Etdlahq Memorial Bar - your shelter from forum crashes

[svidikus]

well, ive never posted in here but theres no better time to start than now right?

i got shoulder surgery yesterday. i tore my labrum playing baseball. im really worried because the doc said theres around a 30-40% chance i wont get back to my full velocity. i guess that wouldn't be too bad, i've always liked playing positions better than pitching, but everyone tells me my future is in pitching... so idk. i guess ill see in 6-ish months.

hows everyone else doing? hopefully better than me lol

 

[John Remedy]

Sorry to hear that man, I read about that in the daily.

Have a drink on Durf.

 

[Swiller]

How long has it been since I had authentic Korean food? Four, maybe five years, I think. I don't recall where I last had it either. Was it that lovely place in Hawaii, or perhaps in Korea itself?

Alas, the long fast has ended! Here I am with a full stomach of dolsot bibimbap and the traditional banchan. I am completely and utterly content. :cloud9:

 

[pancakeman]

Mmmmm.... Korean food....

Dew pl0x. I think I might have bruised my diaphragm sprinting, so no more intervals for me. The new jersey is great, it manages to be both comfortable and very good looking. Plus, my plain black shorts match for once, so bonus points.

I would say more, but there are donuts that are calling me.

 

[queenEm1]

I haven't seen the bar in some time now? Everyone is busy with RL and no time for forum and D2?

I have just been to the second evening dog training with Bob, my dachshund. He is 2 years old and not very trained... But he did better today than last time. That was a disaster, now at least he wasn't worst. Now I don't know who is more tired; him or me. I was planning to play my frost zealot, to start going through hell, but I don't know. He is not hardcore but losing all that experience from dying just because I am to tired to focus... I don't know. Not really worth it.

 

[John Remedy]

I have an RL, but I also have too much free time.

Have my third (practical) driving test tomorrow. Kind of really need to pass, more so than the first two, with the moving deadline ever-imminent. Also need to look for a car but my shifts are so messed up that it's very hard to look. It's also hard to find help and inspiration when your circle of friends mainly consists of 16-18 year olds that work at McDonald's. My shifts also mean I can't see the doctors to get a renewal of painkillers for my RSI, so my hands are pretty sore.

One beer, and a bit of TV action before bed. I'm really into the 2000 documentary series World War II - The Complete History at the moment.

Currently, life is stressful.

 

[Pijus1]

I just finished reading The Star Beast by Robert A. Heinleind. A real page turner. Awesome book.

I'm thinking of going to see Kick-*** tomorrow. I have a martial arts seminar in the weekend.

 

[John Remedy]

PJ, I will tell you two things about that film. One, you should not go and see that film. Two, you will like that film.

 

[Bugzy]

Watched it earlier with the missus.

I thought the beginning was great. The middle sucked. The end was great.

 

[John Remedy]

The beginning was promising, starting out like a superhero Superbad or something. As soon as the little girl swore, and killed the drug dealers with the Banana Splits theme in the background, that's when I got a little despondent. When she shot fifty people in the head, and every headshot was shown in graphic detail, I contemplated walking out of the cinema.

Spoiler

To be fair, when Cage shot her in the chest with the subsonic bullets, that was funny. The changed-from-the-comic subplot of Dude getting with the Girl, that was Hollywood BS, and wholly unbelievable. Although maybe I never met that sort of girl before.

 

[pancakeman]

Not really much spam lately, huh? I'll contribute, it's the least I can do.
In return for a Dew, of course.

Things have been well here as of late. I drove down to Chapel Hill to see Russian Class Girl yesterday, she showed me around the campus and we hung out all afternoon. It is a really cool place, but I'm sort of intimidated by it. If anything, by how everything is...different. I don't like different. I like things to be exactly the same, and not change, and different is bad. But whatever.
Anyway, she is enjoying the classes, but is very bored, and so am I, which makes me wish I could be there and we could both not be bored together, but that brings me back to this whole crappy situation I'm in, education-wise. I have at least two semesters of crap I have to take, so I can't be up there until at least May of next year, and that is killing me. In the meantime, it is only 90 miles over there...

Also, went to the doctor today, the asthma specialist guy. He concluded that he had no idea what was wrong with me, then arranged additional appointments with other specialists. So Tuesday I see some ear/nose/throat guy, and then at some point in a few weeks I will (hopefully) get into a study this dude is doing out of Wake that will help me. I hope. No medicine was prescribed, no advice was given, so it wasn't very constructive for the present.

Bah, I might just reinstall D2 and get lost in that.

 

[Drystan1]

I'm with you on different Pancake. I like same. Different is fine when you get used to it, but it's so hectic and... different. It's easy to coast though. Different changes things, and throws in random events that can't be controlled, both positive and negative. *insert long rant here*

I haven't been reading much or posting on the forums as my D2 addiction is almost completely gone, but realised I may have some form of OCD. I still want to Guardian Mizuki (the 2nd,) just to say it's been done. Either that, or I like the name Mizuki for an assassin, and need an assassin Mizuki Guardian. For what purpose, I have no idea, but it's not an important desire. It'll be done eventually.

