Imponderables: The Giving Season

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:29 PM

Don't have much to say right now.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:45 PM

Firsties?

Edit: woot! Got it!

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:08 PM

Secondzies!

I agree with Zeek, I think the backlash will be pretty fierce. I'm starting to wonder if they can really expect anything to happen before the holiday break, and then we're into January and the inauguration and the new Congress, which could definitely change the situation.

Lol, sometimes I really really miss The West Wing...

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

LEOPARDFLAN

Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:11 PM

fourthsies?

I was grounded. Still am, in fact, I'm just sneaking... >_>

hides in a corner

Aiko Kitahoshi, passenger aboard the LoS, frequently awol due to the phenomina that is rl.

ZEEK

Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:13 PM

Grounded for what? :-(

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:23 PM

ooh, new thread ^_^

RF!! *glomp* why are you grounded O_O

MSA

Friday, December 5, 2008 2:17 PM

LF you're here... oooh grounded and sneaking... HUGS

morning all

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Friday, December 5, 2008 6:43 PM

Well it's Friday...that's a good start. How's everybody's day going?

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, December 5, 2008 6:48 PM

last day of relaxation before the weekend ><

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Friday, December 5, 2008 9:02 PM

I'm beh. As usual.

FLT, why is the weekend less restful than weekdays?

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

MSA

Friday, December 5, 2008 9:08 PM

Because we cram all the stuff we need or want to accomplish and were too tired to do during the week into the two day weekend...

HUGS CK

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Friday, December 5, 2008 9:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Because we cram all the stuff we need or want to accomplish and were too tired to do during the week into the two day weekend...

HUGS CK

Which is why when I'm president I will implement a mandatory 3 day (72 hour) weekend at all businesses!

MSA

Friday, December 5, 2008 10:03 PM

ooh ooh I want Zeek to be president right now!!

Also I want a way to completely fix a damaged rotator cuff...sigh ( mine's bugging me)

So bored right now...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

LEOPARDFLAN

Friday, December 5, 2008 10:41 PM

sneaking again... and I got grounded for grades. Got a C in spanish and Bs in the other stuff mostly so I have to work my way back up to As before I get ungrounded.... bleah

Aiko Kitahoshi, passenger aboard the LoS, frequently awol due to the phenomina that is rl.

MSA

Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:40 PM

NVG here.

Busy day yesterday,

http://abstrusegoose.com/24

Funny for y'all

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 7, 2008 1:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee: FLT, why is the weekend less restful than weekdays?

because I have drill this weekend, which means a 7:30-4:30 workday

Quote:
Originally posted by LeopardFlan: sneaking again... and I got grounded for grades. Got a C in spanish and Bs in the other stuff mostly so I have to work my way back up to As before I get ungrounded.... bleah

Ok, the C i can understand them bein a little upset about, but B's? come on, B's are perfectly fine. that's ghey of them to do @_@ grounded for getting B's *scoffs and walks away*

MSA

Sunday, December 7, 2008 2:01 AM

Ok grounded for not passing or not doing your work sure.. for just not achieving the top 10% of the class...bit harsh

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 7, 2008 2:46 AM

ya think? >< sry RF

NAVYSEILS

Sunday, December 7, 2008 4:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Also I want a way to completely fix a damaged rotator cuff...sigh ( mine's bugging me)

I got steroids and big pink painkiller pills when I injured mine once. Made for the best school photo ever. I couldnt straighten myself out cause the muscle was all tight and I was totally out my face on drugs. It was great.

MSA

Sunday, December 7, 2008 3:33 PM

NVG here:

Drugged out Navy face made me spit my Diet Dews out.

Off to cut Christmas trees. One for Mom, one for work.

I'd bitch about the manual labor but everyone knows how much of a sucker I am for being outside.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 7, 2008 9:10 PM

here's to figuring out what to get the impossible "sister in law" (she's the gf of the brother, but 'sis in law's' easier to say than 'my brother's gf') and the even more impossible brother for christmas :P

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 8, 2008 2:17 AM

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's an imponderable:

This is where generics get stupid.

