G'Morning 2012 - Buddy Bear Kopocalypse Edition

[OblivionKnight]

Start of the semester = rough.  These next few weeks..ugh:


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[Idun]

Back is stressed/strained due to poor posture. Apparently the pain will go away/heal if I sit/stand/walk properly all the time. This is going to take some work~

I've also been prescribed antibiotics for a water infection and have an appointment Wednesday to get my bloods tested for any other possible explanations as to/to check why I am so often feeling so tired/without energy despite my vitamin deficiency pills/getting enough sleep. I also picked up a prescription for a new batch of the combined pill.

Lots of pills!~

Did they show you any tricks to remembering to stand straight? You can do some basic morning stretches throughout the day to sort of get you in a mode. Feel better!

Ciato, ):
OK, (:

[superaielman]

Had to cut into your sailor moon cosplay time, OK?

[Scar]

Ok, so I need some help.

I wrote a couple days ago how I had gone jet-skiing with my family, but now I am confused.

I mentioned how I was going over 100 mph on the jet-ski, but when I told some friends about it, they seemed skeptical. They mentioned how vehicles on water do not travel by MPH. Rather they use NPH or nauts per hour?  This is something I am not familiar with.

they said if I was going 100 mph on the water I would have flipped which seems to make sense, but I am not too sure. Whatever odometer I was reading did hit triple digits though. 

Anyone keen on solving this conundrum?

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Speedometers on watercraft usually operate by a thing on the bottom of the hull which is supposed to figure out how fast the water is passing over it based on flow.  If it somehow gets jammed up with algae or what have you, it will give some pretty screwy numbers back.  My folks had a boat back in the day with that problem, and when you opened it up it would bury the needle, telling you that you were travelling at over 140.  A nautical mile is about 1.15 regular miles, but that difference isn't enough to explain the difference, so it's likely an equipment failure.  Most jet skis top out around half what you say you were going, and that's assuming it's an actual jet ski and not a waverunner, which doesn't come close speed-wise.

[Clear Tranquil]

Idun - Thanks! =)

They didn't show me any tricks but I'll try your advice, thanks. Another friend also recommended a heat pad~

My kettle broke this morning! I don't know why. I thought it was a power cut at first after I discovered the power wasn't working but I checked my electricity switch box and the trip switch was off. I switched it back on but when I went to make coffee later on and the power went out again I realised it was related to the kettle which was tripping the trip switch because it wasn't working~

I still have a receipt for the kettle so hopefully I will be able to get it replaced next week~~

Woke up and saw some grey and killer whales outside hovering around the ship

This is awesme~

[DjinnAndTonic]

Holy crap, Dragon con is next week, I don't have a nerdy enough costume.

What can I wear that says "I am one of you nerds, but like 10 times sexier so I don't have to wear a shirt"?

[Dark Holy Elf]

Vaan cosplay obviously

[superaielman]

Vaan cosplay obviously

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Holy crap, Dragon con is next week, I don't have a nerdy enough costume.

What can I wear that says "I am one of you nerds, but like 10 times sexier so I don't have to wear a shirt"?

Ryu4 at the beginning of the game. He's naked!

[DjinnAndTonic]

I'm not Japanese-looking enough or blonde enough to cosplay Vaan. But not a bad suggestion.

[superaielman]

Go as a giant shirtless Lang (LoL2). It fits your talents.

[Cmdr_King]

So there's a 99% chance I'll be unemployed come Sunday.  Guess I can't get through school without getting a better job afterall.

So lame.

[Grefter]

Chainmail bikini.

Kettles do that.  See if you can try it on a different circuit than other appliances and see if it still does it.  Could just be too many high yield appliances on the circuit.  If you dont know where different circuits run in your place just try a socket on the opposite part of the building than the kitchen.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Holy crap, Dragon con is next week, I don't have a nerdy enough costume.

What can I wear that says "I am one of you nerds, but like 10 times sexier so I don't have to wear a shirt"?

It's DragonCon.  I'm pretty sure "ten times sexier" is still a really tiny number.  You could probably be dressed as Sonichu and still manage to hit that target.

[Idun]

So there's a 99% chance I'll be unemployed come Sunday.  Guess I can't get through school without getting a better job afterall.

So lame.

I know this may sound desperate, but maybe a meeting with your counselor (if you have one), advisor (if you have one), or a stop next to your campus employment services building (if you have one), or a gander at your school's employment bulletin board with available jobs for students (if you have one), may offset something?


Edit:

Good news this morning when I opened my e-mail box: I am going to be published by October with three articles. (: Holy hell, I am -scared as fuck- but, you know what? EDUCATED OPINIONS. People can agree or disagree! I just ain't on that b'loh stuff.

And... I seriously should do something about my e-mail. I thought I had 26 new today, but technically I have over 3000 unopened as my life spirals out of control.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Holy crap, Dragon con is next week, I don't have a nerdy enough costume.

What can I wear that says "I am one of you nerds, but like 10 times sexier so I don't have to wear a shirt"?

It's DragonCon.  I'm pretty sure "ten times sexier" is still a really tiny number.  You could probably be dressed as Sonichu and still manage to hit that target.

I was under the impression that DragonCon had an impressively high number of hot scantily clad female nerds? (Admittedly, I've not heard the same of the male population, but I assume there must be some.)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

For every moderately attractive female dressed as FFX-2 Yuna you find, you're equally likely to meet a 43-year-old 250 lbs. bald man from Kentucky cosplaying Darkstalkers Felicia with realistic fur patterns.

[Hunter Sopko]

I'll vouch for there being more hot cosplayers in Florida than is normal. Though my observations in that are several years old.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Djinn mentioned this Dragon Con would be in Georgia, I thought. I guess he just wants to meet Idun's long lost siamese twin.

[Cmdr_King]

I know this may sound desperate, but maybe a meeting with your counselor (if you have one), advisor (if you have one), or a stop next to your campus employment services building (if you have one), or a gander at your school's employment bulletin board with available jobs for students (if you have one), may offset something?

Silly Idun, that's for colleges, not poor people schools.

Nah, I'm not terribly worried about it.  Keep in mind, I'm going to be prioritizing food service while looking for jobs, and prefer evening hours.  As long as I can get a day off mid-week for class I can do whatever.  It's a rare case where the most likely obstacle to getting a job is myself, not the market.

[NotMiki]

Sudden road trip to DC in a U-Haul truck.  Not exactly what I had in mind for today.

[superaielman]

I'm so, so sorry.

[Cmdr_King]

Apparently, upon closer inspection, the bar will remain open until September 1st.

So a week and a half to unemployment!

[Shale]

Sudden road trip to DC in a U-Haul truck.  Not exactly what I had in mind for today.

How long you in town for?