theslug

My take (which is relatively unqualified): Enoch 100% right about the chef's knife and steel. If you're an amateur chef, which I'm pretty sure everyone on this board is, that will cover you for just about everything you'll ever need. Most every ingredient you pick up at the store is already prepared or in a state in which it can be easily dispatched with a good sharp chef's knife. And if it isn't, you can just ask a butcher to take care of it for you free of charge. Obviously, learning to take dismantle poultry and other unruly creatures is a valuable technique to learn but definitely not required by any means. Additionally, on the thought of cutting boards. I'm with oblarg about a healthy sized wooden cutting board but honestly a nice medium/large plastic board is in my opinion a necessity because it's just so much "faster" of a space to work on and will do everything you need. And finally, you definitely need some good cookware. All we have in our house is this god damned freakin pos sons of unrespectable jalopy good for nothing trollop whores in the form of old, worn down and scratched teflon pots and pans. How can man create a majestic sauce of infinite complexity and deliciousness if he's forced to work with these kinds of conditions? Well he can't. He can just try and be a worthless a hole for it. Get some good cast iron or if you can copper. That being said, I have virtually no knowledge of cookware so if someone disagrees enlighten me please. I got kind of screwed in my introduction to cooking. My father is a great home cook, he comes from a line of great home cooks in my grandparents. I unfortunately never got any real hands on experience in the kitchen with any of them besides some simple prep, stirring, keeping an eye on things and the general mindless flailing around when the smoke alarms went off. Now, some years later I'm all alone with nothing but the vague rememberings of times long past and the very few tricks I've learned along the way. I suppose my greatest disadvantage is the fact that I cook for only 2. Its not that it's hard to motivate yourself to cook but its hard to justify all the extra's. The extra work, time, attention to detail, the love; everything that could make a dinner go from moderately good to spectacular. It's a harsh reality but one I battle 5-6 times a week.

Uh oh. I may have one of them love conundrums. It's hard trying not to read too much into the situation so I'll spare you guys the long drawn out speel until a later date in which I have analyzed and reviewed the necessary data. To put it simply, I have one girl who I am semi-committed to and then 2 other girls who are into me. The issue, all 3 have some incredibly alluring traits that draw me to them and I keep making promises to them all. Promises that will probably land me in hot water if any of them found out. I want to say it's because I like being nice and making them feel good but really I just like stroking my ego since it has spent the last 2 decades getting completely brutalized by a supreme lack of female sexual contact. It's hard being .

We should all be consolidated into one culture; a single national identity for every man, women, and child. We should give up our homes and material wealth to be shared amongst ourselves (at the discretion and authority of the great national leader) and any aberrations removed for the good of the nation. That's mean none of them coloured folk either. Wait what? edit: wrong alt

So far I've played through the begining sequence. Besides being extremely freakin dark inside the caves it seems like it will be like a nice little play through. If you liked oblivion and have it I have no real doubts it'll be a decent little romp. Going to play more after I do some stuff, will report more if wanted.

