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

[Shqueeves]

Yes! 

[Sunbird she/her]

@Shqueeves Your wish is my command. *bows elaborately*

Male Great-tailed Grackles (a member of the blackbird family) trying to intimidate each other in the McDonald's parking lot (6 photos):

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First they would stand and strut with their beaks in the air like this...

...And then periodically puff up as big as they could and make a loud squawk:

One strutting, one squawking:

This guy wasn't as interested in the puffing contest as the other two; he was more interested in eating crumbs off the ground:

This picture makes me laugh every time I look at it.

They look really snooty with their beaks up in the air like this. XD

 

Edited August 11, 2017 by Sunbird

[Jondesu he/him]

We finally got a new car, which allowed us to return the one we’ve been borrowing from my sister-in-law for about 2 years (yeah, she’s awesome). 

It’s an old person car, though. A Mercury Grand Marquis, with the cloth covered roof and the big bench seats. Perfect for 3 kids in car seats across the back, which is what we needed.

[Calderis he/him]

18 minutes ago, Jondesu said:

We finally got a new car, which allowed us to return the one we’ve been borrowing from my sister-in-law for about 2 years (yeah, she’s awesome). 

It’s an old person car, though. A Mercury Grand Marquis, with the cloth covered roof and the big bench seats. Perfect for 3 kids in car seats across the back, which is what we needed.

There are lots of pros about driving a tank. 

About the only downsides I can think of are gas mileage and parking. 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I got a 20c raise!  Today was a good day.

[Jondesu he/him]

3 hours ago, Calderis said:

There are lots of pros about driving a tank. 

About the only downsides I can think of are gas mileage and parking. 

It's really not too bad on the parking, actually (though certainly a little harder, but I've been driving a Buick Century, which is only a little smaller).  We haven't really tested out the gas mileage yet, but it'll be similar to or better than the Santa Fe we were borrowing, most likely.

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

I made it into the part I wanted in the school play! This is the first one I've ever done, so I was walking in blind, and I got it!

For those wondering, it's Arsenic and Old Lace.

[Ammanas]

14 minutes ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

I made it into the part I wanted in the school play! This is the first one I've ever done, so I was walking in blind, and I got it!

For those wondering, it's Arsenic and Old Lace.

Congrats! Out of curiosity I was wondering if you have ever seen or participated in the play, "Waiting for Godot". I thought it was ok while watching it, but the more I thought about it and reflcted the more I like it. It was a bit of a odd play...I am not a theater goer, but it was very different than anything I have seen.

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Just now, Ammanas said:

Congrats! Out of curiosity I was wondering if you have ever seen or participated in the play, "Waiting for Godot". I thought it was ok while watching it, but the more I thought about it and reflcted the more I like it. It was a bit of a odd play...I am not a theater goer, but it was very different than anything I have seen.

No, I haven't even heard of it. That's interesting.

[Delightful]

7 hours ago, Ammanas said:

Congrats! Out of curiosity I was wondering if you have ever seen or participated in the play, "Waiting for Godot". I thought it was ok while watching it, but the more I thought about it and reflcted the more I like it. It was a bit of a odd play...I am not a theater goer, but it was very different than anything I have seen.

It's a classic existentialist play, I studied it in high school. It's deliberately not supposed to make sense. 

[Sunbird she/her]

Ever since my grandpa put up a hummingbird feeder in our yard, we've been enjoying watching their antics as they chase each other around and each one tries to keep it all to themselves. Here are some photos I took of our yard hummers last week (all of these are Black-chinned Hummingbirds):

9 photos under the spoiler:

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Female or immature male taking a rest in our front-yard tree:

This is one of my favorite shots from this day:

Adult male on the lookout for anyone trying to drink from "his" feeder:

I think this one's an immature male.

Making a quick exit:

Wiping his/her beak on a twig to clean it off:

My other favorite shot:

Preening. It's kinda ridiculous how flexible their necks are, to be able to do anything useful with that long sword of a bill!

One last profile shot:

 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I talked with my old AP World teacher from last year, and he told me some  crazy things. We got an 83% pass rate on the AP test, and a third of those were 5s. Also, we had a bet that if we got 75% or higher, he'd shave his beard. He went through with it.

