[Mentalist]

Done the paper. with 7 hours to spare.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I just had my first contact with Malazan folk, via video chat. Fun times.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Damn, missed the wholw thing.

Making me happy is all the attention my friend Margot got tonight. She was born missing the fingers on her left hand and STILL knocked people's socks off tonight. She was looking fiiiiiiiine.

[tiam]

I woke up this morning with only some of the potential shame from a night out. Could have been better (fell down the stairs) could have been worse (im a horrible person) but still not a bad night and I left early aswell.

[wade]

Adjutant Stormy, on 01 January 2012 - 11:26 AM, said:

Damn, missed the wholw thing.

Making me happy is all the attention my friend Margot got tonight. She was born missing the fingers on her left hand and STILL knocked people's socks off tonight. She was looking fiiiiiiiine.

Aw. You're a good person.


I'm happy right now because I have a girlfriend and things are great between us. Also, for some inexplicable reason, all of my closest friends from school have been acting so nostalgic and happy about the times we all had. Makes me realise I grateful I should always be of the kind of people I have in my life. (Malazites included! ).

[JLV]

At some point last night in my alcohol and marijuana induced stupor, I managed to take the back off my computer and clean the dust out. It's now working a thousand times better than before.

I approve of inebriated JLV.

[Gothos]

Well, more like a couple of days ago, but I met Anastasia.

Anastasia is (now bear with me here) the daughter of... nah, I'll have to put another person here, let's call her X, and X is the former (perhaps current again) girlfriend of a friend of mine. Her grandmother's husband has a daughter with... well, someone else, but Anastasia is his daughter. So basically she's the aunt of my buddy's girlfriend. She's also my age. She's also Ukrainian. And doesn't speak polish, and her english is very, very limited, so communication between us is a pretty amusing mix of polish, ukrainian, russian, english and gestures. Fun fun fun. It doesn't help that she's an absolute beauty as it's distracting.

We also fell quite passionately in love in those two days before she had to leave.

Now, I could and should put that last bit in the groove messing thread, but I'll have another shot to meet her in Prague on her way back home, next weekend. A friend of mine, one of the smarter guys I know, says by his measure she doesn't want to stay in the Ukraine, so in the long term this might just be a very important break in my life, if we can pull off the so-called "meantime". Hood knows I damn near had a heart attack when we said our goodbyes, and yesterday, the whole day my blood pressure was something you'd expect more of someone under heavy artillery fire, but now I'm looking forward to meeting the future.
Now, we'll see how it goes. A buddy from work spent quite some time in Brno, I suspect he knows quite a bit about Prague too, where to go, where to stay, and so on. If you have any tips on that, I'd be grateful

Aight, time to start learning those gorram cyryllic languages!

[worry]

You know what they say, Ukrainian is the language of love.

[Tapper]

Gothos, on 01 January 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

Well, more like a couple of days ago, but I met Anastasia.

Anastasia is (now bear with me here) the daughter of... nah, I'll have to put another person here, let's call her X, and X is the former (perhaps current again) girlfriend of a friend of mine. Her grandmother's husband has a daughter with... well, someone else, but Anastasia is his daughter. So basically she's the aunt of my buddy's girlfriend. She's also my age. She's also Ukrainian. And doesn't speak polish, and her english is very, very limited, so communication between us is a pretty amusing mix of polish, ukrainian, russian, english and gestures. Fun fun fun. It doesn't help that she's an absolute beauty as it's distracting.

We also fell quite passionately in love in those two days before she had to leave.

Now, I could and should put that last bit in the groove messing thread, but I'll have another shot to meet her in Prague on her way back home, next weekend. A friend of mine, one of the smarter guys I know, says by his measure she doesn't want to stay in the Ukraine, so in the long term this might just be a very important break in my life, if we can pull off the so-called "meantime". Hood knows I damn near had a heart attack when we said our goodbyes, and yesterday, the whole day my blood pressure was something you'd expect more of someone under heavy artillery fire, but now I'm looking forward to meeting the future.
Now, we'll see how it goes. A buddy from work spent quite some time in Brno, I suspect he knows quite a bit about Prague too, where to go, where to stay, and so on. If you have any tips on that, I'd be grateful

Aight, time to start learning those gorram cyryllic languages!

Don't go to Prague 6, it is Russian Mob country (not that there is really anything out there). If you're looking for a short museum visit, then take her to the Mucha Museum. It is very awesome Jugendstil and you'll be done in 45-75 minutes. Just outside of Prague 1 (the city centre) is a massive soviet monument (a red needle). Around is a beautiful park which offers an amazing view.

For a good plate of food, you might want to check the Wing's Club Prague. It's an aviation themed restaurant that's just out of the centre (doable by foot but I'd advise the subway). The food is good and honest and the wine is more than decent, the price is... well, for western standards, cheap - slightly more expensive than the average beer cafetaria but much better quality.
If you wish to stick to Old Town, head to Klub Architectu on Bethlehem Square. It is fairly well hidden, and atmospheric, maybe a bit more expensive. I had dinner there twice last year (about three months apart) and both times I was quite happy. It isn't gourmet standard, but hey.
The reviews I've seen while searching for the location are less than glorious though, which puzzles me. Also, they charge heavily for water. So have beer instead

Avoid the typical touristy venues/ restaurants (especially on the main square) - they're not bad, but they're not amazing either and waiters may be a tiny bit pushy. There was also a fairly good jazz cafetaria (Ungelt Jazz & Blues Club) if that is your cup of tea, although the Grand Café Praha also has a lot of it.

