OOC Raves

Rakon

Linux is where it's at. 

Who needs fancy 3D gaming when you can play text games. 

Siduri

Finally handing in a semester worth of Latin homework after two weeks. Talk about a crash course, phew! #feelingawesome

Synbios

@Trilliana : Your husband called. 

(Matawa): [REDACTED FOR HIS PROTECTION] says, "We're going to steal you from Achaea."

Trilliana

@Synbios
>:P you called me Liliana. I saw it. [-(

Aepas

Got my first NAM. It's an end of tour, so it's kind of expected. Still, I am happy!

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HAS AWARDED THE:
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL TO:
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN SECOND CLASS LOGAN M. LACEY, UNITED STATES NAVY FOR:
Professional achievement in superior performance of his duties while serving as Maintenance Technician, Patrol and Reconnaissance Force Seventh Fleet from January 2011 to January 2014. Petty officer Lacey performed his demanding duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner. Displaying superb technical expertise, he supervised the maintenance of communications equipment in support of nine multi-national exercises providing situational awareness for the task force. He also deployed to Guam for 62 days where he troubleshot and repaired the Tactical Common Data Link system allowing for the continued streaming of mission critical data from active P-3 unites to field commanders. After a devastating 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit japan, he played a vital role in the activation and operation of two emergency generators, ensuring power was maintained during the execution of rescue operations. By his personal initiative and loyal devotion to duty, Petty Officer Lacey reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the united states naval service.

@Trilliana that avatar....

Ruth

3 years is a heck of a long tour. Congrats on your NAM, seems to be well-earned, @Aepas!

Trilliana

@Aepas my avatar's been the same (except adding a santa hat at one point, but changed it back) Do you mean my awesome Olaf signature?

Kyrra

A Christmas card from my friend in Florida arrived today. I thought it might have gotten lost in the mail because it was posted early in December. It's exciting because she makes her own cards every year using her artwork, and she sends me Peeps for Easter, Halloween, and Christmas.

I mastered chicken today too. Nicely marinaded in soy/garlic and cooked to tender perfection. It turned out absolutely delicious and so mouth watering. Cooking is so new for me still and I get really excited when the things I cook turn out better than what my father makes. He was taught to cook by his mother and she used to cook for Hitler. Some day I hope to be that skilled but I figure I have time.

Trey

Kyrra said:

A Christmas card from my friend in Florida arrived today. I thought it might have gotten lost in the mail because it was posted early in December. It's exciting because she makes her own cards every year using her artwork, and she sends me Peeps for Easter, Halloween, and Christmas.

I mastered chicken today too. Nicely marinaded in soy/garlic and cooked to tender perfection. It turned out absolutely delicious and so mouth watering. Cooking is so new for me still and I get really excited when the things I cook turn out better than what my father makes. He was taught to cook by his mother and she used to cook for Hitler. Some day I hope to be that skilled but I figure I have time.

I'm not going to say it, but there are so many Hitler 'cooking' jokes fighting their way to escape my mouth(hands) that I feel like I'm losing my mind.

Tharvis

Apparantly it's my birthday.

I say apparantly because I totally forgot it was that day already untill somebody poked me on facebook.

That line should probably be in rants, but hey!

I haz cake.

Trey

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a thing kind of like globes in Achaea that you pay to open up, you have to buy the keys. On a feeling, even though I'm broke, I bought two keys ($5.00ish). I pulled a rifle on the first that usually sells for $10.00, and a super rare knife on the second that sells for $100+. Ended up giving the rifle away because I already got insanely lucky, why be greedy?

EDIT: Steam Wallet 100 fatter, I have now pre-ordered the new Thief yayyyyy

Nellaundra

When you're feeling sick, a shower is one of the greatest things.  Still feel like death warmed over, but at least I don't smell like it.

