Seriously... need to take another look at this Loony Tunes show...
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Seriously... need to take another look at this Loony Tunes show...
Daffy Duck is Bastard!! ?
That...was...um....I'm not sure how to describe what I just saw.
Ah, that will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
you stole that off my wall =OQuote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Nope!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
You lie!
Aaaaaaand...NEW!!!
(got the job)
I'm working on some internet projects that will be huge.
I put in my full name and it couldn't find me.
Even the internet finds you completely forgettable.
I have three separate IMDB entries. :lol:
I'm not sure how I feel about this so I'll put it here for now: Went out last night and had a pretty good time with this girl I've seen a couple of times since 2010. Dinner was $250 (ouch!) but it was topped with her trying to outdrink me. Sure, I'm not like I used to be but if drinking were an Olympic event I'd at least get the bronze medal. So part of the date was me holding her hair back as she vomited into the toilet. The best part is that she works at said restaurant so she will have to relive the night today.
I still find it hilarious.
$250 for dinner where you work is pretty hilarious, I expect you had some awesome food.
The actual food was pretty good and was about 1/4th of the bill because of the discount. Part was tip and the rest was alcohol. So yeah.
You spent $150 on alcohol? I hope she works at Scores.
Well, it was bottles of stuff and whatever cocktails they had. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I did go to a bar beforehand to watch some of the Yankee game until she arrived and they had the audacity to charge me $9 for a well whiskey and seltzer.
Dude she even works there! I've been with some swanky waitresses, but had the common sense to go to a bar after dinner. Unless of course, her friends were hooking us up on drinks, which doesn't sound like the case. But let her choose the bar and your tab will be half that. I don't want to rag on you too much. It sounds like you had a great time. But seriously, there's no need to drink in a restaurant a girl works at unless the bartender is taking care of her. She will know a good cheap bar she frequents after work.
It was pairing with the food. And unfortunately they couldn't discount it. It wasn't really that expensive, is that we drank a ton. If I showed you exactly how much was had, you'd be like, "yeah that would probably be that much even at a normal bar." The one thing that was costly is the bottle of sake we bought. It was about $60. That was the one expensive thing.
Pairing is lost after the first two drinks. But if it was on par with a bar, then no worries. And maybe it's fun for her to get drunk at work. But, most girls I know want to get the fuck out of work when they're not working, edit: and if they don't you get to hear ninety minutes of gossip.
she wasn't working that day. She took me there because I told her I never had a sushi chef put that shit together in front of me before. She does work today, however. I imagine this is the last time she takes a date to the place she works at if she plans on getting smashed.
Oh sushi. Shit, sushi is like another ball park. Ignore my cheap ass remarks.
I've spent in that ballpark (and well beyond) at non-sushi restaurants, mostly in Vegas. It was worth it.
Well, yeah. But aren't you Italian? You had a family of eight to feed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
I thought he was Puerto Rican and that's why Ramon doesn't like him. The whole mexicans vs puerto ricans thing.
So far this week has been really good! That's all! Woohoo!
My projects are going slow but they will hopefully change everyone's life. I may also go to Africa to help HIV kids.
The most that I've ever spent for dinner was round $160 at a place a friend of mine was a chef. I've worked five years in the industry and spent some time at a pretty good classic fine-dining place. I'm not so impressed and I don't really go crazy about the food that I'm eating. This is probably why I haven't advanced further in the business. I can make some pretty good shit and I enjoy doing it, but not enough to sell my soul to the devil of the food industry. I generally feel that "high class" meals are overpriced and it's more of a status thing. I work at an upper-casual brewery/restaurant and we do our food from scratch with the same amount of effort that a place that charges $50 for an entree item does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Watching Jersey Shore at work. I'm beating that beat the fuck up.
This week at work has been hell, but I'm now caught up, with little on the board for next week, so this weekend is stress free. I think I'll spend the weekend playing my Nintendo!
My foray into setting up a linux vpn for work is proving successful! That's a relief because I generally have no patience for learning networking stuff.
what is a linux vpn
Just a virtual private network utilizing a linux server instead of like a thousand dollar bullshit cisco router.
Finally got around to buying the proper metric screws and installed a new JLF, fixing my VLX stick. Back to playing in style.
