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  1. Slowswift

    Got a haircut for the first time in over two years! I was pretty nervous leading up to it, but I must say I'm quite happy with the result!

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    2. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      It is, thank you! Much more manageable.

    3. TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      how did you SEE

    4. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      ...by brushing it back? If that's what you mean. If anything, I can actually see less now because it's too short to easily tie back. :P

  2. Slowswift
    Hello! Fellow secretary here. I don't know how your presidency runs things, but you're basically the third councilor with a more administrative leaning. Sit in on meetings, take notes, coordinate class attendance, that kind of thing. (The general handbook's also a pretty good resource!)
  3. Slowswift
    Robert Plant sounds like a constipated goat.
  4. Slowswift

    Happy New Years, everyone!

    It's snowing here, so here's a snowy song. Also with the 823 and Tsuki-yo. (tsuki-yo means "moonlight", so I thought it appropriate!)

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    Link to the song.

     

  5. Slowswift

    Flipping through the notebook and found one I did a while back but never posted for some reason. This is probably my favorite Enya song, and yes, those are the actual lyrics. :P Loxian is a fictional language she and her lyricist created for a kind of hyper-futuristic Celtic society. Pretty cool stuff! (Sigur Rós did a similar thing with Hopelandic, the idea being that the song could then literally mean whatever you wanted.) 

    Anyways, the pen is a Pilot Custom 823, medium nib, and the ink is Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo.

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    Link to the song.

     

  6. Slowswift
    And a good quote it is! I like the highlights. Accompanied by a helpful link. 8/10, could use a little more. Seems sparse as it is.
  7. Slowswift
    Should just be with the file uploader at the bottom of the editor. Certain websites automatically embed, as well.
  8. Slowswift
    I did! (Though no pens, sadly.) Hope you had a good one too!
  9. Slowswift

    Merry Christmas, everyone!

    My family knows me well--two of my gifts were flags, an American and a German one. :D 

  10. Slowswift
    Finally, finally, finally got my room tidied! Well, mostly. But it's 99% of the way there!
  11. Slowswift

    If anything can be said to slap, surely it is this?

    1. TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      Rap isn't really my jam, but this sure is. 

  12. Slowswift
    Consider also: "I came, I saw, I picked up a goat." "I came, I saw a goat, I conquered." "I came, I saw a goat, I left."
  13. Slowswift

    This morning, my grandmother recruited me to put together a new sewing cabinet. An IKEA shelf this was not--it required actual ground-up assembly. I show up with an armful of tools, open the box and...it's already done? 

    I mean, on one hand I was relieved, but on the other, a man has a right to assemble a cabinet, and I have been deprived! (Turns out I did actually have to adjust something, so I wasn't completely useless. :P)

    1. TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      Depriving a man of the right to assemble a cabinet is like telling a baker that their cake-baking services are needed, and then showing them to a countertop with a box of cake mix that's already been mixed in the bowl. 

      It's inhumane, I tell ya. 

    2. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      See? She gets it.

  14. Slowswift

    Re:seeing an anime romcom in the theater--unfortunately, I didn't make it. There weren't any times that were compatible with my work schedule, else I would've gone, three-piece suit or no.

    Suzume, however, I will see come hell or high water. Makoto Shinkai's movies are some of my favorites and I am beyond excited for this one! It looks amazing~!

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    If they're sufficiently well-written (which a threshold that will vary from person to person), then the fact that they're not real is irrelevant--because, for all intents and purposes, they are. It's something to do with how the brain apparently doesn't distinguish between the models it creates of real people and characters you read about/watch (usually--clearly there are exceptions). There was a whole episode of Writing Excuses along these lines, featuring Cory Doctorow. Fascinating stuff! That felt rather circular, but it's late. I can elaborate further on the morrow if you'd like.
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    I don't know if I have a concrete impression of how you look, but I get kind of a "Fred from Big Hero 6" vibe. (In a positive way, of course!)
  17. Slowswift
    The cost of postage! The Metro isn't exactly an expensive pen to begin with, and this one's got a little dent on top of that, so I wouldn't feel right charging for it.
  18. Slowswift
    Hey @Cyclops, I've got a Metropolitan, M nib, that I don't really use anymore. You want it?
  19. Slowswift

    Feel like crap and can't seem to get anything done, but at least it doesn't feel hopeless anymore so here's an old lyric that I dug up that I can't remember whether or not I've posted before please enjoy.

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    Specs: Pilot E95S with Iroshizuku Ku-jaku.

     

  20. Slowswift

    Is it just me, or do marewills remind you of sego lilies?

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    1. Ranryu

      Ranryu

      There is a certain resemblance. That's pretty cool!

  21. Slowswift

    Do I:

    1. Go see the cutesy anime romcom with a friend or family member, thus outing myself as a weeb and stripping myself of all remaining dignity? or
    2. Go alone, appearing the very model of the lonely weeb, thus stripping myself of all remaining dignity?

    I mean, I could just wait 'til it hits Crunchyroll or something. But I kinda do want to see it on the big screen...

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    2. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      The Quintessential Quintuplets movie.

      I do of course plan to go well-groomed. I'm not that far gone. :P (Though, regrettably, I don't have a three-piece. If I did, I would 100% wear it.)

      This is true, Kaymyth. But I feel like the challenge is more in the convincing. 

    3. TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      If you go alone, you won't look like a lonely weeb. You'll look like someone who wants to see a movie and is perfectly confident seeing it without companionship. 

      It's all in the perception. 

    4. Slowswift

      Slowswift

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  22. Slowswift
    I said what I said, and I made the thread, so I can bend the rules as I dang well please. (I think "The goats have some concerns" would be more accurate anyways. )
  23. Slowswift

    Not that it particularly needs saying, but Brandon Sanderson is an amazing writer, and The Lost Metal is an excellent book.

    Spoiler

    There are three things that got me misty-eyed at the end:

    1. Wayne's ending (the last chapter of the book). I mean, just Wayne in general this book was an emotional rollercoaster, but the last chapter especially.
    2. The fact that he left his estate to Allriandre.
    3. Wax's ending (the last chapter of the epilogue).

    Also, the sheer amount of cosmere...stuff we get in this book is mind-boggling. Oh look, aethers! Oh look, Kelsier! Oh look, Shai! Oh look!...etc, etc. And here I was thinking Rhythm of War was dense. It's nuts.

    Also, Steris. Just...Steris is amazing, y'all. She and Wax are 100% relationship goals.

     

    1. Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      yeah, those are the three things that made me misty eyed too. wait, misty eyed?

    2. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      Pun very much intended. ;)

  24. Slowswift
    "I have some concerns." - Baymax, and myself
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    The pen is a Schon DSGN Pocket Six with a titanium nib from Karas Kustoms, inked with Faber-Castell Garnet Red. A fun little thing about this nib is that it takes on the color of whatever ink you're using, so--while it doesn't come through in the photo very well--the whole thing has a slight reddish cast to it!

    1. Ranryu

      Ranryu

      Nice!

    2. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      Thank you!

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