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announcements => meet the mods & staff => Topic started by: Kay Alett on March 01, 2009, 10:07:49 pm
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Please allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is Kaloyan Alett and I'm Furtopia's newest watcher.
I joined back in August of last year, but it feels like such a long time ago.
Anyway I'll now be hanging around for the joy of spying on everyone and keeping a close eye on all of you. If I see wrong behavior I'll report you promptly. :)
>:( THEN, THE VENGEFUL GODS OF FURTOPIA WILL RAIN DOWN TERRIBLE FROWNS UPON THE OFFENDING MORTALS, AND SPEAK LOWLY OF THEM IN GENERAL CONVERSATION.
So be careful :)
For anyone who has been wondering, my name is pronounced (Kal-O-yan Al-et) and the abbreviated version; Kalo rhymes with 'shallow', NOT 'Halo'.
My fursona is a ShroudWolf. A shroud is a particular creature that begins life as a basic animal species; wolf, cat, horse, sparrow, etc. But they are able to take physical characteristics of other animals and them to themselves, but are always bound to their baseline species.
Example: I'm a ShroudWolf, I'll always be a wolf. But I can change my fur pattern if I wish, I can't change my species to be something else, like 'feline'. I love bats so I added the wings of a bat to my body, same with the horns, I like the way goat horns look. :)
But no matter how much I cover myself in other physical characteristics of other creatures, I'll never stop being a wolf.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask them. :)
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*pounce hugs kalo*
let the long drown out staff thread party commence. (:
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*throws confetti*
Hooray!
Party times! :D
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Congrats from me Kaloyan. *(^.^)*
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YEAH KALO! Welcome to the staff! We're damn glad to have you here. (: :) (:
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wooh paratay!!!!!
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For anyone who has been wondering, my name is pronounced (Kal-O-yan Al-et) and the abbreviated version; Kalo rhymes with 'shallow', NOT 'Halo'.
o.o;;
I've been saying it wrong since the day I first read your name... Can you ever forgive dear watcher of the furries? :'(
On the upside, I rather despise Halo, so every time I now pronounce it wrong I'll cringe a little bit. ;)
But yes, party.. party.. Ah!
*Hands you a baseball cap, an aluminum baseball bat, a double-barreled shotgun (capable of holding 6 bullets per full load), and a 6-pack of "Bonk! Atomic Punch (Cherry Fission)! ", which is filled to the brim with isotopes of many elements! And last but not least, a small sack to carry stuff in!*
You''re gonna be a freakin' blur on that Atomic Punch! Best of all, you ain't even gonna be winded once it ends! You'll be battin' a-thousand! W00!
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For anyone who has been wondering, my name is pronounced (Kal-O-yan Al-et) and the abbreviated version; Kalo rhymes with 'shallow', NOT 'Halo'.
o.o;;
I've been saying it wrong since the day I first read your name... Can you ever forgive dear watcher of the furries? :'(
On the upside, I rather despise Halo, so every time I now pronounce it wrong I'll cringe a little bit. ;)
Sure. :)
But yes, party.. party.. Ah!
*Hands you a baseball cap, an aluminum baseball bat, a double-barreled shotgun (capable of holding 6 bullets per full load), and a 6-pack of "Bonk! Atomic Punch (Cherry Fission)! ", which is filled to the brim with isotopes of many elements! And last but not least, a small sack to carry stuff in!*
You''re gonna be a freakin' blur on that Atomic Punch! Best of all, you ain't even gonna be winded once it ends! You'll be battin' a-thousand! W00!
Haha, you remember I like the scout. :) Thanks.
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*hands over spy gear*
Now don't lose that. You'll need it (:
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*hands over a random seal of approval*
i approve! *evil laughter*
*flies over kaloyan in circles, throwing down confetti*
wait...confetti+fur...what did that equal, i forgot. :D
congrats on the 'promotion'
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Can you ever forgive dear watcher of the furries? :'(
Careful, you'll let the megalomania get to him. (: No, no, I kid because I love. ;) No that I'm saying I love you or anything. Not to imply that I don't like you, you seem like quote a nice person, from what I've seen of you at least. And I don't wish to imply that you have a bad side or anything, I was simply stating that I have seen little of your personality. I don't assume that you don't have a personality, I'm sure you're a kind, nice person. Not to assume that---
I'll shut the muzzle now. :D
P.S: Good luck with the watching!~ :)
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*hands over spy gear*
Now don't lose that. You'll need it (:
You'll be needing a new, bigger closet at this rate Kalo!.. Speaking of which, staff get their own new quarters right?.. >.> <.<
And yes, should you ever obtain the 6 achievements, I'll hand you a new, unique weapon for every 2!
"Eyes of the Wolf"
-Be online, and watching, 20 registered furries at one time!
"Focus Factor"
-Watch a total of 1,000 furries.
"Tip of the claw"
-Report an unruly furry to the proper authorities.
"Alpha = 100%"
-Blend amongst the furries and catch one of them off guard as you watched them."
"Flying Furball"
-Perform a diving pounce-hug from at least 60 feet high, and reaching at least 15 mph as you tackle!
"Sleepless in Furtopia"
-Be up at 4:00 AM your time watching furries.
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"Flying Furball"
-Perform a diving pounce-hug from at least 60 feet high, and reaching at least 15 mph as you tackle!
...You're only allowed to do this one if you clean up the blood afterwards. :D
*hands you a mop and a bucket of disinfectant*
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...You're only allowed to do this one if you clean up the blood afterwards. :D
*hands you a mop and a bucket of disinfectant*
We've got Watchers, Admins, and a whole lot of messy furries. Maybe we should hire a janitor?
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...You're only allowed to do this one if you clean up the blood afterwards. :D
*hands you a mop and a bucket of disinfectant*
We've got Watchers, Admins, and a whole lot of messy furries. Maybe we should hire a janitor?
Are you volunteering?
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*Gives you a telescope, a location and a code name* >.>
<.<
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Kaloyan, your first official act as Watcher is to secretly watch Blastdav and make sure he's not making more poisoned cookies or planning to turn more members pink, or any other nefarious evil schemes. >.<
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Welcome to the team hon :D
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Kaloyan, your first official act as Watcher is to secretly watch Blastdav and make sure he's not making more poisoned cookies or planning to turn more members pink, or any other nefarious evil schemes. >.<
Let him believe that's what you're doing. Your real assignment will be coming to you shortly ^_^
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so many staff members.....everywhere.....all around me.....can't hide..@.@ AHHHHHHH
*runs around screaming*
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so many staff members.....everywhere.....all around me.....can't hide..@.@ AHHHHHHH
*runs around screaming*
Quickly, get in the hat!
*takes off hat and throws hayaikawa in*
>_>
<_<
BTW, congrats kalo!
*vanishes*
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*sits in his office staring at many tv screens all tuned to various sections of furtopia. He zooms in on one fur just sitting there quietly. The fur then picks his nose.*
>:( I saw that!
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Just remember, Kaloyan, I'm watching you!
O_O
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:o Eeek! Scary Admin!
*hids under his bed*
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*pops head out of McMajiks hat*
Is it safe
>.>
<.<
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No, There's mods EVERYWHERE!!! And there's an ADMIN!!!
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Yep I forgot... Now I have to try and get more sleep because 'm losing an hour... A whole hour of sleep makes a difference!
You forgot to set your clock ahead an hour? :o BAD WOLF! >:( *hits you with a rolled up newspaper*
*takes away your binoculars as punishment*
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:'( Hey...What happened to the mod announcement eh? You let us all know well ahead of time the last time there was a time change.
That helped a lot then, and I wasn't nearly as busy then as I am now.
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This thread so totally tempts me to do something bad so you'll have to report me.
*Does something bad*
OOoooo, I'm being baaAAAAdd!!!
*giggles*
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>:( *reports you*
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>:( *reports you*
O.o;;;
*does nothing bad*
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*reports Kaloyan for abusing his position because he reported members who did nothing bad*
This is gonna hurt you a lot more than it will me. >.<
*reports Kaloyan, and also bans him from eating and passing out Kit Kats for an entire year*
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*reports Kaloyan, and also bans him from eating and passing out Kit Kats for an entire year*
Thats a low blow there.
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You know, Kaloyan, you really should stop giving out Kit Kats to everyone. All that sugar and sweets is going to be bad for all the member's fangs and then they'll have to go to the vet.........or dentist? :D
How's about something a little heathier? *tosses you a banana*
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Maybe someone else could give out toothbrushes to go with the Kit Kats. How about you, Kobes? I already give out nice healthy Carrots of Welcoming, you just give out huskyhugs. ;)
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Kit Kats are a sign of how sweet we are to new members and that we are nice and welcoming by offering candy, and not in a weired, creepy way.
