jayseven

Hello Tom! You probably don't remember me. So you're bringing the marriage haunting from facebook to n-e, are you? Well thanks a ruddy bunch! (The cruise sounds fantastic, mad jelly here)

I'm in-ception.

Since arriving in Oz with 3 chess books I've helplessly picked up a bunch others, and even hit off the library a few times. Sitting in my pile-to-read; Brett Easton Ellis - Lunar Park. Read Less Than Zero a few months ago and, along with American Psycho, he's solid gold. Neil Gaiman - American Gods -- @Daft did you finish it? I first borrowed it from teh library and got hooked, but had to return it, then got it as an anniversary present and unfortunately I've started on other books since then! China Mievelle - Iron Council -- the third and last (so far) book of his that occurs on the planet Bas Lag, I've been putting it off because the first two books were simply outstanding. My friend described the books as pratchett meets hunter s. thompson meets chuck palahniuk. The bugger knew I couldn't resist that. Generally, I think this definition is largely about his large vocabulary. Mievelle has 'sworn' to write a book in every genre, and this is supposed to be his western (the 2nd book, The Scar, was the seafaring epic). Jeff Lindsay -- Dexter - An Omnibus -- the first 3 books. Racing through the first, enjoying the refresh of season 1. My dad told me that the series and the book end differently, and from 2 onwards they begin to differ greatly. Also got Greg Egan - Oceanic (short sci-fi stories), The Brothers Lebowski (big lebowski shakespearised) and a collection of Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson as toilet reading. How's everyone else doing?

Well you said that you say something about some shared interest? It's obviously a very subjective thing, but I'd imagine that you can say "hey, saw on your profile that you liked the Dexter books - I've always loved the show and of course books are always better, but where do I start? Are they massively different? I'm only up to season 3, so will the books spoil anything?" ... Casual? Not approaching them all "Hi I want to one day sleep with you" in the slightest. If you have a shared food or movie or general out-n-about shared interest, then perhaps after comparing theories/ideas/conspiracies it may lead to some outside interaction? Approach it like you just want to chat to like-minded folk. Finding out Dan/Emma's initial messag exchange would be better info perhaps!

Ah! Apologies I remember having that walkman logo on my ericsson. That looks like a decent bit of kit! Actually, there's a radio function on it that I've not experimented with yet. That could be the saving grace... Also I recently purchased a pack of 20 AA batteries! ... from The Reject Shop... and no surprise, really; they didn't work in anything.

He's saying that 'hiding' in the closet in the first place shouldn't be necessary, that the people you're 'hiding' from are weak minded and afraid of something/someone different.

@Cube perhaps skip the talking-about-yourself. Let them peruse your profile if they want, just try and chat to them I suppose, and if they like your manner and personality they'll inquire further. Perhaps you're approaching a bit too formal?

Discman, you mean? I had one for ages and it was sturdy and never skipped. I also had a pair of jeans with a deep and wide front pocket for my deep and wide front penis which housed it perfectly. But going on a 3 hour walk with a discman and a bunch of CDs is much more baggage than needed.

Definitely quiter than it was 6 months ago. Phases, bro. As bob shows, people disappear for years and return. As Shorty said, people grow up and priorities shift. A lot of the people who shared my teenage years on here have kept it as a port to call home, but don't write or call much, I guess! I don't know about everyone else, but discovering reddit as a place to get my daily fix of the new, the funny and the wierd... well that affected my surfing habits. I very much forgot the community and just lurked, choosing that which was least effort. Mind you, I was practically ignoring facebook as well. But now I feel I need the groping hugs of the many, once more, and luckily it's still here with open arms. Which is nice

I just didn't even stop to think that an MP3 player would be badly designed. I've never had bad experiences before. I've had it for a few weeks now and it does keep me occupied for when I go for a long walk -- and the battery life is superb... But yeah.

Yeah, I get that. It's still important to see what these expectations are that people have.

*puts the gun away* No problem, diageo.

Sorry, but whether it's intended or not, she will want to change you. And some changes are definitely for the best. Others are taken as orders, and some are thinly veiled as 'compromise'. But you say "love is ... someone who loves you no matter what" but that's begging the question! Love is someone who loves you, so they love you because you love them? No. What is love? :P

You know, I only just got that. I read it and thought about The Game and thought "man, that was a good movie. Bill Murray was definitely not in it though. Surely the others weren't either..? TO IMDB! No, I thought not. Let's check... Hmm... nope, not going to be the tv series.. 1915 is a liiittle too early... '66? '84? '88? Hmm... 94... Nope... Better check Murray's profile. *scroll scroll scroll* Man, Murray's been in some shit. I thought he said his number one regret was garfield? So why'd he do 2? *scroll up scroll up scroll up* Man, he did voice for Ghostbusters: The Game, so why won't he do the mo--" Ghostbusters: The Game busters: The Game The Game Oh! ... Did anyone see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? It was part of my Educate These Damn Kids programme. It started off proper confusing and one kid was all "nnggghh my head hurrts" but by the end he literally said "thank you. Thank you for making me watch this movie." And is Project X worth watching?

