TET: Good-bye and hello, as always.

[Hurdegaryp]

Ah.. perhaps you need some tremelo on that last "wha" to make it clearer.. and then some way of displaying that tremelo in text form that makes it obvious to the readers that that was the effect you were going for. How about you work on that and I'll come up with another "Hey, how about those BLANK" joke for you to test it on?

I'll change it up a bit.

Instead of a trumpet (as vibrato is really hard to convey in text form), how bout' I throw a tomato at you? And if that's not enough, how bout' a brick?

Bricks are funny. Well, funnier.

[Inky Noodles]

I wonder if MC servers can detect that I am using the XRAY texture pack.

Some have plugins that block xray texture packs.

I keep getting killed. The server I am on is stupid. The rules favor the killer love the victim.

[Coffee Cakes]

I'm having a really rough day today...

Sorry to hear that Torc.

[Wind in the Willows]

Some have plugins that block xray texture packs.

I keep getting killed. The server I am on is stupid. The rules favor the killer love the victim.

I miss the old Alpha and early beta days of MC, now it is boring.

[FoxTropica]

I wonder if I can design a nice looking netbook in sketchup.

Only one way to find out!

[Distruzio]

Aww... Why?

My mom came over today. Her boyfriend beats her senseless every other week, isn't allowed in the house and I told them straight up if I saw his face I would beat it in because no one is allowed to touch my mommy. He was in the car, which was fine... then he came in the house so we had a screaming match.

You know... I realize I'm a libertarian and, as a Christian, I'm supposed to be forgiving and all that jazz... I realize that, as a gentleman, I'm supposed to recognize and respect a womans equal value (and I do).... but for women abusers my mind goes to dark places immediately. I really really support the castration of such men.

That's disrespectful of the woman to a certain degree, I admit.

That's not very libertarian of me, I admit.

That's not very Christian of me, I admit.

But god damn I feel good wishing that on that kind of prick.

[Torcularis Septentrionalis]

My mom came over today. Her boyfriend beats her senseless every other week, isn't allowed in the house and I told them straight up if I saw his face I would beat it in because no one is allowed to touch my mommy. He was in the car, which was fine... then he came in the house so we had a screaming match.

Christ almighty. Why is she even with him?

He convinced her to leave my dad, hooked her on drugs, made her quit her job and ditch her car...
She has no where to go...

[Inky Noodles]

I keep getting killed. The server I am on is stupid. The rules favor the killer love the victim.

I miss the old Alpha and early beta days of MC, now it is boring.

Yeah.

They added too much stuff.

[Fnordgasm 5]

Ah.. perhaps you need some tremelo on that last "wha" to make it clearer.. and then some way of displaying that tremelo in text form that makes it obvious to the readers that that was the effect you were going for. How about you work on that and I'll come up with another "Hey, how about those BLANK" joke for you to test it on?

I'll change it up a bit.

Instead of a trumpet (as vibrato is really hard to convey in text form), how bout' I throw a tomato at you? And if that's not enough, how bout' a brick?

Nah, that'll be a waste of bricks and tomatoes. Besides, I think I've solved it!

Hey, how about those Americans? More like American'ts! Am I right?

Wah Wah Waaah!

How's that?

[Divair]

So how does one go about getting a portrait of the Queen? I have to be somewhat patriotic, after all.

[Inky Noodles]

So how does one go about getting a portrait of the Queen? I have to be somewhat patriotic, after all.

Paint the flag on your face.

[Luziyca]

Good morning, all those on TET. How are you this fine day?

[Wind in the Willows]

So how does one go about getting a portrait of the Queen? I have to be somewhat patriotic, after all.

Buy one, or paint one yourself.

[Divair]

So how does one go about getting a portrait of the Queen? I have to be somewhat patriotic, after all.

Paint the flag on your face.

I'm not that patriotic.

[DesAnges]

The Green Lantern film is disappointing. It's almost good, but then really really not.

[Floating mountain]

Good morning, all those on TET. How are you this fine day?

Well. You?

[Luziyca]

Good morning, all those on TET. How are you this fine day?

Well. You?

Still waking up. ;P

[Fnordgasm 5]

So how does one go about getting a portrait of the Queen? I have to be somewhat patriotic, after all.

Firstly, you break into the palace with a bucket a paint and a blank canvas. You then pour the paint over the Queen and then smash her in the face with the canvas. Be careful to use the right side of it otherwise it'll be no good. Also, make sure you have a good frame. You don't want to be disrespectful of our Monarch by putting your portrait in a bad frame.

[Arglorand]

Christ almighty. Why is she even with him?

He convinced her to leave my dad, hooked her on drugs, made her quit her job and ditch her car...
She has no where to go...

Shit. God almighty in heavens above, that is horrible.

I feel overwhelmingly tempted to agree with Distruzio's post regarding this.

[Distruzio]

Ah... a great grandmother of mine had Alzheimer's. My mother explained that she was, "going crazy." So I reacted according to that interpretation which was, in hindsight, incredibly patronizing and dickish. Fuck younger me.

I can understand not wishing it upon anyone else. I wonder what it's like for the afflicted... are they aware of the disconnect?

I know I am when I feel a cloud of depression coming on. I'm Bipolar and... being aware of a disconnection from reality is... strange, to say the least. I don't feel crazy but what other word do I use to describe it? If awareness of Alzheimer's is like awareness of Bipolar 2 then it must be torture for the person. I would definitely not wish that on someone else. It's scary shit.

I feel very sorry for you and I wish you all the luck in dealing with your own problems.

Thanks. It's a new revelation... as in a couple of weeks... hence my inactivity on NSG of late.

But yes, my great-grandma seemed to have a very, very strange variety of Alzheimer's... she could always remember very, very distant facts or key, essential details. For example, she always recognized me when I came to visit her, but she could never remember if her husband was dead or not. He's been dead since 1991. However, she could perfectly, in vivid detail, tell stories of her youth and childhood.

That's very interesting. When my grandmother was in hospice after a stroke, she recognized no one until I stood over her. She didn't recognize me, but she did recognize my cross. She was VERY religious in her day.... she lashed out at the cross. Anger flashed across her eyes. Her mouth contorted into a wail of pain and anguish although no noise came out. She turned away from the cross but kept her eyes on it.

It was difficult to see. I wish I could understand her thought process at the time.

The relevance, of course, would be the recognition of certain things while others remain clouded and mysterious.

[Hurdegaryp]

I wonder if I can design a nice looking netbook in sketchup.

Only one way to find out!

Go for it, you beautiful creature! Express yourself and soar high through the sky!

[Wilgrove]

So I saw The Conjuring last night, I thought it was pretty good. It reminded me of those low budget 70s horror film, but it wasn't cheesy at all. Also, an interesting tibet about the movie, The real life Lorraine Warren makes a cameo in the movie *Spoiler*. If you like movies like The Amityville Horror and The Exorcist, then I think you'd enjoy The Conjuring. Another interesting tibet is that towards the end of the film, they actually make a reference to Amityville.

The real life events of The Perron's haunting that inspired The Conjuring

The real life Ed Warren couldn't be in the film, he died back in 2006 from a complication from a stroke.

[Inky Noodles]

Paint the flag on your face.

I'm not that patriotic.

Then you don't like freedom.


Arrest this man! He doesn't like freedom!

[Distruzio]

The Green Lantern film is disappointing. It's almost good, but then really really not.

Green Hornet is better. Much better. And very aware of it's cheeziness.

[Floating mountain]

Well. You?

Still waking up. ;P

Aw, morning. Always the hardest to convince yourself to wake up fully.