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[20 Nov 2009|05:58pm] |
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All right, "The Guild" is really good. : P I would say the reality will start hitting the fan in Season 3, when they go up against a rival guild. For now, it's very amusing and relevant!
Favourite parts from Season 2, ep1-4:
- Clara having an alt and pwning Vork with it
- Zaboo wiping his pitsweat onto Codex's pillow every day for the past week
- Very handsome stunt guy (wow, what a charmer!)
- Zaboo's only function is raid DPS, lol
- "Wait... a T1 line?..." :O
- Zaboo's pronunciation of "Lingerie"
- Picture of Vork's grandpa
- "Bag a douche" technique
Season Two Funny Quotations:
Zaboo: "Oops, I just dropped 8 gigs of RAM down my pants."
Codex: "No! Do NOT unpack my underwear! I will do it, Zaboo!"
Zaboo: "Not being pervy! Just doing inventory!"
Vork: "Warning! Women in general are short term returns. They are not a suitable vehicle for long term investments. Also in my experience, very low drop rate. All I can say is, have fun grinding."
Vork: "I'm about to ruin 72 cents worth of tater tots!!"
Codex: "You laminated my cycle?!"
Zaboo: (whispers while almost kissing Codex) "Zero.... latency..."
Zaboo: (while walking through ghetto) "No worries, I've played quite a number of console games in my day. I know how to navigate the urban landscape. (raises fist) Oh hey, black power!! And brown power!"
Vork: (gestures to door) "This is my bedroom. If you enter it, I will immediately call the police and have you charged with trespassing and aggravated assault!" (gestures to door on right) "Bathroom."
Codex: "I'm not an aggressive person. But I like killing things. But only in-game! I've been through it with my therapist, and I won't pretend it's not a form of sublimation. Bam, red check! Die, metre maid!"
Clara: (to 3 children and hubbie) "Bye my preciouses! Eat lots of cake for mommy!" (blows kiss)
Hubbie: "Ok, say bye bye to mommy! She's got lots of-"
(Clara slams door and plants a bottle of alcohol on table)
Clara: "Clara's ready to go!"
Season One Favourite Moments
- Zaboo not being on in 39 hours! 39 hours!!
- "Doorstepped", "Floorplanned" = new "owned"
- Zaboo coming to the "physical realm"
- "Netherhell"
- Bladezz's "fag" macro
- Vork constantly repeating "This is serious!"
- Helm of +5 Sexterity
- Codex and Zaboo's first fight
- Vork's pack of cheese
- Bladezz as retarded cousin of the guild. "Vork, the retarded cousin rides the shortbus. You don't let him drive it!"
- "Oops. Woodied."
- Maternal instincts of a woodchipper
- Vagina loyalty
- Babies in the cage
- Zaboo hanging himself w/ an Ethernet cord
Seaason One Funny Quotations:
Clara: "Bella, Gabby, tomorrow Mommy is teaching you how to use the microwave."
Zaboo: "I just really think that... Ohhh my god."
Codex: "What's wrong?"
Zaboo: "I... gotta drop some kids off at the pool right now."
Codex: "What are you talking about?"
Zaboo: "I have to go poo."
Vork: "But we need a plan of action to deal with Bladezz and his behavioural problems. It will be more distracting seeing each other. And also... I don't wanna. :-("
Codex: "But, I was quick to establish parametres -- I started crying hysterically and then he put his pants back on."
Zaboo: "Hey guys wait up! Zabooooooooooo!"
Vork: "I want to grow my money, Tink! Not spend it on Cheese Gouging!!"
Codex: "You left your kids in the car?!"
Clara: "Whaat? I cracked the windows."
Zaboo: "So uh, now that the courtship's over.. I figured I could put my, uh, wizard's staff into your mana pool."
Clara: "But I guess Bella and Gabby have been feeding themselves. No wonder they smell like ham and crayons! Should I take them to the ER, or just wait for rainbow poo?"
Tinkerballa: "I want him homeless and logging on from a ditch!"
Tinkerballa: "Hey, get off our healer! She's squishy."
Zaboo: (about his mother) "Last week, I caught her reading 'Internet for Dummies'. If she finishes that book... I will have nothing!"
