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Also, I made that OMG ONOZ icon.
EDIT 2012/10/28:There's a storm a' comin'. I've backed up my posts over at dreamwidth, same account name.
Enquire within.
Also, I made that OMG ONOZ icon.
EDIT 2012/10/28:There's a storm a' comin'. I've backed up my posts over at dreamwidth, same account name.
Commissions available
Shaded ($35): Iron Man 3: Make Some Noise, Team Fashion 2 - Heavy, My Little Mario: Naptime is Happening
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Lineless Flat and Chibi available. Backgrounds extra.
I'm also available for professional work.
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>know pretty much for a fact that Girl X likes me
>still looking up “missed hints” threads on Reddit
In case you didn't know, I've pretty much moved to Tumblr.
In case you didn't know, I've pretty much moved to Tumblr.
[glaring intensifies]
Janurary:
Me: Since no one else can be arsed, I'm taking charge of the bills.
Rick (flatmate): Hang on, I think they're charging us for the previous' tenants' unpaid power bills. I have a brother who works at another power company. Let me deal with this.
Me: Fine.
(Three months pass)
Me: The power company is getting real insistent now.
Rick: I'll take care of it.
Me: I suggest emailing them.
Yesterday:
Letter from power company: We may be about to cut you off.
Rick: I need a reading from Sept, when we moved in.
Me: I've had that for months. Here.
Rick: Do you know how to email them? These phone calls to them are costing me a fortune.
Me:
Me: Since no one else can be arsed, I'm taking charge of the bills.
Rick (flatmate): Hang on, I think they're charging us for the previous' tenants' unpaid power bills. I have a brother who works at another power company. Let me deal with this.
Me: Fine.
(Three months pass)
Me: The power company is getting real insistent now.
Rick: I'll take care of it.
Me: I suggest emailing them.
Yesterday:
Letter from power company: We may be about to cut you off.
Rick: I need a reading from Sept, when we moved in.
Me: I've had that for months. Here.
Rick: Do you know how to email them? These phone calls to them are costing me a fortune.
Me:
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Well, now that Mass Effect Interregnum is finished, I'll just go on the hunt for more good novel-length fanfics.
Oh, I seem to have stumbled upon an epic-length fanfic called Weightless. Plenty of reviews and a TVTropes page, so it's probably go-
She cut a soundless swathe through the oscillating hive of depravity; each booted step measured. Deliberate. Unknowing fingers brushed her by chance, but when the eye sought her - just a trace of a scarlet hood, evanescent in the web of forms pairing and posturing in the feverish dark. She reached the edge of the crowd; veiled eyes fixed on the batarian silhouette leaned over in the furthest booth, tilted toward the sensuous forms of the asari dancers on display. An untouched Palaven Sunrise perched glistening at his hand - the code confirmed.
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Oh, I seem to have stumbled upon an epic-length fanfic called Weightless. Plenty of reviews and a TVTropes page, so it's probably go-
She cut a soundless swathe through the oscillating hive of depravity; each booted step measured. Deliberate. Unknowing fingers brushed her by chance, but when the eye sought her - just a trace of a scarlet hood, evanescent in the web of forms pairing and posturing in the feverish dark. She reached the edge of the crowd; veiled eyes fixed on the batarian silhouette leaned over in the furthest booth, tilted toward the sensuous forms of the asari dancers on display. An untouched Palaven Sunrise perched glistening at his hand - the code confirmed.
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I got in an argument with someone who said that the problem with the friendzone concept is that it paints being just friends with an attractive woman as terrible.
I pointed out that, by definition, the term referred to someone being just a friend with another they'd rather have a relationship with.
He responded, among other things, that "we" weren't discussing the actual meaning of the word anymore, but its "social context", and how it "devalues opposite-sex friendships". He was unable to actually answer to my question regarding what was wrong about preferring a relationship over a friendship, though he did respond to it with one of those things that looks like a answer if you read it quickly and squint, but is actually answering a question no one asked.
A short time later, he was reduced to arguing that the way people interpret a term determines what it really means, and what the speaker was trying to say was entirely irrelevant.
The funniest part was that at one point, he was accusing me of "ignoring" the context that was part of "real" meaning, while he was deliberately strawmanning the definition of "friend zone" by cutting off the most important part of it. It's like trying to talk about the meaning of a movie by watching half the movie.