Members are responsible for their own health as I see it, just as everyone in the world is. We can educate and inform but the choice is ultimately theirs. I give the Kit Kat, they choose to eat it, and I'm sure some choose to immediately brush thereafter.
As Arbutus stated, why don't you pass out something thats healthy eh? Huskyhugs are nice and all :) But you could give out something else....
Vitamin water for a poor example...
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You know, bones help clean teeth and are tasty at the same time! :D
*Hands everyone in the room a "bone", which is made from a pressed-rice form, and tastes like peanut butter! But hands Arbutus an Ostrich's Femur bone (http://www.barfershoppe.com/images/ostrich_femur.jpg).*
See! Treats can be good for teeth! :)
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*Hands everyone in the room a "bone", which is made from a pressed-rice form, and tastes like peanut butter!
O.O vegetarian bone!
*noms it super happily*
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* gets a plate, and a large beef patty and breaks the rice bone into a rice pile on his plate. Then pours brown gravy all over the beef patty and the rice and chows down*
:D Ah, that hit the spot, thanks Lawrence! ;)
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But hands Arbutus an Ostrich's Femur bone (http://www.barfershoppe.com/images/ostrich_femur.jpg).*
:o wut.
Why me? You know I can't eat this. And good lord, it stinks.
*waves it around in the air* I'll trade anyone for one of those rice-things.
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:o wut.
Why me? You know I can't eat this. And good lord, it stinks.
*waves it around in the air* I'll trade anyone for one of those rice-things.
Oh, I didn't think you'd want a bone! So I figured if you don't want one, I'll give you a rediculously over-sized one!!
*I rummage around in my bag and pull out another peanut butter rice-based bone (http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/product_family.asp?family_id=115&Tree=3&mscssid=FCB01DB65F904EC29FB94C36A93516D3&gift=false&giftid=&rp=P&0=dept.asp%2Cdept_id%3D198%26Tree%3D%2CComplete%20Catalog&1=dept.asp%2Cdept_id%3D123%26Tree%3D0%2CPet&2=dept.asp%2Cdept_id%3D47%26menu_id%3D%26Tree%3D1%2CFoods%20%26%20Treats&3=dept.asp%2Cdept_id%3D666%26menu_id%3D%26Tree%3D2%2CDental%20Bones%2C%20Chews%20%26%20Treats&)*
Here you are!! Sorry for that mix up! :-[
But you can keep that ostrich femur... I don't need it! :)
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Thank you. :) *nibbles on the rice bone*
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*tries to stick the ostrich femur back inside a nearby ostrich, to no avail*
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No no, not like that! Whack the Ostrich! Use his own bone against him to feast upon his flavorful innards! :o
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No no, not like that! Whack the Ostrich! Use his own bone against him to feast upon his flavorful innards! :o
well, that sounds incredibly brutal.
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*runs in and stops the insanity*
Hey now hold on there........I can use a good ostrich.
*leads the bird away and comes back a few minutes later riding the bird and wearing a mask*
Ha ha! Look at me! I'm a shyguy!
*Throws lumps of coal at Lawrence to avenge the ostrich brutality*
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a SHYGUY, GET IT!!
*jumps on the shyguy and picks him up on my back and throws him at the ostrich for a double kill*
:D
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*Swings at the coal with the Ostrich Femur bone, and sends it flying off into the distance!*
Yo! I 'aughta be on a baseball card! :D
And now we have a shyguy riding an ostrich!!... wait a tic, that shyguy has a fluffy tail! :o
*Tackles Kaloyan to the floor from his seat on the ostrich, and rips off his mask.*
Aha! That shyguy was a spy!
*Holds up the ostrich femur menacingly at Kalo while pinning him down to the ground.*
You aint going to be spying no more! >:(
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*tries to tackle the ostrich, but trips*
belgium! i tripped! Can somefur get me up? please?
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>:( WATCHER ABUSE! WATCHER ABUSE! >:(
*presses a big red button*
*disco balls descend from the ceiling*
*colored spotlights swing crazily around the room*
*a roller rink rises from the floor*
*Funkytown begins to play through giant floor speakers in all four corners of the room*
Oh. Heheh. Wrong button. Just, uh, don't tell anyone you saw that, that's a good wolf... *sweeps the roller rink under his coat and out of sight*
*presses a different big red button, which activates the WATCHER ABUSE SIREN to call all admins to the scene immediately*
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*presses a different big red button, which activates the WATCHER ABUSE SIREN to call all admins to the scene immediately*
I'm on break. Can you call someone else? *goes back to munching a sandwich and watching a Bruce Willis "Die Hard" movie*
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*skates in on some flashy rollerblades*
*starts to disco dance*
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*grabs Lawrence and slams his horns into the wolfs head, then as he is stunned Kaloyan smacks him with his wings.*
Lawrence! I'm reporting you for abuse of a staff member and fellow member of this forum!
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AHhh!! Ow ow ow!! That really hurt Kalo! :'(
*Shoves Kalo off, and stumbles forward a bit.*
You know... you can report me if you want, but uh.... uhh... you'll have to find me as well! Ohheee I feel a little light headed...
*notices the puddle of blood draining from my head on to floor, and takes a look at my watch and melts into the air.*
I don't thhink.... MEDIC!!
*A loud thud is heard and I reappear on the floor face down.* x_x
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*Bandages Lawrence's head.*
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*steals bandages*
I am the mummy!
*notices lawrence*
Oh...THAT'S why there were bandages lying around here...
*heals lawrence using the power of eart, fire, water, wind and heart*
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So now I've got a question for you, Kaloyan. ;)
Why do you want a fursuit so realistic and "perfect" of your fursona? You've mentioned in a few fursuit threads and posts in the past that everything about your suit had to be a certain way almost? Why?
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Short answer: I'm a realist.
Long answer: I don't like the toony look of furry. It's okay and all when it's in drawings, but brought out in the real world it looks unnatural. Yes, yes, I know that nothing is natural about a furry. This fact has not escaped me, but to have something in reality possesing a toony look is just slightly disturbing to me. Plus I don't like the 'poofy' mascot look that almost all fursuits have. I would want to look like a real creature, be able to talk and interact in suit just as I would out of suit.
I dunno, maybe I just watched too many Jim Henson shows and movies when I was little.
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I'm bored! Someone ask me something! Anything! I need something to do!
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i got a whole bunch of questions here (:
http://forums.furtopia.org/index.php/topic,36276.0.html
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Interesting answers.
Do you have any desire to become an anthro?
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Only if I could change back to being human. Getting facial hair alone makes me very itchy and the summer months are very hot even without fur. Besides, I think having so much hair on my body might lessen my sense of touch, and I hate that. So I would only want to be anthro if I could change back to being human.
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Congrats Kalo! (Probably a bit late but who cares?) *Does a solo cheerleading routine*
GIMMIE A K! GIMMIE AND A! OH STUFF IT JUST GIVE ME THE REST OF HIS NAME! KALOYAN YAAAAAAAY!!!
Have a Freddo (http://www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/images/freddo.jpg), cause we're all out of Kitkats since you stole them >:(
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:D Ha ha ha. Thanks Feidai, uh, I mean Saloonka. ^^
Never had frog milk before..... I'm a bit skeptical. :o
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Haven't seen Freddo's in years x3
They used to cost 10p. Just got one mouthful though. But was worth it :)
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It's from Cadbury. I love their creme eggs, sadly Easter is over with and as such the eggs are gone. :'(
So can anyone tell me how good this frogs milk is?
Is it anything like dogs milk? Because I know we have lots of dog milk because no one will drink it. But the good thing about it is that even after its gone bad, it tastes exactly like it did when it was good.
So whats this stuff like?
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Nothing wrong with dog's milk. Full of goodness, full of vitamins, full of marrowbone jelly. Lasts longer than any other type of milk, dog's milk.
This Frogs milk product is nice. One bite and you'll want more o_o
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Nothing wrong with dog's milk. Full of goodness, full of vitamins, full of marrowbone jelly. Lasts longer than any other type of milk, dog's milk.
I knew you wouldn't pass it up. :D
This Frogs milk product is nice. One bite and you'll want more o_o
Bite? As in....it's chewy, or crunchy? ...o_O
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Of course I wouldn't pass it (:
Well they're just a frog shaped piece of dairy milk. Can eat it in one go. So if you like dairy milk then you should like these.
