The EPIC WIN Thread 3: SON OF EPIC

Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

Rob King;434556][QUOTE=Terrik said:
I had my first Cuban cigar (FROM CUBA) yesterday. I smoked it really fast.

I threw up.

It was great.
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First thing I ever smoked was a big old Montecristo No. 4. I had smoked it away from the house I was living in (non-smoking agreement with other tenants, so ... ) and stopped before getting the whole thing done (still smoked it for about 20 minutes) I didn't feel sick or need to throw up, but I had such a headache afterward that I waited a bit before driving home.[/QUOTE]

I must have smoked around 5 cigars in my life, and I've always loved it!
I actually had one last friday. Pretty awesome.
 
Rob King

Rob King

Fun cigar story. Or ... cigarillos? Whatever.

Anyhow, I decided that I wanted to buy a few cigarillos to have on hand, because ... just because. So part 1 of the story is that I finally found a place that had little mini montecristos (which I enjoy very very much), and when I went to buy a few, she gave me a pack of twenty, which was a lot more than I had intended to get, and about 4 times what I had intended to spend, but I was so self-conscious that I bough the whole thing. Part 2 of the story is that over the course of three weeks I smoked two from that pack (which is seriously the shortest interval between smokes in my life ... I don't want it to be a daily (or even a weekly) thing for me.) Then I went to smoke one about a month later and realized that at some point during the previous month, the pack had fallen out of my jacket, and I was very sad.
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Daughter "Look Daddy a bug!"

Me "Yep, that's a caterpillar!"

Daughter "Let's put it in a jar!"

Me "Sure."

=bug placed in jar=

Daughter "Cool"

Me "Now go show Mommy."

Daughter "OK"

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"AAAAGH! GET THAT OUT OF THE HOUSE!"

Me :D
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Staff member
HCGLNS said:
Daughter "Look Daddy a bug!"

Me "Yep, that's a caterpillar!"

Daughter "Let's put it in a jar!"

Me "Sure."

=bug placed in jar=

Daughter "Cool"

Me "Now go show Mommy."

Daughter "OK"

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.

.

.

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"AAAAGH! GET THAT OUT OF THE HOUSE!"

Me :D
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I lol'ed ;) But tell me, did you sleep on the couch that night? :D
 
Rob King

Rob King

For those who haven't been following my trouble with Nepal fund-raising, my fee was supposed to be paid this past Friday, but a few- fiascoes mean that I still don't have all the money required. I was in a bit of a tizzy earlier last week, and while trying to scrounge up enough money to send off, I also sent an email to GVN asking if I could send payments late, because it didn't look good at the time.

Well, I've raised up a bit more of the necessarry money, (though I'm still short) but I heard back from GVN today. They said that the September deadline is typically given because most people mail a check, and that takes a few weeks in the mail to reach them, and they want to have enough time to do it twice, if something goes wrong. They said that if I can wire the money instead of mail it, I can have until October 1st.

I hope I don't take until October 1st, because I still have to fund the price of a plane ticket, vaccinations, visas, and all that, but the extra leeway made me very, very happy this morning.
 
Rob King

Rob King

To send to GVN: Between a paycheck coming up, and some money that forumites have sent me, I'm only short about another 300. (That number might sound higher than I originally stated because of an exchange rate muck-up on my part. I thought costs were expressed in New Zeland dollars, when it turns out that they're in USD).

Remaining costs: around 2500-3000, but I have some fundraising stuff in real life, and contributions from friends and family coming up for that, (plus six more weeks of work before I leave) so I shouldn't need to be whining to Halforums so much about it. My father offered to sort out the flight details: he's going to fly me to Toronto on his points because leaving for Nepal from Toronto will save 6-700 off the cost of flights. Then I still need vaccinations ($??) and visas ($150), and the recommended $25 USD/week for bottled water and lunches (total $400) etc.

I'll be posting about the second phase of fund-raising on my website when I finally get the payment to GVN wired off, if you're interested, Sin.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Dragon*Con/birthday weekend was a blast. Lots of fun and exactly what I've needed. I drank, I laughed, I danced, I stayed up until 5am or later pretty much every day. The only downside is finding myself hopelessly attracted to a friend of mine who I've been talking to a lot lately. She's just gotten out of an engagement (she was dumped) and I feel like a selfish skeeze for even thinking about her like this while she's going through it. Long story short I've liked her for awhile but she's been with the other dude since we met. I didn't let it get me down much, but it's been nagging in my mind all weekend.
 
Frank

Frank

So, I had a pretty good chat with the Aussie waitress tonight, since the bar was nearly empty save for the rookie, his girlfriend and me. I asked her for dinner and she said yes. So, that's a win. The fact that I think she only said yes because we talked about my recently deceased grandma and she got all pity pity on me sort of makes me feel like it's not so much of one. Eh, I'll make the best of it.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

The important thing is to move beyond the pity-play, and show her what a bro you are. Don't believe in yourself: believe in the me who believes in you!
 
Bones

Bones

I never realized that the good officer was a anime fan, less a fan of Gurren Laggann, you just keep pushing your self up higher on my cool-o-meter charon, DAMN YOU COOL DAWG!
 
K

kaykordeath

Wifey started her new job today!

Except for a 4 month stint in retail sales, this is her first day back amongst them employed since January '09.

Hooray for livable income!
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Staff member
My best friend was in town today, first time in three months. He called me up, we went for pizzas and beers, and had a blast.

I love just shooting my mouth off with this guy, simply because we always end up discussing and saying the weirdest things.

