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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#201: Sep 6th 2008 at 3:28:00 AM

Nobody else awake. Just me and the Internet, out there pulsing its electrons, waiting for me to give it some words to spread around. Kind of sad, the lonely Internet. Humming to itself. Waiting for words.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
JohnADreams cautiously pessimistic from Washington St. Since: Dec, 1969
cautiously pessimistic
#202: Sep 6th 2008 at 4:02:59 AM

FastEddie wrote:

"Baby is liable to come back spouting stuff about Cúchulainn. Seriously.

Hey, I like that guy. He's so over the top.

Also, why'd you change your avatar? My Fast Eddie image association is all screwed up now.

life is the sleep of no dreaming; stories allow us to dream again
Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#203: Sep 6th 2008 at 12:56:52 PM

JohnADreams wrote:

"Also, why'd you change your avatar? My Fast Eddie image association is all screwed up now.
Truth. =<

So... several things.

1. I am in a great, pensive mood. Yay! I wonder, though. Do people like Nagisa really exist? People who are just so... innocent and kind, without being idiots, without being bound to innocence by some kind of religion... just... I don't know how to describe it well. I aim to be such a person. I can't be the only one. Do these people just hide away in their rooms like I do? The only person I remember so far who comes close to this ideal as far as I can tell would be Ruthie A. ... Maybe my standards are too high, but how could I ever truly trust someone who does not share my desire for inner purity?

2. Who else loves rain? I wanna have a Redemption in the Rain one day.

3. You know what I hate, though? Movie posters. Like, there's these posters spread all over the place for a new telenovela called "Anna und die Liebe" or something, and the subtitle is "das schüchternste Mädchen der Welt" - "the shyest girl in the world". Now next to this you see this woman who is presumably the "Anna" in question. Like so.

I just. She. Like. No! That lady with her make-up and Grand Canyon cleavage doesn't even pass for MODERATELY SHY. Just because she's standing with one leg behind a wall DOESN'T MAKE HER SHY. I don't care what she's like in the show, I'm never going to watch it anyway, but this poster bugs the frikkin hell out of me.

4. I'm neurotic. ^^

5. And don't even get me started about that "Freche Mädchen" poster!

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#204: Sep 6th 2008 at 1:05:25 PM

Just got tired of the goggle-boy pic. Yeah, Cúchulainn was a trip. Temper so hot it took two barrels of water to cool him down — the first just boiling away. Very Irish kind of story.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#205: Sep 6th 2008 at 1:13:26 PM

Fawriel wrote:

"1. I am in a great, pensive mood. Yay! I wonder, though. Do people like Nagisa really exist? People who are just so... innocent and kind, without being idiots, without being bound to innocence by some kind of religion... just... I don't know how to describe it well. I aim to be such a person. I can't be the only one. Do these people just hide away in their rooms like I do? The only person I remember so far who comes close to this ideal as far as I can tell would be Ruthie A. ... Maybe my standards are too high, but how could I ever truly trust someone who does not share my desire for inner purity?
Reminds me of Osip Bazdeev's lecture about how one cannot receive divine truth if one is not pure. Paraphrasing, "how can you receive the most pure of liquids into a vessel if the vessel is not clean? Would you not taint the liquid that entered it?" Man, I go on about that book... Unknown Troper wrote:
"3. You know what I hate, though? Movie posters. Like, there's these posters spread all over the place for a new telenovela called "Anna und die Liebe" or something, and the subtitle is "das schüchternste Mädchen der Welt" - "the shyest girl in the world". Now next to this you see this woman who is presumably the "Anna" in question. Like so.

I just. She. Like. No! That lady with her make-up and Grand Canyon cleavage doesn't even pass for MODERATELY SHY. Just because she's standing with one leg behind a wall DOESN'T MAKE HER SHY. I don't care what she's like in the show, I'm never going to watch it anyway, but this poster bugs the frikkin hell out of me.

In all likelihood, she's not going to start out that hot. Unless...it's about a beautiful young woman taking a public speaking course, and she really, really can't bring herself to discuss Transfigurative Logistics in a public setting. But her inner beauty, through her words, you see, will inevitably shine through by the climax. She'll learn a wondrous life lesson about how words can be beautiful, and she doesn't need her foundation and eyeliners to become beautiful as long as people listen to her pretty, pretty words. Climax. Yes. That was probably a pun I didn't intend.

