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Post by Charlotte C on May 18, 2009 19:22:35 GMT -5
Hay thurr. Exam done, I now await whatever betas you wanna send my way. Have a fun weekend with the hubby! Do everything I would do! Hiya! I know you're glad to have the exams behind you! I had a wonderful weekend away. ;D I'm basically done with the last (!) chapter of LST. I'll probably send it to you within the next few days if that's okay, but I'm not quite happy with it yet...it's already too long, and I keep wanting to add things to it. But I'm not going to let myself.
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on May 20, 2009 9:52:31 GMT -5
Hay thurr. Exam done, I now await whatever betas you wanna send my way. Have a fun weekend with the hubby! Do everything I would do! Hiya! I know you're glad to have the exams behind you! I had a wonderful weekend away. ;D I'm basically done with the last (!) chapter of LST. I'll probably send it to you within the next few days if that's okay, but I'm not quite happy with it yet...it's already too long, and I keep wanting to add things to it. But I'm not going to let myself. Received it. I shall get cracking on it tonight or tomorrow. Glad to hear you enjoyed your weekend. I'm sure it was worthy of my envy. XD I hope I'll get the opportunity to do something like that with the BF at some point this year. By the way, I'm also wondering if you like Kung Fu. I've just rediscovered some Chinese flicks I watched when younger. I'd like to make a recommendation and link you to YouTube, but I'm not sure if you have time to watch an entire movie online. D:
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Post by Charlotte C on May 20, 2009 21:23:35 GMT -5
Hiya! I know you're glad to have the exams behind you! I had a wonderful weekend away. ;D I'm basically done with the last (!) chapter of LST. I'll probably send it to you within the next few days if that's okay, but I'm not quite happy with it yet...it's already too long, and I keep wanting to add things to it. But I'm not going to let myself. Received it. I shall get cracking on it tonight or tomorrow. Glad to hear you enjoyed your weekend. I'm sure it was worthy of my envy. XD I hope I'll get the opportunity to do something like that with the BF at some point this year. By the way, I'm also wondering if you like Kung Fu. I've just rediscovered some Chinese flicks I watched when younger. I'd like to make a recommendation and link you to YouTube, but I'm not sure if you have time to watch an entire movie online. D: I'm not sure I've ever watched any Kung Fu movies...but link away. I'll try anything once. Er...well..since this is the internet, I should say I'll try almost anything once.
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on May 30, 2009 19:11:19 GMT -5
Eheheh, yeah...the internet. A vast and disturbing place. I'm sure we'd be here all week if we started listing all the things we've seen on the internet that we didn't wanna try-- ever. Okay, here's the movie. Finally. Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iE1j1MeoQIf you don't have time to watch the whole movie, I recommend part 3 and 4. They have the best fights and the best silly comedy-- in my opinion, anyway.
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Post by The Yetimonster on Jun 2, 2009 21:16:38 GMT -5
David Cross.
Funny or no?
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 2, 2009 21:35:29 GMT -5
Eheheh, yeah...the internet. A vast and disturbing place. I'm sure we'd be here all week if we started listing all the things we've seen on the internet that we didn't wanna try-- ever. Okay, here's the movie. Finally. Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iE1j1MeoQIf you don't have time to watch the whole movie, I recommend part 3 and 4. They have the best fights and the best silly comedy-- in my opinion, anyway. That was funny. I liked the part where they were walking on people's heads and fighting, espacially when the mom grabs the one guy's braid. ;D I only watched parts 3 and 4...might watch the rest later.
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jun 3, 2009 9:12:25 GMT -5
Glad you liked it. The mom is definitely the best part of the movie. On that note, I wonder what it would look like if Nana Possible fought Mama Lipsky. Nana's all Kung Fu queen etc, but I'm sure Mama Lipsky has a heck of an arm on her. XD
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 8, 2009 21:05:24 GMT -5
I'm afraid I'm too uncool to even know who he is.
