Random Stuff VII: The Admins Awaken

[+Slowswift]

Especially because no one wants a cactus. 

 

*gasps in horror and clutches his precious cactus protectively*

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

*gasps in horror and clutches his precious cactus protectively*

 

You want a cactus? Come on over to AZ. You can take all the cactuses you want. Except saguaros, since they're a protected species and moving or damaging one is illegal. Seriously, if you hit one of those with your car, there's a fine. 

[+Slowswift]

You want a cactus? Come on over to AZ. You can take all the cactuses you want. Except saguaros, since they're a protected species and moving or damaging one is illegal. Seriously, if you hit one of those with your car, there's a fine. 

 

Yay!

 

Eek.

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

Especially because no one wants a cactus. 

As the owner of 3 lovely cacti, I have to disagree. I love my cacti. I want more.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

As the owner of 3 lovely cacti, I have to disagree. I love my cacti. I want more.

 

They're great until you're surrounded by them. Trust me, nature walks are a lot less enjoyable when you have to watch your step for fear of being stabbed by a prickly pear or attacked by a jumping cholla. 

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

They're great until you're surrounded by them. Trust me, nature walks are a lot less enjoyable when you have to watch your step for fear of being stabbed by a prickly pear or attacked by a jumping cholla. 

I'm pretty sure everyone wants a plant that they can't see outside the window. If you have lots of cacti outside the window, you don't want potted cacti. Well, in Poland we have no wild cacti. I just seek exotic (for me) stuff.

 

But I have to admit that everytime I need to plant my cacti in a bigger pot I suddenly start to hate them.

Edited March 5, 2016 by Pestis the Spider

[+Slowswift]

Kobold, have you read Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones? The main character's a wizard/biologist/genetics nerd who literally creates hybrid species (such as griffins, pegasi, man-eating tulips) while screwing around with magic and genes.

[Kobold King he/him]

Kobold, have you read Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones? The main character's a wizard/biologist/genetics nerd who literally creates hybrid species (such as griffins, pegasi, man-eating tulips) while screwing around with magic and genes.

 

 

Haven't read that one, but I know I want to.

[+Slowswift]

Haven't read that one, but I know I want to.

 

His antics in species creation aren't the main plot, but a very entertaining aspect of the story nonetheless.

 

Either way, this particular duology is one of my all-time favorites. I highly recommend it.

Edited March 5, 2016 by Slowswift

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

And A Kind of Magic, Chapter 9 is finished and posted!

[Orlion Blight he/him]

They're great until you're surrounded by them. Trust me, nature walks are a lot less enjoyable when you have to watch your step for fear of being stabbed by a prickly pear or attacked by a jumping cholla.

Speak for yourself! I miss the various cacti (even the teddy bear cactus), the mesquite, the palo verde... Sigh...we just have lotus trees here and they are all kinds of annoying.

[DreamEternal]

Am I the only ones that doesn't like pugs? O.o

No.

And I am unsure of what a "caucus" is, since american elections are rusting weird, but I have nothing against any cactus.

[Kaymyth she/her]

No.

And I am unsure of what a "caucus" is, since american elections are rusting weird, but I have nothing against any cactus.

 

It's a thing that's like a primary, only instead of having a nice secret ballot, you have to go to this thing with a bunch of your neighbors and vote publicly.

 

i.e. it's stupid

[Delightful]

Mimbulus nimbletonia!

[Kaymyth she/her]

Well, it's settled then:  caucuses suck.

 

I sat there on a set of uncomfortable bleachers for almost three hours.  There was a small cadre of obnoxious frat boy types who were seriously annoying the crem out of me, and the whole thing was just unpleasant.

 

Still, Bernie won 75%-24%, so there's that.

[Voidus]

Mimbulus nimbletonia!

That feeling when you get somewhat obscure references. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Have you ever wanted to hear Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" as done by a medieval cover band? 

 

No? 

 

Silly moo. Of course you have. You just didn't know it until now. 

 

[Zathoth]

I am the silliest of moos @.@

 

Their cover of Child in Time was pretty great too. Even without the screams, but to be fair not even Ian Gillan himself can do those screams anymore.

[Kaymyth she/her]

Have you ever wanted to hear Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" as done by a medieval cover band? 

 

No? 

 

Silly moo. Of course you have. You just didn't know it until now. 

 

 

That was awesome.

 

And I'm enough of a music nerd that I recognized some of those instruments.  (She was playing a shawm!  IN TUNE!  That's amazeballs!)

[Orlion Blight he/him]

That's Another Brick in the Wall Part 2!

Aside from that disinformation, that was pretty nasty!

[Kaymyth she/her]

OK, so I am drinking my Bunny Foo Foo now.

 

Only instead of cutting teh kalhua with milk, I cut it with Bailey's.

 

And then there was still more space, so I added more kahlua.

 

This is so much alcohol, gusy.  YAY TIPSY KAYMYTH

[Zathoth]

I expect weird things that we shall never talk about again to happen.

 

What happens in random stuff stays in random stuff.

[Kaymyth she/her]

I expect weird things that we shall never talk about again to happen.

 

What happens in random stuff stays in random stuff.

 

I dunno.  Pretty quiet around here.  I drunk-texted Twi until I realized that it was easier to type via PM.

 

Well, tipsy-texted.  Mostly, my brain is still here, it's just my equilibrium and coordination is frelled.  I'm mostly typing OK, though.

 

Just...don't ask to me walk in a straight line.  Or word perfectly.

[Zathoth]

I dunno.  Pretty quiet around here.  I drunk-texted Twi until I realized that it was easier to type via PM.

 

Well, tipsy-texted.  Mostly, my brain is still here, it's just my equilibrium and coordination is frelled.  I'm mostly typing OK, though.

 

Just...don't ask to me walk in a straight line.  Or word perfectly.

Ah, texting, something I rarely do.

 

Thats ok, it is 3.20am. I cant english properly.

 

I have an urge to pretend I can hit the high notes in old 80s Metal songs, but my family is asleep. I dont think they would enjoy being awoken by me pretending I can sing high... I mean, I have hit a high C in pathetic, thin headvoice, cant sing above like... an E though... if I am lucky. An F# when I am really lucky, a G when the stars are right and the moon is blue.

[Young Bard he/him]

Am I the only one who doesn't know another Sharder in person? (To be fair, I have one Sanderfan friend and another who's read SA, but neither is on this site.)