Peebles' Perfectly Pointless Popular Prattle - Random Banter #211

[DJ Yung Crunk]

Each to their own. I'm just sensitive, I guess...

I don't know if it has to do with that so much as we all get sad at different things. It's not linear at all, I don't think. "The Inner Light" just isn't on my radar in that regard. But something like (oh just pulling a name out of thin air here) "L'Amour" by Lewis makes me well up like a child.

[Mx.Silver]

Anything goes.

Okay then. In no particular order:

The White Which Lives Within the Ink Stone - Mushi-shi (series 1)

Lightning's End - Mushi-shi (series 2)

The Dinner Party - The IT Crowd

Fleeting Light - Natsume Yujin-cho

Goodbyeee - Blackadder goes Forth

[FinnLassie]

Hullo folk. I was kinda bored at uni today, we were going through some presentations and I needed to relieve some stress. Just doodled something quick. Honestly, it's super weird drawing a somewhat realistic image of yourself. I've been doing it for years as a certain form of stress and anxiety relief, but at the same time it feels kinda wrong just drawing yourself. I guess I'm just making sure that I have a realistic image of myself, and nothing disorted is going on in my brain (and believe me, my self portraits haven't always looked this flattering, I guess I'm doing generally ok according to this drawing).

Spoiler: drarwajaj

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Also, OotSified my new look.

[LaZodiac]

Fiiiiinn how is that just a quick doodle why do your fingers pour out beauty with every second

All my fingers pour out are skin flakes and sadness :<

[Septimus Faber]

All my fingers pour out are skin flakes and sadness :<

Pain. Felt. So much.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

You guys mind if I rant for a bit? I'll put it in a spoiler, promise.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Y'really don't need to ask if you're going to put it in spoilers. Or even if you aren't.

[Coidzor]

Hullo folk. I was kinda bored at uni today, we were going through some presentations and I needed to relieve some stress. Just doodled something quick. Honestly, it's super weird drawing a somewhat realistic image of yourself. I've been doing it for years as a certain form of stress and anxiety relief, but at the same time it feels kinda wrong just drawing yourself. I guess I'm just making sure that I have a realistic image of myself, and nothing disorted is going on in my brain (and believe me, my self portraits haven't always looked this flattering, I guess I'm doing generally ok according to this drawing).

Spoiler: drarwajaj

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Also, OotSified my new look.

Nice.

Always good to get some stress out and be able to feel goodish about a self-portrait.

Fiiiiinn how is that just a quick doodle why do your fingers pour out beauty with every second

All my fingers pour out are skin flakes and sadness :<

Practice, practice, practice, mon cherie.

You guys mind if I rant for a bit? I'll put it in a spoiler, promise.

Shoot.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Second Tuesday of the semester and I've already pulled an all-night-er. I feel disgusting. It's far to early for this to be happening.

But S/O to the 4 Mt. Dews, I guess. Time to go get breakfast, I suppose. Which I'm usually never up for. More caffeine a la coffee. Woo.

[Peebles]

Second Tuesday of the semester and I've already pulled an all-night-er. I feel disgusting. It's far to early for this to be happening.

Ouch, commiserations. Probably better than only getting a few hours actually, but still not nice. If you keep going via caffeine alone you're going to crash monumentally at some point. At least then you'll get some sleep.

Exciting and slightly scary developments at work over the last day or so. The university is moving focus towards recruiting more international students (because they get more money, I imagine), which may result in me taking my promotion-to-school-leavers-and-college-students shtick on a worldwide tour, at least every now and again. It's a cool opportunity, and would be a great experience, but it's kind of scary too.

First of all - Me don't language good. In fact, it would be charitable to say that I've even mastered English. Sure, if they're interested in studying in the UK they're going to have a decent grasp of what I'm saying, but it's going to be a whole new thing to get my point across to groups on non-native speakers.

Second, I'd be away from home. A lot , at least to start with. And I'm right in the middle of getting a new apartment and getting back on my feet properly. Sure, I have no real ties to worry about, but still.

