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  • 1gecko1gecko Posts: 309
    edited October 2014

    ... it is continually amazing to me how incredibly good certain music/artists can be. Not just the skill or talent (not that certain individuals are not amazing in their own rights) of an individual or group, but when all the things 'hit' or come together in the right way... and creates something truly timeless.

    Dug out some of my Pink Floyd albums... and they can still emote and carry me away after all these decades (and changes in life).

    There were and are some awe inspiring musicians out there... and those that may be considered 'better' (talent or skill or whatever opinion you want), but I think Pink Floyd is the best at putting an *album* together - everything works, builds, moves as one entity with its own identity. And they did it repeatedly (which is why I say they are the best), not just with one or two albums. I can't think of another artist, composer, or group that was able to do that with the same consistency even spanning genres and time (I mean, I love classical and you can't really contest the legendary status of those men - but none of them were even as consistently good/awesome as Pink Floyd).

    Or I guess it could be the codine I am taking for my shoulder! (not really, I haven't had to take any yet today, but was too funny not to say)

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  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...well just got news from a friend a few minutes ago about an account manager position (something I have more than a decade of experience in) with an eco-print shop here in town. Nice thing, not very far away so definitely in bike distance. Submitted resume so should hear back in a day or so.

    I'll keep good thoughts for you and this job.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    Pin up drop :red: :red:

    Maybe it's her outfit, but her boobs don't look right to me. Of course, I haven't been out ogling women.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,260
    edited December 1969

    I need to go to sleep soon as I am sleepy.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    tjohn said:
    Boo drop. :vampire:

    Looks Shakespearean.

    Hey, it's Yorick! I knew him well.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    (giggle)

    ...if you are living on geologic time.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    i'm having last minute jitters about putting tentacles graphic on my book cover. maybe i should put a nice flock of aiko3 faeries

    ...being menaced by tentacles. :ohh:
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited October 2014

    1gecko said:
    ... it is continually amazing to me how incredibly good certain music/artists can be. Not just the skill or talent (not that certain individuals are not amazing in their own rights) of an individual or group, but when all the things 'hit' or come together in the right way... and creates something truly timeless.

    Dug out some of my Pink Floyd albums... and they can still emote and carry me away after all these decades (and changes in life).

    There were and are some awe inspiring musicians out there... and those that may be considered 'better' (talent or skill or whatever opinion you want), but I think Pink Floyd is the best at putting an *album* together - everything works, builds, moves as one entity with its own identity. And they did it repeatedly (which is why I say they are the best), not just with one or two albums. I can't think of another artist, composer, or group that was able to do that with the same consistency even spanning genres and time (I mean, I love classical and you can't really contest the legendary status of those men - but none of them were even as consistently good/awesome as Pink Floyd).

    Or I guess it could be the codine I am taking for my shoulder! (not really, I haven't had to take any yet today, but was too funny not to say)


    ...one performance that amazed me the was by this twelve year old who performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue I saw on youtube.. Shoot I had difficulty learning with that piece at twice his age when I was in college..
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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...thank you all for the kind words of support. Should hear soon if i will be interviewed.

    Caturday Eve Complaints.

    --Spent a good portion of my day travelling around town to pick up my paycheque, then to the bank, then getting lunch and doing a little shopping on the way home.
    --Joints aching fiercely
    --Was rained on most of the day.
    --had to deal with a terribly overcrowded bus in the middle of the day which I found highly unusual.
    --Lunch didn't quite agree with me

    Non Complaints:

    --Picked up some Ginger Beer on the way home which helped a lot.
    --Has decent account balance
    --Made first content purchase in over a month (several PC items during the PC sale)
    --Surprisingly made decent bus connections for once, never waited for more than ten minutes. On a couple occasions stepped off one bus and the one I needed to connect to was there waiting.
    --Nice weekend weather in store, low 70s and sunny.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Maybe somebody in the bus company was reading your complaints. Internet stuff spreads fast, maybe they want to get ahead of that storm.

    Good luck with the job, it sounds like a much better fit for you, anyway. And it's closer.

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited October 2014

    ...indeed they must have for the run that I had all the late arrival issues with was not only on time, but arrived at the transit station a couple minutes early.


    Yeah, this position uses a few more of my "real" abilities than the the call centrre..