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:o Well I like to DRINK milk, but I don't think I could ever eat it. Although I suppose cheeze is a kind of solid milk, in a way. But just dairy milk? Aren't you supposed to toss it in the trash before is starts getting chunky, let alone solid?
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Dairy milk =P (http://www.presentideas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cadburys-chocolate-dairy-milk.jpg)
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I have seriously never heard the words dairy milk before. I was picturing, like, some nasty chunk of curds shaped like a frog. *gag*
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I have seriously never heard the words dairy milk before. I was picturing, like, some nasty chunk of curds shaped like a frog. *gag*
Same here. In america we call that Milk Chocolate, so we know it's chocolate. (:
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So do we. Dairy milk is just a name of a chocolate bar x3
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Hey, look! It's Kaloyan :D
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*shows off new avatar* Don't hate me because I'm super hot. :) ;)
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You know you'll never be as hot as this foxie though right? =^.-=
And on the freddo note, I met a freddo suiter and he strangled me =;.;=
</3 frogs
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You models always think everyone's so jealous :/
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You models always think everyone's so jealous :/
Only because you are. ;)
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You models always think everyone's so jealous :/
Only because you are. ;)
Thats not the point :(
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Okay, new topic.
I just played Armored Core For Answer today and found it to be okay. It isn't quite as good as the old PS1 games and the controls aren't beasts like the PS2 games, also the accessibility isn't difficult either. The PS2 AC games made me feel as though the only way to stand a chance was to have played and beaten the previous game, while I applaud the design team for giving returning players nice levels of difficulty it left n00bs feeling overwhelmed.
This isn't to say those are bad games, on the contrary. I loved the graphics and the realism they put in. Granted the control felt too wonky and over complicated but it could be forgiven if you could play well.
AC4 was just awful. I played only a small bit of it and found it to be slow, clunky and didn't draw me in like any of the others.
This game however, while having annoying tutorials at the start and the controls need some playing around with to find one config of the three that you like, was fun. Once I had found a control configuration I was happy with I found moving to be easy, fast, and most importantly, fun. The battles can be very fast paced, feeling more as though you are watching an anime than playing a game.
So why am I doing a little review of this game?
1) I love Mechs.
and 2) I love the Armored Core series despite the slim number of its games I've had actual fun with.
All of this got me to thinking about giant robots and Mechs.
I love Mechs, especially some of the Mechs in Mechwarrior (Never played the game, saw designs and liked them), and I'm a fan of the Metal Gear Mechs.
Giant Robots however, I don't care for.
Is there a difference? A resounding yes is the answer to that question.
Giant Robots (GR) usually are quite human and even have hands with fingers and use seperate guns and knives and swords and whatnot. Mechs have all their weaponry as built in equipment and generally lack a major humanoid apperance apart from bipedal legs. (Although they don't always have to be bipedal)
GR hands are a problem for me because hands are precision instruments of the human body. Adding one to a machine and getting it to carry out delicate opperations is an almost impossible task, especially with something that big. GRs tend to be lightning quick and seem more like armored people rather than machines that must weigh over several billion tons.
Mechs however tend to be clunky, move slow and by this they seem more realistic. Nothing that big and heavy would move so fast unless it had some rockets on it. (I'll get to this in the new AC game in a sec) Mechs seem to almost always rely on their firepower to carry them through battle and thats fine with me, it's a two legged tank, it should be able to take some pounding in a fight. In the new game the ACs move slowly and the only way to really move quickly is to use your boosters. This is great and allows you to either move slowly and carefully or zip through battlefields like you own the place. I liked that.
But Kalo, you might say, Armored Core has you controling a type of Giant Robot you just said you hate. So how can you like it?
Good point, AC does do that. But it also allows for a LOT of customization of your Armored Core unit, allowing you to make it a bipedal Giant Robot, or a Mech with laser cannons for arms and tank treads for legs, or the reverse jointed legs, or the four leg type that moves like a spider, etc. So I often opt for designing my unit more like a Mech, without needing a seperate machine gun held by humanoid, robot hands.
Now of course I'm not trying to say that a machine cannot have humanoid hands and fingers if they do it properly. I enjoy staring at my hand and watching the way my muscles move and interact with one another under my skin, it's a little creepy but still awesome and inspiring. I believe the only way to properly produce a robotic hand would be to simulate the human design as much as possible. However when you try to put it on something that huge it tends to out balance itself. It's a bit like having someone else talking you through picking something up while you have no sense of touch.
There is one case where GR tech has been done in a way that I loved and still love to this day. The Evangelions of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
This anime showed GRs in a new way. instead of being entirely robotic the Evas are mostly organic, I love this because truely, only muscle tissue can react that quickly, and also the pilots of the Evas have to link their own minds with the machine. In this way if they think about walking, the Eva walks. Same with pretty much any action. Of course the downside there is that the pilot feels the pain of the Eva, but thats forgivable and understandable, plus one would actually want that because it would keep the pilot from charging into battle like a cowboy. :)
So where am I going with all this? Well nowhere really.
Mostly I just wanted to rant and share that with you all, but feel free to leave your own views on giant robots, mechs, and other stuff in between. Kobuk and Dragore, I'm looking at you.
P.S. I also love the Gekkos of the latest Metal Gear game because of their organic legs. The Metal Gears of the past could never move quickly because they were all metal, hydraulic machines, but the Gekko legs are organic and as such it's only natural they'd be able to pull of the stunts they do....Does however make me wonder if theres a living brain in there or not... Hmmm.
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Interesting notes Kaloyan. I certainly learned abit about Mechs and Giant Robots. Since I was considering finding the Ps2 armored core games, I'll make sure to keep the difficulty in mind. I've been planning on watching Eva, but first comes Ghost in the Shell.
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Regardless of whether a giant hulking behemoth is called a robot or a mech, I'll love it just the same. :) Anything that big with massive firepower and other tactical systems to blow your enemy to bits gets a nod in my book. ;)
I started getting hooked on mechs back in high school when a friend showed me an art book for the original Japanese Macross anime series. Ever since then, I've been hooked and Macross/Robotech and all it's incarnations/series have been my favorites for a long time and will continue to do so. :)
I've got so far:
* Entire Robotech series on VHS tapes from Pallidium Books many years ago.
* Macross II series on VHS tapes, but will be searching for DVD's.
* Macross Plus series on VHS, but will also be searching for DVD's.
* Original "Macross Perfect Memory" art book (in Japanese).
* Original Macross 7 art book.
* Got the first "Robotech" series (but not Southern Cross or Mospeada) on DVD.
* Entire collection of Robotech paperback novels.
* Also have original Japanese "Macross" series on DVD in Japanese.
* Have the "Macross: Flashback 2012" OVA DVD
*Have the "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" movie. (Awesome animation!)
* Have all three Robotech Art Books from about 15-20 years ago.
* Have every Robotech/Macross RPG game manual from Pallidium books.
* Recently bought a few months ago the Robotech: Shadow Chronicles DVD movie.
* Also have in my collection on VHS from Pallidium Books the short never finished series of Robotech: The Sentinels.
I'm a die hard Robotech/Macross junkie! :D Oh, and my favorite mech from Macross is the VF-19 from Macross Plus.
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You got to ask yourself one thing, Kaloyan.
Do you feel lucky?
Well, do ya.......punk! :D :D
(http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/conventions/sdcc2005/robotech1.jpg)
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lol. Cool pic.
Well some around here may have noticed that I have started to hand out cans of Pringles chips. It seems my endorsement of Kit Kats has done wonders for Hershey and now the Pringles company wants in as well.
So they asked me for a nice subtle way of pushing their products. Gave me a nice incentive to boot.
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9162/pringlesvend.jpg)
Now we can all enjoy, and I can get some added income.
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Nice Pringles vending machine, but my machine is much cooler! 8) :D
(http://onceuponageek.com/images/mountaindew_transformers.jpg)
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Always have to try and one up me eh? ...wait. Didn't that thing start killing people when it came to life? :o
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I was gonna ask you about the Pringles thing. :D What does Hershey's think of this new deal, I wonder? Are they okay with this?
Fun Fact: In Europe, Pringles are not taxed as potato products, because they're actually less than 50 percent potatoes. The rest is chemicals.
Another fun fact: The inventor of Pringles was cremated and buried in a Pringles can!
