Shuttlecock XXXI: Someone start a new in-joke so we can get a better title

[No spoken words]

Definitely.

Plus, I don't know if you actually saw something really horrifying, or if you're making a joke about something that was horrifying, but not, you know ... actual real-life horrifying. More like internet horrifying.

It's a joke, but rooted in truth.

 

[u2popmofo]

Does this horror relate to EDITED in some way?

 

[corianderstem]

I will neither confirm nor deny whether or not Senor Mofo and I appear to be on the same wavelength at this moment.

 

[coolian2]

so he saw an example of a failing mental health system.


get used to it, america.

 

[corianderstem]

I, for one, welcome our new Socialist Communist Totaliarian Maoist Kenyan Muslim .....

.... oh forget it, I'm just all tired now.

 

[coolian2]

Ian, your backpack that was your backpack love of your life - what kind was it?

red.


but seriously, it's "the trail". i can't even get a hit on them from google - i got it cheap in a homewares store here.

 

[corianderstem]

I need a good backpack anyway, but definitely need a good one for my trip. I don't even want to think about how I'm going to "pack light" for 9ish days. I'm not a bad overpacker, but yeesh.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

oh, and speaking of my awesome backpack, RIP. one of the straps broke as i was lifting it off the arrival x-ray in auckland a month ago. poor thing had travelled everywhere with me since 2007.

aww damn. this means i have to buy a backpack now.

 

[coolian2]

aww damn. this means i have to buy a backpack now.

it'd be smaller than that ridiculous rollaboard you have now





why hasn't nsw yelled at me about my avatar yet?

 

[corianderstem]

God, I hate April Fool's Day.

 

[Irvine511]

and it fucked my ass up.

does he have a first name?

 

[Irvine511]

I put it on Facebook, so it's really official and junk now.

YouTube - Stupid Geico Commercial with Talking Pothole

 

[corianderstem]

I love that commercial! It's the Britney Spears pothole!

 

[No spoken words]

it'd be smaller than that ridiculous rollaboard you have now





why hasn't nsw yelled at me about my avatar yet?

Cos you possibly know a bit about baseball. Bonnie has no clue so she has no right.

 

[phanan]

Those avatars work for me just fine.

 

[No spoken words]

Go away.

 

[PhilsFan]

I'm kind of disappointed you chose Mo. It's hard to hate on him. You should've picked Posada, he's the fucking worst.

 

[No spoken words]

Oh, gee, wow, someone doesn't like Posada, how novel.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Swisher = coolest Yankee. I do like Rivera, though. And Jeter. And Cano. And Javy.

Fuck.

 

[No spoken words]

Swisher = coolest Yankee. I do like Rivera, though. And Jeter. And Cano. And Javy.

Fuck.

You love you some Swish. I actually refer to him as "Nick the Swish" because of you. Thanks, fuck-o.

My favorite White Sox player is probably the Peav. All-time? Baines, come on.

 

[coolian2]

Cos you possibly know a bit about baseball. Bonnie has no clue so she has no right.

i think that's a relief.

 

[corianderstem]

I cleaned out my Facebook friends, deleting people I knew way back in the day in college or high school and haven't spoken with, not even a "hello!" after adding them as a friend.

I included this one gal I know from my old X-Files fandom days who's very sweet, but so freaking annoying. I had her hidden, but deleted her anyway.

I immediately got a message asking if she'd done something to upset or offend her. *sigh* So I said "whoops, sorry! har har." I would have felt worse ignoring her, so a small white lie was better.

Ugh, she responded and said "I wish Facebook sent a message when someone deleted you, like LiveJournal does. I'd like to know." Why, so you can enjoy getting all upset about it?

I'm very glad I learned a while back that a "friend" on the internet is not necessarily a "friend" in real life. Sometimes, yes, but that's a dangerous assumption to make.

And now she says "Hey, where's your wall?" Uh, you're not on my filter to see it, but now apparently I have to put you on that list so you can. I wouldn't care so much, but I do still run a little bit with the old crowd and we have mutual internet "friends." I don't want to cause drama.

Isn't my life so damned hard?

 

[martha]

This will be my view tomorrow afternoon:

 

[corianderstem]

Where is that? Looks nice.

 

[martha]

Just north of Searchlight. It's heaven.

 

[Diemen]

I really need to make it down there one of these days. With my camera in tow, of course.

 

[Diemen]

And now for something completely different:

Talking Carl scream fight. [VIDEO]

 

[corianderstem]

Ohhhhh wooooooow.

My parents are decidedly less than thrilled that I'm going alone. My dad thought I was playing an April Fool's joke.

They have time to get used to the idea, and I reassured them as much as I could, but if this causes a lot of angst within our relationship, that's going to be awful.

My mom seems slightly more on board than my dad, although that's probably because she knows there's nothing she can say to talk me out of it. My dad thinks I'm going to be harrassed/attacked with anti-Americanism, or blown up by the Catholic/Protestant troubles. (I refrained from laughing at that.)

Then he talked about a news story about a rancher being killed by the Arizona border. Yes, dad, I could be killed by random violence outside my own apartment building - I'm not going ot let that stop me from doing shit I want to do.

Oh dear.

 

[RedRocksU2]

I need that 1:03 mins of my life back please.

 

[No spoken words]

Ohhhhh wooooooow.

My parents are decidedly less than thrilled that I'm going alone. My dad thought I was playing an April Fool's joke.

They have time to get used to the idea, and I reassured them as much as I could, but if this causes a lot of angst within our relationship, that's going to be awful.

My mom seems slightly more on board than my dad, although that's probably because she knows there's nothing she can say to talk me out of it. My dad thinks I'm going to be harrassed/attacked with anti-Americanism, or blown up by the Catholic/Protestant troubles. (I refrained from laughing at that.)

Then he talked about a news story about a rancher being killed by the Arizona border. Yes, dad, I could be killed by random violence outside my own apartment building - I'm not going ot let that stop me from doing shit I want to do.

Oh dear.

You're too old for this to be a major issue. It's not like if you went with a friend that the friend would be Jack fucking Bauer, you know?