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 8, 2009 21:21:33 GMT -5
Glad you liked it. The mom is definitely the best part of the movie. On that note, I wonder what it would look like if Nana Possible fought Mama Lipsky. Nana's all Kung Fu queen etc, but I'm sure Mama Lipsky has a heck of an arm on her. XD I'd like to see that fight. It could start like this: Nana Possible enters her Lemon Bars (Lemon Squares? whatever...) in some bake-off...and Mama Lipsky enters her No-Calorie Cookies. Mama Lipsky isn't above playing dirty, so she replaces Nana's sugar with salt, causing her Lemon Bars to really make your face pucker...and it's on. I bet Mama Lipsky could fight like the old lady in Madagascar (or maybe it was Madagascar II):
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Post by sharper1988 on Jun 8, 2009 21:36:40 GMT -5
So how's life?
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 8, 2009 21:44:19 GMT -5
Good, but busy. Summer's here, and we have some vacations planned, so I'm looking forward to that.
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Post by The Yetimonster on Jun 8, 2009 21:51:02 GMT -5
Some David Cross for your consideration. I think that guy has the whole two CD's uploaded.
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 8, 2009 22:42:56 GMT -5
Some David Cross for your consideration. I think that guy has the whole two CD's uploaded. Meh...kinda funny. I can relate to the bit about the street festival. They have those stupid things in Charlotte, and they're pretty much exactly how he described them. Choose the hottest day of the year, close off all the streets to create a traffic nightmare, and cram a bunch of people into a few blocks and give them nothing to do but drink lousy beer. Then be surprised when there are problems. My husband and I don't do street festivals. But he seems to have a rather excessive dislike for the south...I'd have to hear more of his routine to know if it's the kind of 'making fun of it with love' thing that those of us who live here do, or whether he really thinks we're all ignorant racists. Also, he says 'whatever' too much.
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Post by The Yetimonster on Jun 9, 2009 18:41:25 GMT -5
Meh, you probably shouldn't listen to more then. His distaste for the south runs prettyy deep...he's a southerner himself (born and raised in Georgia) and I guess the south didn't treat him well or something, and he's returning the favor.
Milwaukee does half-decent festivals (see: Summerfest) , but they're sort of a trademark of the town. That, and the entire state of Wisconsin is perpetually drunk anyway (I think it's a combination of cheap liquor prices and having to live in Wisconsin) so nobody notices anything off when the drunks are congretated.
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Post by eclogite on Jun 9, 2009 19:50:23 GMT -5
I've known people like that before, they were so anxious to appear sophisticated that they make a big deal out of rejecting the part of the country that they are from. Funny thing is that I found the stuff that they knock the South on just as prevalent in other parts of the country, it's just packaged in slicker format. I suspect part of this has to do with the bulk of the entertainment industry being based in NYC and LA. They tend to portray both areas as being somehow superior to the rest of the country. Having lived in or near both, it just doesn't wash, salesmanship or no.
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 9, 2009 22:27:26 GMT -5
Meh, you probably shouldn't listen to more then. His distaste for the south runs prettyy deep...he's a southerner himself (born and raised in Georgia) and I guess the south didn't treat him well or something, and he's returning the favor. Milwaukee does half-decent festivals (see: Summerfest) , but they're sort of a trademark of the town. That, and the entire state of Wisconsin is perpetually drunk anyway (I think it's a combination of cheap liquor prices and having to live in Wisconsin) so nobody notices anything off when the drunks are congretated. The south doesn't have the market cornered on racism ( or other unpleasant -ism's). We have people who are ignorant, yes, but I don't think we have more than most other places, especially among people of my generation and younger. Racist attitudes seem more prevalent among the older generations...not that being old is an excuse for being racist; but I think it goes to show that attitudes here have changed for the better and that we are closer (not there yet, but closer) to MLK's hope that people be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. I can certainly understand if David Cross was treated poorly and wants to retaliate; I know I'll despise the a$$hole-of-the-world town where I went to elementary and middle school for all eternity, because I was so miserable there; but now, looking back, I don't think those people were any worse than any other people, they just didn't like me. But it sort of makes me cringe to think that that's truly what people in other parts of the world think of us, because it's just not true of the majority of people who live in the south. I've known people like that before, they were so anxious to appear sophisticated that they make a big deal out of rejecting the part of the country that they are from. Funny thing is that I found the stuff that they knock the South on just as prevalent in other parts of the country, it's just packaged in slicker format. I suspect part of this has to do with the bulk of the entertainment industry being based in NYC and LA. They tend to portray both areas as being somehow superior to the rest of the country. Having lived in or near both, it just doesn't wash, salesmanship or no. Yeah, the portrayals of southerners in entertainment isn't very flattering ( Dukes of Hazzard, Deliverance, etc.) which tends to make real people from the south extra-sensitive and defensive about that sort of thing. I've been to NY (liked it, liked the people, not crazy about the weather) and LA, where I have relatives (nice weather, but too much traffic and I definitety got the 'condescending' vibe there, from the relatives and others). If I had to pick, I'd still live here rather than either of those cities; but if I could pick anywhere, I'd choose a private island, accessible only by private plane; I'm not really a fan of crowded cities. Whoo, that was all serious, huh?