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Well Hershey's is fine with it. I'm not sure if you remember but they tried their own kind of product that was shaped like the Pringles chip, but made of chocolate. But they no longer produce them. Hopefully I can get them both to cooperate and have swoops again. They were perfect, like a miniature, but perfectly shaped to the roof of your mouth, so you could melt one up there and enjoying for a long time.
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*Restocks the Pringles machines with his own stock and walks away, nomming some of the cips.*
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An update
As you may know, I run LINUX on my PS3, a good system called Ubuntu. Now when I first put it on my system I found it to be kind of annoying. I had to keep the navigation and status bars and any other bars turned off in order to see more than an inch of a web page. It wasn't very good and I didn't really care for it.
Last night, in an experimental move, I decided to hook an HDMI cable to my PS3 and HDTV. (Yes I own one, it's just a 19" and please don't ask me what "P" because I don't understand any of that talk.)
I noticed a size change in the screen and when I used the web browser it was a major change. I could see a lot of the web page without needing to scroll down much and biggest change of all, the virtual keyboard that had plagued me since I got this machine was disappearing whenever I used my USB keyboard, which it never did before.
Then I played some of my games and wow! What a difference a cable makes. :o :o :o
It was like seeing things for the first time, things were clearer, colors were sharper, dark areas were dark like they should be and not having light unaccounted for all over the place helping me see. I actually had to use torches in Oblivion, and when I played Fallout 3 I felt scared for the first time ever as I sat in a dark hallway listening to screaming ghouls in the deeper areas of the building.
I had never felt scared before in the game and it was awesome. :)
Now I switched over to Ubuntu to see how it would look and I'm awestruck. Everything has been sized down and made to fit my TV perfectly. I can now turn my status and navigation bars on and leave them on. For the first time ever, I'm using Ctrl + to zoom in and see the web pages instead of zooming out to see them.
Let me say now that I had never bothered much with the hype around HD and HDTVs. I got my HDTV simply because my fool dad gave me a $90 gift certificate for Best buy after I got a USB mouse and Keyboard there, I get two things from there and suddenly he thinks I'm a regular shopper. I simply had need of a new TV, one that could fit in a small space and have a headphone jack. The HDTV I got fit all the criteria I was looking for and I could afford it with extra money I had in the bank.
I didn't care about HD or high quality picture, I still don't. My regular cable TV isn't HD and there isn't any change in how it looks, of course.
"So Kalo," you may ask. "if you don't care at all about picture, or HD or any of that, why did you get the HDMI cable in the first place? You are so surprised by the changes I'm guessing you didn't know they were coming. So why?"
I must be honest. I've been playing some NES and SNES games on my FC Twin, it's both in one, and I was getting fed up of chatting on the IRC and trying to play Blaster Master at once and getting up to swap out AV cords everytime I wanted to blast a mutant then go say 'hi' to a friend.
Now I can just leave my FC Twin hooked up and swap by hitting a button on my remote. :) :) :)
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Readers of my livejournal and this thread will know that I run a linux OS called Ubuntu on my Playstation 3.
For the longest time I was unable to do much with it, I managed to get an IRC client going on it, and now I can finally run youtube videos on it as well as use an IM client if I should ever want to... and thats a big IF.
A big thanks goes out to a certain top-hatted feline named McMajik for helping me out in this department.
As a token of my appreciation allow me to offer you a prize of Pringles.
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3136/pringles.jpg)
Go on, don't worry about being greedy. :D
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CRIPES that is a lot of Pringles.
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O.O
I'm...so honoured! Thank you!
*is VERY humbled*
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:o
*begs with a cute puppy-dog look* Puweeze... can I have some, McMajik?
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>_>
<_<
*gives Alex a pribgle*
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*gives Alex a pribgle*
Aww... but I wanted a Pringle... v.v
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Well that's just tough, isn't it!
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>_>
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Aww, fine
*Gives a pringle*
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*Gives a pringle*
Aww, thanks! :)
*noms teh pringle*
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I just realised...look at that pic. Did Kalo just give me his stash!?
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I just realised...look at that pic. Did Kalo just give me his stash!?
Silly, silly McMajik. Kalo would never be so rash. That's only like seven shelves right there. Kalo has an entire warehouse full.
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I wants a Pringle! :'( *gives sad look*
(http://www.acepilots.com/discussions/u_wash.jpg)
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(http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/42287/2583711850103580271S200x200Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2583711850103580271VpdOng)
How 'bout a cookie? Just made them tonight!
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I just realised...look at that pic. Did Kalo just give me his stash!?
Silly, silly McMajik. Kalo would never be so rash. That's only like seven shelves right there. Kalo has an entire warehouse full.
*gasp* :o
My securety is compromised! Time to move locations to one more rabbit proof! To the Air fortress!
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I wants a Pringle! :'( *gives sad look*
(http://www.acepilots.com/discussions/u_wash.jpg)
>_>
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*Gives a pringle and a half =^.^=*
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Okay, it's August 1st now and that means the 3 month contract with Pringles is now over. We had some good, tasty times and I got a lot of chips passed out to everyone.
Now it's back to Classic Kit Kats everyone! But every now and then I'll pass out some pringles if someone does something really deserving of them. As usual the 5th Avenue bars are reserved for the best of the best events in the furry community here in Furtopia and for WS because he does such good, hard work to keep this place going.
I've also got something else in mind too regarding handing candy out as a reward for some of our members here.
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I've also got something else in mind too regarding handing candy out as a reward for some of our members here.
*headtilts*
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Wait...does that mean those pringles you gave me don't count anymore?
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Wait...does that mean those pringles you gave me don't count anymore?
"Count"? They're not currency silly cat.
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Wait...does that mean those pringles you gave me don't count anymore?
"Count"? They're not currency silly cat.
They're...not? =;.;=
I thought I was rich...
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Hello once again everyone. I've got something fun that we can try out.
We all know how I pass out candy here and there, mostly to our new members, and I was thinking; what if I passed out more? And for other reasons than "I'm new! Hello!"?
This is the result of my idea, hope you all enjoy it and lots of fun can be had from it.
Kit Kats: Used for greetings and small accomplishments.
Can of Pringles: Accomplishments that help the furry fandom or improve Furtopia.
Peanut Butter Cups: Major accomplishments that help the fandom and Furtopia.
Two 5th Avenue Bars: The highest acheivement so far. Given to those who help their fellow man and fur alike. This can include but is not limited to; Going above and beyond the duties of your job here or going out of your way in RL to help the fandom and/or Furtopia, Providing great art at discounts to help financial burdens on those who want to commison but cannot afford it, organising furmeets that also do some good in their neighborhoods.
Of course none of this is written in stone, nor holy writ and as such is open for change. Also so that candies aren't based entirely on my own opinions I'd like others to PM about things they feel deserve candy. I'll look over the post and based on the views and opinions of the sender about why they think it deserves a candy I'll send the proper one.
Here are some guidelines: You can only nominate posts here on Furtopia forums, You must say in your PM why you think the poster deserves a candy. ("Because I like them" or "They're my friend" are not adequite reasons. It's okay if they're your friend as long as that is not your reason for nominating them.)
Also, I know I use the word 'nominate' but this is not a contest! I cannot stress that enough. This is not, in any way, shape or form a contest. If I see anyone behaving rudely or being mean about getting candy I'll stop immediately. This is just for fun and laughs and if neither are had then it needs to go away. It's okay if you joke around and laughs are had all around but be respectful okay?
Hope you all like this and give me feedback on it.
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Grah! I'm bored! Questions! Someone out there ask some quesions! Anything! C'mon lets get some dialog going!
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Okay! (:
How do you like living in Texas?
If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would you want to live?
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Well Texas is a nice place to live. I've lived in this state all my life, though I have visited Florida and a few states in between, I've passed through nashville TN but for the most part it's all been in Texas.
I enjoy it a lot, though the summers are horrendously hot. :( I'm a cold natured person so I don't enjoy strong summers. I love the fall and the past couple of days here have been extremely wet and cold, my kind of weather.
If I could live anywhere else? Washington state. There are lots of forests there and I love the woods, WA is also said o be very rainy and have a steady temp ranging from the mid 80s to low 50s or thats what I've been told anyway. And that kinda of weather sounds very appealing to me.
But I'll admit, I do miss tropical areas now and then, I was born on Galveston Island so I enjoy the look of palm trees and despite my cold nature there have been times when I rather enjoyed the summer at the beach. The Gulf of Mexico is a prime tourist vacation spot in summer and looks very nice at almost any time of day.
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If I could live anywhere else? Washington state. There are lots of forests there and I love the woods, WA is also said o be very rainy and have a steady temp ranging from the mid 80s to low 50s or thats what I've been told anyway. And that kinda of weather sounds very appealing to me.
