Troper Updates II, Part II

...A series I don't actually like at all.

I've been working on my novel lately. I decided to dedicate nanowrimo for finishing that thing for once and for all, and so far I'm right on schedule. About time I get that thing off my mind for good and focus on the future!

it's ironic since my novel mainly takes place in the future

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccckkkkkkkkk.

Dang, my watchlist has chickenpox. I'm not gonna check all of those edits. Hopefully I'll be able to spot any fishy one eventually, or have them fixed by someone else.

Also, just want to say that I missed the wiki, the forum and the community. I was even missing the scabies smell of natter I always enjoy removing.

Decided to start using Keepass after having to click "forgot my password" links one too many times. So convenient, and more secure as well.

The least secure password is the one you have to keep on a post-it on the side of the screen.

correcthorsebatterystaple

Or "my admin is an id10t!" (actually my password for a now-obsolete service I had to use at work).

The people who wrote Calvin and Hobbes The Series are, in all probability, batshit insane. I will never understand how you can take a family-friendly series in a (relatively) mundane setting with (relatively) mundane characters and end your fan fic with a chapter called "Black Rain" where Slender Man of all goddamn characters shows up.

Imagine doing that with Garfield. "I'm a cat, and this is my cartoonist, Jon. Feed m— LOSS. LOSS AND DESPAIR. BLOOD. DARKNESS. THE VOID. THERE IS NO ESCAPE. DIE."

You have no idea how alone you are, Garfield.◊

That actually ran in newspapers.

edited 15th Nov '14 11:10:57 AM by TParadox

Garfield kind of did do that.

Look up Garfield alone (and the nine lives of garfield)

edited 15th Nov '14 11:18:23 AM by ElectricNova

I was just thinking on the way into work about how creepy a village railway station is at night. They're so lonely; just a little pool of light in the darkness, tracks leading off into the dark, implying at once the existence of your destination but also, possibly, of other places. Then the train comes and you get on...surrendering any control over where you go beyond the options presented to you by the driver.

Hm. Apparently Dynasty Warriors requires more buttons to play the game than I have on my gamepad. This is going to make things uncomfortable.

Edit: played a map, still went better than expected. As is to be expected of DW, my thumbs hate me now.

edited 15th Nov '14 5:58:19 PM by Fluid

Between where I live and another town there's a railroad track with six short village stops. I think it's creepier when you get off at such stops. It's in the middle of nowhere and anything could be waiting nearby.

edited 16th Nov '14 11:04:05 AM by MerryMikael

Aren't railways just wonderfully creepy?

Speaking of creepy stuff, I just got the most bizarre picture message on my phone. It was a number I didn't recognize, and it's a picture of a 40-ish-looking blonde woman. :S

Was she good looking?

Not that good-looking.

I'd reply "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?", but that's just me.

edited 16th Nov '14 3:52:55 PM by NotSoBadassLongcoat

Got a carton of berry juice that boasts the following on the label:"no artificial sweeteners, no artificial colourings, no artificial flavourings, dairy free, gluten free, vegan, wheat free, lactose free, fat free"

how could most of those even be found in berry juice

We call it "dishonest advertising bullshit targeted at the health freak crowd."

Relevant xkcd.

Even if it would never be there in the first place, they'll specifically advertise that it's not.

Well, fuck. My car broke today. That is, the handle on the driver's seat broke and won't open the door no matter what. The handle is supposed to have some resistance, a certain "pull" that you can feel is clearly opening the door before it opens it. Well, I heard some snap or something when I went to open my door this morning, and when I pulled on the handle, the handle would lift up easily but the door wouldn't move. I turned the key both ways, nothing.

I wonder how long it would take to repair the handle. Well, whatever. Guess I'll take the day off from work to get the thing fixed.

On a happier note, I added to my liveblog (link in my sig).

It seems stupid to put 'Nut Free' on packets of milk, but some can be hurt by even trace amounts of nuts cross-contaminated from another food in there.

Don't discount them - they certainly exist, and for many it's a sad life.

edited 18th Nov '14 11:07:41 AM by RatherRandomRachel

Much agreed, Rachel. I'm glad you get it. I wish more people did.

I have multiple food intolerances. Although technically not allergies, they're similar - they still involve the immune system going apeshit on my innards. Trace amounts are all it takes, and I've reacted to foods made with oats but not gluten; wheat, you see, is often grown near oat fields, and the oats get cross-contaminated. It sucks. I want this fucking condition cured.

Anyone up for watching and riffing on Stephenie Meyer's (author of Twilight) take on sci-fi?

At http://cytu.be/r/tropercoven we're watching The Host. Not the Korean monster movie, but Meyer's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"-esque epic that throws in romance in there because it's Stephenie Meyer.

Anyway, we could really use more people. Come stop by at http://cytu.be/r/tropercoven and join us!