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

[Jondesu he/him]

Maybe you should read a book...

Ok, Bob.

[Delightful]

1 hour ago, bleeder said:

wait...

VeggieTales.

Score!

39 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I'LL TAKE YOU TO THE BALL (TO THE BALL, TO THE BALL)

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT TOO TALL (YOU MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE DANCING)

BUT YOU DO NOT SPEAK FRENCH!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 minutes ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

Score!

BUT YOU DO NOT SPEAK FRENCH!

Bill! I've learned French! 

OH BARABARA, I ALWAYS KNEW YOU COULD
I REALLY HOPED YOU WOULD
NOW CAN WE GOINTOTHEWORLDANDDONOBLETHINGSFORTHEGOODOFALL?

Yes, Bill, but first….
WILL YOU TAKE ME TO THE BALL?

[Kaymyth she/her]

Closing on the old house is COMPLETE!  Gone are the days when we must spend our weekends doing work upon a house we no longer live in!  Over is the time in which we must handle yard maintenance for two places!  It is over!  We are done!

WE JUST HAVE ONE HOUSE NOW THIS IS WONDERFUL

[marsoupial they/them]

Posted a "Purple Rain" cover. 

It's so-so. But I'm glad I did it.

[Sunbird she/her]

No joke, I saw an armadillo shuffling along in the grass on the side of the highway while heading home from southern Florida today.

[Jondesu he/him]

2 hours ago, Sunbird said:

No joke, I saw an armadillo shuffling along in the grass on the side of the highway while heading home from southern Florida today.

At least it wasn't in the road. See that all the time here (Central Florida).

[Mistrunner]

8 hours ago, bleeder said:

Posted a "Purple Rain" cover. 

It's so-so. But I'm glad I did it.

You have quite a lovely voice, good sir!

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, Mistrunner said:

You have quite a lovely voice, good sir!

Thank you very much! 

[Kaymyth she/her]

The world now has an ebola vaccine.  Score another one for Science!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 hour ago, Kaymyth said:

The world now has an ebola vaccine.  Score another one for Science!

Science is Best Pony.

And Redshirts is hilarious. 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

59 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Science is Best Pony.

And Redshirts is hilarious. 

The Scalzi book? I haven't read it yet due to...pretentious reasons. I might give it a shot, Scalzi has certainly earned it...but I can't just turn off my pretentious switch.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Just landed in Spokane! Bruce was very well behaved during both flights, which was awesome. More importantly, my family said they'll have water for me. I'm running on a cup of tea and two 20 ounce bottles. 

[Clockwork he/him]

Tommorow, I fly to Utah!

My entire extended family is there, and I haven't seen them in 2 years.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Say what you will about Spokane, but it is beautiful this time of year.  It's snowing gently as I type this, and it's already covered the roof and the yard and the nearby pine trees. Bruce bounds through it like a bunny rabbit—between bouts of chasing Mollie through the house, that is. I'm sitting on a bed in the guest room, with Bruno curled up next to me. The parents were happy to see me, so it seems like this will be a more pleasant visit. I'm super tired, but can't sleep, so I'm here typing instead.  

[marsoupial they/them]

Well guys, Christmas haul!

• Arcanum Unbounded
• Signed first-edition Shadows of Self
• Mostly Void, Partially Stars: Night Vale Episodes 1 - 25
• Some really cool multi colored guitar strings
• Pokemon Moon
• A Night Vale Store Certificate

[Quiver he/him]

9 inch tall PVC Animated!Batman statue.

Yes.

[+Slowswift]

Merry Christmas, everybody!

The haul:

• A Waterman fountain pen (!!!)
• US Capitol Building LEGO model
• A turntable + vinyl version of a couple songs from Fantastic Beasts (+10 hipster points but seriously, it's awesome )
• Extreme Makeover by Dan Wells, and a Middle-earth atlas thingy
• Swiss Army knife (I'd been needing a new one) and a watch
• A new Doctor Who-themed calendar
• Other misc things, such as a MACUSA keychain, a Hogwarts wax seal, and some silly putty stuff
• Oh, and musn't forget the Hufflepuff quilt.  

