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In which we get updates from the lives of tropers. Kinda like Twitter with more than 140 characters, but less than a blog or LJ.

Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:38 AM

Idler20 Rabbit Season Since: Oct, 2010
Rabbit Season
#275576: Dec 8th 2011 at 1:40:56 PM

Fluid: True. I know a lot of crossdressers keep it a secret even after they've got married. I think there's interesting potential in such a story.

You're an ad hominem attack!
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#275577: Dec 8th 2011 at 2:37:26 PM

Back.

It is a cold-ish, wet, windy December evening, so guess what?

It was Busy.

Unsurprisingly.

The worse the weather gets, the busier it gets as a rule.

Anyway, since today is the birthday of Jean Sibelius, here is a little something:

FINLANDIA!

edited 8th Dec '11 2:38:55 PM by Greenmantle

Keep Rolling On
rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
Iverum from outside the key Since: Jun, 2009
#275579: Dec 8th 2011 at 2:45:05 PM

So, in #yackfest we've been discussing what it takes to leave TV Tropes for good. I know, I know, who would want to do that?

Anyway, if you want to leave, but don't have the willpower to stay away I have a trick that will make it hard to visit the site. It's essentially a self-imposed Google bounce!

We'll be using the magic of a hosts file. Hosts files have things to do with DNS and such. I'm not gonna explain that. Pretend it is magic. Anyway, every operating system has a hosts file, but most of them tuck it away in different corners. Refer to the table below to find your host file.

Anyway, once you find your host file you'll see something like this. At the bottom of this file add the line:

74.125.79.104 www.tvtropes.com

Now visiting TV Tropes should bounce you to Google.*

Anyway, the point of this is to make it take some amount of work and make you think about it before you actually visit the site.

    Locations of Hosts files 
Operating System Location
Linux etc/hosts
Windows XP c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts
Mac OSX System Folder:Preferences and in the System Folder itself.

edited 8th Dec '11 2:50:03 PM by Iverum

dysfunctional human artistry
rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#275580: Dec 8th 2011 at 2:50:41 PM

Thanks, now I can finally leave this awful place forever!

dmboogie Phones from Snow Country, USA Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Phones
#275581: Dec 8th 2011 at 3:27:57 PM

Modern Warefare 3 is surprisingly fun, if nothing new.

Edit: That is... some typo.

edited 8th Dec '11 3:29:24 PM by dmboogie

"The world ends with you. If you want to enjoy life, expand your world. You gotta push your horizons out as far as they'll go."
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#275582: Dec 8th 2011 at 3:30:43 PM

awww. Well, bye rumetzen!! :/

rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#275583: Dec 8th 2011 at 3:31:35 PM

STFU Cute you're just as bad as the rest of them!

-runs away screaming-

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#275584: Dec 8th 2011 at 3:35:26 PM

Time For Bed.

Good Night.

Keep Rolling On
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#275585: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:07:10 PM

No, I'm not, rumetz.

   I'm worse!!    :D

AttObl ... Since: Oct, 2010
...
#275586: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:16:38 PM

Ah, I love Killing Floor so much, I want to get it while it's on a low price!cool

Shutdown sequence initiated.
rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#275587: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:17:05 PM

You may think we can explain the Great Divergence in terms of geography. We know that's wrong, because we conducted two great natural experiments in the 20th century to see if geography mattered more than institutions. We took all the Germans, we divided them roughly in two, and we gave the ones in the East communism, and you see the result.
That's about right.

cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#275588: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:17:38 PM

I love your avatar, btw, rumetzen.

juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#275589: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:18:06 PM

fuck christmas, bro, i'm changing avatars

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#275590: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:18:28 PM

Christmas wants to fuck you too, Juan

rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#275591: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:19:26 PM

I would totally fuck Christmas, but the bitch won't put out.

Cute: Thanks! It's actually from one of the two episodes of Invader Zim I haven't seen.

edited 8th Dec '11 4:19:55 PM by rumetzen

juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#275592: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:20:17 PM

yeah yeah, whatever. i'm motherfucking agent cooper, bitches.

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#275593: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:20:25 PM

go for hannukah, rumetz. I hear they go all the way after the second date.


This reminds me of a scene in Stand By Me

you all needed to know that tidbit

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#275595: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:22:44 PM

That was a good movie.

Man, I still need to watch Twin Peaks.

On my TV to do list:
1) Finish Buffy
2) Watch more of Twin Peaks other than the pilot
3) Finish The Wire
4) Watch Being Human, maybe
5) Finish Oz
6) Finish Angel

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Pyroninja42 Forum Villain from the War Room Since: Jan, 2011
Forum Villain
#275597: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:25:43 PM

Being Human looked like crap. After all, it's on Sy Fy.

"Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person that doesn't get it."
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#275598: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:27:04 PM

Indeed. Buffy is good when you pretend there is no sixth and seventh season.

Hell, even Whedon intended for the show to end at the fifth season.

Angel is amazing through and through. Although season 4 can feel like a drag to some. I felt it was good enough. Season 5's first half is rather slow, but a bit of a return to form and the second half is kick ass as all hell and involves Angel fully aknowledging the fact that he's a vampire private detective demon lawyer

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#275599: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:30:26 PM

...I can think of at least 3 musicians who have sampled Sinistar.

Angel was the better show, partly due to a lack of Sarah Michelle Gellar, the non-acting woman.

edited 8th Dec '11 4:32:10 PM by inane242

The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#275600: Dec 8th 2011 at 4:30:45 PM

By finish Buffy I mean watch the last episode of the fifth season cause I still haven't done that. I'll probably watch seasons six and seven though for Buffyx Spike.

What I saw of Being Human was pretty good. Dunno if it will end up being a regular watch though.

Hey, I thought she was a pretty good actor.

Okay, I know that "I Hunger" quote is from a song I listen to all the time but can't think of. I'm 90% sure it's a Cage song.

edited 8th Dec '11 4:32:45 PM by rumetzen


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