It's Personal...

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:12 am

I am doing no more trolling than normal for a lit course. (I feel that a teacher reads hundreds upon hundreds of mediocre reports and essays that say the same damn thing. The internet calls it trolling, I call it contrarian writing

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Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:32 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:I am doing no more trolling than normal for a lit course. (I feel that a teacher reads hundreds upon hundreds of mediocre reports and essays that say the same damn thing. The internet calls it trolling, I call it contrarian writing )

I make it a point to only write papers with theses that I think are completely insane when writing for lit classes, just to see if I can back up my completely wrong premise.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:36 pm

My first time I took brit lit, I wrote an essay about how shitty the novel they made us read was. I got an A. If only I had done that well with the other essays...

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:14 pm

Yeah, my first year in high school lit, instead of our first book report, I wrote an essay on why our class shouldn't have book reports.

When that resulted in a good grade and no more book reports for the class, I kept that attitude up.

Here at Evergreen, when they assign books to read, they even tell you how to read them - first page, last page, chapter headings, contextual information (author profiles, excerpts/summaries from the book flaps), and something akin to the Wikipedia page or Cliff Notes. The "proof" that you actually read the book comes if you can speak intelligently on the book's subject matter.

Gotta love it.

Count Arioch the 28th · Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:19 am

That's probably where my success came from. I said that Tess of the d'Urberville was just a blunt vehicle for the author's opinions on politics and religion. And went on to cite passages and events in the book.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:04 am

For a classics of philosophy writing course, I wrote my final paper on Aristotle being a dumbass. It got me an A, but that's a pretty safe assertion, really.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:27 am

I feel domesticated.

normally I have about 2-3 beers or 1 hard drink a week.

It's summer and I've already been through 2 cases + several margaritas with friends. THis was all in the last week.

I remember when a case of beer was a weekend's worth of fun in college...

*HIC*

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:16 am

Cynic wrote:I feel domesticated.

I think you mean inebriated.

Count Arioch the 28th · Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:17 pm

My mom is (halfway jokingly) trying to get me to ask her dentist out on a date.

I'm flattered that she thinks so highly of my ability with the ladies, but I don't think I have enough swagger to convince a rich dentist that going out with a loser who works in a box store is worth her time.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:36 am

Detailed post about toilet in spoiler - beware.

Ugh, woke up to the sound of a clogged and leaking downstairs toilet. The plunger didn't do anything. So I used the old fashioned method of hot water. This worked but as the toilet was already overflowing, I had to do some emergency cleaning control by using the only available container to empty the toilet of the water. A smart water bottle.

In retrospect, I'm surprised that i could hear the downstairs toilet through several closed doors, some loud ass fans, and the strong outside breeze.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:39 am

Koumei wrote:
Cynic wrote:I feel domesticated.
I think you mean inebriated.

No, no. I felt domesticated. I was inebriated at the time of the post. I felt domesticated because I've gone from the college kid who could drink a case or more of beer and just getting buzzed. These days, as a parent and a "responsible" member of society, I don't drink as much. So I basically get drunk of 3-5 beers.

That was the reason I used the word domesticated. I suppose it doesn't really fit what I meant but you'll have to excuse me. I was quite inebriated.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:02 pm

Cynic wrote:I felt domesticated because I've gone from the college kid who could drink a case or more of beer and just getting buzzed. These days, as a parent and a "responsible" member of society, I don't drink as much. So I basically get drunk of 3-5 beers.

I've been in the same boat for several years now. Oddly enough, I was talking to a coworker at lunch yesterday who was admitting to the same thing.

On the plus side, I can make a 12 pack last a bit longer and save money. On the downside, my 22 year old brother and 24 year old sister make fun of me if we go drinking.

Of course, I was also up the earliest and least hung over the next day

Post by **fbmf** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:57 pm

RobbyPants wrote:
Cynic wrote:I felt domesticated because I've gone from the college kid who could drink a case or more of beer and just getting buzzed. These days, as a parent and a "responsible" member of society, I don't drink as much. So I basically get drunk of 3-5 beers.
I've been in the same boat for several years now. Oddly enough, I was talking to a coworker at lunch yesterday who was admitting to the same thing.

On the plus side, I can make a 12 pack last a bit longer and save money. On the downside, my 22 year old brother and 24 year old sister make fun of me if we go drinking. Of course, I was also up the earliest and least hung over the next day

Its happening to me as well.

In 2007, I went out for my birthday determined to call it a night at midnight because I had a job interview at noon the next day.

I did indeed leave the bar at midnight having done 11 shots of Turkey 101. I was at the interview early and ended up getting the job because I interviewed so well.

These days, 2-3 drinks = done for me. I also don't do shots unless I just have to.

Game On,
fbmf

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:45 pm

fbmf wrote:I also don't do shots unless I just have to.

