like to think.

Social expectations tend to be what drive gender differences IMHO. Women can be very, VERY destructive when they want to.

I've always thought women are destructive in a lasting damage way, men are more, brutal as in someone might end up dead?

But I am a female, and I have been told that even thought I have male-friends, it only means I've queued them to x with the later, as if females can't be friends with the opposite gender...

anyway, silly social expectations

so, now I wonder, if I have a shelf filled with candles, think candle-store amount, and set fire to one candle, one of those long dinner-candle things that is lying hidden behind larger candles in a busy store, would the fire be noticed before it goes into explosive fire?

I wonder ifI'd be allowed to test this theory some day in my life, as in which place in a shelf is most dangerous to set fire to, need to find a fire-fighting company that allows me to test this...

I'm not sure I understand the set up, but it shouldn't be hard to set up a "mock room" to test out the theory.  Perhaps a patch of bare earth and some boxes with the candles on them to simulate it.

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 223):

Why not have the fire start in a nearby locked storeroom where something like gunpowder and / or alcohol is stored?

I really wouldn't reccomend running a 'simulation'. Not being from the U.K. I guess you've never seen the episode of The IT Crowd where Roy tries to figure out how his girlfriend's parents died in a fire at Sea World.

In reply to Nyarlathotep (msg # 225):

We get that show sometimes in America.   Very funny!   I never saw that episode, though.

The setup is that someone burns down a candle-store, candle-stores rarely have alcohol or gunpower thought...

I want my story to be 'real'-ish, and well I sorta work in a store that sells candle and if I test the theory my store will get rich, as I'd buy it from there, and then I need to figure out if real candle-stores have shelves of wood of metal...

This story is based of my fear that someone would set fire to the store I work in, I have odd fears and ideas...

and also, IT-crowd, I saw one episode where one of them set fire to the trash-can and is unable to put it out... it was hilarious

I worked briefly at "Yankee Candle", at the main office and distribution center.  There were TONS of candles there, and many of the shelves that display them for the public are wood, though many are metal as well.

How would you get rich from that?

"My store will get rich" Not me personally as I only work there...

it is a huge chain, I am not a business-owner, don't have enough capital to trick anyone into helping me to open a store...

anyway, this is just an idea, I might not be able to convey the fear and out-rage I want there to be in it, so I might have to come up with something else...

*Grins*

I like coming up with ideas, horrible at writing them down thought

I still have no idea what you're taking about.

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 227):

Dear Mr. Fireman.

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Thank you for taking the time to read this message.

Yours, Moss.

meah, I suck at explaining

have a cookie

*Kidnaps fireman*

he is hot yes?

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 232):

*smiles*   my brain is in vacation mode, so it's probably me.   No worries.

I is on vacation too, sadly not my brain

oh well, maybe I'll get relaxed at some point

here's something you might like.

http://infinitysnaps.com/post/4529

ooooooooh

awesome, I can haz one?

It's got to be out there somewhere.   :)

*puddles around happily*

cause why not?

Huh?

it's so hot over here, being a human that moves

is not desirable

Yes, it's roughly 40 degrees Celsius here, perhaps more with the Heat Index.

Just going to the mailbox was an arduous ordeal.  :)

oh, 40...

I'd be burned to a crisp, we have like 32 degrees celsius...

*puddles away in shame*

Yes, Air Conditioning is the greatest invention ever.   :)

air conditioning?

is that something you eat?

*grins*   It's more valuable to me than food sometimes, that's for sure.

I found myself turning my sofa upside-down to get enough change to afford a coke one time when I was broker than broke.

So I see where you coming from

Yes.  it's tough to be broke, especially when you want to indulge in vices.  :)

I agree with how great air conditioning is.  My first apartment when I moved south did not have A/C.  I didn't really notice until the summer and sweated my way through the months.

Ugh.

Happy now that my place has A/C.

A/C, is something only stores have

in my country at least

If I recall, Sue, you're from northern Europe somewhere.  It tends to be a little cooler there.
I know that AC units in the north of the US are gaining in popularity, but not as much as in the south.   My father's house in Maine still doesn't have it.

oh, does a place like Haven exist?

Do they have weirdness going on there?

I think I like the tv-series Haven too much.....

There are many scenic, quirky and old fashioned coastal towns in Maine, but Haven is, sadly, a Hollywood version of them.
The short story "The Colorado Kid" upon which it's based, IS really good, though, and I highly recommend it.   Though I'd recommend the book on tape (the accents are much better).