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  • 1gecko1gecko Posts: 309
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    1gecko said:
    ... it is continually amazing to me how incredibly good certain music/artists can be. Not just the skill or talent (not that certain individuals are not amazing in their own rights) of an individual or group, but when all the things 'hit' or come together in the right way... and creates something truly timeless.

    Dug out some of my Pink Floyd albums... and they can still emote and carry me away after all these decades (and changes in life).

    There were and are some awe inspiring musicians out there... and those that may be considered 'better' (talent or skill or whatever opinion you want), but I think Pink Floyd is the best at putting an *album* together - everything works, builds, moves as one entity with its own identity. And they did it repeatedly (which is why I say they are the best), not just with one or two albums. I can't think of another artist, composer, or group that was able to do that with the same consistency even spanning genres and time (I mean, I love classical and you can't really contest the legendary status of those men - but none of them were even as consistently good/awesome as Pink Floyd).

    Or I guess it could be the codine I am taking for my shoulder! (not really, I haven't had to take any yet today, but was too funny not to say)


    ...one performance that amazed me the was by this twelve year old who performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue I saw on youtube.. Shoot I had difficulty learning with that piece at twice his age when I was in college..

    heh, you have NO idea how I envy you - I have (despite NUMEROUS attempts) never been able to learn an instrument (and the less said about my singing, the better) much less actually *play* a musical piece. for some reason it just didn't 'compute' for me - was like a monkey with a math problem. I can't identify the beat, nor the timing of a piece, nor carry a tune (in a bucket, with handles, directions engraved on the side, and someone to help!)... yet I *love* music - always have since I was an infant. It has always frustrated me...

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...was over on Rendo and saw a really cool Flutterby Mech. Better get it or I'll never hear the end of it from Leela.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited October 2014

    Whoa just slept for 12 hours straight. Iz nearly Sunday here, hope nothing important happened on Saturday :lol:

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    1gecko said:
    oh, back btw ;)

    my sister's surgery went *very* well - and even better it turned out the 'mass' was NOT cancer!!! Just some gland that develops in a fetus and is usually reabsorbed when you are a toddler that rarely just hangs around; so while very uncommon and a bit weird (which sums up a LOT about my sister, come to think of it!) it is perfectly normal / healthy and no worries.

    the family is (of course) incredibly relieved.

    house/pet sitting while she was in the hospital was... interesting:
    * her small dog (Pomeranian mix) will jump up on top of you when you lie down to sleep and sleep there...
    * two of her cats will do the same (though not at the same time, thankfully)... the other cat is (also thankfully) skittish around strangers and left me alone
    * my sister needs to clean out her fridge more often - I can not think of ANY circumstances where it is acceptable for jelly to smell like rotten milk and vinegar! (and don't try to tell me it 'suddenly' went bad... that bioweapon took TIME)
    * DirectTV/dish sucks... oh, it has (as the commercials say) unparalleled clarity - that static was so crisp and grainy you actually felt like you had eyefuls of sand! Well, when it wasn't losing signal and doing that digital smear - but even then those little squares were sharp enough to slice your retinas! And the customer service/tech support! Not to bother or burden you with having to deal with a person or call, it has it BUILT in to the unit - with such helpful tips as "there may be a problem with your satellite dish" and '... on 'rare' occasions the signal to your dish may be interrupted by rain, snow, clouds, gentle breezes, sunlight, birds flying over and gnats mating.' Of course, they also provide technical support through their web site if those somehow do not satisfy - which would be great except that, since you get your Internet access *through* the same system, you can't GET to the Internet.

    ... in short (too late, I know), if you want some good, uninterrupted quiet time to read a good book or three, get DirectTV!

    That is good to hear. I got satellite TV at our house, it stops working when it rains, doesn't really matter cos it doesn't rain much :lol: DirecTV came here as SelecTV, it struggled and got swallowed up by a junior network a few years ago :)

  • SalvatoreSalvatore Posts: 147
    edited December 1969

    1gecko said:
    ... it is continually amazing to me how incredibly good certain music/artists can be. Not just the skill or talent (not that certain individuals are not amazing in their own rights) of an individual or group, but when all the things 'hit' or come together in the right way... and creates something truly timeless.

    Dug out some of my Pink Floyd albums... and they can still emote and carry me away after all these decades (and changes in life).