I fudged the barcode on the left side which is why it looks weird [to the keen eye ;)] i thought it was hilarious XD
I *had* drawn in a red circle around the 'generic for simvastatin' in Paint, it transferred to the photobucket site but didnt transfer here from photobucket @_@ so i went in and redrew it :P

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, December 8, 2008 4:38 PM

Wow, that's a big substitution there.

At work, don't wanna be.

True story.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Monday, December 8, 2008 4:42 PM

no tree either as stupid forest service suddenyl refused permits selling by outside agencies ( discovered this after loading the kids in van and looooon drive to Middle Gate Station)

Ok I'm in training...

FLT... hmmm I got nothing

Navy- so adorable:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 4:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
True story.

OK Barney. You know you've watched too much HIMYM when... :-P

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, December 8, 2008 4:58 PM

BLM

Pisses me off. They aren't selling permits outside of Carson City.

Until the middle of this week that is. They put a small article in the paper that I just happened to see last night.

You could be my wingman anytime Zeek.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 5:29 PM

My DVR did sorta cannibalize itself so I had to go online to watch last week's HIMYM. It was a pretty funny one. Somehow I don't really believe the naked man would work 2 out of 3 times though. More like 1 out of 5 or something.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 8, 2008 6:20 PM

O_O your DVR's a cannibal? ... *hides all electronic devices*

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 6:55 PM

It's actually a computer that does DVR stuff. I don't know what it was hung up on but it was running something that left it going extremly slowly. So after a while of trying to reboot and getting no real response I did a hard restart. Well that left the database on there all screwed up. So, I reverted back to an old backup. That didn't have the latest recordings though. I'm sure they exist somewhere on there but if the database doesn't know about them then it won't play em. :-(

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 8, 2008 7:01 PM

ick >< sry to hear that

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, December 8, 2008 7:26 PM

I feel so 1990. We taped a new show on USA last night before lumbering off to bed and might watch it after work.

Yes I said TAPED.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 8, 2008 7:42 PM

lllloooolllllllllllllllllllllllllll XD thats awesome NV

MSA

Monday, December 8, 2008 7:58 PM

we taped it 'cause our stupid local cable company STILL doesn't have DVR....not happy

Ok training break...boredom is epic

NV

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, December 8, 2008 8:00 PM

Just trying to make it through the day.

And I still have three plus hours worth of work at home.

I love the holidays.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 8:16 PM

Well having DVR can be a problem too. The reason I have the computer doing my DVRing is so I don't have to pay a stupid monthly fee for one. The thing is my satellite company has their channels bundled all weird. To get a certain set of programming you have to also get their DVR service. I'm like no I don't want to pay for that I just want channels. grrrrr

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 8, 2008 8:23 PM

>< sry bout ur boredom MsA, and NV. mondays suck.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, December 8, 2008 9:01 PM

What's your DVR computer set up like Zeek? I've been thinking about building one from scratch for a few years now (especially as drive space continues to get cheaper and cheaper), and maybe ditching cable all together and going with just over-the-air HD, and whatever we can watch online. A pretty beefy Netflix account would be less per month than we're paying for a bunch of cable channels we don't watch, though I would be sad to lose the History and Discovery channels.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Monday, December 8, 2008 9:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Just trying to make it through the day.

And I still have three plus hours worth of work at home.

I love the holidays.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

You want to talk about bored - I work at a resort. We have only 2 guests in the fucking place and they work for us. No phone calls no nothing - been sitting here for a week with nothing to do. I am about to start counting the cracks in the ceiling!

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

Trolls Against McCain

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 9:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
What's your DVR computer set up like Zeek? I've been thinking about building one from scratch for a few years now (especially as drive space continues to get cheaper and cheaper), and maybe ditching cable all together and going with just over-the-air HD, and whatever we can watch online. A pretty beefy Netflix account would be less per month than we're paying for a bunch of cable channels we don't watch, though I would be sad to lose the History and Discovery channels.