8) Same here!
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If I could live anywhere else? Washington state. There are lots of forests there and I love the woods, WA is also said o be very rainy and have a steady temp ranging from the mid 80s to low 50s or thats what I've been told anyway. And that kinda of weather sounds very appealing to me.
The western part of Washington is pretty close to what you've been told (though winter is more like mid 30s to the 50s) while the part east of the Cascade mountains is commonly in the 90s in summer and well below freezing in winter. (Also not many trees east of the Cascades except in the mountains.)
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I see. Cool.
C'mon, more questions please.
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Do you like waffles?
(and are you really as immune to cuteness as you claimed in the other thread?)
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Do you like waffles?
(and are you really as immune to cuteness as you claimed in the other thread?)
Yeah waffles are alright, but i actually prefer chicken strips for breakfast. I'm a predator afterall.
For the most part I am immune to cuteness, yes.
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Wow, a shroudwolf huh? I've never heard of that but the description of it makes it all the more interesting and awesome. I'm just a purple kirin with a blue mane and white foreleg fur. I don't ever draw it when I decide to doodle myself but I've got moss and vines growing from my mane and between my scales along my back. I can't do anything really special besides hide myself in the vines. On the other hoof my horn glows a different color depending on my mood, a rather thick tail, and I've got a lot of sharp teeth. (I'm a walking mood ring! YAY!) Anyways, nice to meet you and I hope that if I see you it is on pleasant and friendly terms <3
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I'm going to post this here because I feel this attempt was so fullied with fail it does not deserve a topic devoted to it.
I'm talking about the new V.
It was godawful and if you enjoyed the old series and saw the new one you'd know what I'm talking about.
They started with a one hour episode that had things going by so fast that they actually managed to cram about half the original series plot into a single hour.
:P ugh, it makes me disgusted thinking about it.
The saddest part is that I was looking forward to it, yes I know, fan made stuff is always so full of 'devotion' for the source material it often falls short of being anything more than a big line of references to the original stuff. Guess I have yet to properly learn my lesson.
The thing that irks me most is that they did everything so quickly and so fast and got so many good plot aspects out of the way as fast as possible so the makers of this V could show off all their new ideas and plans for the series.
You don't do that in a series, not even in a miniseries. You do that stuff in a movie.
And you know what? If this had been the first hour in maybe a 2, 21/2 hour long V movie, i might not have had such an issue with it. I'd probably be dissapointed they didn't make it into a long running series with building subtle plot points and character development, but at least I wouldn't feel as betrayed.
To take a good sci-fi story like this and cram about half of it into a single hour for a tv series is just abominable, but it could've worked had they been trying to make a movie, if they can put that much of the story into a full hour they can finish the rest off in an hour and a half no problem.
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So um...yeah. I'm a Mod now.
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Welcome to the mod family hon! :D I know you will do a great job ^_^
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:)
I /knew/ something changed... XD
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psst, Kobuk, become a shroud. We get to stay the same but change a lot. And you get to stay up all night drinking coffee in old diners sawping stories with truckers!
Is this true? What's the deal with truckers and shrouds?
Both are out rather late into the night. So why not have a cup of joe and chat awhile?
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Okay I'm really really bored so I'm opening up for questions. Ask me anything.
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If you had a choice between any cake or pie, which would you take?
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I'm not sure if I understand the question right. It seems like you're asking what my favorites among cake and pie are so I'll answer it like that and you can draw your own conclusions. :)
My favorite cake has to be homemade, lots of chocolate, rich and warm. Preferably with a couple layers.
My favorite pie is Pecan.
Out of the two I'll choose cake over pie everytime. Cake is smoother and creamier, or at least how my mom made it it was. Not really dry and you never needed something to drink after having a slice. It was so moist you could eat it with a spoon.
Pie on the other hand, while good, tends to be a bit on the dry side.
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So what kinds of music do you listen to?
Go into as much detail as you want. :)
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Ah music, one of the many languages of the soul. One of my favorite subjects. Though I can't play any instruments. :(
My musical tastes vary and range into many different genres and feilds. I enjoy classical music Laike Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, to a little bit or country, a few songs by Randy Travis and Garth Brooks and some others though I don't know the song names or artists, I'd have to hear the song first. :P All the way to heavy metal like Korn, metalica, slipknot and 90s alternative bands like Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Everclear and some others and I still enjoy new Alt Rock bands, the most recent I've fallen for is Blue October.
So why do I enjoy so many different forms of music?
Well I just do. I can't give a better answer than that. I enjoy the smooth calming sounds of the piano and the ominous tones of organs and other classical instruments like the violin and cello have this effect on me that just sets my spirit flying. Classical music can range in so many different forms. It can be quiet and atmospheric, haunting and ominous, happy and springy, calm, relaxed, sensuous, melodic, etc. There is just no bounds for it. One song can send my mood into throws of joy and another can pull me into deep despair and I love it all for it.
Country music doesn't have too much appeal to me. Most of it is sad and depressing and to be honest many of the artists all sound alike to me. Yes, yes I'm from Texas so I should be used to thick southern drawls in peoples voices right? Well not really. The town I grew up in didn't have very many accents that sound truely "southern" and if you heard my voice you might think I was from the UK. (A tale best told for another day)
About the most southern I get is saying y'all now and then and using the phrase "Over yonder" which really I haven't used in years till I just typed it there. :D
But I digress, country music is fine here and there I like a few songs but not enough to say I like it, I like a few songs that are country, but I'm not a fan of the genre, as such I judge it on a song by song basis and many that I do like simply have nostalgic memories attached to them since I was big on country as a kid but grew out of it.
Hevy metal is an okay genre as well but I don't really have much to say about it, The songs I like either have really good melody or lyrics I enjoy, I'm not too big a fan of thumping bass, screaming and pounding guitar or loud drums.
The 90s were a time of alternative rock and the time I grew up in, Everclear, Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, all these bands and more are ones I'm a big fan of. The music, the lyrics, and in many cases the videos. Though around the 90s is when Mtv really started going downhill and stopped playing music videos and got more into product placement and "Extreme Sports". :P ugh.
But these groups still have a place in my heart and a reserved section in my hard drive, I'll never tire of them and can sing many of the songs by heart.
Now onto some of the things I didn't list previously.
Music from video games: Ah video games. :) Where would I be without them? I dunno but I'd probably be more popular and social and have a good carrer. lol. The music of games is what makes them the most memorable to me. Music pulls you into the experience and gives you a feel for whats going on in the game. To this day I can play the Wily's castle theme from Mega Man 2 and feel pumped up and ready for anything, or even the title music.
Blaster Master has some of the best VG music made on the NES and who doesn't know the Super Mario Bros. theme by heart? In Ecco the Dolphin on the Sega genesis the opening level sets you playing with your dolphin family just before they sucked into the sky by the vortex aliens and you drop back into the sea as this quiet yet ominous music plays. It really sets the feeling that you are well and truely alone and if you let it take you in it can downright terrify you and Doom on the SNES had music that put you in the right mindset for the game: Kill everything in sight!!!
The PS3 game FolkLore is set in Ireland and has many Celtic overtones to it, including the music which fits it all perfectly. To me Video Game music is the perfect genre, I've downloaded more VG music than any other kind.
So my tastes in music are mostly emotional ones, I like music that can calm me and make me relaxed, or pump me up and get me ready for a work out, or bring back nostalgic memories that bring a tear to my eye.
Oh and about Blue October, I like them because of the lyrics in their songs, the subject material of their songs can be all over the place at times ranging from an obsessive man jealous of his ex's new man, describing a stay in a mental care facility, being cheerful and happy talking about keeping your spirits up when life get hard, getting over a girlfriend, to starting a new relationship. Oh and almost all of their songs include the fiddle (AKA violin) It also doesn't hurt them that they orriginated in Houston, not too far from my hometown. :)
There's other things I like musically such as foreign music (russian pop and the french group "Air") but I think I've talked enough about my tastes in music now.
Any more questions?
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Oh and I forgot to mention this before, I'm also a big fan of the blues, mostly Tom Waits but I also enjoy lots of other songs if they have a nice blues-y feel to them.
And Jazz, can't forget Jazz or Bill Cosby will beat me. :D
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Any more questions?
I've noticed that your sig now lacks the "Ubuntu has been behaving for x days." message. Is there a story behind that?
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Not really. Ubuntu has been working well for me for awhile now and I wasn't doing well at keeping the days updated well. So I took it down.