I'm conflicted.

[HalfTangible]

Ya know what I hate?

That crispy M&M commercial with the fans. The one that shows up before every... fifth or sixth video I open on youtube

Seriously. F$#@ THAT COMMERCIAL

[AtlanteanTroll]

Ouch, commiserations. Probably better than only getting a few hours actually, but still not nice. If you keep going via caffeine alone you're going to crash monumentally at some point. At least then you'll get some sleep.

My crashing today was actually disastrously timed, but I pulled everything together by the skin of my teeth.

Exciting and slightly scary developments at work over the last day or so. The university is moving focus towards recruiting more international students (because they get more money, I imagine), which may result in me taking my promotion-to-school-leavers-and-college-students shtick on a worldwide tour, at least every now and again. It's a cool opportunity, and would be a great experience, but it's kind of scary too.

First of all - Me don't language good. In fact, it would be charitable to say that I've even mastered English. Sure, if they're interested in studying in the UK they're going to have a decent grasp of what I'm saying, but it's going to be a whole new thing to get my point across to groups on non-native speakers.

Second, I'd be away from home. A lot , at least to start with. And I'm right in the middle of getting a new apartment and getting back on my feet properly. Sure, I have no real ties to worry about, but still.

I'm conflicted.

May depend on how you the university you work for operates. About 10% of my school is from China, and frequently, prospective students come here in big groups. Simpler that way, I guess. IDK if that's comforting or not, but something to think about.

Guess who fell asleep typing up a response at his computer last night and typed the following!

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[LaZodiac]

Oh god why the water pipes might of broke I flushed the toilet and now it's in the bath tub.

The toilet was clean it just looked a little full of water so I flushed it and now there's water all over the bathroom and in the tub and oh my god aaaaaah chaos.

[Razanir]

So apparently I actually know a thing or two about writing. I got an essay back today, and at one point on it, my professor commented that it would be the best essay she'd read all day. If you've seen the TV Tropes page for Realistic Diction is Unrealistic, I stole that idea, and she loved it.

Also, I found an excuse to reference the Lion King in an upcoming paper about Hamlet.

[Durkoala]

Oh god why the water pipes might of broke I flushed the toilet and now it's in the bath tub.

The toilet was clean it just looked a little full of water so I flushed it and now there's water all over the bathroom and in the tub and oh my god aaaaaah chaos.

I'm so sorry, but I can't stop laughing. This is like something out of Paddington. Protip: bears from darkest Peru should not be trusted with DIY.

Seriously, that sounds terrible, and I'm sorry I can't stop laughing at it. You just seem to bounce from one disaster to the next. I have no idea what to do with this, except for finding a bucket and starting to bail while help arrives. If there's any leaks, try to shut off the water main? *I have no plumbing experience whatsoever and any of this advice is taken at your own risk*

Unseriously, Ahahahaha, ohohohoh, heeheehee, Ohohohohahaha... ha... ha. Pictures?

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Also, I found an excuse to reference the Lion King in an upcoming paper about Hamlet.

I remember when I wrote an essay about a classical tragedy (Sophocles' Antigone, for those interested) and added '... stop this madness. This is not Sparta' (because it's in Athens). When I got it back, the examiner had commented LOL!

[LaZodiac]

I'm so sorry, but I can't stop laughing. This is like something out of Paddington. Protip: bears from darkest Peru should not be trusted with DIY.

Seriously, that sounds terrible, and I'm sorry I can't stop laughing at it. You just seem to bounce from one disaster to the next. I have no idea what to do with this, except for finding a bucket and starting to bail while help arrives. If there's any leaks, try to shut off the water main? *I have no plumbing experience whatsoever and any of this advice is taken at your own risk*

Unseriously, Ahahahaha, ohohohoh, heeheehee, Ohohohohahaha... ha... ha. Pictures?

Haha, Paddington Zodibear. I like it.