I just discovered that TNL is no longer blocked on my work computer! There goes my productivity!
My life is due for a disaster. It has been way too good for like a year.
Such a rosy outlook on life.
Say hello to your 2011/2012 New Jersey Devils!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Careful they have hidden software that tracks your sites visited. I hate to spy on people but I have to follow protocol.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
My co-worker who sits next to me bought me a box of Timmy Ho's donuts and Timbits for my birthday because I told them about how good they are two weeks ago. Gays are so nice.
Tee-hoes is awesome. Steamed milk x peppermint from them got me through a Michigan winter.
Got to go to my aunts funeral yesterday. It was nice for it work out. I typically have other shit get in the way of those kinds of things. I'm glad I got to go and give out the hugs to my mother and grandmother.
I'm eating a Tim Horton's everything bagel with bacon right now in class. We have 2 on campus.
You were worried about making it out to that, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
yeah.
I try my best to make it out to those. You reach that certain age where the family get-togethers are funerals and weddings.
Well, my grandmother had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. Now she has one brother. My grandmother, despite my disagreements with her *antiquated* perspective on existence, has been a major supporter of me and my father. She's been there for both of us in ways 99.9% of people have never been or never will be. And the aunt in question, also helped raise my father after the problems arose between his father and mom, and helped both of us while in college.
They told me I didn't have to go, but I felt it was important to go and say my good byes and give support to those that had always supported me.
I figured I was going to spend money and time on my car since it was spewing coolant, but when got it to my parents' garage and started digging in, it wasn't so bad. It just had an odd hole in the upper radiator hose. Got a generic hose at the parts store and it's fine now, although I'll need to get a molded hose from the dealer since the generic sucks ass.
Also, I now have a pile of 360 Cave shooters!
Apparently, XBLA games are tied to the console they were downloaded to, even with the original gamertag removed from the hard drive.
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...9H0sPbFU4Wm5_l
Licenses are tied to the console, and can be updated like once a year if you change your main console to a new one.
Licenses are also tied to your specific gamertag online, meaning you can bring your account and a game in a USB stick to someone else's house, login and play away. You can even login to a friend's console, download the game for free since you have bought it, and then play it as long as your account is online.
Compare that to the Wii's VC service, loooooooooooooooool
Yoshi is a subsidizing bastard after all.
We made our first cook hire today.
It's weird interviewing people for my own place.
checked towels in the dryer yesterday and they were still wet. This happens all the time.
I pulled dryer and washer out and redid the vent work. Shit was still the old white vinyl shit that probably shipped with it. And it was smashed, and full of lent.
Ripped all that out. Ripped the wall vent out (as it was ruined and brittle). Went to lowes and got the parts and redid the whole thing right. Also fixed the broken temp switch. Roommate said it was stuck on normal. After closer inspection, he was wrong. It is been stuck on low heat for 2 years =/
Feels good to finish a small job like that in one day. My roommate would have let the house burn down or gotten a new dryer
What a weird thing life is sometimes.
I just finished sending an email to Brutal Truth's booking agent to try and get them at The Owl.
As long as their guarantee isn't fucking stupid I'll make it happen. $1200 or under is the magic number and I don't think it's too unrealistic.
Something amazing and wonderful happened to me.
annnnddddd?
I'll tell you later.
Best blog post yet.
That's some tight writing.
My job has its perks - like world travel. Got back from Asia. I totally wish I could afford traveling there on my own.
Taiwan was awesome. Had some downtime and got to check out Taipei 101, one of the world's largest buildings. Taiwan is also a haven for Yamaha scooters.
Hong Kong was ridiculous. I stayed in some swanky hotel for a couple nights. Hong Kong is basically the NYC of Southeast Asia.
I had authentic Chinese food while in Shenzhen and nearly threw up. Apparently, it's cool to put a whole chicken through a shredder, batter the pieces, fry them and serve them - bones, gristle, and all.
And the flight home on Singapore Airlines was incredible. You won't find a weathered, bitter, 40-some year-old flight attendant. No, sir. Only young, attractive, friendly (not happy ending-friendly) attendants work on that airline - kind of like the ones on that airline in The Fifth Element.
The only bummer is getting over the 12-hour time difference.
