Author Topic: DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009! (Read 249368 times)

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #2325 on:** October 05, 2009, 04:29:31 AM »

And it snowed here, pretty much all day.

Shale · « **Reply #2326 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:45:33 AM »

Family reunions are awesome. Even when they include my asshole father and even-more-of-an-asshole uncle, the other 18 people in attendance more than offset that. Especially cousins. So adorable.

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #2327 on:** October 05, 2009, 07:07:40 AM »

The 3 highlights of my most recent trip to Philadelphia:

1) We went to a park area. During this time, a bunch of (what I assume to be) elementary school kids were running a race or somesuch. One of these kids while running the race stopped, dropped his pants, and proceeded to take a shit. In the middle of the race. And not off to the side of the race "track" either - basically in the path. In front of his peers (he was ahead of everyone), girls included. IN FRONT OF THE ADULTS PROCTORING THE RACE. And no one bats an eye. Ok...

2) 3 hours spent sitting behind an accident on I95. The majority of this time spent yelling at the girl next to me. Why was I doing this? This was a 4 lane highway that was down to 1 lane because of the huge accident. This girl...in a SUV...was blocking that one lane. And not moving. She was trying to get over, but must have stopped to talk on her cell phone. I got out of my car, walked over, and yelled into her open window that she was blocking all the traffic. No response! Knocked on the door...and her goddamned little rat (a.k.a., chihuahua) jumped up at me...and promptly fell out the window. And she still doesn't notice. I walk over a bit to pick up the dog, and she must have finished on the phone...and proceeds to now drive off without the dog. Cue me running through the accident, past police that are looking at me crazily wondering why I have a dog in my hands, to catch up to her. I finally do, and she's ecstatic I "saved" her dog. >_>

3) A waitress gave me her phone number very overtly. In front of my girlfriend. That was...a funny discussion to watch >_>

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #2328 on:** October 05, 2009, 07:38:27 AM »

Quote from: Excal on October 05, 2009, 03:58:14 AM

Every now and then, I will hear Ciato react positively to something in this topic, and wonder why I rarely drop by. And then conversations like this start, and the reasons start flooding back in.

You mean conversations like this aren't the ones she enjoys? Shocking.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #2329 on:** October 05, 2009, 07:44:04 AM »

So, all people in Philly are just blind then? What poo? What traffic blocking? What girlfriend?

Cotigo · « **Reply #2330 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:15:33 AM »

Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia is clearly more accurate in its portrayal of Philadelphians than I anticipated.

Note to self: Stay the fuck out of Philly.

Ultradude · « **Reply #2331 on:** October 05, 2009, 12:06:41 PM »

...a friend of mine attending Drexel was once chased by a nude hobo.

Said hobo ended up being tasered by the school's security when they reached the gates.

Sierra · « **Reply #2332 on:** October 05, 2009, 02:19:01 PM »

I hope you've learned a valuable lesson here, OK: stay the fuck off of I-95.

Shale · « **Reply #2333 on:** October 05, 2009, 02:28:06 PM »

Quote from: El Cideon on October 05, 2009, 02:19:01 PM

I hope you've learned a valuable lesson here, OK: stay the fuck off of I-95.

Quote from: El Cideon on October 05, 2009, 02:19:01 PM

I hope you've learned a valuable lesson here, OK: stay the fuck off of I-95.

Quote from: El Cideon on October 05, 2009, 02:19:01 PM

stay the fuck off of I-95.

superaielman · « **Reply #2334 on:** October 05, 2009, 03:13:41 PM »

Thirding that. I-95 really is the worst.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #2335 on:** October 05, 2009, 03:38:28 PM »

Quote from: Cmdr_King on October 05, 2009, 07:38:27 AM

Quote from: Excal on October 05, 2009, 03:58:14 AM
Every now and then, I will hear Ciato react positively to something in this topic, and wonder why I rarely drop by. And then conversations like this start, and the reasons start flooding back in.

You mean conversations like this aren't the ones she enjoys? Shocking.

I think it was some VSM quote mocking you guys' cynicism. Which was like ten pages ago at the rate that posts have been made. >_>

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #2336 on:** October 05, 2009, 04:35:54 PM »

Productive morning: go to eye doctor, pay bills, have lunch, go back home. Speaking of the doctor visit:

She was a real sweet, and the appointment itself went very smoothly. I was pleasantly surprised to discover my eyesight hasn't gotten any worse since my last visit to a doctor some six years ago, and mildly surprised to discover I'll probably have to use glasses for the rest of my life (unless I feel like making a surgery, if that's even possible in my case), since astigmatism doesn't regress. Keeping it stable is about the best you could hope for. I don't mind in the least, though: I enjoy using glasses, and I honestly think I look good with them, not to mention they've became an instinctive prop to many of my minor tics, and I don't need to use them all the time either (I just do because, you know, I like glasses). It's been a week since my last pair went boom and I miss them quite a bit. Now, to research prices for glasses.

