[Tiste Simeon]

Brynjar, on 20 December 2010 - 10:29 PM, said:

I was supposed to be scary?

...now I'm a bit dissapointed that I let you down.

No, no! It's quite alright dear chap, we like you the way you are.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

I'm happy because my painting of Sha'ik, Karsa and Leoman:

http://forum.malazan...showtopic=20335

is finally done...and the guy who commissioned me wants to buy more of my stuff! Yay


Also, Christmas soon! Weeeeeeeee:apt:

[Tsundoku]

Got the keys and signed for my new place on Monday. Also managed to get a good deal on a bed and a fridge. My stuff that has been in storage here for the last 5 years was moved in to the new place today along with the bed (soooooo comfy!). Tomorrow will be my stuff from Darwin and a few things I had here at Mums, including about 50 or so books. So for the first time in a long time all my stuff will be in one place.

GF is coming to stay from Jan 3 - 10. When I was talking to her about it when we were in Sydney for U2 on the weekend before last she was more excited by the thought of gaining unfettered access to my books than anything else.

Therefore, she will be helping me buy more bookcases and putting all the books (estimated 2500 or so) up in alphabetical order before being allowed to pillage.

Priorities.

This post has been edited by Sombra: 21 December 2010 - 12:23 PM

[Mentalist]

Finally got a haircut. last one was in like August, so this is a big deal.

now I don't have to comb for like a month!

[Ceda Cicero]

http://www.dontevenr...iew.php?post=80

[Centzon Totochtin]

Sombra, on 21 December 2010 - 12:21 PM, said:

Got the keys and signed for my new place on Monday. Also managed to get a good deal on a bed and a fridge. My stuff that has been in storage here for the last 5 years was moved in to the new place today along with the bed (soooooo comfy!). Tomorrow will be my stuff from Darwin and a few things I had here at Mums, including about 50 or so books. So for the first time in a long time all my stuff will be in one place.

GF is coming to stay from Jan 3 - 10. When I was talking to her about it when we were in Sydney for U2 on the weekend before last she was more excited by the thought of gaining unfettered access to my books than anything else.

Therefore, she will be helping me buy more bookcases and putting all the books (estimated 2500 or so) up in alphabetical order before being allowed to pillage.

Priorities.

*wants books also*

I'm happy because I have a lovely lunch today with the HR ladies here... that I don't have to pay for!

This post has been edited by Centzon Totochtin: 21 December 2010 - 11:42 PM

[Arthur Dayne]

Litterally this picture and Sombra's profile pic are the ONLY things making me happy right now. Good times.

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[Adjutant Stormy~]

Had a party with my brother and my girl-harem from highschool (reunion, not underage), and it degenerated rapidly into Olde English innuendo, Boggle, and beer drinking.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Sombra, on 21 December 2010 - 12:21 PM, said:

Got the keys and signed for my new place on Monday. Also managed to get a good deal on a bed and a fridge. My stuff that has been in storage here for the last 5 years was moved in to the new place today along with the bed (soooooo comfy!). Tomorrow will be my stuff from Darwin and a few things I had here at Mums, including about 50 or so books. So for the first time in a long time all my stuff will be in one place.

GF is coming to stay from Jan 3 - 10. When I was talking to her about it when we were in Sydney for U2 on the weekend before last she was more excited by the thought of gaining unfettered access to my books than anything else.

Therefore, she will be helping me buy more bookcases and putting all the books (estimated 2500 or so) up in alphabetical order before being allowed to pillage.

Priorities.

My, what a huuuuge...book collection...you have....

[QuickTidal]

um...Christmas is days away...AKA....new effing DOCTOR WHO baby!

Oh, also family, friends and well wishing ect.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 22 December 2010 - 05:58 PM

[Mezla PigDog]

Surfing a winning streak right now. I look like so much of a genius at work, I have surprised even myself. The perfect time of year for it too. Sweeeeeeeeeeeet

[Tiste Simeon]

See my new thread in the Inn for reason I am happy.

Also, just got home for Christmas with gf, great to see family etc.

[Tsundoku]

Fully moved in now, except for a few books and clothes left at Mum's. I will get the books next week.

Not that I ever needed justification, but this story gives me yet another reason to enjoy my rampant chocoholism.