Bladezz: "Don't corrpse-camp that idea, it'll never rez."
Bladezz: (shock after his modelling photos are exposed) "That's a recipe for locker rape!"
Vork: "So what will it be, repent? -- Or RAPE?"
Bladezz: "Can't believe you newbs owned me. Gratz, this was a real-life teabag."
Zaboo: (about his mother) "Is she gone?"
Vork: "For now. But remember, every boss has a respawn timer."
Tink: "Speaking of spawn: Clara, where are your kids??"
Zaboo: "She dropped some loot for Codex!"
Mama Zaboo Quotations
"I'm like a mama cougar with her cubs. Mess w/ my baby, I rip out your spleen!"
"You can imagine how upset I was yesterday. I went to give Sujin (sp) his bath. He was gone. No note, he didn't answer his cellphone. It was like a hysterectomy all over again.:
"He better still be a virgin!"
"Can't you see? Your babies will be so ugly!"
"Your bald authority has no effect on me."
"How many unemployed ppl have you arranged to gang up on me?"
Mama Zaboo: "Come home with me. Don't abandon me like your father did..."
Zaboo: "Mom, Dad had a heart attack!"
Mama Zaboo: "Out of spite!"
( Relating to experiences )
Stuff I'd like to see them tackle:
Guild's day off: what would they do? Hang around by Lake Elvenfalls for a virtual picnic?
New Guild member? They don't have a hybrid/druid yet...
Where's the really creepy goth guy? Or the hyperactive anime fan? Where's the annoying real-life couple who's always talking about their life and not playing?
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| Shine-a you uppa slice of pizza! |
[20 Nov 2009|02:44am] |
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Delicious BBQ-brokered pizza tonight! :D Come on, it has to break a 7.5 out of 10. : P
Good thing it wasn't a one-shot deal... we had plenty of test pizzas to incinerate before tempering the right flame-to-pizza ratio, lol. This, of course, will be etched into our brainstems, for future references!
The good thing about roasting pizzas inside a BBQ was how gooey and stringy the cheese got. You can't do that w/ a convection oven...
Cheese in crust was interesting, we now know to bake that particular crust before adding the toppings, lest you enjoy burnt bottom and raw dough on top. :D
And for some reason there was a lot of saltiness going on with the olives... blame Loblaws and open-air olive bar for that one...
Definitely a good and easy meal for entertaining! A great alternative to BBQing, a break from all the meat roasting. : )
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| Sweet siren lullabies. |
[20 Nov 2009|02:35am] |
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EPICA, FEB. 01, 2010!!!
One of my faves, "Sensorium" (rather cruddy audio... argh):
They have terrible lyrics, LOL. Yeaaaah I get that they're from the Netherlands and all, but gahhh... what is it about European metal that makes the lyrics smack of bad high school poetry?! (some of it was good, so I mean the BAD kind, lol) xD Ah well.. it's cute how scrawny and pale all those long-haired dudes are. lol
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| Super Happy Music. |
[20 Nov 2009|02:21am] |
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Fell into deep like at first listen to Stone Sour's "Through Glass"; 2nd time I've bothered to look at this band (oh yes, I did do that pun!).
* I do like his blondeness, looks like Oskar from "Let the Right One In", lol:
Stone Sour's "Bother" made me feel reaaaal sad:
I wish I had a reason;
my flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying.
Who knew Ada would end up listening to Slipknot? xD
*edit: I do have two Slipknot songs! "Vermillion" and "Vermillion pt. 2". A little different than the 'knot canon, which is prolly why I have them, lol
I'm listening to some of their stuff right now... these guys have seriously good rhythm, multilayered. They have this... not sure how to describe it, but their music always seems to be on the edge, each verse and chorus seems to plummet off one plateau onto another. Slipknot is like 7 songs cut up and pasted strategically into one. I also cannot believe Imeem would recommend them as similar to Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. @__@ I love their music too, but in a different way. lol
The sense of chaos controlled in Slipknot's music is strong, the way it rises to fever pitch... it's beautiful. Where have I been for so long??? Augh I apologize to Slipknot!! Fortunately, I have a Slipknot source to filch songs from~ I might have to acquiesce to his theory that Dragonforce is better than Blind Guardian though.. lol
So far digging "Tattered and Torn", "Liberate" (sounds like he's screaming "DIE! BANANAS!!" xD), the end of "Diluted".
