But you can't wear hats!Can't Wear Hats wrote:What I love is that yours is one of the few Christmas avatars WITHOUT an actual Santa Hat, despite having the rest of the costume.
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TheGhostOfZero wrote:But you can't wear hats!Can't Wear Hats wrote:What I love is that yours is one of the few Christmas avatars WITHOUT an actual Santa Hat, despite having the rest of the costume.
Clearly this is now the General Hat Thread.
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How do internet wizards make fancy avatars under 6kb? I tried just the most basic MSpaintjob on mine and nope...
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Link from off-site. That's what I had to do for mine.
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No, I can only do that on one of my main phases, when the stack is empty.
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Go go gadget MSPaint!
Edit: Hmmm. I see what you mean, 6.41KB. I honestly hadn't paid that mind before now.
Edit: Hmmm. I see what you mean, 6.41KB. I honestly hadn't paid that mind before now.
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Today I had my last exam at Uni, possibly ever, and now I hope I did well enough to graduate.
So, yay!
Does anyone have a GIF of fireworks that can be set off in celebration?
So, yay!
Does anyone have a GIF of fireworks that can be set off in celebration?
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Ptangmatik wrote:Go go gadget MSPaint!
Edit: Hmmm. I see what you mean, 6.41KB. I honestly hadn't paid that mind before now.
haha nice, but yeah. I wasn't even going that fancy, just crossing out "ass" and paintbrushing in "holiday," still over 6... oh well
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So, I just killed off the "mentor" character in my novel. It's a Hero's Journey/Origin story, so this is effectively the climax of the book. So, on one hand... Yay! Only one chapter left to write.
But man, that was a hard chapter to write. A really tough scene to set up, describe, and execute. And as it turns out, the death itself occurs almost off-handedly, which surprised me when I wrote it.
Truly a weird writing experience. I'm also out of juice for tonight, so we'll see how the writing go tomorrow.
But man, that was a hard chapter to write. A really tough scene to set up, describe, and execute. And as it turns out, the death itself occurs almost off-handedly, which surprised me when I wrote it.
Truly a weird writing experience. I'm also out of juice for tonight, so we'll see how the writing go tomorrow.
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I know exactly where you're coming from, MisterDee. My first novel has a couple really heavy bits, and one in particular (a flashback to a particularly traumatic experience in the main character's life) really put my head in a weird state for the rest of the day. And my current project has a super creepy character, and writing some of his scenes has been really unsettling.
But I take it as a good sign that my writing is going well when it affects me that much to write it. Congratulations on (almost) reaching the end, by the way!
But I take it as a good sign that my writing is going well when it affects me that much to write it. Congratulations on (almost) reaching the end, by the way!
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So, my store just started playing Christmas music today.
This is kinda good, actually - it breaks with the whole now-cliche habit of corporations to rush from one 'sales event' to the next.
Also this has the advantage of only a week of the 'seasonal tunes' before Xmas itself, and I'd likely not be sick of them by even New Year's.
...but the build-up to this was very slightly nerve-wracking; ever since about Dec.1, I've been going into work wondering "is this the day it starts?" I've been waiting for more than two weeks for 'the other shoe to drop' and it's been a tiny bit unsettling. Well, at least the wait is over.
This is kinda good, actually - it breaks with the whole now-cliche habit of corporations to rush from one 'sales event' to the next.
Also this has the advantage of only a week of the 'seasonal tunes' before Xmas itself, and I'd likely not be sick of them by even New Year's.
...but the build-up to this was very slightly nerve-wracking; ever since about Dec.1, I've been going into work wondering "is this the day it starts?" I've been waiting for more than two weeks for 'the other shoe to drop' and it's been a tiny bit unsettling. Well, at least the wait is over.
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So was it like a festive dread of "dropping the seasonal beat"?
In Debenhams they have the right idea. They mix in current shite-pop amongst their shite-Christmas music.
In Debenhams they have the right idea. They mix in current shite-pop amongst their shite-Christmas music.
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That was a frightenly fast response :O
Mary Berry's very attractive. She's an amazing cook and writer, and is very pretty.
Mary Berry's very attractive. She's an amazing cook and writer, and is very pretty.
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Whoa. Serendipity I guess; I'd just gotten up and turned on the compy and must've refreshed "general discussion" right as you posted...
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Valkyrie-Lemons wrote:Today I had my last exam at Uni, possibly ever, and now I hope I did well enough to graduate.
So, yay!
Does anyone have a GIF of fireworks that can be set off in celebration?
I don't, but... is nobody going to follow up on this. FIREWORKS ARE IN ORDER, GOOD SIRS OF THE LRRVERSE!!!
In other news, congrats man! Any plans upcoming?
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So...am I really the only one who genuinely loves Christmas music?
It's all over but the crying. And the taxes.
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My pseudonym is Ix wrote:Valkyrie-Lemons wrote:Today I had my last exam at Uni, possibly ever, and now I hope I did well enough to graduate.
So, yay!
Does anyone have a GIF of fireworks that can be set off in celebration?
I don't, but... is nobody going to follow up on this. FIREWORKS ARE IN ORDER, GOOD SIRS OF THE LRRVERSE!!!
In other news, congrats man! Any plans upcoming?
Well I was planning on doing a Mass Effect Marathon, but instead I'm doing work for the neighbouring council, basically phoning schools and askng "If you can this information to us by tomorrow, that'd be greaaaat..."
Basically that.
But in general, I have no idea. I'm considering if I want to do a masters, but I don't know if I can really motivate myself to do 2 more years of study; the other possibility is maybe do teacher training. But in all honesty I have no idea.
So uhhh, if anyone needs a spare person to do something, I'm kinda free.
Prospero101 wrote:So...am I really the only one who genuinely loves Christmas music?
Yes, as long as it's sung by [Sailor Moon].
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Prospero101 wrote:So...am I really the only one who genuinely loves Christmas music?
Oh, hey - don't get me wrong; I LOVE the spirit that Christmas music instills!
It's just...there's not as large a selection for that, and repetition increases and...well, you've heard the aphorism "familiarity breeds contempt"? Well, listening to the same twenty songs (half of which are covers) for three to four weeks straight, and yeah - you get REALLY fucking familiar with them.
"If this brat is such a good damn drummer boy, then WHY do 'the ox and lamb (have to) keep time'?!? Huh??? ANSWER ME THAT! You CAN'T, CAN YOU? THAT'S WHY THIS ****ing song is ****ing **** and anyone that ****ing well records a ****y cover of the ****ing stupid song is a idiot and a *****!"
(Seriously; every second song on the playlist that year was someone's cover of LDB - I even heard Bing and Bowie so much that I got sick of THEIR wonderful original cover! )
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is my idea of Christmas music.
That or Fairytale of New York, my piano version of which has been being fiddled around with since the start of September.
That or Fairytale of New York, my piano version of which has been being fiddled around with since the start of September.
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Speaking of Christmas music, I've been listening to this a fair bit recently.
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Ditto Phail- lovely bit of music.
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