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BritGAF |OT5| Superb Birds, Absurd Turds and Disturbed Nerds
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Musha_Soturi
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Or hanging around with me? I finish at 4:30 next week.
I used to stay around there! I always thought it was Bloomsbury. The hotel was called Bloomsbury anyway.
See, no excuses!!!
hyzsten did you just buy Diablo 3 on eBay?
That's a grand time for me. Finish at 4:30 so I can get home and get ready in no time. I'll get there for 7, shouldn't be a hassle.
Bossness! I hope nobody from the last Manc meet comes so I can wear my favourite jumper again without looking like a scruff.
Today has been incredible!
I got a interview for the University of York, my top pick and also a offer from Birmingahm City University!
Two firm offers and a interview at my most wanted to University, not bad at all!
York is probably your best bet from a pure career point of view (if you're serious about law). Legal recruiters pay undue attention to the university you go to instead of your degree (provided you get a 2.1)- and the older the uni the better.
Hot Coldman
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Yeah, York is the one to go too. Plus it's a nice town filled with bizarrely attractive people by Yorkshire standards.
JonathanEx
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Good news all round it seems with uni offers and jobs, congrats across BGAF.
Speaking of York, doing a little daytrip there tomorrow. Cos I can.
Speaking of York, doing a little daytrip there tomorrow. Cos I can.
So, haven't posted here in weeks - thought I would update the people who I know worry about me.
After weeks of shit and struggling. I finally decided to go to the doctors about a month ago to get some support.
Was pointed in the direction of counselling, me being me was very sceptical about the whole thing and was to nervous/anxious/sceptical to call them until about a week ago when I got really bad. Hadn't heard anything back from them so I returned to the doctors today and have been described antidepressants which are supposed to help with my anxiety.
Fingers crossed these work, I'm too tired of feeling like shit now.
After weeks of shit and struggling. I finally decided to go to the doctors about a month ago to get some support.
Was pointed in the direction of counselling, me being me was very sceptical about the whole thing and was to nervous/anxious/sceptical to call them until about a week ago when I got really bad. Hadn't heard anything back from them so I returned to the doctors today and have been described antidepressants which are supposed to help with my anxiety.
Fingers crossed these work, I'm too tired of feeling like shit now.
Hope you're doing ok and things turn out for the best buddy. Getting help is the right thing to do and Britgaf is always here if you need any extra support
Stay safe as always Jordan.Buddy, I know it's stressful, embarrassing and scary as fuck that first time you walk into counseling, but it's incredibly worthwhile.
The anti-depressants will work much better if you can talk to somebody at the same time as taking them & they'll be able to help you learn how they work and how you should expect to feel too.
All the best, man. I'm always here.
Screaming Meat
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Well this made me laugh:
Steve Albini said:
Hot Coldman
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Despite him trying so hard to be a completely unlikeable curmedgeon, I still fucking love Steve Albini. Him being involved in pretty much every album I like nowadays helps, course.
Screaming Meat
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I dunno about that. He offers pretty hefty discounts to struggling bands even though his studio tends to run at a loss. He was extremely nice to my wife when she got on stage after a Shellac gig. Guy has a lot of pretty informed opinions and simply tells it like he sees it. Nowt wrong with any of that.
He's my goddamned hero.
JonathanEx
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An observation I don't feel confident about throwing out in the relevant thread - but this Bill Cosby stuff. Reading reaction and things is certainly interesting in the light of what we've had in this country with Yewtree and various scandals about historical sexual abuse coming to light. Think it gives a different perspective to it really.
Hope you're doing ok and things turn out for the best buddy. Getting help is the right thing to do and Britgaf is always here if you need any extra support
Appreciate it - Thanks Shorty.
I have no trouble talking about my problems, which is why I'm sceptical of counselling. We will see how it goes, but I'm still waiting for them to call me back for an initial appointment to see how it will benefit me.
Hot Coldman
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OK, let me try again: despite most published accounts seemingly trying to paint him as an unlikeable curmedgeon... I suppose that would be more accurate? Music blogs, man.
Yeah, I like him. He does the graft, does it well, and doesn't take anyone's bullshit.
Screaming Meat
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Couldn't agree more, sir. He's a rare and beautiful beast.
Big Black - Kerosene
I missed this. Didn't realise things weren't going great. Hope you're okay, bud. Most people go into counselling a bit sceptical. If you keep it up you get more used to it. It can end up pretty useful. Anyway: fuck it, why not, right?
Indeed. American entertainer child rapists are mostly black, WTF?
Hah! I do like Steve Albini and I remember reading a thread of fake band names on his studio forum that was the funniest thing I'd ever read. But he's wrong about Prince. But he did also produce Bush's incredible second album, so what do I know.
I hope it works out. You can always PM me if you ever need to talk.