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ArchEnemy is coming to Toronto. O_O!!! But I don't know enough of their music >_< It would be interesting to hear a female singer's death growl.
Faber Drive, Dec 16! (Can pretty much sing all their songs.. guilty pleasure, lol)
And of course, Neil Sedaka. xD
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| Head-on. |
[16 Nov 2009|12:09am] |
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3 essays, Monday + Tuesday. Eep!
But hey, I'm less angry this time around! It's kind of scary when you are writing an essay about a topic that you don't feel you have a firm grasp of... Not to say I haven't tried, because the problem lies in the topic itself: Dialectical materialism, and its usefulness. It's a topic where, if you decide to take it from one angle, it automatically requires 5 other things to be defined in order to make sense. Plus the iffiness of what "useful" really is. If you wanted comprehension, you'd let us do flowcharts!! D:<
Today's sermon was on procrastination as well. xD "Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a person's training begins, it is probably the last lesson he learns thoroughly." (Thomas Huxley)
*Ada avoids pastor's eye contact* lol
BUT! For the first time in my life, I had a dream where I finally killed the unkillable. I think God is telling me something. :D
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| Blase. |
[14 Nov 2009|02:15am] |
"The Bridge" documentary:
The frightening part of suicide is not what extreme pains people are driven to; it's that, in the end, no one really cares, and life goes on.
Can't say much more without being horribly insensitive to the subject matter of (what I perceived to be) an incomplete documentary. There was show, but no tell. Several times throughout I found myself checking the time and wondering when it will be over. If indeed the director's muse was "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", then congrats: I did feel disconnected. I'm inclined to believe the reason for this is because suicide is such an internal matter, that any attempts to bring it to light will seem thin or strained. Can't fault the director if he chooses to use that as his line of thought. He did a good job in that case, letting us know that we are just outsiders looking in without understanding.
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| Why so serious? |
[13 Nov 2009|06:22pm] |
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Watched "Happy-Go-Lucky", 2008 Brit comedy-drama directed by Mike Leigh.
A very engrossing film, very finely balanced between fantasy (e.g. cartoon accompanianment music and the lifestyle) and reality (e.g. when Poppy surfaces from time to time and acts uncertain or scared). I suppose it is the excellence of the writers and actress Sally Hawkins' charisma that prevents Poppy's character from becoming extremely irritating (ie. driving instructor Scott's reaction), and which also keeps her from being "cheerleader-y" (e.g. preferring to die while laughing, best way to go). There was nothing wrong with her positivity per se... only that I began to feel like her constant bubbliness may be stemming from mental disorder rather than genuine joie de vivre. Poppy is witty, for sure; my favourite parts were the lightning-fast dialogues between her and Zoe, coworkers, etc. Another thing that made the movie enjoyable were the subtle touches: the stolen glances between Tim and Poppy; the fact that Poppy can not be summed up in a bunch of traits, that she isn't defined; Poppy's struggle in saying "no", and her silence when Scott asks her if that was her boyfriend. Maybe the last scene was not so subtle: gee, 2 ppl in a boat on a river, I wonder what they're trying to say. Finally, I like it 'cause it's 'whimsical' without the superiority; free-spirited but understated. I want more films full of innocence and happy, like Amelie (although j'aime Amelie much much more!).
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| Pained animal shrieks!!!!!!!!! |
[10 Nov 2009|10:01pm] |
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$@#$%!#$%@#!$%!#$%!#$%!#$%!#$%!#$%!#$%!#^#^@$%&@%$%@$%@#$%!$%@#^%$&@$&$%^%@
Didn't. Read. Instructions. Lost. FIVE. Marks!!!
