Discovery for the day, Orange and Strawberry crush mixed together tastes like Gummy Bears. This is decidedly not a bad thing. And really a good contrast from my Anxiety attack several hours ago. Almost went through a second one too. It's a wonder why I don't have to take anti anxiety medication.
I... I've never seen things in 3D before. My left eye just opened, and for the first time in my life, I have depth vision. It's actually... a bit dizzying! I can... see...
Dude, you're going to be catching frisbees and footballs and WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE like a mofo!
So I went to bed last night later than I should have, expecting to get to sleep in and play Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on Livestream when I woke up. I was woken up by my dad three hours later, confused as hell because I didn't know he had today off. He'd found some flagstone on Craigslist, and he wanted to go get it. So I grumpily dragged myself out of bed, ate something, and got my work clothes on. We picked up my grandpa and his trailer and we went over to the guy's house.
This was already a crappy job. Flagstone is heavy, these were big pieces, and I have trouble with my hands when I haven't had enough sleep. On top of that, the house was on a hill, with a set of stairs going up to the top. And then it started to rain. I hadn't paid attention to the weather report, and my dad neglected to inform me that it would rain. It started out just sprinkling. Then it started raining. Then it started pouring. Then it started hailing, and my dad finally let us take refuge on the guy's porch, waiting for the rain to let up. Every once in a while, the hail would stop and the rain would let up a little, and my dad would make me help him bring a couple more pieces to the truck. The guy had thought we had given up and taken off, so imagine his surprise when he saw our truck outside and shouted off the back porch for us. We took refuge in the house for a while and watched as an almost invisible tiny creek rose into a freaking river. Eventually, it let up enough that my dad decided to go outside and get finished.
By the time we piled into the truck to go home, I was thoroughly soaked and dirty, absolutely freezing, and incredibly sore. I've been home for a while now and got all showered and warmed up, and now my dad wants me to go outside (where it's still raining) and help him get his truck in the garage. This idiotic plan involves stacking a foosball table on top of all the flagstone in his truck.
So I went to bed last night later than I should have, expecting to get to sleep in and play Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on Livestream when I woke up. I was woken up by my dad three hours later, confused as hell because I didn't know he had today off. He'd found some flagstone on Craigslist, and he wanted to go get it. So I grumpily dragged myself out of bed, ate something, and got my work clothes on. We picked up my grandpa and his trailer and we went over to the guy's house.
This was already a crappy job. Flagstone is heavy, these were big pieces, and I have trouble with my hands when I haven't had enough sleep. On top of that, the house was on a hill, with a set of stairs going up to the top. And then it started to rain. I hadn't paid attention to the weather report, and my dad neglected to inform me that it would rain. It started out just sprinkling. Then it started raining. Then it started pouring. Then it started hailing, and my dad finally let us take refuge on the guy's porch, waiting for the rain to let up. Every once in a while, the hail would stop and the rain would let up a little, and my dad would make me help him bring a couple more pieces to the truck. The guy had thought we had given up and taken off, so imagine his surprise when he saw our truck outside and shouted off the back porch for us. We took refuge in the house for a while and watched as an almost invisible tiny creek rose into a freaking river. Eventually, it let up enough that my dad decided to go outside and get finished.
By the time we piled into the truck to go home, I was thoroughly soaked and dirty, absolutely freezing, and incredibly sore. I've been home for a while now and got all showered and warmed up, and now my dad wants me to go outside (where it's still raining) and help him get his truck in the garage. This idiotic plan involves stacking a foosball table on top of all the flagstone in his truck.
'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' is released today, new Alestorm album is due next month, 'Pirates of Black Cove' is coming in three months, 'Risen 2' is... coming, and if Craig Derrick's Facebook post is anything to go off, we've got something Monkey Island-related in store for the near future. Looks like it's going to be one long, glorious year for [virtual] pirating!
Edit: By the way, has anybody bought 'Portal 2 - The Final Hours'? And, if so, is it worth dishing out the almighty sum of $2.
Another thing on my mind: Why does the dollar sign come before the amount/number?
Anyway, you very well may be able to buy a downloadable copy of 'Curse...' if LucasArts are the ones doing the big GOG deal thingamajig. And I'm led to believe that they are, thanks to Derrick's little Facebook hint.
I still have a pipe dream about a 3D CMI on 3DS. I know it will never happen...but still I can hope agiasnt hope. (tbf I felt like this while hoping for a MI 5)
I've just find it a little strange, because we say it as "2 dollars", with the "dollars" being said after the "2". Yet, it is written (as "$2") the opposite way around.
It doesn't really seem to make any sense to me. "12 percent" is written as "12%" - it's said in the same way it's written. Why is this not the case with dollars?
I've just find it a little strange, because we say it as "2 dollars", with the "dollars" being said after the "2". Yet, it is written (as "$2") the opposite way around.
