Kevin's Watch

Good luck man and don't get your Righteous and Ummayad Caliphs mixed up!

danlo wrote:Is the box set an anthology? BTW I read your review of the Scalzi book--is it worth picking up?

It's a biography/memoir by a writer. This one, in fact: nicolagriffith.com/party.html
Seeing the reviews on that page there (and who the reviews come from) is making me think it's probably quite good.

As for The Android's Dream - yes, it's a good read, very entertaining. I'm thinking about not calling them reviews any more, I don't feel like they deserve the name.

Ah! Nicola Griffith! I always see her stuff advertised on Locus and All Sci-Fi.com, that gives me pause, for some reason...

CovenantJr wrote:

JazFusion wrote:yaaayy congrats cag

iam incrediblyl it rigthonw whipped cream vodkak and gigner le

i want tot ovidit icelanf

i ahev noidea what i'm typgin riht no whwhehwwww soemone tkae wwyay my intennet

I don't think I've ever been so far gone that my typing was that bad. Besides, 'don't go online while drunk' is a fundamental rule of modern life!

Translation:

I am so incredibly lit right now. Whipped cream vodka and ginger ale. I want to go to Iceland. I have no idea what I'm typing right now. Wheeeee Someone take away my internet.

And in my defense, whipped cream vodka does not taste like vodka. It's apparently 70 proof, but tastes like candy. I kept pouring and pouring.....and I guess poured about a half of a 20 oz cup. Then had another.

I normally don't drink and type. I apologize for my drunk interneting.

P.S. - No, I didn't have a hangover.

P.P.S. - I was looking at a trip to Iceland when the vodka hit.

P.P.P.S. - I'm glad I never went on the internet on Christmas when I was drinking 151 proof rum and eggnog.

"No Lois, I'm not drunk, I'm just exhausted from staying up and drinking all night."

In any case, I'm having a downer of a day. It's the first day of packing, hence the booze last night. The son is confused. I'm not so sure I will be able to handle all of this gracefully. I'm also not so sure we'll be able to move into the in-laws' place without a huge blow-up occurring.

I've expressed to my husband that I want to go back home to my mom's for an extended vacation. I only get to see her once a year anyways, and with this happening, it'd be good to clear my head. But he went livid on me and now I probably won't be able to see my mom in the near future anytime soon.

My life sucks. You can always count on that.

I sincerely hope everyone else is having a better time.

JazFusion wrote:I've expressed to my husband that I want to go back home to my mom's for an extended vacation. I only get to see her once a year anyways, and with this happening, it'd be good to clear my head. But he went livid on me and now I probably won't be able to see my mom in the near future anytime soon.

Harsh. Why would he do that?

CovenantJr wrote:

JazFusion wrote:I've expressed to my husband that I want to go back home to my mom's for an extended vacation. I only get to see her once a year anyways, and with this happening, it'd be good to clear my head. But he went livid on me and now I probably won't be able to see my mom in the near future anytime soon.

Harsh. Why would he do that?

Because he's reading too much into it.

CovenantJr wrote:

JazFusion wrote:I've expressed to my husband that I want to go back home to my mom's for an extended vacation. I only get to see her once a year anyways, and with this happening, it'd be good to clear my head. But he went livid on me and now I probably won't be able to see my mom in the near future anytime soon.

Harsh. Why would he do that?

He's afraid I'm going to leave him, in a nutshell. I could expand upon that, but it's long and I feel I already add enough doom and gloom to this thread.

So here's a kitty!

danlo wrote:Ah! Nicola Griffith! I always see her stuff advertised on Locus and All Sci-Fi.com, that gives me pause, for some reason...

I'd actually never heard of her before. But hey, that means it's done her good and might get her a new reader, heh.

JazFusion wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:

JazFusion wrote:I've expressed to my husband that I want to go back home to my mom's for an extended vacation. I only get to see her once a year anyways, and with this happening, it'd be good to clear my head. But he went livid on me and now I probably won't be able to see my mom in the near future anytime soon.