There are lots of weird things in Maine, like in any relatively remote place in the world.   Plenty of legends and such.   Some false, but still entertaining.
Like this one from my hometown.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/6159

awesome, cursed things are always funny

especially when it takes forever to appear, like 75 years after

*grins*  Yes, it's one of those things where no one really knew about it until 75 years later, but 100 years later, people were convinced it dated back to the beginning.
Thus to legends begin.   :)

sounds...

legendary

And good for the tourists.    :)

and tourists are always good for the economy

weeeeeee

Yes, Maine's nickname is "Vacationland".   Tourism is one of their top industries.

Sounds like a huge business

would be sad if something happened to all the tourists

*Snickers*

*grins*  We Mainers take very good care of the tourists, so they'll be fine, and perhaps are a bit spoiled.

oh, I need to be a tourist in Maine at some point in life then

I wanna be spoiled!!!!!!!

It's a wonderful place, actually.   :)    Some wonderful parks, festivals, and wonderful rocky beaches.

Granted, there's a lot of the same things in Europe, of course.   But Maine has more fried foods.  :)

fry a turkey for me?

Fried Turkey is more of a Texas thing (and they DO love fried turkey down here).
But at the state and county fairs they fry nearly everything else.

fried butter?

I wonder how one does that

Fry stuff that melt from heat

The trick, I've been told, is to fry is in very hot oil VERY fast.
You dunk cold butter, or anything else, into the batter that's frying, and it gets encapsulated before it can melt away.
They have fried ice cream, fried margaritas, and all kinds of 'impossible' things.

The secret is the speed.  :)


Here's a few,  Plus some other unusual things:

http://www.delish.com/recipes/...e-fair-food#slide-10

fried, margaritas?

wouldn't the heat destroy the reason one drinks them?

Yes, but since the fried margarita carts don't have a liquor license, it's for the best.   :)

yay

but still the liquor is all gone

Yes, but the fried part is what  you're going for.

And you can have a beer for alcohol at the same time.  :)

beer, bleah

I can have a cider instead?

We have cider here.  I hate beer myself, so I know what you mean.
But Beer is more prevalent at the country fairs.   Ciders is more of a city thing, ironically enough.

apple cider is country fair thing over here

beer is like for when it runs out

and now I want the autumn fair to come to town

Yes, we're more of a beer country, more or less.   Other things are here, but not as common, especially at public events like sports and concerts.

beer is the drink of choice at all other times, but autumn fair is for autumny stuff, like apples

beer is like universal drink, I think

When the occasion calls for specific drinks, like a steak and wine festival,we do it.   Otherwise,  beer is the fallback

beer is the universal fallback methinks

True enough.  But it's more universal here compared to other drinks than in Europe (except maybe Germany), at least I suspect.
(and many of my beer drinking friends favor quantity over quality, though that's common with our food, too)

we do only quality, as in if you'd come here and taste the crappiest beer we sell, you'd still know it's beer

I tried this thing called root beer in USA, what is that?

It tasted like tooth-paste nothing to do with beer what so ever

Modern Root Beer is a soda pop, like Pepsi or Coke.  It's not really anything like beer.  I like it, personally, but it's very sweet.

you say it's sweet, which makes it like your tooth-paste is sweet?

cause it tasted just like tooth-paste to me, bitter

That might be a European version.    American root beer is sweet.

I was in New York state when I tasted it, you sell european root beer in new york?

nah, my definition of sweet and your might be altered thought

as in we sweeten stuff differently and such, which means tongue "tastes" things wrong, when it meets a new taste?

ah...okay, that's a good point.  I'd forgotten that European 'sweet' is MUCH sweeter than American 'sweet'.  I've heard your candy and chocolate is much sweeter as well.

I thought your candy was much much sweeter

no idea, maybe my tongue just is odder than for normal people

Well, different people have different tastes.   I love Mountain Dew, but many people here are revolted by it.
I hate Dr. Pepper, but many friends and relatives love it.

There are also many kids of root beer, made by different companies, so some are sweeter than others, while others are more robust and a little more like a birch beer or sarsaparilla or something.

I am addicted to Coca-Cola

I used to like mountain dew, until they changed the recipe

it icky now

Changed the recipe?  What do you mean?

Are you talking officially or unofficially?

They changed something, it tastes off

and the ingredients on the bottle moved places, so I think they putted more of one thing and less of another...

and it isn't the right mountain dew green anymore, now it's yellow

Hmmm....Perhaps you're right.   I have been drinking it for over thirty years, but my sense of taste isn't very sophisticated.

