illithid235
illithid235
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Just got through a huge spree a few weeks ago... God of War 2, Ratchet & Clank, Gears of War, then I started up Fallout 3 and got maybe halfway through. Then I bought myself Brutal Legend, Blue Dragon, Dragon Quest: Swords, and Ratchet & Clank Going Commando with Christmas gift cards. Just finished Brutal Legend... it was…
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New Year's Resolutions! I resolve to do 2 things... First, stop drinking pop/soda except in rare occasions. I don't need those empty calories. Second, EXERCISE REGULARLY. I have chubbed out in the last year and a half and I need to get thin again.
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I'll send one of my bitches out toward you. It'll be fun. UID will be posted shortly.
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Wow... who knows what crazy applications Chinese characters might have?
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(^.^) c(")(") It's a Snorlax, and I learned how to make it. Yay! What other ASCII (that's what this is, right?) thingies do you all know how to make?
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Maybe it started out that way... but I would think that if it was just an abbreviation it probably would have been C-Mas or something. I think it may have been that the X indeed was originally meant to take out Christ and refer to the capitalistic take on the holiday.
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Multi-dimensionality? What are you talking about? Everyone knows that Dante's version of hell is the REAL hell. Multiple layers, each corresponding to one of the seven deadly sins, subdivided into specific punishments for specific types of sinners. That's how hell REALLY is.
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Woo! Awesome, dude!!!!!
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I remember hearing something like this... Jakey, you can probably say more on this, but the whole "step-brothers" thing is part of this huge trend to lend increasing amounts of holiness to the main figures of Christianity. So it starts by making Christ pure. Okay... he's totally without sin. Like TOTALLY. He never even…
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SWEET RELEASE. I have just finished my third semester in grad school. Christ, this paper cycle was the most painful I have ever experienced. My 20 pager on Paradise Lost and the Junius Manuscript went swimmingly, but my 15 pager on wounds in Icelandic sagas... I think I wrote for 15 hours then revised for 10. Fucking…
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I like doing mind-altering stuff every so often. Granted, I've only ever used alcohol and pot, but it's kinda fun to experience the world differently and have your body feel different than normal from time to time. And it makes socializing fun because people get silly.
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DOUBLE POST! My prof has informed me that the best version of the Poetic Edda is edited by Carolyn Larrington and the best Prose Edda is edited by Anthony Faulkes, though it'll probably be expensive since it's apparently in 3 volumes. Hope this helps, and kudos for even knowing what the Eddas are. =D But to respond to your…
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I don't really know enough to say either way.... remember, Ryan, when Scott told us what he generally perceives as the meteorological take? "We know that, generally, average temperatures are rising. What we DON'T know is whether or not it is caused by humans. It could just be another cycle." or something like that.
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Hmm... we didn't read either Edda in our class, we just stuck to sagas, but my prof is really knowledgeable. I'll ask her which translations she prefers and get back to you.
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I haven't read Lord of the Rings since high school, and I suspect I'd have a much easier time with it now... keep in mind that Tolkien was, I think, trying to emulate somewhat the feel of medieval Anglo-Saxon literature to some extent, and their sensibilities of narrative and character development were VERY different from…
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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians?
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Don't take it as failure, dude. If you're miserable, that's more than enough reason to do something else. Life is too short to sit in jobs that are totally terrible AND keep you isolated from everything. It's one thing to have a bad job, but a bad job that also removes you from everything good about downtime is not worth…
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This autumn I've read: Njal's Saga, Egil's Saga, Kormak's Saga, Bjorn's Saga, Gunnlaug's Saga, King Harald's Saga, Saga of the Volsungs, The Saga of Hrolf Kraki, Chaos and Love: the Philosophy of the Icelandic Family Sagas, Thorlak's Saga, The Complete Poems of Elizabeth Bishop, George Herbert's "The Temple," Milton's…
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Holy shit! Birthdays galore!! Happy birthday, dude!
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You know, some people might not agree with you. Some people might argue that, as humans, we should at least have the decency to ensure that other humans are alive and have at least a minimum amount of care for their well-being... that just looking out for ourselves and not giving a shit about anyone else isn't…
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No pictures, for the same reason... but happy birthday anyway!
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I count 9 presents.
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So, this is necrotheading, certainly, but I found something I just can't resist posting... check THIS out. It's a scholarly paper on what would happen if a zombie outbreak actually occurred from a mathematical perspective... I haven't read it yet but will soon. But enjoy.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Not the fucking Dragonite!! That was a part of a symbol of our friendship!!! Now I know what to get you for Christmas. Fuck. Our friendship cannot die like this.
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I wanted to post a funny picture, but life hurts right now. So happy belated birthday, good sir. Thank you for continuing to give us a place to e-hang out.
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OH GOD THE AMERICAN FLAG....... Holy christ that was the dumbest fucking thing ever. What the fuck purpose did that serve? And I don't think they'll do Carnage... I dunno, it doesn't seem like their style to include a totally fucked up, murderous villain. Spider-man isn't edgy enough already, and you know they'll forever…
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Yes. They totally ruined Venom. Venom should have been so much more badass. But alas... it was Topher Grace with pointy teeth. No. Just no. I liked the first two movies, but the third just didn't do it for me. My favorite superhero movie so far is, I think, Iron Man.
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Uhhhhh.... what?
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That is very sad. You have my condolences. =(
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Is that legal?