Malcador Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Re-reading Starship Troopers as for some reason I watched the movie last night, and generally avoiding thinking about having to go into work tomorrow. Another resignation, but we might have a new hire. Something about him bothers me, but eh. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Keyrock Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 About a 12 or 13 mile bike ride this morning, now my ass is firmly planted on the couch, watching NFL football. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Rosbjerg Posted September 8, 2013 Author Posted September 8, 2013 Had a very long night. Not sure of all the details, but what I do remember is pleasant. I hear ya.. I just got pictures from my soiree however and can now see in glorious detail all the things I didn't remember... or wanted to.. 1 Fortune favors the bald.
LadyCrimson Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Spending the afternoon playing with some kittens. It makes me feel better and as hubby says, it's hard to resist them when they're little. Such tiny squeaky meows... I don't think you could expect any system to prevent the lone wolf idiot. 'Course not. Which is why I said "not really." But sometimes you wish it could. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Gorth Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Interviewed yesterday to become asst branch manager here Good luck “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Calax Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 As I sit here about to clock in, I'm debating using some of my limited (feeling anyway) free time this week to at least try to write a chapter of a "Wuxia in Rome" story if I can. Just to see if it'd fit. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
ShadySands Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Worked an awful lot, missed going to see the new Riddick movie, had an interesting experience at a wine bar, and spent over 200 bucks on alcohol Free games updated 3/4/21
melkathi Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) Today I looked at my forum profile and noticed that I was 34 years old... when did that happen? I could swear I am not a day older than 28. Edited September 9, 2013 by melkathi 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Walsingham Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Today I looked at my forum profile and noticed that I was 34 years old... when did that happen? I could swear I am not a day older than 28. I don't know about you, but I remember turning 28 and thinking "I bet this is the best age I'm ever going to be." "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
melkathi Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 I don't know about you, but I remember turning 28 and thinking "I bet this is the best age I'm ever going to be." New job, new flat, new city. Things deffinitly were looking awesome. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
LadyCrimson Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 I'm still 16, only with grey hair. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Walsingham Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Strictly speaking I turned 50 on my 11th birthday. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Raithe Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 "I'm older then I look, and younger then I feel...." 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Rosbjerg Posted September 9, 2013 Author Posted September 9, 2013 ^ that sentence was a lot more zen than you intended Age is funny thing, I feel younger today than I did 1 year ago. Fortune favors the bald.
Walsingham Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 As a tangential but related aside, I would observe that all the time I spent in my teens and twenties chasing girls was completely 100% worthwhile. If any of you younger chaps are wondering if you should have 'better' priorities, the answer is 'no'. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Raithe Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Although potentially there are days where I'm younger then I look and older then I feel... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Walsingham Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Although potentially there are days where I'm younger then I look and older then I feel *stifles comment like a man trying to force a goat into a cardboard box, when it really doesn't want to be in a cardboard box* "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Rosbjerg Posted September 9, 2013 Author Posted September 9, 2013 Although potentially there are days where I'm younger then I look and older then I feel... To explain what I meant by zen, let me rephrase your sentence by adding 1 word (twice). I am young and then I looked, I am older and then I felt. 1 Fortune favors the bald.
Nepenthe Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 I don't know about you, but I remember turning 28 and thinking "I bet this is the best age I'm ever going to be." New job, new flat, new city. Things deffinitly were looking awesome. Had just made the move of going back to the uni for my LL.D. and also would meet the woman who'd **** me up for, if not life, certainly the years from 28 up to now. Yeah, if it was the best age, I certainly woefully misspent it. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions
Gfted1 Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Youth is there to be misspent, I wish I could go back. Even though I look younger than I am Ive started developing an impressive grey hair patch on the top of my head like a skunk stripe. Ive also noticed some creeping in at my temples. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 I'm spending my youth drinking, partying, chasing girls, and chasing my dreams. I've come to the conclusion that spending your time doing things you will immensely enjoy is what you should do in your 20s. 2 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Raithe Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 It's grey, grim, miserable and pissing it down with rain here. Also, my internet keeps flickering off, which is not adding to my happiness. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Rosbjerg Posted September 9, 2013 Author Posted September 9, 2013 I'm spending my youth drinking, partying, chasing girls, and chasing my dreams. I've come to the conclusion that spending your time doing things you will immensely enjoy is what you should do in your 20s. As I've seen it.. one's youth is the battle against fear and hopefully overcoming it, learning the courage to chase dreams and desires and how to fulfill them... As the limitations of childhood breaks away, you are faced with the increasing multitudes of reality, in all it's wonders and horror. Many succumb to fear of their own shortcomings - but most of all, people succumb to the fear their own potential. Fortune favors the bald.
Malcador Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Youth is there to be misspent, I wish I could go back. Even though I look younger than I am Ive started developing an impressive grey hair patch on the top of my head like a skunk stripe. Ive also noticed some creeping in at my temples. Meh, I wish I'd studied harder when I was younger. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Azdeus Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 I don't know about you, but I remember turning 28 and thinking "I bet this is the best age I'm ever going to be." As an 28 year old, my RL situation is the worst it's ever been. It's been downhill from 21. I'm very thankfull for great friends! Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
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