Thread of Positivity and General 'Oh Yeah!'

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I've got a bottle of Jacks, a heap of movies to watch and a liver that hasn't been abused in a couple of weeks. What should I do?

[Second]

I've got a bottle of Jacks, a heap of movies to watch and a liver that hasn't been abused in a couple of weeks. What should I do?

... Masturbate?

[Stevorooni]

I've got a bottle of Jacks, a heap of movies to watch and a liver that hasn't been abused in a couple of weeks. What should I do?

Drink the movies, abuse the jacks and watch your liver

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Alrighty th....Wait, that doesn't sound right.

[Spudzilla]

xD...

[incompatible with life]

Had my wondefully unproductive afternoon off. Which is all the more amusing consider it's meant to be for study...

[Sytadel]

Today I managed to find an educational use for Rick Astley.

I'm more employable than my friends with engineering degrees, I help people in substantial and measurable ways on a daily basis, and I can justifiably watch Rick Astley on work hours. In that moment I realised I'd reached employment nirvana.

[Clockw0rk]

OK so there's this girl, right?
She's not good looking and I don't find her particularly interesting. However, we chatted on MSN for a while and one night she invited me round for some no-strings-attached sex. Naturally I accepted, did the deed, stayed the night, did it twice again in the morning and left. We talked and agreed that sex was fine but neither of us wanted a relationship.

Then she got all wanting to hang out and stuff, so I made excuses not to.
This evening she kept trying to invite me round, but I'm pretty goddamn tired after last night's drinking so I politely declined.

She kept asking to the point of almost begging me. When she offered sex, I sighed and figured I might as well. Headed round, did the deed, then when we were in bed she asked if I'd only come round because she offered sex.

I said yes, she got upset and kicked me out. Apparently I'm shallow.

[FrozenSoul80]

I said yes, she got upset and kicked me out. Apparently I'm shallow.

I won't lie to you; you were. What you should have done was decline the sex (crazy, I know!), she would have offered more at some other time. Then you'd get a constant stream of sex and she wouldn't think you're an arse :p

If a chick pleads to hang out to the point of offering sex, you should probably decline >_>

[AranchineD]

Treat em mean to keep em keen, well done Clocky The Second

[incompatible with life]

Hmm, I would have thought she'd just get super pissed and pull the shallow card once again if he refused even with the offer of sex. The only way out of it is to cut off communications altogether.

I mean, when a girl is claiming no strings attached sex:
http://assets.knowyourmeme.com/i/1383/original/Admiral-Ackbar-trap.jpg

[Xanafalgue]

What to do today? I woke up at around 3 am because I went to sleep so early yesterday... but now there is nothing to do! I like this feeling :)

[Clockw0rk]

She mainly pulled the shallow card because I left to avoid an awkward morning rather than stay and try to fix the situation.
She's not worth it to me to try and get in her good books, and I'm damned if I'll be dating her anytime.

[Afrogamer]

Finished downloading team fortress 2 this morning :D

[AranchineD]

HDD/DVD recorder for $150, marked down from $700.

:D

[AranchineD]

HDD/DVD recorder for $150, marked down from $700.

:D

[V²]

you got 2?
Sell me 1 m8

[AranchineD]

Can't buddy I need two to record Today Tonight and ACA at the same time soz

[V²]

move to country nsw, TT on at 1830, ACA on at 1900
Or you could view these respectable programs on their websights.

[AranchineD]

websight? but don't i need access to some kind of interwebs tubes to look at them?

[V²]

it's a series of tubes.
if the government has its sordid way with us,
no-one will have the information superfunnell

[AranchineD]

those chineeses commie loving bastards!

[V²]

這做嘲笑這些論壇

[Slippery]

Pep V-Squared please, thanks

Going on a study tour to Thailand in January, just got airfares for $550 return (via Kuala Lumpur) - that price is definetly a positive

[Bronze]

Last day of my trip to Kyoto and Osaka today.

Went to Universal Studios Japan yesterday which was pretty cool. Went on a heap of awesome rides with my friend Yukimi.

Today I went and saw the whale sharks at the Osaka aquarium, then went and saw an exhibition of over 1000 layouts from all of Studio Ghibli's films and checked out Deep Sea 3D at IMAX. Made my way into Umeda and tracked down the Osaka Pokemon Center, bought another Pokemon 151 t-shirt (Hypno). Heading back out to Namba tonight to go exploring.

Tomorrow... well, I'm catching a bullet train back to Okayama, then a local train back to my home in Shikoku. Unfortunately a typhoon is dumping 500mm of rain on my apartment at the moment, so the next few days are going to be spent inside I think.

[borgster101]

Last day of my trip to Kyoto and Osaka today.

Went to Universal Studios Japan yesterday which was pretty cool. Went on a heap of awesome rides with my friend Yukimi.

Today I went and saw the whale sharks at the Osaka aquarium, then went and saw an exhibition of over 1000 layouts from all of Studio Ghibli's films and checked out Deep Sea 3D at IMAX. Made my way into Umeda and tracked down the Osaka Pokemon Center, bought another Pokemon 151 t-shirt (Hypno). Heading back out to Namba tonight to go exploring.

Tomorrow... well, I'm catching a bullet train back to Okayama, then a local train back to my home in Shikoku. Unfortunately a typhoon is dumping 500mm of rain on my apartment at the moment, so the next few days are going to be spent inside I think.
Aww man, I remember Osaka, awesome place! Namba is really cool, especially at night :D If you get the chance while you're still in the area check out the Umeda Sky Building, some fantastic views of the city :)

Though it being your last day, you probably didn'ty read this in time!

