What made you smile today?

[dragonrage]

What made me smile today? Today just waking up made me happy, but knowing that I had to get out of bed made me kinda sad. But I was smiling once again when I came out and saw that the sun as out and the it was a very nice day, a bit cold but nice nevertheless; even the cold can be nice when it is constant and appreiate .

Today I was just in a good mood I guess, just know that it was a new year another day i get to live; not that i am dying or anything, was a good thing.

Does it sound weird, that I am actually happy that i am approaching an age closer to the way that i feel. Does it sound weird that I am conversing and interacting with people that i consider to be worthwhile, at the same time i am not considered a kid at the same time.

It's a new year another day and my thoughts are a bit more clearer than they were a year ago.

I am finally waking down a path that i consider to be one that i actually want travel and not one that i am force to drag my feet on.

[Buffalobiian]

Bought a second-hand Dell Inspiron 1501 (dual core version) for $300. Good-bye to queuing for (and often unsuccessfully for) laptops/desktops at the Uni IT desk

Battery's shot though, so I'll have to bid a 9-cell one off eBay for <$100. Still a pretty good buy IMO. Came from a friend too, so I'm confident it's in working condition, and it looks like the widescreen is keeping me from my more powerful desktop

[KitKat]

Bought a second-hand Dell Inspiron 1501 (dual core version) for $300. Good-bye to queuing for (and often unsuccessfully for) laptops/desktops at the Uni IT desk

Battery's shot though, so I'll have to bid a 9-cell one off eBay for <$100. Still a pretty good buy IMO. Came from a friend too, so I'm confident it's in working condition, and it looks like the widescreen is keeping me from my more powerful desktop

Hey, that's the lappy that I have! I just reinstalled xp on mine yesterday. Nice clean reformat makes for a happy computer.

I was so very happy today when I found out I wouldn't have to fail my course. Due to a long complicated situation, I still have 4 papers left to hand in for a course from last semester, and I thought for sure that I'd just have to re-take the course this semester. However, my professor and my department have been lovely and understanding, and given me an extension until the end of January. Huzzah!

[Nadouku]

I finally got around to learning kendo. Vigorious training and steady stances are very aching, not to mention the teacher that gives out the lessons is very harsh and professional.

Someone challenged him to a one on one, to which the challenger got beaten in about a minute. Needless to say, nobody else dared to fight him again.

[Buffalobiian]

Was he aggressive? Or the quiet type who nails you in one strike before you know it? (This ain't the Anime Recommendation thread, but seeing you enjoy Kendo, I suggest Bamboo Blade )

[Nadouku]

Was he aggressive? Or the quiet type who nails you in one strike before you know it? (This ain't the Anime Recommendation thread, but seeing you enjoy Kendo, I suggest Bamboo Blade )

Thanks, but I watched Bamboo Blade before, and I quite enjoyed it.

As for the fight, it started off as the teacher just quietly nails him in one strike. The guy tried to attack the teacher from the side, but he blocked it and countered, which is why countering has become one of my favorite moves.

[Xelbair]

And i still prefer feints, and for real fights - i heard that sword brotherhood guys are a lot better than kendo guys, even if kendo guy is 1 year of training ahead of them.

[Nadouku]

And i still prefer feints, and for real fights - i heard that sword brotherhood guys are a lot better than kendo guys, even if kendo guy is 1 year of training ahead of them.

Kendo is different from real sword fight, as you practice on the grace of your sword's movement rather than the brute force. Agility is required for kendo, as well as stamina.

[Xelbair]

It was battle to the first hit with marked attack(so no brute-force) and no piecing attacks only slashes.

[Xelbair]

I was on place called "Forts" here - series of old fortifications inside small mountain, there were physics experiments and invention presentations, guitar effects, simulation of nuclear reactor(hydro), hologram, spherical screen for showing planets etc. totally awesome!

[Marik]

Kurt Warner and The Cards, going to the NFC Championship game.

[Animeniax]

Kurt Warner and The Cards, going to the NFC Championship game.

Wow that's awesome for Kurt Warner. I always felt the Rams discarded him too easily after he brought them so much success.

[Abdula]

Kurt Warner and The Cards, going to the NFC Championship game.

You're not going to be smiling next week.

[Xelbair]

I've finally got strategy to beat Kilik with Siegfried or Nightmare in SC4. Call me now Kilik-Slayer.

[Edit]
I've rediscovered joy of jacuzzi and hydro massage. It's awesome.

[Marik]

We'll see. No one gave them a chance the past 2 weeks, either.

[Kakashi_Solo]

Discussing what me and my friends are going to do after we take over the world

[Xelbair]

I and my friend are greeting ourselves "All hail Excalibur!" - the look of the bystanders' faces was awesome!

[Buffalobiian]

Freudian slip of the day: (me to my brother)

brother: "mumble....mumble...mumble...."
me: "Put a sock cock in it!"
..........
brother: "What?!"
me: "Nothing."

I'm just glad I didn't say "put my cock in it."

[XanBcoo]

Awesome. One of my Spanish professors made a similar slip last semester. He was explaining how English speakers can hear the difference between certain consonants, regardless of whether or not they are aspirated. He gave the following three examples:

Top
Tot
Tock

When he said them out loud with his back turned to us, it came out differently than he intended:

Top
Tot
Cock

He made that mistake 3 times within a span of 10 minutes. My chest hurt so much from holding in the laughter.

[Nadouku]

I watched Asterix and Obelix cartoon in my French class (in English language) and I must say: the dub is beyond terrible. They even made the announcement at the beginning, "When you are watching this cartoon, the lip-syncing might not match the words that we speak..." My French teacher later showed us the Asterix and Obelix movie, which was way better than the dub of the cartoon. That just made me smile.