Your main task will be to dodge the hordes of drunk english idiots on stag nights/ beer tours (and anywhere these beer tours go to). It is not that they are unpleasant per sé, but if your girl is a head turner, you (or rather, she) might get comments, shouting and jeering - you know what drunk blokes in a group are like.

Also, only go to the palace if you are up for a serious walk and your girl is not on heels of any kind. That hill is steep!

[Illuyankas]

I threw up a thread where I will be eventually summarising Reaper's Gale (chosen by popular demand), the prologue of which is done now and the rest following in a totally original and not terrible chapter by chapter format, where I might spice it up by doing two chapters at once occasionally but just one today, due to horrible feelings of feeling horrible. Fun times.

[Loki]

Gentlemen Rappers

[Lizradusa]

I managed to fix my printer.

This post has been edited by Lyca: 03 January 2012 - 12:46 PM

[QuickTidal]

Tonight I give my notice to the landlord at my basement apt (3 months) as I will be moving in with my gf in April.

Both exciting AND scary.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 03 January 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Tonight I give my notice to the landlord at my basement apt (3 months) as I will be moving in with my gf in April.

Both exciting AND scary.

Does she know you will arrive with your TRP in sixteen fridge size boxes of books?

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 03 January 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 January 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Tonight I give my notice to the landlord at my basement apt (3 months) as I will be moving in with my gf in April.

Both exciting AND scary.

Does she know you will arrive with your TRP in sixteen fridge size boxes of books?

Oh indeed. We discussed just where the heck all my bookshelves will go last night, and it went a bit like this:

Her: You can put your bookshelves in the office and spare room.

Me: You're aware I have four big bookshelves and I actually need a fifth right?

Her: What?

Me: Yep.

Her: Where are you going to fit FIVE bookshelves?!

Me: *Shrugs*

Her: *scowls*

Me: We'll find the space, not to worry.

Here: *skeptical*

Me (in my head): Where the fuck am I going to put all my books?!

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 03 January 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

Abyss, on 03 January 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 January 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Tonight I give my notice to the landlord at my basement apt (3 months) as I will be moving in with my gf in April.

Both exciting AND scary.

Does she know you will arrive with your TRP in sixteen fridge size boxes of books?

Oh indeed. We discussed just where the heck all my bookshelves will go last night, and it went a bit like this:

...Me (in my head): Where the fuck am I going to put all my books?!

Time to PURGE.

I had to do this not too long ago... it amounted to eliminating a massive stack of books i was keeping against the possibility i thought i might want to read them again some day... i rationalized it as that's what libraries are for. I kept the classics (ie: the BELGARIAD) and the books i had already reread and KNEW i would read again (all things Malazan, Dresden, Caine...) plus the always massive TRP. Everything else (five stupidly heavy boxes) went to a local struggling 2nd hand book store with an awesome sf/fant section. And now i have all this space to fill again. At least.... i did...

[Tsundoku]

Abyss, on 03 January 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:

Time to PURGE.

No. Time to BUY MORE BOOKSHELVES!!!

I have 8 and they are full. I need 1-2 more just to cope with what I have double-stacked, plus a little room for future expansion.

These are all 1.8-2 metre tall bookshelves, varying between 60cm and 1.2m wide. All up it's about 6-7 metres in wall space.

I have a problem ...

This post has been edited by Sombra: 03 January 2012 - 06:16 PM

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 03 January 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 January 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

Abyss, on 03 January 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 January 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Tonight I give my notice to the landlord at my basement apt (3 months) as I will be moving in with my gf in April.

Both exciting AND scary.

Does she know you will arrive with your TRP in sixteen fridge size boxes of books?

Oh indeed. We discussed just where the heck all my bookshelves will go last night, and it went a bit like this:

...Me (in my head): Where the fuck am I going to put all my books?!

Time to PURGE.

I had to do this not too long ago... it amounted to eliminating a massive stack of books i was keeping against the possibility i thought i might want to read them again some day... i rationalized it as that's what libraries are for. I kept the classics (ie: the BELGARIAD) and the books i had already reread and KNEW i would read again (all things Malazan, Dresden, Caine...) plus the always massive TRP. Everything else (five stupidly heavy boxes) went to a local struggling 2nd hand book store with an awesome sf/fant section. And now i have all this space to fill again. At least.... i did...

I was thinking this as well, though I have a feeling I'll not get rid of much. One day I want to have a big library and I'll need stock when that happens. That said, tonight I'll likely go through and ditch what can absolutely go (I'm sure I've got 20 or 30 titles I don't really need to keep). It's going to be a hard process, but I got used to purging DVD's a few years back and that was decidedly cathartic.

[Abyss]

I have a few i waver on... WoT in particular takes up a massive chunk of space and i can't quite decide whether i'll ever reread it from the start. Same goes for everything Gemmell. But hey, there are worse problems than to have to downsize in order to move in with your gf.

Just accept that you'll be doing two purges... one pre-move and one during/after. Also, accept that you cannot dress yourself, nor do you have any interior decor sense whatsoever, and you'll be just fine.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 03 January 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:

WoT in particular takes up a massive chunk of space and i can't quite decide whether i'll ever reread it from the start.

The very MINUTE they announce that they are re-releasing them with new covers (hopefully due to Sweet's untimely death and Whelan's hiring for AMOL cover art) I will ditch the existing ones...which thinking about it doesn't solve their space on my shelf problem...

ah nevermind...my brain is not functioning today.

I think I'll ditch stuff like Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (since it went absolutely nowhere after book 3 and I'll never re-read it) and those cheesy tomb-raider-esque Anna-whatever her name is novels I bought a few of. I keep trying to find the optimal way to display them on shelf (currently by Series), but even on that I find myself lost in the clutter. I really need to streamline.