[AranchineD]

star Zooey Deschanel topless as she climbs the high dive at an indoor swimming pool. We see her breasts from a distance as she stands on the diving board and then leaps off into the pool below, where a guy is waiting. We then get another quick look at her breasts when she rises back out of the water.

[Bronze]

Aww man, I remember Osaka, awesome place! Namba is really cool, especially at night :D If you get the chance while you're still in the area check out the Umeda Sky Building, some fantastic views of the city :)

Though it being your last day, you probably didn'ty read this in time!

It was on my list of things to do, just didn't have enough time. So I'm saving that for next time, along with Osaka Castle and Chion-in Temple in Kyoto. Heading back to Australia in January, so I'll be working my way back to Tokyo via Kyushu, Hiroshima, Kobe, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto with a few friends. ;)

This post has been surprisingly coherent considering the amount of sake I just drank. :D

[Ashmaran]

Did you hit Nara as well Bronze?

Oh just properly read your post, sounds like you are doing it next time. Nara was the highlight of my trip to Japan, great place.

[Jickle]

Sounds like you're having a great time. Out of interest, do you think you'll stay in Australia when you come back, or is a move to Japan a possibility?

[Xanafalgue]

I would love a job without deadlines. I would also love a job with normal hours. But now I have a week off to sit in the sun, drink wine and play games, yayayayay!

Edit: now over 2 weeks without smoking! I miss it though, it was the PERFECT time-filler. I'll have to take up knitting or gossiping or something.

[Tukenstein]

I withdrew from Anthropology and Criminology and am now doing university part-time. Hopefully this frees up more time for work and sweet, sweet girlfriend lovin'. (H)

[AranchineD]

I withdrew from Anthropology and Criminology and am now doing university part-time. Hopefully this frees up more time for work and sweet, sweet girlfriend lovin'. (H)

Whipped.

















































>_>

[Tukenstein]

It could just be her delicious choice of perfume clouding my vision, but she's definitely a more worthwhile pursuit than that other crap that I've already forgotten what it was I was studying.

[texta]

Stumbled across this hilarious rant from everyone's favourite: Beast.

Never letting ignorance get in the way of an opinion.

And then this random girl on facebook who I don't know started complaining about the two main political parties having the same policies on refugees. This is rather hilarious because the government is facing intense pressure at the moment from the other party because they've changed the policy to be more humane and many people claim this is too soft. At one point she admitted she hadn't read the policy of one of the parties and refused to. She also tried to complain about the Geneva Convention, which actually has nothing to do with refugees (confusing it with the 1951 Refugee Convention) and then posted 2 links defending her position when I pointed this out. The first link didn't actually contain any mention of the Geneva Convention, but did mention an organisation that has headquarters in the city of Geneva.

The second link was even funnier - confusing the Geneva Convention with the 1951 Refugee Convention and writing a long history of the convention;

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/feb2001/asyl-f15.shtml

It's a socialist website of course.

I love this quote;

"The Geneva Convention was drawn up in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Nazi Holocaust"

How can people be so ignorant of history? The Geneva Convention was written in 1899, and there were many complaints, and then war trials about breaches of the Geneva Convention - ie. the Nuremberg Trials. How do these errors perpetuate themselves?

Of course it's not really funny, because these people are so vocal and convince many people of their positions despite being so wrong. Just ask people whether the US has signed the Kyoto Protocol or not to see how much influence these people have.

There are more errors then I care to name, but the most obvious is this:

There are actually 4 Geneva Conventions:


First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 1864

Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 1906

Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1929

Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949


(As an aside the 4th Convention was enacted exactly as the "crazy socialist" describes)

[FrozenSoul80]

I just found an application for my phone that allows the camera flash to be used as a flashlight. No more falling over in the dark for me! :D

[Second]

Stumbled across this hilarious rant from everyone's favourite: Beast.

Never letting ignorance get in the way of an opinion.



There are more errors then I care to name, but the most obvious is this:

There are actually 4 Geneva Conventions:


First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 1864

Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 1906

Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1929

Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949


(As an aside the 4th Convention was enacted exactly as the "crazy socialist" describes)

You're posting this on the wrong forum, mate.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I have a packet of Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs and I'm eating them all myself.

[Bronze]

Did you hit Nara as well Bronze?

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_1016.jpg

Sounds like you're having a great time. Out of interest, do you think you'll stay in Australia when you come back, or is a move to Japan a possibility?

Will return to Australia next year to finish Uni, then move back to Japan permanently.

[Starscream]

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_1016.jpg

The funny thing about that photo (although it isn't shown) is that there is a one red pail of water to prevent the wooden structure from burning down.

One pail of water!

[Spudzilla]

Will return to Australia next year to finish Uni, then move back to Japan permanently.

Good! Get outta here! Can't you see we don't want you anymore!

*turns away*

...goodbye, my friend.

[Bronze]

Aww.

I only really came to that conclusion during the last week. Living here is interesting. The culture is fascinating. And there's a (http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_1468.jpg) different (http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_0708.jpg) flavour (http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_0827.jpg) of (http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_1293.jpg) Pringles (http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/buronzu/Kyoto%20Nara%20Osaka%202009/IMG_1211.jpg) in every convenience store. ;)

[FrozenSoul80]

Holy shit, those Pringles are awesome! Now I want to visit Japan just to experience all their crazy food.

[Ryan Hayward]

Was applying oil based wall sealer to a house today and got really high when sealing the toilet as there's no ventilation. Started seeing this blue bird on my shoulder and chased it to the other side of the house until I realized I was seeing things.
Then my dad came in to tell me something and I had no idea what he said, I was totally concentrating on trying not to laugh.

[incompatible with life]

An oil based paint or was it weed based?
I don't suppose you suddenly got a case of the munchies?