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Post by The Yetimonster on Jun 10, 2009 16:28:05 GMT -5
Well, he does accuse more places than just the south of being naco-y and racist. LA and Boston immediately come to mind, and I know there are others.
And he has several jokes about how much of a bumpkin he can be in very high-end restaraunts and stuff, so I don't think he tries to come off as too hoity-toity either.
He does love NY though, which I think is where he currently lives. But even NY isn't safe from a few scathing remarks.
Mostly I think he just doesn't like people. Plus, I know if I were a standup comedian, I'd aim a lot of naco at my home state even though I like it a lot, just because I know about the place. Fat drunkards with fake cheese wedges on their heads? Got 'em in spades, and the world would know about it!
I've never been to the south, or east. I always find myself going west to places like Colorado and Nevada and California (never been to SoCal though, and I'm not *that* interested in going) I'd like to go sometime. I have friends in Texas, Florida (family there too) and Arkansas, some of whom I haven't seen in years. I think I need to make a road trip. The furthest south I think I've ever been is southern MO, heh.
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Post by eclogite on Jun 10, 2009 20:17:45 GMT -5
While he's not fat, my brother in law tends to wear foam rubber cheese wedges under the right circumstances, which tend to involve a lot of beer (he's from Green Bay). so far he's refrained from painting himself green and yellow and sitting shirtless out on the tundra watching football.
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 10, 2009 21:07:31 GMT -5
Well, he does accuse more places than just the south of being naco-y and racist. LA and Boston immediately come to mind, and I know there are others. And he has several jokes about how much of a bumpkin he can be in very high-end restaraunts and stuff, so I don't think he tries to come off as too hoity-toity either. He does love NY though, which I think is where he currently lives. But even NY isn't safe from a few scathing remarks. Mostly I think he just doesn't like people. Plus, I know if I were a standup comedian, I'd aim a lot of naco at my home state even though I like it a lot, just because I know about the place. Fat drunkards with fake cheese wedges on their heads? Got 'em in spades, and the world would know about it! I've never been to the south, or east. I always find myself going west to places like Colorado and Nevada and California (never been to SoCal though, and I'm not *that* interested in going) I'd like to go sometime. I have friends in Texas, Florida (family there too) and Arkansas, some of whom I haven't seen in years. I think I need to make a road trip. The furthest south I think I've ever been is southern MO, heh. Oh, well, just not liking people in general...that I get. Heh, I can't say I've ever really felt like a bumpkin. My mother was big on etiquette, so all that 'which fork to use' stuff doesn't bother me. I should probably teach my wild children some of that stuff. Sounds like we've traveled in exactly opposite areas of the US. I've been up and down the east coast (look at I-95 on a map, basically along it) as far south as Orlando FL and as far north as NYC. I've been west along I-10 and I-40 all the way to California, but I haven't been north of I-40 (well, I've been to Las Vegas, but that's just a side trip up from 40). I'd like to see more of the northern and western parts of the country.
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Post by Charlotte C on Jun 10, 2009 21:09:23 GMT -5
While he's not fat, my brother in law tends to wear foam rubber cheese wedges under the right circumstances, which tend to involve a lot of beer (he's from Green Bay). so far he's refrained from painting himself green and yellow and sitting shirtless out on the tundra watching football. He obviously needs a few more beers to get to the stage where painting himself sounds like a good idea. Um, what are the right circumstances for wearing a rubber cheese wedge?
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