When I heard the TA mention that some people lost marks that way, I instantly felt my body drop in temperature because I KNEW I was one of them. Hand reflexively covering mouth. Curse word came unbidden (but unspoken) to my lips. I resigned myself to a 60, trying to condition myself to not react badly if it were worse than that. But the victory was hollow when I saw the 71. RIGHT on the class average. But I'm disappointed, this was such a stupid way to lose marks. *headdeskwithnails*
It's kinda funny: me being stupid is what the class average is. -________________________________-
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| Asian Invasion!! |
[07 Nov 2009|10:08am] |
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A rare Chinese song on my radar:
Raymond Lam - "Loving with no Regret"
(This vid's great b/c there's pinyin AND English translation! Yes, my rare Chinese song usually originates from TVB shows. XD)
This video, and many others like it, are one of the main reasons why I dislike Chinese pop music. It's all about heartbreak; the singers sound on the verge of tears, and it's very rare to find a singer who is also a songwriter. Parts of the video are invariably shot in slow-motion, take place in either a musty corner/sunlit bleached room, and have close-ups of the singer's thousand-yard stare. There is usually a male/female counterpart to the singer, and they act out little skits over the course of the video, depending on the song's content. You watch enough of this stuff, you'll feel like you're supposed to feel heartbroken all the time! And God forbid you start watching Taiwan/K-dramas... O.O Although I do prefer the cleanliness & naivete of Asian dramas, over the excessively raunchy and basically immoral American dramas.
You can understand how karaoke became much more popular in Asia first; the melodies are easy to learn, and easy to sing along to (kinda like Avril Lavigne songs!). Not saying this is a bad thing. Something has to be said about composing easily-digestible melodies that hook into your brain that have you humming them subconsciously...
Can't.. scrub song from mind!! Aughhhh! I need some level-2 psychic dissuasion!!
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| Homemade experiments. |
[06 Nov 2009|11:02pm] |
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Notes for next burrito creation night!
- Ground beef instead + less beer&limejuice flavours!
- Store-bought tortillas, for sure...
- Cooked salsa (more flavourful, less raw garlic, gah)
- Somehow add more flavour to Mexican rice... I think tomato paste would taste yummy in it..
Not bad though! No stomach aches, no diarrhea :D
Can do in my kitchen on Fridays, when mom is out @ church group :]
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Globus is EPIC rock!! Taking existing trailer music and fuuuuusing them w/ orchestral hair-raisingness! Complete with choir.
This music is amazing O______O
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| Stuff happens in November! |
[05 Nov 2009|01:20am] |
Ada headlines today:
1) Exam time means baiting fellow students with notes, to take advantage of their skipping!
2) MUTINY!! I've decided, and am finally quitting WiReD.
For the last year or so, WiReD's recent articles have bordered on boring; although extremely well-written, the topics fail to inspire me the way they used to. No longer do I eagerly tear open the plastic wrapping, sniff the new magazine smell, and work my way solidly through from first page to the 'Artifacts from the Future' in 2 very extended sittings. So, as of I believe April next year, when no colourful, heavy papered magazine lands in my mailbox any more, I will feel a tinge of nostalgia every time I see a copy of WiReD on the bookshelves. It has been a beautiful and inspirational 3 years, WiReD~
Add: I did subscribe to SciAm Mind though. ;) Although that 6-month subscription will end about a month after I stop receiving WiReD... boy, I'm gonna get serious magazine withdrawal around springtime, lol
3) Apparently there's a film class before my Wed's class. Might come in early on those days... lol
4) Finally, my curiosity about the only part of Hart House I couldn't access has been satisfied: the Soldier's Tower opened, in anticipation of Remembrance Day. Magnificent, glowing stained glass, talking to an elderly lady who recounted that the poppies really do grow between the crosses... and seeing all those artefacts, imagining that they were treasured and held by once-living people.
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[28 Oct 2009|10:46pm] |
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Exercise makes everything better. Sweat out all that frustration, worry, fear that's kept inside. : )
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[27 Oct 2009|11:55pm] |
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Recalling a winter dream, to fit into Calvin's film project schedule : P
( 08/15/2009 )
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Bah, I always feel odd when reliving dreams. It feels like nostalgia, that same heart-tug and almost-sadness, dislocation... Funny, because none of these places existed. And yet I feel like I've been there a lifetime.
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| Johnny Hollow. |
[27 Oct 2009|10:43pm] |
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In the spirit of Halloween, scaring yourself and having fun:
http://www.johnnyhollowmusic.com/
Beautiful music...