[Ryan Hayward]

An oil based paint or was it weed based?
I don't suppose you suddenly got a case of the munchies?

Lets just say it was hell potent and I was speaking to the fairies! :p
I've used it on jobs for years but this was the first time I got very high from it. It has always had a powerful odour but this batch was unbearably so.
No munchies but bloody nauseous afterwards.

[Xanafalgue]

I went to a strange late lunch/early dinner party shindig yesterday. I didn't know anyone aside from the host, but all of his friends were aspiring actors which made for some awful conversation about the latest spot on Home and Away or Nokia ad they got a part in, and the ego's were out in full force.

I wish someone had taped it, it felt as if I had accidentally fallen into the set of Zoolander.

[Azzaman]

Well I don't have swine flu and thanks to one day of feeling like crap I lost 1.5 kg.

[Clockw0rk]

Made myself a slightly less orange Avatar/Sig combo.

[AranchineD]

No more Clockw0rk orange? :(

[/backslash]

Needs more orange :p

[Lazlow]

Off to Canberra tomorrow, then Perisher on Friday

http://uyac.com.au/forum/images/smilies/bizarro.gif

[Bronze]

My neighbours just set off a few fireworks.

tCNRnoqCvwQ

...for 30 minutes.

[Second]

Japan suddenly seems a lot more appealing.

[jawsy]

My neighbours set off some fireworks the other night. Then the police came around, I assume to set off some fireworks as well, but something obviously went wrong because there were no more fireworks that night. New guy probably left them at the station.

[Xanafalgue]

Well I don't have swine flu and thanks to one day of feeling like crap I lost 1.5 kg.

Thinspiration for the huskies :D

[Ad-Rock]

Doing an exciting experiment today, involving several dangerous compounds. Chance of poisoning, burning and getting 'sploded = fun :D

[Stevorooni]

Just saw some idiot drive in the wrong direction down a one way street. Just because it's easy in GTA doesn't mean it works in real life. gg

[Ad-Rock]

Doing an exciting experiment today, involving several dangerous compounds. Chance of poisoning, burning and getting 'sploded = fun :D

UPDATE:
Half way through experiment.

Number of 'splosions: 2
Number of fires: 4

:cool:

[Second]

I would like to learn more of what you're doing.

[Ad-Rock]

Chemistry involving sodium, water and flammable solvent.

[Second]

I would like to get involved with what you're doing.

[Ad-Rock]

Take a course in chemistry!

Its what all the cool kids are doing :cool:

[AranchineD]

Man, we were experimenting with that shit in high school.

Someone put some sodium down a sink, that was pretty funny.

[Ad-Rock]

its always a party when sodium's around!

[Ryan Hayward]

Just saw some idiot drive in the wrong direction down a one way street. Just because it's easy in GTA doesn't mean it works in real life. gg

LOL, I've done that myself in the city of Perth when I was on my Ps. Had about 30 cars coming my way. So many one way streets in that city, its horribly designed.

[Bronze]

There's random hardcore japanese lesbian maid porn on TV right now.

That's not the positive though. In fact, for me that's a negative.

The positive is that the program following it is a wacky maid crime-fighting drama. I've seen it before and it's hilarious. The maid takes on villains using acid and nunchuks, and her accomplice attacks gun-wielding men with a yo-yo. The special effects look so B-grade it hurts.

Ahh, the joys of Japanese TV.

[/backslash]

The positive is that the program following it is a wacky maid crime-fighting drama. I've seen it before and it's hilarious. The maid takes on villains using acid and nunchuks, and her accomplice attacks gun-wielding men with a yo-yo. The special effects look so B-grade it hurts.
Is the program based on a true story? :p

[FrozenSoul80]

Is the program based on a true story? :p

It's a documentary. Those crazy Japanese.

[Emma]

why is the hyper so dead?

[Stevorooni]

The forums got hacked
Many threads were deleted
Some didn't come back

[aubergine]

The chance to reboot old threads is a plus.

[AranchineD]

why is the hyper so dead?

Look, I've already addressed this, I post all my Off Topic stuff on another forum now, that's why Hyper is so dead!






In other news today turned out to be one of those "random encounters with old friends" days I get every few weeks, where I see a number of people I haven't seen in ages all in a single day. Also this mango smoothie is soooooo goooooooood.

[Bronze]

Starting to upload some videos of my trip last week. This is one of my favourites.

PqFuXRAvC-g

[texta]

My partner is doing evening shift at the emergency department for the next couple of weeks and she asked me to bring her down her stethoscope which she forgot, but we're meeting at around 7pm and in the mean time I'm going to the pub. So the upshot is that I'm going to have to hang out at the pub with a stethoscope in my pocket and get to pretend I'm a doctor... <_<

[Stevorooni]

You'll be screwed if there's a medical emergency at the pub requiring the immediate services of a Doctor and everyone points to you saying "He's a doctor!"

[texta]

You'll be screwed if there's a medical emergency at the pub requiring the immediate services of a Doctor and everyone points to you saying "He's a doctor!"Hopefully they'll be Hunter S Thompson fans and will get the joke.



(Hunter S Thompson had a doctorate he purchased from the Universal Life Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Life_Church) and whenever he was on a plane or something and someone asked if there was a doctor he always put up his hand.)

[Adios]

8 Days and I am out of Australia! USA here I come :D .

Except I'm going to be completely in the dark when it comes to video games over there, unless someone has a console or something...

Probably do me some good! :)

[Stevorooni]

8 Days and I am out of Australia! USA here I come :D .

Except I'm going to be completely in the dark when it comes to video games over there, unless someone has a console or something...

