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  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    not being able to browse the store all day is curing me of the 'must have new shiny' ocd. :lol:

    going to bedbathbeyond at lunch hour with friend from dayjob. so psyched. i don't get out much. :lol:

    starbucks is having all kinds of fancy new holiday lattes. praline chestnut gingerbread

    BB&B.. good stuff! :) Have fun!

    Oooh, fancy coffee! :coolsmile:

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,042
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    I have to work on thanksgiving. It might not seem to be a big deal for some but buses do not run on thanksgiving day here. Also it looks like I have to work till two or three am.

    ...are they aware of that? 02:00 - 03:00, heck the buses here in Portland even go off before then on normal weekdays and supposedly we have one of the "better" transit systems in the nation.

    Anyone else there able to give you a ride?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    not being able to browse the store all day is curing me of the 'must have new shiny' ocd. :lol:

    going to bedbathbeyond at lunch hour with friend from dayjob. so psyched. i don't get out much. :lol:

    starbucks is having all kinds of fancy new holiday lattes. praline chestnut gingerbread

    BB&B.. good stuff! :) Have fun!

    Oooh, fancy coffee! :coolsmile:


    i bought a microfibre ruglet set for my bathroom. and snowmen oven mitts. :)

    then we went to pier one. my eyes gagga'd but didn't buy anything.
    lovely lunch time shopping trip ended at panera for lunch :P

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I have to work on thanksgiving. It might not seem to be a big deal for some but buses do not run on thanksgiving day here. Also it looks like I have to work till two or three am.

    ...are they aware of that? 02:00 - 03:00, heck the buses here in Portland even go off before then on normal weekdays and supposedly we have one of the "better" transit systems in the nation.

    Anyone else there able to give you a ride?

    i hope they paying yoo triple overtime working on thanksgiving.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,042
    edited December 1969

    AtticAnne said:
    I'll have to look for flutterby lights. DD and I already have a few flutterby ornaments on our eclectic tree. A professional decorator told me many years ago that my tree was trashy and I should have a theme. My response: Each and every ornament has a special meaning to me and there is no way it will change other than adding more ornaments each year. So there! Surprisingly, he and I are still good friends.

    ...If a professional decorator came to my place, he or she would probably call both a Goodwill and Salvation Army truck in. and I'd wind up sitting and sleeping on the floor as I couldn't afford any of their redecorating/furnishing suggestions.
  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,099
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    AtticAnne said:
    I'll have to look for flutterby lights. DD and I already have a few flutterby ornaments on our eclectic tree. A professional decorator told me many years ago that my tree was trashy and I should have a theme. My response: Each and every ornament has a special meaning to me and there is no way it will change other than adding more ornaments each year. So there! Surprisingly, he and I are still good friends.

    ...If a professional decorator came to my place, he or she would probably call both a Goodwill and Salvation Army truck in. and I'd wind up sitting and sleeping on the floor as I couldn't afford any of their redecorating/furnishing suggestions.
    Decorating Tip #14527:
    Bricks and planks stolen from construction sites make excellent shelves.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,042
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:


    ...I know more teens. One would think I should be excited, but not really. Belle looks like a shot Vicky with a teen's face, not as petite as Julie. I kind of like Brody though (actually wishlisted the bundle). Odd that only Belle has a Pro Bundle.

    Considering I have the following:

    Julie 5
    Justin 5
    Josie 6
    Giselle 6
    Naara for Giselle (a more youthful looking character)
    Steph 6 (finally)
    Slender Steph 6
    Tommi for V4 (through Gen X2)
    The Growing Up morphs for both Genesis and G2

    I think adding Brodie will give me a petty nice gene pool for preteens/teens

    One thing that bothers me is the main promo pic for the Amazing Skins or Belle 6 where she is in the Grecian Goddess skimpwear. Ummm....she's supposed to be a teenager, like under 18. She should at lest be in something more "modest" like a swimsuit or strap top and shorts.


    What I really want is Kitty2 and Buppy2.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,042
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I have to work on thanksgiving. It might not seem to be a big deal for some but buses do not run on thanksgiving day here. Also it looks like I have to work till two or three am.

    ...are they aware of that? 02:00 - 03:00, heck the buses here in Portland even go off before then on normal weekdays and supposedly we have one of the "better" transit systems in the nation.