How peculiar meshugger. Just a few days ago I made in my opinion the greatest half windsor I had every seen or had ever existed in history. Wore that tie again today just because it was so incredible. Was absolutely beautiful. Audit went well today. Took about 5 hours and we finished just about everything in that time and it all checked out. Job seems pretty cool and relatively easy when things go right so I've very satisfied. In fact life is going quite well right now. Work is good, school is relatively stress free, social life is going well and I'm dare I say; content. The only thing I'm sort of worrying about is the exponential increase in my game. I've got like 3 girls on the line right now and for some reason I'm compulsively trying to get in position to nail all 3 of them even though I should be committed to one, even if we aren't "exclusive" by definition its still not right imo. Now I'm bored.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the outpouring of support. And yeah rubbers are certainly no fun but it was a mutual requirement. At one point in the begining I almost let slip "am I in?" Could barely feel a thing with it but eh there are other avenues in which to complete. I'm still a little worried, she texted me back a few hours after the one I sent her that was very short and not very reassuring. I don't think I'm seeing her for several days, I don't like leaving things ambiguous. But having slept on it I gotta say the experience was pretty good, not mind blowing but certainly subtly mind altering and pleasant. I'd definitely do it again and I particularly liked the oral part. You know as my main man Adam Carolla says "a lot of guys talk a big game of how good they give oral but no one receives oral quite like the ace man." I also started my internship this week and it's light years ahead of what I expected. I thought as an intern I would be reduced to manual labor and basic office tasks while taking an almost entirely passive role within the audit engagement. For the first audit, that's pretty much the case. But the 3rd and final audit I am basically alone. I will have nearly complete authority, unrestricted access, and responsibility from start to finish. They even gave me my own laptop! It's quite overwhelming but its incredibly good experience. I got lucky the guy that's supervising me is pretty cool and I guess the office does happy hours sometimes so I might join them in the comradery. Also the first audit hasn't technically even began, we finished prepping, but my super already suspects some trouble and possible fraud. It's going to be interesting.

The deed has been done, a new man has been born from the ashes of pain and loneliness, brought into this world pure and free, having shed the dark consuming shell of isolation and embracing that which giveth the warm light of splendiferocity; well technically at least. Got some food, watched a movie, and then hung out a bit. Made out and then she started giving me oral which turned into "do you have one...?" So we rushed over to a nearby gas station to pick up some and looked for an abandoned parking lot. You know, I'm going to be honest I had an idea of what it might be like and it turned out pretty much exactly how I thought it would. It definitely was no where near as awesome or "hard" as anyone makes it out to be. In fact the most difficult part for me wasn't that I would "proceed" too early but to proceed at all. It was actually pretty tough to stay in the game so to speak, I heavily blame my steady enjoyment of adult films and my own personal services for the last decade for that one, plus I enjoyed those festivities earlier today so that compounds the issue. The is certainly an interesting creature though and I would like to study it more in due time but I don't really see what the big deal is all about. Maybe I'm woefully ignorant of some imaginary learning curve but I really don't see any way in which the technique can be evolved to any great extent. I'll need shryke to elaborate on that one if necessary. As far as the actual details go, the back seat of my car was probably not the best place to have a go for my first time. It was awkward trying to find a good angle, leverage, and stable ground. Not to mention it got hot, really hot. I don't mean like "oh lol its africa in here" no it was like ridiculous: I'm wearing two bandanna's and keeping a beach towel around from now on hot. Other than that I'm not sure if she came or not, I'm pretty sure at one point I got at least really close, things were getting intense but in the end its not that big of a deal. I wasn't able to so I count it as a draw in my book. I texted her but she hasn't replied back. She said she was really tired when I dropped her off so I don't know. We shall see in the morning I guess. btw the expendables was a pretty cool movie guys, horrible story but a lot of action

God I'm such a loser but I managed to kiss my first girl today. I posted about meeting her at a party a few weeks back and we met up for sushi tonight. We ended up going to a park and rolling around in the grass for a bit making out and stuff. I was pretty bad rofl but she was cool. This is the third time I've actually seen her but she in no uncertain words strongly hinted at having sex with me sometime between now and next week and that doesn't bother me one bit. I start my job tomorrow. Should be fun, I get to dress up like a professional and do professional work. I'm not sure what to expect but I need to make sandwiches!

Went out drinking with potential sexual partner. No sex or anything but there was bowling. I think I like her.