Probably do me some good! :)

Adiós Adios! :D

[BB2K]

I just finished watching that episode of The Simpsons where Bart and Lisa are put into Flanders' house as foster kids. I swear, there was about 10 times at least where I couldn't stop laughing. Good old Simpsons.

http://www.sutherlandmanifesto.com/blog/uploaded_images/todd_smells-714456.jpg
Is your source on this reliable?

[AranchineD]

No. No, don't get me starte-

The number you have dialed can no longer be reached from this phone. You. Negligent. Monster.

[BB2K]

Ha! Old painty-can Ned!

[Jickle]

Je...Jes...don't you kids know anything? The Serpent of Rehaboam? The Well of Zohassadar? The Bridal Feast of Beth Chedruharazzeb?

[AranchineD]

OK, OK, don't panic. To find Flanders, I just have to think like Flanders!

*I'm a big four-eyed lame-o, and I wear the same stupid sweater every day and-*

The Springfield River!

[HiredMan]

I quite pleasantly tipsy......


Ye!

[BB2K]

What advantages does this motor car have over, say, a train? Which I could also afford?

Stupid babies need the most attention!

[Sweating Bullets]

Fixed my ducted heating!

[Ryan Hayward]

The forums got hacked
Many threads were deleted
Some didn't come back

For some reason, most of my posts were deleted except for about 10.

[texta]

Great moments from last night:

Call from the gf around 11pm after she's just finished at the emergency ward:

Her: (excited) Guess what happened tonight?
Me: Someone gave birth to a two headed kid?
Her: (Ignoring my suggestion) A guy was brought in who we thought had been dead for a few days...
Me: (getting excited)And you revived him with magic?
Her: And his cat had eaten his eyes and the top of his scalp.

[Queenie]

winning auctions on ebay makes me happy in the pants

[Ryan Hayward]

winning auctions on ebay makes me happy in the pants

I generally just buy the games outright if possible as I hate to wait.
Sure you pay more but if you want the game quickly and so badly, you don't tend to care.

[Tukenstein]

My Uncle and Aunty bought me a return flight to Japan for my birthday. F*** yes!

Let me know if any of you are planning on being in Tokyo between the 5th and 14th of December!

[incompatible with life]

Team America! F*** YEAH!


Great moments from last night:

Call from the gf around 11pm after she's just finished at the emergency ward:

Her: (excited) Guess what happened tonight?
Me: Someone gave birth to a two headed kid?
Her: (Ignoring my suggestion) A guy was brought in who we thought had been dead for a few days...
Me: (getting excited)And you revived him with magic?
Her: And his cat had eaten his eyes and the top of his scalp.
Whereas a dog it seems won't even have a tiny nibble.

Which just goes to show, dogs have no survival instinct :p

Though that would have been an interesting death to confirm. Can't exactly look at pupillary reflex if there are no eyes...

[Sytadel]

Been a pretty good few weeks. Started dating again (haven't really "dated" in nearly 4 years), cleared up all my work dramas and was reassured of their ambitious long-term plans for my career, booked tickets to go to london next year, and rode a segway last night. My only regret is not having a pack of cards for a Gob Bluth-esque facebook pic.

[FrozenSoul80]

For some reason, most of my posts were deleted except for about 10.

We salvaged some of the old threads, but everything else is mostly gone.

[Bronze]

My Uncle and Aunty bought me a return flight to Japan for my birthday. F*** yes!

Let me know if any of you are planning on being in Tokyo between the 5th and 14th of December!

You're about two weeks too early to catch me passing through. :(

[Tukenstein]

You're about two weeks too early to catch me passing through. :(

Oh darn. Maybe I could come and see you though! I could make a Japanese roadtrip! =D

[Bronze]

Oh darn. Maybe I could come and see you though! I could make a Japanese roadtrip! =D

If you're planning to leave Tokyo, make sure you organise a JRail pass before you leave. It'll cost you about $300, but that's a hell of a lot cheaper than a return Shinkansen to Hiroshima will cost you. You can use the pass on any JR Line, JR Bus, and the JR Miyajima Ferry too. That's enough to get you practically anywhere. The only downside is that you can't use it on Nozomi Shinkansen (the fastest bullet train).

If you do get a JRail pass, feel free to come down and visit me. Will take about a day or two out of your trip. You'll need to catch a Hikari Shinkansen to Okayama (about 3-4 hours from Tokyo) then a Nanpuu limited express for five hours to Sukumo (the end of the line). I can see the train station from my apartment.

I live in one of the most isolated, remote, and beautiful parts of the country but it's not exactly easy to get here. I love the quiet, authentic Japanese country lifestyle though. It's a side of Japan that not many people would get to see.

[Tukenstein]

If you're planning to leave Tokyo, make sure you organise a JRail pass before you leave. It'll cost you about $300, but that's a hell of a lot cheaper than a return Shinkansen to Hiroshima will cost you. You can use the pass on any JR Line, JR Bus, and the JR Miyajima Ferry too. That's enough to get you practically anywhere. The only downside is that you can't use it on Nozomi Shinkansen (the fastest bullet train).

If you do get a JRail pass, feel free to come down and visit me. Will take about a day or two out of your trip. You'll need to catch a Hikari Shinkansen to Okayama (about 3-4 hours from Tokyo) then a Nanpuu limited express for five hours to Sukumo (the end of the line). I can see the train station from my apartment.

I live in one of the most isolated, remote, and beautiful parts of the country but it's not exactly easy to get here. I love the quiet, authentic Japanese country lifestyle though. It's a side of Japan that not many people would get to see.

Man, I don't care how long it'll take out of my trip. There's no point in being in Japan if I'm not seeing all the sights! I'd love to come visit you. I'll figure out this JRail Pass thing, brush up on my train-catching phrases and you and me are getting pissed (or whatever it is you'd do in that part of Japan. =p). It's a date! =D

[fearofthesky]

This discussion makes me jealous. My friend was in Japan a month or so ago, last I heard he was on the boat to Korea.