    Anyone else there able to give you a ride?

    i hope they paying yoo triple overtime working on thanksgiving.
    ...+1

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,042
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    AtticAnne said:
    I'll have to look for flutterby lights. DD and I already have a few flutterby ornaments on our eclectic tree. A professional decorator told me many years ago that my tree was trashy and I should have a theme. My response: Each and every ornament has a special meaning to me and there is no way it will change other than adding more ornaments each year. So there! Surprisingly, he and I are still good friends.

    ...If a professional decorator came to my place, he or she would probably call both a Goodwill and Salvation Army truck in. and I'd wind up sitting and sleeping on the floor as I couldn't afford any of their redecorating/furnishing suggestions.

    Decorating Tip #14527:
    Bricks and planks stolen from construction sites make excellent shelves.
    ...already have those. However, a Pro Decorator (where I live) would say "out that goes" and suggest something like some "ultra moderne" full wall unit made of expensive woods that would cost almost as much as my workstation build.

    Portland is beginning to live beyond it's means. Jobs here for the most part are low paying but the cost of living isn't reflecting that.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:


    ...I know more teens. One would think I should be excited, but not really. Belle looks like a shot Vicky with a teen's face, not as petite as Julie. I kind of like Brody though (actually wishlisted the bundle). Odd that only Belle has a Pro Bundle.

    Considering I have the following:

    Julie 5
    Justin 5
    Josie 6
    Giselle 6
    Naara for Giselle (a more youthful looking character)
    Steph 6 (finally)
    Slender Steph 6
    Tommi for V4 (through Gen X2)
    The Growing Up morphs for both Genesis and G2

    I think adding Brodie will give me a petty nice gene pool for preteens/teens

    One thing that bothers me is the main promo pic for the Amazing Skins or Belle 6 where she is in the Grecian Goddess skimpwear. Ummm....she's supposed to be a teenager, like under 18. She should at lest be in something more "modest" like a swimsuit or strap top and shorts.


    What I really want is Kitty2 and Buppy2.

    Brodie is wishlisted as I need a male teen. I already own Josie so my teen female needs are satisfied. The other true figure I have wishlisted is the Horse 2, so I can use the Nightmare character on it and get my firehorse.

    Got some male clothes wishlisted, too.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    tjohn said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    AtticAnne said:
    I'll have to look for flutterby lights. DD and I already have a few flutterby ornaments on our eclectic tree. A professional decorator told me many years ago that my tree was trashy and I should have a theme. My response: Each and every ornament has a special meaning to me and there is no way it will change other than adding more ornaments each year. So there! Surprisingly, he and I are still good friends.

    ...If a professional decorator came to my place, he or she would probably call both a Goodwill and Salvation Army truck in. and I'd wind up sitting and sleeping on the floor as I couldn't afford any of their redecorating/furnishing suggestions.

    Decorating Tip #14527:
    Bricks and planks stolen from construction sites make excellent shelves.
    ...already have those. However, a Pro Decorator (where I live) would say "out that goes" and suggest something like some "ultra moderne" full wall unit made of expensive woods that would cost almost as much as my workstation build.

    Portland is beginning to live beyond it's means. Jobs here for the most part are low paying but the cost of living isn't reflecting that.

    But Portland still has the most microbreweries than any city in the world, according to one report I read! :bug: Over 60.. amazing.. :bug:

    Tulsa, however, has just 2 microbreweries and it's hard to find a place that serves them. Housing costs are fairly low, gas is inexpensive, but some groceries are pretty pricey. Beer is CHEAP - a full pint of Rolling Rock Special (6.5% ABV high-point beer) is THREE BUCKS! :ahhh: And it's not half bad.. doesn't taste like Rolling Rock. We have a high-point Bud here that also doesn't taste anything like the bottled/canned swill.

    For the cheap folks, I can get a bottle of Bud or Miller :sick: for a buck and a half. :blank:

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    These gloves I got at dollar tree are stupidly cheaply made.

    Why do you think they were at Dollar Tree? :smirk:

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:

    It's been really windy here, too. Sometimes I hear it causing a ruckus in the attic. :gulp:

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:

    And yes, everything is billed as a new base now! Even though they're just morphs for the Genesis 2 figure (male or female), everything now gets its own starter kit and pro bundle. They've found a way to get a lot more money for each character morph! My question is, who can keep up with all this crap? On average, those who do have jobs are getting less pay than they used to.

