The EPIC WIN Thread 2: EPIC HARDER!
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Greendog
Either that or this is an indication of how much beer and pizza I've been consuming of late.AshburnerX said:
Nothing major in the way of exercise to be fair, not until this gym I've signed up to opens in a month or so. Just cycling and sit-ups in the meantime.
Either way, I've lost some weight and my bid to look presentable for the beaches in Adelaide come Christmas is still on track!
I dunno about sit ups, but cycling is supposed to be pretty awesome for weight loss, I hear, especially if it's a few miles a day.
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Wasabi Poptart
Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.Bubble181 said:
I used to love falling asleep to this song.Bubble181 said:WildSoul said:
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Also: yay for someone getting the reference
I PASSED!
I FUCKING PASSED!
86% on the written, and passed both practicals (no score, just pass or kill your 'patient'). Now to get certified by the province and start my EMT course.
I am (nearly)officially a medic!
Credit where it is due: I owe a great deal to my instructor, without whom I would have failed miserably on the practical. (And by the way, even though there was no scoring on the practical, I did it nearly flawlessly. There's a 'perfect' rating and I got it. So that's how helpful she was, as earlier on in the course, my patients were all critical quite rapidly.)
I FUCKING PASSED!
86% on the written, and passed both practicals (no score, just pass or kill your 'patient'). Now to get certified by the province and start my EMT course.
I am (nearly)officially a medic!
Credit where it is due: I owe a great deal to my instructor, without whom I would have failed miserably on the practical. (And by the way, even though there was no scoring on the practical, I did it nearly flawlessly. There's a 'perfect' rating and I got it. So that's how helpful she was, as earlier on in the course, my patients were all critical quite rapidly.)
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Wasabi Poptart
WOOHOO! :clap:Garbledina said:
Cajungal
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I just had one of those insane moments of clarity. In about 1 year and a few months, I'll be a teacher. :bush: I just ordered a textbook for my "Teaching Social Studies" class and my heart started to pound. I cannot wait to get out there. Children are curious, beautiful, and often a bit evil. I cannot WAIT to devote my life to them!
NCSoft continues to display its crush on me. 
Ha ha, good memory.
I'm afraid I've agreed not to disclose, which means you can easily figure it out.
I'm afraid I've agreed not to disclose, which means you can easily figure it out.
In my frying pan right now is a fillet of codfish. I think this might be the first time that I brought a meal straight from the earth to my plate by myself.
I wrestled some codfish from the sea on Thursday. Gutted it in the boat myself. Cleaned and filleted it on my uncle's patio that afternoon. Froze it for the trip back home, and now I am about to eat it.
Goddamn, I feel like a man. Pictures to follow (possibly in the new pic thread).
I wrestled some codfish from the sea on Thursday. Gutted it in the boat myself. Cleaned and filleted it on my uncle's patio that afternoon. Froze it for the trip back home, and now I am about to eat it.
Goddamn, I feel like a man. Pictures to follow (possibly in the new pic thread).
I missed this at first, but I got it at "Be kind to your knees."CynicismKills said:I used to love falling asleep to this song.Bubble181 said:WildSoul said:
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Also: yay for someone getting the reference
And now I've realized that I haven't heard this in a long time. I will be putting it on as soon as I go home.
Pardon? Is that a typo? I can't figure out what you mean if it isn't. But then, I've been known to be dense sometimes.[/quote:386s5q0t]Rob King said:
Taking a more literal meaning of earth (since it's not capitalized and all...).
Speaking of fish, I took some frozen perch, made the bread crumbs, mixed with Parmesan cheese (about 1/2 breadcrumbs, 1/2 Parmesan), a bit of garlic and lawry's seasoned salt, poured it on the baking sheet, added the fish, then poured it over the fish before baking.
IT WAS SOOOO GOOD.
Even the kids liked it. My wife isn't a big fan of fish, so we don't eat it often, but she is sick so I got to do dinner.
Also, pop-open crescent roll dough is awesome if you stuff a few raspberries inside before rolling it up - they self seal and everything. Nothing beats going out to the yard, grabbing a few very ripe berries off the vine, and cooking them into a snack in under 20 minutes.
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM.
Food is always an epic win.
-Adam
She's sick so you made something she wouldn't like? 
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rly:Edrondol said:She's sick so you made something she wouldn't like?
The kicker is that she would have liked the fish cooked this way, but she wasn't interested in eating anything at all. Also, I should have said she doesn't prefer fish. She doesn't hate it, but given the choice between fish and chicken/beef/pork she wouldn't choose the fish very frequently.