Bugs me because if my employers had made me permanent at work and given me overtime a year ago, Id be there now. :(

Sorry to be negative in the positivity thread. You guys have an excellent time! :)

On a more positive note, my brother is coming around soon to finnaly help me re-arrange my apartment. Finally, with a bit of work, this place is gonna be a home, rather than just the place I live.

[Kotche]

If you're planning to leave Tokyo, make sure you organise a JRail pass before you leave. It'll cost you about $300, but that's a hell of a lot cheaper than a return Shinkansen to Hiroshima will cost you. You can use the pass on any JR Line, JR Bus, and the JR Miyajima Ferry too. That's enough to get you practically anywhere. The only downside is that you can't use it on Nozomi Shinkansen (the fastest bullet train).

If you do get a JRail pass, feel free to come down and visit me. Will take about a day or two out of your trip. You'll need to catch a Hikari Shinkansen to Okayama (about 3-4 hours from Tokyo) then a Nanpuu limited express for five hours to Sukumo (the end of the line). I can see the train station from my apartment.

I live in one of the most isolated, remote, and beautiful parts of the country but it's not exactly easy to get here. I love the quiet, authentic Japanese country lifestyle though. It's a side of Japan that not many people would get to see.

I visited down your way as I was staying in Takamatsu. Visited Kochi and Uwajima castles and then jumped on a Ferry across to Beppu and kicked off my treck around Japan.

Very nice part of the Country and sadly not visited by many people.

[Second]

Unlike your mother, who is visited by many, many people.

[Kotche]

and animals

[AranchineD]

I count as both

[AranchineD]

We have a weener

[incompatible with life]

Managed to get a copy of galactrix from EB, and then subsequently played it most the weekend.

[AranchineD]

You poor soul, how the hell did you endure that?

[incompatible with life]

You poor soul, how the hell did you endure that?
Just repeatedly reminding myself that it's just coincidence that the cpu just reamed me with a combo doing 75 damage. It also helps there are no repercussions for losing so eventually you do hit a lucky break.
That and I had a craving for it after finishing puzzle quest.

[AranchineD]

Haha, you sound exactly like I did when I was playing the game! >_>

[Bronze]

I want to grab it on 360, but there's no way in hell I'm paying 1600 MSP ($26.40) for an averagely reviewed XBLA title.

[Jickle]

I want to grab it on 360, but there's no way in hell I'm paying 1600 MSP ($26.40) for an averagely reviewed XBLA title.

It's shit. The original remains my favourite XBLA game, but I could barely even play Galactrix.

[incompatible with life]

Yeah, admittedly it's not quite as satisfying as the original. But once you get used to it the game mechanics are a bit more interesting and so far slightly more balanced (in as much as I don't automatically leave devastation in my wake as I did with the warrior in PQ).

I would have liked it though if more of the other things in the game was expanded. Like selling resources would have also benefitted from being able to buy them too and make money from the proceeds.

[texta]

It's shit. The original remains my favourite XBLA game, but I could barely even play Galactrix.This was my experience. I put a lot of hours into PQ, but Galactrix got maybe half an hour and then was forgotten.

[Jay]

I am in this camp also. The biggest waste of money I've endured on XBLA. And I've bought Frogger.

[aubergine]

I've never managed to finish the first game (on DS or XBLA) but would have bought the follow-up anyway if not for the dismal reviews.

Wait, this is the positive thread...

Think of all the money I saved! Sweet.

[incompatible with life]

You know, it's perhaps out of spite from all the other posts, but I'm starting to like it over PQ.

[Cian]

Boo-ya.

Just saw some titties in Watchmen.

[Bronze]

Everybody knows the only reason you'd watch it is to see Manhattwang.

[Cian]

Everybody knows the only reason you'd watch it is to see Manhattwang.

It was a very well imagined blue cock.

This is a very stange movie...

[Second]

Still awaiting the erector's cut of Watchmen.

[Jickle]

This was my experience. I put a lot of hours into PQ, but Galactrix got maybe half an hour and then was forgotten.

I am in this camp also. The biggest waste of money I've endured on XBLA. And I've bought Frogger.

You know, it's perhaps out of spite from all the other posts, but I'm starting to like it over PQ.

I got a review code luckily so I didn't have to pay for it. I think the two main issues with the game were that it put way too much emphasis on non-battle puzzling (opening all the warp gates is a ridiculously tedious exercise) and the multiplier system means that you or your opponent can win in a single move, but cannot possibly plan on doing so in advance, only by a fluke. The game requires absurd amounts of luck and/or grinding to beat the early missions and the whole map system was a pain to navigate. I think the actual tile board you fought on was a pretty nice change but in many ways the game was broken.

Oh shit, am I in off topic here?

Everybody knows the only reason you'd watch it is to see Manhattwang.

The correct term is Wanghattan.

[Ryan Hayward]

Have you played Puzzle Kingdoms, Jickle.
I bought it awhile back but haven't gotten around to playing it. Wouldn't mind knowing what its like in comparison to the almighty original.

[incompatible with life]

I got a review code luckily so I didn't have to pay for it. I think the two main issues with the game were that it put way too much emphasis on non-battle puzzling (opening all the warp gates is a ridiculously tedious exercise) and the multiplier system means that you or your opponent can win in a single move, but cannot possibly plan on doing so in advance, only by a fluke. The game requires absurd amounts of luck and/or grinding to beat the early missions and the whole map system was a pain to navigate. I think the actual tile board you fought on was a pretty nice change but in many ways the game was broken.
Though I'd argue that this particular description describes much of Puzzle Quest as well. Well, except maybe the map system although once you open up gates I find it's much more convenient than PQ.

