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On April 07 2014 14:34 Requizen wrote:
Books are cool. Reading is cool. Being geek is chic now.
I'm trying to learn Italian before I go in a month and a half. Buongiorno.
No need, everyone there speaks English.
Unless you want to get with the chicks there. Italian girls are really uhm, well they think if you're not Italian you're not worth shit, lets put it that way.
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Good morning friends! After our manga/anime discussion I reread Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer. I always remember it being good but every time I reread it still gets me right in the feels. What a fantastically written story.
On April 07 2014 22:53 Ketara wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 14:34 Requizen wrote:
Books are cool. Reading is cool. Being geek is chic now.
I'm trying to learn Italian before I go in a month and a half. Buongiorno. No need, everyone there speaks English. Unless you want to get with the chicks there. Italian girls are really uhm, well they think if you're not Italian you're not worth shit, lets put it that way.
That's not my concern, really.
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What about Boston Italian accents. Do they like those 
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On April 07 2014 23:18 Shelke14 wrote:What about Boston Italian accents. Do they like those
Those are called Irish people
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On April 07 2014 21:08 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 14:58 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
To be honest, while I think the books are better at present, the books get worse in a way that the show might not. Therefore, I'm sticking with the show in the knowledge that it will treat Feast for Crows better than the books did. That book was just totally unreadable for me.
EDIT: Not even if Req read it aloud The books, in fact, did not get worse. They built up to some awesome plot stuff in book 3, and in books 4 and 5 have moved backed to the more political stuff and plot development. This doesn't mean they've gotten worse, it just means that there's some more awesome coming.
The political stuff, while it made it really dry, isn't why I started disliking it more. Honestly, to me personally, the violence just got too pointlessly crammed sometimes. It just felt like he just added violence for the sake of adding violence because, hey, the fans love that, instead of really needing it for the plot.
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Honestly when I was in Italy it was while Bush was president and people were a lot less friendly than the other times I've been in Europe, so maybe it wasn't a language issue.
I had trash thrown at me multiple times.
Everybody speaks English though.
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*boston* hey ladies, I'm Canadian and sell chips for Pepsi. Let's go take some shots and dance. 
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Ketara REALLY making the case for Italy right now
^ teach me your ways Master Shelke
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You want me to make the case for Italy?
![[image loading]](http://www.lasmorfiapizzeria.it/pizze/13179620-pizza-diavola-con-peperoni-e-pimento--isolato.jpg)
You're welcome.
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Oh and also
![[image loading]](http://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Italian-ice-cream-bar..jpg)
You're welcome.
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On April 07 2014 22:41 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 22:28 AsmodeusXI wrote:On April 07 2014 13:41 Ketara wrote:On April 07 2014 13:37 caelym wrote:On April 07 2014 13:33 Ketara wrote:Okay so, now that I've seen it, here's my thoughts: + Show Spoiler +OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG + Show Spoiler +Brienne and Jaime are by far my favorites from this episode. I didn't like how the episode jumped around 10 different times just to revive each storyline. + Show Spoiler +It was a little slow, but it's the first episode of a season. They had to add dragon footage to show people what the new seasons special effects are going to be like. They had to introduce a new character with an entirely new family. They had to have an action scene so they put the bit at the inn in the end in there. If you remove those scenes really all that's left is centralized around two plot points, Geoffrey's wedding and related drama, and the attack on the wall.
I think it was fine. A bit slow. Joffrey Baratheon. Geoffrey Chaucer. *** THE MORE YOU KNOW *** Cross-reference with Amazon reviews for the internet's opinion. It's probably just "okay" but it's still a cheap tablet. That's what I'm in the process of doing. But I value the opinions of strangers I've spoken with slightly more than the opinions of random strangers on Amazon.
I have no opinions on the tablet, but the deals on Woot are not nearly as good as you think they are.
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Gelato is bush league Ketara
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United States33802 Posts
The thing I'm really excited about is getting some authentic tiramisu
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i thought tiramisu was japanese until last year
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On April 08 2014 00:01 xes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 22:41 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 22:28 AsmodeusXI wrote:On April 07 2014 13:41 Ketara wrote:On April 07 2014 13:37 caelym wrote:On April 07 2014 13:33 Ketara wrote:Okay so, now that I've seen it, here's my thoughts: + Show Spoiler +OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG + Show Spoiler +Brienne and Jaime are by far my favorites from this episode. I didn't like how the episode jumped around 10 different times just to revive each storyline. + Show Spoiler +It was a little slow, but it's the first episode of a season. They had to add dragon footage to show people what the new seasons special effects are going to be like. They had to introduce a new character with an entirely new family. They had to have an action scene so they put the bit at the inn in the end in there. If you remove those scenes really all that's left is centralized around two plot points, Geoffrey's wedding and related drama, and the attack on the wall.