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Gah! I'm bored and the forum has been quiet today! Somebody ask me questions! Please! :goldhowl:
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Ok........Who are you rooting for on Sunday for Men's Olympic Hockey: Team USA or Canada?
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Ok........Who are you rooting for on Sunday for Men's Olympic Hockey: Team USA or Canada?
Olympics? Nah just kidding, I know what the olympics are. I just don't watch them.
I guess I'm rooting for the USA but to be honest it really doesn't matter to me. :-[ The olympics are just something that I find way too boring to watch. I do however click google's banner to see just how far ahead the US is in terms of medals.
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Why do you have a random waffle in your sig?
Can I eat it? :D
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Why do you have a random waffle in your sig?
Can I eat it? :D
What happened to the random waffle in your sig?
Why can't I eat it?
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The random waffle thing was just for giggles. I found a picture of a waffle on the net and I thought It'd be funny to post a link to it in my sig. Really I just now noticed that someone had noticed it earlier, sorry Avan, I wasn't ignoring your question, I'm just not very observant of my own thread at times. :-[
But yeah, it had no purpose, it was just a random waffle to make make folk think "Huh?" and possibly try to make a Metal Gear style "?" pop up over their heads. :D
As for where it's gone now.... Blame the ungulates, one of them probably ate it. There isn't any meat in a waffle after all.
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I luv waffles. :) *noms*
(http://2pat.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/belgian-waffle.jpg)
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:(
You're making me hungry for foods I can't chew right now!
Once I can chew again, I intend to have a waffle like that.
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Questions questions, who has a question?
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*looks at Shim* Hmmmmm, there seems to be a trend. I hope it catches on. :)
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Well hey, at least I got your approval first!
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Figured I'd talk about this in my thread.
Just now when you mentioned the Area 51 book you seem to have lumped UFOs in with "Nonsense crap". Can we take it from this statement that you don't believe in the existence of extraterestrial visitors?
I am open to the "possibility" of aliens, alien visitation, etc., etc. But I absolutely will not believe every piece of crap nonsense spewed forth by crackpots and other weirdos. :P Every time somebody says they saw a UFO or described something else, then I'd like to see proof. If you don't have proof, then you're just blowing smoke. :P
Like Kobuk in this quote I'm open to the possibility of extraterrestrial life and intelligence, I'm skeptical about visitations given the limits of science and physics but I hope to be proven wrong. Like Kobuk says, if you want to be taken seriously you need proof.
The late Carl Sagan once said "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". I don't believe in the claims of abductions but I do hold hope for the possibility of alien visitations to our planet, but I'm not going to say I wholy believe that 'aliens are among us' and I'm not going to believe it till evidence that can withstand the most vigorous scrutiny is presented.
I see many UFO believers talk down about "naysayers" and "debunkers" but really IMO those people are simply following true scientific principal of scrutinizing everything. The scientific process involves finding the flaws and weaknesses in a theory and picking it apart untill it can't hold up anymore. If a hypothesis or theory or claim can withstand years of meticulous scrutiny under non-believing eyes, only then does it start to become accepted.
Science is a pursuit of truth and to find the truth in something you have to look for what is really there, not what you want to be there. If a UFO picture can be simulated by a pie pan on a string then it may as well be a pie pan on a string.
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Update time boys and girls!
So the company I work for, Dollar General, is sending me away to Paris come the start of next week. Oh, thats Paris Texas, not the place in France. I'll be working at a new store stoking for ten hours a day for 4 days to get the place ready to open for business. The company is paying for my hotel room and transportation out there. I'm kinda excited, I've never been to Paris Tx so if any furs there in the area wanna meet up and say Hi to the Mod Shroud let me know in a PM and I'll try to work out some kind of contact thing so we can all get together and meet.
I'll do my best to get some piccies for everyone so keep an eye on this thread in that time.
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So the company I work for, Dollar General, is sending me away to Paris come the start of next week. Oh, thats Paris Texas, not the place in France.
Yah, I was confused for about a second there. :D Well, have fun and I hope the hotel isn't too sleazy! :D
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:P *sigh*
The trip is off. They called and said nevermind, they have all the help they need. Sucks big too because I was really looking forward to getting the extra work, extra time, extra pay and best of all seeing a new town. Okay well not new per se, but I've never been there and I was looking forward to the chance to see it. Its really upsetting to get my hopes up like that then just say "Oh hang on, we don't need you after all."
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*hugs* D=
That is harsh x_x
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*hugs*
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Eh... if it makes you feel better youre not missing anything great. When I was truck driving I used to deliver to Texas a lot... Ive been to Paris,TX a couple times. Its nothing you need to put on your must see list. I know you said you were in the Texarkana area... I used to deliver there all the time... Texarkana, Shreveport, LA, New Boston, TX, Broken Bow, OK... I always liked when they gave me that route... no heavy traffic... plenty of parking, and it wasnt New Jersey.
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Thanks, but the real point was the fact that I was going somewhere I hadn't been before. To get out of the house and see more of the state. I've been to Florida, and through Louisianna, Georgia and other states going in that direction, lol. I've passed through Nashville, Tenn and seen a few nice bus stops here and there lol. It's about going somewhere different for me.
BTW, Texarkana has really bad traffic these days, you don't wanna drive those roads. Its getting to be as bad as Houston with all the new roads they're putting in.
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I have something to show you.
(http://blufiles.storage.live.com/y1p6qtx2evYALbFeVYPp4KOoA2k3V5dnBvMNh70fCxh7-7xqdSySTu9DK1ryZa0x9qp1Q9yQ8GyBCw)
That is a Green Tea Kit-Kat
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:D ha ha! I love it! And so Should Kobuk.
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Is that...a green tea kit kat? I MUST get my paws on one of these. :o
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Kaaloyaan aalett, right? (pronunciation)?
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The "a" isn't so drawn out Shim, but thats pretty much it.
The easierest way to remember it is that at no point whatsoever does any part of my name rhyme with the word "halo"
I see folks mis-spelling it saying(writing) Kaylo and I just have to facepalm. There is no "y" after the first "a".
Kal-O-yan Al-et.
"Ka" -as in KAngaroo
"Lo" -like LOw bridge
"Yan" -as in yin and YANg
Of course this is all a fairly minor complaint. It just irks me a little to see my name mis-spelled and mis-pronounced. Call it a pet peeve. I love my fursona name and I take pride in it. I'd be like hearing someone mis-pronounce America as A-mer-I-ca or if your state name were mis-pronounced badly.
The thing it reminds me of the most is an episode of "Star Trek: TNG" where the new doctor on board kept saying Data's name wrong. She used the other pronounciation of data, with the long "a" and he didn't like it. She asked him what the difference was and he said "One is my name, the other is other is not."
Of course her pronounciation was due more out of her not recognising Data as alive because he was an android. Though it still reminds me of the scene. :D :D :D
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I drew out the a to emphasize a NOT ay.
-sighs-..Kaloyan..
It pains me to have to ask it like this. "Like how a person from chicaaaaaaaaaago would say it?" Like Shallow, right?
I would love to know how to pronounce the name of the only other shroud in existance :-[
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I don't know how flok from chicago speak but I think you have it right Shim. My nickname "Kalo" rhymes with "Shallow" once you know that part the rest should fall into place easily. :)
Your name is pronounced the same as shin right? only with an "M" not an "N"?
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Yeah, it is x3.
But yeah, with your name, that's exactly what I thought it was :o..don't know how to spell a pronunciation of that "aah" sound though x_x
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HA HA HA! :D
Oh man. I always suspected but I just confirmed it.
I've been mispronouncing the name all along. I got my name from a random name generator see, so I had no pronunciation made out for me. I just pronounced it how I thought it was done.
Yet I looked up pronunciantions of the name and found this: http://women.evenhealth.com/cgi-bin/showname.cgi?q=Kaloyan
Yes it seems I've been mis-pronouncing the name all along, something I suspected when I found out it was Bulgarian in origin.
Still The way I've been pronouncing it is the way I've come to identify myself as, it seems a bit wrong to suddenly start saying it differently. I suppose at the least though it means I'll have to stop being so annoyed at others not using my pronunciation. Who am I to say my way is right when I know full well it isn't? :D :D :D
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The pronunciation on that page you linked to is always how I read it, until the first time I saw you spell out how you pronounced it. Admittedly, I have maybe a 75% success rate of still reading it your way, rather than the other way. But I've never read it as rhyming with 'halo' at least.
