Whats making you happy right now

#7932 Tiste Simeon

Faith, Heavy Metal & Bacon

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:29 AM

My brother - the one who has been in Afghanistan with the British army this year - is now staying with us for a week in Cardiff cos he has a parade at the end of it! The rest of my family to arrive on Friday!

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#7933 MTS

Fourth Investiture

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 09:24 AM

Second chapter draft of my thesis submitted. One third down, two to go.

Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.

Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.

#7934 Satan

Hunting for love

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 10:16 AM

Got rejected on an application for PhD fellowship, which was expected so not that much of a bummer. What I didn't expect was a clear and concise feedback on strengths and weaknesses in my application. Now I know what I have to work further on to improve my chances next time around.

Legalise drugs! And murder!

#7935 SylvanShade

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 02:10 PM

I just saw half the sky light up with neon-blue lightning. Never seen that color before.

If I look back, I am lost.

#7936 Darkwatch

A Strange Human

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 05:34 PM

New computer is here!

The Pub is Always Open

Proud supporter of the Wolves of Winter. Glory be to her Majesty, The Lady Snow.
Cursed Summer returns. The Lady Now Sleeps.

The Sexy Thatch Burning Physicist

Τον Πρωτος Αληθη Δεσποτην της Οικιας Αυτος

RodeoRanch said:

You're a rock.
A non-touching itself rock.

#7937 QuickTidal

Lord of the Kicks

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 05:35 PM

Going to the ballgame with friends tonight. Beer, hotdogs and baseball. :lol:

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#7938 Slow Ben

Ranger

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 02:57 AM

Went to the World War II museum with the family. it was awesome. If your ever in New Orleans I highly recommend checking it out.

I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.

#7939 SylvanShade

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 06:33 AM

Its a double-complete rainbow! :lol:

If I look back, I am lost.

#7940 Ain't_It_Just_

The Recidivist

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The AIJman cometh

Posted 30 May 2012 - 09:53 AM

Had a long-awaited rendezvous with a friend of mine :lol:

Just walked around and didn't have to worry about what we were doing, just good ol' fashioned conversation. Better than a day at uni

Suck it Errant!

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of gum."

QUOTE (KeithF @ Jun 30 2009, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt that the most powerful force on Wu is a bunch of messed-up Malazans with Moranth munitions.

#7941 King Lear

Une belle quelquesomething sans merci

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:40 AM

I acquired a massive dictionary and thesaurus (for free! and hardcover to boot) and of all the free books I've been acquiring over the last week and a half these two excite me the most don't judge me dammit. I did good at work experience today and I've also caught up with some friends I haven't seen in ages, and talked about some fairly serious stuff that's happened recently, which, while it wasn't exactly pleasant, has been an incredible relief be to able to talk about.

I also had what is probably the most honest, open and heartfelt conversation I've ever had with my mum tonight.

All in all, I'm feeling pretty good at the moment :lol:

*Men's Frights Activist*

#7942 Mezla PigDog

Malazan Yo Yo Champion 2009

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:45 AM

Just discovered there is a chemical compound called "adamantane" and a class of anti-viral drugs called "adamantanes" which then lead me to discover the reason they called adamantium adamantium - derived from the Greek adamantinos relating to steel or diamond. Well I never.

Yet still I don't know exactly why Adam Ant called himself Adam Ant. Was he adamant or unbreakable?!?

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#7943 Wanderer

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 10:52 AM

Passsed all my assessments this year :lol:

Yippeee.

Now for a Pizza, Booze and Fringe fillled Summer.

#7944 Centzon Totochtin

For Pony!

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Bunnies!

Posted 31 May 2012 - 11:54 AM

Looks like I have found a housemate! *fingers crossed*

That Elephant is looking rather frayed at the edges

#7945 Grimjust Bearegular

Irregular Bacon Berserker Medic of the Abyssmal Army

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Godless killing machine - and proud of it!

Also, braaaaiiiinnnnzzzzzzzz!

Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:48 PM

I won my best friend's wedding by giving the speech that made the most people cry...boo yaah!

Also, my best friend's wedding is over, so now I can relax, which is greatly needed....aaaaaah :lol:

Also also, moving the last of my stuff over to mr Awesome's place today!

Things and stuffs...and other important objects.

#7946 Loki

Knight Commander of Team Quick Ben

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WWQBDFTW?

Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:59 PM

Matador is really keen for me to watch the Avengers movie so we watched the Hulk and Captain America tonight.

The Hulk was shit (yes it was the Norton one).
Captain America was pretty awesome though.

Given that I like Loki and Captain America and the fact that I'm a Ruffalo fan I'm now interested enough to see the Avengers.

This makes me happy because now Matador will stop pestering me about it.

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#7947 Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast

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Pre-dinner mayonnaise -- it's good for you!

Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:00 PM

Game of Thrones season 2 soundtrack.

The love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain.

"Perhaps we think up our own destinies and so, in a sense, deserve whatever happens to us, for not having had the wit to imagine something better." ― Iain Banks

#7948 QuickTidal

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:02 PM

Loki, on 31 May 2012 - 02:59 PM, said:

The Hulk was shit (yes it was the Norton one).
Captain America was pretty awesome though.

Methinks you should reverse these opinions post-haste!

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#7949 QuickTidal

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:05 PM

Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast, on 31 May 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

Game of Thrones season 2 soundtrack.

Am I the only one who REALLY doesn't like that cover of The Rains of Castamere by The National that was in the last episode? (the cast singing it was brilliant though)

What an awfully discordant moment in an otherwise good soundtrack.

Hipster band is too hipster to belong.

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#7950 Loki

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:07 PM

QT - The Hulk was crap. Bruce Banner felt like nothing more than a plot device. The only characters with any personality were Tim Roth's character and the actual Hulk. I was only drawn in twice - when Stern became Leader and to laugh at the whole 'Hulk, smash!' line. It was crap. (Three times actually. I liked that the security guard was the Hulk from the tv series).

Edit: It felt like an episode in a tv series. It should have begun with a voice over saying 'Previously on the Incredible Hulk'.

This post has been edited by Loki: 31 May 2012 - 03:15 PM

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#7951 QuickTidal

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:16 PM

Loki, on 31 May 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

QT - The Hulk was crap. Bruce Banner ft like nothing more than a plot device. The only characters with any personality were Tim Roth's character and the actual Hulk. I was only drawn in twice - when Stern became Leader and to laugh at the whole 'Hulk, smash!' line. It was crap.

Er...Bruce Banner's character IS a plot device. The Hulk is the star. This is how it's supposed to be.

Note: The Hulk steals the show in AVENGERS. The Hulk, not Banner. :lol:

Just FYI.

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon