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Re: Sandy Fjord
« Reply #330 on: April 14, 2009, 05:26:19 pm »

Oh joy...  My roommate, the idol, has returned.  With full gusto and apparently full entourage.

I have no idea why he's over in this housing block, but he's apparently making the most of it by effortlessly pulling forth gales of laughter from his cohorts, which (just to add some icing on the cake) happens to include X. 

And no one laughs louder at his jokes than the funnyman himself, as is evidenced by the periodic slurping noises that indicate he is taking a breath while laughing (he slurps when he does this for come reason.  It's one of those things that's endearing if you like the person and maddening if you don't.  Guess where I stand).

I'm almost tempted to suck in a big stock of air, and waltz right into the group of them while laughing much, much too hard.  I can pull of a mentally unstable laugh with relative ease, and making it over-the-top just makes it sound crazier.  With any luck, I'd be able to scare them into silence.  Then I could let my loathing and contempt boil over and start talking about how much FUN it is to be together with such good FRIENDS on nights like this, where we can all sit around and LAUGH at all the FUN LITTLE THINGS we've done and how much we LOVE each other, isn't that RIGHT?!

*twitch*


But then they had the audacity to put a lid on it and leave.  And I was so close, too...  I need to fit in a psychotic outburst before the school year is over.

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« Reply #331 on: April 14, 2009, 05:32:45 pm »

Real crazy people don't need to find appropriate times to be crazy. You're lagging behind, Kagus.

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« Reply #332 on: April 14, 2009, 05:38:50 pm »

I just need more practice...

And besides, I was reading one of Sean's posts in your Game Balance thread.  By the time I was finished they had left.  Although the prospect of going out there and doing it without them is somewhat promising, my blood has since stopped boiling and I can't be arsed.

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« Reply #333 on: April 15, 2009, 06:47:37 pm »

I've stayed up way past my bedtime in order to participate in an impromptu music session outside the lobby.  Just a bunch of people sitting around in plastic chairs, some singing, some playing guitars, others just listening.

One guitar is an accompaniment.  Two guitars are a song.  Three guitars are pushing it. 

FIVE guitars just proves you're inventive enough to play an instrument in ways it was not meant to be played.


So that was that.  Even managed to get a couple of the other guitarists joining in on something of my own design.  Afterwards we "Wish You Were Here", including some pathetic vocals (from all three).  Tons o' fun. 

Y'know, I've actually been thinking about playing Wish You Were Here almost the entire school year...  With singing and all that.


The rest of the group is still out there, and they're still playing away...  I might as well have stayed out there, since it doesn't look like I'll be getting much sleep with that orchestra.  At least it's warmer in here...

Aaand as soon as I wrote that, they all split up and left.  Neat.


Pretty slow day.  Played some Gears of War 2, played some fighting game or other (and thoroughly trounced the guy who convinced me to play it with him, even though I'd never played it before), and played some music just now.  Other than that, I spooked a random gal (no, not my usual target) by jumping out of a nearby closet unexpectedly, and I've thought about love.  Pretty standard stuff.

And that closet is solid spook gold...  I just need a shocking costume, and I should be able to get quite a bit of mileage out of it during high-traffic periods.  Plus, I've got this weird sort of reverse-claustrophobia, where I really enjoy being in small dark spaces.

I was honestly just sitting in that closet because I was bored out of my skull and had nothing better to do.  It was only when I heard her walking up the stairs that I realized the potential of my situation.

She didn't scream, but judging from her complexion and breathing after the fact, I would assume that her heart was about two inches away from popping out the top of her head.


To finish up this post, I would like to inform you all that playing a steel-string guitar when your fingers are ice cold is of course not excruciatingly painful.  It is especially not-painful when you happen to use a lot of slides, like I do.

Whee.

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« Reply #334 on: April 16, 2009, 01:37:57 pm »

Nobody expects closet Kagus! Nobody!

Aw. Now you remind me I haven't been practicing with my guitar.
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« Reply #335 on: April 17, 2009, 11:26:42 am »

Okay, so we're taking off to Cuba today.  Well, technically it's tomorrow, but 2:30 AM does not really qualify as "tomorrow".  It's just really, really late this evening.