~CK

I don't know if you've heard of mythtv or not, but that's what I use. It's an open source project that runs on linux. My tuner card just records regular definition TV. Haven't gone high def yet, but I just got a HD TV so I might look at getting a QAM tuner card. The card I have right now is sorta cool cause it has an IR blaster and an IR receiver with a remote. So, I can program the blaster to send input to my cable box to change the channels. I can use the remote to control mythtv. So, it's pretty nifty IMO. It takes some work to get it all up and running of course. This was also my first introduction to linux so it took me a while to figure out how it all works. That was sorta fun though. It gives me a real sense of accomplishment getting stuff working.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, December 8, 2008 9:38 PM

Ah yeah, I have heard of MythTV, heard good things about it. I might still go with a WinXP Media Center set up, since my linux skills suck (outside of flashing new firmware onto my wireless router). I've been holding out for better HD tuner cards. When I last looked into it earlier this year, there were still issues with being able to record and decode true HD, even with OTA HD, but people were talking about something new on the horizon that might fix that. And I think the change over to pure digital OTA next February might change things too. Right now my whole TV set up is digital (HDMI, fiber optic sound, etc -- but component cables for the DVD player, since that's the native form ), and I love all the TV shows we record in HD on our cable DVR right now. I would hate to lose the better picture, just so we could ditch the cable. :P

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 10:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Ah yeah, I have heard of MythTV, heard good things about it. I might still go with a WinXP Media Center set up, since my linux skills suck (outside of flashing new firmware onto my wireless router).

But you can learn! google can answer pretty much every problem you run into. You just have to learn what to look for. I don't know why but I find that stuff sorta fun. Having a problem but knowing there's a solution I just have to find the info. HD ticks me off though. If I ever upgrade my satellite plan to HD then I can't connect that to mythtv cause of encryption. So annoying. I'm paying for the thing. I'm using the converter box. Let me use the signal how I want.

LEOPARDFLAN

Monday, December 8, 2008 10:29 PM

-pop-

-hides from all the tech-talk-

Yes I am sneaking again, and sneaking is also going to get lots more frequent (at least, until the holidays, when i either might or might not get ungrounded. latest date for ungrounding, though, is january- new semester starts y grades are automatically As)

Aiko Kitahoshi, passenger aboard the LoS, frequently awol due to the phenomina that is rl.

MSA

Monday, December 8, 2008 11:07 PM

Please stop speaking gibberish.. it's been a long day full of buzzwords:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Monday, December 8, 2008 11:10 PM

So the other day I was trying to get the proprietary nvidia drivers working but my X11 server wouldn't come up. I eventually googled up a utility that does some bug reporting. Found out that it couldn't map some registries because the malloc was failing. I had to track down where grub does it's linux invocation and add vmalloc=256MB to give it some extra space and everything worked fine.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 12:27 AM

Way to kill the thread Zeek. ;)

(For the record, I understood about 90% of that, so I'm pretty sure you weren't just making up words.)

Ok, to bring the thread back to life, here's a question: What one thing are you most looking forward to during the holiday season?

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 12:43 AM

I get some of the gibberish and might be able to keep up with some research, but I'm still in the age of DVD and Dolby 5.1.

One thing I'm looking forward to during the holiday season: four day weekends.

We got the word today that we get the Friday after Christmas and New Years off.

My response;

BITCHIN'!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 2:20 AM

may response YIPEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! NV

HUGS CK.. ok good even you have limits

Zeek- scary but cool

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 3:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Way to kill the thread Zeek. ;)

(For the record, I understood about 90% of that, so I'm pretty sure you weren't just making up words.)

Ok, to bring the thread back to life, here's a question: What one thing are you most looking forward to during the holiday season?

~CK

MsA made me do it. I had too.

And yup real situation.

Most looking forward to....um....presents.

*is still a kid*

MSA

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 5:38 AM

Most looking forward to our first Christmas...decorating the tree, making cookies and fudge, hanging stockings, and exchanging gifts

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 3:58 PM

Work makes Zeek sleepy. That is all.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:36 PM

MsA is stuck in training again, was a whirlwind getting ready this morning, and still has a cough. I feel like a complete wuss whining about work after watching her.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:42 PM

Glad I can't see her working so I can still whine. It makes work slightly more bearable if I complain about it.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:51 PM

It is a fight to calm her down sometime. But at least she can sit and watch a movie.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 7:44 PM

ROTFLMAO... I look like a wimp next to the man who walks 9 miles with a friend, then moves heavy furniture, then works on fixing a car, then collects materials for decoys.

yup training ( well in theory training..more like repetitive information and mutual agreement meeting)

NV I promise the whirlwind will not happen tomorrow. I'm picking up an alarm clock( ours is ineffective due to bizzare random power outages)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 8:28 PM

I don't know how some people pull this stuff off. A friend of mine does this at least twice a month where she takes an insanely long lunch. She topped her own record today with a 3 hour and 37 minute lunch. She went to an appointment with a financial planner. The thing is she doesn't make up the time she just leaves at her normal time. How does she never get reprimanded from her manager?

