The Gwampy Thread

[Ireond]

(Discarded pun about steps)  Surely the broken bones had to add something to the whole piece?

[reyler]

Actually I'd say the specific math here would be subtraction; organs, bone chips, whatever falls out on the way down.

[Ireond]

It's like a journey of discovery!  What will break next?

 

Stay tuned Kiddies!

[reyler]

Why yes, now that you mention it, they are bringing back The Magic School Bus.

[Ireond]

Any word on how they'll do it?  3-d high res animation, or in the fashion of the books and the old show?

[reyler]

CGI. Suppose I can't blame them, as I believe it's faster than the 10-month turnaround on traditional animation.

[Ireond]

Yeah.  And as long as the shows are just as well done, I think it'll be fine.  Each new medium brings its own strengths and drawbacks, of course.

 

 

Someone was telling me a ivy league school had found out they actually had a book bound in human skin.  That's surely an odd medium to work with. 

[reyler]

Speaking of using the human body for arts and crafts, did you ever check out that church I linked you to?

[Ireond]

Yes.  And I get a Marriott discount as an Employee, so I was also looking at nearby hotels that I can stay at and see it in person

 

It was oddly beautiful.  Macabre, of course

[reyler]

That last bit pretty much sums up a proper goth way of looking at the world.

[Ireond]

It's not an inaccurate way of looking at the world.  

[reyler]

Better that goth than the variant consisting of overprivileged white kids complaining about how terrible their lives are. I think they've moved on to calling that emo now, though. Of course, some people call emo on anything where someone is unhappy, so I guess there's no winning and everyone should be eaten by giant squid.

[Ireond]

Not lantern fish?

[reyler]

Oh that's right this thread hello thread would you like some spaghetti

[GrandpaG]

* considers a quick performance *

* checks the crowd *

* decides (wisely) against performing *

 

Hello.

 

Just online playing "who can withstand punishment the longest" with the unemployment office because I was naughty and got laid off for a week.  I fooled them and used wifey's phone and laptop with the faster speed than this dial-up dinosaur when I opened the new file.  This old girl worked just fine for claiming my week off in the middle of summer with a little less than normal take home pay.

 

* shrugs *

 

You get what you pay for.

 

* shrugs *

 

The other day I stumbled onto a printout of some of the stuff that I used to write on a daily basis as "GrandpaG" over in the RP area.  It touched me somehow.  For a while I missed those days.  But, then was then and now is now.  I don't use my brain for anything unusual these days.  Work.  Sleep.  Eat.  Work.  Sleep.  Eat.  Go to the doctor.  Work.  Eat.  Sleep.  If I ever retire it will mess everything up.  Sleep.  Eat.  Go to the doctor.  Sleep.  Eat.  Go to the doctor.

 

* sees a pattern forming *

 

Maybe if I didn't eat or sleep I wouldn't have to go to the doctor!!!

 

* ponders *

 

That might not last too long.

 

* shakes his head "NO" *

 

 

I have a several hundred page novel in my brain that people tell me could make me very wealthy.  For some reason, I have no desire to write it and get rich.  What's wrong with THAT picture!!!  I used to LOVE writing here at DM but the thought of doing it for money just sours my mood.  I guess I never claimed to be normal.  It really is a good story.  I should write it.  Eat.  Sleep.  Work.  Write.  Eat.  Sleep.  Work.  Write.  NNnnaaahhhh.  Maybe after I retire in a few years I'll eat, sleep and write.  And maybe play guitar now and then.  I might even sing.  Wanna hear it?  No?  I'm not surprised.

 

Better go stir the chili and get ready for work.

 

Love,

Gramps

[reyler]

YOU ARE A MEAT ROBOT

[GrandpaG]

Only for 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or so more years depending upon what the government does with Social Security and Medicare.

 

I'm a factory rat so I don't have a planned retirement portfolio like all of you professional types have.

 

I'll save what cash I can so the government and the old folk's home won't know how much I have.

 

Some retirement from the government (my former employer stole the rest of what used to be our retirement money).

 

Some income from my Naval Reserve retirement.

 

Social Security.

 

Whatever wifey brings in (which is not much when you spend 20+ years as a lunch lady).

 

Then I can sit back, eat, sleep, go to the doctor, write, play guitar, play Age of Empires III, and wait for my turn to die.

 

I'm sure wifey will try to find some sort of project to pry me out of my recliner that just has to be done right this minute but we'll see who has the stronger will when it comes to that..."LEAVE ME ALONE!!!  I'M BUSY TAKING A NAP!!!"  Oh, well.  It might work and it might not.

 

If I'd just write the stupid novel and trade it for money I could get to that nap a little sooner.  But, then there's the sequel.

 

* ponders *

 

NNAAAaahhhh.

 

I'll just stay a meat robot for now.

 

Love,

Gramps

[reyler]

"Planned retirement portfolio", feh; I'm still slowly getting used to being able to buy lunch.

[WWWwombat]

YOU ARE A MEAT ROBOT

 

HK-47 would be mortified.

[reyler]

I hate the fact that I didn't have to use Google to know what you were talking about.

[Ireond]

that bad?

[reyler]

Recognizing relatively obscure Star Wars content that was created long after you stopped paying any attention to the franchise? Pretty bad.

[WWWwombat]

but but but KotOR was the Golden Age of BioWare!

Edited October 16, 2014 by WWWwombat

[reyler]

Irrelevant! I never played it, had long since stopped paying attention to the franchise, and I still knew what you were talking about. That's why the internet is dangerous to someone whose mind works the way mine does.

[Ireond]

A valid point