Sounds righteous :tu:
Life is good for me right now because Ancient Warlocks are wheelin and dealin out of a crunkass trailer!
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...9&d=1318617696
First order of business: airbrush a wizard on that shit!
Nice, Pa. Brings a whole new meaning to "If this van is-a-rockin'.."
If this van's arockin knock on the trailer door! It's party time!
check out the man with the van
I don't like the van. It's not pedo enough.
Just pray I do not succumb to the allure of the Star Wars 360 next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
If you do, feel free to transfer licenses to the new console. Right now I consider myself borrowing them, although there are only like 5 games I care about that I didn't already have.
Get the achievements.
It felt strange writing this.
https://post.craigslist.org/manage/2652243103/7kec9
Let us know how that works out for you, it certainly seems like it should call out to anyone with a bit of passion.
To be honest that Ad got me excited about eating there. Good work.
That sounds fucking sweet.
I had a great house warming party, but I wished it turned into a dance party. Next time.
This is also the first time I've DJ'ed in front of people since I was... uh... 14. Apparently it was great. I want to do it again. I was offered a wedding gig. I'll be honest, I was nervous tonight. I know DJing is not the same as playing in a band, but I had performance anxiety. Also, I have fantastic friends.
I'm fucking wasted right now.
Fuck! I got three TVs in my house right now. What the fuck is this?
Further full-drunken-disclosure: the hot, Russian co-worker of mine did not show up tonight. I'm very disappointed.
If people pay ahead of time, how do they tip?Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
"Tipping isn't necessary, but if you think we did a great job, throw a couple bucks in the jar" is the idea. It'll be on the menuQuote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
That's part of why everyone's getting an actual wage.
Also: 15 responses so far.
I really want to eat at this place now. You're breaking rules!
I'm glad you guys find things to be happy about.
What about cunts like dolemite who can't be bothered to carry a few ounces of paper with them?Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
I like the way you are going at this. Greenville tnl meetup next year for sure.
That's ok. It's not totally necessary for people to tip. Everyone's already making something acceptable ($9-$10 an hour for everyone to start, then we'll see if we can increase it after we get moving) so the $3 is literally Something Extra. If the staff can walk out with an extra $10 each a night I'll be ecstatic - that's basically an extra hour for free. The only person that keeps their own tips is the bartender - their job is a little above and beyond in this place.
Also: like 50 responses! Probably 35 are actually qualified! Holy Shit!
What is essentially compulsory tipping is a retarded practice anyway.
What is the spark that turns a party into a dance party? Is it just the right combination of music, people, setting, phase of the moon? Quantity of liquor? Time of night?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
I ask, because I had some friends who threw amazing dance parties: Wall-to-wall people in their three bedroom shack. They were pros; the music selection was amazing, the female:male ratio was always greater than .5, they bribed the neighbors, blacked out the windows with construction paper, never ran out of alcohol, and always came out ahead on alcohol donations, and kept the police at bay. It's how I really I learned that dancing could be fun, not simply a source of anxiety.
No surprises there. That sounds like the kind of place where anyone would WANT to work hard, not feel obligated to. They are contributing to something new; something exciting, and something amazing. They are co-writing the first chapter of The Owl.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
It's a shame you're not in my neck of the words because it sounds like a place that would be really fun to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
Are the Ipads going to upload all of your sales information to a single place or will you just tally up each individual one to figure out your total item sales? Also, how will you hold your front of the house accountable when it comes to proper table attention? It seems like you're working to create a workplace the encourages team-work and cohesion but a lot of front of the house people can be tricky and if they're not relying on tips, they might not have the extra incentive.
Also, when it comes to the dish shift (not saying I disagree) but you can end up with some really great employees who can only do dish (no cooking experience) who eventually can become something else. You can take your guys on parole, recovering drug addicts, losers or just people drifting through life and build them into something else if they're made for it. I started in the industry as a dishwasher as did many of the chefs I've worked under. Just a thought (and I also HATE doing dishes).
Do you ever hop on a messenger program or whatever? I'd love to pick your brains and discuss stuff with you.
The program we're using on the ipads is called poslavu. It's awesome.
Hit me up on the facebooks: aaron manter
I'm mostly a Luddite.
Facebooking sent.
Accepted. Let's kiss.