Can't solve these 2 riddles:
Gone
Motherless Child
And ScuttleBuggery... Damnit, I feel like squishing those evil interfering bugs!! Increased rage at level 4!! D:
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| Burritosis - Part 2 |
[27 Oct 2009|09:34pm] |
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Conclusive Findings for Big Fat Burrito:
Middling amount of steak & a middling price (7.25$ for a regular).
Pros:
Lotta drippings (sauces, sour creams, bean hash, steak juice? I dunno, it was orange!) = one juicy burrito grenade.
Fresh peppers + tomatoes, and NO onions (my classmates, rejoice!).
Freshly cooked steak, hot off the metal sheet thingy.
Friendliest staff, by far!
Cons:
A tad smaller than both Mission Burrito and Z-teca.
Uh... odd to say this, but it doesn't taste like a burrito? LOL It tastes fuggin' good, but it's pretty much smothered in bean + juicy goodness. xD
Next up: Burrito Boyz - Must attempt this megalithic establishment of awesominity~ O___O
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| Slick. |
[25 Oct 2009|10:21pm] |
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Kind of a random post, but I'm digging the lovely throbbing drum and bass music from the new 2010 Kia Forte commercials, specifically the Koup:
The cars should come w/ this song on a USB stick or something... lol
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| Burroti <- Indian Burrito! har har haarr |
[21 Oct 2009|05:22pm] |
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The results so far in the quest to find the tastiest burrito!
The menu: a steak burrito with mild salsa.
Mission Burrito
Pros:
The most stuffings: guacamole, refried beans, beans, toppings (like onions), cheese.
The least steak. BUT, the stuffings more than make up for the tastiness.
Cheapest (6.61$ with tax, for a regular)
Conveniently located near St. Patrick's stn.
Cons:
2/3's the size of the other "regular" sized burritos. It's enough though.
Z-Teca
Pros:
The tastiest steak, most well-seasoned!
Mammoth! Couldn't finish last 1/8th.
Very little red onions in salsa.
Big gobs of cheese.
Pressed in panini-press.
Wrapped in foil... makes it SO much easier to peel and eat, what genius.
Cons:
Bloody expensive. (8.47$ with tax) Apparently they had a sign up that said "due to economic times, we've had to jack up our prices starting Oct. 5th." When I walked in, the place was empty.
Aside from steak, very bland. Just black beans, rice, sour cream, salsa.
Big Fat Burrito
Pros:
Freshly cooked steak, also the juiciest and most abundant.
[ Actually, I require a 2nd tasting of this one. More in-depth analysis... muahahaha >:D ]
9 more places to try, apparently:
http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_burritos_in_toronto/
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Damnit, how the hell do ppl console other people who are having troubles with their relationships? D:<
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I'm reading "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" :D It is so "droll" and "monstrous amusing" in a subtle way. Still, I can't get over the fact that ppl used to talk like that (if indeed they did). Being not acquainted with the original text, I'm not sure if Margaret Dashwood's being possessed is supposed to be in there. I'm feeling very badly for Marianne Dashwood though... oh that Willoughby! lol
The sea monsters part is so well-incorporated that you don't get a sense of gimmicky. I mean, the fact that I'm so involved in the story itself means they're doing a very good job. :D
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[20 Oct 2009|12:36am] |
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| Gol-den! |
[19 Oct 2009|01:13am] |
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After watching "Full Metal Jacket", the world suddenly makes so much sense. Not in the enlightenment way, but the "NOW I get the reference!" xD
Pandorum = Orcs in Space. lol The only really scary part is the ill-prepared post-hypersleep accomodation. Have a GD fuzzy welcome mat and soothing lights, why don't you? Not just bleh, ejected on a cold steel floor. It's not badly made (nicely disturbing SFX, rising claustrophobic tension) and the beginning was very promising. Sadly it got neutered by the end. : ( Potential, castrated!
I've watched quite possibly the worst episodes of Bleach so far... filler about helping out unfulfilled souls, what heartwarming BS. Gimme Aizen and Gin and floods of Arrancar! Gimme.... the Ultimate Battle!
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