The strangest thing is that I know of more people claiming "friendzone" is just used by men who thought they deserved to bang their female friends and were whining about it than actual examples that supposedly indicate such. Almost as if they assumed that's what it meant and never checked.
Entirely by coincidence, people who equate men who complain about the friendzone with entitled dicks, also tend to assume they're Nice Guys™, and to be Internet Feminists. I wonder why they, of all people would be particularly susceptible to unproven, unbacked nonsense that conflates different groups together and just happens to reinforce their preconceptions.
I pointed out that, by definition, the term referred to someone being just a friend with another they'd rather have a relationship with.
He responded, among other things, that "we" weren't discussing the actual meaning of the word anymore, but its "social context", and how it "devalues opposite-sex friendships". He was unable to actually answer to my question regarding what was wrong about preferring a relationship over a friendship, though he did respond to it with one of those things that looks like a answer if you read it quickly and squint, but is actually answering a question no one asked.
A short time later, he was reduced to arguing that the way people interpret a term determines what it really means, and what the speaker was trying to say was entirely irrelevant.
The funniest part was that at one point, he was accusing me of "ignoring" the context that was part of "real" meaning, while he was deliberately strawmanning the definition of "friend zone" by cutting off the most important part of it. It's like trying to talk about the meaning of a movie by watching half the movie.
The strangest thing is that I know of more people claiming "friendzone" is just used by men who thought they deserved to bang their female friends and were whining about it than actual examples that supposedly indicate such. Almost as if they assumed that's what it meant and never checked.
Entirely by coincidence, people who equate men who complain about the friendzone with entitled dicks, also tend to assume they're Nice Guys™, and to be Internet Feminists. I wonder why they, of all people would be particularly susceptible to unproven, unbacked nonsense that conflates different groups together and just happens to reinforce their preconceptions.
*looking at Michelle Jenneke swimsuit gifs*
Me: Okay, there's something wrong here. She obviously has a lovely body and face, but just like with the original gifs, I'm only finding her cute, not really sexually att-
*reach GIFs where she stops grinning and just smiles*
Me: Ah. There we go.
>need to work on report
>all set up, books on bed
>wrist hurts
>tear room apart looking for compression wrap
>>move bed
>>lift bed
>>check clothes
>>check bag
>>check suitcase
>>check drawers
>>check outside room
>completely stumped
>it's under the book
>wrist hurts
>tear room apart looking for compression wrap
>>move bed
>>lift bed
>>check clothes
>>check bag
>>check suitcase
>>check drawers
>>check outside room
>completely stumped
>it's under the book
Also, he said Lin was Korra's mother figure, not Pema.
So, I just had a discussion with someone on dA who argued that Korra clearly prizes benders over non-Benders. He cited, as an example, the way she fell for Mako when she saw him win the pro-bending thingy, despite thinking he was a jerk up to that point.
Because women never, ever fall for guys who are good at sports because they are good at sports.
Link, in the interests of fairness, just so you can see his entire argument. I don't want to be accused of being a person who makes up stuff for
Internet Points. I honestly think he makes some good points in there, but seems to assume that Korra had no character development. When she arrives in Republic City, Bending is her hammer, and everything looks like a nail.
"Issues are fractal."
Writer on Kotaku This is an article about how depressing it was when I, like many 90s kids, realized I wasn't as special as I was told.
Me: You know what's also depressing? I actually am "special". I'm much smarter than most people, but I feel just as lost and directionless. I was even suicidal for a while.
Idiot 1: Whenever someone tells me they're smart, I assume they're full of [bovine poop].
Idiot 2: If you're so smart, [anus], why don't you just solve all your problems?
Me (to Idiot 2): Because my entire point was that being smart doesn't necessarily make you better at solving your personal problems. Or did you not notice how many talented, intelligent people, like John Nash or Van Gogh end up with personal lives that are complete wrecks?
Over the course of the chat, idiot 2 would demonstrate quite well that he has basically no idea of how psychology or psychiatry work. For example, he responded that so many talented people had screwed up lives because they prioritized their passion over their personal life. Despite the fact that the two men I mentioned are well known for having mental health issues that interfered with their work. In fact, Nash kept finding his work interrupted by being involuntarily committed. After I proved him wrong with just about everything, he tried the "make witty one-liner and walk away" tactic, after which I further proved him wrong and got him to come back He also seemed to have trouble wrapping his head around the idea that you can't just deal with one issue and expect all your problems to end. That's why therapy takes years.