AAA · « **Reply #2337 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:15:47 PM »

So uh my university just deposited 2000 dollars into my bank account.

I'm not sure why.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #2338 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:26:32 PM »

Quote from: AAA on October 05, 2009, 05:15:47 PM

So uh my university just deposited 2000 dollars into my bank account.

I'm not sure why.

Get that clarified ASAP. It could've been a mistaken deposit, so you'll be in big trouble if you take a part of it, then it gets yanked away. Don't touch your account, have an extract of the last few movements in your account handy and have it sorted. I've had a friend who was dim enough to make use of a sum that was mistakenly deposited into her account and got into a year-long debt with the bank for it, so you'd best make sure of what the freck is going on.

I know this is really obvious advice, but it never hurts to be overcautious.

Lady Door · « **Reply #2339 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:35:48 PM »

Have I mentioned how nifty my new computer is? It is quite nifty. I am happy.

Right now, however, I am freezing. It cooled off in the Bay Area over the weekend -- BAM, autumn! -- and the office thermostat was not changed to reflect this. I hate having to wear my (faux-)leather jacket while I'm sitting at my computer and STILL freezing.

I'm completely ignoring the fact that an air temperature of 46F is not "freezing" in most measurement systems.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #2340 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:43:00 PM »

Quote from: Lady Door on October 05, 2009, 05:35:48 PM

Have I mentioned how nifty my new computer is? It is quite nifty. I am happy.

Right now, however, I am freezing. It cooled off in the Bay Area over the weekend -- BAM, autumn! -- and the office thermostat was not changed to reflect this. I hate having to wear my (faux-)leather jacket while I'm sitting at my computer and STILL freezing.

I'm completely ignoring the fact that an air temperature of 46F is not "freezing" in most measurement systems.

Funnily, the temperature whiplash hit us as well, only instead of BAM! autumn, it's BAM! spring! going over here. Having to deal with weather that manages to be both gloomy and hotly dry while those goddamn cicadas sing and mate from 8AM-6PM is amusing in a twisted way. Hello 30º C days.

superaielman · « **Reply #2341 on:** October 05, 2009, 06:58:52 PM »

It's Fall here too, which means it's 72 in the day and 60 at night. It's pretty much like this most of the month.

AAA · « **Reply #2342 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:29:32 PM »

I checked my financial aid status on the net, and it does mention a recent 2000 dollar deposit, so at least this isn't a case of mistaken deposit. I just don't know why they gave me money is all.

edit-to clarify I guess they could have given the aid to the wrong person somehow but at least the university acknowledges that they willingly gave it to me instead of it being a mix-up with routing numbers or whatever.

Cotigo · « **Reply #2343 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:31:49 PM »

Well, if the amount of your aid is greater than the amount you owe the school, they give you the excess funds to help pay for necessities. It seems odd that that would happen in October instead of earlier, though. I'd still go talk to someone.

metroid composite · « **Reply #2344 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:55:17 PM »

Volunteered to help in a school today; they put me in kindergarten, which is surprisingly stressful and exhausting--teaching pretty much becomes easier the further into education you are (university students are a breeze, at least). Kids are also freakishly observant and don't hold their tongue, which is very occasionally uncomfortable but overall good for me--I wish more people were bluntly honest and let me know what they thought of me.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #2345 on:** October 05, 2009, 09:40:10 PM »

Sounds pretty neat. But your observation is pretty much right on the money, and for obvious reasons. Hope you had fun today, regardless.

That teachers for kids are so devalued is egregious, although that goes for the vast majority of the people in that profession, sadly.

Grefter · « **Reply #2346 on:** October 06, 2009, 12:00:56 AM »

I would worry more about teachers of young children specifically being undervalued if first world societies in general these days are almost all universally undervaluing education systemically across all levels of learning.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #2347 on:** October 06, 2009, 12:10:23 AM »

But. but. Educational systems cost money! And we have to keep cutting taxes! So we have to keep cutting funding to schools because they cost money!

Grefter · « **Reply #2348 on:** October 06, 2009, 12:12:21 AM »

Yeah, I understand that there is this trickle down effect, you see the rich people get rich and it naturally flows down to the lazier ones who aren't billionaires.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #2349 on:** October 06, 2009, 12:13:32 AM »

Naturally! It flows like a river of money!

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Author Topic: DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009! (Read 249368 times)