I'm just very

well, obsessed with taste, cause well, why not

good food, good drink and good smells should be enjoyed

Maybe some regulations changed.

One of my coworkers used to drive from Canada to the US and stock up on cases of Mountain Dew because Canadian regulations state that clear colas cannot have caffeine in them.

I think it was Mountain Dew.  Maybe it was Sprite.

That could be.    I know they had a clear Pepsi years ago, but I didn't do well.

Well, before joining the european council thingy, all energy-drinks was forbidden in Finland, as the stuff they put in them was considered too dangerous for consumption

now, we have them, and 12 year old kids die from heart-attack cause they drink 15 of them...

*Sigh*

Well, we are saved from his stupidity now

Yes, I probably mentioned already that Americans get into an uproar about "losing their freedoms", even if it's the freedom to drink themselves to death, die horribly due to lack of seatbelts, or something similar.
I have a horrible diet, and need to change, but I'd probably also be cranky if my favorite foods and drinks were outlawed.

well well, what would happen if one just removed all the warning labels on all the things and watch the stupid people die

I'd vote for anyone doing that, unless the fact that stupid people usually endanger all around them

I have a diet called: if it tasty I eat it, and I love making food myself, so it usually is sorta healthy as it's homemade

I am allergic to milk thought, so I can never again have pizza...

I love pizza!

*Is sad*

They do have soy cheese pizza.  It's not quite the same, but it's not bad.


And I'm all for leaving off some warning labels, but the problem is that many manufacturers tend to skimp on safety if you do that.  It's hard to get a happy medium.

I've seen a warning-label I loved

it said "To be used for it's intended use and not the other one"

and it was just so funny and true

What was the product?   Some kind of vibrating back massager?

no, it was a kitchen-spoon

it was japanese, and had badly written english warning label

I found it in a euro-store, ergo our version of the dollar-store

odd things for cheap, and they never from the country their sold in, and how they got that country is shrouded in mystery, large container of random-crap for sale...

anyway, it burned into my mind

*grins*  I can see the Japanese misusing a spoon in horrifying ways.

yes, they crazy

but they make good foods

I all for new foods, except I will never eat a live octopus, they can get stuck in throat and then one dies...

I try to avoid the "pre cooked" food.  At least the ones that can fight back.

We used to watch Iron Chef, but they used squid roe just once too often.   :)

Ages since I owned a TV so I haven't seen iron chef in ages

I only watch movies and tv-series on youtube, can't be asked to watch ion chef, even thought they funny

ah, and now I need to go make me some rice and tuna, cause it's simple but tasty

simple and tasty is good.  I often get cheap and simple things here, too.

I'm a bit spoiled by watching so much tv, but I love it.

I got annoyed with the ads on tv, so I started streaming and less legal things

ah, I love simple, tasty and cheap in all culture foods, as in I make chinese at times, cause they stay true to foods own taste

But it's not the easiest to make, one has to fry it on hot hot hot, and sometimes my stove can't get that hot, so it's failed chinese, but I love it

If I can find a way to stream the shows that I watch on TV, I'll be eagerly cutting my cable.  I have something like 1000+ TV channels but I only watch maybe 7 ones that are in HD.  The rest I just ignore.

We have the DVR on our television that lets us not only tape shows to watch later, but can pause, rewind, or even fast forward (if it's been paused long enough) the tv we're watching.

We avoid lots of commercials that way.

they lately added a new, law in my country, that all ads must have the same noise level as the tv-shows, so maybe, just maybe I'll try watching tv again, cause the thing I hated the most, was the sound level being so much more higher, obnoxiously high... headache inducing...

anyway, we don't pay for tv, the taxes do, so if I had one, I'd only have what channels there is, cause why pay for 1000+ channels when all the good movies come on the 'normal' channels?

there is many sites online streaming tv-shows, just one need to get used to finding a good one, and then it's taken down, and research a new good...

cause evil moneymakers pull them down, not succeeding, just being a PITA

Many people here are starting to watch tv on computers.  I'm too lazy to fiddle with it, but I see it done.

I usually have my tv kind of loud, so I don't notice that big a difference in volume between shows and commercials, but on other tvs I can see it.

Television is starting to go the way of the radio, I think.  Not vanishing, but probably something people only use in certain circumstances.

tv will never go away, the screens will be used as computers if nothing else

the bigger the picture of what you looking at, the bettah...

over here, our commercials had literally their noise-levels doubled what the movie or tv-series had, it was horrid

*smiles*  Yes, with all the DVRs, Tivos, and other ways people are avoiding commercials, the commercial people are desperate to make sure their ads are noticed.

