well there was a part where i went to the post office to have my postal money order redeemed and they're like "we don't have enough cash, sorry, go to [only post office open past 5 in my part of the city]"
which is like 2 miles away and it's kind of sweltering out
but fuck it, i walk there and get caught in a spring/summer rain to compensate
then it gets roasting again which thankfully starts to dry me off but still it's fucking hot
then this super high lady hassles me because i won't give her any money
then the dudes at the post office start getting mad about how "they shouldn't refer you to other post offices! it's not their right to send you here!" or some shit, i guess they don't like paying out so much cash and being low on change. like they're griping like it's my fault
or
oh wait
do you mean the part where the two dudes on the bus randomly tried to jump me?
The Navy has successfully tested its shiniest new toy: the Laser Weapons System (LaWS), which recently "tracked, engaged, and destroyed" a drone in mid-flight. It's not our first laser gun, but it's certainly our best.
The system is similar to the Navy's Phalanx close-in weapons system, which mounts a radar-guided 20mm Gatling gun on a swivelling base. Except with, you know, a giant friggin laser instead of bullets.
Shorebank is pretty awesome all told, but it just needed to find private funders to stave off the FDIC. I mean, it did, but that's probably not a good sign. Which is too bad because they're the reason for that one guy winning the Peace Prize for micro-lending and all sorts of awesomeness with regards to alleviating poverty. Hopefully they can straighten things up again.
I use checks to pay my rent and to move money between accounts at different banks.
online banking is a lot easier for doing the latter
One of my banks charges for that.
The other one doesn't do it at all.
Weird. My bank doesn't charge at all. They actually encourage me to do it every time I head down. I just haven't signed up because my bank's in a really convenient location (I pass it several times a day on the way to class). I'd think all banks would be like that, because it's easier and cheaper for everyone, the bank included.
HSBC kinda sucks.
and also stands for Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation.
I've had absolutely no problems with HSBC. It might be because I don't need their services all that often, but they've always done what I've needed them to do without much hassle. There's one lady that works there who's kind of a cunt, though.
Finally pre-ordered SC2 this weekend, and amazon gave me $5. So I used it as an excuse to finally pick up Emilie Simon's new album, The Big Machine.
I'm liking it so far, but it is much more synth-pop-y than her previous stuff. Like, Podly would probably have bees and scorpions shooting out of his nose or something, such would be his rage. Or something.
For the "Where you live sucks, too" thread I was looking for the English name of a plant from which you make butter and oil, because where I used to live we had whole fields of those and it would smell like festering corpses during fall.
Turns out that they're called "rape".
So where I used to live we have fields of rape that smell like festering corpses.
A friend of mine discovered the existence of rapeseed oil last year.
He enjoyed himself with rape puns for a fucking month.
I use checks to pay my rent and to move money between accounts at different banks.
online banking is a lot easier for doing the latter
One of my banks charges for that.
The other one doesn't do it at all.
Weird. My bank doesn't charge at all. They actually encourage me to do it every time I head down. I just haven't signed up because my bank's in a really convenient location (I pass it several times a day on the way to class). I'd think all banks would be like that, because it's easier and cheaper for everyone, the bank included.
HSBC kinda sucks.
and also stands for Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation.
I've had absolutely no problems with HSBC. It might be because I don't need their services all that often, but they've always done what I've needed them to do without much hassle. There's one lady that works there who's kind of a cunt, though.
so basically i turned my ankle kind of roughly a bit back and i'm still limping a little bit, so the walk there was slow and kind of grueling. and when i got my money i was like "fuck that i'm not walking back" so i got on the bus
so i'm on the bus and across from me are two dudes. neither is saying anything, and they both look very fobby (like, some sort of eastern europeans). i'm just sitting there when i notice that while one dude is acting normally, the other dude is staring at me in that "i'm tough, the fuck you gonna do about it? kind of sense. and i just ignore him and don't stare back. finally he and his friend start chatting (in pretty local english so maybe they aren't quite so fobby) and the 'tough guy' starts saying to his friend "man my knuckles are hurting. remember in that movie with [some whatever thing i've never heard of with a gang fight or whatever, i don't know, i wasn't trying to eavesdrop], i feel like that. this is probably from fucking up that guy on bustleton ave the other day" and on and on. the dude is being very obviously menacing to me but i wasn't sure if his friend was complicit or not. he didn't seem to be, at first.