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http://www.news.com....0-1225974729266

Chocolate better cure for common cold than echinacea

* From: NewsCore
* December 22, 2010 12:35AM

PEOPLE who buy echinacea to stave off a common cold are wasting their money and should buy chocolate instead, two separate scientific studies have claimed.

Echinacea, which is believed to minimise the impact of a common cold, was studied by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

They found the over-the-counter herbal treatment only slightly delayed cold symptoms

In tests of 719 people, aged between 12 and 80, volunteers were randomly given either no pill, a pill they knew contained echinacea, or a pill that could have been echinacea or a placebo.

Those who received echinacea saw the duration of their cold reduced by seven to 10 hours.

"Trends were in the direction of benefit, amounting to an average half-day reduction in the duration of a weeklong cold or an approximate 10 percent reduction in overall severity," said Bruce Barrett, the lead researcher, writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

"However, this dose regimen did not make a large impact on the course of the common cold, compared either to blinded placebo or to no pills," he concluded.

In the UK, scientists at a British-based drugs company called SEEK, working with experts at Hull Cough Clinic, said that a naturally-occurring substance in cocoa - theobromine - has been shown to prevent the key features of a persistent cough.

Seek was developing a medication based on theobromine, which is found in significant quantities in cocoa-based products and which it says "has been shown to inhibit the inappropriate firing of the vagus nerve, which is a key feature of persistent cough.”

Professor Alyn Morice from the clinic, said, "Due to the drawbacks of current opioid drugs such as codeine, we are in desperate need of a non-opioid treatment with a drastically improved side effect profile for patients."

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I'm also fairly sure echinacea was shown to be barely more than a placebo years ago.

[Soulessdreamer]

Finally got my hands on a copy of the novellas and now SW has arrived:thumbsup:

TTFN

[Tsundoku]

I was unsure whether or not this would be better in the Funny Videos thread, but I figure the higher traffic for this one would mean it could brighten up the day some of you toiling away in your own little hells with fluorescent lighting aka offices.

Definitely safe for work, but you will get some odd looks if your speakers are turned up high.

This post has been edited by Sombra: 23 December 2010 - 02:06 AM

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Wicked awesome party last night. It was a surprise one for a friend of ours, known hereafter as Linda, and someone to whom I thought I was attracted. So, she came, we cheered, and had a good time. Met some new people, caught up with some old friends, and so on it went. Then I slept over at the house the party was at (not the friend for whom we had held he party), and we basically played Guitar Hero all night. It was awesome. Me and Linda got in some good chatting time, and things were going well. So, at about 9:30 PM, after we'd pretty much clocked the game, we headed off to the city to go our separate ways. But during the course of the night, I'd handed over the gifts I'd bought Linda. There was, to make a long story short, a lot. She was really happy with it.

But just as we had departed the other sleepoverees, and were heading off to our separate tram stops, this conversation ensued:

Linda: I don't like you. (more than a friend like, not friendship like)
Me: Why not? (not having realised this)
Linda: Because I don't want you to get hurt.
Me: But I like you as a friend.
Linda: That's not what other people have been saying.
Me: Well, "other people" are wrong.

Basically, the rest of our conversation had us resolving that neither considered the other more than a really good friend. When we parted, we exchanged a massive hug.

Wondering why this is in the happy thread? Well, I had been trying to convince myself that I liked her more than a friend, which, deep down, I knew wasn't true. I kept at it-bought her all those gifts-and trying to get closer to her. Which I still want to do, because she's a fantastic person. But by saying those things, she cleared up all my confusion. Now I won't feel like I should be doing something when I'm around her, instead of just relaxing and enjoying her company. I liker her, she likes me. That's good enough in my book. I mean, I might look back and think I was an idiot for not pursuing it, but I can't see myself doing that. I woukdn't say I'm happy, but I do feel more content about the whole thing. And maybe that's better than any relationship.

Oh, and angsty teenage rant over. Thanks for tuning in.

[pathos]

Last day today!!!!!!

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Christmas holiday has commenced!! And I don't need to go back to work until Wednesday!


AIJ: I enjoy reading about your teenage angst...reminds me why I'm quite happy to be an adult:P

[Ain't_It_Just_]

 Grimilla Insultface, on 23 December 2010 - 10:49 AM, said:

AIJ: I enjoy reading about your teenage angst...reminds me why I'm quite happy to be an adult:P

Well, you enjoy your grey hairs

[Darkwatch]

When my grey hair comes around I will demand that people call me Greymane.