Orlion Blight he/him Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 Well, I'm really tired now, but it was worth it because I finally saw Roger Waters in concert!
Ammanas Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 One of my favorite authors had a contest on his facebook page where he was standing under a mountain somewhere in Utah and the first one to guess, which one, would win a first edition signed copy of his book. I copied and pasted a list of every mountain in Utah in the comment box. He declared me the winner out of sheer ingenuity! 3
Delightful Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 On 21/07/2017 at 0:50 PM, Extesian said: Yeah I really want to go there next time I'm in Melbourne, though they put in huge stadium-style seating and I've heard it's not very intimate any more. But I still must, fairy penguins (or, as I think of them, the Fae) are so sweet My girlfriend will love it either way, ain't no penguins in the Czech Republic! When I was there a handful of years ago it was boardwalks. Thought it was all commercialism but apparently it's to keep the penguins safe. Not suuuper intimate but still adorable.
Oversleep Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 On 21.07.2017 at 11:50 AM, Extesian said: ain't no penguins in the Czech Republic! On the other hand, Czech beer is good
+Extesian he/him Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Oversleep said: On the other hand, Czech beer is good Breathtakingly good and cheaper than water
Jondesu he/him Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 Need I say more? This photo was actually taken yesterday, of my then 3-day-old baby boy. 13
Calderis he/him Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 I haven't been on a lot today, because I've been working on my new house. Painted the door, changed the locks, and started on my kids room (painting). It's been a stressful but fun first day as a homeowner. And congrats @Jondesu, cherish it. It goes by way too fast.
Jondesu he/him Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Calderis said: And congrats @Jondesu, cherish it. It goes by way too fast. I know. I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old, and they're stinkers now. I still love them, though. Edited July 23, 2017 by Jondesu
Delightful Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 13 hours ago, Jondesu said: Need I say more? This photo was actually taken yesterday, of my then 3-day-old baby boy. Jondesuuuu aaaaah
StrikerEZ he/him Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 Congrats @Jondesu! Remind me to come back and upvote you tomorrow because I've already run out for today. In other news, I went down to San Antonio for the big TBA (Texas Bandmasters Association) Convention. It was so cool because there was all this music stuff down there, and there was this really good composer that talked to us and gave some advice and tidbits about what it's like to compose...and he played the piano for us when we gave him five random notes and he made an amazing song. It was beautiful, and he came up with it on the spot and everything. And then he took the main melody of one of his other published songs and made a beautiful sad piece about what it's like being a father of a little 2 year old that has to travel a lot and how he called his son who missed him...ugh, it was so beautiful and it made me want to cry. Several people in the audience did cry though. And then the next day I got to go to the DCI Southwestern Championship. That was an absolute blast. It was so cool seeing all these amazing corps in person, and it was awesome seeing my two favorites live. And the last corps that performed, the Blue Devils, while I'm not a huge fan, had an amazing show and definitely deserved to win. Like...that show was phenomenal. I'm only sad that I decided to go to the lot, which is where the corps warm up before they perform, right as one of my favorite corps was about to perform. I'm so sad I missed them. Plus, they're not even gonna be at the DCI event I'm going to tomorrow either. Anyway, I had a very eventful past couple days, and it was so much fun! 2
Mestiv he/him Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 For the last week or so, we had some political turbulence in Poland. Our government tried to pass 3 bills that would practically give them full control over our courts (totally breaking our constitution, but they don't care). It would be "bye bye" to independent courts and in a matter of fact to democracy. Every day there were protests on the streets, thousands of people every day shouted before our president's palace to not sign those bills. Unfortunately, our president (coming from the party that's in power) has a track record of signing every garbage the government comes up with, no matter if it breaks the constitution or not. Today, the president announced that he will sign only one of the three bills. The other two will have to be changed. That's not perfect, the government will get more control over courts than they had so far, but the Supreme Court stays untouched (for now)... So, generally, it's bad that even one bill got signed, but it's far better than I expected, so I count it as a good day! 3