It doesn't really seem to make any sense to me. "12 percent" is written as "12%" - it's said in the same way it's written. Why is this not the case with dollars?
cos of the decimal point meaning pennies like $2.40 if the $ was behind it would be confusing.
LucasArts is one of the potential companies that GOG either already has signed or expects to be signed(3 in total). It was part of a wholly disappointing press event that they did, in which they teased an announcement and then only gave an announcement OF an announcement, right after joking about how bad it would be if they didn't actually announce anything.
I could elaborate easier if talesofmi.net and mixnmojo.com were online, because I could link to the respective articles from which I gathered the information... but they are not online.
But as far as I understand it, a company (or companies) is in talks with Good Old Games and will be doing a deal in which a rather large number of their games will be made available through the website/store. LucasArts is one of the rumoured companies. (I could be wrong with some of this info; I didn't read the MixNMojo article very closely.)
And a few weeks ago on the Monkey Island Adventures page on Facebook, Craig Derrick posted something along the lines of "Thanks to all for keeping the Monkey Island spirit alive. Great things come to those who wait." (but I'm paraphrasing slightly here).
But as far as I understand it, a company (or companies) is in talks with Good Old Games and will be doing a deal in which a rather large number of their games will be made available through the website/store. LucasArts is one of the rumoured companies.
Since you obviously weren't watching the press event like I was, I dug up the original source, since I think it might be useful to you and Chyron. Here it is.
But that's not all! At the very end, spotlight was on your favourite French Monk, who had some news regarding new publishers coming to the site. Microsoft, Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Take2 and SquareEnix - one of those publishers is already signed, while two more from the list are almost on board! Which and when is coming? Well, you'll have to wait a bit for that
Since you obviously weren't watching the press event like I was, I dug up the original source, since I think it might be useful to you and Chyron. Here it is.
This looks like it could be potentially extremely awesome if it means what I think it means.
Also, what's on my mind: I went to a concert directed by my old voice teacher and saw a couple of my old friends from elementary school who I haven't seen in a long time. Turns out a ridiculous number of them are becoming priests and nuns. A ridiculous number. Soon, I think I won't be able to find any of them again since they'll all have different names and be living all over the world.
'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' is released today
I got free tickets to a session tonight!
And good to hear you're recovering well, divisionten. On the same day you had your surgery, my flatmate found out he has a detached retina (he went to the doctor for something else entirely). He's never been bungee jumping, so it probably happened during one of the many bar brawls he's been in over the years. I suppose the lesson for me to take away from this is: "Don't get punched repeatedly in the head".
Ooh, nice! I would probably go myself tonight, but seeing as how it's the first day of release the cinema would probably be absolutely packed, and there'd undoubtedly be too much popcorn-throwing, chair-kicking and children-talking/crying.
Ooh, nice! I would probably go myself tonight, but seeing as how it's the first day of release the cinema would probably be absolutely packed, and there'd undoubtedly be too much popcorn-throwing, chair-kicking and children-talking/crying.
I shall practice my wind-up and wear my very best chair-kickin' boots.
Another thing on my mind: Why does the dollar sign come before the amount/number?
Could never understand that. In French, you put it after, or as the decimal if there is one. For instance, 2€50. Same with pretty much any other unit of measure (I measure 1m65 for instance, and some bottles are 1L50, and right now it's 9h37).
You can use the smaller unit afterwards (2€50c) but it usually isn't done.
After growing up with this convention, it's been hard remembering how it's $2.5, but 1.65m for instance.
Also, French uses "," between the unit and the decimal and spaces between every three units, while English uses "." and "," respectively. For instance, the English "1,000,000.00" becomes "1 000 000,00" in French.
So the first time I read about a place costing 100,000, I thought "wow, a hundred bucks, there has to be something wrong with this place".
I read a laugh-out-loud satire article about Facebook yesterday, one that really convinced me to still wait another decade before I make a facebook account. I'd link it... but it's in German (and also has a facebook experimenter/journalist who tries to befriend German politicians on fb).
...and I don't think I'll ever like facebook as much as other people do... but it is a nice way to keep in touch with friends. I'll admit that. But it's hardly addictive for me. I'm just using it to keep people updated on my current projects.
I'm very proud to say that I deleted my Facebook account last year. The omnipotent presence of narcissism on that site manages to put members of Mensa to shame.
Now if you will exuse me, I must get back to admiring my rugged good looks and tremendous wit.
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But, I'm getting there.
Dude, you're going to be catching frisbees and footballs and WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE like a mofo!
This was already a crappy job. Flagstone is heavy, these were big pieces, and I have trouble with my hands when I haven't had enough sleep. On top of that, the house was on a hill, with a set of stairs going up to the top. And then it started to rain. I hadn't paid attention to the weather report, and my dad neglected to inform me that it would rain. It started out just sprinkling. Then it started raining. Then it started pouring. Then it started hailing, and my dad finally let us take refuge on the guy's porch, waiting for the rain to let up. Every once in a while, the hail would stop and the rain would let up a little, and my dad would make me help him bring a couple more pieces to the truck. The guy had thought we had given up and taken off, so imagine his surprise when he saw our truck outside and shouted off the back porch for us. We took refuge in the house for a while and watched as an almost invisible tiny creek rose into a freaking river. Eventually, it let up enough that my dad decided to go outside and get finished.