Today has been a mish mash of oddness. Woke up at 9 then went to sleep for what I thought was about 15-30 minutes, happened to be more like 3 hours. Went down to test drive a honda accord was displeased and on a whim test drove a 2011 buick regal. I'm buying the freakin thing tomorrow, its a very beautiful car and I don't care that it has old people reputation. Chicks are going to see the outside and be modestly impressed and then they'll see the inside and their panties will mysteriously go missing. Then I ate a burrito and scurried off to class which only happened to be 15 freakin minutes. Took me longer to drive there than actual class time but this kid started talking to me and we became quick friends, very odd. Then this lesbian girl I met at a party last weekend texted me wanting to go out tonight. I'm not going to go because the place is like an hour away and I have school and car stuff to do tomorrow but most of all I'm scared. I have no idea what I've gotten myself into. At the party we held hands and she grinded on me a bit but we didn't hook up or anything. She is pretty much the ideal girl for me at this point. She's quite attractive and has an incredible smile, she is a little heavy but I can look past that but more importantly shes my antithesis. For every bit of the shy introvert I am she is casually outgoing and guides me effortlessly into sexually stimulating territory. At least for the 3-4 hours that I have known her. I'm no master shryke but I have a relatively strong sense of intuition and it's telling me right now that somewhere within 2 weeks I will be getting laid or at least involved in some sex act.

will you marry me?

I wouldn't make a habit of coming to this place. There are people and... things here that you couldn't possibly imagine. The lucky few to escape can only do so by abandoning their dreams, hopes, love and sanity; forsaking all the things that make them human and leaving behind nothing but a fragile empty shell of human flesh. The rest of us remain, trapped in this dismal hell for eternity. However every once in a blue moon I make a sodomy joke and get hounded by the mods, that is my only solace.

It's going to hit 110 on wednesday. Woe is my sweaty pantaloons. :'(

Life is about to get a whole hell of a lot more busy for me. It's somewhat refreshing becuase I've been doing absolutely nothing except watching tv and working out but this is going to be relatively intense. 4 classes + 1 lab + 20 hr/wk internship + 6 workout sessions + misc/projects/hobbies. I've calculated that I'll be devoting roughly 8 hours a day 7 days a week for stuffs. I also plan on spending a fair amount of time at the library for school work and trying to put together some semblance of a social being so I can get laid. I'm so tired of chasing one girl around and having her lead me on and then break me down but with school I'll have fertile grounds and I'll have an income, new car, phone, clothes, etc so I don't think it should be much of a problem. Today I got a ticket for having an "illegible" license plate, which in my opinion isn't even that bad. Had 0 record of anything, never been pulled over or given a citation/warning ever. This was the second time in my entire life that I have actually interacted with a police officer, the first time I was actually doing them a favor by writing a police report as a witness to a fight. Guy could have been fair and reasonable and given me a warning but nope, why actually do police work and investigate/stop violent felonies in the ghetto when you can troll innocent young white males.

I just saw Kick-ass as well and I wasn't that impressed. It was moderately funny/quirky/ridiculous as was promised but somewhere along the way it just fell apart. It had style and action but very wasn't fun or fulfilling for me. The only real good take away I got from it was . I also saw inception like a week ago. Pretty good stuff but not as orgasmic awesome as everyone is making it out to be. Very interesting concept and executed well but just not fully realized in a sense for me.

how does one use can opener :'(

Raithe is definitely right Wals. Having been depressed for a long time now I can tell you that it's not so important that you're physically there but rather that he knows you'll be there when he needs you because when you're depressed you don't want to be around people. And quite frankly its kind of a good thing, at least for a little while. You can't let him stay isolated for too long but he needs enough space to try and figure things out on his own. Don't try and force him into anything but that shouldn't stop you from giving him a call or text to see if he wants to go out or talk. I know a huge turning point for me was when one of my old friends I hadn't seen in forever invited me to his place for new years. I've been going there just about every weekend since and it keeps me sane. In other news, I'm going to see inception tomorrow night with girl. If things go well I'll see if she wants to grab dinner then have sex back at her place amirite shryke you know what im talking about you sly little horn dog you. Been a long time since I've seen her tho, kind of mildly excited. I also test drove some cars yesterday, wasn't that impressed so I'm going to give the audi a4 a shot tomorrow and maybe even a 2011 buick regal, tho the place is on the other side of freakin town so I kind of doubt it.

