OOC Raves

Silas

Suproval.

Mishgul

i came back because i love you all unconditionally.

Now buy me this will PM address if necessary kthx.

( :o3 )

Valden

I hinted at this before but now it's full rave. I'll be going to San Francisco in May for the Google I/O conference, work is even counting the days at the conference as "working" days so I get paid for them without using my leave! Most of the important things are either sorted or in the mail.

This will be a lot of firsts for me because I've never left the country before, never gone to a professional conference, and a few others. All the guys at work are always jetting around the globe so they were full of helpful advice on how to get things sorted.

In a supplementary rave I happened across a book on a park bench on my way to work with a note in it to read it and then pass it on to someone else; From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell.

Hyraeth

GY!BE is coming to my city. I cannot begin to express my level of squee at the moment, I thought they would bypass us like every other cool act. (Well, apart from Sigur Ros). </music nerd>

\o/

Jules

Whooooooooooooooo San Franciscoooooooo.  San Franciscoooooooo.  Also, indoor plumbing.  Now I just need my washer fixed so I don't have to do laundry in a place that is not my house.

Berenene

I'm really excited. It's just over a month left before I go on holiday for 2 weeks in Japan.  Awesome fun times ahead in the middle of the cherry blossoms. Even better is that I'm going with friends who go regularly, so while this is my first time, I've got experienced tour guides for free!

Kyrra

The kitchen fridge blew up, and was the source of the phases tripping every time we tried to put the power back on.

This is a major rave. Shopping for appliances is awesome fun and I have internets again. Yay!

Tahquil

I went awesome kiteboarding today. No injuries!!

Amunet

There are two good things about this apartment, at least:

• 35 Mbps download, 5 Mbps upload. Suck it, CenturyLink.
• This view from my bedroom window:
  

Sure, it faces the courthouse (the big, yellow building with the tower), the county jail (the big building to the left), and the projects over in Felony Flats, but the river view is beautiful, and this picture doesn't do justice at all to the snow-covered mountain vistas (Mount Spokane is actually kind of visible at the top left, peeking out from behind the pine tree. It's like Mount Rainier's inbred, dwarf cousin.)

Cahin

Got accepted into my b.s. in informatics program and at my meeting with my adviser discovered out that a large majority of my coursework will transfer directly and that the rest can be jammed into electives.  

Daslin

What's this? Its payday and my car is full of fuel?!

Melodie

Payday and going to get some new headphones!

Soon as I can find a cheap-ish but decent set.

Kyrra

I have no words for the extremely hot doctor that just walked in and asked for a paperclip to fix his phone. Prettiest blue eyes ever. What a perk up to a horrible day!

Tvistor

Psychology class. Population: 8 dudes, 80 chicks. Works for me.

Achilles

Only 90%?  Check out a Communications class someday.

Tahquil

Daslin said:

What's this? Its payday and my car is full of fuel?!

What's this? A reminder to pay my car loan!

( Thank you)

Jiraishin

My earbuds just broke. The rave in this is that not only are they still under warranty, but I have a spare pair this time.

Eld

Jiraishin said:

My earbuds just broke. The rave in this is that not only are they still under warranty, but I have a spare pair this time.

I read that as "eardrums" and was really concerned until you seemed to be serious about the warranty and the spar pair and I went back and reread it.

Tvistor

Achilles said:

Only 90%?  Check out a Communications class someday.

Brb changing units.

Aitox

Since I work for the government (SAPS), we get our annual bonuses on the last day of our birthday month. Yesterday was the last day. Last month was my birthday. Nuff said

Hhaos

Finally made it somewhere with some semblance of an internet connection back in my old stomping grounds. Didn't run into any major problems on the trip and made it in one piece with most of my baggage that I brought with me, just going to take a while to adjust. Have only been in town for about 3 hours and already have a job interview tomorrow afternoon, must be a sign or something.

Amunet

I went to the movies and out for dinner with the other members of my college's creative writing club, and had so much fun - unusual, since I don't usually do very well with near-strangers. I came home, had a relaxing hour or two by myself to finally unpack my books without my significant other bitching about just how many I have (to give some perspective, I had one tote - about three feet long, two feet wide, and two feet tall, full of clothes. I had five similarly-sized totes filled with books, plus three packing boxes of about two by two by two, and a large crate about four by three by three. I have only one actual bookshelf, and the rest are being tucked into the shelves on the TV stand, the shelves in the utility closet, the shelves in the hall and bedroom closets...).

My significant other came home shortly thereafter. He'd been helping my mom with the last of the clean-up at my dad's house, and he brought home with him four old books that had been among my late Grandma's things up in the garage. The "youngest" of the lot - a copy of The Pilgrim's Staff, was published in 1897 and is worth about $50. The "oldest" is, apparently, a rare 1889 copy of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and is selling through book dealers online between $750 and $2,500, depending upon its condition. The one I received is nearly mint - no spine damage, no torn or bent pages, no marking, no torn leather, just some slight fading in the gilt decorations and lettering. Epic find.

The other two books are poetry collections from 1893, one of Robert Burns, and the other George Gordon Byron. I got a book boner from the last one; I'm a Byron fan girl. Though I don't intend to sell these, I'm going to take all four books to be professionally appraised as soon as I have the money, just to be sure I haven't mistaken their values - I've been collecting antique books since I was a teenager, so I'm fairly certain of what I've got, but I'd like a second opinion, nonetheless. I take nerdy pride in my collection.

Mishgul

After so many years, i've finally sat down with my parents and they are going to help me buy a house within the next year. So excited!

Sybilla

Congratulations, @Mishgul, good luck in finding somewhere great!

My rave pales in comparison of the previous few, but I'm still excited about it. It's March, which means they'll finally start filming the third season of BBC's Sherlock, providing Benedict Cumberbatch stops being such a gallivanting big-shot all over the world and comes back home to solve all our crimes. And wears that coat which so suits him...

Trevize

Rave: Looks like a promotion is in the works! My boss just gave me part of her work (she's currently taking on two jobs) - something she doesn't trust anyone with. Then someone else higher up mentioned that she asked if I would be suitable to take the position, and he recommended it! (knowing where I work, it'll be a month or two before it happens, but still!)

Tvistor

I bought a toaster.

I found if I kinda leave the toastiness level at like 2 and a 1/2, it produces the perfect toast. It is totally crunchy and delicious but does not even have a speck of a burn on it, and it isn't plagued by some parts being softer than others, which is the usually the price of attempting to achieve this level of crunchiness.

My life is complete.

Sena

It's been years since I've used a toaster where I didn't have to flip/rotate/move the bread to get it toasted evenly.

Eld

I've been toasting bread in my oven for like a year since my toaster died. Should really get around to replacing it already.

Trevize

Toasters? Pah! Butter or cooking spray on a skillet. Perfect toast, way better than a toaster.

Tvistor

I'm... so sorry. My condolences.