Harsh. Why would he do that?

He's afraid I'm going to leave him, in a nutshell.

Wow. Well if he thinks that's a real possibility, doing his nut isn't going to help.

Thanks for the kitten. Like any good investment, your kitten has multiplied.

CovenantJr wrote:Wow. Well if he thinks that's a real possibility, doing his nut isn't going to help.

Wait. What?!

CovenantJr wrote:Thanks for the kitten. Like any good investment, your kitten has multiplied.

<3 !! I just...need thousands of kitten right now. In my room. Everywhere. And a baby to cuddle. And a unicorn.

So I went to the gym tonight to burn off some depression/anger. Two hours later I called it quits, then went home to have a candlelit bath. Whee. The end.

JazFusion wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:Wow. Well if he thinks that's a real possibility, doing his nut isn't going to help.

Wait. What?!

Having a temper tantrum.

--A

Hi gang - long time no see! RL keeping me busy, and at least I got to keep "MY" job as a graphic designer! They had a 'marketing review' and decided only 1 designer was necessary (without taking into account that the two of us were actually being paid HALF the dollars it would cost to outsource...that's senior management for you - DUH)

So, to justify the insane amount of consultant's fees they paid this bozo to come up with this solution, they 'interviewed' my colleague & I and I got teh nod. Sucks for him, but (at my age) I'm glad I'M not the one who'll have to hunt out another job. He doesn't either (public service get 'redeployed') but I'd go berserk if I didn't have a 'creative' job.

This'll do for another year. Then I'll take my long service leave at half-pay, do freelancing for 6 months & then think about going on the dole to recoup my (WASTED) taxes!

Real life - can't ditch it, can't kill the bastards who make it hard for you. Well, you CAN, but nobody likes you anymore after that...

You can kill the bastards but you have to wait for a revolution or something first

Avatar wrote:

JazFusion wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:Wow. Well if he thinks that's a real possibility, doing his nut isn't going to help.

Wait. What?!

Having a temper tantrum.

--A

Indeed. I should have guessed that might confuse, and I should equally have guessed that Avatar would understand.

I suppose it following shortly after "in a nutshell" might have exacerbated the bafflement.

CovenantJr wrote:

Avatar wrote:

JazFusion wrote: Wait. What?!

Having a temper tantrum.

--A

Indeed. I should have guessed that might confuse, and I should equally have guessed that Avatar would understand.

I suppose it following shortly after "in a nutshell" might have exacerbated the bafflement.

Probably not really for this thread, but I'm smiling at the confusion over "doing his nut" - mainly because I'm a Brit and also a linguist by training about a million years ago.

This difference between US and UK vernacular reminds me of a story about a UK national who was doing some part-time teaching on English literature in some US high school. It was the end of term on the wind-down towards summer vacation, so he set his class a 20 question translation exercise - basically translating UK lingo into its US equivalent. Many of the questions dealt with the usual suspects - phrases containing the words pavement, bonnet and boot, lift, first floor etc etc, but the one that stumped the entire class of 12th graders in its entirety was...

"I've got a bleeding ladder in my tights."

Of course, because of our exposure to US media, we on this side of the pond tend to have less of a comprehension issue when it comes to Americanisms.

TheFallen wrote:...but the one that stumped the entire class of 12th graders in its entirety was...

"I've got a bleeding ladder in my tights."

The jocularity!

CovenantJr wrote:

TheFallen wrote:...but the one that stumped the entire class of 12th graders in its entirety was...

"I've got a bleeding ladder in my tights."

The jocularity!

Don't tell 'em!

TheFallen wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:

TheFallen wrote:...but the one that stumped the entire class of 12th graders in its entirety was...

"I've got a bleeding ladder in my tights."

The jocularity!

Don't tell 'em!

Bah, that's what google is for