I'm going to try and keep a log while there, but things should be interesting since I'll be using my phone to take dictations...  This means I'll be saying everything out loud.  And I don't get a room to myself this time around.

Guess I'll just have to find a dark corner out of earshot.  Not that it's that big of a deal though, as I don't know if many people here would so much as bat an eye if I started talking to myself.


It's weird...  I really don't feel prepared for this trip.  I'm just sure that there's something I haven't done yet that should have been done a while ago...

Of course, I haven't actually packed yet.  And I need to convert some Norwegian crowns into Euros.  And I have a few things I really should buy before taking off.  And I need to pay the latest school bill, since the deadline comes while we're in Cuba.  And...

Okay, so maybe it's not so big of a mystery then.  But hey, I managed to beat Gears of War 2 with a buddy today!  That's got to count for something, right?


Not a whole lot to say right now.  Cuba awaits my defiling presence!  To the flying machine, my minions!

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« Reply #336 on: April 17, 2009, 03:04:26 pm »

Oh no!  Somebody alert the authorities!  Not Kagus!  We'll all die of fright!  I donwannadie!

Just out of curiousity, are you trying to build a reputation for jumping out of closets?

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« Reply #337 on: April 17, 2009, 05:32:44 pm »

Whoo...  Feel like I got hit with a hammer...


Strange as it may sound, I have actually talked with some other people about my situation with X (as in, not just the faceless everybody of putting it out on the net).  It was suggested that I just have a talk with her.

Well, got my chance today.  Just got back.


Wasn't really a whole lot to say.  I explained how I felt, and what it was like having her act like nothing was the matter, with her trying to talk to me and treat me just like anyone else.  After a while of discussion (mostly prolonged by my stopping whenever somebody walked within hearing distance, which was actually quite often considering where we were talking) as to how I would rather she act around me, the conversation pretty much ended up with me saying I thought it was best if we just stayed away from each other.

I figured this would feel liberating, but right now I just feel emotionally whipped and also a little unsure of whether or not I said everything I wanted to.  With any luck, I should get beyond the first blow of this and finally get to feel like the load on my chest got a few chunks broken off of it.  Provided, of course, I did in fact say everything I needed to.


Man...  Can't wait until I'm in Cuba.  Don't have to stress about what I need to take along, just sleep in some island hotel room and let everything blank out.  All this waiting around is driving me crazy.

Gonna go out and suck in a few breaths of chilled air while I've still got the chance.  Good for clearing the head.

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« Reply #338 on: April 17, 2009, 09:27:26 pm »

Man, I got here a bit too late for a joke about Kagus coming out of the closet.
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« Reply #339 on: April 17, 2009, 09:46:22 pm »

I feel sort of jealous. I don't understand emotions like caring for people. If anyone needs a class in caring, it would be me. So reading all these kinds of things like having feelings other than distaste or disappointment in others is a bit... unrelatable.

Maybe I should translate all your words into a financial and profit maximization perspective... though the problem is we don't exactly know what you're trying to profit maximize, no? It looks more like you're stumbling around looking for a meaning to your time there than actually working towards a goal.

No offense, though. Maybe I don't understand the emotions.

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« Reply #340 on: April 29, 2009, 06:11:22 pm »

I suppose you could try and interpret as me attempting to tap into a rich love mine.  There are dozens of potential shaft locations (pun not actually intended, but damn if it ain't a good one), but I am unsure as to which one has the highest density.  And due to the very high cost and risk of starting up a rig, I want to make sure that the location I pick is going to give me the most for my money, so to speak.  As such, I've been trying to prospect the available areas to get an idea as to how rich each one is.

Unfortunately, my prospector is a drunken gibbon with a foot fetish.  Progress has been slow.


The mineral is an incredibly valuable substance with uses that vary according to taste.  Some people use it as a purely decorative metal, others absorb the rare nutrients found naturally within it in order to induce feelings of euphoria and ecstasy, and there are those who use it simply to barter for other goods.  Whatever the case, it is also a highly addictive substance with some of the most dangerous withdrawal symptoms possible should the person suddenly stop receiving their supply.