    Dana

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:

    It's been really windy here, too. Sometimes I hear it causing a ruckus in the attic. :gulp:

    Dana

    I hope it's just the wind! :ahhh:

    I also hope your roof doesn't blow off.. :down:

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:

    And yes, everything is billed as a new base now! Even though they're just morphs for the Genesis 2 figure (male or female), everything now gets its own starter kit and pro bundle. They've found a way to get a lot more money for each character morph! My question is, who can keep up with all this crap? On average, those who do have jobs are getting less pay than they used to.

    Dana

    It seems like a moneymaker, for sure. I'm so darn picky now I only order things I know I'll need, and that's darn little. I'm making most of my album and track art in Photoshop, I mainly render for fun or to inspire a new song.

    SOMEONE must be buying all those new "figures" or Daz would try a new trick... :smirk:

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    is it 16:30 yet?

    practicing a dalek voice. don't know why. exterminate ... ribbet

    domehepot doesn't have the door size i need. 30" i'm afraid to search on back door 30" :lol:

    trying to remember the last time i duncked oreos in a glass of milk.
    never dunked a donut though. last time i ate a donut my skin turned bright red, was scary, so i don't eat donuts no more.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    DanaTA said:
    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:

    It's been really windy here, too. Sometimes I hear it causing a ruckus in the attic. :gulp:

    Dana

    I hope it's just the wind! :ahhh:

    I also hope your roof doesn't blow off.. :down:

    It is just the wind. The house has a ridge soffit system. The ridge of the peak has a soffit and there are soffits under the eaves. It gives a good flow of air up there, and keeps it from getting too hot in the summer. It also keeps moisture from building up and causing mold. I have stuff stored up there, though, and that's what I can hear moving a little I guess. We've had some pretty hard gusts lately.

    The house was built in 1998, so the roof is good for a while. I really need to paint the trim and facia, though. I'm not good with ladders. I don't know why. I'm not afraid of heights. We go to New Hampshire a lot and we've gone up Cannon Mt. a lot. There's a trail that goes around the edge and up to the summit from the tram station. There are a couple of places where you can step off onto a ledge and the view is amazing. Cars on the road in the valley look like little ants. I'm not afraid of that. So I don't know what it is, but I'm always iffy on a ladder.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    DanaTA said:
    TroutFace said:
    Still cold outside, and now bloody windy! :shut:

    But.. BREAKFAST PLATE! :cheese: 2 sausage links, fancy scrambled eggs with onions mushrooms and bacon bits, fried taters, and a biscuit drowning in gravy! :)

    But the coffee machine is being worked on, so drinking diet A&W root beer. :blank:

    Geesh, more new figures! I want the millennium Turkey 2!! :long:

    And yes, everything is billed as a new base now! Even though they're just morphs for the Genesis 2 figure (male or female), everything now gets its own starter kit and pro bundle. They've found a way to get a lot more money for each character morph! My question is, who can keep up with all this crap? On average, those who do have jobs are getting less pay than they used to.

    Dana

    It seems like a moneymaker, for sure. I'm so darn picky now I only order things I know I'll need, and that's darn little. I'm making most of my album and track art in Photoshop, I mainly render for fun or to inspire a new song.

    SOMEONE must be buying all those new "figures" or Daz would try a new trick... :smirk:


    Lee was the last one i bought. wasn't really interested but i was man hungry so bought him anyway.
    got Vicki 1 to 6
    Steph 3p, 4, 6
    Mike 1 to 6
    Dave 3, _, 5
    mildog, milcat
    Dragon, Dragon2, Dragon3
    Kangaroooooo

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Yeah, the new horse looks good...but I never used the old horse yet. That Hivewire horse looks really good, too. But they're all so expensive! I love AllesandoAM's animals! He does a really good job with them! And now they come with presets for the free Look At My Hair player, so that makes them even better. Still, haven't used anything in a long time, and haven't used any animals yet. But I have plans. Some day. I can dream.

    Dana

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,262
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I have to work on thanksgiving. It might not seem to be a big deal for some but buses do not run on thanksgiving day here. Also it looks like I have to work till two or three am.

    ...are they aware of that? 02:00 - 03:00, heck the buses here in Portland even go off before then on normal weekdays and supposedly we have one of the "better" transit systems in the nation.

