DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[Grefter]

I don't know that it's even that complicated, CK.  The frankness about sex is really just a product of math.  To wit: if you are straight, your chances of finding a viable partner without making any special efforts are pretty good.  If you are a lesbian, those chances are much worse.  So it's only natural that when you find more lesbians you're likely to form a community, and because your community has one big factor in common, it should be no surprise that it comes up a lot.

Yeah, I've definitely noticed and thought about that.  When I'm in straightworld I don't go around eyeing other women or anything like that--that seems like it would be fruitless and make people uncomfortable (and I don't like making people uncomfortable).  Not just that, but the kind of people who show up to lesbianland are usually the kind of people who are interested in pursuing a relationship (typically they will either be coupled, or they will be looking for a relationship...or both).

So...you have people interested in exploring their sexuality at this point in their lives, who can't really express it anywhere else, and whom are united through a common sexual ground.

I think you just might also be overlooking that everyone is just as bad as each other when it comes to those things, I mean I am sure Yaoi fangirls are all totally thinking about the emotional purity of a hot sweaty man pounding into another sweaty man, but there is a small portion of that population that are just in it for a hot body and watching some fucking.

[Idun]

Re: Passports

My experience was that I paid a lot of money (~$120-$130) and didn't have too many problems otherwise.  I'd say it's less of a case of Idun's encounter being extraordinary and more a case of Miki getting royally screwed.  Granted, this might be because of the relatively small city I live in, but going to the post office to get a passport in my experience was a lot closer to Idun's than to Jim's.  Silly New York.

Gah, why did it cost so much? Did they take your picture there?

[Grefter]

Passport
Standard (32 pages)

Includes Diplomatic and Official Passports    A$208    A$104
Frequent Traveller (64 pages)

If you are a frequent traveller you have the option to apply for a frequent traveller passport which contains twice as many pages compared to the standard passport. A higher fee is charged for a frequent traveller passport.    A$312    A$156

[superaielman]

Re: Passports

My experience was that I paid a lot of money (~$120-$130) and didn't have too many problems otherwise.  I'd say it's less of a case of Idun's encounter being extraordinary and more a case of Miki getting royally screwed.  Granted, this might be because of the relatively small city I live in, but going to the post office to get a passport in my experience was a lot closer to Idun's than to Jim's.  Silly New York.

Gah, why did it cost so much? Did they take your picture there?

Government fees are a bitch. It just is, I guess.

[metroid composite]

No sleep at all, yet it doesn't feel like I pulled an all-nighter. I think I'm getting desensitized.

Oh there was an interesting study on this actually: a single sleepless night when you were getting your normal sleep on other nights actually isn't hugely sleep depriving.  In fact, pulling an all-nighter is better than trying to get 2 hours of sleep.

By contrast, getting lower-than-normal sleep three nights in a row is completely brutal and will make you sleep deprived more than anything else.

[Taishyr]

...and that explains a lot re: my current situation. I see. >_>

[Fudozukushi]

Gods, I've forgotten how much of a bitch shaving is.  Or maybe it's my two inch long beard.  Whatever.

[Cotigo]

They took my picture, yeah, so that's why it was so expensive.  I think I may have had it expedited, too, but I'm not sure that actually happened.

[Idun]

Just joined Google Wave (by an invite) and Twitter. I now have a Facebook, Wordpress, Twitter, Google Wave account. An LJ account that I use to read people's blogs. Wanting to blog about my personal life, but I don't like not getting responses (honest truth). I'm trying to see what my generation is up to besides all these video-game related sites! I'm so out of touch, especially since I don't watch TV. NecoleBitchie makes me happy though. Discovered her blog through my friend. >.>

Edit* Yeah she offered the expedited for me. I declined because she asked me when I needed it by, and I told her Feb 22 and she suggested doing it regularly. My professor says it takes up to 10 weeks to get it processed now because of some influx, so I'm just taking the average of those two and going with it. If I don't get accepted, I'll just use it for Spain if I go.

[NotMiki]

Gods, I've forgotten how much of a bitch shaving is.  Or maybe it's my two inch long beard.  Whatever.

could be, yes.  if you're gonna shave that, do yourself a favor and attack it with a pair of scissors first.

[DjinnAndTonic]

So I went to a real-life Pokemon Center in Osaka today.

Wow.

If you've ever been to an American Disney Store, think -that-, only with something that was designed to be 100x more marketable. Oh, and it's Christmastime.

There were hundreds of little kids running around (as expected), plus quite a few couples, and the random foreigner or three. They were of course, selling the games, but they also had tons of figures and plushies to go along with the more unique merchandise. Some of the ones that I found interesting were the Poke-chow for various species of 'mon; and a Pokemon coin-presser, so you could get a 10-yen piece flattened like a penny on a railway track, only with your choice of 'mon pressed into it.

There were some adorable vile Christmas-cake plushies of Pikachu, Pichu, and Piplup, and I even found a life-sized Piplup.

They were running some kind of 'Eevee collection' special while I was there, so they were selling the complete set of Eeveelutions plushies for a mere $6 each. The normal price was something like 8 bucks, so I suppose it was pretty good. I bought a file-folder with the Eevees on it for a buck. They also had some rather stylish shot glasses with Umbreon and Espeon on it. And I remember there was a tea set, too... And the usual assortment of school supplies, trading cards, and candy with various 'mon printed on them.