Sunbird she/her Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 I had a great day at Antelope Island yesterday. Found some cool shorebirds and got a few decent photos of a pair of Great Horned Owls! I'm still sorting through the 300+ pictures I took, but here's one of an owl for now. 7
Left he/him Posted July 28, 2017 Posted July 28, 2017 So I have had the best 24 hours of my life I think. I've been at a thing in NYC at Columbia University debating the ethics of war and terrorism for the past two weeks. I've never been to New York before, so I want to soak up as much as I can while I'm here right? So yesterday Steven Spielberg's upcoming film The Papers was shooting On campus. So I camped outside the set to see what I could see and hopefully catch a glimpse of Tom Hanks or Spielberg. I didn't unfortunately, but it was still a ton of fun and I loved watching the extras. During the afternoon I spent aproximately an hour arguing the merits and reasoning for torture in war in order to finally make my point that I think that torture is both wrong and an unwise strategic resort. That evening I went to Wicked. I've grown up on the soundtrack and have SO much emotional investment in it, and I've never gotten to actually see the musical, so it was one of the biggest emotional pay offs I've ever experienced and it took me to tears at least three times. Than this morning I was able to attend a free Imagine Dragons concert in Central Park. They are BY FAR my favorite band, and both their music and their real lives have helped me and comforted me in the worst parts of my depression. I missed going to one of their concerts on their last tour, and I was worried I'd miss them on their upcoming tour as well, so I really can't describe how excited I was to be able to go. We did some more cool things while debating war and stuff today, but I won't go into detail right now. 5
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted July 30, 2017 Posted July 30, 2017 My cousin/best friend came back to Australia after I didn't see her for 5 months. I missed her so much!!! 8
Delightful Posted July 30, 2017 Posted July 30, 2017 8 hours ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said: My cousin/best friend came back to Australia after I didn't see her for 5 months. I missed her so much!!! Ohai. Also, its been closer to 8 months. *hugs* And Im visiting family and it is nice. 6
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, Delightful said: Ohai. Also, its been closer to 8 months. *hugs* And Im visiting family and it is nice. How on earth did I guess you would comment here....? We both have six up votes. muhahahaha.. UNLIMITED POWER!! Edited July 31, 2017 by Queen Elsa Steelheart
officiumdefunctorum she/her Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 I made my summer visit to the Bristol Renaissance Faire, my former place of employment and one of my favorite places on earth, to discover that the Sabersmith had a naginata that was a dead ringer for Mat Cauthon's ashandarei. Unfortunately he'd sold it by the time I'd gone back to take a picture of it, but we had a rousing discussion of the Wheel of Time and I implored him to begin reading Stormlight. I took a picture with one of his amazing creations, anyway. Rude gesture courtesy of my sister, who deserved it. 2
Ammanas Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 This is a follow-up to a previous post, but my signed first edition from one of my favorite authors (Brian Lee Durfee) arrived today! 1
Briar King Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 14 hours ago, officiumdefunctorum said: I made my summer visit to the Bristol Renaissance Faire, my former place of employment and one of my favorite places on earth, to discover that the Sabersmith had a naginata that was a dead ringer for Mat Cauthon's ashandarei. Unfortunately he'd sold it by the time I'd gone back to take a picture of it, but we had a rousing discussion of the Wheel of Time and I implored him to begin reading Stormlight. I took a picture with one of his amazing creations, anyway. Rude gesture courtesy of my sister, who deserved it. Lol. I really wish I had the time or place to do Cosplay. I don't want to drive to Houston or NOLA to go to events. I enjoyed Heros of Cosplay/Cosplay Melee on SyFy. 1
officiumdefunctorum she/her Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 7 minutes ago, Briar King said: Lol. I really wish I had the time or place to do Cosplay. I don't want to drive to Houston or NOLA to go to events. I enjoyed Heros of Cosplay/Cosplay Melee on SyFy. Ren Faire is really more wear what you want more than cosplay. I mean, I encountered a Deadpool wearing a cape and burger king crown last year, lol. Some people go all out with period accuracy, but is my opportunity to wear a corset and contact lenses. I hear the faire in Texas is a big deal! 1
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