Mithridates

warm whiskey, honey, and lemon juice

Anaidiana

my two private students who were going for Junior All-State band got 2nd and 4th chair, respectively (in a section of 16).  2nd chair kid is currently working on 3-octave scales XD.

Nellaundra

@Mithridates I couldn't do that, but I -was- able to get some rum, tea, and honey.  Feeling a bit better now, thank you.

Gibbi

Mithridates said:

warm whiskey, honey, and lemon juice

My parents tried this on me when I was 1 or something.  But they didn't mix it right, and it all got separated, so I got a shot of straight whiskey.

Yang

Anaidiana said:

my two private students who were going for Junior All-State band got 2nd and 4th chair, respectively (in a section of 16).  2nd chair kid is currently working on 3-octave scales XD.

Full-range scales or GTFO.

Seriously, that's great they're approaching that stuff now. 

Gibbi

So I am in a One Piece rp on a chat site.  It pretty much turned into a Zoan vs. Zoan pro wrestling match.  You'll have to take my word for it, but it is SO AWESOME.

Valdus

I love finding out about and being able to dodge bullets.

Ellodin

C. Ronaldo, Ballon d'Or!

Kuy

Woooooooooooooooooooooo.

I just complained about it after calling them and getting a voice mailbox, and whaddya know, they called back and I'm scheduled for Wednesday!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Melodie

First day back to work from the vacation. I picked up a class I had no idea was on the team of my favourite kids - what a lovely surprise!

Gushing compliments of "OH MY GOD MISS C YOU'RE OUR FAVORITE SUBSTITUTE NEVER LEAAAAAVE" ensued, and I giggled inside while maintaining a stoically polite thank you. All classes save one were lovely, and the one "bad" class wasn't really bad, they just would not shut up.

Breakfast and lunch were more filling than I've ate at home lately (haha) and so I'm a stuffed, happy, tired substitute. I wish I could always sub for these kids. It's like there's an inability to have a bad day with them.

Also, the teacher I subbed for today has a sign on his door that says "You're now in the dragonslayer zone. Enter if you dare."

I love cool teachers almost as much as I love awesome students. :x

Anaidiana

Awesometacular Hubby picked up new blood pressure med for me on his way home (which is actually technically really out of the way for him but I was le tired) so hopefully this will get taken care of ASAP (doc said to call back on Weds with my numbers from monitoring at home) because running an average of 170/110 for the past month is not good for a regular person, let alone a bun-cooking preggo. (I feel fine otherwise and all my labs have come pristine (including a 1-hour fasting glucose and two 24-hour jugs, it's just these numbers). 

Bonus: Hubby also bought me a Cadbury creme egg. Who needs crack when it's CADBURY EGG SEASON???

Siduri

Coming to the purely theoretical realization that Florida is actually Hell. Notice how it's still hot while Canada's freezing? Fire pits for ya. And that's where all our old folks go when they decide they're done paying taxes... and what is the only inescapable thing in life beside taxes? Death! It all makes sense now. *nolongerjealousbutnotparticularlybrighter*

Iocun

Mithridates said:

warm whiskey, honey, and lemon juice

I agree.

Minus the honey, lemon juice, raised beverage temperature, and the need to be sick before drinking it.

Mithridates

I'm taking a 24-day long military leadership course and i want to hang myself. 

RAVE: the homework is so fucking stupid that it forces me to drink. Drinking makes me happy. 

Jovie

Mithridates said:

I'm taking a 24-day long military leadership course and i want to hang myself. 

RAVE: the homework is so fucking stupid that it forces me to drink. Drinking makes me happy. 

I feel you, man.

Drinking makes you less ugly too.


(please don't hurt me)

Jiraishin

Finally got back to fiction writing.

Kyrra

So much rain all day long. I don't think it's stopped drizzling when the downpour finally slowed down. Temp's been sitting on a cool 25°C (77°F) and I can only see it dropping further overnight. Today's been a pretty good day.

Gibbi

Dat Raw.

What a finish. Holy crap.