All in all, a great day (and it's only gonna get better: cheese biscuits are on the menu later!).  

[marsoupial they/them]

23 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Merry Christmas, everybody!

The haul:

• A Waterman fountain pen (!!!)
• US Capitol Building LEGO model
• A turntable + vinyl version of a couple songs from Fantastic Beasts (+10 hipster points but seriously, it's awesome )
• Extreme Makeover by Dan Wells, and a Middle-earth atlas thingy
• Swiss Army knife (I'd been needing a new one) and a watch
• A new Doctor Who-themed calendar
• Other misc things, such as a MACUSA keychain, a Hogwarts wax seal, and some silly putty stuff
• Oh, and musn't forget the Hufflepuff quilt.  

All in all, a great day (and it's only gonna get better: cheese biscuits are on the menu later!).  

Of course you're a Hufflepuff 

Waterman, nice. I'm afraid I would lose a Waterman too easily . Turntable and vinyl, extra nice. Watch and knife, cool. Other misc things, also cool.

[+Slowswift]

3 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Of course you're a Hufflepuff 

Waterman, nice. I'm afraid I would lose a Waterman too easily . Turntable and vinyl, extra nice. Watch and knife, cool. Other misc things, also cool.

And proud of it! 

Goodness, I hope I don't lose it.  I've been wanting a fountain pen for ages.

[Jondesu he/him]

20 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

And proud of it! 

Goodness, I hope I don't lose it.  I've been wanting a fountain pen for ages.

Definitely a Hufflepuff statement. :-P

[Delightful]

58 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Merry Christmas, everybody!

The haul:

• A Waterman fountain pen (!!!)
• US Capitol Building LEGO model
• A turntable + vinyl version of a couple songs from Fantastic Beasts (+10 hipster points but seriously, it's awesome )
• Extreme Makeover by Dan Wells, and a Middle-earth atlas thingy
• Swiss Army knife (I'd been needing a new one) and a watch
• A new Doctor Who-themed calendar
• Other misc things, such as a MACUSA keychain, a Hogwarts wax seal, and some silly putty stuff
• Oh, and musn't forget the Hufflepuff quilt.  

All in all, a great day (and it's only gonna get better: cheese biscuits are on the menu later!).  

What's 'Extreme Makeover'?

[+Slowswift]

3 hours ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

What's 'Extreme Makeover'?

New book of his about a beauty company that accidentally develops a hand cream that overwrites your DNA. 

[Sunbird she/her]

2 hours ago, Slowswift said:

New book of his about a beauty company that accidentally develops a hand cream that overwrites your DNA. 

I read Extreme Makeover not too long ago and found it simultaneously hilarious and slightly horrifying. I should write a full review of it, in fact...

In other news, I am the proud new owner of White Sand, Vol 1! Other things I'm very happy to have received for Christmas include a 2017 calendar full of excellent bird photography, the Doctor Strange movie soundtrack, Lindsey Stirling's album Brave Enough, a Kylo Ren T-shirt, a Christmas ornament of an alligator in beach attire (to remember my family's vacation to Florida this month), and the Piano Guys album Uncharted. But easily the best Christmas gift of all was having an hour-long Skype call with my brother Ryan, who is currently serving a Mormon religious mission in Serbia.

[mattig89ch he/him]

My own haul this year.  Got a Bluetooth Millenium Falcon speaker, something you just sit on a surface and play music through.  Got 2 pairs of slippers, 1 wookie feet that are supposed to have sound come out of them (batteries were dead), and 1 regular pair of slippers.  Got a Hess Truck, got one every year since I was born.  Got a new alarm clock, with a USB charging port.  Got a Star Trek wall clock.  And Socks, lots of socks.