Whats making you happy right now

#10101 Illuyankas

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Will cluck you up

Posted 21 July 2013 - 01:31 PM

I got a litt- a bit- quite a bit- fucking riproaringly hilariously drunk last night, for the first time in ages, and it was fuckin' sweet.

Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.

#10102 Ukjent

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 01:40 PM

Was it sweet in the morning?

#10103 Illuyankas

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Will cluck you up

Posted 21 July 2013 - 01:59 PM

Since I actually stuck to one type of booze for the entire night (give or take a few shots and jagerbombs) yeah, actually, I've barely had a hangover either.

#10104 Gothos

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 02:04 PM

heisei era GODZILLA films!

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

#10105 Lucifer's Heaven

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 03:18 AM

I had a rather good weekend :blink:

Friday night Centz came round for company and so I could put her new computer together for her. It went well, and she paid me in tasty wine

Saturday I had work, it was a fairly busy, but an easy day that went quickly.
Saturday night I headed to a friend's party in celebration of her graduating uni. Shiara was meant to come, but ended up feeling nauseous and staying home, which sucked. Still, she told me to go anyway, so I went on to have a great night (and she felt better after a while at home), with much drinking, made a couple of new friends, did much silly dancing and met someone who looked like Tiste and could dance awesomely

The host had a fantastic night as well, so it was a success all round

Sunday, Shiara and I went to another friend's place for a huge roast lamb lunch. Was good to see them and there was much tasty meat. Then we went straight from there to Shiara's parent's place for a relaxed evening and dinner.

It was a good weekend

"So how'd you save the world?"
"Averted the rapture by drowning the baby Jesus in his own tears"

#10106 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 07:11 AM

One of my poems is getting published in Verandah, a literary journal! So bloody excited!

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.

#10107 Traveller

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 09:20 AM

Sunny day, and the existence of denim shorts.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 22 July 2013 - 09:22 AM

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

#10108 Ukjent

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 02:16 PM

Ain't_It_Just_: Congratulations !

#10109 Ukjent

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 04:34 PM

Got myself a plan ticket for only 55 £, normally I pay 1.5-2 the price. Got to hate monopoly.

#10110 worry

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 05:58 PM

Graablick, on 22 July 2013 - 02:16 PM, said:

Ain't_It_Just_: Congratulations !

Yah. But that just means you gotta post it!

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#10111 Abyss

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 06:27 PM

Just to settle the rumours, no, i am not the Royal Baby returned from the future to save you all.

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#10112 Messremb

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 11:37 AM

Two loaves of bread are rising as I sit here and we had a good batch of beer started brewing at the weekend. Yeast is a wonderful thing. Now hurry up and rise/ferment dammit!

"see that stranger's arm crushing the life from him - do you understand? Not an eternal prison for Messremb"

#10113 Ukjent

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 12:49 PM

When I get a apartment or a house I'm so going to start brewing beer. What kind are you brewing? Hope its a brown ale or IPA.

#10114 Messremb

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 01:12 PM

Graablick, on 23 July 2013 - 12:49 PM, said:

When I get a apartment or a house I'm so going to start brewing beer. What kind are you brewing? Hope its a brown ale or IPA.

This one is a mild, not so keen on browns and IPAs I have to be in the right mood for. A mild or a porter go down any time.

Rather than using brew kits which we do most times just for convenience we've gone the whole hog this time - straight from malted barley. Total brew time of 4½ hours, not bad considering the 90min mashing, 90min boil and roughly 40min to cool it before pitching the yeast. We've now got a copper cooler made from car brake pipe that was laying around, one hell of an improvement over the maybe 12 hours it took the last brew to cool by itself.

You don't even need an apartment if you're doing it from a kit - a 40 pinter'll need a FV and a barrel, one after the other, no more space than 18"x18"x36" at a time. So long as you can keep it within a mile of the right temperature and not too much variety the kits are pretty bomb-proof. The initial outlay for a FV/barrel/hydrometer/etc should be taken into account though, find out where your local homebrew stores are and shop around. My local is Arkwrights who can be a little pricey on some lines - we get our malts and hops from The Malt Miller, one of their chaps lives a few miles away and has said he's happy for us to collect from his home after work rather than driving to Didcot.

Next on my shopping list is a separate malt tun rather than the combined malt/mash we have - currently we malt, empty into FV, clean malt/mash, transfer back in, boil. Bit of a mess around that may be worth spending a bit more on avoiding.

The combined ingredients for this latest brew (~20l) came to maybe £15, not bad going (although bear in mind equipment costs, power for the boil etc will add to it in the background)

Now to give it another 1½ weeks or so before it goes into the barrel, soon be drinkable. I've picked up a bottle capper too lately so might start bottling it.

Bread has almost risen the second time, almosst time to put it in the oven, woo!

"see that stranger's arm crushing the life from him - do you understand? Not an eternal prison for Messremb"

#10115 HiddenOne

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 02:00 PM

send me a bottle, Mess - just wait until winter so it's still cold when it gets here

I just took a phone call from a potential client whose professional demeanor was shattered when her phone rang with the ringtone of "Game of Thrones" intro and I commented on it. I wish I had been clever enough to say 'Winter is coming'

HiddenOne. You son of a bitch. You slimy, skulking, low-posting scumbag. You knew it would come to this. Roundabout, maybe. Tortuous, certainly. But here we are, you and me again. I started the train on you so many many hours ago, and now I'm going to finish it. Die HO. Die. This is for last time, and this is for this game too. This is for all the people who died to your backstabbing, treacherous, "I sure don't know what's going on around here" filthy lying, deceitful ways. You son of a bitch. Whatever happens, this is justice. For me, this is justice. Vote HiddenOne Finally, I am at peace.

#10116 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 11:06 PM

Spent the day in Newcastle visiting my lovely 10 day old nephew!

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

#10117 Solidsnape

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Posted 24 July 2013 - 05:53 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 23 July 2013 - 11:06 PM, said:

Spent the day in Newcastle visiting my lovely 10 day old nephew!

You mean you were HERE?!?!?!? I thought I'd felt the disturbance!

"If you seek the crumpled bones of the T'lan Imass,
gather into one hand the sands of Raraku"
The Holy Desert
- Anonymous.

#10118 Silencer

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Posted 24 July 2013 - 05:56 AM

COMPUTER! PERIPHERALS! No, wait; MY ENTIRE DESK SETUP!!!

Gah, this is awesome. XD

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<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

#10119 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 24 July 2013 - 06:52 AM

Solidsnape, on 24 July 2013 - 05:53 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 23 July 2013 - 11:06 PM, said:

Spent the day in Newcastle visiting my lovely 10 day old nephew!

You mean you were HERE?!?!?!? I thought I'd felt the disturbance!

Yeah sorry about that disturbance, I ate Mexican food the other night...

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

#10120 Solidsnape

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