[Loki]

Yesterday Matador took me on a birthday adventure and it was AWESOME!

We went to Alma Park Zoo and had a picnic lunch before looking at the animals including LLAMAS!!! Which I got to FEED! Plus, all the monkies had recently had babies so there were babie cotton-tops, marmosets, baboons etc. The new sun bear, Milly, put on a show trying to catch the sunlight I made friends with a macaw - we danced and said 'hello' & 'bye'. I was able to do it almost on command each time to the point that other visitors thought I worked there.
After my third trip to feed the llamas it was time to go home at which point Matador i.formed me there was one more thing I had to do - visit Lemur Island and feed the lemurs!!!
I got rowed across to the island in a tinnie before being handed a bowl full of the lemurs favourite treats (they LOVE banana, fyi). They came over and I got to hand them food and Poppy, the second youngest and most shy one in the family, sat on my lap to eat. The keeper was really shocked because even they have a hard time getting Poppy to go near them XD

It was awesome!

[Centzon Totochtin]

Sounds very awesome Loki!

My housemate has set dates for moving out and has started packing!

[Starling]

King Lear, on 17 June 2012 - 01:25 PM, said:

Silencer, on 17 June 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

King Lear, on 17 June 2012 - 01:07 PM, said:

Silencer, on 17 June 2012 - 12:45 PM, said:

Starling and I actually meeting! XD

Was a great night out, if a bit longer than anticipated and even if the desired venue and first alternative were inexplicably closed. :S

For some reason I feel offended that I wasn't informed of this

I don't think it is offence, I think it's guilt - for not organising this when you were up here like you were meant to.

I was busy! And sick!

I was really looking forward to that too

What did you guys get up to?

We ended up in Starbucks, 'cause it was pretty much the only place open at that time on a Sunday night. Biggest city in the country and you can't get a drink on a Sunday night

But it was a very fun night. Good pre-courser to the meetup!

[King Lear]

Ridiculous. But awesome that you guys met up!

Generally when Silencer and I meet up we just argue about politics for a couple of hours. Even when we agree with each other

I was bit concerned...

[Starling]

King Lear, on 18 June 2012 - 05:29 AM, said:

Ridiculous. But awesome that you guys met up!

Generally when Silencer and I meet up we just argue about politics for a couple of hours. Even when we agree with each other

I was bit concerned...

Pish! Why talk about politics when you could be talking about Mafia?

[King Lear]

Ahahahaha! Yeah we talk about that too

[Dr Trouble]

Loki, on 18 June 2012 - 02:44 AM, said:

Yesterday Matador took me on a birthday adventure and it was AWESOME!

We went to Alma Park Zoo and had a picnic lunch before looking at the animals including LLAMAS!!! Which I got to FEED! Plus, all the monkies had recently had babies so there were babie cotton-tops, marmosets, baboons etc. The new sun bear, Milly, put on a show trying to catch the sunlight I made friends with a macaw - we danced and said 'hello' & 'bye'. I was able to do it almost on command each time to the point that other visitors thought I worked there.
After my third trip to feed the llamas it was time to go home at which point Matador i.formed me there was one more thing I had to do - visit Lemur Island and feed the lemurs!!!
I got rowed across to the island in a tinnie before being handed a bowl full of the lemurs favourite treats (they LOVE banana, fyi). They came over and I got to hand them food and Poppy, the second youngest and most shy one in the family, sat on my lap to eat. The keeper was really shocked because even they have a hard time getting Poppy to go near them XD

It was awesome!

That sounds ace!

It reminds me of my birthday when everyone forgot so I just got horribly drunk ... Good times

[MTS]

Exam maximum word limit: 2000 words. Actual word limit? 2000. Like a boss.

[QuickTidal]

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 15 June 2012 - 03:26 PM, said:

Ive just dug out a portion of toe nail that has caused my foot to be woefully infected and painful for every single step. There was blood everywhere but im now free from its pain until it inevitably grows back.

Honestly it feels amazing to put weight on my left foot without shooting pains in my toe.