They were showing off some new pokemon game while I was there, too. PokePark for the Wii. I didn't care enough to watch long, but it looks like a Mario Party-style game, but with Pokemon characters. Seeing the kids all lined up to watch the unveiling was pretty adorable, though.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

So I went to a real-life Pokemon Center in Osaka today.

Wow.

If you've ever been to an American Disney Store, think -that-, only with something that was designed to be 100x more marketable. Oh, and it's Christmastime.

There were hundreds of little kids running around (as expected), plus quite a few couples, and the random foreigner or three. They were of course, selling the games, but they also had tons of figures and plushies to go along with the more unique merchandise. Some of the ones that I found interesting were the Poke-chow for various species of 'mon; and a Pokemon coin-presser, so you could get a 10-yen piece flattened like a penny on a railway track, only with your choice of 'mon pressed into it.

There were some adorable vile Christmas-cake plushies of Pikachu, Pichu, and Piplup, and I even found a life-sized Piplup.

They were running some kind of 'Eevee collection' special while I was there, so they were selling the complete set of Eeveelutions plushies for a mere $6 each. The normal price was something like 8 bucks, so I suppose it was pretty good. I bought a file-folder with the Eevees on it for a buck. They also had some rather stylish shot glasses with Umbreon and Espeon on it. And I remember there was a tea set, too... And the usual assortment of school supplies, trading cards, and candy with various 'mon printed on them.

They were showing off some new pokemon game while I was there, too. PokePark for the Wii. I didn't care enough to watch long, but it looks like a Mario Party-style game, but with Pokemon characters. Seeing the kids all lined up to watch the unveiling was pretty adorable, though.

Cleanse it with fire. You know this is the right thing to do.

[Fudozukushi]

So I went to a real-life Pokemon Center in Osaka today.

Wow.

If you've ever been to an American Disney Store, think -that-, only with something that was designed to be 100x more marketable. Oh, and it's Christmastime.

There were hundreds of little kids running around (as expected), plus quite a few couples, and the random foreigner or three. They were of course, selling the games, but they also had tons of figures and plushies to go along with the more unique merchandise. Some of the ones that I found interesting were the Poke-chow for various species of 'mon; and a Pokemon coin-presser, so you could get a 10-yen piece flattened like a penny on a railway track, only with your choice of 'mon pressed into it.

There were some adorable vile Christmas-cake plushies of Pikachu, Pichu, and Piplup, and I even found a life-sized Piplup.

They were running some kind of 'Eevee collection' special while I was there, so they were selling the complete set of Eeveelutions plushies for a mere $6 each. The normal price was something like 8 bucks, so I suppose it was pretty good. I bought a file-folder with the Eevees on it for a buck. They also had some rather stylish shot glasses with Umbreon and Espeon on it. And I remember there was a tea set, too... And the usual assortment of school supplies, trading cards, and candy with various 'mon printed on them.

They were showing off some new pokemon game while I was there, too. PokePark for the Wii. I didn't care enough to watch long, but it looks like a Mario Party-style game, but with Pokemon characters. Seeing the kids all lined up to watch the unveiling was pretty adorable, though.

Cleanse it with fire. You know this is the right thing to do.

During Christmas time?  How horrible.  Use Liquid Nitrogen.  Much more in the spirit of Christmas.

[VySaika]

Man, if you can still manage to get ahold of those Eevee-lutions plushies before you come out for DLC5, Jenna will want them so badly. I would definately pay you back for them, of course.

[Cotigo]

Gods, I've forgotten how much of a bitch shaving is.  Or maybe it's my two inch long beard.  Whatever.

could be, yes.  if you're gonna shave that, do yourself a favor and attack it with a pair of scissors first.

When my beard gets too unruly, I always go at it with an electric beard trimmer first.  Doesn't cut it close but it cuts it down enough that shaving takes 5 minutes, and it probably takes less time than going at it with scissors.

[Fudozukushi]

Gods, I've forgotten how much of a bitch shaving is.  Or maybe it's my two inch long beard.  Whatever.

could be, yes.  if you're gonna shave that, do yourself a favor and attack it with a pair of scissors first.

When my beard gets too unruly, I always go at it with an electric beard trimmer first.  Doesn't cut it close but it cuts it down enough that shaving takes 5 minutes, and it probably takes less time than going at it with scissors.

I did go with scissors, but my own natural twitchiness and poor depth perception really messed things up.  My electric being low on power didn't help either.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

* Jo'ou Ranbu ~~~~~~~~.

[Grefter]

Eloquently put, as I would expect from an English majour.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Who cares about eloquence when you had an awesome date?

[Shale]

Snow....date?

MY BRAINS

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

This is both an "all according to plan" and a "you think I'm kidding?" moment.

[NotMiki]

ugh.  left the gas on while warming up a pot of tea this morning.  nothing burned down, but my cast-iron teapot is now solid black and produces nothing but lapsang souchong.  Cleaned it out thoroughly, and there doesn't appear to be any remaining residue (as far as I can tell.  it's cast iron, after all) but if I try to brew tea in the pot, it turns black in a couple hours.  This, I reckon, is a Bad Thing, and probably means I'd be flavoring with carbon monoxide or somesuch.  Ugh.  Really liked that pot, too.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

So, your Christmas gift to yourself will be a shiny new teapot? I mourn for your loss, but hopefully you'll be able to make more awesome tea soon.

[Idun]

Did the forums explode for a day or something? I couldn't access it. :| Jesus hates me.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I think the internet just hates you.