Also of note is that the withdrawal symptoms can be caused directly through second-hand consumption, without any of the beneficial qualities.

Consumption of tainted or impure love will also cause certain side effects, and although these versions are normally cheaper and/or widely available, it is recommended you find a trustworthy source with high-quality raw materials in order to avoid these side effects.


But in all reality, it's just that I actually do give a damn about other people.  Including people who really don't deserve one of my damns.  Personality quirk, my brain is physically wired to experience such emotions.

Also, I think I just made one of the coolest analogies for love that I've ever seen, and it's one in the morning.


Yes folks, this post does indeed indicate that I am back from happy-slappy cigar and communism land (C.C.C.P. Cigars, Communism, Che, PERIOD).  I'm beaten to a pulp from the flight and in no state to even start on the Cuba trip updates.  Y'all will just have to wait.

And there's a party tomorrow night, last party of the year.  I'm thinking of attending.  This means even less update time, but even more material.


For those of you who are planning on taking a trip to Cuba, remember this:  If you find a Che Guevara t-shirt that is the right size and the right style, BUY IT IMMEDIATELY.  Those things are impossible to find in just the right combination.  Also, "Guantanamera" can bite horse rump and burn.  I'm sick of that friggin' song...

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« Reply #341 on: April 29, 2009, 11:56:30 pm »

I'm sure you have love at some level Uniman.

Try imagining how you'd feel if this forum was overun by undesirbles, if Kagus sudenly started writing like a redneck, if DF ended. Surely, you'd feel loss?
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« Reply #342 on: April 30, 2009, 12:35:54 pm »

Why...?

If anything, I'd just stop visiting. It's not like I'm particularly attached to this place or anything. I remember when my pet dog died around 10 years ago, poisoned by some corrupt dog catches trying to maximize their capture rate. I wasn't particularly affected by it, more interested in how to deal with the exams, but I had to pretend to be sad to everyone I knew because they started acting very strange when I was just going on as normal.

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« Reply #343 on: April 30, 2009, 05:19:51 pm »

Actually Kagus, the best analogy for love was created by a rapper named Bo.

It goes a little somethin like this...

And love is
A homeless guy
walkin down the street
while it's pourin outside
and findin
a bag of gold coins
and slowly find out that they're all filled with
chocalate
and while he's
heartbrokeeen he can't
complaaiin
because he was hungry in the first place.

Link to the song containing the analogy is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fg-dQxQOEs&feature=channel.

Also, he has made two versions. The one on youtube is the original, but the one he sells on iTunes has the lyrics I posted.
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« Reply #344 on: May 01, 2009, 04:41:55 am »

The Morning After.


Wow...  Shit.   That was...  Wow.

Hell of a party.  Once everyone got drunk, the confessions of love started shooting all over the place.  Some hit, others missed.  Most missed, in fact.

This being the last party while we're here at Skiringssal, it was kinda the last chance to say all the things we'd been meaning to say throughout the school year.  And man, the things that were said...  Very, very high emotional charge.  I said a few things myself.  You'll get to hear about them later, after I've posted the Cuba log.

I also got tipsy for the first time in my life.  Peculiar feeling.  All my movements were lagging behind, and everything seemed to flow in a dreamlike fashion.  I also found myself thinking out loud quite a bit.  An interesting experience, to say the least.  I'm glad I did it, but I don't think I'll be doing it again.  Not my style.

Not half bad for a first time, really.  I ended up drinking a few slugs of whiskey and almost a pint of mojito, and I managed to stay relatively sane.  No passing out, no puking, didn't even crash into anything.  Not half bad for a first time, eh?

And I even managed to avoid a full-scale hangover, due to one of two habits I seem to have while drunk.  Namely, I drink a massive amount of water.  And then I drink some more.

The other habit involves finding straight lines to walk along to see how drunk I am.  I managed to do it perfectly every time.


Crikey, what a night...  I am completely and utterly beat right now.  Gonna see if there's any food currently being served.  If not, I'm going to hit the sack and sleep till dinner.
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