You know guard dog, if I turn out to be 3/4th's the man you are I would be pretty happy with the end result. That was pretty awesome. I believe in you man and think your a real cool cat who is inspiring and admirable and if I could heap more praise on you I would. As for me, I want to start dating. Been getting some relatively horrible pangs of loneliness as of late. I know school, work and fitness are going to fill my days but that's still a whole month away before I start back up class and my internship. Been pretty bored at home, no video games or anything to really occupy my attention for long spans of time besides watching true blood and reading through the internets. Other than that my material worth is going to sky rocket in the coming month(s). Test driving new cars this weekend (2010 Altima, used 2010 VW CC - 17k miles - clean carfacts, 2011 hyundai sonata. Please comment if you have any advice). I'm also going to become a new smart phone initiate and I'm debating between sticking with t-mobile and choosing one of their phones (much cheaper) or getting an iphone and jailbreaking it or still getting the iphone and going over to at&t. Either way it's going to be a monumental upgrade from my brick I had to get at walmart when my last phone died. Then I'm supposed to get a new tv, flat screen. I'm not used to really having nice things having grown up relatively house poor so I've been stalling on these items for quite a while now (months and even years) but I'm really starting to come around to the idea.

Please, I know I am a completely unreasonable and grating a hole but for the love of god hear me out on this. Don't waste your time with a ridiculous routine one of your bros put together or something you haphazardly researched on the internet. Become a competent barbell lifter and you will have everything you'll ever need. Literally 5-6 exercises max. I'd recommend starting strength as your primary routine however if you are new to the gym stronglifts or stripped 5x5 will produce similar but less optimal results. Even if you're going for aesthetics you need real strength training first and that requires a barbell and lots of squats. starting strength: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Sta...g_Strength_Wiki stronglifts: http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beg...aining-program/ Stripped 5x5: http://newbie-fitness.blogspot.com/2007/01/stripped-5x5.html

What's your book about? One day I'll write a book. I've been kicking around a couple of ideas for a couple years now, but one day I'll revolutionize the industry with my modern take on the slavery and exploitation of cat-mankind. Tonight I'm meeting up with some friends to go drinking/hookah. I invited a girl but shes working tomorrow so I don't really want her to come now because I want to get mutually drunk and make a move instead of me just being an idiot. But alas I'm eating a steak salad I made and it's pretty good. Earlier today I did 10x10 squats and then some deadlifting so my legs are completely jello right now and I had a relatively gnarly migraine but its just starting to subside. Going to do laundry and relax now until the night falls upon us but its still going to be hotter than bawls out and I'll sweat like some sort of wild animal. I hate this infernal desert. Edit: Also some weird guy was watching me squat for roughly 87 reps (approx. 26 minutes).

Anyone else think it looks like crap?

Thanks for the test lady I have been some what curious as to what my typing speed has devolved to since I took my business course in high school which was basically just a glorified typing class. The randomness of the words really threw me off and it took me about half of the time to really get the hang of detaching my mind. I'm sure if I was transcribing or just rewriting actual sentences my score would have been higher but I'm relatively pleased. You type 456 characters per minute You have 88 correct words and you have 1 wrong words Nothing interesting in my life. Just kind of treading water and being depressed while isolating myself from the world during the summer. All my aspirations and goals have seemed to just melt away in the last couple weeks and I spend most of the day watching/listening to media on the computer in the cool darkness of my room. Need school and internship to start then maybe begin human social reintegration. Until then just going to keep working out. I've lost 10 pounds and I'm looking to lose another 10 but at the same time replacing that with muscle. I'm done with my cut, I would say in a month or two I should have some ab's coming in, especially if I start doing morning HIIT 3-4 times a week and keeping my diet mediocre. ~the slug, this forums ray of sunlight~

Happy birthday shryke. But hey what can you expect when you surround yourself with drunkards and floozies? At least you'll always have me to criticize your lifestyle shryke. I'll never stop.

This thread sucks. Thanks for the sham a hole.

I skipped class today. Thought I was going to sleep in, which I did by roughly 15 minutes. Now I'm about to eat and listen to sports talk radio. Jim Rome is pretty awesome.