Wait, telenovela?

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
RuthieA from The United States Since: Jan, 2001
#206: Sep 6th 2008 at 2:06:43 PM

Fawriel wrote:

"1. I am in a great, pensive mood. Yay! I wonder, though. Do people like Nagisa really exist? People who are just so... innocent and kind, without being idiots, without being bound to innocence by some kind of religion... just... I don't know how to describe it well. I aim to be such a person. I can't be the only one. Do these people just hide away in their rooms like I do? The only person I remember so far who comes close to this ideal as far as I can tell would be Ruthie A. ... Maybe my standards are too high, but how could I ever truly trust someone who does not share my desire for inner purity?
Fawriel, you're so nice, thanks for saying that about me. I think maybe the reason why not a lot of people are like that has something to do with the way that society is: society as it is now tends to think that people who are kind and innocent are also naive and ignorant and perhaps somehow weak(none of which are necessarily true), and so people don't want to be seen that way. They think the only way to be strong is to be harsh and cynical and to let go of their innocence, but I think that assumption is sort of wrong. There are many different kinds of strength, and I think one of those kinds is the strength to try and be kind to others and treat them the way you want to be treated and to see that while there are problems in the world there is always, always hope.

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#207: Sep 7th 2008 at 10:55:54 AM

RuthieA wrote:

"Fawriel, you're so nice, thanks for saying that about me. I think maybe the reason why not a lot of people are like that has something to do with the way that society is: society as it is now tends to think that people who are kind and innocent are also naive and ignorant and perhaps somehow weak(none of which are necessarily true), and so people don't want to be seen that way. They think the only way to be strong is to be harsh and cynical and to let go of their innocence, but I think that assumption is sort of wrong. There are many different kinds of strength, and I think one of those kinds is the strength to try and be kind to others and treat them the way you want to be treated and to see that while there are problems in the world there is always, always hope.
I'm not nice, I'm just stating what I think of as facts. Well. I'm nice and just stating what I think of as facts. Or something! I'm just thankful that you exist, is all.

Also, you are correct, but I think most people don't even think about their behaviour in the first place. They just kinda live around and do what has to be done to keep their trip relatively pleasant.

zephid wrote:

"Reminds me of Osip Bazdeev's lecture about how one cannot receive divine truth if one is not pure. Paraphrasing, "how can you receive the most pure of liquids into a vessel if the vessel is not clean? Would you not taint the liquid that entered it?" Man, I go on about that book...
Please, do go on. I greatly enjoy to see you quoting from that book or others - a monster of thousands of pages like that is something I will not be able to muster up the courage for to read anytime soon. I'm thankful for your sharing of the wisdom you have gathered.

Also, knowing that quote helped me come up with an interesting thought in combination with a story by Hermann Hesse I just read. Yay!

zephid wrote:

"In all likelihood, she's not going to start out that hot. Unless...it's about a beautiful young woman taking a public speaking course, and she really, really can't bring herself to discuss Transfigurative Logistics in a public setting. But her inner beauty, through her words, you see, will inevitably shine through by the climax. She'll learn a wondrous life lesson about how words can be beautiful, and she doesn't need her foundation and eyeliners to become beautiful as long as people listen to her pretty, pretty words. Climax. Yes. That was probably a pun I didn't intend.
I am also thankful for your awesomeness.

zephid wrote:

"Wait, telenovela?
"A telenovela is a limited-run television serial melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America. The word is a portmanteau of tele, short for television, and novela ("novel/soap opera"). Telenovelas are essentially soap operas in miniseries format."-Wikipedia

JethroQWalrustitty Since: Jan, 2001
#208: Sep 8th 2008 at 6:03:02 AM

So classes resumed today. We had the first class of Modern Popular Culture, and the teachers said that "the course is about cool things in a very uncool way".

zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#209: Sep 8th 2008 at 4:20:23 PM

Fawriel wrote:

"I am also thankful for your awesomeness.
Aww shucks...

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#210: Sep 8th 2008 at 5:37:43 PM

Fawriel wrote:

"(Quoted RuthieA) I'm not nice, I'm just stating what I think of as facts. Well. I'm nice and just stating what I think of as facts. Or something! I'm just thankful that you exist, is all.
You're not just being nice, you're telling the truth. It's kind of annoying how "truth" and "mean" became synonyms.

