What made you smile today?

**XanBcoo** · Sat, 08-07-2010, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by The Heretic Azazel

Clearly you didn't.

I wasn't going to comment earlier because I was never familiar with Marcy Playground past that one song, but having just come home from the gig I can say that that was one of the best shows I've seen in a while and their frontman is a legitimately creative and talented musician.

**Xelbair** · Sat, 08-07-2010, 01:39 PM

I've just received email from technical university of gdansk - that I'm on geodesy studies(Those required the most points from national exams in this year(close to 75%+ which is really high))

**depthcharge** · Tue, 08-10-2010, 12:22 AM

Go ape!

It survived!!

***Kraco*** · Tue, 08-10-2010, 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by depthcharge

Go ape!

It survived!!

I wonder long long the boy will need to train himself to beat the new high score the gorilla no doubt set in whatever game was running on the DS.

What made me smile today was a PM on an audio equipment manufacturer's forum, giving me a serial to new software for my midi keyboard. The old software won't even install on Win 7, so it was no good. Fortunately this company (which isn't even the manufacturer of my keyboard but a firm that bought the original manufacturer some years ago) saw it fit to give me a license to the newer program they have licensed to be shipped with their instruments. It's always nice when you realise good customer support exists.

**Penner** · Fri, 08-13-2010, 04:40 PM

My connection upgrade just kicked in and now i've got 100mbit Up and Down, made me smile bigtime

Oh, and it's ~43 USD/Month, w00t :P

**Xelbair** · Mon, 08-16-2010, 01:11 PM

I passed my driver's license exam!

**Penner** · Mon, 08-16-2010, 01:15 PM

Congrats man!

**XanBcoo** · Mon, 08-16-2010, 02:06 PM

I just had a really good interview with a school for a Spanish position. Also I had a really badass date with a girl 10 years older than me this weekend.

I hope this shit doesn't come crashing down.

**Ryllharu** · Mon, 08-16-2010, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Xelbair

I passed my driver's license exam!

Congrats!

On a related note, I got the title to my car today. Paid off two years early. Take that lien holder!

**The Heretic Azazel** · Mon, 08-23-2010, 01:23 PM

On a local news forum:

It's not about length, but about thickness. I may not be able to reach the bottom of a tuna can but I can bust the sides out.

**Ryllharu** · Mon, 08-23-2010, 05:36 PM

So this morning I got startled by a daddy longlegs (Harvestman) at the bathroom sink. It was bobbing up and down drinking water from a stray droplet. I can honestly say that I never thought of these things as "vaguely cute" until I witnessed that behavior.

In any case, I didn't have anything around to put it outside, so I loosely twisted it up in a tissue and tossed it into my kitchen garbage. I assumed that I had killed it without it releasing its odor defenses too badly.

This evening as I'm cleaning up after dinner, what do I see crawling out of the garbage but the exact same daddy longlegs. I tossed it outside this time. I admired the thing's tenacity.

**XanBcoo** · Mon, 08-23-2010, 06:58 PM

Oh weird, I have a similar story from last night.

I was typing up lesson plans when a massive roach scampered by on the desk. After screaming like a little girl, I grabbed the Raid and blasted the damn thing for a good 5 seconds. Only partially stunned by the poison, the roach dragged itself along the wall around the room as I continued to pepper it with blasts from the Raid can to no effect. The damn thing would just not die. It finally slowed to a crawl and disappeared under a pile of folded blankets. I assumed it had gone to die somewhere secluded and resigned to picking up the carcass later.

Several minutes later, it was crawling up my brother's leg on the other side of the room. Clearly it was out for revenge. It eventually disappeared under the couch. I know nothing of its condition. I fear for my safety.

**Uchiha Barles** · Mon, 08-23-2010, 07:36 PM

LOL! Man, I think I almost died laughing at this xD. Crawled up your brother's leg huh? That's a bold ass roach. I used to have a roach phobia, and to a slightly lesser degree, a bug phobia. The phobia went away when I went on a weekend hike where one of the major, LONG ass trails was unpopular, and thus, not recently traveled. The overgrowth of long grass and shrubs covered the trail to the point you couldn't see it,and was mostly undisturbed. The place was FULL of bugs, all kinds. If you're hiking through the area at night, when you set up your tent you're liable to find bugs on your clothing that might not even have a taxonomic ID yet. I was scared the first five minutes on that trail. I was pissed for the hours remaining. I learned to appreciate this simple fact when it comes to bugs: "Me big, You small. You die."

Try it out xD.

**Animeniax** · Mon, 08-23-2010, 09:54 PM

Raid and similar roach killers are supposed to attack the bug's nervous system so it's amazing that the thing survived. Maybe it was a different roach?

You guys should try Bengal roach spray. That stuff is the best for killing pretty much anything with 6 legs.

***Buffalobiian*** · Tue, 08-24-2010, 12:56 AM

My tactic with roaches is to spray them until they slow, then I put the bug spray can on top of them and see how it fares later.

***Kraco*** · Tue, 08-24-2010, 01:17 AM

I have only used Raid to reduce the populations of fruit flies, or whatever the tiny flies are that sometimes breed in flower pots. Other insects I kill with my trusty flyswatter. Not that there would be that many bugs wandering into my apartment. Just the occasional wasp and housefly. I'm not sure I've ever seen a spider here. I guess the eighth floor is a bit high for lots of bugs.

The wasp is actually the only insect I instinctively fear to a degree. Probably because I was stung by them a few times when I was a kid. So, very humanly I have ever since wanted to kill each and every wasp I see.

***Buffalobiian*** · Tue, 08-24-2010, 01:30 AM

I fear the ugly fat bugs like roachs and giant grass hoppers.

For some reason I'm not too bad with wasps.

**shinta|hikari** · Tue, 08-24-2010, 02:55 AM

Roaches are so common here that I don't particularly mind them anymore. I used to kill them using a slipper (then wipe away their nasty remains with a tissue), but now even that is getting troublesome. There are thousands of them, so squishing a few won't make a difference anyway.

I hate it when they fly though. I remember a roach landing on my friends nape before. It was hilarious.

***Kraco*** · Tue, 08-24-2010, 04:36 AM

I remember seeing what I deemed a roach in a big industrial building years ago but otherwise I don't think I've ever seen one in Finland. I hear they have been slowly spreading here again, though, after near extinction after the WWII.

**Animeniax** · Tue, 08-24-2010, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Kraco

The wasp is actually the only insect I instinctively fear to a degree. Probably because I was stung by them a few times when I was a kid. So, very humanly I have ever since wanted to kill each and every wasp I see.

Oh oh I have the same traumatic childhood experience with wasps so I have an excessive fear of them as well. Now I leave them be until they menace me in any way, then they die.

The phobia is so strong, a few years ago as an adult I was working on my car in the garage and a wasp started flying towards me. I panicked and dropped my car off the jack and damaged the tire studs. $300 repair later, I swore to kill any wasp that ever got anywhere near me.

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