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[The Jer]

Care to tell us how it happened? I like bone breaking stories.

ummm....

first time:

jumped off a roof. broke my right heel. didn't think of it as broken and, not wanting to be a wuss or anything, I decided to walk it off so I could go snowboarding the next day. Woke up in the middle of the night in extreme pain and decided I should go to a doctor's and check it out.


today:

Hanging out at JumpStreet (this place). Dislocated and chipped some bone off my left ankle area. I stood up and it dislocated again. I decided to go to the emergency room almost right away this time.

I got a temp cast and I gotta go back for future appointments. I'm on painkillers right now, so I'm kinda outta it. don't mind me if my posts are even more incomprehensible than normal.

 

[Belgand]

Wow... I've never broken a bone or otherwise hurt myself significantly. I mean, OK, once I fell backwards off a picnic table in the rain and hit the back of my head on a pallet keeping a tent off the ground, but that just needed a few stitches (actually, I didn't even get stitches they just Steri-Stripped it and my mom is still a bit pissed about that because I have a bit of a scar... but my hair covers it up) and I was fine.

I'm afraid of trampolines. Seriously. Just not nearly enough control over myself. They completely freak me out and I'm afraid I'm going to hurt myself. Looks like I was right.

Of course, I never went on roller coasters and remained afraid of them up until my 26th birthday when I finally, eventually, hesitantly rode one. Not nearly as bad as I expected. Definitely not as bad as a lot of other rides that I still refuse to have anything to do with.

I don't get excitement from adrenaline or being put in perilous situations. It just scares the crap out of me in a very, very real way with no concept of being safe to restrain it. Those free-fall rides that shoot up a pole and drop down? Single most terrifying moment of my life. Then again, I'm afraid of heights (or more appropriately, falling... the height itself doesn't bother me at all if it isn't perilous).

Needless to say I'm not at all afraid of being thought a wuss. If I think I'm hurt I'm getting it looked at immediately.

Horror movies, however, do absolutely nothing for me. I've loved them since I was a kid and the only two to ever actually scare me are The Exorcist and The Shining. But I think the Shining mainly got me because I was pretty young the first time I saw it. Exorcist, however, even got to me in college and it really shouldn't because as an atheist I doubly don't believe in it.

 

[Johnkers]

I'm afraid of trampolines. Seriously. Just not nearly enough control over myself. They completely freak me out and I'm afraid I'm going to hurt myself. Looks like I was right.

Unless the trampoline is as big as a basketball court I'm staying the fuck away!

 

[Belgand]

Unless the trampoline is as big as a basketball court I'm staying the fuck away!

Awesome. I'm not uniquely the biggest pussy here. Nice to know I'm not the only one afraid of smashing into the ground off the side of one of those things.

I still think parents and groups that go on about how dangerous they are and how they need to have nets and be used only by proper gymnasts and such are completely whiny little cunts that ought to be ignored for the good of all society.

I'm paranoid about minor mishaps to a degree though. I'm always worried about things falling off the edge of tables or leaving the toilet sit open because things will totally fall into it!

 

[The Jer]

OK, this is about as off-topic as it can get, but what in the fuck. My neighbor consistently has her young, three or four year-old daughter up until around 1 AM or so. At least midnight or so on most nights. I mean, in other ways she clearly shows herself to be a terrible parent, but this is just amazing to me. The sort of sensible thing that everyone else just inherently grasps. Hell, my girlfriend is in bed before this child most of the time.

You live in an apartment complex with noise from kids, too?

My neighbors seem like awesome parents, but their baby used to always cry during the night. Fortunately, the baby's room was adjacent to my roommates room and not my room. But it really bothered him.

 

[Xevren]

After a 2 week hiatus of not working, my single player career leaderboard is working again!

 

[Belgand]

You live in an apartment complex with noise from kids, too?

My neighbors seem like awesome parents, but their baby used to always cry during the night. Fortunately, the baby's room was adjacent to my roommates room and not my room. But it really bothered him.

