[Maark Abbott]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 21 February 2016 - 09:00 AM, said:

Cancelled plans. It's a shame not to see the friend in question because she's not around often - but it means I get to spend a rainy day indoors map making

Also, Maark deserves a medal. He's been the soul of patience with me bombarding him with questions all morning!

I'll take the medal, but my job mainly involves me talking people through legal documents all day so a few questions were easy in comparison! And yeah it's sick and I can't wait for other people to see it in the summer.

Also, I found Sheffield Comicon is a month on after my book launches. Might see if the publisher has anything going on for it.

[worry]

Is your book gonna have a map?

[Grimjust Bearegular]

I met Ann Leckie on Friday and had dinner with her, some co-workers and a Norwegian sci-fi writer. It was AWESOME! Also got my copy of Ancillary Justice signed



Also, my newest drawing seems to be well-received, which is a huge relief, since I haven't drawn anything in ages and was afraid I had forgotten everything I'd learned so far

[Gorefest]

Dumbledude, on 22 February 2016 - 07:36 AM, said:

Is your book gonna have a map?

I think it knows Sheffield well enough to get to the Motorpoint Arena unaided.

This post has been edited by Gorefest: 22 February 2016 - 10:53 AM

[Maark Abbott]

Dumbledude, on 22 February 2016 - 07:36 AM, said:

Is your book gonna have a map?

Possibly... Wait and see.

On the subject of the book, I have everything ready to submit in final form now bar the manuscript's final edit, which will take me all of fifteen minutes to format. Pretty chuffed about that.

This post has been edited by Maark: 22 February 2016 - 03:35 PM

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Had a riding class on the horse I fell off (while jumping) about six months ago. My confidence has slowly been coming back but it's a long haul process. Did a five jump course with some really tricky lines and turns in there on her, and it went perfectly. Feels great to have the "I can do this" feeling back

[worry]

That's pretty brave and admirable to get back on that same horse.

Reminds me of the old adage: A horse's cruelty is matched only by its propensity to love.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Dumbledude, on 23 February 2016 - 07:10 AM, said:

That's pretty brave and admirable to get back on that same horse.

Reminds me of the old adage: A horse's cruelty is matched only by its propensity to love.

Or as a friend of mine puts it "Horses: dangerous at both ends, uncomfortable in the middle!"

[Gothos]

Finally moved in with the gf 2 weeks ago. I'm loving it, actually. The apartament is pretty spacious compared to what I rented before on my own, and we've already put quite a bit of our stuff in to make it a small slice of heaven. At least for the next year or so.


Them bills for furniture and other stuff do build up though.

[QuickTidal]

Non-Entitled Millenial lays it down for REALLY-entitled Millenial

Reading that made me joyous.

[Dutch]

Dancer's Lament is making me happy.

Just a chapter in yet, but I'm already enjoying myself.

[Mentalist]

QuickTidal, on 25 February 2016 - 05:28 PM, said:

Non-Entitled Millenial lays it down for REALLY-entitled Millenial

Reading that made me joyous.

The author said she's turning 30. Aka, she's a 90s kid, not a millenial.

I'm her age (actually, no: a year younger), I'd be insulted if someone called me a "millennial".

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 25 February 2016 - 07:52 PM

[QuickTidal]

Mentalist, on 25 February 2016 - 07:50 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 25 February 2016 - 05:28 PM, said:

Non-Entitled Millenial lays it down for REALLY-entitled Millenial

Reading that made me joyous.

The author said she's turning 30. Aka, she's a 90s kid, not a millenial.

I'm her age (actually, no: a year younger), I'd be insulted if someone called me a "millennial".

Technically, Millenial definition is usually "born after 1982" Thus, she's a Millenial, and so are you?