[Second]

You think he would have made his wang bigger... you know... because he can.

I must admit, I was wondering about that.

[Sytadel]

Maybe he's a grower, not a shower.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

My old iPhone 3G 16gb just sold on eBay. I watched it for the last minute or so. At 45 secs to go it was $503 and by the time it sold it was $545. :D That's great for me. I have so many bills at the moment and an extra $545 will help me no end. Means I can eat :P

[buckstwits]

watching The Trapdoor on Joost (http://www.joost.com/007oj4o/t/The-Trapdoor-Episode-1-Breakfast-Time?channel=007oj5d#id=007oj4o)

[St@ckboy]

Got free preview tickets to Inglorious Basterds on Wednesday. Looking forward to Shadow Complex on XBLA the same day, should be out by the time I get home from the movie!!

[Bronze]

There's a show on my TV right now called 'Hayate the Combat Butler'.

...enough said.

[St@ckboy]

Get home from work and my threadless order came in.

Got

http://www.threadless.com/product/1872/Sees_the_Day
http://www.threadless.com/product/1166/Pulp
http://www.threadless.com/product/1902/Long_Journey
http://www.threadless.com/product/1892/Crack

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Sold my 3G 16gb iPhone on eBay for $545. The guy that bought it was local so he dropped round last night to pay for it and pick it up. That money just relieves the financial pressure on me at the moment, which lets me breathe a sigh of relief. I thought I was going to have to borrow money from somewhere to get me through the next month, but I think I'm going to be ok now.

[Jay]

And now you'll save even more money because no one can call you to ask you to do anything. It's win win.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Except I was selling the phone because I'd upgraded to a 32Gb 3Gs iPhone.

And not really a positive, but I found it funny. I recently filled out paperwork to reduce my credit card limit from $5000 to $3000, which only came into affect yesterday. I got into the bank to deposit the money from selling my old phone and the teller says to me that I'm eligible to increase my credit limit.

[texta]

My credit union is voting tonight whether to list on the stock market and if they do I get $1100 worth of shares (that I can sell immediately).

[Azzaman]

Got the draft plans for our house drawn up and sent to me today, looks good, I am pleased.

[Stevorooni]

Got the draft plans for our house drawn up and sent to me today, looks good, I am pleased.

Does it have a panic room? A moat? An Angry Dome? Games Room?

[jawsy]

A smiling sun? Birds that resemble the letter 'm'?

[FrozenSoul80]

A basement? An attic? A room with too much electricity?

[Bronze]

l0uD54gzByc

The stingrays felt really strange. Kinda like sticking your hands on yogo.

[Second]

Two things:

1) The Sharks: "Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired."

2) Don't you know the Stingray's attacks are super effective against Aussies?

[Bronze]

Yeah. It was a risk I was willing to take. ;)

[Tukenstein]

Bronze, you make me want to come to Japan immediately. Like, right now! Argh!

Also, I was thinking about extending my stay by around a week or two (at least long enough to stay for Christmas). I'll need your expert, first-hand advice on where to go and stay and do and take photos of and also where to buy a bearcoat.

[Azzaman]

Does it have a panic room? A moat? An Angry Dome? Games Room?

A smiling sun? Birds that resemble the letter 'm'?

A basement? An attic? A room with too much electricity?

The secret evil lair is being installed at a later date. MUHAHAHAHA*ahem*

If someone could draw and artists impression of this impregnable fortress of doom I would've given much in the way of pep.

[Xanafalgue]

Pay rise came into effect. Larz = happy camper :D

[Sytadel]

My work has had some pretty OTT social events in the past. We've only got 15-odd employees, but we've had professional cocktail parties with arcade games, parties on yachts, expensive costume parties, etc. My boss seems to have gone a bit crazy with the latest effort though which will be a full-blown Amazing Race esque trip around Perth with a week in Singapore as the prize for the winner. wtf.

[Lazlow]

What economic crisis? :p

[Sytadel]

What economic crisis? :p

I think we were actually 6 figures in the hole last financial term and had to change to an NPO this year, so indeed it is pretty ****ing ridiculous :P

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I think we were actually 6 figures in the hole last financial term and had to change to an NPO this year, so indeed it is pretty ****ing ridiculous :P

You work in (mental) health, don't you? Isn't that a government department?

[FrozenSoul80]

Tacos for dinner. **** yes! :D

[AranchineD]

Now I want tacos for dinner. I'm going to have to get mother on this right away!

[V²]

Tacos... mother... you filthy basterd Aran

[AranchineD]

:megafred:

[Slippery]

Tacos for dinner. **** yes! :D

Now I want tacos for dinner. I'm going to have to get mother on this right away!

There's a pot of mince meat cooking, like at least a kilo of it, and none of it is for dinner :'(

[FrozenSoul80]

The tacos were awesome but I have eaten way too much.

[Araenel]

You work in (mental) health, don't you? Isn't that a government department?

Pretty sure he works for a private company.

[AranchineD]

The tacos were awesome but I have eaten way too much.

Blasphemy. A man can never have enough tacos.

[FrozenSoul80]

Blasphemy. A man can never have enough tacos.

My balls are saying "yes!", but my tummy is saying "I will destroy you".

[Adios]

America tomorrow!

:D

[Second]

America tomorrow!

:D

Adios!

[texta]

This is slightly weird. I have to do a presentation on a case that my boss was a barrister for and also wrote a book on. Luckily "State Tribunals and Chapter III of the Australian Constitution" is not the best seller you might think it would be and we have a few spare copies at work that I shall borrow.