She has to search really hard to find someone she doesn't look like a wimp next to :-P

MSA

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 8:39 PM

Wow I have no idea how she doesn't get reprimanded..

makes me feel all work ethic-y:)

Ok back to "training"

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 9:08 PM

Yeah she has no work ethic at all. Kinda ticks me off on days like this. Other times I can just shrug it off.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 11:14 PM

I ended taking a little extra time at lunck to mail christmas cards and to shut my eyes for five minutes.

Of course I had other work related business so I got to write out that time and the trip back.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:37 PM

Yuck! It got cold today! It was in the 70s yesterday and today 34. Ugh. Had to scrape ice off the car.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:21 PM

Its like that here. Not quite 70 but still warm in the day (half the week) and not too far below freezing at night.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:01 PM

It's kind of crisp and fall like.. really hoping for Christmas we will get snow

Ok here's a ponder... does it still feel like Christmas if it isn't snowy??

I'd say still a bit Christmas due to activities, but it really needs snow for the full effect

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:13 PM

It is so hit and miss here that a white Christmas is a treat reserved to every 3 to 5 years.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:18 PM

I'm guessing it depends on where you grew up. Since I was born in CA and my first 7 Christmases had no snow I don't mind no snow at all. In fact I sorta prefer it. No snow usually means warmer. I like warm way more than I like cold.

KELKHIL

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:08 PM

Shovels out his keyboard so he can type)
I would prefer a green Christmas over a white one personally. That is the treat in these parts.

Some men just wanna watch the world burn

Zombie Killing, Ninja in Training Kelkhil
The Shirtless Forsaken

Member of the Coalition for HK - Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.

MSA

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:38 PM

Bah humbug you lot... white Christmas!!

Ok back out and about... sigh I miss being here.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:48 PM

Where is everybody? It's way too slow in here.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:21 PM

I'm here, just not much to say. Wondering where all the Ponderers went.

Trying to break in a new shirt. It seems to fit fine but bunches slightly on the shoulders making points where the seems meet.

I love the color though (gray).

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:36 PM

I have a gray shirt that is worn 90% on Monday's to reflect my mood of another work week starting.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:13 PM

I loved my crimson shirt/khaki pants Fridays but since the tribe came up with some stupid anti-gang shit I am denied.

DENIED!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

ZEEK

Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:12 PM

Note to all ponderers: if you like to microwave fish for lunch please go home for lunch. Stinking up an entire office is just plain gross.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:23 PM

I think I would also have to go with no snow. Growing up in Oregon it was always fun when it did end up snowing -- I remember one year when I was the last of the kids up, helping my parents wrap presents late on Christmas Eve, when we looked outside and realized it had been snowing for awhile. It snowed pretty heavy through the night, and was a nice surprise for my siblings on Christmas morning.

Now that I'm an adult though, I can see all the downsides of snow too. Hubby grew up in Wyoming, and is quite glad to live in a place where we get snow about once every 100 years. In fact, I had gone nearly a decade without even seeing snow, until I went to Utah for my brother's wedding last January. I don't handle the cold well, I tend to be less dexterous in the winter anyway, so if I can avoid being out in snow/sleet/ice, I'm much happier. We fly into Austin on Christmas Eve every year, so if it wants to start snowing after that I'm fine with it, since we won't leave the house for a few days anyway. I would rather have a white Christmas than a warm (75 degrees+) Christmas, but 45 and and cloudy is fine with me too.

So how is everyone's Christmas shopping going? I'm getting close to done, though I need to get a couple of things for hubby still. It's his birthday today though, so I've been focused on that. It's weird, his birthday has always been two weeks before Christmas (duh), but each year it feels like that's a shorter and shorter time period...