It's not a complex. It's an in-law apartment. In the San Francisco mode of doing things a very, very, near-total number of houses on the West side were built post-war and are all roughly of the same design: two stories with the main house on the second level and the garage and "basement" being on the ground floor. Sort of like a split-level, but not really. A ton of these have had the lower level and often garage (but not mine) converted into another smallish apartment. It's cheap and often badly converted. Ours is pretty decent, but we hear noise from upstairs all the time because the construction wasn't really designed to keep noise down and there are significant problems with the heating where our bedroom gets tons and tons of heat, but the other rooms get just about nothing. We also have absolutely no access to the thermostat and with the weather being cold here most of the time the heat is on just about every month of the year.

We've had two other neighbors (our landlord with like, three kids, and a young, childless couple like us), but our current one is just ludicrously loud. Her child screams and cries all the time and her main way of dealing with this is to just shout at the kid. She seems to get impatient and yell at her a number of other times as well. The kid also is usually not just running, but seriously pounding her way around the place much of the time. It's just really amazingly unpleasant and we both hate it quite a lot and want to move... but we need a bit more income before we can do that.

As much as I dislike the noise I worry about the child a lot more. I mean, you can't keep kids up all hours of the night and I really don't think she knows how to deal with her child very well. It could be that I just hear the bad parts, but based on some of it it seems to be consistent. Plus, well, we're a bit pissed that as a single mother who was, at least at one point, getting government aid she's able to afford the much, much nicer apartment with a garage while we're stuck down here in the basement.

 

[The Jer]

Needless to say I'm not at all afraid of being thought a wuss. If I think I'm hurt I'm getting it looked at immediately.

I would never care if someone else thought of me as wuss. But, I tend to "brush things off" rather easily. And I'd think of myself as a wuss or feel like a wuss in many circumstances and that would really, really bother me. I hate that, "man, I feel like a wuss" feeling.

I tend to have the "rub some dirt on it" "walk it off" approach to life. I could never picture myself freaking out or worrying about an injury, either. I tend to stay very chill and in good spirits. Freaking out doesn't change or help anything. You might as well keep enjoying life and being pleasant to those around you.

 

[Belgand]

I would never care if someone else thought of me as wuss. But, I tend to "brush things off" rather easily. And I'd think of myself as a wuss or feel like a wuss in many circumstances and that would really, really bother me. I hate that, "man, I feel like a wuss" feeling.

I tend to have the "rub some dirt on it" "walk it off" approach to life. I could never picture myself freaking out or worrying about an injury, either. I tend to stay very chill and in good spirits. Freaking out doesn't change or help anything. You might as well keep enjoying life and being pleasant to those around you.

I see your point, but I tend to be relatively cautious most of the time. Plus my mother's a nurse and I'm a biologist so I have enough second-hand medical background that I prefer to get everything potentially problematic checked out just in case. Too many problems seem minor, but become a problem if left untreated.

At the same time I'm usually lucky enough that I don't have to worry about things and I try to avoid anything that would put me in danger. Like realizing not long after taking up skateboarding that I should probably give it a rest until I actually have health insurance. Just in case.

I'm totally not ashamed of being a wuss. I know that I am. I'm a complete wuss about pain. It's just not a big deal to me.

 

[XShagrath]

Are either of you vegetarian or vegan?

I personally, am a meat-a-tarian. I believe that humans are meant to be omnivores. Again, that's my opinion and nothing against vegans or vegetarians. I just love the taste of filet mignon and bacon too much to pass up.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I personally, am a meat-a-tarian.

Like that one burger commercial? How does that guy not realize that buns are made out of vegetable matter?

 

[XShagrath]

Like that one burger commercial? How does that guy not realize that buns are made out of vegetable matter?

I totally agree with you on that commercial. I thought it was a silly oversight as well.