*after I had helped him with a problem*
"C'mon, say it."
"Alright, thank you."
"Well, I was hoping you'd say 'You're a genius, please inseminate my female relatives', but that works too."

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*discussing the possibility of him joining a Changeling: The Lost campaign I'm running*
"I'd like to be, you know, like in Captain Planet... a heart elemental."

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"In Duke Nukem Forever you can only carry two guns."
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..."

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"C'mon, they've been making that game for so long they should be giving out free handjobs to anyone who even thinks about buying that game."
"Yeah, well, I hear it's just gonna be another shooter.
"Oh."
*beat*
"So... No handjobs?"
"No handjobs."

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*following a discussion how everything can be construed as phallic in postmodern thought*
"Yeah, I'd like to penis but I have a penis I need to penis by penis the next penis..."


Aaaaahhh... good times.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Going to see Rush in two weeks, found out our tickets aren't on the lawn seating (which is where I've always sat, good view, great sound) but down in the reserved seating, closer to all the stage action. Already planning to go see them again next year, but getting tickets on opening day for fan club, gonna get as close as we can!
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Staff member
Just got the news today; the regular English teacher got two more weeks of sick leave.

Which means I'll be substituting for two more weeks! ^^
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Staff member
Funny, guys ;) But yeah, I'm really happy about this. I'll get some much-needed money, but most importantly I'll get the work experience I desperately need.

Just have to grind a couple of more sixth grades and I'll be a Level 7 English Teacher!
 
fade

fade

Staff member
But if you wanted to melee, you should've rolled a Gym Teacher. Your English Teacher build is going to suck at endgame.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

fade said:
But if you wanted to melee, you should've rolled a Gym Teacher. Your English Teacher build is going to suck at endgame.
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Pfh... hardly! English Teachers can multi-class with fewer XP penalties into other builds, like History or Philosophy. They have stat bonuses when the time comes to pick specialties, due to years of experience in deconstructing language and bending it to their whims. *grins*
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Well, I am considering multi-classing into History & Civics. But even if I do decide to go all the way as a single-class character, the points in that talent tree will give me good bonuses when dealing with students and teachers. Currently I'm putting most of my points into Enthusiasm, though. Might have to switch at some point, though, but there's some sweet specials in that right now.
 
W

Wasabi Poptart

I smell like coconut cake with mango sauce. Man, do I love finding good smelling soaps and stuff.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

Staff member
The fella got promoted! He works so hard at his job. He deserves this so much. And it has been a loooooong time coming. They were either never hiring for the position he wanted or school was keeping him too busy. But he spoke with his managers this week and they unanimously agreed that he was the right person to be the new assistant manager. He starts clocking in as his new position in about 2-4 weeks. They requested that he retrain the staff that's currently under him, find someone to take his place, and weed out anyone who can't be retrained. I'm so proud. This hasn't always been a great job, and even though his managers liked him, they couldn't always give him what he deserved. He's the type of person who puts all of himself into any job he has, no matter what it is. And I'm just so so so happy that they're finally giving this to him.

He surprised me with the news this weekend. He wanted to call me Wednesday when he found out, but he wanted to actually see my face (and my happy dance). The best part is that he gets to keep his current schedule! He'll probably have to work more than he was before, which is fine by him. But the times of the day aren't going to change, so going to school won't be a problem. I think he gets extra vacation now, too. ^_^ I'm so so happy! He's worked so hard!
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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SO awesome. :D Thanks, Cheesy. I'm posting again because it's Double-Epic! HOORAY FOR JAKE! I called him "Boss" all weekend. He laughed. :p
 
Adam

Adam

Applied for two new jobs today at a different company in a different city. Not sure why. Wife has been offered a job in the new city yet we're both comfortable where we are and the jobs we're currently in. Maybe I'm just looking for change after 10 years in the same town and 5 years in the same job?

Communications Specialist: http://www.fortisbc.com/downloads/c.../BCE10-77 Communications Specialist final.pdf
Communications and Media Relations Advisor: http://www.fortisbc.com/downloads/c...unications Media Relations Advisor final.pdf

Can't really tell my current boss about this. He'll kill me! Hahaha.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Many conga rats to Leslie's man-candy and the best of luck to the Adammon family ^^ Seriously, though, you need to get your significant others here, we wanna meet them! :D

Also...

Cajungal said:
He wanted to call me Wednesday
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Trying a new look, Seej? :) [STRIKE]Or some sort of roleplaying? :unibrow:[/STRIKE] Uh, nvm... too Icarus-y :p
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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Harrrrrrr. Surprised you didn't jump on the comment about me calling him "Boss" all weekend instead. Guess you wanted to go for the less obvious joke, and I respect that.

Jake'll never come here, not a lot, at least. Two reasons why:

1. He's had bad experiences with online relationships and is very wary of them. Doesn't think much of most forums, either.
2. On some strange level, he considers it an invasion of my privacy. I guess he wants this place to be something I can enjoy on my own. Kind of nice of him really. Maybe he thinks this is where I come to complain about him... which is ridiculous. I do that to his face. :p

It's too bad, though. When I relay some funny joke/happening he always seems to really enjoy it. And he likes a lot of you already, from what he knows. He's always saying, "You should post '____insert funny comment here_____'" and I'm always like, "SIGN UP AND DO IT YOURSELF."
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

There's always the chance that he'll decide to do it, one day. I get that he doesn't want to intrude on "your thing;" my wife is the same way with a lot of stuff like that.
 
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