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:29 PM

I have a few things to cap off shopping for someone (don't know who ) and there is a few things for the family I still have to find. I'm trying real hard not to buy any toys for the kids but there are some truly awesome things at the local ranch supply/hardware store that kids just love. As a plus I drew the department boss for the secret Santa dealy and there is always something for her to bich about so my gift, regardless of how cool, will probably suck.

I do still have some money left over from the inlaws gift cash so some of it will have to go for ME gifts.

YAY ME!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Friday, December 12, 2008 6:19 AM

It just better go for NV gifts.. that's what it's for:)

Yay for no more training

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:21 PM

YAY!!

*bumps thread*

MSA

Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:49 PM

morning all:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 15, 2008 2:36 AM

evenin' all ;)

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, December 15, 2008 4:44 PM

Monday. Um, hooray?

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

MSA

Monday, December 15, 2008 5:52 PM

ok well I got the snow I wanted... it's nice at our house, but the 1.5 hour commute to work I could have done without

Ok so ponder... when is it a good idea to tattle?

For example you find out your boss has secretly asked co-workers to forward all the emails that get sent from your department.. do you tell her boss or just ignore it?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, December 15, 2008 6:14 PM

Put the boots to her!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 15, 2008 7:42 PM

....what, does she think someone in her department's trying to plot against her or something? wtf? How'd u find out, MsA?

it's a tough call.

MSA

Monday, December 15, 2008 7:46 PM

one of the people she'd asked to spy on us was uncomfortable and told me... she's kind of a micro manager and all she has in her life is her job. No pets, no friends, no significant other, nothing...so she spends 24/7 focused on work and she makes the rest of us nuts

ok I so want to be home. Bored to death and not much to do plus huge storm still snowing...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, December 15, 2008 7:54 PM

yeah i'd be uncomfortable too >< i'd be like "why is it so important for you to know?"

ew, i hate people like that *makes a face* tell her to get a dog XD no, scratch that, she'd be better off with a cat. or two.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, December 15, 2008 9:04 PM

Hey all. Stopped by here to say hi and got sidetracked by another fucking "fan-made Firefly MMOG" thread, which finally prompted me to come of the closet and say what I do for a living. I design MMOGs for a living, and have for a very long time. The number of people who think they can somehow do a better job than the professionals drives me batty, and this particular topic just hit me in the wrong mood.

Every other time I've talked about my professional career online, I've been mobbed by questions and request, so if I disappear for awhile that's why. All my work is still under very strict NDAs, which is another reason I just avoid talking about it, but seriously these people need to shut up and sit down.

Sigh, anyway. I went to the company Christmas party on Friday, and somehow managed to get my dress completed in time. I know a couple of people were taking pictures at the party but I haven't seen any of me yet. If nothing else I'll put the dress back on and take pictures myself and post them here, if anyone is still interested.

And now I am off to do a bit more Christmas shopping. I had the perfect gift picked out for hubby, and then found out that my parents already bought him something similar. Sigh, it just really isn't my day today.

Oh and MsA, I would totally tell her boss. That shit is unacceptable. But then I'm in a bad mood, so maybe don't trust my opinion right now.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

MSA

Monday, December 15, 2008 10:23 PM

HUGS CK I'd love to see a pic. I know you looked amazing

Now tell me what a MMOG is...'cause I have no idea

I know NDA ( non disclosure agreement) but the rest is gibberish

So no disappearing.. if you get mobbed hide in ehre and we'll beat them down for you

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, December 15, 2008 11:02 PM

Lol MsA, MMOG = massively multiplayer online game. Like World of Warcraft or Everquest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game

I'll see what I can do about getting a picture of the dress.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:19 AM

ok, so thats MMOG, but ive seen ads on sites for other games like that, but they have a weird abbreviation like MMPORG or MMRPG. pretty sure its MMPORG but i cant find the ad cuz theyre random so >< if it exists, what does it stand for? it kills me every time i see it :P lol

just wondrin, since the subject was up ><

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:27 AM

MMORPG = massively multiplayer online role playing game. Basically thousands or millions of people all playing a never ending game of Dungeons and Dragons together online. MMOG is used as a less role playing specific acronym, or to include other massively multiplayer games, like RTS (real time strategy), FPS (first person shooter), simulations, sports, etc. I've worked with the guy who coined the term MMOG/MMORPG back in the mid 90s.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:37 AM

Interwebz: It's not just for pron anymore.