I'm not really a meat-a-tarian. I do love me some salad and potatoes. However, just about every meal I eat (with the exception of sometimes breakfast) has got some meat in it.

 

[Belgand]

I personally, am a meat-a-tarian. I believe that humans are meant to be omnivores. Again, that's my opinion and nothing against vegans or vegetarians. I just love the taste of filet mignon and bacon too much to pass up.

For me it's often a bit of a problem. I think, "Yeah, well, humans are naturally omnivores and animals kill other animals all the damn time. It's just the fundamental nature of the ecosystem and if it didn't work this way things would fall apart pretty damn fast." At the same time, however, this gets balanced out by thinking, "Well, just because that's the rest of nature doesn't mean we can't do better. We have the ability to change in a way that many other animals don't. Besides, it's not like we're working with nature here at all. We're purposely raising animals just to kill and eat them. We've created our own entirely artificial system that's actually rather harmful to the environment."

Ultimately I just eat meat because I love it and I've always done so. Also, I absolutely loathe the vast majority of vegetables (especially mushrooms and, well, just about every possible vegetable topping offered for pizza... all meat for me) and tend to be a very, very picky eater. It just wouldn't work out very well.

So I feel bad about it, but not like in some sort of whiny Anne Rice kind of way or anything.

Plus it totally doesn't help that most of the most delicious animals are also the most adorable. I mean... even goats. We certainly don't eat enough goat or duck and they're both incredibly cute. Americans are also completely screwed most of the time when it comes to lamb. Fuck you UK and Australia. It's pricey as fuck here most of the time (a surprising amount of what I ever find is actually imported from Australia which is weird as we do have domestic production) and almost nobody eats it on anything close to being a regular basis. Yet lamb is great. Fuck, this is totally making me want some lamb and barley stew. At least I know of a decent butcher (itself a rarity unless you like getting gouged terribly on all sorts of dubiously premium meat) where I can get inexpensive bone-in lamb shoulder cut for stewing.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I absolutely loathe the vast majority of vegetables (especially mushrooms

I'm a biologist

Were you the biological consultant for a certain burger commercial?

Spoiler

I realize you were using "vegetables" as a layman's and not scientific term.

 

[rjcc]

(especially mushrooms and, well, just about every possible vegetable topping offered for pizza... all meat for me) and tend to be a very, very picky eater. It just wouldn't work out very well.

man, we are >< <<<THERE

somebody else orders the pizza , you open the box and there's all this green and purple shit on it, wtf man? bread. cheese. pepperoni.

maybe some sausage or even ham if you're feeling crazy.

if God had wanted wanted all that other BS on my pizza then....he would've made me enjoy the taste of it

 

[iapetus]

if God had wanted wanted all that other BS on my pizza then....he would've made me enjoy the taste of it

There is no God. The existence of Hawaiian pizza proves this.

 

[Belgand]

Were you the biological consultant for a certain burger commercial?

Spoiler

I realize you were using "vegetables" as a layman's and not scientific term.

Yeah, I was using the typical division of most food into meat, fruit, vegetable, grain, dairy. My girlfriend actually spent two or three years in a mycology lab and while she didn't quite get published, still has some poster and lecture credits (work she contributed to, nothing where she got primary credit) on her CV from it.

Besides, my background is technically in molecular genetics. All you idiots with your dull, uninteresting macro level shit can go screw off. Micro or smaller bitches!

...


But not too small or that turns into organic/biochemistry and fuck that.

There is no God. The existence of Hawaiian pizza proves this.

Hey, I like Hawaiian pizza on occasion. At the same time a place that uses good sausage is proof that there still isn't a god, but animals are delicious and want us to eat them.

 

[Tiduz]

Pepperoni + cheese = win in mah belly

 

[Belgand]

We need an IRC channel.

 

[Johnkers]

Caprichosa is God's pizza

 

[xbhaskarx]

Besides, my background is technically in molecular genetics. All you idiots with your dull, uninteresting macro level shit can go screw off. Micro or smaller bitches!

