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The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Dave
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My wife is a deep sleeper and also has night terrors. Pretty much at least twice a week she'll wake me up yelling for help or crying. I'll stroke her hair and talk to her until she falls back to sleep. About half the time she talks and only about half of that can I understand her. About 5% of the time she'll hold a conversation with me.
Last night I wake up because she's crying for help. I start to stroke her hair and as she calms down she says loudly and clearly, "Stupid fucking things!" I try not to wake her while I'm laughing but I tell her she's okay and that she's safe. She says, "A crocodile tried to eat me." Which, of course, made me laugh even harder.
"It's okay. He won't do it again."
"Okay."
Then she was asleep again.
Last night I wake up because she's crying for help. I start to stroke her hair and as she calms down she says loudly and clearly, "Stupid fucking things!" I try not to wake her while I'm laughing but I tell her she's okay and that she's safe. She says, "A crocodile tried to eat me." Which, of course, made me laugh even harder.
"It's okay. He won't do it again."
"Okay."
Then she was asleep again.
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Reminds me of a story my parents tell. My mom, in the middle of the night, starts searching the bed for something. She's sliding her hands all around between the sheets, and between the sheet and comforter, almost frantically. Of course, this wakes up my dad, so he asks her what's wrong. She's still shifting the sheets around and says she's looking for the sewing needle she dropped. She can't find it anywhere. My dad pretends to pick something up off of his side of the bed. He tells her, "I got it". She says ok, lays down, and is instantly asleep.
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Google tells me it's 一目惚れ (love at first sight), although the connotation may be somewhat less forceful?Do the Japanese have a version of what the Italians call colpo di fulmine? Even if they don't, I'm working on a story idea where the MC gets hit by it in a big, big way.
GasBandit
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There's love at first sight, there's lovestruck, there's Pepe le Pew, and then there's colpo di fulmine.
There’s also “smitten” or “limerent,” though the Italian term is probably more like the wild take you see in the cartoons where the character’s eyes bug out and turn into hearts while his heart also leaps out and tries to break through his rib cage, and then he catches on fire and burns up into a pile of ash or a burnt-out matchstick.
—Patrick
—Patrick
I have a date on Sunday!! 
First sight happened in episode 1. They've been a not-taking-it seriously couple all season. Then in episode 8 we get the KER-BLAMM moment where it finally hits him.
Just don't show up in the pennywise costume.I have a date on Sunday!!
Or do, there's a 50/50 chance it could go either way.
Growing a beard?
Although considering how many times I've been told I should shave my beard & I'll look so much better without it maybe not.
We have records of bearded ladies going back to the 12th century.
Then just show up in half the Pennywise costume. Your choice which half.He thinks I look kinda hot in it, sooooo...I could probably get away with it!!
—Patrick
The bottom half! No contest: thigh highs, shorty shorts, kick ass heels. Easy peasy.
Y'know, over the past decade or so, I've received a lot of junk mail from companies wanting to sell me a warranty or some follow-up service for my car or home, but today? Today was a first. Today I got a letter in the mail offering me an excellent rebate, if only I chose this company for my domain name renewal instead of going with my current provider. Be honest... it's because I live in rural Oregon, isn't it?
Shout out to my brother who thinks I live on Facebook and tries to coordinate things on there, and then I see them a week later.
My mother can’t grasp that I don’t Facebook much. I still get chewed out for not commenting on things. Omg.
Got an interview on Friday for a job I am most certainly not qualified for. I'm both stressed and excited. It pays better than my current job, it's closer by and will save me 1hr/ day and $130/month in transit. Apparently the benefits are good (probably not as good as the benefits I have now, but still good). And one of my closest friends works there so that'd be a nice bonus too.
Plus, it's a LITTLE bit more in line with what I went to school for. I'd actually be animating again, anyway.
So yeah, a little bit excited and a little bit panicked.
Plus, it's a LITTLE bit more in line with what I went to school for. I'd actually be animating again, anyway.
So yeah, a little bit excited and a little bit panicked.
Sorry Dave..the crap you're about to experience won't be random at all.
GasBandit
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I got a wild hair to go look up some things that amused me back in the day (around 18-20 years ago), but alas, it seems that the collected works of Taco the Wonder Dog (AKA "TAOC TEH WODNER DOG") are mostly lost to internet history... particulary his magnum opus, the "NOT the Charles Johnson remix" of Lime Jelly Grass by Renaldo and the Loaf.
Truly what dark times we live in.
Truly what dark times we live in.
Ford is recalling 1.5M cars because the engine might stall, which seems like a really tame reason to recall so many of one of your most popular cars, but when you take into consideration that the cause of the stall may also crush your gas tank, and that they're recommending anyone with a 2L 4 cylinder Focus keep their gas tanks at least half full at all times until repairs can be made and now you've got more of a story. Glad we've got a Fusion, we only have to worry about the sunroof never closing if we ever open it again, the door handles falling off, the trunk release latches not working if we get locked in, the airbag going off randomly and blowing up in my face, and various electrical faults which aren't covered by recalls.
I've never before so seriously considered building my own car from parts to ensure quality workmanship.
I've never before so seriously considered building my own car from parts to ensure quality workmanship.
Wish me luck!
Break a leg!