[Jay]

I just want to say thanks to /slashy for my avatar. :)

[AranchineD]

Holy shit.

Jay with an avatar.

The end times must be upon us.

[Jay]

Yep. I finally worked out how to ask somebody to make me one. :)

[jawsy]

C'mon, man. What happened to the good ol' days?!

:p

[Lazlow]

1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go, 1 hour to go,

[AranchineD]

That was almost an hour ago, let's guess where Lazlow is now.




































*cut Stock Footage Festival footage*

[Lazlow]

k_AzCm8Vass

[Azzaman]

I am completely knackered, had the hand over of my place today. Crap moving out is hard work. We really only had the place emptied by the last minute.

So I've finally been able to take the time to get my parents net sorted and now I'm cruising in high speed luxury.

[Clockw0rk]

I WENT BACKSTAGE AND GOT TO MEET MINUIT AND THEY SIGNED MY CD AND I GOT A PHOTO WITH THE SINGER!Caps

[Jickle]

I just want to say thanks to /slashy for my avatar. :)

Thank you for showing us the face of the mind.

[Sytadel]

You work in (mental) health, don't you? Isn't that a government department?

Did, now I'm a therapist employed by a private company.

[Stevorooni]

Just finished spreading my seed all over the backyard.















Lawn seed, that is.

[texta]

So it was the gf's grandmother's birthday today and all her aunts and uncles flew in from across Aus for a surprise party. But beforehand they along with her parents and cousins turned up to my footy game.

Cut a long story short I kicked 6 goals and was b.o.g. Huzzah.

Also with the money I got for winning I hit the town (instead of going to the surprise party) with some mates from interstate and had a pretty good time.

[AranchineD]

Hooray for piss easy assignments, 15 marks for 15% weighting :cool:

[incompatible with life]

Back from Manifest and all stocked up on Manga.

[Araenel]

Back from Manifest and all stocked up on Manga.

incompatible with life

[Second]

This is why we need rep.

[Spazzallo]

Got pulled over at 1:30 this morning by a Senior Constable (I was in pyjamas and a robe >_<). Didn't have my license on me but he gave me just a warning this time. Thank God!

[Second]

Recruitment just informed me that they're putting me forward for a new job. Contract should last until mid december. Aw yeah.

[Dunkurtin]

Got pulled over at 1:30 this morning by a Senior Constable (I was in pyjamas and a robe >_<). Didn't have my license on me but he gave me just a warning this time. Thank God!

lol. Where were you going?

Killing half an hour before lunch with a friend i haven't seen in ages. Also still cruising in my units, especially my java one haviong done most of the stuff when i was at ECU. I told my coordinator he should exempt me from this one as well as the prereq one. :rolleyes:

[Cerebral]

This is why we need rep.

Second(ed)

Okay not as effective, but I'm serious.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Got a replacement cymbal for my GHWT drum kit today. Apparently it was covered under warranty since I bought it when it first came out and and sent it off last week. AWESOME!

[Adios]

Cal State Uni, Long Beach is amazing :D !

Met so many people today! Pretty girl from Holland is pretty... and can speak 5 different languages.

Oh my heart is a tugging.

[Lazlow]

Oh my hand is a tugging.

Fixed :D

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Cal State Uni, Long Beach is amazing :D !

Met so many people today! Pretty girl from Holland is pretty... and can speak 5 different languages.

Oh my heart is a tugging.

$10 says he was drunk when he made that post.

[Adios]

I only turn 21 in October so...

Stupid American laws >.<

She's gorgeous though!

[Tukenstein]

Ali, how can you let a woman get in the way of our sexy, sexy relationship, oh babeh?!

[Adios]

I can't help myself!

When she switched from speaking English to me, Dutch to someone else and then finally glancing over her shoulder to speak Spanish to another person, I was hooked.

[Araenel]

Probably got a STD from each country too!

[AranchineD]

El Omega Aids

[texta]

Pics = Pep

[Second]

Pics = Pep

Doesn't work anymore. :(

[AranchineD]

Well, we'll follow Frozen's rules:

Pics = Infractions

:)

[Azzaman]

pics = virtual high fives

[texta]

I'd bastardise Weissensteiner and say that a failure to produce pics indicates that the alleged hotness of the girl having not been verified in fact doesn't exist.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

A human Shrodinger's (sp?) Cat, as it were. Almost, anyway.

[Xanafalgue]

Whenever I see the username 'Bob the Destroyer' I keep imagining that picture of the tard with the caption "**** DESTROYER".

[Second]

Got some more temp work. Monday and Tuesday, between 20-25 hours. ~$30/hour. Aw yeah.

[kirok]

Got some more temp work. Monday and Tuesday, between 20-25 hours. ~$30/hour. Aw yeah.

Thirty dollars a hour is pretty good, I get twenty dollars p/h for sub contract cleaning which is not bad for easy work the cleaning only involves vacuuming and general house cleaning.

[Azzaman]

Out the door for the weekend in 1 minuite, WOOOOOOOOOO

[Bronze]

One of the awesome guys at work came up to me this afternoon and invited me to a staff party. Seeing as the staff I work with are awesome without exception, I agreed to come.

Then I found out it was at the principal's house. Japanese house etiquette is pretty goddamn insane, let alone the home of your boss. Whilst I'm pretty sure he'll call bureikou (putting aside social standing and just enjoying yourself) I'm still pretty nervous about accidentally committing social suicide by doing something really petty.

On the other hand, I'll probably be drunk on sake five minutes after walking through the door, in which case all discretions are automatically forgotten about. ;)

[Dunkurtin]

Apparently shallowdays is back. Just when life is at its bleakest he has come back to be my ray of hope!