My mom is a professor of genetic/molecular biology working primarily with corn and tomato...

 

[JonathanEx]

We need an IRC channel.

I await the following Rock Band Platform Thread podcast. Everybody will love the complete lack of discussion about Rock Bdn!

 

[Belgand]

Caprichosa is God's pizza

Not familiar with that. Then again, until I moved out here I'd never encountered linguiça as a common pizza topping and now... damn is that some good shit.

Now, what's awesome is St. Louis style pizza. Probably most commonly associated with Imo's although there was a great place in the KC suburbs that did it wonderfully until they sold to new owners.

 

[Johnkers]

Where I get it, it's Mushrooms, Olives (omg yes), ham, tomato sauce and cheese.

Amazing

edit: and pepperoni of course

 

[Belgand]

Where I get it, it's Mushrooms, Olives (omg yes), ham, tomato sauce and cheese.

Amazing

edit: and pepperoni of course

You are a sick deviant. Both mushrooms and olives are completely forbidden from coming anywhere near decent food and most definitely pizza.

Now, linguiça (if you've never had it the closest I can think is being almost like a smoky pepperoni) and peperoncini... that's a great pizza.

I can barely tolerate bad taste in music, but bad taste in pizza. This is important. This shit matters.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Where is the song request page on the new rockband.com?

 

[Johnkers]

You are a sick deviant. Both mushrooms and olives are completely forbidden from coming anywhere near decent food and most definitely pizza.

Now, linguiça (if you've never had it the closest I can think is being almost like a smoky pepperoni) and peperoncini... that's a great pizza.

I can barely tolerate bad taste in music, but bad taste in pizza. This is important. This shit matters.

There's one fucking bad topping, and it's anchovies.

 

[Belgand]

There's one fucking bad topping, and it's anchovies.

I will never, ever understand where that idea comes from. I think we're just raised to believe that. Good anchovies are absolutely delicious! I mean, they're all salty and oily. I have no idea how that myth was ever created, but it needs to end now.

 

[Johnkers]

I will never, ever understand where that idea comes from. I think we're just raised to believe that. Good anchovies are absolutely delicious! I mean, they're all salty and oily. I have no idea how that myth was ever created, but it needs to end now.

I was with you, until I fucking tried them. Oh my god they're gross.

I also grew up never having brussle sprouts as a kid. I can easily down some broccoli or almost any veggie you throw at me, but holy shit. Fuck them too.

Where is the song request page on the new rockband.com?

Harmonix don't listen

 

[Belgand]

My mom is a professor of genetic/molecular biology working primarily with corn and tomato...

Awesome. Most of my previous work was in S. cerevisiae investigating genetic mutation and repair.

Wait, you said you're here in NoCal? I am desperately looking for a job... any help would be amazingly appreciated.

I also grew up never having brussle sprouts as a kid. I can easily down some broccoli or almost any veggie you throw at me, but holy shit. Fuck them too.

Yeah, those are just plain vile.

I can see where people might not be into anchovies though. Sort of like how some people have issues with oysters. Perhaps it's just a pizza thing. I've enjoyed them in other contexts, but I've yet to have them on a pizza. They don't seem like they'd pair well with a lot of other toppings and I generally like to have at least two toppings on a pizza to keep it from being too one-dimensional.

 

[Belgand]

I await the following Rock Band Platform Thread podcast. Everybody will love the complete lack of discussion about Rock Bdn!

Pshh... way to go mom. Still, I think that's why we might be benefited by IRC or something else where we can go more easily off-topic with the community that has formed here as opposed to just having a RB thread that's, well, rarely about the game itself.

Or we could just make a topic in OT: "The Unofficial Extra-Frilly Low-Dosage No GUITAR HERO DISC Thread".

 

[birdman]

Do you ever sleep Belgand?

