The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[Claincy he/him]

1 hour ago, Sunbird said:

Hey, I love hearing about the marching band. Congrats on your successful football team and more opportunities for band performances!

@Darkness Ascendant It's a game that's easy to play with a class of school kids. Basically, the majority of the kids sit at desks while 7 of them (or if you have a smaller class, 3 or 4) are "it." The kids at the desks put their heads down so they can't see what's going on around them and make a "thumbs-up" with one hand. The "it" kids then go around and each pick one kid at a desk to press their thumb down. Once all the "it" kids have made their selections, they all gather at the front of the room and the teacher calls, "Heads up, 7 up!" which is the signal for the desk kids whose thumbs were pressed to stand up, and then they have to try to guess which of the "it" kids picked them. Anyone who gets correctly guessed has to sit down, and the kid who guessed them gets to be "it" for the next round.

Huh, we played that in my primary school too (in Aus), cept it was called "Heads down, thumbs up!"

[Delightful]

13 hours ago, Orlion Determined said:

Essentially, if they post a status, you'll get a notification about it. 

That's it. The Shard encourages its members to wall itself off from other Internet social mediums. Once this first phase is accomplished, we will be turned into donkeys spiked and sold to BrazilScadrial to work in the coal mines!pits of Hathsin!

Fixed it for you!

4 hours ago, Sunbird said:

Hey, I love hearing about the marching band. Congrats on your successful football team and more opportunities for band performances!

@Darkness Ascendant It's a game that's easy to play with a class of school kids. Basically, the majority of the kids sit at desks while 7 of them (or if you have a smaller class, 3 or 4) are "it." The kids at the desks put their heads down so they can't see what's going on around them and make a "thumbs-up" with one hand. The "it" kids then go around and each pick one kid at a desk to press their thumb down. Once all the "it" kids have made their selections, they all gather at the front of the room and the teacher calls, "Heads up, 7 up!" which is the signal for the desk kids whose thumbs were pressed to stand up, and then they have to try to guess which of the "it" kids picked them. Anyone who gets correctly guessed has to sit down, and the kid who guessed them gets to be "it" for the next round.

 

3 hours ago, Claincy said:

Huh, we played that in my primary school too (in Aus), cept it was called "Heads down, thumbs up!"

We called it "heads down thumbs up" too  

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

6 hours ago, Claincy said:

Huh, we played that in my primary school too (in Aus), cept it was called "Heads down, thumbs up!"

Yeah exactly.

[marsoupial they/them]

The fact that this exists is good news in and of itself

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

HaHA! That reader I thought I scared away was not scared away at all! And now I have 24 new reviews on my story! *sniff* I feel so happy. 

[Assassin in Burgundy he/him]

[PantsForSquares he/him]

BOOM!

GUESS WHO JUST NAILED AN INTERVIEW FOR A COMPANY THAT I WANT TO DO MY INTERNSHIP WITH

EEEENNDKJEFKJSDFJBSFDJDSGLJSGDLJSGD NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO EXPRESS THIS

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

14 minutes ago, PantsForSquares said:

BOOM!

GUESS WHO JUST NAILED AN INTERVIEW FOR A COMPANY THAT I WANT TO DO MY INTERNSHIP WITH

EEEENNDKJEFKJSDFJBSFDJDSGLJSGDLJSGD NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO EXPRESS THIS

Congrats!

Also, I've been meaning to ask--is your name taken from an episode of Fairly OddParents?

[PantsForSquares he/him]

Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Congrats!

Also, I've been meaning to ask--is your name taken from an episode of Fairly OddParents?

Thanks!

I've never actually watched Fairly OddParents (yes, I know, I blaspheme), but my friends and I used to joke that "pants are for squares" and now I just use it as one of my internet aliases.

[Delightful]

20 minutes ago, PantsForSquares said:

Thanks!

I've never actually watched Fairly OddParents (yes, I know, I blaspheme), but my friends and I used to joke that "pants are for squares" and now I just use it as one of my internet aliases.

Huh. I assumed it was Spongebob

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

No no, that would be Squares for Pants

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Trader Joes is here and everything is so much cheaper!

[Jondesu he/him]

42 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Trader Joes is here and everything is so much cheaper!

I love Trader Joe's, though we have a tendency to spend way too much there.  Aldi's far better for actually really cheap prices, though (just a very specific selection, rarely two brands of the same thing).

jW

[marsoupial they/them]

49 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Trader Joes is here and everything is so much cheaper!

I miss Trader Joe's... We don't even have a Whole Foods, just a FreshMarket (and that's in the next town over!)

[Delightful]

16 minutes ago, bleeder said:

I miss Trader Joe's... We don't even have a Whole Foods, just a FreshMarket (and that's in the next town over!)

Is Trader Joes a supermarket, fast food place?

[marsoupial they/them]

1 minute ago, Delightful said:

Is Trader Joes a supermarket, fast food place?

A rather nice supermarket.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

1 minute ago, Delightful said:

Is Trader Joes a supermarket, fast food place?

It's a market that sells the illusion that you are buying high quality, healthy food 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 minute ago, Orlion Determined said:

It's a market that sells the illusion that you are buying high quality, healthy food 

If it's food that's cheaper than food at Whole Foods or Walmart, I'll gladly buy into that illusion.  

[Orlion Blight he/him]

49 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

If it's food that's cheaper than food at Whole Foods or Walmart, I'll gladly buy into that illusion.  

Cheaper than Walmart? Now I am concerned!

There is not a Trader Joes close enough to me to justify shopping there, and Whole Foods is what I consider a scam. Luckily, Krogers and Meijers tend to have good selections.

[PantsForSquares he/him]

6 hours ago, Orlion Determined said:

It's a market that sells the illusion that you are buying high quality, healthy food 

TJ's has good quality stuff (except their sushi, which is a crime against humanity), but they are definitely not healthy.

It definitely tries to appeal to that same subset of people who would buy stuff at Whole Foods, though.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I buy most of my stuff at Walmart, but I have sensitivities to artificial additives, so there's a few things I need to get from places like Trader Joes. Of course, while I was there today, I learned that several of their items are cheaper than they are at Walmart, so that's where I'll go for those things. 

[Quiver he/him]

10 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I buy most of my stuff at Walmart, but I have sensitivities to artificial additives, so there's a few things I need to get from places like Trader Joes. Of course, while I was there today, I learned that several of their items are cheaper than they are at Walmart, so that's where I'll go for those things. 

...Trader Joes is a real thing?

I've always assumed that was a stock phrase, not an actual place.

What else have people not told me?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 minutes ago, Quiver said:

...Trader Joes is a real thing?

I've always assumed that was a stock phrase, not an actual place.

What else have people not told me?

It's a store.

And I don't know. What else have you heard?  

[Mistrunner]

Got back from our first marching competition. We got straight ones. That's real good. 

We stopped by a little grocery store, and some people ended up with interesting purchases. A friend of mine got a half-gallon of apple juice and Nilla wafers. Someone had a bunch of bananas they were handing out. Another person almost bought a cheesecake.

All in all, a satisfying trip.

Edited February 6, 2024 by Mistrunner

[Briar King]

So epic! MIR passed over and right when it was directly overhead a satellite crossed its path going the other way. Such a treat to get that xtra bit.