I bought this Philips GoGear RaGa bollocks; ... for $50, which is about £35. Totally not worth it. It's got some really annoying 'features' that I wasn't told when i bought it; It only plays songs alphabetically, so I've had to rename all my tracks with numerics; the buttons, for some inexplicable reason, take ages to actually do anything, which often leads to accidentally selecting the wrong thing; shuffle appears to be a predetermined 'shuffle playlist' of your music. Plus it comes with Songbird. Being used to iTunes I was hesitant at first, but finding that a single CD takes about 30 mins to rip meant that it was in fact faster to rip them to iTunes then import the library to Songbird. On top of that, a 3 minute song will take about 90 seconds to actually transfer via USB onto the bugger. I thought that I could use this time to construct some 'shuffle' playlists of my own, but alas the entire piece of software is dedicated to using as much RAM as possible to do the process as slowly as possible. The headphones are a good quality (i.e. $30 for those alone - a way of feeling better 'bout the price tag) and the thing itself is small, compact, light, and the screen is minimalist and neat and well lit etc. But... man it's a faff. If an album has finished or if you want to listen to something else you'll have to physically STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING to spend 5 seconds per button press to make sure it's doing what you want, and not shooting back 3 menus or turning the volume down. Also, it will occasionally not respond visually to your button stressing, so you'll have to find a small stick that will fit into the reset button, and start all over again. Due to internet caps being far too common over here considering the average speed of 'net and general coverage is so low, getting copies of the CDs I left at home isn't an option. My laptop stupidly didn't have much on, so I've got to purchase CDs IRL. Basically, there are no good CD shops. I was going to post pics of the CDs I bought but actually I'm too pissed off now!

Awesome Over here they're mostly called "caveys" so caveman is surprisingly apt! Is this their preferred order when they're let out? @Aztec Rose's pigs (only two) show a definite heirarchy. Presuming florence is a she, do you have issues with the boys scrapping over her?

Asides from not hurting baby no more, and other jokes associated. I've wanted to tear this thought away from the hyperthread that is the N-E relationships thread. What is love? What does love mean to you? What are you expecting from a partner-to-be, or what is it that you get from an existing partner that you take to be love? I don't care for definitions of familiar love, or love for a favourite album. I don't mind to hear how the concept of love for these things differs in comparison to what the definition of love was made for - the deep, unconstrained involvement with another's life. But what, to you, differs this love from merely being a really close friend?

If money was no object then yes. But my perception of marriage is different to hers. She comes from a successful one, albeit with a margin for lonely childbearing. I, on the other hand, am a bastard! ... And my family is riddled with second marriages and the lark. My dad only got married (to his gf of 26 years. Note that I am 25 years old) for tax purposes. And even then, it turned out that he married some german girl 30 years ago. So yeah, marriage to me isn't this holy, sanctimonious, pure thing. It's a knot-- a noose that cements the finality of the world's interest in you as a fertile being. Ahem. As for children - I've been 'looking after' teenagers for 6 months, and it's made me go from being a "hell yeah I want kids!" fanatic to ".... well... let's think about it, now..." kinda guy. I've witnessed a few different parenting techniques and it really makes me wonder what sort of a parent I'd be. I've gone from, 6 months ago, thinking I'd be a great Dad, to now believing I'd be a really shitty one. ASIDE: Genuintely, this is the first time I've noticed the guinea pig in your avatar. My lady has two -- do you have them?

... I have no idea how serious kushandlyricxzkkz are, but I am too terrified to find out.

Best to get them in by Thursday night, so I can get everything up and ready for the weekend

Deep, into the darkness peering. Long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting... May the rats eat yer eyes!!" Man. I remember the original trailer, with the flies and the skull. Loved this game. Played it like 7 times, and the last few I was so badass I didn't care to ever reduce teh insanity meter! @dwarf gourami still playing it? Controls may be clunky but you ought to develop strategems to deal with that. It's kinda like picking up metal gear solid after playing FPS for ages, the controls are all wonky!

Aaaaaand car thread. MY TWO CENTS HERE ARE USELESS!

Gah, you beat my attempt to ninja edit - just seen your thread and was starting to read it! You're destined to be all rich and stuff in a few years so you can buy it back/get your hired goons to blackmail it back.

Why? What's wrong with it?