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Music wise, I'm still listening to Pink Floyd but have realised that Who's Next is a brilliant album. DRUMS. Also, does anyone like John Fahey? I'm not massively into meditative guitar (although I like playing it) but some of his stuff is just otherworldly in the best possible way. I've also decided that along with Prince I also like modern curmudgeonly Billy Corgan.
Ahand games-wise I've stuck with Mooooordoooooor. I think I have now become so powerful that Sauron himself would quake before my square-square-square-square-square-five times hit combo- X + O attack. I do think it's easily the most overrated game of the year, though. Is it because all of the other AAA games were meant to be terrible? I don't see anything particularly special about it. Even the Nemesis system, while neat, is pretty shallow. The plot is crap, too. It's really just a very thin excuse for wandering around from icon to icon on the map and completing mini tasks. I raise my fist at thee, reviewers and superfans of this game! Ye are celebrating this game as if 'twere the second coming of thy messiah when in troth 'tis but a hairswidth above average! Thy standards have dropped! Care thee not about the quality of our medium? I bit my thumb at thee!
Oh and finally, finally after a year of "art-er's block" I've started work on a new project. Hurrah!
Screaming Meat
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*shakes fist*
I totally missed this (what is wrong with me these day?). What are you working on?
Sure.
Musha_Soturi
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Actually sorry but I'm now thinking I'm going to go home and get the shopping done first then come back in
No worries. I could probably nip back home and then head out again.
I make illustrated "poems" (not always poems, and not really poems) - mainly from collage. They're very odd and tend to be very insular and not easy for anyone other than me to enjoy. I then work the illustrated poems into "albums" which usually end up being gibberish, because I'll take away all the bridges and let it just hover on the pages. I've been doing this for about 17 or 18 years on and off and it's my version of a psychic diary.
My current one is called "peachholes" . the cover is a rotten peach with a hole in the middle mashed into a William Morris print. That probably sums it up pretty well. The thing is that if you are taking rotten sweet fruit as the nucleus you end up having to trawl though all sorts of uncomfortable images if you want to be true to what you're expressing. Which means last night I ended up trawling through pictures of prolapses, mucus and the like.
I'm touched that you are actually making effort to see me! Because I'm worth it (TM).
show me your skeleton
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CyclopsRock
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We're going on a "school trip" to see Interstellar at the Imax today. Yaay.
I'll also try and hop along to Holborn next week, since I work nearby.
I'll also try and hop along to Holborn next week, since I work nearby.
Yep. I actually had to take a break. Making wallpaper out of saliva dribbles is very draining. There's one page which has a
picture of a vaginal prolapse
I used to work with another artist with a similar aesthetic and oh blimey. There's only so many war crimes photos you can look at before you actually like having an office job.
We've all been there, Sploat.
Screaming Meat
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That sounds great; yes, even the prolapse trawling. I really like uncomfortable, organic photos and Arrrrt, hence the screen name, I guess. Medical photos of syphullis are always intriguing.
show me your skeleton
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just bought xcom: enemy within on the 360.
why? why did i do this to myself!?
on a serious note anyone know if this includes the standard game too or just an extra campaign?
why? why did i do this to myself!?
on a serious note anyone know if this includes the standard game too or just an extra campaign?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
It significantly alters the moment-to-moment gameplay in the main campaign. It's well good.
Within adds more shit to the game it base game with added expansions. Prepare to lose more of your life and cry over your squad mates being munched by aliens
show me your skeleton
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okay so say someone had the original xcom: enemy unknown, he'd be safely able to sell that for thousands of pounds, right?
Screaming Meat
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Yes. Probably more than that.
Late nights, eh? 😄
Yeah. Definitely. I once went to a war museum in France and saw slides through a small slide viewer of war injuries. I must have been about 14? It was horrific but then after a while you start to realise that there's a weird kind of beauty in the shapes and then (modern day!) in all of the colour. That makes me sound like a murderer! But I don't really believe in taboos I guess. It's all just material to use, isn't it? The world is a fleshy place anyway.
show me your skeleton
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flantastic. xbox one here i come!
Screaming Meat
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I think the fact that we're often shielded from that sort of thing makes it more intriguing.
Also: FLEEEESH
dapperbandit
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I like pictures of cats.
*adjusts beret*
*adjusts beret*
Screaming Meat
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Pussy.
dapperbandit
Banned
Why yes! I also enjoy pictures of cockerels on occasion.
Screaming Meat
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Screaming Meat
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So. My home town is now officially a UKIP seat. Yay.
NinjaBoiX
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Bonobo - Cirrus
Just gorgeous, utterly gorgeous. Works beautifully with the winter weather. Great trippy video too.
Also, Friday filly to warm the cockles of our dearly departed Sniv:
I wasn't aware they made a Vita version.
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