my stop's not too far away and i didn't want to instigate anything by trying to change seats, so i stayed where i was and finally the dude just swung at me out of nowhere. the bus is moving and there's really no effective way for me to play keep away. his friend jumped in a split second later and nobody says anything or goes to stop them, as i work at fending them off in this narrow bus
the driver finally slams on the brakes and i hit the ground. i put my hand on the ground to push myself up, and one of them stomps on my forearm. at that point my 'try to just get off this bus' thing disappeared and i hurt the one closer to me enough that his friend sort of drags him off the bus.
at that point finally someone asks me if i'm ok and if they should call the cops. heh.
anyways
i won the fight and that's what's important 8-)
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I... you're welcome? I think.
Please don't shoot anyone though.
Or rather, talk to you tomorrow.
Or... err... post at you tomorrow?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZZQ4K3lqs&feature=related
Well, I've always used local banks rather than getting raped by New Yorkers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs
Shorebank is pretty awesome all told, but it just needed to find private funders to stave off the FDIC. I mean, it did, but that's probably not a good sign. Which is too bad because they're the reason for that one guy winning the Peace Prize for micro-lending and all sorts of awesomeness with regards to alleviating poverty. Hopefully they can straighten things up again.
I've had absolutely no problems with HSBC. It might be because I don't need their services all that often, but they've always done what I've needed them to do without much hassle. There's one lady that works there who's kind of a cunt, though.
I'm liking it so far, but it is much more synth-pop-y than her previous stuff. Like, Podly would probably have bees and scorpions shooting out of his nose or something, such would be his rage. Or something.
:^:
They had some ridiculously high interest rates when we were starting to save. They've gone down a bit, but are still pretty damn high.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Triple bottom line.
Did the month give it's consent?
Thankfully (unfortunately?) this is just a concept.
good to know things don't change.
I don't think they understand how ergonomics work.
can you hunt kangaroo with it will it come back to you?
Are you a knight now?
oh christ
I can't imagine it will be very bad at all. Good luck, Thom.
Picture sitting with cat, diet cat, and cat zero. And talking about your love of strippers. This is going to be a thousand times worse.
pleasepaypreacher.net
oh i love doing that on tuesdays
all you can eat lunch buffet is the best
I want your imagination.
I don't know you very well, but all things considered you seem confident and capable. Keep your head up and rock their socks off!
Or they'll deride his experience, insult him for the virtue of having a penis, and treat him poorly.
pleasepaypreacher.net
so i'm on the bus and across from me are two dudes. neither is saying anything, and they both look very fobby (like, some sort of eastern europeans). i'm just sitting there when i notice that while one dude is acting normally, the other dude is staring at me in that "i'm tough, the fuck you gonna do about it? kind of sense. and i just ignore him and don't stare back. finally he and his friend start chatting (in pretty local english so maybe they aren't quite so fobby) and the 'tough guy' starts saying to his friend "man my knuckles are hurting. remember in that movie with [some whatever thing i've never heard of with a gang fight or whatever, i don't know, i wasn't trying to eavesdrop], i feel like that. this is probably from fucking up that guy on bustleton ave the other day" and on and on. the dude is being very obviously menacing to me but i wasn't sure if his friend was complicit or not. he didn't seem to be, at first.
my stop's not too far away and i didn't want to instigate anything by trying to change seats, so i stayed where i was and finally the dude just swung at me out of nowhere. the bus is moving and there's really no effective way for me to play keep away. his friend jumped in a split second later and nobody says anything or goes to stop them, as i work at fending them off in this narrow bus
the driver finally slams on the brakes and i hit the ground. i put my hand on the ground to push myself up, and one of them stomps on my forearm. at that point my 'try to just get off this bus' thing disappeared and i hurt the one closer to me enough that his friend sort of drags him off the bus.
at that point finally someone asks me if i'm ok and if they should call the cops. heh.
anyways
i won the fight and that's what's important 8-)
Always the optimist.
lemme know when you're ready
no tickets, gotta drive back
what a fucking bummer
I keep reading the name of that phone as "Fluffer" and keep asking myself "So, it's a phone just for porn?"
i don't know
seems that way
How do you think we all got here?
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
This is always a good idea.
One solo cup is not 18 ounces. . .
whaaaat
oh my god
I've never actually tried a gyro.
I should rectify this.
Who is cat zero?