I do want to bring up the Parkour discussion again that comes up every so often. I'm considering checking out some practitioners in the city, and can't recall if anyone here did it seriously, still do it, or have any experience with it. Just looking for some opinions, experiences, general chat and videos mostly to get me excited.

 

[Trim]

+1 for sameness. I like being with people I know in new situations... but these days I don't know a single person in RL to hang out with. Looking to meet a new girl soon and see what might come of it, but that's a tough order to fill itself.

The 90 mile drive wouldn't be a huge deal to me, though. I like driving, and whatever distance between me and a cool chick is only 1.3 albums away. I once dated a girl that lived about 160 miles away, but every chance I got to see her I took it. The saving grace was that I moved shortly after that I had to take the drive only three or four times. Still, if she's worth it those 90 miles will fly by.

As for me, I think I'm depressed. I'm certainly not over the xGF entirely, but I didn't think I'd cry over her anymore. Guess I was wrong. It was only two minutes of a breakdown, but it was at work in plain sight of her. It sucks seeing her five days a week... it's a constant reminder of what I've lost/thrown away. I kept getting that Temptations song in my head all day: "I know you wanna leave me, but I refuse to let you go." ...I let her go that night, but my head and my heart are hating me for it now.

Ugh. Glad tomorrow's Friday. I'm gonna look like crap, but I think I'll be able to make it through the week's last eight torturous hours.

 

[Drystan1]

I don't know a single person in RL to hang out with. Looking to meet a new girl soon and see what might come of it, but that's a tough order to fill itself.

+1 to this. Have only met a handful of nice/suitable people since moving across two states to my new home, and don't really meet up very often outside of certain events where I met them.

Best of luck TRM. I'm not sure of the story, (may've been one recently posted that I remember, but that may've also been someone else - I can't recall,) but don't feel like you need to retell it. I feel for ya there - seeing her at work - not fun. Take care though man.

Today was Friday, and I had today off due to wet weather. Played a couple StarCraft 3v5 comp stomps on B.net, played a bit of guitar, shopping and picked up some mail from the Post Office. Tomorrow I'm going to check out some parkourists in the city.

 

[Bugzy]

Family emergency means the missus has gone to see her family for a couple of weeks so I'm a bachelor for a couple of weeks.

Resisting the urge to start up WoW for a nice time-sink!

 

[Ojimijam]

This is the place where we just hang out and chat yeah? Fantastic Ill have a strongbow and blackcurrant.

Just to introduce myself im a 20 year old (witty and erudite ) law student living in the UK. Life is pretty stressful at the moment as im suddenly having to hunt for a place to live next year while gf finishes her exams. She leaves the country for three months on wednesday so now is not really the time either of us wants to spend looking for a place to live, but such is life.

@TRM Sympathies with the work/Ex situation, theres nothing like regular contact to twist the knife.

@Bugzy i dont know where your edit went, but thanks for the heads up thats exactly what i need to fill my summer with

 

[John Remedy]

A cider and black drinker? Ahhh, to be 20 again...

I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST.

w00t. Now I need to find a ruddy car. There's a 8.0litre Dodge Viper in the local paper for £30,000. I wonder what the insurance is like on that?

 

[Bugzy]

Congrats on passing your test! One of those 'yeah, I totally rock' feelings I think!

@Ojimi - surprised there is much left considering how late you've left it? I thought most places were snapped up in like april/may ready for the start of the next year of uni? That said - goodluck with it. Some parts of Coventry are really very nice (if that's where your looking); other parts not so much but it's the same for anywhere I guess!

 

[jamesixgun]

Congrats, FE! Gogo wheels! But a 8.0 Liter Viper will likely eat loads of gasoline, which, if I recall from my travels in your fair country many years ago, gasoline prices are brutal there... but I wonder if you're being a bit cheeky about the £30,000 Viper and its insurance costs... Anyways.

And I wish I was drinking, but alas I feel too good (physically) to start up again. And I'd also like to meet a nice woman and/or have someone to spend time with, but I feel too weak (mentally), so I guess it's a wash. Meh.

So hows about a virtual Lagunitas ale to go with my actual Green Tea? Yum.

 

[Trim]

@FastE: Congratulations! I know you were a little worried about that test for a while, so I bet it's good to have it done. As per the insurance... too much, no doubt. Besides Vipers are... okay. There's plenty of better cars out there. Would you really want to be seen in a plastic American muscle car??

@Drys: I never told a full story about the breakup, just a few minor details here and there. Suffice to say, I'm pretty much to blame for not seeming totally committed and spending enough time with her, though in a way she kinda drove me to it. I had another nasty moment today; just before a smoke break, on her way by she touched me on my neck like she used to... nearly put me in tears again...

I'm in a drink-y mood tonight after a craptastic day at work, so how about a High Life? Cheers, folks.

<V-Lag to Jay-G>

edit: Oh, one more thing. Friggin' FarmVille. Last week they added five new crops, and this week another four. I'm gonna be playing this game for way too long just to gain some stupid sign posts!!!