    Anyone else there able to give you a ride?

    I should be able to get a ride there and a ride home. Probably the home will give me a ride home.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,262
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I have to work on thanksgiving. It might not seem to be a big deal for some but buses do not run on thanksgiving day here. Also it looks like I have to work till two or three am.

    ...are they aware of that? 02:00 - 03:00, heck the buses here in Portland even go off before then on normal weekdays and supposedly we have one of the "better" transit systems in the nation.

    Anyone else there able to give you a ride?

    i hope they paying yoo triple overtime working on thanksgiving.
    ...+1

    Not sure but probably will get regular pay unless I go over time. Not sure about what other days I work.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,262
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    These gloves I got at dollar tree are stupidly cheaply made.

    Why do you think they were at Dollar Tree? :smirk:

    Dana
    to be a quick fix until I can get a real good pair hopefully next week.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Urgh, my brain hurts. :shut: :shut:

    Finally finished the LCD and graphics code. The darn thing can do minor animation with pixel plotting, circles, and rectangles. I have text scrolling - with wrap-around - in all 4 directions. I've implemented a lot of redraw optimizations as well.

    I even developed a micro particle system that does fireworks-like explosions.. on a microcontroller with 16K of RAM that costs 8 bucks. :bug: The display costs more, and it's just an 128x64 monochrome one. :bug:

    Graphics demo tomorrow - should wow everyone, it has all the Engineering Department.

    Never tell a game developer "Bet you can't make fireworks on that"... :smirk: :smirk: :smirk:

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,042
    edited November 2014

    ...after yesterday evening, mine too (see further below)

    Ended up getting the base Mei Lin 6 character anyway. Couldn't resist as for a while she was discounted at 75% making the price 10.07$ and I had the Twitter 2 coupon so I was able to get he for 8$ and change. Also picked up a cute Japanese looking character for her at 1.39$.

    Now I can update the Kyoto Kid character to G2 as I also picked up a really nice ponytail hairstyle (in the V4/M44 80% sale which I can manually fit to G2) that has both body and excellent length morphs which don't distort the shape.

    Pretty "sales-ed out" for now. Got fairly weird near the end when with about 90 minutes to go (Daz Time), all the 99¢ sale items reverted back to the normal 1.99$ price and all the older PC items went to full retail price. Wanted to get the Historical Masonry Shaders Vol 1, to "round out" my cart so I could use the 4$ off 20 coupon as without them I was still a bit short. Waited as long as possible to see if there would be a fix, but ended up having to scramble around at the last minute to find something to stick in as a substitute (a set of sci-fi guns from the V4/M4 sale that will at least see some use) to make 20$ minimum.

    This was really poor timing on Daz's part to roll out a new site update during the middle of one of their biggest sales events, for a lot of the issues people were having during the sale were most likely due to the instabilities caused by it.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    Urgh, my brain hurts. :shut: :shut:

    Finally finished the LCD and graphics code. The darn thing can do minor animation with pixel plotting, circles, and rectangles. I have text scrolling - with wrap-around - in all 4 directions. I've implemented a lot of redraw optimizations as well.

    I even developed a micro particle system that does fireworks-like explosions.. on a microcontroller with 16K of RAM that costs 8 bucks. :bug: The display costs more, and it's just an 128x64 monochrome one. :bug:

    Graphics demo tomorrow - should wow everyone, it has all the Engineering Department.

    Never tell a game developer "Bet you can't make fireworks on that"... :smirk: :smirk: :smirk:

    When the boss asks you why you wasted time doing that, tell him your real name is Marty.

    Dana

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Morning. Blue sky and dark clouds and sunshine and cold sputh wind all colliding today outside my window :lol:

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Blue sky and dark clouds and sunshine and cold sputh wind all colliding today outside my window :lol:

    Sounds like the end of something! Spring? :lol:

    Dana

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,262
    edited December 1969

    Is it morning yet? Actually I know it is midnight and I am setting an apple while typing this. Been hungry since I started to try to sleep at ten. Hopefully the Apple will help me go to sleep. Otherwise I am going to stay up for the rest of the night.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Complaint: New Freebie...The Deck. Click on the link from the newsletter, and I get...404 Not Found. Again.

    DAZ3D!!! You need to make sure things are in place before you send out links, not after!

    Dana

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