Millenial just seems to denote people who reached adulthood around the turn of the century/millenia

For myself, I missed that window by about 5 years and therefore I am a tail end Gen-Xer instead.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 25 February 2016 - 08:13 PM

[Mentalist]

QuickTidal, on 25 February 2016 - 08:13 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 25 February 2016 - 07:50 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 25 February 2016 - 05:28 PM, said:

Non-Entitled Millenial lays it down for REALLY-entitled Millenial

Reading that made me joyous.

The author said she's turning 30. Aka, she's a 90s kid, not a millenial.

I'm her age (actually, no: a year younger), I'd be insulted if someone called me a "millennial".

Technically, Millenial definition is usually "born after 1982" Thus, she's a Millenial, and so are you?



Millenial just seems to denote people who reached adulthood around the turn of the century/millenia

For myself, I missed that window by about 5 years and therefore I am a tail end Gen-Xer instead.

My (probably skewed) perception of the Millenials is those who grew up post-Y2k. They tend to take technology for granted (and lots of other things besides)

80s and 90s kids actually got to see the evolution of high-tech and the explosion of the Information Age, catching the tail-end of the values of a "slower-paced" era.

I was growing up in the 90s on the other side of the Iron curtain (which meant we got culture influences from the West with 2-5 year delay). I came to the West @ 12, at the end of 1999. By then I've formed a lot of fundamental opinions about the world.

[Andorion]

Mentalist, on 26 February 2016 - 02:45 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 25 February 2016 - 08:13 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 25 February 2016 - 07:50 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 25 February 2016 - 05:28 PM, said:

Non-Entitled Millenial lays it down for REALLY-entitled Millenial

Reading that made me joyous.

The author said she's turning 30. Aka, she's a 90s kid, not a millenial.

I'm her age (actually, no: a year younger), I'd be insulted if someone called me a "millennial".

Technically, Millenial definition is usually "born after 1982" Thus, she's a Millenial, and so are you?



Millenial just seems to denote people who reached adulthood around the turn of the century/millenia

For myself, I missed that window by about 5 years and therefore I am a tail end Gen-Xer instead.

My (probably skewed) perception of the Millenials is those who grew up post-Y2k. They tend to take technology for granted (and lots of other things besides)

80s and 90s kids actually got to see the evolution of high-tech and the explosion of the Information Age, catching the tail-end of the values of a "slower-paced" era.

I was growing up in the 90s on the other side of the Iron curtain (which meant we got culture influences from the West with 2-5 year delay). I came to the West @ 12, at the end of 1999. By then I've formed a lot of fundamental opinions about the world.

This terminology has always confused me. Born in 1989, never been to the West, but heavily influenced by the West. Am I a millennial? Also I don't take things for granted, except waterlogging. You can always count on waterlogging

[worry]

Look, if you liked Ren & Stimpy most you're Gen-X. If you liked Rugrats most, you're a Millennial. If you liked Doug most, you're a 21 Jump Street style narc in your 50s.

[Andorion]

Dumbledude, on 26 February 2016 - 03:08 AM, said:

Look, if you liked Ren & Stimpy most you're Gen-X. If you liked Rugrats most, you're a Millennial. If you liked Doug most, you're a 21 Jump Street style narc in your 50s.

What is Doug?

[worry]

Definitely something a narc would ask.

[Mentalist]

Dumbledude, on 26 February 2016 - 03:08 AM, said:

Look, if you liked Ren & Stimpy most you're Gen-X. If you liked Rugrats most, you're a Millennial. If you liked Doug most, you're a 21 Jump Street style narc in your 50s.

I liked the original Transformers and Voltron

they started broadcasting back home "Rugrats" when I was... 10? so didn't watch that much.

[Andorion]

Briar King, on 26 February 2016 - 05:13 AM, said:

I preferred Go Bots! I still have some of those toys and TMNT figures up in attic.

Did anybody watch a show called Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad? It was about this group of friends, and they entered the internet by playing a guitar where they turned into giant robots to fight computer viruses that looked like Godzilla. Fight as in literally fight, with lasers and swords and stuff.

The concept sounds so insane now, but 6 year old me thought it was so cool