It's okay, laugh, it's funny . Don't worry, it's not FLOODING, unless I flush the toilet a lot. So I'm waiting for the plumper to get off his ass and come look at the pipes.

Sorry, no camera

EDIT: CORRECTION ISH FLOODING A LITTLE! BATH TUB IS SUPER FULL SUDDENLY! It stopped but uh...oh dear.

[Peebles]

May depend on how you the university you work for operates. About 10% of my school is from China, and frequently, prospective students come here in big groups. Simpler that way, I guess. IDK if that's comforting or not, but something to think about.

Yeah, that's the plan in the long run, but in the beginning they're after volunteers amongst us PR and engagement bods to go out to places and make some links, at least for the first year or eighteen months. In any event, I've jumped in and said yes yesterday. The travle will kill at times, but what exactly do I have tying me down here?

Haha, Paddington Zodibear. I like it.

It's okay, laugh, it's funny . Don't worry, it's not FLOODING, unless I flush the toilet a lot. So I'm waiting for the plumper to get off his ass and come look at the pipes.

Hehe, plumper. I now have images.

[LaZodiac]

Hehe, plumper. I now have images.

God damnit I spent all day trying to prevent myself from making that typo and the one place I was sure I didn't, I did! OOPS.

[Septimus Faber]

When you've just got started with tumblr and you send someone an ask and expect them to reply straight away and at the same time are frantically checking to see if your two text posts have got any notes yet which they haven't so you're constantly flicking back and forth between two blogs while knowing consciously it's all futile and it's like a reverse Internet quasar GAAH.

So, how's life?

[FinnLassie]

I'm back to my good ol' university reading routine. That is, totally panic read everything for an exam in less than a week. I have to say I'm rather proud of myself - it's Thursdya and the exam isn't until Tuesday! Only 170 pages left!

[LaZodiac]

I'm back to my good ol' university reading routine. That is, totally panic read everything for an exam in less than a week. I have to say I'm rather proud of myself - it's Thursdya and the exam isn't until Tuesday! Only 170 pages left!

Good luck!

PSST! I'm making heart shaped cookies for valentines day! Don't tell anyone!!

[Dimonite]

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

"The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation" - Middleman
"Comfort Food" - Pushing Daisies
"Window of Opportunity" - Stargate SG-1

Second Tuesday of the semester and I've already pulled an all-night-er. I feel disgusting. It's far to early for this to be happening.

Ooh, I did that! Not for academic purposes, mind you. I was trying boozahol for the first time and suddenly it was morning and I was still very drunk.

Ya know what I hate?

That crispy M&M commercial with the fans. The one that shows up before every... fifth or sixth video I open on youtube

Seriously. F$#@ THAT COMMERCIAL

Adblock, my friend.

When you've just got started with tumblr and you send someone an ask and expect them to reply straight away and at the same time are frantically checking to see if your two text posts have got any notes yet which they haven't so you're constantly flicking back and forth between two blogs while knowing consciously it's all futile and it's like a reverse Internet quasar GAAH.

Ah, Tumblr. That place is like stress incarnate.

[Teddy]

Now that I caught you, can I join the Illuminati? Or is it like Pokemon where if you catch an Illuminati member, they fight for you against small little creatures?

No, but I'm pretty sure I have to kill you.

That's too bad, I've been looking for a new game. I've never played a "programming game" but I've always been intrigued by them. I remember hearing about a game where you code a "warrior" and make them fight against another coded warrior, and you win by overwriting the other warrior's memory... I'm probably mis-remembering this, but I think it went by the name of Programming War or Code War or something.

Well, there are a bunch of programming arena games, such as Robocode and such. Those are pure programming challenges, though. Nothing happens unless you do it yourself (well, except for you getting killed by the others )...

I guess it'd be sorta easy, just time consuming. I'd have to code in responses to every attack that a human player could throw out, then code an offensive AI...
Or I could go the route of my friend who thinks that using RNG for everything is AI.

