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[Phanx]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz Aussie slang for Macdonalds.

Oh. Well, I don't think even Geddy can get me to eat that... I thought it was something like the mysterious "tapas" which is apparently some kind of trendy food experience thing (eg. trendy people go to a tapas bar before they go to the club or something) but I haven't bothered to find out exactly what it is.

[MoonWitch]

Originally Posted by Phanx Oh. Well, I don't think even Geddy can get me to eat that... I thought it was something like the mysterious "tapas" which is apparently some kind of trendy food experience thing (eg. trendy people go to a tapas bar before they go to the club or something) but I haven't bothered to find out exactly what it is.

Tapas as small snacks, usually with sun dried tomatoes, garlic, olives, oftentimes fish, calamares etc

[10leej]

Originally Posted by Cairenn Lol, I've been helping derail it. I just thought that I'd point it out. You know, obvious post is obvious.

I'll take the blame. But we all figure out that Phanx has hairy legs likes books so she must be that nerdy book worm I see in the movies (plus I saved a cache copy of the post for future enjoyment)

And that I will now make it my life's goal to buy everyone McDonalds at the next Bliss con.

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by 10leej But we all figure out that Phanx has hairy legs likes books so she must be that nerdy book worm I see in the movies (plus I saved a cache copy of the post for future enjoyment)

Hey now, I'll have you know my legs are freshly hairless as of Wednesday.

(But before that, they may or may not have been suspiciously satyr-like...)

In other news, I need to make a better plan for the next Blizzcon. This year was kind of a random "oh I guess I'll go" deal... I flew down Friday morning at Way Too Early o'clock, slept in a park all day because my hotel wouldn't let me check in until 3pm, slept some more at my hotel until it was time for the WoWI dinner, was led to believe there would be a wild party but everyone just went to bed or sat around talking about their server hardware (that sounds like a bad innuendo, hah!), then went to the presentations on Saturday, and left that evening.

[10leej]

Originally Posted by Phanx Hey now, I'll have you know my legs are freshly hairless as of Wednesday. (But before that, they may or may not have been suspiciously satyr-like...)

I refuse to believe that!

[Phanx]

Which part?

(Also, I edited my last post while you were posting, apparently.)

[10leej]

Originally Posted by Phanx Which part? (Also, I edited my last post while you were posting, apparently.)

That your legs are hairless, you just said you were lazy afterall

[Phanx]

Yeah, but laziness is a delicate balance. I don't know about beards, but the longer you wait to shave your legs, the more work it is, and the relationship is not linear. Doing it every day is definitely a waste of energy, but if you put it off for 3 months you're gonna have a bad time.

[10leej]

Originally Posted by Phanx Yeah, but laziness is a delicate balance. I don't know about beards, but the longer you wait to shave your legs, the more work it is, and the relationship is not linear. Doing it every day is definitely a waste of energy, but if you put it off for 3 months you're gonna have a bad time.

I got some shears if you need em.

[Seerah]

@Phanx: The "big party" during BlizzCon was Thursday - many of us went before the WoWI dinner. (Which you have your days off by one. )

Also, Nynaeve et al. get better in the later books as they grow up and mature. I still have the last two (of the series) sitting on my "to read" shelf, among many other books that have been waiting for me to have the time and patience to read again.

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by Seerah @Phanx: The "big party" during BlizzCon was Thursday - many of us went before the WoWI dinner. (Which you have your days off by one. )

Hmm, you're right. Okay, I got there Thursday morning, and left Friday night. Close enough!

Originally Posted by Seerah Also, Nynaeve et al. get better in the later books as they grow up and mature. I still have the last two (of the series) sitting on my "to read" shelf, among many other books that have been waiting for me to have the time and patience to read again.

I don't remember how far I got in the series. I remember reading the second book one day while I was home sick from school, probably about 7th grade. I remember buying Winter's Heart (book 9, had to go look it up by the cover art) in high school, but I'm not sure I actually ever read it, and I certainly didn't read anything after it. Really the only things I remember at this point are Nynaeve's foot-stomping and braid-pulling, the weirdly long and detailed spanking scenes (seriously, how is this guy presenting spanking as a realistic form of discipline among adult women?!) and endless descriptions of some guy being paraded around in a cage.

Based on the fact that I remember far more detail about other books I read at the same age or earlier, I haven't felt any urge to go back and re-read these ones. I'm sure I forgot about them for a reason.

[Cairenn]

Originally Posted by MoonWitch Well, I am afraid we may have scared Icicle...

We can't have scared him off too badly, he's still hanging out in the irc channel.

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by 10leej I got some shears if you need em.

Okay.

[MoonWitch]

Originally Posted by Phanx Okay.

Forever will I now see you with a goatee too

Also:
I often just leave my legs as they are in the winter and only epilate once every 6 weeks - it allows for ingrown hairs to be ok again (if you scrub). But because I epilate all the time, I don't have satyr legs though.

[Icicle]

Originally Posted by Nimhfree Pink Coconut custard pie Bladerunner

Right...

Blue
Capn Crunch Cereal
The Matrix

[10leej]

Originally Posted by Cairenn We can't have scared him off too badly, he's still hanging out in the irc channel.

And just posted too

[Dridzt]

Orange
Shrimp Spaghetti Aglio Olio
V for Vendetta

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Dridzt Shrimp Spaghetti Aglio Olio

That's your favorite late night snack? O.o

[Wimpface]

Originally Posted by Phanx Oh god, audio books. I don't even know that I could make it though an audio book if it were narrated in song by Till Lindemann (Rammstein) or Geddy Lee (Rush). I don't really like ebooks either, but because I don't like them, they are actually effective as a "try before you buy" device. I generally don't even finish the ebook... if I like it, I go buy the hardcover, and if not, I don't feel obligated to keep reading since I didn't invest any time or money in obtaining it. Also, ebooks are convenient while traveling. The same principle doesn't apply to movies or music, unfortunately, since the Pirate Edition is actually a better product than the official version... no, I don't want your crappy 128kpbs MP3, and no, I don't want your useless plastic box and a stupid disk I haven't had a playback device for in a decade! I do make a point of buying albums I really like, but I literally never open the package. I have a box full of CDs still in their factory sealed plastic. (Actually, Bandcamp is great, because you get lossless digital copies. I wish the major labels would get with the program.)

It's no big deal if I respond just a whole page later, right?

You make a good point about ebooks, I don't know why I don't like them... It could be because I don't have a Kindle or equivalent to read them on and reading them on a monitor feels so off. I read comics on my PC, but that's about it, and only because Comical is a really good client.

Agree on pirating too, I think music labels are going to change a lot in the next 5-10 years from the more archaic stance they currently take to a more open one with more digital distribution. The bandcamp business model is genius, and my friend actually started a record label that strictly uses bandcamp for distribution. I think it's here to stay, and it'll only get bigger.

God, having a piracy discussion on WoWInterface is not what I expected when I woke up today...

[Dridzt]

Originally Posted by Seerah That's your favorite late night snack? O.o

In the sense that my late night snack is usually leftovers from an earlier meal yea
(truthfully I missed the 'late night snack' part )