[Sunbird she/her]

2 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

I talked with my old AP World teacher from last year, and he told me some  crazy things. We got an 83% pass rate on the AP test, and a third of those were 5s. Also, we had a bet that if we got 75% or higher, he'd shave his beard. He went through with it.

That's fantastic!! Congrats to you and your classmates for performing so well on a difficult test!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Today, I socialized for the first time in months. I was hanging out with coworkers at a wing place after a closing shift, and we were celebrating the departure of a particularly troublesome coworker.

[Briar King]

I saw the sun!

[Sunbird she/her]

On 8/29/2017 at 11:37 PM, Silverblade5 said:

Today, I socialized for the first time in months. I was hanging out with coworkers at a wing place after a closing shift, and we were celebrating the departure of a particularly troublesome coworker.

LOL, not quite a "going away" party, but more like a "good riddance" party?

[Silverblade5 he/him]

58 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

LOL, not quite a "going away" party, but more like a "good riddance" party?

Pretty much. It was a dead shift, so we were able to spend most of it just planning. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

10 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

Pretty much. It was a dead shift, so we were able to spend most of it just planning. 

I want to make a graveyard shift pun but that would be...a..grave...mistake.

Well would you look at the tomb, I have an appointment!

[Orlion Blight he/him]

My collection of William Golding novels is almost complete! I am only missing the Double Tongue, which was published posthumously... so by some definitions, my collection is complete! 

[Ammanas]

20 minutes ago, Orlion On a Cob said:

My collection of William Golding novels is almost complete! I am only missing the Double Tongue, which was published posthumously... so by some definitions, my collection is complete! 

I was looking up some of the stuff he wrote besides Lord of the Flies. Pincher Martin, The Inheritors, and The Paper Man look of most interest to me. In what order would you rank those three books?

Edited September 4, 2017 by Ammanas

[StrikerEZ he/him]

So, this is a bit late, but my birthday was on Friday (it's Sunday night now). On Friday night, some of my friends and I went to this place called 1 Hour to Escape. Basically, it's what it sounds like, you're trapped in a room and given an hour to escape. It was so much fun, and though we were a bit panicky at the end we managed to finish with about seven and a half minutes left. We also later found out that at the very start of the hour, my dad had been pressing random buttons on the final lock and had accidentally got the right code. Would've been funny if we'd won that way, but it was more fun having to do it the right way.

Yesterday I went to Barnes and Noble to spend the money I didn't gotten for my birthday to buy the first two Stormlight books. The first store we went to didn't have them both in hardcover, so they were helpful and put a hardcover copy of WoK on hold for me at a different store. When I got to the other store to pick up my book, I was short about a dollar. At the first store, I had just told them my mom's email and for some reason got a 20% discount. The guy at the counter was so nice and just gave me the discount. I felt so embarrassed that I had spent so much time trying to get another email or something to work and so grateful that he had been kind enough to help me out like that. I wanted to give him a tip, but he said he couldn't take it.

It was a fun weekend, though today was pretty boring.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

14 minutes ago, Ammanas said:

I was looking up some of the stuff he wrote besides Lord of the Flies. Pincher Martin, The Inheritors, and The Paper Man look of most interest to me. In what order would you rank those three books?

1) Pincher Martin

2) Lord of the Flies 

3) The Inheritors 

I have not read The Paper Man yet. 

To be sure, Pincher Martin and The Inheritors are waaay more difficult reads than Lord of the Flies, but they are worth it! Pincher Martin in particular left me breathless at the end. 

[little wilson she/her]

I bought a car today!

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Yesterday was a bad day, but today was a good one :1

Won our soccer finals, (I play grade at school as well), easy season tbh, breezed through undefeated.

And I bought meself a book  (SSH don't tell dad)

 

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After reading the back, noticed similarities to sanderson xD

First bit-Adonalsium and the shattering

Second bit- Fainlife

Last bit- The Final Empire
A fellowship united against tyranny
Yet composed of self righteous outlaws, crippled turncoats and amoral mercenaries
Kelsiers gang and TlR
That's a lowercase l
"When two formidable highlanders save the life of a young rebel"
I swear if this rebel is female xD

Anyway I should start this assignment that is due tomorrow morning!

[+Extesian he/him]

You know what makes me excited?

Parts. Of. Dragonsteel.