SHIKI is dead.
Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#211: Sep 10th 2008 at 12:04:53 AM

Hugs all around!

I just realized again that this thread exists, so I'm going to take the chance to say "see you later", because I'm leaving to someplace much less internetful for a little less than two weeks.

Now go check out the Crystal Dragon Jesus thread and help me with Trope-tan!

Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#212: Sep 10th 2008 at 1:09:40 AM

Bye for a little less than two weeks, Fawriel!

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#213: Oct 17th 2008 at 7:08:36 PM

What happened to this thread?

Anyway, I shall now proceed to rant at whoever is listening:

first, curse you facebook for changing the way you handle privacy settings such that my parents can see my relationship status, and that I can't do anything about this without changing a lot of other things >.>

second - thank you, tv tropes; had you not directed me to Metal Gear Solid and Death Note, it's possibly possible that i wouldn't have had reason to change my relationship status. when we first met, she nicknamed me "snake", and said she identified with otakon...So Yeah, maybe it was inevitable.

edited Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:08:53 by Haven

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
Komodin TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator from Windy Hill Zone Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator
#214: Oct 17th 2008 at 7:15:37 PM

Snake and Otacon? Hmm, makes perfect sense when you think about it........

Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows.
Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#215: Oct 20th 2008 at 6:28:02 PM

My roommate's been missing since at least Saturday afternoon.

I've called everyone I know who knows him who could have seen him since that date, but he seems to have vanished after three o'clock. I spoke with him on the phone after six, but he didn't tell me where he was. The sad thing is that if I hadn't called his house around five yesterday, his parents wouldn't have found out until this morning.

I have no clue what's going on, and I'm not really certain if it's my place to prod his parents to call the police or state troopers. Since I've exhausted all leads, now I've just got to play the waiting game. Complete BS though. In jest, he could've chosen a better week to disappear.

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#217: Oct 22nd 2008 at 9:29:36 PM

Okay, he turned up. I'll just put it this way: he's not dead, paralyzed, or in prison.

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
Joysweeper (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#218: Oct 23rd 2008 at 4:58:47 AM

1. Anyone have any tips for the making and use of voodoo dolls? Someone with less value than phlegm stole my purse, and I'm sick and tired of not being able to do anything. Now I've got nothing to show for the summer and all of this semester.

2. If they remember the policy listed in the student handbook and try to make me pay for replacing the dorm's lock and keys for three floors worth of students, I will make a scene, since I am now penniless. It's going to be tears. Would I have better luck with anger?

3. I wish I could string up whoever picked the radio station at the gym. I don't have an iPod now, so I have to listen to that jackass whine on and on about girls not liking him. And hearing endless South Park commercials and stupid, stupid gimmicky songs with titles like "A Beer Is Better Than A Woman."

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#219: Oct 23rd 2008 at 5:00:45 AM

-gives Joysweeper a big, hearty hug-

MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#220: Oct 23rd 2008 at 4:35:23 PM

On my way home, I saw an advertisement for an asphalt laying company that offered, among other things, church discounts. But there was a car blocking part of the sign, so for a brief, glorious moment, I thought the company was offering church disco.

Janitor chemistry dork from Berne, Switzerland Since: Jan, 2001
chemistry dork
#221: Oct 23rd 2008 at 5:10:29 PM

Wow. Things must really be getting tough in the economy. They are even discounting churches?

Dump the networks!
Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#222: Oct 23rd 2008 at 7:10:42 PM

I think that's fairly common, if not standard, practice.

Church Disco? Do they play hymns on synths, or disco on organ? Either way, I'd pay... *counts change* ... 3 bucks to see that.

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Janitor chemistry dork from Berne, Switzerland Since: Jan, 2001
chemistry dork
#223: Oct 23rd 2008 at 7:15:25 PM

How much does a church go for without the discount?tongue

Dump the networks!
Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#224: Oct 23rd 2008 at 10:43:04 PM

given the real estate in this country, less every day.

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
Joysweeper (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#225: Oct 24th 2008 at 8:15:51 PM

  • hugs Fawriel back*

Church disco sounds awesome. I bet my old pastor would be really good at it, she seems like the type. All the youths would hide in embarrassment. It would be very funny. Might be worth going back.

You know that you're too shy when a guidance counselor who barely knows your name encourages you to hang out with the other art students because you need to make friends. *shakes head*


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