 

[Tiduz]

edit: well that was a failure, nothing to see here folks! :þ

 

[xbhaskarx]

Awesome. Most of my previous work was in S. cerevisiae investigating genetic mutation and repair.

Wait, you said you're here in NoCal? I am desperately looking for a job... any help would be amazingly appreciated.

I'm not sure I could do much to help you, I can pass on your CV to my mom or to my aunt who works at a biotech company in the bay area. Other than that I don't really have any connections in that field. I recently finished law school so I will also be entering this lousy job market once I pass the bar exam.

Also, it's norcal.

 

[rjcc]

There is no God. The existence of Hawaiian pizza proves this.

that is a powerful argument

 

[Johnkers]

I like this topic, I feel safe here. IRC and OT seem so foreign. I don't even have an IRC client!

 

[TheGreatDave]

I like this topic, I feel safe here. IRC and OT seem so foreign. I don't even have an IRC client!

mibbit.com

 

[Grecco]

Anchovies like many things varies in quality. Ive had awesome italian anchovies or shitty canned garbage. Most common pizzerias use the shitty canned garbage.

 

[TheGreatDave]

The only topping I like on pizza is pepperoni. There really is nothing else I consider acceptable.

 

[Johnkers]

Ok we tried IRC. Belgand didn't even rock up, complete failure. OT talk stays here

 

[TheGreatDave]

Now really isn't the time to expect an IRC channel to be popular. It's the Lord's day. We're all praying.

 

[PacoDG]

So I started making Alice in Chains. Had to play a few rounds with each character to get them clothed right. It sucks though, Layne's hair turned out white in this photo, im too tired to log back on my 360 and fix it now, I am going to have to re-do a few things. Anyone else attempting to make existing bands in the game for fun?

 

[Poona]

Where is the song request page on the new rockband.com?

I think they're making use of your profile page. There is now a 'DLC Wishlist' section on which you can enter up to I think 5 songs.

Harmonix possibly somehow monitors that from now on.

 

[JonathanEx]

They realised they kept getting sent the exact same requests from everyone and so resorted to the profile page thing instead?

 

[Belgand]

Do you ever sleep Belgand?

Not usually. I took an hour or so out to put in some bass practice and it felt like cheating. Glad to be back in the warm, safe embrace of GAF.

I've also kinda wrapped over to a night schedule recently and I've had some trouble getting back onto days. Every time I do I just end up oversleeping and screwing it all up again.

Ok we tried IRC. Belgand didn't even rock up, complete failure. OT talk stays here

We already have an IRC channel?!? I was saying we ought to get one. I didn't know that we could just nip on over to some GAF channel every once in a while.

And yeah, you got me in one of my brief lapses where I was away from the computer for more than few minutes.

 

[TeTr1C]

AHHHHHHHHHHH!! Only seven more days until RB2 for PS3. I played it over my friend's house on 360 and it's a good step up from the first one. The drums fills sounds pretty good now too.

 

[Belgand]

Also, it's norcal.

People keep saying that. I prefer NoCal. I don't care what anyone else thinks. You're the ones who are wrong.

 

[Johnkers]

We already have an IRC channel?!? I was saying we ought to get one. I didn't know that we could just nip on over to some GAF channel every once in a while.

And yeah, you got me in one of my brief lapses where I was away from the computer for more than few minutes.

Thank/blame Tiduz

 

[Belgand]

Thank/blame Tiduz

So where in the hell is it? That would have been some damn useful information.

Ah well... I'm out of here. I need to get in a bit of reading and hopefully try to get some sleep in before noon.

Now really isn't the time to expect an IRC channel to be popular. It's the Lord's day. We're all praying.

My parents were Episcopal (i.e. Anglican) so we get a free pass if we don't quite feel like it. Or during the summer. We're the only ones trustworthy enough to get summers off. The important thing is that we're preserving the majesty of the Roman Catholic church by having a good deal of obscure names for very specific places in the church and plenty of fancy vestments.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

My Masterpiece.