Random randomness

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:07 pm

GreenGoo wrote:I read the first few couple of paragraphs, but I didn't really understand what I was reading. I have no context for it, and am not sure if I'm supposed to take it literally, or what.

Shrug.

Take it about as literally as the previous update he wrote about having had to recreate his book because the previous draft was destroyed by a ghost train, anyway.

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:20 pm

Had a really strange dream the other night.

I was moving into the classic "house with the history of un explained murders". I walked into the attic/bedroom and furniture and clothes were strewn everywhere, closet doors were hanging open, obvious signs of a poltergeist. While I'm standing there, a white figure appears from behind a pile of furniture. Think one of the grey aliens, but with tiny eyes and a mouth of six inch glass fangs. Instead of being frightened (this is a nightmare, right) I ball up my fists and go after it. The look of evil malice becomes a look of fear as the monster realizes that I am not terrified like it's other victims and I proceed to beat the absolute Hell out of it-not just winning the contest, but pummeling it to a blubbery, crying mess.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:39 pm

Default wrote:Had a really strange dream the other night.

I was moving into the classic "house with the history of un explained murders". I walked into the attic/bedroom and furniture and clothes were strewn everywhere, closet doors were hanging open, obvious signs of a poltergeist. While I'm standing there, a white figure appears from behind a pile of furniture. Think one of the grey aliens, but with tiny eyes and a mouth of six inch glass fangs. Instead of being frightened (this is a nightmare, right) I ball up my fists and go after it. The look of evil malice becomes a look of fear as the monster realizes that I am not terrified like it's other victims and I proceed to beat the absolute Hell out of it-not just winning the contest, but pummeling it to a blubbery, crying mess.

You do know that it is the father of that particular "monster" you need to watch out for. He only killed the others after they had beaten up his young son.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:38 am

Remus West wrote:
Default wrote:Had a really strange dream the other night.

I was moving into the classic "house with the history of un explained murders". I walked into the attic/bedroom and furniture and clothes were strewn everywhere, closet doors were hanging open, obvious signs of a poltergeist. While I'm standing there, a white figure appears from behind a pile of furniture. Think one of the grey aliens, but with tiny eyes and a mouth of six inch glass fangs. Instead of being frightened (this is a nightmare, right) I ball up my fists and go after it. The look of evil malice becomes a look of fear as the monster realizes that I am not terrified like it's other victims and I proceed to beat the absolute Hell out of it-not just winning the contest, but pummeling it to a blubbery, crying mess.
You do know that it is the father of that particular "monster" you need to watch out for. He only killed the others after they had beaten up his young son.

That ain't happening. I have rage issues when I'm dreaming.

YOU! ASSHOLE! YEAH, YOU WITH THE TEETH! COME OVER HERE SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS, BECAUSE, IF I HAVE TO WALK OVER THERE TO DO IT, I'M REALLY GOING TO BE PISSED OFF!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:30 am

Hans-Ulrich Rudel was one skilled mo'fo'r. A WW2 Stuka pilot.

Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft which he shot down

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:25 am

Default wrote:That ain't happening. I have rage issues when I'm dreaming.

So, wait - was that a 'normal' bad dream for you (you kicking the bad's ass). When you said you had a really strange dream, I thought the strange part (non normal for you) was that a-typical reaction to a glass-toothed-deamo in the attic, no?

Or do you not normally dream glass teeth for the deamon?

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:37 am

It was a dream where it was supposed to be a nightmare, it had all the earmarks of what would have been a pretty terrifying nightmare. The disconcerting part was where I confronted the object of terror(normally) and manhandled it with ease. When it revealed itself, i could feel the fear rising, and the fear went away and I went after it like I was Dave Schultz or something.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:29 am

Daehawk wrote:Hans-Ulrich Rudel was one skilled mo'fo'r. A WW2 Stuka pilot.

Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft which he shot down

I read his book back in my earlier years. Quite a good book.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:59 am

Default wrote:It was a dream where it was supposed to be a nightmare, it had all the earmarks of what would have been a pretty terrifying nightmare. The disconcerting part was where I confronted the object of terror(normally) and manhandled it with ease. When it revealed itself, i could feel the fear rising, and the fear went away and I went after it like I was Dave Schultz or something.

That's almost like lucid dreaming, except it doesn't sound like you were consciously manipulating it.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:05 pm

The whole theme of the dream inverting itself was pretty strange. It must have something to do with waking life, although I'm not parsing the connection yet.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:07 pm

Hell is other people's children.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:10 pm

Smoove_B wrote:Hell is other people's children.

I think that every Wednesday night leading my son's cub scout den.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:14 pm

I'm dealing with it as a 3rd party through the tears of an affected child. My current advice isn't working and I'm fighting the urge to give what I know will work (sweep the leg, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone, etc...) because she's not even seven yet.

Dealing with it directly? Good on you sir.

bb2112 · Post by **bb2112** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:26 pm

Default wrote:
Remus West wrote:
Default wrote:Had a really strange dream the other night.

I was moving into the classic "house with the history of un explained murders". I walked into the attic/bedroom and furniture and clothes were strewn everywhere, closet doors were hanging open, obvious signs of a poltergeist. While I'm standing there, a white figure appears from behind a pile of furniture. Think one of the grey aliens, but with tiny eyes and a mouth of six inch glass fangs. Instead of being frightened (this is a nightmare, right) I ball up my fists and go after it. The look of evil malice becomes a look of fear as the monster realizes that I am not terrified like it's other victims and I proceed to beat the absolute Hell out of it-not just winning the contest, but pummeling it to a blubbery, crying mess.
You do know that it is the father of that particular "monster" you need to watch out for. He only killed the others after they had beaten up his young son.
That ain't happening. I have rage issues when I'm dreaming.
YOU! ASSHOLE! YEAH, YOU WITH THE TEETH! COME OVER HERE SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS, BECAUSE, IF I HAVE TO WALK OVER THERE TO DO IT, I'M REALLY GOING TO BE PISSED OFF!