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Oh, I just realized I was supposed to tell everyone about this, not just the other staff members. 8)
I've been texting with Kalo, and he says he's workin' hard and is very close to getting himself back online and on Furtopia again!
Our favorite shroud is almost home! (:
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I am excite ;)!
I got a PM from him earlier today. Can't wait!
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*rolls out a giant barrel full of little slips of paper saying "The holder of this note is entitled to One (1) Kit-Kat from Kaloyan Alett upon his return"*
Everyone come take as many as you want! :D
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Good news indeed!
*grabs a kit-kat voucher and waits* ^^
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*rolls out a giant barrel full of little slips of paper saying "The holder of this note is entitled to One (1) Kit-Kat from Kaloyan Alett upon his return"*
Everyone come take as many as you want! :D
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You only brought a barrelfull?
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I can see there is a lot of kit kats to hand out. unfortunately I chose to get a drivers license than a laptop so there will be a delay in my return. sorry everyone. But I'm already back to saving up my money again. :)
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I can see there is a lot of kit kats to hand out.
I would note that I still have almost the whole barrel in my possession. :D
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Hey, we can wait as long as we need!
It'll be great to have you back, once you are :D
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We are all awaiting your return... Drivers licenses are important! Its good to see you have your priorities in line!
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See you soon. :)
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Thanks everyone. I would like to make a note here that I have recently bought my very first tail! I've worn it proudly while going out and about and the reactions from folks have been rather predictable. :D
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A least a double take on the tail I imagine.. :D
Take care .. :orbunny:
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I forgot we had a mobile theme for the forums! I have unlimited web on my phone so now i can be on more often. :) it's not a supergreat return but i should be around more often to keep a presence.
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Tackles to the ground and purrs (:
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Ha ha! Hi there Shim buddy!
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I forgot we had a mobile theme for the forums! I have unlimited web on my phone so now i can be on more often. :) it's not a supergreat return but i should be around more often to keep a presence.
Aaaw... Its our own lil' Christmas miracle - The return of the shroud!
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It's been asked of me where i get all of the candy i pass out here on the forums so i think i'll let yall in on a secret. You see i feel that candy companies need a spokesfur here in the fandom so i've taken a contract with the Hershey candy company. They pay me in candy and i get the word out about them to all furs I meet. Of course now and then i take added contracts from other companies to get more noms but mostly I work with Hershey's. :)
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Back in the RL, my father's fiance works for the Golitz candy company, their the parent company for Jelly Belly. Every year, I get a care package from her filled with things tht didn't pass their QC dept to sell to the general public, they call them Belly Flops. hehe. But, I get cans of free beans that way. Still hate the taste of buttered popcorn jelly beans.
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Awesome! :) well if we're talking reality here then truth be told i got no connections to the company. I just love them and their products a great deal. :) But that's in the RL.
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Welcome back..
"Gives you a bag of my best chocolate chip cookies. "
:orbunny:
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COOKIES!!! *OM NOM NOM NOM NOM* :) Mmmmm. That one was good. Would anyone like to try some? They're really huge and really good! :D
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*lounges around in jammies drinking from a 2 liter Dew bottle*
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Hey! :'(
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Don't worry kobuk, it only had water in it; you drank all the dew already.
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No it's dew. :) And it's delicious. *noms a king size Kit Kat*
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So update time.
I had been getting on here with my phone but service on it ran out and i had to switch back to my old one with crappy internet that doesn't give me unlimited time. :(
But now I have a new job working at a big box store, stocking and unloading freight, plus i even got a shiny new laptop! YAY! :D
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Yay for shiny new... oooh, shiny...!
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Yay for new job. *Hugs and scritches ears.*
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Japan. I love you.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-pqrQDrwPkE/TN8uo63RaJI/AAAAAAAAJY8/hMvoRzdgLOQ/s1600/KitKat-European-cheese-box.jpg)
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Lol Shim, that's awesome! :D
I'd also like to take a moment to address some questions I've been asked in regards to my old candy passing out ways. Namely why I don't anymore.
For one it's getting to be too much to welcome every new member when my access to the forums isn't like it used to be. I can only get on now thru WLAN and i don't have my own internet anymore still.
Second, Hershey hass kinda let me down lately with their commercials. Everytime I see one for a Hershey bar they are butchering the classic song "I'll Stop The World". A favorite of mine and hearing out of tune children croon it breaks my heart. :'( (And I'm not even gonna get into the christmas verrsion they did. *shudder*)
Needless to say, I still love candy, but till they get a new song I'm not speaking to them. >:(
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I'm bored. Someone ask me some questions please.
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Have you tried Pitch Black MD yet? It's back in stores for a limited time. :)
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I've never even heard of pitch black.
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I'm bored. Someone ask me some questions please.
What is your quest? :D
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My current quest is to have my own apartment. But like any quest there are steps. First i have to wait for my next check at the end of this week so i can get my license. Then i can work to getting my own vehicle and after that i am on my own! (:
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Have you tried Pitch Black MD yet? It's back in stores for a limited time. :)
Where?!? And is it the original or Pitch Black II (sour variety)?
I *LOVE* that stuff!!! It (particularly the second variety) is by far my favorite soda! (I must admit, though, that I don't particularly like most other varieties of Mountain Dew, including the original variety...)
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I'm bored. Someone ask me some questions please.
I realize that this is a pretty cheap way to ask a question, but...
Is there any question that you would like to be asked or have previously wanted to have been asked, and if there is, how would you respond to that question?
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No, no particlar questions in mind. And i don't know how i'll answer till i'm asked. :D
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... so that would make kobuk a regular colored husky if he drank that? :o
Anyways, what have you been up to the last month?
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Working... :( i been getting more and more hours at work and that takes up a huge slice of my time. By the time i get off i'm so tired that all i can do is shower and go to bed till the next days work.
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ugh, sounds like a terrible job.
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Actually it's the best job i've ever had. All i gotta do is stock shelves with product till i'm told i'm done. Eight dollars an hour for a eight hour day and working nearly every day a week. Sure it eats up my time but the paycheck is so worth it. :) I find it's best to work by the mercenary motto, "As long as i'm paid, i'm happy." :)
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Actually it's the best job i've ever had. All i gotta do is stock shelves with product till i'm told i'm done. Eight dollars an hour for a eight hour day and working nearly every day a week. Sure it eats up my time but the paycheck is so worth it. :) I find it's best to work by the mercenary motto, "As long as i'm paid, i'm happy." :)
Aw, man, that totally sounds like something I would say. :P
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Well. Been a bit of time since I posted so I'll give some updates on my life lately.
I'm working at Target, a morning stocker so my shifts begin at 4 in the am. But it's okay, I enjoy it and its good work. I get along with everyone and I have a good time.
Many will remember my love of Pringles, while I sttill love those nummy crisps I've begun to enjoy Lays Stax too. They're a bit like Pringles but sold cheaper and they're a bit thicker than a Pringles crisp. I think theey may have more salt too though I'm not certain.
I've been a drinker of Coca-Cola almost all my life but these past few months I've been enjoying 7up much much more. :)
I follow many webcomics, too many too list. :D
I have a tattoo on my left shoulder of the Decepticons symbol from the 80's cartoon. I get hassled at work for it because I'm cheering on the bad guys but any actor will tell you: The bad guys are the most fun to play! :D
I am not going to see the new Transformers movie after the abomination that the 2nd one was. ugh!
I want to get more tattoos, I'm thinking of getting some from the web comic DMFA, based on the 'cubi clan insignias.
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Well. Been a bit of time since I posted so I'll give some updates on my life lately.
I'm working at Target, a morning stocker so my shifts begin at 4 in the am. But it's okay, I enjoy it and its good work. I get along with everyone and I have a good time.
Many will remember my love of Pringles, while I sttill love those nummy crisps I've begun to enjoy Lays Stax too. They're a bit like Pringles but sold cheaper and they're a bit thicker than a Pringles crisp. I think theey may have more salt too though I'm not certain.
I've been a drinker of Coca-Cola almost all my life but these past few months I've been enjoying 7up much much more. :)
I follow many webcomics, too many too list. :D
I have a tattoo on my left shoulder of the Decepticons symbol from the 80's cartoon. I get hassled at work for it because I'm cheering on the bad guys but any actor will tell you: The bad guys are the most fun to play! :D
I am not going to see the new Transformers movie after the abomination that the 2nd one was. ugh!
I want to get more tattoos, I'm thinking of getting some from the web comic DMFA, based on the 'cubi clan insignias.
