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[Acher13]

Just got her yesterday, wohoo!!
character name: Ach

[Chocofreak13]

custom made, model kit or poseable figurine? either way, she's cool. :3

[Bella]

^^ bella, your escapades sound fun. and i find it funny/adorable how you STILL marvel at mass.

it's not such a novelty here. ^^ it's just a place with a nice big city and LOTSA taxes. xD

It's like a strange parallel universe to me, the culture is so much like that of New Hampshire but it's so exotic at the same time... D:

Took the T to the MoS today... the subway was so much fun, I've never been on one before, but it was also a little harrowing at time. But totally fun.

The MoS was awesome, but one thing I'm pissed about is its lack of old computers. Turns out Whirlwind was sent (back?) to the Museum of Computer History, god, those damned Silicon Valley sons of bitches have ALL our computers. I'm just like... so irrationally hurt over this right now, this injustice cuts to the core of my very frickin being.  ><;;;

[stewartsage]

The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things.  Like going to California with a C-130 and takin' back our computers.

[Bella]

And California, of all places! I'm vaguely xenophobic toward most states out of New England, but Cali-fukken-fornia seems to get the brunt of my disdain (along with New York and New Jersey, I literally broke into tears when it was suggested that we take a vacation to the latter... that's another story though). If there's one bright spot, its that the Computer History Museum is at least near San Francisco, which might be the one city in the state I find tolerable (in fact, I've wanted to visit it since like... forever), so this'll give me an excuse to go to there. Hah. -v-

But, damn... it'd have been amazing to see a Whirlwind in its native environment (Cambridge Mass, half the museum's in Cambridge, half's in Boston). D,:

[stewartsage]

There you go.  I'm tolerant of most states outside of parts of Connecticut, New York, California, parts of Texas, and Florida.  Though the CHM would be worth the visit to the worst coast.

Indeed.

[Bella]

I get odd vibes from Conn., but I don't remember or know enough about the place or the people to have any negative feelings. Florida, my old enemy/homeland! >O<;;; Hmm, you'll have to join me when I finally work up the nerve to visit 'Frisco and the CHM. We could make a pilgrimage! xD

[stewartsage]

Only after I get my Dodge Dart/VW van

[Chocofreak13]

.....can i come too? i've always wanted to visit san jose .w. (i'm currently wearing my favourite shirt, which reads "san jose #1 honda"......yet i've never been out west.)

san jose has the country's (maybe world's) largest flea market, and the winchester house. -w-

[Bella]

Yes you can come along Kari. ^^ Oooh, the largest flea market? I'll have to remember that...

Only after I get my Dodge Dart/VW van

I'll only go after I get over my fears of riding on a 747, which could be soon, since I think, at this point, commercial flight (at least over very long distances) scares me less than driving, train or bus travel. -v-

(It should be noted that I am not afraid of flying, but instead the security precautions that accompany such travel).

[Chocofreak13]

lol. everyone's afraid of the security, bells. i was the stupid that decided to wear tripp pants through security. :3

[SleepyD]

Security's not bad. Especially domestic. I make it a point to wear as little metal on my person, so it's just, stand in line and quickly go through the metal detectors.

And aw. I detect hostility to my home state. ehehe... (don't worry, no offense taken)  
I'm not sure about who the hostility is directed to, but there are a whole ton of different people here from so many different places and backgrounds. So we can't be all bad. ^^;

Although that kind of environment does make it very hard to agree on things in politics and pretty much anything else. I wouldn't wish the governor's job on anybody. Since Reagan we've tended to elect a Democrat and Republican to the Governor's and Lt. Gov's positions. Rarely a 1-party executive office.

If you'll allow me to ramble on a bit:
We have a conservative inland area, and a very liberal coastal area (save Orange County). NorCal is more liberal than SoCal overall.  We have  a ton of technology and R&D industries, we have CalTech and Stanford, yet our public education is one of the worst in the country. We have a large number of immigrants from Hispanic countries as well as Asia, yet there are many communities that are nearly all white.  We're health nuts, and one of the pioneers of fast food.  I could go on and on, but think of California as a land of contradictions. Hell, the tallest building in LA always looked to me like someone trying to fit a cylinder block into a square hole. Or you can think of us as a "Land of Fruits and Nuts" haha I guess that's accurate too.

Also, we're rather inward focused, since most residents don't really want to or need to leave (except for financial reasons).  Therefore, most Californians have a very ignorant view of other states in the country.  Californians probably know more about other countries than other parts of the United States.  From my personal experiences, this self-centered-ness and ignorance is generally the root cause of the pissing off everyone else thing. (at both the personal level and at larger levels, like state-to-state interaction. see: Arizona)


...We also host Anime Expo, PMX, Fanime, Anime Los Angeles, Comic-Con, and E3. Come join uussssssss~~~ lol

[Chocofreak13]

my friend's boyfriend and boyfriend's mum are from california. :3 the mum noticed her hair grows faster here than it did there.

[NejinOniwa]

GLORY TO ZALMAN, MAKERS OF THINGS TO MAKE THINGS COOLER

Just picked up my Zalman NC3000S Laptop cooler from the post office. Results? While gaming, LAMBDA is 15 degrees cooler overall, and while passive that's around 10 lower. AFUCKYEAHMAN

[Chocofreak13]

no more baking cookies? :[