I had a similar nightmare when I was in my teens. I turned around and beat the crap out of what was supposed to frighten me and I don't think I ever have had a scary dream like that since. I've always wondered if I had mastered that particular hurdle in my subconscious so I was never bothered by scary dreams after that.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:55 pm

It's official. I'm getting an office. I'm too much of an eye sore to contained by cube.

Ironically, at least I'll get the exercise of walking around the building now.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:29 pm

LordMortis wrote:It's official. I'm getting an office. I'm too much of an eye sore to contained by cube.

You're one of them now!

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:30 pm

stessier wrote:
LordMortis wrote:It's official. I'm getting an office. I'm too much of an eye sore to contained by cube.

You're one of them now!

I dont wanna be. Really. Of course I don't want to be a cube rat either but it pays the bills.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:35 pm

Did you get your own scotch-tape dispenser? A coffee mug with your name right on it? Can you bend paper clips into the shape of small animals? If you smell jelly donuts, it might be your lucky day.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:42 pm

Smoove_B wrote:Did you get your own scotch-tape dispenser?

Yes

A coffee mug with your name right on it?

I use the same coffee mug I got from the temp agency that placed me 15 years ago.

Can you bend paper clips into the shape of small animals?

No but we I used to half of a duo that made gummi eraser animals and leave them laying around many many years ago.

If you smell jelly donuts, it might be your lucky day.

I will be very very far from the kitchen and that will make it lucky. I won't get hungry from the good smelling stuff and I become nauseated at things like people microwaving fish.

But I won't see people any more. My social skills are already... lacking. Locking me away by myself in the back of building with the rarely used labs is going to be interesting. I am pretty much going to become a complete hermit in suburbia.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:05 pm

Smoove_B wrote:Did you get your own scotch-tape dispenser? A coffee mug with your name right on it? Can you bend paper clips into the shape of small animals? If you smell jelly donuts, it might be your lucky day.

The real question is did he get a stapler?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:08 pm

You gotta ask Rumpy about that.

And, sheesh, who's been playing around with the color specs on that graphic?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:19 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:You gotta ask Rumpy about that.

And, sheesh, who's been playing around with the color specs on that graphic?

First pic I found but the look on his face is pure LM.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:27 pm

LordMortis wrote:It's official. I'm getting an office. I'm too much of an eye sore to contained by cube.

Ironically, at least I'll get the exercise of walking around the building now.

Good, good give in to the temptation it will make you stronger.

WPD · Post by **WPD** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:26 pm

Just saw a guy walking down the street playing a Gameboy Color.

Hipster gonna hip?

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:28 pm

I grabbed both Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2 today, while still being fully under the spell of Guild Wars 2 and having barely even touched The Last Story (one of only two games for which I purchased a Wii). Oh yeah, I grabbed the World Ends With You port on iPad as well. What the hell was I thinking?

Gamer ADD...ACTIVATE!!!

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:36 am

Octopus Knee-high Socks stumbled across on ThinkGeek.com.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:12 pm

The mess a 3-year-old can make with a single Oreo cookie is mind-boggling.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:01 pm

My wife came home from the hospital today.
Beep. BEEP!BEEP!

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:26 pm

Congratulations?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:26 pm

We just had this high-end grocery store open up down at the end of our street this week. While I'm not looking forward to the influx of traffic it will bring to our mostly quiet neighborhood, they have an actual sushi bar in the restaurant. I got to sample some of their wares today, it was really, really good. Since no one else in my family will eat sushi, this is really great for me.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:44 pm

Start with the blowfish and see how it goes from there.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:47 pm

Some of the most amazing parasites come from fish so I'm looking forward to hearing how it works out for you.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:43 pm

Smoove_B wrote:Some of the most amazing parasites come from fish so I'm looking forward to hearing how it works out for you.

They ain't got nothing on my family...

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:53 pm

Trade you my stepson and his girlfriend that just moved in with him/us.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:56 am

hentzau wrote:
Smoove_B wrote:Some of the most amazing parasites come from fish so I'm looking forward to hearing how it works out for you.
They ain't got nothing on my family...

I quit eating grocery store sushi after seeing something like that on an ep of Grey's Anatomy. It was horrible. No more Sushi for me. I lump it in with under cooked pork.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:18 am

Pumpkin Spice Latte made my belly hurt.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:12 am

I sure am looking forward to being retired.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:35 am

Daehawk wrote:
hentzau wrote:
Smoove_B wrote:Some of the most amazing parasites come from fish so I'm looking forward to hearing how it works out for you.
They ain't got nothing on my family...
I quit eating grocery store sushi after seeing something like that on an ep of Grey's Anatomy. It was horrible. No more Sushi for me. I lump it in with under cooked pork.

But this isn't "grocery store sushi", like the pre-packaged stuff that you get in the clamshell cases. This is a sushi bar inside the grocery store, and they make everything fresh for you right there. So not quite the same. I had some samples and they tasted better and fresher than a lot of regular Japanese restaurants I've been to.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:39 am

hentzau wrote:But this isn't "grocery store sushi", like the pre-packaged stuff that you get in the clamshell cases. This is a sushi bar inside the grocery store, and they make everything fresh for you right there. So not quite the same. I had some samples and they tasted better and fresher than a lot of regular Japanese restaurants I've been to.

I eat "grocery store sushi" quite often. I also have cancer and live in NJ, so take that with a grain of salt.

Naughty Penguin · Post by **Naughty Penguin** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:45 am

Never use your cell phone as a flashlight...