I think it was fine. A bit slow. Joffrey Baratheon. Geoffrey Chaucer. *** THE MORE YOU KNOW *** Cross-reference with Amazon reviews for the internet's opinion. It's probably just "okay" but it's still a cheap tablet. That's what I'm in the process of doing. But I value the opinions of strangers I've spoken with slightly more than the opinions of random strangers on Amazon. I have no opinions on the tablet, but the deals on Woot are not nearly as good as you think they are.
I really want to know why you aren't considering a Nexus tablet.
Lets compare this thing to a Nexus 7.
I can't link it directly it seems but here's a comparison website: http://www.tabletnation.com/compare#
A Nexus 7 has basically the same computing power, a better display, and a better operating system (you do NOT want Windows RT) and costs less.
I have a Nexus 7, and it is amazing. I use it for all of the following:
- Works as a second display for my laptop.
- Used as a GPS and stereo system in my car.
- Lets me watch twitch streams and netflix and whatever while I walk around the house.
- Since it's Google you can do everything with it via voice command.
It's pretty great.
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On April 07 2014 23:47 GhandiEAGLE wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 21:08 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 14:58 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
To be honest, while I think the books are better at present, the books get worse in a way that the show might not. Therefore, I'm sticking with the show in the knowledge that it will treat Feast for Crows better than the books did. That book was just totally unreadable for me.
EDIT: Not even if Req read it aloud The books, in fact, did not get worse. They built up to some awesome plot stuff in book 3, and in books 4 and 5 have moved backed to the more political stuff and plot development. This doesn't mean they've gotten worse, it just means that there's some more awesome coming. The political stuff, while it made it really dry, isn't why I started disliking it more. Honestly, to me personally, the violence just got too pointlessly crammed sometimes. It just felt like he just added violence for the sake of adding violence because, hey, the fans love that, instead of really needing it for the plot.
I disagree wholeheartedly, but ok lol
On April 08 2014 00:01 xes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 22:41 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 22:28 AsmodeusXI wrote:On April 07 2014 13:41 Ketara wrote:On April 07 2014 13:37 caelym wrote:On April 07 2014 13:33 Ketara wrote:Okay so, now that I've seen it, here's my thoughts: + Show Spoiler +OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG + Show Spoiler +Brienne and Jaime are by far my favorites from this episode. I didn't like how the episode jumped around 10 different times just to revive each storyline. + Show Spoiler +It was a little slow, but it's the first episode of a season. They had to add dragon footage to show people what the new seasons special effects are going to be like. They had to introduce a new character with an entirely new family. They had to have an action scene so they put the bit at the inn in the end in there. If you remove those scenes really all that's left is centralized around two plot points, Geoffrey's wedding and related drama, and the attack on the wall.
I think it was fine. A bit slow. Joffrey Baratheon. Geoffrey Chaucer. *** THE MORE YOU KNOW *** Cross-reference with Amazon reviews for the internet's opinion. It's probably just "okay" but it's still a cheap tablet. That's what I'm in the process of doing. But I value the opinions of strangers I've spoken with slightly more than the opinions of random strangers on Amazon. I have no opinions on the tablet, but the deals on Woot are not nearly as good as you think they are.
It's not that I think they're amazing. I've been considering a tablet for quite a while, but haven't ever pulled the trigger. Whenever one pops up on woot, it reminds me and I do a little research (hence why I keep asking).
@Ketara: Nexus 7 always slips my mind, but I was looking at it this morning. It looks really nice, I just don't know if I've convinced myself enough on a tablet.
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On April 08 2014 00:17 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2014 23:47 GhandiEAGLE wrote:On April 07 2014 21:08 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 14:58 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
To be honest, while I think the books are better at present, the books get worse in a way that the show might not. Therefore, I'm sticking with the show in the knowledge that it will treat Feast for Crows better than the books did. That book was just totally unreadable for me.
