Sunbird Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I'm going on a 3-day birdwatching field trip with my ornithology class a week from today! We're going to southwestern Utah where it's way more desert habitat, so we should see a lot of very different birds than the ones in Utah County. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Kaymyth said: JordanCon is in three weeks! ...I wish you guys were coming. Bah. Buy me the tickets and give me a visa to USA and I'll meet you there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowLord_Lith Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 The EOC/STAAR test was yesterday. ITS FINALLY OVER!!!! I also think I did a fairly good job. @Kaymyth, What and Where is JordanCon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/28/2017 at 11:52 AM, Delightful said: I FOUND JEWISH MEME GROUPS THIS IS AMAZING. Where????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) Today (March 31 here) IS MY 18TH BIRTHDAY!! @Darkness Ascendant Edited March 31, 2017 by Queen Elsa Steelheart 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 4 minutes ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said: Today (March 31 here) IS MY 18TH BIRTHDAY!! Happy birthday! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 13 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Happy birthday! Thank you!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikerEZ Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said: Today (March 31 here) IS MY 18TH BIRTHDAY!! @Darkness Ascendant Happy Birthday!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 6 hours ago, Mestiv said: Buy me the tickets and give me a visa to USA and I'll meet you there 6 hours ago, ShadowLord_Lith said: @Kaymyth, What and Where is JordanCon? It's a literary-based sci-fi/fantasy convention named after Robert Jordan. As you can guess, it's very Wheel of Time heavy, but they have a very strong Sanderfan presence (and an entire track for Brandon's books). I haven't read a word of WoT and never run out of things to interest me. It's in Atlanta, GA, April 21-23 this year. Brandon himself isn't going to be there this year, but he tries to go as often as he can (and there is always a Team Sanderson presence there). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I know it's your birthday @Queen Elsa Steelheart I've already wished you this, but heh, what does saying it twice do? Happy birthday! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 @Kaymyth - you've never read a word of WOT? I'm horrified! The series that introduced me to the wider world of Fantasy (beyond Narnia and Middle Earth) and that turned me into a feminist? It's not perfect, but it's so good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Darkness Ascendant said: I know it's your birthday @Queen Elsa Steelheart I've already wished you this, but heh, what does saying it twice do? Happy birthday! Thanks! 4 hours ago, StrikerEZ said: Happy Birthday!! Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 8 hours ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said: Today (March 31 here) IS MY 18TH BIRTHDAY!! @Darkness Ascendant congrats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murasaki Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I'll be at jordan con! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 10 hours ago, Erunion said: @Kaymyth - you've never read a word of WOT? I'm horrified! The series that introduced me to the wider world of Fantasy (beyond Narnia and Middle Earth) and that turned me into a feminist? It's not perfect, but it's so good. But...it's so daunting. And there's the mid-series slog (I have heard this described as "where the characters suddenly realize they're in a computer RPG and they have 80 sidequests open and have to close them all out to max their XP before the end boss fight"). And I already have so much on my reading plate. Plus it's kind of hilarious to see the shock on people's faces at the con when they find out I haven't read it. I am entertained by strange things. 2 hours ago, Murasaki said: I'll be at jordan con! Awesome! We should meet up. And do geekery or some such. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 13 minutes ago, Kaymyth said: But...it's so daunting. And there's the mid-series slog (I have heard this described as "where the characters suddenly realize they're in a computer RPG and they have 80 sidequests open and have to close them all out to max their XP before the end boss fight"). And I already have so much on my reading plate. Plus it's kind of hilarious to see the shock on people's faces at the con when they find out I haven't read it. I am entertained by strange things. Awesome! We should meet up. And do geekery or some such. But it's so worth it! Although that's totally accurate - a lot of side quests in the middle. Best description ever. But they're not bad side quests! Its just a matter of how fast you read, and reading them back to back. If you had to wait years between the middle books (while they're all on side quests and you want to get back to the main quest) it would have been bad. But i started when book 11 was out and I was a fast reader, so I didn't even notice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I never got past Book 10. It had just been published, I took a break, and well, here I am today. I have since become something of a snob, and though I still have the books and some desire to read them... there's just so much other stuff out there! Grander stuff! More epic! Stuff by Salman Rushdie and William Golding and Anthony Powell! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Erunion said: But it's so worth it! Although that's totally accurate - a lot of side quests in the middle. Best description ever. But they're not bad side quests! Its just a matter of how fast you read, and reading them back to back. If you had to wait years between the middle books (while they're all on side quests and you want to get back to the main quest) it would have been bad. But i started when book 11 was out and I was a fast reader, so I didn't even notice. I imagine I'll get to it eventually, but it's probably going to be a few years. I have a lot of stuff that's higher on my priority list right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 I, too haven't read WoT Though I will get to it one day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 I haven't read WoT either, although my parents have and I think they enjoyed it. I'd like to give it a try at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMonsta Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 First of all, I love WoT but now on to why I'm posting. MY MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN ARE GOING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND WE BEAT UCONN!!! And this will probably be the last time I talk sports here unless we win the championship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 I've just put in an entry for a short story writing competition! I probably won't win, but I've never entered anything before so at least it's a start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, A Budgie said: I've just put in an entry for a short story writing competition! I probably won't win, but I've never entered anything before so at least it's a start. Woot! I've had multiple opportunities to enter writing competitions...but I never seem to have the motivation to join them XD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 34 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said: Woot! I've had multiple opportunities to enter writing competitions...but I never seem to have the motivation to join them XD With me, my writing is usually far too long... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 1 minute ago, A Budgie said: With me, my writing is usually far too long... I have that problem too heh, but I usually never end up finishing anything... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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