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MelbPAX 08: photos pg 21! Also, now the YaYa dating thread

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Ten wrote: »
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    About the only decent shot; myself, YaYa, Stim and SynthOrange after eating Lord Of The Fries

    Synth looks so SMUG.
    Also YaYa looks a lot younger than I expected.

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    Ten wrote: »
    Cyvros wrote: »
    I don't think anyone else mentioned it, but Ten has pretty big hands. I've never seen anyone else with hands that big.

    I'm not saying you're a freak of nature, Ten, but... you know.

    You know what they say about big hands... :winky:

    Also my big hands and thus big fat fingers are my excuse for not being able to play guitar

    I do hope to learn to play piano with them though

    piano is both fun and super easy to start with Ten

    I heartily endorse you learning it

    if you can read music you're halfway to being not-shitty too

    I think my current singing teacher also teaches piano, so once I'm done with the album I'll probably hit her up for piano lessons

    Might buy a piano too

    Ten on
  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    neville wrote: »
    Ten wrote: »
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    About the only decent shot; myself, YaYa, Stim and SynthOrange after eating Lord Of The Fries

    Synth looks so SMUG.
    Also YaYa looks a lot younger than I expected.

    to be fair I'm 18

    YaYa on
  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    so Ten

    when're we doing a Rock Band partay

    YaYa on
  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    We can probably do one early next year

    I'll have to run it past the wife and make sure she's happy to have internet people in the house

    I don't forsee that being an issue though

    Ten on
  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I will have my license by then, I will rock up and we can all pick on the most nerdy person there and all feel like cool kids

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    "Internet people". Finally, I belong somewhere!

    In regards to piano, so long as your fingers aren't too fat (they didn't look fat), you'll be fine. Long fingers are good for piano. If you play piano enough when you're young, your fingers lengthen by themselves. That's what happened to me and my brother.

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    what the fuck there's no way that's true

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah that's not true

    If your folks have long hands your hands will grow long aswell

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Absolutely is. Just take a look at any long-term pianists' fingers. You also get it with violin players (Paganini's a great example of this). I've been playing piano since I was five, so my fingers are a bit longer than average. There was one time when I was in the local string orchestra on second violin that one of the ladies from the local orchestra told me that I had good, long fingers and I should try playing the viola.

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Are you sure she said viola?

    Ten on
  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Absolutely is. Just take a look at any long-term pianists' fingers.

    you realize this doesn't actually prove anything, right? since long fingers are important to the ability to play the piano really well, really good piano players are likely to have long fingers. not because their fingers grow longer than normal as they play, but because those with naturally short fingers didn't stick with the piano as long, on average, as those with long fingers.

    so I also have a hard time believing playing piano will actually lengthen your fingers. I'm sure it increases your hands' reach, but that's also gonna happen when you improve your fingers' ability to spread apart, not just when they get longer. has there actually been a good study done on this? googling didn't help me any.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah. It would make sense - violas are usually a good couple of inches longer than violins, and the strings would have to be longer.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    is stim weird al

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Cyrvos

    we mean she might have said vagina

    she wanted for you to play her insides is what we're inferring here

    YaYa on
  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    redhead wrote: »
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Absolutely is. Just take a look at any long-term pianists' fingers.

    you realize this doesn't actually prove anything, right? since long fingers are important to the ability to play the piano really well, really good piano players are likely to have long fingers. not because their fingers grow longer than normal as they play, but because those with naturally short fingers didn't stick with the piano as long, on average, as those with long fingers.

    so I also have a hard time believing playing piano will actually lengthen your fingers. I'm sure it increases your hands' reach, but that's also gonna happen when you improve your fingers' ability to spread apart, not just when they get longer. has there actually been a good study done on this? googling didn't help me any.

    Yes, I do realise that. Perhaps I should be more detailed: the lengthening of fingers tends to happen with those who play piano when they're younger. Of course, their fingers will grow naturally, but I read some study years back about how playing the piano consistently (and with proper technique) when younger will result in the fingers lengthening (and, of course, strengthening) more than they would if piano weren't played.

    Dammit, I can't find the article anymore. And yeah, googling isn't helping. :(

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    that is exactly what i said, kaz!

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  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Of course I am.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    Cyrvos

    we mean she might have said vagina

    she wanted for you to play her insides is what we're inferring here

    Ohhh.

    Yeah, long and strong fingers would help.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    So while googling, I came across this. Not quite the one I had in mind...

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    bumpin this I need some specific Melbourne advice

    I'm meeting this girl at Flinders for a sorta-date tomorrow and I need an original creative place to take her that will also not take more than an hour and a half

    help me out here dudes

    YaYa on
  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What exactly do you mean by "creative"?

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    a place that isn't a coffee shop or any normal first date location

    YaYa on
  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well that is pretty much any good date location

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    okay I've narrowed it down to

    Botanic Gardens
    Aquarium (They have penguins now!)
    National Gallery of Victoria
    Food/Coffee+walk along Southbank

    YaYa on
  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    YaYa wrote: »
    okay I've narrowed it down to

    Botanic Gardens
    Aquarium (They have penguins now!)
    National Gallery of Victoria
    Food/Coffee+walk along Southbank

    There's always ACME is something's good on

    if you feel like getting a drink you could go to the Robot Bar
    it's close by, and really fucking cool.

    Order her a plum wine and soda holy shit it's good.

    #pipe on
  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    she's 17 though

    do they card

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    probably

    sucks to be underage

    take her to lord of the fries I don't know

    but seriously acme is a good suggestion

    #pipe on
  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    actually acmi's got a really neat thing going on right now

    I dunno I'll tell her Acmi or Southbank and let her pick

    YaYa on
  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Lord of the Fries is a good first date.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Synth you know I can never take any suggestion you make towards me seriously right

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    ACMI'd probably be a safe bet. Might be wise to check out That's Melbourne to see if there are any other decent events going on. I think there's some kind of street art thing on all around the CBD for three days (can't remember which three days). I'm quite annoyed that I can't remember what it's called now.

    Cyvros on
  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What could go wrong from taking her to a place with nasty-ass burgers?

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    well when you put it like that I guess I waaaiiitt a miiinnuttee

    YaYa on
  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Aquarium sounds great

    But is this a date

    or a "I will go but I don't do boyfriend and girlfriend"

    Because if it is the second one that means you are free to keep looking and by all means should on principal, it's what she deserves

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm gonna go with sorta-date

    let's say it's the date before the first date

    YaYa on
  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well, did you ask her out? Or ask her to hang out?

    Because only one of those works :\

    Either way, I hope you hit it off and get your real date

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  • RocketScienceRocketScience Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What could go wrong from taking her to a place with nasty-ass burgers?
    Ending up in a place with nasty ass-burgers.

    I don't even know what that means.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What could go wrong from taking her to a place with nasty-ass burgers?

    ur dum

    #pipe on
  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    its melbourne

    cant you just take her to a city street and listen to an artist moan about the world and talk about their life experiences while getting drunk off cheap red wine

    im picturing bernard black here

    Air on
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