By the time we piled into the truck to go home, I was thoroughly soaked and dirty, absolutely freezing, and incredibly sore. I've been home for a while now and got all showered and warmed up, and now my dad wants me to go outside (where it's still raining) and help him get his truck in the garage. This idiotic plan involves stacking a foosball table on top of all the flagstone in his truck.
When you get inside we should play some portal 2.
Looks like snow, but...
...it's hail.
I herd u lik mudkipz.
You know I can Kinda sorta read now, yeah?
Exactly. Reading bad!
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Apart from the rest of the movie, of course.
Stupid LucasArts needs to get on the ball.
Edit: By the way, has anybody bought 'Portal 2 - The Final Hours'? And, if so, is it worth dishing out the almighty sum of $2.
Another thing on my mind: Why does the dollar sign come before the amount/number?
Yeah, what else is new?
Anyway, you very well may be able to buy a downloadable copy of 'Curse...' if LucasArts are the ones doing the big GOG deal thingamajig. And I'm led to believe that they are, thanks to Derrick's little Facebook hint.
Why not?
Incidentally, the cent sign does come after if used instead of a dollar sign.
edit:
what??
please elaborate.
I've just find it a little strange, because we say it as "2 dollars", with the "dollars" being said after the "2". Yet, it is written (as "$2") the opposite way around.
It doesn't really seem to make any sense to me. "12 percent" is written as "12%" - it's said in the same way it's written. Why is this not the case with dollars?
This will be painful.
cos of the decimal point meaning pennies like $2.40 if the $ was behind it would be confusing.
I could elaborate easier if talesofmi.net and mixnmojo.com were online, because I could link to the respective articles from which I gathered the information... but they are not online.
But as far as I understand it, a company (or companies) is in talks with Good Old Games and will be doing a deal in which a rather large number of their games will be made available through the website/store. LucasArts is one of the rumoured companies. (I could be wrong with some of this info; I didn't read the MixNMojo article very closely.)
And a few weeks ago on the Monkey Island Adventures page on Facebook, Craig Derrick posted something along the lines of "Thanks to all for keeping the Monkey Island spirit alive. Great things come to those who wait." (but I'm paraphrasing slightly here).
The important bit:
Am I not good enough for you?
* goes to a nearby corner and cry, feeling sorry myself *
Edit: Thanks coolsome! My signature it is.
This looks like it could be potentially extremely awesome if it means what I think it means.
Also, what's on my mind: I went to a concert directed by my old voice teacher and saw a couple of my old friends from elementary school who I haven't seen in a long time. Turns out a ridiculous number of them are becoming priests and nuns. A ridiculous number. Soon, I think I won't be able to find any of them again since they'll all have different names and be living all over the world.
Ummm...happy to help?
I got free tickets to a session tonight!
And good to hear you're recovering well, divisionten. On the same day you had your surgery, my flatmate found out he has a detached retina (he went to the doctor for something else entirely). He's never been bungee jumping, so it probably happened during one of the many bar brawls he's been in over the years. I suppose the lesson for me to take away from this is: "Don't get punched repeatedly in the head".
Ooh, nice! I would probably go myself tonight, but seeing as how it's the first day of release the cinema would probably be absolutely packed, and there'd undoubtedly be too much popcorn-throwing, chair-kicking and children-talking/crying.
I shall practice my wind-up and wear my very best chair-kickin' boots.
I wonder why they call it "foosball". Did they just take the word "football" and switch a random letter?
Could never understand that. In French, you put it after, or as the decimal if there is one. For instance, 2€50. Same with pretty much any other unit of measure (I measure 1m65 for instance, and some bottles are 1L50, and right now it's 9h37).
You can use the smaller unit afterwards (2€50c) but it usually isn't done.
After growing up with this convention, it's been hard remembering how it's $2.5, but 1.65m for instance.
Also, French uses "," between the unit and the decimal and spaces between every three units, while English uses "." and "," respectively. For instance, the English "1,000,000.00" becomes "1 000 000,00" in French.
So the first time I read about a place costing 100,000, I thought "wow, a hundred bucks, there has to be something wrong with this place".
If anyone is interested, sigh.
Oh and this page is for my LOTR Parody, if you want to keep up with the progress.
...and I don't think I'll ever like facebook as much as other people do... but it is a nice way to keep in touch with friends. I'll admit that. But it's hardly addictive for me. I'm just using it to keep people updated on my current projects.
Be careful. You may get eaten by a grue.
Now if you will exuse me, I must get back to admiring my rugged good looks and tremendous wit.