As a general rule, me too. I recently came up with a rule for myself that if a shot of Jäger sounds good, it's time for me to switch to water. I only ever think shots are a good idea if I'm already drunk.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:42 pm

These days the only things I can really drink a lot of is wine. I really can finish up a bottle of wine at home on a good dinner / evening. Otherwise my drinking is generally reduced. I don't mind a few "shots" of scotch or tequila, but they are consumed slowly over the course of a few hours.

Jäger still has a special appeal to me, but it needs to be the dead of winter, with snow outside, and then one shot at the most, because then, there is a difference between a Jäger shot and another Jäger shot (as in there is no difference and since you just had one, the appeal is lost).

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:56 pm

If I had the money to drink, i'd be blacked out every night.

Post by **fbmf** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:57 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:
EDIT: On a less disgusting note, I seem to be slamming through two lit courses at once fairly handily. The whole thing is based on forum posts! I have been doing that for years. Hard part is reducing the swearing and the internet memes.

I'm in a similarly structured grad class right now. I keep wanting to edit posts in addition to cuss and swear at dumbasses.

Game On,
fbmf

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:25 pm

My house is diaper free!!

Parthenon · Post by **Parthenon** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:48 pm

Heh, great news. My parents had a huge amount of trouble toilet training me. I knew how to use the toilet and why, but when my mum would put me in underpants and trousers I would go upstairs, take off my clothes, put diapers on myself, and put trousers back on. For a couple of weeks.

I finally started actually using the toilet when they had my dad use the toilet right in front of me to try and get me to emulate him.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:03 pm

My biggest problem with potty training has been a lack of communication. As I know I've mentioned before, he just doesn't talk much, so he won't tell anyone he has to go to the bathroom.

Success came when I realized that gradually getting him to use the toilet wasn't going to work. No pants at all became house policy with timers to remind us to take him to the bathroom every hour (he fortunately doesn't go while he's asleep because he hates being wet, so there's no hold-up there). That's totally worked, and when we're out and about, we do the same thing to avoid accidents.

I knew we were on the right track, though, when he actually asked to go while we were in Costco.

At 2 1/2, he's taken the longest in the family to potty train - my siblings and I were all done before the age of 2. But there was no way on earth that I was going to wait until age 3 to start.

Blasted · Post by **Blasted** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:11 am

Well done!
Our youngest has completed potty training some time ago, but with the advent of winter is having trouble getting up at night

Too much washing now needs to be done.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:14 am

I was potty trained before my second year. I was reading simple books by 3 1/2, tutoring high school kids in algebra at 5 and reading on a college level at 6. You'd think that would translate into some sort of success on my part, but you'd be wrong

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I feel torn right now. I have managed to save about $100 to go to Sweden. (the hotel room, plus 3 meals a day while I'm there is paid for already). On one hand, that's a pathetic amount of money to save in two months and I feel ashamed. On the other hand, I had to pay a large sum to the Student Loan people to get them to play ball, had to get my tires replaced on my car due to tire damage, plus made progress on several old debts to hospitals.

I guess considering my income and what happened in May, the fact that I'm walking out with $100 is a triumph. But I'm still annoying because even with things being paid for, $100 will NOT go far in Scandinavia.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:50 am

So, I had a good day today. Went to the Naval Aviation Machine on a ride-along, and I found my new favorite restaurant on earth.

McGuire's Irish Pub in Pensacola, Florida.

Ye. Fucking. Gods. That place is a blast. They advertise themselves like this:

http://thebeertraveller.com/wp-content/ ... c01062.jpg

(huge picture, so be warned)

In a very sly, sort of way, too.

The table I was at was in the wine room. It had a window viewing the doors of the bathroom in the hallway.

See, the bathrooms signs were like this:

------------->.......... <---------------
Men...................Women

The men's restroom's sign had pointing finger and word Women

The women's sign was similarly equipped.

Which means drunks or inobservant people will open the door and get halfway inside before they realize the error. And sort of cautiously back away.

The place also lets you sign a dollar bill, and they'll put it on the ceiling.

I asked the lady at the gift shop.

She said they hit 1.3 million dollars recently.

Holy hell.

If you're ever around Pensacola, Florida, go there. The food's as good as the atmosphere (not every room is as loud as the front rooms).

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:04 am

I'll actually be passing through Pensacola in a few days. Just back from L.A., and now heading to Tampa.

It's odd, every year I go on I-110 twice in a period of a couple days (my L.A. trip and Tampa trip are always close), even though the roads are 3000 miles apart.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:09 am

Doom wrote:I'll actually be passing through Pensacola in a few days. Just back from L.A., and now heading to Tampa.

Consider it recommended with everything short of mugging you, propping you at a table, and using the proceeds to pay for the food. Gregory street, although the power of google will be a help. Just be sure to bring along about thirty bucks.