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FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee: MMORPG = massively multiplayer online role playing game

thankies!!! ^_^ so like WoW :P awesome.

NV: lolz. was it ever *just* for pron?

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:47 PM

Well, that and to bitch about movies.

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MSA

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:59 PM

oh ok that makes sense... HUGS CK that's cool. Sorry really not a gamer. I can barely manage the easy level on lego Starwars for wii

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:33 PM

i'm more an FPS fan, theyre the only kind of game i'm really any good at XD dont online game like the rest of my friends do :\ theyre all addicted to WoW lolz

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:47 PM

Wow it's been quiet in here recently. Where did everyone else go? Have people left for vacation already?

FLT, I'm totally jealous on the FPS front. Like a lot of women, FPSs make me terribly nauseous. Some of the less jerky ones I can play for about a half an hour before I start to get motion sick, but others like Portal (which I *really* wanted to play!) made me sick just glancing at hubby's screen while he played. Sigh. I've heard you can train your brain out of the motion sickness, but it takes a lot of time and consistency, both things that I'm typically short on.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

MSA

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:50 PM

and the gibberish continues...

HUGs CK and FLT

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:16 PM

*hugs MsA* its okay MsA. i know very little jibberish anyways :P

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee: FLT, I'm totally jealous on the FPS front. Like a lot of women, FPSs make me terribly nauseous. Some of the less jerky ones I can play for about a half an hour before I start to get motion sick, but others like Portal (which I *really* wanted to play!) made me sick just glancing at hubby's screen while he played. Sigh. I've heard you can train your brain out of the motion sickness, but it takes a lot of time and consistency, both things that I'm typically short on.

lol, yeah, i'm one of those girls who likes to shoot things XD hence me being anxious about being twenty for the next ten months >< till i can get my permit

too bad about the motion sickness bit :\ sry to hear it. fortunately the only time i get motion sick is when i read in the car >< which is a bummer for me cuz on long trips i get bored and usually cure boredom by reading

ooooooooh yes, portal. i havent played but i've watched my boyfriend play. looks way hard, i'd probably get frustrated after ten minutes XD i'm assuming you've heard the credits song XD best credits song *ever*

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:55 PM

Yeah nothing else makes me motion sick, not even reading in the car. Just FPS games. :P

Just ran across this article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/16/gotcha.boxes.onion/index.html Both funny and timely. ;)

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

MSA

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:14 PM

ok those are GREAT!!! I am so buying one to send my mom ( the ultimate in asking what gift you want and then never giving it to you)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:11 AM

ugh, so now im watching my eleven year old toy poodle try to sneak his way around my parents house (where he lives, family dog) after eating god knows how much chocolate out of a bag my mother left on the floor. he's been puking for about an hour and a half/two hours now, and wont stay in the kitchen where its easy to clean up. he keeps running to the carpet to puke and i have to chase him and drag him back to the kitchen to throw up there. im doing this while im trying to make dinner cuz neither of the rents are home, but he wont stay and is being a very bad boy about it.

so now i've tied him by his leash to the handle on the oven door, which is juuuuuuust far enough in the kitchen that he cant reach any carpeted surfaces @_@

he's currently standing at the extent of his leash by the nearest piece of carpet in the house (just baaaaaarely out of his reach, thankfully) and is making odd noises probably because his throat hurts and he still feels sick >< but the stubborn thing wont come back to give himself some slack on the leash. i feel sorry for the poor thing, but my god he's not cooperating @_@

MSA

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:51 PM

FLT chocolate is poisonous for dogs... you need to take him to the vet or he can suffer heart damage ...hugs

ok morning all.. so here's some fun. The IT people changed my email to the right name, but now I can't log in 'cause I don't have the password and won't until I get to work at about 3 pm today

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:02 PM

NEW THREAD:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/editmsg.asp?b=2&t=36042&m=661888

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
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