THE FORSAKEN - Come into the Loving Embrace of Fire... You know you want to
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:41
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
Are the things you like to do/are good at very much different from one another ??
Yes, very much so. I adore the English language (but hate English classes) and writing, graphic design and Photoshop art, and I would like to study those as well as things I'm interested in but have no training in yet such as finance/investing, advertising, religious studies, human sexuality and psychology...
But the thought of studying any of those things for YEARS with all the attendant BS it takes to get a degree makes my skin crawl.
And MrT, I don't make any emotes. Sometimes I can fix them to show up against the black, assuming they're stationary. Penguin is the same way; he just plays with emotes, but he can fix and play with animated ones. He mentioned the program he used once, but I can't remember it right now.
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And MrT, I don't make any emotes. Sometimes I can fix them to show up against the black, assuming they're stationary. Penguin is the same way; he just plays with emotes.
That makes me feel a bit better, but also a bit worse as I had this image of you guys making these great little characters by hand out of plasticine with bits of wire and pipe cleaners... now I have no excuse not to find them online and use them myself.
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Originally posted by MrT:
degree... spent too many years getting one and I'm still not sure they help you find a job! This is lunchtime for me in the UK!
Yeah, I spent 6 years getting a 4 year engineering degree (what can I say, I had a good time) but there was no way I could support my wife and boys without it (I am not good enough to be a bartender anywhere besides a casual dining restaurant, well, at least not yet) so I am glad that I was able to finish it. I can definitely feel you not wanting to spend 4 years getting the degree PhoenixRose, especially because a lot of people I know don't even use the ones they have to do the thing the degree is for.
~Jimi
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:Quote:
especially because a lot of people I know don't even use the ones they have to do the thing the degree is for.
here I am, qualified anthropologist and working as a junior manager... well, such is life, but it was payday yesterday so all is shiny! Off to a meeting now so 'see' you later!NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Penguin is the same way; he just plays with emotes, but he can fix and play with animated ones. He mentioned the program he used once, but I can't remember it right now.
I don't "play" with smilies...I am an artist!
I use a program called Ulead Gif Animator to play with my smilies!
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Speak of the devil! Emote artist in the house! (er, in the thread? in the dance circle?)
'Morning Penguin!
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Good morning Miss PhoenixRose! 
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Have you seen my big damn thank you yet? I'm ranked #3 right now! 
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:Quote:
Originally posted by Nicodemus:
Can't help you there. I'm new enough here that I have neither smilies nor a shiny banner/animation signature. I plan on getting there some day, but for now, I'll stick with my duck feeding sig.
For the record I absolutely love the duck feeding sig.
~Jimi
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Self-Proclaimed Grand Vizier of Georgia
Well, the duck feeding is not mine originally. Pver on [url] http://www.stargate-alpha.com/command/[/url] people tended to take things too seriously, forgetting that a- it was just a website, and b- it was based on a tv show (a work of fiction). It got to the point that people were being banned (some temporary, some permanent) with the instructions "go feed the ducks". This of course lead to lots of jokes about people bbqing ducks etc, but the main point was that even if there were no ducks nearby, people were better off going outside into reality, than sitting on a website griping and whinging.
It got enough notice that in the Stargate SG-1 episode Avenger 2.0 , one of the characters is found feeding ducks to relax (on a bridge that has no ducks in sight).
Anyway, I seem to think it fits here, and sums up my views as a forsaken.
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If you find yourself getting too worked up about stuff that isn't real (RP Threads etc), then go outside, breathe in some fresh air and try feeding the ducks. (Because ducks don't care about your politics, religion, skin colour, choice of music or even your haircut. They like everyone, provided you bring them food.)
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That's pretty funny, Nic!
Just so you know, you don't need HTML tags here; they just gum up the works.
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