I can see television going away, though not for a few generations at least.   Perhaps replaced with a large screen that is more an accessory for the computer than a separate thing.

I have no time to watch anything any more. A friend sent me a link to a load of movies recently as research material for a game I'm running I only got 10 minutes into the first film before I got distracted.

I've noticed something. Are you two the only other two 'players' active here now?

I'm far behind in my movie and television viewing, despite the feeling that I watch entirely too much.   :)
Fittingly, Rpol is to blame for distracting me, for the most part.



There are a couple of other players posting now and then, like Grizzly for example, though Sue and I have been the most prolific, I presume.

I'm still around.  For the most part.  There are times when I have nothing to say or anything constructive to add to the conversation.

Luckily, I'm always ready to add something to the conversation, even if it's meaningless and totally irrelevant.   :)

Well, it has been a little dip in participation, mostly cause I was gone for a long time, so many has left and also, school started

And I love brainless and conversation about serious things, so, I can keep an entire conversation with anyone going for forever, even on my lonesome

how do you know Nuric isn't me?

How do you know you are you and not another part of me?

If I'm part of you, can I choose the part?

I want to be the appendix.  I've always wanted to be the appendix.
Or the left elbow.  That sounds like fun.   :)

oh, you want to be an important part, like the appendix?

you sure, it means you are in control of how my body survives stomach-illnesses, saving the germs I need to not have my intestines die?

also, if you wanna be the left elbow, know that I bang that into walls almost daily, you want to be a crash-pillow?

*smiles*   If it means I get to protect you, my dear, than I'm more than willing to take the risk.

Wait.  Nuric is part of CuteSue?!?!?!

Doesn't it freak you out that a part of your body is talking?

It doesn't bother me.   *grins*

I see a great ventriloquist act in the works.

Now I'll never know which part of Sue to look at when talking to Nuric.

*evil laugh*   But I'll be able to see you......

And just where are you looking?

I'm taking in the whole package, baby!    :)

*Does an act*

Oh, I feel famous

*asks for an autograph*

That'll be $15 $20 dollars for CuteSues Autograph.

*sighs*
Oh, okay....I guess I'll just admire her from afar....

*sighs heavily again*

*graffiti her autograph everywhere*

Cause that's what graffiti-artists do isn't it?

*Tap-dances*

*steals part of the wall*

His will look great in my living room.

*Stresses to death in a corner*

Are you okay?

*blows lifeguard whistle*

Hey you!

In the corner!

No stressing to Death!

*hugs Sue, if she allows it*

*Accepts all the hugs and life-saving tricks that can be had*

So, my work went into bankruptcy and my life fell to pieces for a little while there, so I concentrated all my energies into getting myself a new life

surprisingly enough it wasn't just to buy one online (Like I first thought) but now, I think I have it all under control, I am moving to Norway :)

Moving to Norway?   I've actually heard it's a very good place to live, though I have never been.

Good luck, my friend.   *hugs*

muahahahaha

if it isn't, I'll kick the Vikings in the balls and make it so :)

I need a good life, I am so weak and broken *Huge innocent grin*

I hear Norway is a good place to get fixed.   :)

fixed, as in fixed up with a Viking?

ooooor are you suggesting I shouldn't reproduce....?

*laughs*

Well, I'd certainly recommend to anyone not to have kids, since kids ruin everything.  ;)

However, I meant fix as in "it's good for what ails you".

Norway should be nice.  Or so I've heard.  Haven't been there myself...yet.

ah, good, as I want kids, if I can't have my own, I'll adopt others abandoned kids...

ah, I am such a huge Angelina Jolie copy, and not really, as I have planned to do so before she did, so hah...

*smiles*  I'm a big fan of adoption as well.   I'm not about to subject a kid to me as a parent, but I'm a big fan of others taking in kids who are already here.

ah, but now you did it, who am I to subject anyone to me as a parent?

aaaaaaaaah, I'm a horribly over-protective person...

I'd be similar.  I have no sense of moderation.   I fully believe I'd either hover protectively, or let the kid play with a toaster in the tub.

ah, I know I'll basically make all my kids fat and their friends fat, as I grew up in a house without food, so I feed everyone, adult and younger, now...

To make sure that there is always food, and snacks :)

going hungry is terrible

Yes, my mother used to do that.

There was an old commercial in the 70s for "Kool-Aid", saying that a house where they had a lot of Kool-Aid was "That house on every block where all the kids play."