EDIT: Not even if Req read it aloud The books, in fact, did not get worse. They built up to some awesome plot stuff in book 3, and in books 4 and 5 have moved backed to the more political stuff and plot development. This doesn't mean they've gotten worse, it just means that there's some more awesome coming. The political stuff, while it made it really dry, isn't why I started disliking it more. Honestly, to me personally, the violence just got too pointlessly crammed sometimes. It just felt like he just added violence for the sake of adding violence because, hey, the fans love that, instead of really needing it for the plot. I disagree wholeheartedly, but ok lol Show nested quote +On April 08 2014 00:01 xes wrote:On April 07 2014 22:41 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 22:28 AsmodeusXI wrote:On April 07 2014 13:41 Ketara wrote:On April 07 2014 13:37 caelym wrote:On April 07 2014 13:33 Ketara wrote:Okay so, now that I've seen it, here's my thoughts: + Show Spoiler +OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG + Show Spoiler +Brienne and Jaime are by far my favorites from this episode. I didn't like how the episode jumped around 10 different times just to revive each storyline. + Show Spoiler +It was a little slow, but it's the first episode of a season. They had to add dragon footage to show people what the new seasons special effects are going to be like. They had to introduce a new character with an entirely new family. They had to have an action scene so they put the bit at the inn in the end in there. If you remove those scenes really all that's left is centralized around two plot points, Geoffrey's wedding and related drama, and the attack on the wall.
I think it was fine. A bit slow. Joffrey Baratheon. Geoffrey Chaucer. *** THE MORE YOU KNOW *** Cross-reference with Amazon reviews for the internet's opinion. It's probably just "okay" but it's still a cheap tablet. That's what I'm in the process of doing. But I value the opinions of strangers I've spoken with slightly more than the opinions of random strangers on Amazon. I have no opinions on the tablet, but the deals on Woot are not nearly as good as you think they are. It's not that I think they're amazing. I've been considering a tablet for quite a while, but haven't ever pulled the trigger. Whenever one pops up on woot, it reminds me and I do a little research (hence why I keep asking). @Ketara: Nexus 7 always slips my mind, but I was looking at it this morning. It looks really nice, I just don't know if I've convinced myself enough on a tablet.
What other mobile technology do you own?
Tablets are nice but I gave the one I had to my grandparents and I haven't really missed it either. The biggest things are probably for watching videos on a plane because doing so on my phone is too small of a screen and it also causes my phone battery to catch fire.
I originally thought about replacing my dashboard stereo with a mount for a tablet so I could use it for streaming music and also GPS, but my phone is almost the same thing for mild inconvenience (and a few hundred cost savings)
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Dev team puts up a new live site last night. Any bugs that occur now fall to the Support team. And by Support team I mean the one person who is the Support department. And by that I mean me.
Alright, might as well get to it.
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On April 08 2014 00:24 xes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2014 00:17 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 23:47 GhandiEAGLE wrote:On April 07 2014 21:08 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 14:58 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
To be honest, while I think the books are better at present, the books get worse in a way that the show might not. Therefore, I'm sticking with the show in the knowledge that it will treat Feast for Crows better than the books did. That book was just totally unreadable for me.
EDIT: Not even if Req read it aloud The books, in fact, did not get worse. They built up to some awesome plot stuff in book 3, and in books 4 and 5 have moved backed to the more political stuff and plot development. This doesn't mean they've gotten worse, it just means that there's some more awesome coming. The political stuff, while it made it really dry, isn't why I started disliking it more. Honestly, to me personally, the violence just got too pointlessly crammed sometimes. It just felt like he just added violence for the sake of adding violence because, hey, the fans love that, instead of really needing it for the plot. I disagree wholeheartedly, but ok lol On April 08 2014 00:01 xes wrote:On April 07 2014 22:41 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 22:28 AsmodeusXI wrote:On April 07 2014 13:41 Ketara wrote:On April 07 2014 13:37 caelym wrote:On April 07 2014 13:33 Ketara wrote:Okay so, now that I've seen it, here's my thoughts: + Show Spoiler +OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG + Show Spoiler +Brienne and Jaime are by far my favorites from this episode. I didn't like how the episode jumped around 10 different times just to revive each storyline. + Show Spoiler +It was a little slow, but it's the first episode of a season. They had to add dragon footage to show people what the new seasons special effects are going to be like. They had to introduce a new character with an entirely new family. They had to have an action scene so they put the bit at the inn in the end in there. If you remove those scenes really all that's left is centralized around two plot points, Geoffrey's wedding and related drama, and the attack on the wall.