    There were and are some awe inspiring musicians out there... and those that may be considered 'better' (talent or skill or whatever opinion you want), but I think Pink Floyd is the best at putting an *album* together - everything works, builds, moves as one entity with its own identity. And they did it repeatedly (which is why I say they are the best), not just with one or two albums. I can't think of another artist, composer, or group that was able to do that with the same consistency even spanning genres and time (I mean, I love classical and you can't really contest the legendary status of those men - but none of them were even as consistently good/awesome as Pink Floyd).

    Or I guess it could be the codine I am taking for my shoulder! (not really, I haven't had to take any yet today, but was too funny not to say)

    Hey Gecko, nice to catch you here, funny enough I just gave a lecture yesterday evening to my band about how Floyd left gaps in the music evolution, cause nobody could follow up good psychedellic adventures one could savely space out on, espesially live, cool stuff.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    1gecko said:
    TroutFace said:
    AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanddd.. COFFEE GEAR DELIVERED! :coolsmile: :cheese:

    The guy at the FedEx office actually called me to confirm the delivery address, I got my email notification that it was there, and I called the hotel to confirm. "Large box from coffee company for you". :cheese:

    Fresh, hot, home-made coffee for breakfast!!!. :)

    ALso got an "oops we screwed up" email from SCG customer service. They fixed their records now. Ugh.

    All's well that ends well! :cheese:

    awesome! Glad it all worked out!

    +1 :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Is difficult to set up for those long sunset shadows....

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Salvatore said:
    1gecko said:
    ... it is continually amazing to me how incredibly good certain music/artists can be. Not just the skill or talent (not that certain individuals are not amazing in their own rights) of an individual or group, but when all the things 'hit' or come together in the right way... and creates something truly timeless.

    Dug out some of my Pink Floyd albums... and they can still emote and carry me away after all these decades (and changes in life).

    There were and are some awe inspiring musicians out there... and those that may be considered 'better' (talent or skill or whatever opinion you want), but I think Pink Floyd is the best at putting an *album* together - everything works, builds, moves as one entity with its own identity. And they did it repeatedly (which is why I say they are the best), not just with one or two albums. I can't think of another artist, composer, or group that was able to do that with the same consistency even spanning genres and time (I mean, I love classical and you can't really contest the legendary status of those men - but none of them were even as consistently good/awesome as Pink Floyd).

    Or I guess it could be the codine I am taking for my shoulder! (not really, I haven't had to take any yet today, but was too funny not to say)

    Hey Gecko, nice to catch you here, funny enough I just gave a lecture yesterday evening to my band about how Floyd left gaps in the music evolution, cause nobody could follow up good psychedellic adventures one could savely space out on, espesially live, cool stuff.

    Gong are still going...

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    There is an official star wars fan fic contest
    http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/13/star-wars-fans-remake-the-empire-strikes-back

  • SalvatoreSalvatore Posts: 147
    edited October 2014

    ps1borg said:
    Salvatore said:
    1gecko said:
    ... it is continually amazing to me how incredibly good certain music/artists can be. Not just the skill or talent (not that certain individuals are not amazing in their own rights) of an individual or group, but when all the things 'hit' or come together in the right way... and creates something truly timeless.

    Dug out some of my Pink Floyd albums... and they can still emote and carry me away after all these decades (and changes in life).

    There were and are some awe inspiring musicians out there... and those that may be considered 'better' (talent or skill or whatever opinion you want), but I think Pink Floyd is the best at putting an *album* together - everything works, builds, moves as one entity with its own identity. And they did it repeatedly (which is why I say they are the best), not just with one or two albums. I can't think of another artist, composer, or group that was able to do that with the same consistency even spanning genres and time (I mean, I love classical and you can't really contest the legendary status of those men - but none of them were even as consistently good/awesome as Pink Floyd).

    Or I guess it could be the codine I am taking for my shoulder! (not really, I haven't had to take any yet today, but was too funny not to say)

    Hey Gecko, nice to catch you here, funny enough I just gave a lecture yesterday evening to my band about how Floyd left gaps in the music evolution, cause nobody could follow up good psychedellic adventures one could savely space out on, espesially live, cool stuff.

    Gong are still going...