I got a promotion a while back, and started the new position today. It is strictly audio editing... nothing else. Today went by so quick I don't even feel like I went in. I accidentally stayed late because I was so wrapped up in my work.
I'm sure I'll hate it eventually, like everything else... but for now I am pretty stoked on it.
I remember the days before Josh sold out.
Hey man. Right now I get paid to do something I enjoy. Do you?
This is an excellent question. I think it's the right combination of people (are they comfortable around each other) the guy-girl ratio and music. And mad liquor. I also think it has to be dim.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tones
I know a guy who's had fantastic dance parties (Halloween, random BBQs, B-Day parties). But take his guests and put them at a different gathering and a dance party would never break out.
Dance parties are the best type of parties imho.
Dance parties are definitely the best types of parties. However, a critical series of events usually pans out before it becomes a full-fledged party. I have found that dance parties have to start out pretty relaxed. Let people drink, let the crowd get to know each other. The music is in the background. Then, around midnight or so, when everyone has had a drink or two, turn the music up, starting with a really familiar, well-liked song. With the crowd I was with, it was probably anything by Justice. Dim the lights. Let the transformation begin. The setup at the other place was as follows: Enclosed front porch for beer pong (very low illumination), connected to the living room for dancing (almost pitch black; maybe a strobe or a string of Christmas lights for illumination), connected to a sitting room for relaxing (still dark), connected to the kitchen (which is well-lit but separated from the dance area) for talking.
The hardest part is finding the right music for dancing and that specific crowd.
Kicked the shit out of my Javascript exam today. I'm really glad I didn't listen to Fe26 when he told me I should be pre-studying programming weeks before my course began. What a waste of time that would have been.
It wasn't necessary but I finished almost an hour before the examination time limit was up so I added some error checking in to it (just had to make a basic working calculator in Javascript with a "save" button that would save last equation to an array and display it in a dHTML table). My friend Jean is horrible at following instructions and didn't dynamically generate her tables so I took her out for pho to cheer her up a bit (she's Vietnamese). The pho was excellent. To be honest I was just craving pho and prefer to order with someone there who speaks the language (the numbered menu items makes it pretty easy though).
Everyone in my program at school was just given a legit copy of Adobe Master Collection 5.5 from Adobe to install on their own computers (independent from the school's computer - which already has master collection). Amazing! Audition seems pretty great. I was using Audacity before but it's nice having an Adobe product for sound editing. The conventions between them are pretty consistent.
I was going to study for my A/V exam today by driving in to school but now I can just use Premiere at home in my studio instead.
Nice job school!
The interconnectedness between the different parts of the Adobe suite are why you pay for their products. Open source stuff can pretend to do one part well, but they sure as shit don't work together like Adobe's stuff.
Got everything taken care of with the building for the moment.
The landlord is sending over "a couple blacks" to help with the cleanup tomorrow.
He's not a terrible racist, he's just about 78 and from SC.
I lol'd right at it when it came out of his mouth.
I use Open Office right now but I'm on the verge of just paying for a basic Microsoft Office suite for my Mac now. The functionality is basically the same (and it reads docx where old Word's can't) but sometimes it really fucks up powerpoint and excel documents. As a small business operator I organize all of my finance (expenses, revenue and projections) in to spreadsheets so it's problematic.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I just can't believe they gave us a 1600 product for free. I mean at school we have a brand new computer with Windows 7 and all of this already available. I'm going to Sheridan College, though, and they have a very solid rep (mostly for 3D modeling and animation it seems). Very happy though. I have been payed to edit a short internet video for a friend's new fashion product this weekend and thought I would have to do it at school (which is also a problem since there are patents on it that they don't want leaked - even as slim as it would be for a fellow to steal their idea).
From a programming perspective CS5 is ahead by a century on CS4 with the way they colour code, auto-close tags and in Flash they even create an entire actionscript document for you.
EDIT: !!
In Illustrator CS5 you can manually adjust the thickness level of a stroke around an object! (and different thicknesses at different points around an object!!!) :-D
I would have d/led it anyway. Just nice to have a help account and shit with Adobe if things go south on me.
Should do you well with future pay upgrades too! CS6 hits and you can save a fair bit of coin, unless your comp'd version is somehow locked down in that regard.