I think it was fine. A bit slow. Joffrey Baratheon. Geoffrey Chaucer. *** THE MORE YOU KNOW *** Cross-reference with Amazon reviews for the internet's opinion. It's probably just "okay" but it's still a cheap tablet. That's what I'm in the process of doing. But I value the opinions of strangers I've spoken with slightly more than the opinions of random strangers on Amazon. I have no opinions on the tablet, but the deals on Woot are not nearly as good as you think they are. It's not that I think they're amazing. I've been considering a tablet for quite a while, but haven't ever pulled the trigger. Whenever one pops up on woot, it reminds me and I do a little research (hence why I keep asking). @Ketara: Nexus 7 always slips my mind, but I was looking at it this morning. It looks really nice, I just don't know if I've convinced myself enough on a tablet. What other mobile technology do you own? Tablets are nice but I gave the one I had to my grandparents and I haven't really missed it either. The biggest things are probably for watching videos on a plane because doing so on my phone is too small of a screen and it also causes my phone battery to catch fire. I originally thought about replacing my dashboard stereo with a mount for a tablet so I could use it for streaming music and also GPS, but my phone is almost the same thing for mild inconvenience (and a few hundred cost savings)
For me tablets are like, there's very little that they do that some other piece of technology you have isn't going to do. If you have a smartphone and a computer, your tablet isn't going to be giving you any new functionality.
What a tablet does do is increase the comfort and pleasure of doing some of those things. It's definitely a luxury buy, but once you have it you'll enjoy it a lot.
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On April 08 2014 00:24 xes wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2014 00:17 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 23:47 GhandiEAGLE wrote:On April 07 2014 21:08 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 14:58 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
To be honest, while I think the books are better at present, the books get worse in a way that the show might not. Therefore, I'm sticking with the show in the knowledge that it will treat Feast for Crows better than the books did. That book was just totally unreadable for me.
EDIT: Not even if Req read it aloud The books, in fact, did not get worse. They built up to some awesome plot stuff in book 3, and in books 4 and 5 have moved backed to the more political stuff and plot development. This doesn't mean they've gotten worse, it just means that there's some more awesome coming. The political stuff, while it made it really dry, isn't why I started disliking it more. Honestly, to me personally, the violence just got too pointlessly crammed sometimes. It just felt like he just added violence for the sake of adding violence because, hey, the fans love that, instead of really needing it for the plot. I disagree wholeheartedly, but ok lol On April 08 2014 00:01 xes wrote:On April 07 2014 22:41 jcarlsoniv wrote:On April 07 2014 22:28 AsmodeusXI wrote:On April 07 2014 13:41 Ketara wrote:On April 07 2014 13:37 caelym wrote:On April 07 2014 13:33 Ketara wrote:Okay so, now that I've seen it, here's my thoughts: + Show Spoiler +OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG + Show Spoiler +Brienne and Jaime are by far my favorites from this episode. I didn't like how the episode jumped around 10 different times just to revive each storyline. + Show Spoiler +It was a little slow, but it's the first episode of a season. They had to add dragon footage to show people what the new seasons special effects are going to be like. They had to introduce a new character with an entirely new family. They had to have an action scene so they put the bit at the inn in the end in there. If you remove those scenes really all that's left is centralized around two plot points, Geoffrey's wedding and related drama, and the attack on the wall.
I think it was fine. A bit slow. Joffrey Baratheon. Geoffrey Chaucer. *** THE MORE YOU KNOW *** Cross-reference with Amazon reviews for the internet's opinion. It's probably just "okay" but it's still a cheap tablet. That's what I'm in the process of doing. But I value the opinions of strangers I've spoken with slightly more than the opinions of random strangers on Amazon. I have no opinions on the tablet, but the deals on Woot are not nearly as good as you think they are. It's not that I think they're amazing. I've been considering a tablet for quite a while, but haven't ever pulled the trigger. Whenever one pops up on woot, it reminds me and I do a little research (hence why I keep asking). @Ketara: Nexus 7 always slips my mind, but I was looking at it this morning. It looks really nice, I just don't know if I've convinced myself enough on a tablet. What other mobile technology do you own? Tablets are nice but I gave the one I had to my grandparents and I haven't really missed it either. The biggest things are probably for watching videos on a plane because doing so on my phone is too small of a screen and it also causes my phone battery to catch fire. I originally thought about replacing my dashboard stereo with a mount for a tablet so I could use it for streaming music and also GPS, but my phone is almost the same thing for mild inconvenience (and a few hundred cost savings)
Relevant technology - iPhone, laptop (that only leaves my bedroom if I plan on staying the night somewhere and want to watch things, or if I plan on playing games at someone's place), and desktop.
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