-Adam
Oh. Huh, I didn't even think to capitalize it, and I normally capitalize words that shouldn't be.stienman said:
In other news, I've been trying to mend things with a friend. I took the first step, by sending her an email expressing my desire to fix things, and she responded positively with a single line of text. That's happened before: sending her a long and involved email, and getting two or three lines of response. I tried again, asking her about what's been up, and telling her a bit about what I've been at, and I just got a huge and involved response. She even joked about condoms, which is good: she's a prude when she's uncomfortable, so I can be reasonably certain that she's genuinely wanting to make things better.
This makes me happy. She's a cool girl, and it sucks that we've gone a year not talking because of stupid social-circle-drama.
I also saw District 9 with a friend that I've been lucky enough to find myself working with. I've known him for years. He grew up in a town just an hour outside of my own, and dated a girl who went to my church. He was always a few years older, but now we're both old enough that age differences don't mean as much, and we work at the same place. It's great to be able to hang out with him and just do whatever.
And after typing that paragraph, I realize how homosocial I'm becoming. It's not a problem. It's actually something I'm trying to do. But it sure must look funny to people who are outside my head.
And District 9 was great, too. I wasn't sure about the documentary/narrative mashup, but it worked very well. It irked me to hear people talking behind me (before the movie) about how the guy who directed this was the same guy who did the Lord of the Rings movies. I've been excited about Neil Blomkamp ever since I heard he was going to be director for the Halo movie. That's not what excited me, of course. When I realized it was a name I had never even heard a whisper of before, I spent a day looking up all of his previous projects online (all short films and ads). At the end of the day I was excited to see what he would do with a budget and two hours. I was disappointed when Halo was put on hold, but put out of my mind with glee when I heard that he was doing District 9, which I would describe as an adaptation from his short film.
God. Listen to me. I'm not a big film guy. I feel like I'm stomping on Charlie and Kissenger's turf. I'll stop now guys, you don't have to break my legs!
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Anubinomicon
bought a grill monday, grilled for the first time yesterday, my wife has decreed that we will be grilling every night for the rest of the summer.
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Mr_Chaz
Finally got a job! Woop Woop!
It's a pity I have to cross post this to rant as well
It's a pity I have to cross post this to rant as well
Giant TV for the bedroom gets set up tonight. Check.
Two discs of Angel being delivered today. Check.
Babysitter arranged at the last minute so I can go see Plan 9 From Outer Space with RiffTrax Live at the local theater tomorrow night. Oh Hell yes.
Two discs of Angel being delivered today. Check.
Babysitter arranged at the last minute so I can go see Plan 9 From Outer Space with RiffTrax Live at the local theater tomorrow night. Oh Hell yes.
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jaythen
Part of my get out and do something summer plan was to do something that I had never done before.
I investigated and researched and prepared (or what I thought was enough) to attempt a challenging prospect to me.
I haven't been hiking in years and wanted to go again. I tried to gather some friends to go, but they either were at work or had other plans.
So I chose one of my states more notable local landmarks: Mt Washington.
http://www.mountwashington.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire)
http://www.timefortuckerman.com/
Tuckerman's Ravine is the route I took; the overall length was 4.2 miles (6.8km) from base to top of the mountain.
I thought it was one of the easier routes, but no. Steep climb and lots of rocks to climb up.
In the background is the headwall you must navigate to get to the top. The trails winds up along the side. Not a straight climb up.
Part way up with another part of the mountain called Lions Head on the right.
PArt of the headwall climb. Yes, that white dot is a person ahead of me.
A shot from further up the headwall looking down on the valley.
Looking up at the summit on the last stretch to go.
Finally at the top! Only took 4 1/2 hours. Mountain steepness kicked my ass. I thought I was in better shape.
Part of the mountains claim to fame: 231 miles per hour wind. I hit the mountain on a good day.
Legs ached and was completely drained afterward. I want to go again someday.
I investigated and researched and prepared (or what I thought was enough) to attempt a challenging prospect to me.
I haven't been hiking in years and wanted to go again. I tried to gather some friends to go, but they either were at work or had other plans.
So I chose one of my states more notable local landmarks: Mt Washington.
http://www.mountwashington.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire)
http://www.timefortuckerman.com/
Tuckerman's Ravine is the route I took; the overall length was 4.2 miles (6.8km) from base to top of the mountain.
I thought it was one of the easier routes, but no. Steep climb and lots of rocks to climb up.
In the background is the headwall you must navigate to get to the top. The trails winds up along the side. Not a straight climb up.
Part way up with another part of the mountain called Lions Head on the right.
PArt of the headwall climb. Yes, that white dot is a person ahead of me.
A shot from further up the headwall looking down on the valley.
Looking up at the summit on the last stretch to go.
Finally at the top! Only took 4 1/2 hours. Mountain steepness kicked my ass. I thought I was in better shape.
Part of the mountains claim to fame: 231 miles per hour wind. I hit the mountain on a good day.
Legs ached and was completely drained afterward. I want to go again someday.
that there is pretty damn epic.
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Holy crap, well done!
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