[Clockw0rk]

Jobasa (my younger brother) and his awesome sax solo:

toYUuMQfalk

[Jobasa]

^^

Still trying to work on getting the full version of that song. Bloody friend has the whole performance on his Mac.

[AranchineD]

Jobasa, stop blowing my sex!

[shallowdays]

Apparently shallowdays is back. Just when life is at its bleakest he has come back to be my ray of hope!

Don't place that onus on me, I'm shit.

[Jay]

Are you back from OS shallowdays or just posting again?

[shallowdays]

Are you back from OS shallowdays or just posting again?

I'm in Zürich right now, been travelling around Europe for a couple of months, flying back to Aus in a couple of days.

[Jay]

Had a good time?

[Lazlow]

I'm not deluded, the Wallabies have a very very slim chance of beating the Boks tonight. I just hope the Wallabies manage to get out of their own half and put on some decent attacking Rugby, unlike last week.

[AranchineD]

I'm not deluded, the Wallabies have a very very slim chance of beating the Boks tonight. I just hope the Wallabies manage to get out of their own half and put on some decent attacking Rugby, unlike last week.

Well it's been 15 minutes of game down, should we just preempt the end of the game and head over to the neg thread now?

[Lazlow]

Well it's been 15 minutes of game down, should we just preempt the end of the game and head over to the neg thread now?


Handling errors, slow rucks, and poor basics let them down.

Some flashes of brilliance though, and a better attacking display than last week.

But the thing that really stuck with me was intensity; SA charged like a bull out of the gate for the whole 80. Australia appeared listless.

[buckstwits]

Eva Green speaking french and generally being hot on SBS

[Lazlow]

Dilbert is in all seriousness, one of the greatest shows ever.

Haven't seen many of the strips though.

[shallowdays]

Had a good time?

Yeah man, two months of no plans, riding the rails across Europe, meeting new people every day and drinking and having fun every night. I don't exactly want to go home, but nothing lasts forever.

[Lazlow]

I don't exactly want to go home, but nothing lasts forever.

http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=98&dateline=1197938582

[shallowdays]

http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=98&dateline=1197938582http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=98&dateline=1197938582http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=98&dateline=1197938582http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=98&dateline=1197938582http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=98&dateline=1197938582

[texta]

Pizza pockets

[fearofthesky]

Amon Amarth! 24 November! Capitol!

Oh yes.

[Stevorooni]

8 days ago I levelled out some dirt, set up some edging and sprinkled some lawn seed.

Then for a week it rained, hailed, was windy as hell and I think birds were snacking on the seed.

But tonight I look at my patch of dirt and there is lawn growing. I HAVE CREATED LIFE!

[Zeph101]

Colin Lane singing "Thriller", awesome.

[AranchineD]

Colin Lane singing "Thriller", awesome.

Why I do believe I agree with this.

[Lazlow]

Cal Wilson's post-preggers rack is also awesome.

[AranchineD]

If only she was still preggers. :(

[St@ckboy]

Pizza pockets

Should investigate. Seems like something is missing in my life.

[Gilder]

I'm having a fun week showing my American mates around. Heading to Melbourne tomorrow, looking forward to it.

[jawsy]

Dude, hit us up!

[Watchers]

Just 'hacked' my DVD player to allow it to play any region DVDs. I had no idea it was so easy.

[Araenel]

Nachos.

[texta]

My casual electorate officer job is secured by a number of discreet contracts (eg every time I work I sign a new contract for that day). And while I worked last week, it's been about a month since my last contract ran out so they paid out all my entitlements. Huzzah.

[SOX]

So I'm going to be working in Melbourne within the next two weeks and get to live in an apartment on City Rd, Southbank - is that a good thing???

[Watchers]

Southbank is nice, I guess.

[NiB]

Just booked tickets to the grand final of The Footy Show.....if only it was in 2008 though :p

[Second]

So I'm going to be working in Melbourne within the next two weeks and get to live in an apartment on City Rd, Southbank - is that a good thing???

Awesome thing.


In other news, in addition to overtime every day this week thus far, it looks like we'll be working Saturday. Money money money!

[Sweating Bullets]

My brother just bought me a PS3!!

[Twisted Conspiracy]

Shorter name= awesomeness.

[Watchers]

Way to steal my idea, ****.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Well, I have been thinking of shortening my name to 'Hammerzeit', but then it wouldn't make sense.

[Ad-Rock]

"After rummaging through through several storerooms over the course of the day, Ad-Rock finally found a regulator to fit his NO gas bottle."

[AranchineD]

Someone shorten my name to 'Ar', thank you in advance.

[Azzaman]

What's wrong with AD?

[Stevorooni]

Someone shorten my name to 'Ar', thank you in advance.

Make it Arrrr

[AranchineD]

What's wrong with AD?

That's stupid.

You're stupid.

Stop being stupid.

[Tukenstein]

Tax return came through! Now I can afford my saxaphone! =D

[AranchineD]

Blow like you've never blown before Tuki!

[Tukenstein]

Your avatar will be my sole inspiration.

[BB2K]

That's stupid.

You're stupid.

Stop being stupid.

I thought it was a great show :p

[Stevorooni]

Tax return came through! Now I can afford my saxaphone! =D

It's spelled and pronounced "saxamaphone"

[Silverwolf]

Someone shorten my name to 'Ar', thank you in advance.

make it aR`, in remembrance of gR`

Putting my new chair together now, finally I will be able to sit my my PC in comfort.

[Twisted Conspiracy]

Way to steal my idea, ****.
Heh, sorry dude, I considered going all the way to TC, but then I thought it'd be a bit too much like D.C. ... :rolleyes:

EDIT: It's TwistedC now. PrattP won't mind...