*performs last rites on your soul for working at Target*
I had that shift for a long while. Worked back when it was an overnight shift, then did two years at 4 AM. You must have a nicer boss than I did. ;)
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I must. It's the best job I've evver had, in terms of pay and how I'm treated by the management.
Heck we get weekly breakfasts served in the breakroom. Cookies and milk, cerial, sundaes, pudding. I've started to get chubby. :-[
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I must. It's the best job I've evver had, in terms of pay and how I'm treated by the management.
Heck we get weekly breakfasts served in the breakroom. Cookies and milk, cerial, sundaes, pudding. I've started to get chubby. :-[
Where is this store? At mine, we were lucky to get fed once a month. O.O
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Lol! Don't think I didn't consider it. I'd love to get tats of all the clans (including the ones without leaders, like Abel's). My two favorites are Zezzuva and Seme.
I love tattoos but unlike many others I don't like character picture tats, I much prefer symbols.
For anyone curious about the cubi clan symbols I like here is a link to comic featuring many.
http://www.missmab.com/Demo/Leader01.php
Others I want to have include:
(http://fsa.zedge.net/content/8/0/3/6/1-2069553-8036-t.jpg)
Raziel's symbol from the legacy of Kain series.
(http://images.wikia.com/fma/images/0/0c/Ouroboros_Tatoo.JPG)
The Ouroborous, not necessarily from FMA, I like the idea of the cycle of life and rebirth since I strongly believe in reincarnation.
(http://www.northernsun.com/images/imagelarge/Yin-Yang-Magnet-(9209).jpg)
Ying/yang, because I believe in the philosophy of balance that there cannot be good without evil, and my own attempts to balance my femenine and masculine sides with each other.
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I must. It's the best job I've evver had, in terms of pay and how I'm treated by the management.
Heck we get weekly breakfasts served in the breakroom. Cookies and milk, cerial, sundaes, pudding. I've started to get chubby. :-[
Where is this store? At mine, we were lucky to get fed once a month. O.O
Texas yall, the land of good 'n plenty.
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Glad to hear your enjoying your job. :orbunny:
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Lunch time at work. It's ice cream day, it's ice cream day happy happy ice cream day!
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Erm...as some may know, I don't have the best understanding of computer stuff.
This might be a bit of an obvious question but...
How do I get a picture on my signature thingy?
All I can do is copy and paste an address for a picture. x_x
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Erm...as some may know, I don't have the best understanding of computer stuff.
This might be a bit of an obvious question but...
How do I get a picture on my signature thingy?
All I can do is copy and paste an address for a picture. x_x
Type in "[ img]http://Your pictures html address here.[/img ]"
But make sure there are no spaces, it needs to be all one thing.
Also for future questions you should simply send a PM to a mod like me or an admin, or post a topic HERE (http://forums.furtopia.org/index.php?board=2.0) rather than asking in staff thread. :)
Also, just in case if you have multiple questions it'd be better to gather them together and ask them all at once in any of the above ways rather than making several topics for each question or sending multiple PMs for each question.
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Someone ask me something. I'm bored. :P
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(*notes a forming motif of boredom and prompts for questions*)
As can be seen from your new avatar, species label, and postings elsewhere on the forums, it's quite apparent that you are a brony. Do you have any other past or present interests that might be unexpected given the other aspects of your public identity (i.e., age, gender, furriness, etc.)?
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(*notes a forming motif of boredom and prompts for questions*)
As can be seen from your new avatar, species label, and postings elsewhere on the forums, it's quite apparent that you are a brony. Do you have any other past or present interests that might be unexpected given the other aspects of your public identity (i.e., age, gender, furriness, etc.)?
I honestly don't know what you're asking. can you re-phrase your question please?
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I must. It's the best job I've evver had, in terms of pay and how I'm treated by the management.
Heck we get weekly breakfasts served in the breakroom. Cookies and milk, cerial, sundaes, pudding. I've started to get chubby. :-[
My my.. If you get chubby I will have to make your
wings bigger. :D
Nothing like a job you enjoy though. :orbunny:
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*throws pink letters at kalo*
RUN!!! :D
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*throws pink letters at kalo*
RUN!!! :D
....Thats......confusing......
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*sits down at his desk with a bunch of brass thing-a-mah-jigs, chains, gears, flywheels, and other assorted odds and ends and starts to quietly sing to himself*
Bit by bit, putting it together.... :)
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lol
note to self- never use the forum when you have had 6 cans of red bull...
soooo.... whatcha been up to lately
*massive cheesy grin*
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I don't have much going on aside from my pet project i have going on. It's secret so no, you can't see what it is yet. Lets see... Friday i'm heading down to houston to spend time with family. That's about all.
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Hope you have a nice visit with family this weekend. :orbunny:
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Thanks. It won't be for too long and they got wifi so it shouldn't take me from the forums too much.
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Well on my way to houston now and the area i'm passing thru i think was Lodi, nothing but scorched earth and burnt trees for miles from the heat wave. There were even some fires still burning. :o
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The drought in that part of the country is terrible. I hope it breaks
soon.
Hope your trip goes well..
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Have I mentioned recently how happy I am to be back here? :)
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4137/starmooncurious.jpg)
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I gotta spread this around. Yesterday at the Lunar Republic, when this was mentioned I posted a theory
My post and subsequent replies: http://comments.deviantart.com/5/45228966/2245244987
Journal itself: http://the-lunar-republic.deviantart.com/blog/45228966/?offset=25#comments
And then now I get up and look on EQD to see this: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/10/lauren-fausts-explanation-on-lunas-new.html
Okay she says she made it up, but I don't care! I'm so totally saying I called it!
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Time to start getting ready for work... Can't believe I have to work tonight. And my shift isn't gonna end till 5 am black friday morning.
Better dress accordingly...
*puts on his armor and war paint*
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Time to start getting ready for work... Can't believe I have to work tonight. And my shift isn't gonna end till 5 am black friday morning.
Better dress accordingly...
*puts on his armor and war paint*
Ugh. :P x_x Yeah, I hear ya. I have to do a 12 hour shift tomorrow as well and I'm not looking forward to it. . :P
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I'm at lunch right now. The crowds are banging at the doors like a zombie army. Heaven help me. Also i have the crew laughing at me because Ruby Tuesday bought us lunch and i ate a beef patty without bread. I refuse to eat whole wheat bread.
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Met a fellow Brony in the store wearing that Dark Side of The Moon image with RD on his shirt. Got a brohoof. BEST DAY EVER!!!
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Happy Birthday to you Kalo, and hope you have a fine day.
Bunny hugs. :orbunny:
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Thank you OR.
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While you play this: http://www.minijuegosgratis.com/flash1234/no_hotlink/cubefield.swf
Listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMvkkqxs8m0
My top score so far is 393365
Reply with your top score.
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370990 is the highest I've been able to get so far, but I did it without the music while I played (though I did listen to it separately; it's very fitting!).
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My finaly top score last night was 4241755, I'm keeping track on my DA as well.
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I first got 506,015
And my highest so far is 507,900 (the music is not long enough) (:
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I first got 506,015
And my highest so far is 507,900 (the music is not long enough) (:
yeah i know there is apparently a code to add to the url to make it repeat.
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Well it's been a lot of fun everyone but recently I just feel like I'm growing apart from the furry community and this site as well. I'll still be hanging around but I'm stepping down from my staff position. It's been a lot of fun being a part of this and being part of the staff. I can't tell you all how proud I was to serve this site on its staff or how happy and proud I was to be given these positions. But I feel stepping down will be the best course of action. I'm not on Furtopia like I used to be and even though I'll still hang around I'm gonna miss being part of the staff. But I can't keep up with it if I'm not here so it's time for me to step down and let someone else fill the role.
If anyone wishes to contact me or speak to me or you just wanna chat I can be found on Deviantart, link is in my signature. I'm also on skype as Kaloyan.Alett and gtalk for those who have my e-maill.
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Sorry to see you go, Kalo. You'll be missed. :'( You're welcome to come back to Furtopia and visit anytime. :) I'll leave your staff position as is for a few more days so that you have time to say Goodbyes to all the staff and tidy up any other loose ends you have. ;) *gives Kalo a big huskyhug and a large backpack filled with Pringles, Kit Kats, and other goodies* :)
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If anyone is interested I'm broadcasting on my livestream channel.
http://www.livestream.com/kaloscorner
Nevermind
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If you stream while I'm not at work, I'll be able to jump on xD
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Staff Note: This member has retired from their staff position to pursue other life interests. Their thread will remain here for archived/historical purposes. ;)