Yeah, and only really easy in the simple cases. AI has never been an easy problem...

And RNGs can be very intelligent, but only if you weight them properly.

Like in Super Smash Bros stages:

Spoiler: Hint: look above the top platform *very* closely

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Hehehe...

When you've just got started with tumblr and you send someone an ask and expect them to reply straight away and at the same time are frantically checking to see if your two text posts have got any notes yet which they haven't so you're constantly flicking back and forth between two blogs while knowing consciously it's all futile and it's like a reverse Internet quasar GAAH.

So, how's life?

I pulled an all-nighter because I couldn't get a lab assignment due this morning to work, and I couldn't for my life figure out what was wrong with the logic until at least a good four hours later, when it struck me that I might not actually be linking my code to the handout software at all, because the handout software wasn't a program in and on itself, but rather more code you had to compile your program toghether with. Long story short, don't build with make test.

Also, I read through the entirety of A Redtail's Dream over the course of two days. It was pretty great!

[HalfTangible]

Adblock, my friend.

I'm not going to adblock all of youtube because of one annoying commercial

[Taet]

I am tired of weeding the yard. But I am not done with weeding. And the palm tree has dropped palm seeds all over and there are baby palms all over that will not die. Does anybody need very very small palm leaves for Palm Sunday? I have plenty.

Hullo folk. I was kinda bored at uni today, we were going through some presentations and I needed to relieve some stress. Just doodled something quick. Honestly, it's super weird drawing a somewhat realistic image of yourself. I've been doing it for years as a certain form of stress and anxiety relief, but at the same time it feels kinda wrong just drawing yourself. I guess I'm just making sure that I have a realistic image of myself, and nothing disorted is going on in my brain (and believe me, my self portraits haven't always looked this flattering, I guess I'm doing generally ok according to this drawing).

Spoiler: drarwajaj

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Also, OotSified my new look.

I do not know what you look like. But that is a fine realism picture.

And you still manage to make the most mixed emotion OotS faces. it is a talent. all piled on top of each other.

Guess who fell asleep typing up a response at his computer last night and typed the following!

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With those two spots covered? It was my cat I am sure of it.

When you've just got started with tumblr and you send someone an ask and expect them to reply straight away and at the same time are frantically checking to see if your two text posts have got any notes yet which they haven't so you're constantly flicking back and forth between two blogs while knowing consciously it's all futile and it's like a reverse Internet quasar GAAH.

So, how's life?

I am gah that way over ebay and craigslist email right now. I am not built for auction sites. Maybe it is better that I only get to buy online once a year.I want to win and get something and get rid of the online money and stop stressing abouti t for another year.

[Dimonite]

I'm not going to adblock all of youtube because of one annoying commercial

Might just be a personal thing, but I adblock... almost everything, really. This site and Schlock Mercenary are the only exceptions.

[factotum]

Might just be a personal thing, but I adblock... almost everything, really. This site and Schlock Mercenary are the only exceptions.

Presumably you do that because you want the people who run those sites to get some money from the advertising views (although don't think that's how either site actually works in terms of advertising)--so are the people creating the Youtube videos you watch not worthy of the same?

[LaZodiac]

I basically adblock nothing but sites that have annoying pop ups.

Also you know just because I said don't tell anyone doesn't mean you guys can't discuss my cookies

Sadly couldn't make them heart shaped. Damn you Quaker Oats and your super delicious cookie dough that isn't very malleable.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

I basically adblock nothing but sites that have annoying pop ups.

Also you know just because I said don't tell anyone doesn't mean you guys can't discuss my cookies

Sadly couldn't make them heart shaped. Damn you Quaker Oats and your super delicious cookie dough that isn't very malleable.

Did you at least cut some trianangles out of the top and eat them yourself? Or red frosting?

[Teddy]

Did you at least cut some trianangles out of the top and eat them yourself? Or red frosting?

Post-cutting them into shape with a knife isn't a halfway bad idea, actually. Or wouldn't be had they long solidified by now, at least...