Note for future fixing of this issue: Get a bucket. Fill it with almost scalding hot water and scoopfuls of salt. Soak foot until water cools. Repeat once more. I had the same problem before (I now keep my feet in better shape), and what happens is the hot water and salt soften up the infection and will eventually release the pus and blood in the water. I've had to do this twice in my life and it worked both times. Hopefully you can let the nail grow out enough so that it can be trimmed properly in future. The release of the pus and blood will (as I'm sure you now know) ease the pain considerably.

[Tapper]

Biotex works wonders, too.

[LadyMTL]

QuickTidal, on 18 June 2012 - 01:23 PM, said:

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 15 June 2012 - 03:26 PM, said:

Ive just dug out a portion of toe nail that has caused my foot to be woefully infected and painful for every single step. There was blood everywhere but im now free from its pain until it inevitably grows back.

Honestly it feels amazing to put weight on my left foot without shooting pains in my toe.

Note for future fixing of this issue: Get a bucket. Fill it with almost scalding hot water and scoopfuls of salt. Soak foot until water cools. Repeat once more. I had the same problem before (I now keep my feet in better shape), and what happens is the hot water and salt soften up the infection and will eventually release the pus and blood in the water. I've had to do this twice in my life and it worked both times. Hopefully you can let the nail grow out enough so that it can be trimmed properly in future. The release of the pus and blood will (as I'm sure you now know) ease the pain considerably.

Owwww...ingrown toenails suck! Glad to hear it's been taken care of but yeah, be careful when the nail grows out. I've had toenail issues for a while now and my doc told me that one of the biggest "do not do's" is cutting the nail too short. However, if it keeps recurring you might want to get it checked out as it could be a fungal infection (that's what I had) and if it is, you may need antibiotics. I didn't need them but that's cos the infection I had / have is verrrrry minor and the potential side effects from the antibiotics were worse than the actual foot issues.

[Fid]

Just back from an awesome Tom Petty show at the Albert Hall - and even better is having tickets for Wednesday night as well. And Sky Arts 1 showing IOW festival this weekend with TPATH on Friday and the Boss on Sunday.

[Loki]

The commercial for Charlie Sheen's new tv show is making me giggle

[Solidsnape]

6 months worth of Funny/weird/nasty/awesome pics 2.0 in the last two days. Chortle chortle.

I especially like the "how many policemen does it take to change a lightbulb?" joke, and that question about "where can I learn the Skyrim languages of Dovah and Deadric?" is quite possibly the funniest answer I've ever heard. Pure genius.

This forum is epic.
EPIC I tells ya!!!

This post has been edited by Solidsnape: 19 June 2012 - 07:10 AM

[worry]

Hey, you're not new here. It's too late to suck up.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Got my Firefly DVD back today after a goodly little catch up Also stayed at a friend's house where we watched Dr Horrible (sang along to everything), did tequila shots and then had some guilty-pleasure sex/relationships talk. Then everyone wrote in my journal wishing me farewell and good luck in Africa! God bless them all

[QuickTidal]

New Fiona Apple album purchased and downloading as we speak! Woot!

[Tapper]

My Russian friend made a facebook account. It's been a while since I heard from her, so looking forward to hear from her.

[worry]

QuickTidal, on 19 June 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

New Fiona Apple album purchased and downloading as we speak! Woot!

Listening now via Spotify, it lives up to the hype and then some. "Valentine" is a particular favorite so far.

[QuickTidal]

worrywort, on 19 June 2012 - 07:59 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 June 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

New Fiona Apple album purchased and downloading as we speak! Woot!

Listening now via Spotify, it lives up to the hype and then some. "Valentine" is a particular favorite so far.

Agree, I also like Periphery a lot.

What I am noticing so far (2nd listen) is how she seems to WRANGLE a lot of the songs into shape during their running time. Like the rhythms of the instruments and her tone and vocals don't exactly match up in the beginning of each song, but she slowly, inexorably wrangles them shits into place so that by the time the chorus rolls around it all works in very unique and sometimes unorthodox ways.

I've said it before, but she really is clever at being cutting edge, while having not lost her 90's Alt sensibilities.