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[Nichi]

@Stew: Damn. Hope you get everything sorted out

Well, the call didn't happen as planned; much to the annoyance of both parties involved...except my mom, who apparently doesn't care. My mom rescheduled the call because she was in the middle of a movie, and by the time it was over, she was unwilling to do anything other than take a nap...but not before going into a lecture on how she doesn't like my travel plans because [insert paranoid garbage here] and how I'd lose money taking this trip as I don't get paid for my days off (Never mind that, just a few months back, she asked forced me to take off from work to go to a funeral for a relative whom I never knew until she said "[relative] is dead. Funeral is Wednesday; you have no choice but to come with us". Not just losing money, but wasting my time as well)

Hopefully I'll get another chance soon, and it'll actually happen this time. Otherwise, I'll just have my sister hang onto anything of absolute importance (Key members of the fleet), and go behind mom's back on the whole thing.

[Chocofreak13]

@pentium's mom: CHILL THE FUCK OUT.
@pentium: that sounds like a wise idea, having your sister hang on to your valuables during your BIG SCARY WORLDLY TRIP TO THE NORTH.

@stew: sucks to be you. hopefully the heat will be off soon. :[
@nej, pit: WHY NOT PICTURES OF OS-TAN SODA ;^;

so i missed class today (again ><;;;; ) due to this cold-thing. the only bright side is that i seem to be getting better.

oh, and i finished the dollfies! >:3

[Bella]

Thanks for the compliments *.*
Guitars at 4:00... you mean the fast tremolo-picking? I absolutely LOVE that effect <3 (and reminding someone of Radiohead is a BIG honor )

Yep, that's it. I really like the effect too, it adds a lot of the song i think. ^^

Well, the call didn't happen as planned...

I'm kind of regretful I didn't mention this to you in the first place - I didn't think you were going to have such a tough time, or else I would have - but I think you may have gone about planning this trip incorrectly. :/

You decided to take the route of, "Say, mom, I want to go on a trip to see a friend." This has proven to freak your mom the frak out.

Instead, it may have worked out better to go the  "Say, mom, I really want to take a trip to New England to see Boston/New Hampshire/insert random event name here" route.

Then when your mom asked where you were gonna stay or whatever, you could've said you have a friend/friends in the area who would be willing to let you hang out at their place. It probably still would have freaked her out, but possibly to a lesser degree...


This is pretty much my plan for EVERY TRIP I TAKE IN THE FUTURE. Although my dad may be okay - in concept - with me going to see certain friends or family members without sufficient reason, he probably wouldn't fund a trip unless I actually have good reason to go to a place (ie, wanting to see/photograph specific things that i can't see at home - museums, historic sites, etc.) This is part of the reason I want to get into photography... then I'll have a reason to go pretty much anywhere pretty and be able to write it off as a business trip. :/

Of course, I've been talking about traveling on my own for years, and I'm known to have a great love of exploring/adventure so my dad might be more accepting of me traveling than your mom is of you traveling.

[Chocofreak13]

@bella: then you have good reason to come here. the castle and neighboring apple orchard are very scenic, along with a couple lakes in the area. :3

[Nichi]

@Bella: Yeah; the route I took lead my mom into thinking Kari = girlfriend, which was more problems. However, my sister and I have a solution

So, I dropped by my sister's house after getting off work to visit with her for a while, and to further discuss my plans, which we came up with a solution to. We're both going to save our money, and perhaps try to head to an anime convention in that area; which Kari could try to join us, too. If not, maybe just use "my sister and I wanted to see the computer museum that was in the area" as a reason to go; either one would work.

So, January is off, but I'll continue saving money; aiming for maybe June or so. Besides, while the flight would be a new experience, it'd be kind of dull if it where just me and Asagi the whole flight from Dallas to Boston.

[Krizonar]

computer museum that was in the area

everyone seems to have this stuff but me

[Nichi]

@Kriz: There isn't a computer museum in my area at all, so welcome to the club
*tosses you a t-shirt*

[Krizonar]

I go into a goodwill and I'm lucky if they have a beige CD drive. Everyone else goes in and walks out with an Apple Lisa. Not fair man, not fair.
/puts on t-shirt and laments, stretched out in the floor

[Bella]

@Pentium: glad you were able to work things out and that your sister is so supportive of your plans. : )

computer museum that was in the area

everyone seems to have this stuff but me

Correction, WAS here. It departed to San Fran (Palo Alto? Somewhere like that) in 1998.

Related: STEW AND I REALLY NEED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA TO OOGLE OLD COMPUTERS~~


In other news -

>>>Watching new Adventure Time
>>>Realizing that over the past few episodes, it's been getting more philosophical, serious and nightmare-fueling
>>>Themes of death, the afterlife and fate come up in latest episode
>>>Realizing AT could be taking a turn for the serious, as predicted in WMG

[Chocofreak13]

@bella: that was always AT's charm to me, it's a kids show that's not for kids. (how is the line "you're a sociopath!" acceptable for kids?)
that said, i'd like to see the computer museum too, along with a couple other things, so first one to make it out there takes like, 500 pics, deal? -w-
@kriz: well, there usually aren't many good finds around here either. i got lucky with quincy, though. (plus, it doesn't hurt that my old high school is the place where all the old computers from the district get dumped.)

i hate it that i'm not resting. but there's that restless (redundant lol) feeling that i have something to do. ><;

[Bella]

@bella: that was always AT's charm to me, it's a kids show that's not for kids. (how is the line "you're a sociopath!" acceptable for kids?)

When i was six or seven I knew what a sociopath was, so I would hardly call that a kid-unfriendly moment... however, in the last season of Adventure Time, the following has happened:

Marceline pretty much proclaiming lesbian love for Princess Bubblegum in song form (which has been backed by various people in the production staff, who openly ship those two characters), a genderswap episode, somebody thinking someone else was getting, ahem, "violated", the revelation that the Ice King may harbor some creepy feelings toward Finn, instances of both Finn AND Jake becoming psychotically violent, various moments of high-octane nightmare fuel and body horror, fairly adult themes of death, loss and lonesomeness, obvious clues that Ooo is a post-apocalyptic society, and some other things I'm surely missing since I've missed episodes here and there...

I wouldn't exactly call any of these things kid-unfriendly in and of themselves, but it's pretty clear the production team know they have a fairly large teen and adult viewership and aren't afraid to push the envelope. -w-

[Chocofreak13]

THAT is why i love that show. -w-

[Nichi]

AT is not too bad of a show from the one episode I've seen, but the problem lies in catching it when it's on

EDIT: I just discovered something that I have access to, which I think Nej would be proud of because of how big of a deal he was making over mulled wine. My dad has a bottle of it, so maybe I'll get to try some...

[NejinOniwa]

DO IIIIIIT

[stewartsage]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOZE

Man, the Fallout Equestria IRC channel is a cool place.  I keep getting distracted from posting here....