LadyCrimson

Bokishi, what is that little rounded-screen item, to the right of the monitor, behind the stack of books, in the first pic? Edit:oh wait, maybe it's a speaker? The lightning makes it look kinda like a screen...

Was that because you had to rush to get somewhere else, or because you didn't like the movie? I admit seeing all those action ppl in one film would amuse me, but so far the movie itself has no see-it appeal. Maybe when it comes to Netflix.

That's just stupid-reckless, on everyone's part. Sure maybe if you raised it from a cub like in Born Free, but other than that...yeah. They're not tabby house cats where if you startle/annoy them you'll only get a minor scratch. If I ever get to Africa/Australia, I'm going armed with a huge expensive major-zoom video camera, because I'm not going anywhere near anything. Glass walls are annoying for photos because of reflections and foggy dirt, that's all. Maybe they could build the front section viewing area higher so you look downwards more, thus retaining safe height distance that way, rather than trying to keep it at low eye level. But for SF that'd be more expensive rebuilding of whole thing so glass walls it is. Zoos are a paradox for me...on one hand I like seeing 'em, on the other, I hate the big animals confined to small spaces. One day that's the only place we'll get to see them tho, probably. :/

Ballroom dancing is so much fun. I stopped when I met hubby. He has two left feet. :/

The SF zoo looks much the same. It was strange to see the glass walls around the big cats. When I went there long ago there was none of that: I recall taking pics. of African lions w/no glass. At any rate, glass walls suck for photos. Most of the cages had small wire fence bits at the edges of the glass, where you could poke your lens through for side angle non-glass photos. Still sucked. For photos that is. I'm sure it's much safer. ;p Anyway...a little story: there was zero parking in on the main road by the zoo so we parked way around the block on another street. Then we started walking towards/on Hi1 to get to the zoo entrance (about a mile or so). There was a young couple ahead of us doing the same thing. Now, this isn't maybe the safest thing to do...there was no official sidewalk & it's a busy/fast road. So a cop car pulled up next to us as we were walking. She griped that ppl were doing this all day, how unsafe it was, and how busy the zoo must be. Then she offered us a ride. So we got in & she drove us to the zoo entrance. Very cool. There was a 20 minute line to get into the zoo and as we waited, the young couple who were ahead of us before finally walked by. They saw us and did a double-take, probably wondering how we arrived before them. We waved & smiled...it was so funny. No one gave us a ride on the walk back tho. And despite the tiger's seeming desire to maybe get out & eat someone (haha), the walls did their job & all he could do was pace and growl in the trench at the bottom of the stairs. Eventually, like all cats, he sat down to wash and pretended that "he never wanted to go up there anyway."

Sexual experiences, while usually always at least pleasurable, are not always equal. That's all I have to say about that. ------------------------------- Today, in one of our occasional attempts to force ourselves out of our usual habit of stay at home tech/game-geekiness, we're going to the big SF zoo. We've thought about it off and on for a long while but SF always feels like a hassle so it always gets put off, haha. Last time we went I was still shooting with a 35mm Pentax, so it's been a long while & I'm interested to see what's changed. I hear a lot of good things about the changes and I'll get to take tons of easy photos ala the digital age. But I'll be sure not to tease the tigers...

Walter White: "Orogun01, I am your father. Together we can eliminate Gus & rule New Mexico!" Well most regulars know what my mug is like, but here's a quickie one anyway.

Repo Men - really over the top/ridiculous action/violence but with too many points where action/story lagged. Interesting premise, but not a great overall package. The ending ticked me off, too. The Lovely Bones - Never heard of/read the book or even the movie before I watched it. Liked the parts dealing w/the family & creepy neighbor & the attempted theme of hope/moving on in face of tragedy, but the parts frolicking around in a childlike purgatory were boring, if well animated. The resolution felt unsatisfying, too.

That old thread was definitely good times. Nice to see some updates. ....I look pretty much the same, except a little rounder of cheek & paler. The last pic was when I shaved my eyebrows off. Nothing since. Maybe later. Got a game to watch.

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The only place I noticed any jaggy was some of the close up/scenic views & to me that looked more like compressed video effect...but not sure. Funny how eyes work. I notice colors and contrast like a bloodhound, but jaggies have to be pretty bad (usually on narrow lines like telephone wires) before I pay any attention.

K, thanks. I think I'll leave it alone then. I don't mind the small extra step in return for more control over what I wish to give admin rights access to.

It's the first one, so I don't really expect long length. The slow-mo wasn't the best, I agree. But it wasn't that bad. Had nice "what's up ahead?" atmosphere. The FX & combat moves were awesome!

Awesome! While the effects are bright, I definitely don't notice the "flare" as much in movement. I think it looks good, actually. I like the sound effects too, what I can hear over the music. ...and I guess the cute blue guys aren't helping. :thumbsup:

Pac-Man needs encounters where there's the chance to be melted by dragons breath or alien lasers or something. So if they're alien, laser-toting hard boiled detectives, sure, that'd be groovy.

Well....a small plane just crashed into the lagoon near the offices of hub's main client. We can see the news helicopters flying by. Pilot dead. Freaky. And sad. And a little scary.

...not interested myself, but probably a lot of time to make a new environment for a game so plus points for the effort. ...One day someone will make a full fledged Pac-Man RPG and I will die of happiness. Or laughter. Depends.

Lounging on our wood chaise loungers that we got for free. With our laptops hooked up to long orange extension cords, of course. They even have slide-out mini-table for drinks & books & stuff. The chairs, not the laptops. It's a nice day. Hope the holiday weekend will be as nice.

AHAHAHAHAA!!! ...must find/see this movie now.

Listening to a chipmunked version of the original Oompa Loompa song would probably keep me awake all night. Unfortunately it might also have other, less desirable effects...

Hubby worked 11pm-7pm (and other crazy varied start times, like 2am, 8pm, 10pm etc) a lot when he was in his early 20's. He drank lots of coffee, ate very little, took a nap an hour or two after getting off work, & another nap a few hours before having to go to work. If you have a lot of friends who like to hang out, or lots of non-work stuff to do that requires normal retail type time hours, it can be hard to maintain a regular schedule, hence why he chose multiple naps/coffee instead of an 8 hour block of sleep time. It worked for him well enough, but not everyone can manage that I guess. But...he never "liked it." I think it was more the dull job than the time of day, tho. The job didn't have lots of empty hours, but it was monotonous machinist type work.

While I can understand a rational consideration of population growth concern, this guy is (imo) clearly a nutbag.

Interesting. Is it working for you? Does that just disable the popup warnings, or does it also mean that programs will install with admin privileges if they need them etc? I've been getting around a lot of stuff so far by r-clicking on the exe and picking 'run as administrator.' But it is an extra little step...

Not what's considered real 3d now, but at the time its "realistic & immersive 3D graphics" and "third dimension spatiality" was considered sooo l33t.

Hm...I've seen Risen in the stores & thought about it, but each time I skipped it, mostly because of inconsistent reviews & not knowing much about it beyond that. *scribbles a note to buy it for a rainy day* PS Still playing Two Worlds, tho I've slowed down the per-day time quite a bit. I keep wishing I could fiddle with weather settings to make it rain 90% of the time, too.