    Hihihi, not nearly in the same league, but super spectacular that those freaky hippies still are alive, AND being cool on stage,,, :gulp: :lol:

    Doing some extreem psychedellics on stage myself now, but it's hard to find the right placess to play, it's no fun to see security jump on my publik when someone lights up a joint, let alone doing spaced out lsd adventures, we badly need a new flowerpower revolution,, :coolgrin:

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  • donahue_shelly@yahoo.com[email protected] Posts: 763
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    tjohn said:
    World's Slowest Fastgrab. :lol:

    ...at least Cthulu finally sank back into the depths.

    It was waiting until I bought it.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    A lovely morning, bushes full of feathery tweety things, cool outside, sunny! :coolsmile:

    Prepping for Octoberfest trip, audio recorder good to go, camera nearly at full charge.

    Non-complaint of the day:

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  • donahue_shelly@yahoo.com[email protected] Posts: 763
    edited December 1969

    Took Thursday and Friday off from work and from thread, so only briefly skimmed the last several pages. I'll be praying that KK gets the job, glad that Wooly's coffee maker came in, Glad Gecko's sister is alright (and yes, Dish suck as my Father found out when he moved to his new house- he dumped them after they throttled his net access) Hope Kuley's shoulder gets better soon.

    Last night, Fiance took me to the Lexington for their Haunted Tour:

    http://usslexington.com/haunting-on-the-blue-ghost/

    And it was creepy! I went in, fully expecting costume people jumping out at me and stuff but what I didn't count on was navigating the maze with strobe lights and trying to step through bulkhead doors, amongst all the banging of metal. At one point, the floor would rock while walking and that freaked me out more than anything. I had my hands on Fiance's shoulder and back cause I was having trouble seeing with the strobe lights.

    At some point, I want to take the real tour of the Lex - it's been a decade since I last went, but I think I will wait a bit

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    @Fyre - hey, that tour looks cool! I think the best we have here is a haunted barn or something... :blank: :blank:

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    I just made my first home-made cup of coffee in ages.. and..

    OMG OMG :ahhh: :ahhh: It's FANTASTIC! :cheese: :cheese:

    Velton's Twilight Blend.. smooth, aromatic, almost no acidity and very slightly bitter.. this coffee is amazing!!

    Thanks AGAIN to KK for pointing this stuff out - the whole affair will easily fit in my rolling duffell bag, so I'll never have to be de-caffienated again! :P

    Festival opens at 11AM, will call a cab about 10:30AM or so.. I want to arrive early, because I expect I'll burn out from the crowds pretty early.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    fyredrygyon said:
    Took Thursday and Friday off from work and from thread, so only briefly skimmed the last several pages. I'll be praying that KK gets the job, glad that Wooly's coffee maker came in, Glad Gecko's sister is alright (and yes, Dish suck as my Father found out when he moved to his new house- he dumped them after they throttled his net access) Hope Kuley's shoulder gets better soon.

    Last night, Fiance took me to the Lexington for their Haunted Tour:

    http://usslexington.com/haunting-on-the-blue-ghost/

    And it was creepy! I went in, fully expecting costume people jumping out at me and stuff but what I didn't count on was navigating the maze with strobe lights and trying to step through bulkhead doors, amongst all the banging of metal. At one point, the floor would rock while walking and that freaked me out more than anything. I had my hands on Fiance's shoulder and back cause I was having trouble seeing with the strobe lights.

    At some point, I want to take the real tour of the Lex - it's been a decade since I last went, but I think I will wait a bit

    I love the Lex. A very dear friend (ex-fiance) served on her. Whenever we would go aboard, he was piped and announced as a VIP. They would let him take us to the non-public innards to show us where he lived, etc. Very cool. My grandson's Cub Scout pack spent a weekend on her. I would love to take the Haunted Tour and also spend July 4 on deck.

  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670
    edited December 1969

    Dad is wondering why the keys on his keyboard are sticky. Um, he is eating food at the computer desk.

    Smilies don't work. I think an addon is blocking the script for the smilies. ok, time to do some chores.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited October 2014

    Saturdayyy :lol:


    that steampunk streets looks awesome.


    pizza pepperoni weather :)


    old poser7 beer render drop :)
    was playing games planting an incongruous element

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    starionwolf said:
    Dad is wondering why the keys on his keyboard are sticky. Um, he is eating food at the computer desk.

    Smilies don't work. I think an addon is blocking the script for the smilies. ok, time to do some chores.


    there be a chain of logic there :)

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