[EmperorMagus]

Academic term is finished and my grades are in.
I got excellent grades (I wanna brag more but I won't), which is making me happy. Considering the fact that I do not deserve good grades when looking at the effort I put in.

I would be even happier if my chosen summer job did not look like an ocean of pain for the next four months, and if I wasn't such a miserable bastard.

[Tiste Simeon]

Slow Ben, on 29 April 2016 - 03:20 AM, said:

NFL Draft baby.

Should be a national holiday.

And once again I am both intrigued and confused by the whole procedure. I only really know what's happening about the 49ers cos I follow them on Twitter but the whole process is a bit bizarre!

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

I'm going back to being a photographer's model for the first time tomorrow. I'm really nervous and excited. Haven't done it in years because I think I did it young enough that I was still very much swallowed by "must be pretty and thin at all costs". It'll be nice to do it free of all of that and just for fun.

I'm getting to wander around a really pretty stately hall and grounds and pretend to be something of a cross between a princess and a forest spirit for half a day. And I was promised tea and cake at the hall's coffee shop - successful pitch material right there.

Aaaargh! Wish me luck!

[Loki]

Queensland Health payroll messed up recently and a lot of the staff at Matador's hospital didn't get paid. Since it's a breach of contract not to get your base salary the union made them force through payments for the doctors (the nurses etc didn't get anything. Some weren't paid for a month ).

So the overtime from last fortnight got paid this fortnight on top of this fortnight's overtime. It means more tax is paid but it also means that we have some disposable cash just in time for the long weekend.

We have unanimously agreed to spend it on new board games. XD

It's late night shopping in the city tonight so we are heading in once Matador gets home.

I'm in favour of getting Betrayal at House on the Hill or either Arkham Horror or Mansions of Madness (I'm a big fan of Eldritch Horror). Matador is in favour of On Her Majesty's Service, Ghost Stories, or The City of Emerald. So there's a good chance we'll be coming home with more than one game.

[Slow Ben]

Loki, on 29 April 2016 - 03:35 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 29 April 2016 - 03:20 AM, said:

NFL Draft baby.

Should be a national holiday.

Is the draft held on a single day? Do they televise it? *has no idea about NFL*

It used to be all day sat and Sunday, but it got so popular it's Thursday and Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

It's televised nationally on a few channels and almost all local stations do some.

Last night was a good one. Laremy Tunsil, poor bastard.

[Slow Ben]

Tiste Simeon, on 29 April 2016 - 06:13 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 29 April 2016 - 03:20 AM, said:

NFL Draft baby.

Should be a national holiday.

And once again I am both intrigued and confused by the whole procedure. I only really know what's happening about the 49ers cos I follow them on Twitter but the whole process is a bit bizarre!

You draft in order of worst record the year before to best record. You're allowed to trade picks.

That's pretty much it.

[Mentalist]

Starting 3-day weekend, w00t!

And it's Easter this Sunday, meaning, among other things, end of Lent

[Tiste Simeon]

New Haken album! So freaking great!

[Maark Abbott]

New Fallujah album, same response as Tiste above.

[Tiste Simeon]

Maark Abbott, on 30 April 2016 - 07:26 AM, said:

New Fallujah album, same response as Tiste above.

Yeah I'm getting round to that one. Also, new Snarky Puppy! It was a good day for music!

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

The podcast interview with SE Ribald has posted - I mean, all his interviews are great, but it sounds like a TV/film deal might well be on its way!

[Nicodimas]

Slow Ben, on 29 April 2016 - 03:20 AM, said:

NFL Draft baby.

Should be a national holiday.

This is really one my favoirte things to follow..

My team, Cards is killing it with their limited picks.

DT-> CB-> C

[Slow Ben]

Nicodimas, on 30 April 2016 - 06:10 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 29 April 2016 - 03:20 AM, said:

NFL Draft baby.

Should be a national holiday.

This is really one my favoirte things to follow..

My team, Cards is killing it with their limited picks.

DT-> CB-> C

Nkemdiche is a ceritfied BEAST. If he can not be an idiot, he'll be a huge pickup in the late 1st rd.




Both kids napping, reading Dresden and watching the draft. Oh, and a Daredevil Liftoff or 2. LIfe is good.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 30 April 2016 - 06:21 PM

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Finished Fall of Light. It's brilliant.

[Andorion]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 01 May 2016 - 10:56 AM, said:

Finished Fall of Light. It's brilliant.

Awesome! Just started it now! Its huge!

[Mentalist]

Easter. Out of church, on the way home, with a basket of blessed food.

Looking forward to a relaxing day, and a day off tomorrow, when I have to do some smalll amount of work at home, but don't need to go to the office.

[Loki]

A cannonball of deliciousness!

(a.k.a. an entire watermelon)

[worry]

Congrats! Hope you ate it the old fashioned way.

Spoiler

[Loki]

Oponn Relationship, on 02 May 2016 - 06:08 AM, said:

Congrats! Hope you ate it the old fashioned way.

Spoiler

I have never wanted something as much as I now want a watermelon catapult!

[Tsundoku]

Whoa, always check your BBDA (Back Blast Danger Area).

Which is also another way of saying "Careful, you don't know who's going to walk up behind you while you're telling that terribly inappropriate joke."