Topicless thread

[Chocofreak13]

i don't think you'd be prying by looking back. i see topicless as almost OSC's museum; like the earth, topicless preserves our history in layers of time. it's like a timeline.
while you can look back and see the follies of the past, often times there are jems in there we forgot about, like finding an old joke or meme you rediscover. :3

also, i believe i was the first one to say this, but nice new avatar, pit. it's adorable. >w<

[Bella]

I don't really like to read posts from years ago myself: often there are nice things there, which might've turned hurtful later, and sometimes I feel very ashamed of the stupidities I've said or typed years ago. >.>

Thank you for the avatar compliment, B. ^.^ Yes, it's me drawn by Fedora-Tan's old friend on our wedding day, and I had been dying to scan it since then.

I don't believe it, I've never heard you say anything stupid or hurtful before and really can't imagine you doing it at any point. Then again, I've only known you as a forummate in the last couple years (well, I believe it was starting in the Autumn of 2010? Whenever it was that you became more active on the forum again), and I guess people can change a lot over course of several years (ie, before I was here). I know I've said a lot of dumb things that I'm not proud of, though I'm guessing only a minority of them are actually on /Topicless.

And it's really nice of your friend to do a handdrawn gift like that. :3

@Pit: Nice avatar ^_^

Also, on looking at old posts, it depends on how far back the posts in question are. Like, I generally feel uncomfortable looking at any posts from when I was absent, because it feels like I'm prying in on things I'm not supposed to know. However, stuff from before I joined is generally fine (It's actually kind of cool to go back to posts circa '05 and see how much has changed).

Seconding Kari here, I really don't think of it as prying. I mean, some folks might not like it if you bring up past topics, but I, personally, wouldn't care if you asked me about something I said at a point in time when you werren't active here.

Also, guys, I just found out that the nearby university offers a gym / pool membership program for ~$25/mo. I think I'm gonna sign up for it in the fall, since I've been wanting to get back into swimming 'cause it was always one of my favorite kinds of exercise. And I really don't get enough exercise these days. :/

[Nichi]

I wish I could go swimming more often. Thing is, while you guys have free lakes up there, I have to pay like $100+ a month for a membership to use any of the local lakes or pools >_>;;

Well, maybe it doesn't exactly cost that much, but still

[Bella]

If you want to go swimming, do it. Or at least look into doing it, which starts by finding out which fitness centers in the area have pools, and what their prices are.

I mean, hell, i just googled "YMCA Palestine TX" and turned up this: http://www.palestineymca.org/YMCA_of_Palestine/Aquatics.html

I can't imagine they charge much for aquatics center use/membership. You could give them a call and find out.

[Nichi]

I know of the local YMCA, but it's a matter of always feeling stuff like that is painfully, wallet-destroying expensive. I guess that's just a holdover from my mom's "We can't do X because it's too expensive" mentality (Like how we'd only get brand-name Coca-Cola on special occasions, "family vacation" meant "day trip to [nearby city]", etc.)

[Chocofreak13]

@bella: good for you! we actually went swimming in the pool at my sister's school on wednesday (thankfully they let us, seems that she can only have one guest at a time), though they let it slide since night school/online students aren't usually allowed to use the gym facilities due to not paying the activity fees and such. she's thinking of signing up, but it's a tad expensive, even with the discount they offer for night/online students. however, considering she'd be allowed access to the gyms, courts, and pool (olympic size despite them not having a swim team or even club, lol), which she likes the idea of so she can get more excercise. :3

swimming is a great form of low-impact excercise, though, so i'm happy for you. ^^

@pent: you and i both need to get out of the idea that "X is too expensive". however, i seem to be a bit better at it than you, since i've begun valuing what's expensive and what's not as relative. that type of system might work for you. for example, $20 is expensive for buying take-out, but not expensive for groceries. it's expensive for buying a doll or game or dvd, but not for seeing a movie or going to an amusement park. it's all about not keeping everything on the same level. after all, you wouldn't buy a $20 candy bar, but you would put $20 in your gas tank. :\

[Bella]

@Kari: At my last place, I used to have plenty of low-traffic, relatively well-maintained neighborhood roads to walk/jog on, even in the winter. But ever since I moved to the new house, I haven't been exercising like I should, 'cause there's only one main street though here, it's fairly busy and not in very good condition either. Hopefully swimming will fill that void, even if I'll probably only be able to get to the pool twice a week or so.

@Pentium: I'm gonna echo what Kari just said. Though there are cases when things are obviously overpriced or far out of your budget, "expensive" is relative for the most part.

I've kind of been facing this in my personal life recently - dad knows that I'd like to get a notebook at some point, and has said that he might help me buy one as a Christmas gift. But I've also been considering asking him to help me buy a ski resort season pass instead, since I didn't get to snowboard or ski last winter and my life felt so empty without it. :/ So I have to decide what would be more valuable to me, another computer or the opportunity to practice a sport I enjoy.

[Bella]

WATCH OUT PEOPLE WE HAVE A BADASS OVER HERE!

What are you guys, like, 13 year olds or something? Your troll-jutsu is so weak it's not even amusing.

[Chocofreak13]

WHAT IS GOING ON

[Bella]

>Trolls show up
>Troll #1 posts an attempted gross message with overuse of words "penis", "wiener", "pus", "boob" and "aids"
>Troll #2 posts attempted controversial message asking if he can use ethnic slurs on the forum. He includes an image of an elderly woman knitting boobs, for, uh, "teh lulz"?
>I show up and tell Troll 1 and Troll 2 that they are unfunny
>Aurora deletes Trolls' posts
>Confusion ensues

[Chocofreak13]

i'll say it does. .__.;

[Nichi]

Mmm. Got to love Sailor Aurora; coming to our rescue *w*
Yes; Aurora-sama is totally a Sailor Scout

[Chocofreak13]

she totally needs to draw herself like that now.
or one of us should. but we don't know what she looks like. :\

[stewartsage]

Female anon in a Sailor Scout uniform....

Oh god, I finally read Captain America and the Campbell Kids with Bells.  It was hilarious.

[Chocofreak13]

links? :0