Author Topic: Good Morning 2016: Man hat doch nicht alle Tassen im Schrank! (Read 21047 times)

dunie · « **on:** January 09, 2016, 02:32:08 PM »

Doch! Immer ein bisschen spät.

2016 smells pretty bad.
-dunie

superaielman · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2016, 12:55:22 PM »

*Fly home to pick up car, which had extensive repairs done*

*Car immediately suffers a new, unrelated breakdown*

*Sigh* At least I've bitched so much at work about it that my boss believes me when I'm (AGAIN) stuck at my parents place due to car troubles.

NotMiki · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2016, 06:08:58 AM »

You don't have car troubles. You've got a psychological issue you express via automobile.

Grefter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2016, 07:21:19 AM »

Okay, we can stop the planet, we are done here.

Edit - this is even harder than I expected it to be. Tonight is going to be an eat icecream in the dark nigh edit 2 - did that. A bit better now.

Cotigo · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2016, 12:10:02 PM »

Was at Karaoke with my karate friends when my news app told me. Pretty sure 75% of the songs the foreigners among us sang thereafter were Bowie songs.

I feel weird mourning the loss of celebrities but this is pretty fuckin shitty.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2016, 12:16:09 PM »

I woke up to my entire Twitter timeline mourning his death. Welp, my entire day is lost.

The Duck · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2016, 02:03:07 PM »

this is a fucking bummer, and it's surprising because he just released Blackstar which by all accounts is great.

jsh357 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2016, 02:45:07 PM »

It's hard to believe he's really gone. Bowie was such an inspiration. You can tell how much he loved what he did, waiting until his album was released to check out.

Shale · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2016, 05:32:29 PM »

I'm still convincing myself Bowie was a mortal human being. I feel like I should be complaining of a clerical error in the universe.

Scar · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2016, 06:04:16 PM »

There's a lot of bowie that I'm unfamiliar with.

But the songs I've heard are good.

I might have to catch up.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2016, 06:55:20 PM »

At some point, we just forget our idols aren't any less mortal than we are. Though one particular mention devastated me the most, regarding Blackstar even: "we were so happy with the news that he was back we never realized he was saying goodbye". God.

jsh357 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2016, 07:05:24 PM »

I guess it helps that Blackstar is a great album, probably his most inspired release since the 70s. That closing track is something else in particular, especially once you know he was aware of his mortality. Better to burn out than fade away and all that.

Fenrir · « **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2016, 07:42:11 PM »

Yeah that's an immensely classy way to go. I really like Lazarus.
I did think he was immortal.

So who gets to be the coolest person on the planet now?

Fenrir · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2016, 07:52:25 PM »

Quote from: Fenrir on January 11, 2016, 07:42:11 PM

Yeah that's an immensely classy way to go. I really like Lazarus.
I did think he was immortal.

So who gets to be the coolest person on the planet now?

Inbe4 Zenny says Meeple

Scar · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2016, 08:04:34 PM »

Mr. Freeze?

Captain cold?

Iceman?

*is shot*

Grefter · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2016, 08:16:45 PM »

Quote from: Fenrir on January 11, 2016, 07:42:11 PM

Yeah that's an immensely classy way to go. I really like Lazarus.
I did think he was immortal.

So who gets to be the coolest person on the planet now?

I think we are down to like Nick Cave now.

jsh357 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2016, 08:37:09 PM »

Tom Waits obviously

Grefter · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2016, 09:51:47 PM »

Tom Waits is pretty great, but he plays Piano like a nerd.

Cotigo · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2016, 10:32:58 PM »

Quote from: Fenrir on January 11, 2016, 07:52:25 PM

Quote from: Fenrir on January 11, 2016, 07:42:11 PM
Yeah that's an immensely classy way to go. I really like Lazarus.
I did think he was immortal.

So who gets to be the coolest person on the planet now?

Inbe4 Zenny says Meeple

ur mum

Sierra · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2016, 11:51:40 PM »

Quote from: jsh357 on January 11, 2016, 07:05:24 PM

I guess it helps that Blackstar is a great album, probably his most inspired release since the 70s. That closing track is something else in particular, especially once you know he was aware of his mortality. Better to burn out than fade away and all that.

I haven't listened to it yet, hard copy is en route via snail mail because this is how I roll, but you're setting a really high bar by saying "Better than Scary Monsters, Heathen, and The Next Day."

I've always thought Freddie Mercury recorded the most characteristic musical farewell humanly possible, but I suppose I'll see soon enough.

jsh357 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 12, 2016, 12:36:37 AM »

Quote from: El Cideon on January 11, 2016, 11:51:40 PM

Quote from: jsh357 on January 11, 2016, 07:05:24 PM
I guess it helps that Blackstar is a great album, probably his most inspired release since the 70s. That closing track is something else in particular, especially once you know he was aware of his mortality. Better to burn out than fade away and all that.

I haven't listened to it yet, hard copy is en route via snail mail because this is how I roll, but you're setting a really high bar by saying "Better than Scary Monsters, Heathen, and The Next Day."

I've always thought Freddie Mercury recorded the most characteristic musical farewell humanly possible, but I suppose I'll see soon enough.

I have no opinion about the quality of his albums -that's subjective- I'm just saying it feels the most inspired and adventurous since low to me.

Grefter · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2016, 12:38:26 AM »

It is the only album he has written about him dying.

The Duck · « **Reply #22 on:** January 14, 2016, 01:26:50 PM »

Alan Rickman has also passed away so it is a bad year to be a 69 year old British dude with an awesome voice. It also has been a bad year overall.

Shale · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2016, 05:01:38 PM »

I don't want to alarm anybody but Tim Curry is 69 years old.

dunie · « **Reply #24 on:** January 20, 2016, 04:45:09 PM »

I think I have a good group of students to teach this semester. Only time can tell. I believe I explained well my boundaries for communication, including emailing.

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Author Topic: Good Morning 2016: Man hat doch nicht alle Tassen im Schrank! (Read 21047 times)