We had that house.  and for more then Kool-Aid.  :)

All I know about kool-aid is that a silly red container jumps through a wall saying 'oh yeah' for no apparent reason, maybe it likes breaking walls?

anyway, 7 days to my move, I'm getting excited, still so much to remember to fix before I go, aaaaaaaaaah, why do people feel the need to own so much shit?

I want to go all minimalistic all of a sudden, throw it all away, but no, one has to keep the baby-pictures, and the toys and the... can't I just keep the photos and throw all else out? no...?

Why noooooot? It's my stuff.....

Yes, we have to sift through tons of crap before each move.  In fact, we still have several boxes of stuff we hadn't even looked at since we moved here ten years ago.   :)

Good luck on your move, though.   *smiles*

I found three boxes of that too, didn't bother opening them, just said: If I didn't need it since last move, I won't be needing it at all, off to second-hand-shop it is

Anyway, I've been packing everything I own, weighing the bags, re-packed and so on, many times, there is a weight limit on the things one can fly with, and I will not exceed it, so expensive

and only one flight, and moved, then I can buy new crap when I arrive "That's one way to renew your whole closet" as someone said :)

Luckily, we've never moved somewhere we couldn't drive, though moving somewhere 2000 miles away is still freaking expensive.  :)

I know I should get rid of lots of stuff I don't use, but I get too sentimental.

sentimentality, is something I sadly lack

I have started hating taking photos too, as I take too many and can't print them out, so I do post-cards, they prettier than anything I can take, and just as much memories are stuck in them :)

Yes, photographs can be a waste if you take too many.

I get WAY too sentimental.  I wish I didn't.  I have a friend who used to regularly get rid of everything he owned almost yearly.   I wish I could be so cavalier.

sometimes, I wish a house-fire took everything, except peoples and cats lives, that way it's all gone, and one gets a cool story to tell

cause seriously, we people collect too much stuff

*laughs*   No, that's never a good thing.   I want to be in control of all my stuff.  I know I have too much, but it's a part of me, and each piece has its own memories.

I have a mother that kept everything, she has some sort of hoarding thingy going on

I throw things away when she looks the other way of course, or we'd be swamped in everything we've ever had

I personally think that if things break, one has to throw that out, not keep it for 20 years to mend, like all our baby clothes

Luckily my parents moved, so I threw everything broken out, everything, it was 15 car loads of broken things

Normal one person car then, but I filled it with tetris-like precision

But I used to collect lots of things when I was small, I just am tired of carrying large bunches of stuff between houses, I move too much, so now I throw it all out, and won't keep anything until I own a house to fill to the brim :)

Yes, I need to clear out a lot of books and other things from my childhood.  I'm too afraid to grow up, even still, perhaps.

My mother had a 'to do' list for fixing that never got done, and many of her things are still in my father's house, years after she passed away.

We're a bit like that, too, with piles of things that we need to sort through.

hire someone to do it for you, you sit on the stairs nodding or shaking your head, throw away or keep, and then, it's done

I hired a person to help me move last time, it cost me a beer...

I like friends that are nosy in a creating way and not a destructive way, everyone wants to dig through anyone elses things, it's nosy and fun

*grins*  I don't have anyone I could hire that cheaply, at least not someone I trust to muck through all my stuff.

I'll get rid of it eventually, though.    :)

well, yes, you do, eventually

especially if you watch an episode of hoarders, then you suddenly need to throw out some things, it just itches to get rid off stuff after that horrible obnoxious tv-series

there was a british tv-series that did something similar, except it was all concentrated on a duo of cleaning ladies that cleaned houses, but they rarely found any hoarders, just people that never cleaned, ever, and instead of washing clothes, they bought new once, so they found a set of 30-year old sisters that hadn't washed any clothes since they moved away from parents

it was hilarious how much clothes they washed, and how much they had to throw out cause they'd gone bad...

*grins*  watching those shows just makes us feel good about ourselves, that "at least we're not THAT bad!".   :)

oh

I've had a family that hoards, it's from the war, my granpa was in it, and he never threw anything out, and it passed to my mother, and I try to break the chain, and it isn't that easy

I am just not allowed to throw out anything
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:53, Thu 16 Jan 2014.

Yes, older people can be serious pack rats.   It's a lot to do with having a lot of sentimental value on things.

Of course, having been around in world war two would make a hoarder out of anyone.    There are many people in Britain like that.

well, but this hoarding jumped from one generation to the next

it's contagious, aaaaaaaaaaaaaah