General Discussion for 8/13/08 is having a scheduling conflict!

[six-gun]

So, I start back school tomorrow and just got my schedule.

-AP English
-Senior Comprehensives
-AP U.S. History
-AP Calculus
-Lunch
-Chemistry II
-Journalism
-Study Hall

So what's your guy's day-to-day?

[labor_days]

What is Senior Comprehensives?

[kahunablair]

I wake up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, and then sleep. That's my schedule for 5 days of the week.

[owlboy]

That's a lot like what I had during my senior year:

AP English (2 periods)
Lunch (Service)
Gym
Journalism
Physics

[valoharth]

-Hear the faint sound of the alarm clock
-fumble around looking for it
-realize its next to my bed
-hit the snooze button
-sleep five more minutes
-repeat three or four times
-realize I have to shower, dress, and drive to work, fix lunch, eat breakfast, and I only have 45 minutes to do it in.
-I try to do it all
-get distracted by computer, checking email, ifanboy
-rush out the door praying I don't forget anything.
-I forgot my lunch, stop by gas station get whatever I see.
-get to work just on time
-get angry at co-workers
-dick around on the internet when work doesn't get in the way
-go home
-Run, Eat, play video games. Tell myself I will go to sleep by 10
-1 comes around and I go to bed.

[esophagus]

- History 170 "The Americas"
- Political Studies 112 "Political Ideas and Change in Global Era
- Religious Studies 110 "World Religions"
- English 110 "Literature and Composition"

[deadspace]

I have no schedule just now. I'm a research student so have no classes.

[mrmister]

I wish I had my class schedule, but I'm a teacher not a student. I sit around all day playing with my dog, watching TV, working out, and playing Xbox because I don't start working for another couple weeks when I'll begin to get ready for the upcoming school year.

[labor_days]

I wake up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, and then sleep. That's my schedule for 5 days of the week.

This is my life. But insert, "Dicking around on the internet" between Come Home and Eat Dinner.

[six-gun]

What is Senior Comprehensives?

like the hardest Bible/philosophy/get ready for college/discover yourself/senior project class ever

[labor_days]

Sounds like a lot of work.

I don't remember doing much in HS other than dicking around between Wake Up and Sleep.

[six-gun]

- History 170 "The Americas"
- Political Studies 112 "Political Ideas and Change in Global Era
- Religious Studies 110 "World Religions"
- English 110 "Literature and Composition"

where are you attending college?

[neb]

I wish I had my class schedule, but I'm a teacher not a student. I sit around all day playing with my dog, watching TV, working out, and playing Xbox because I don't start working for another couple weeks when I'll begin to get ready for the upcoming school year.

We started school this week. It's crazy early. We still have like 300 students that haven't registered yet because they all think we start in two weeks like we did last year.

My day to day is different because we have block scheduling, but for the most part it's work, dinner (with some cartoons), some games, reading, bed.

[esophagus]

where are you attending college?University of Saskatchewan.

[georgexjr]

work gym stuff (comics, cubs, gf) sleep
drinks on thursday.

[luthor]

I wake up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, and then sleep. That's my schedule for 5 days of the week.

The other two days involve hookers and 8-balls.

[hank41]

So, I start back school tomorrow and just got my schedule.

-AP English
-Senior Comprehensives
-AP U.S. History
-AP Calculus
-Lunch
-Chemistry II
-Journalism
-Study Hall

So what's your guy's day-to-day?

i think we're the same age.

i don't have my schedule yet, but i got my classes


AP Humanities

AP Creative Writing

Psychology 161

Brain Studies 163

International Relations

P.E.

College Algebra G 161

Study Hall- actually, not really. im shooting a film, and the school is letting me film during my study hall period because they liked my last film. so, im just gonna be roaming the halls and shooting...my movie takes place in a school, so...yeah. it makes sense

@Six

Are you looking at any colleges yet?

[hank41]

The other two days involve hookers and 8-balls.

That would explain SOOOOOOO much

[valoharth]

About a week ago I was looking through profiles on OKcupid (yea I use dating sites) and I found a couple of profiles where the women had something to the extent: "I don't want a child who plays video games". I also have a couple of other female friends who think down of a guy in his middle twenties who plays video games.

The question popped up, "Do these women hate video games, or the guys who play them? Why do they hate them?" and then I realized this might actually be a good idea for an article on my blog, not only that but it could extend to comic books as well.

It lead me to think, I know a lot of guys who give up on relationships, or just kind of abandon a relationship just so they can play video games. I also have heard of families getting tore up because on of the parents played WoW too much. I use to be the kind of guy who would play WoW when company was over, yes I was that rude.

I really want to do some research on this subject, make the article a self help kind of thing so people can see how video games, comics, and every other male hobby affects their relationships. Make these people who hate video games see that its not an inductive trait to everyone who plays or reads, and make the people who think that there's nothing wrong with video games and such, take a second look. (if that makes sense).

So now that you know all that here is what I'm getting at, anyone here have a relationship that may have ended badly because of your hobbies or they looked down on you because of your hobby? Where you or are you in a relationship where your S/O has no problem with your hobby? I kind of want to hear your stories and do some Q&A with you for the article. If you know anyone who has strong views one way or the other send them my way, I would love to interview them as well.

Just send me an Emal, valoharth@hotmail.com and put the subject Relationships & Hobbies.

[kahunablair]

The other two days involve hookers and 8-balls.

Nope. That's the one day. The other one is 8-balls THEN hookers. I like to change it up.

[neb]

About a week ago I was looking through profiles on OKcupid (yea I use dating sites) and I found a couple of profiles where the women had something to the extent: "I don't want a child who plays video games". I also have a couple of other female friends who think down of a guy in his middle twenties who plays video games.

The question popped up, "Do these women hate video games, or the guys who play them? Why do they hate them?" and then I realized this might actually be a good idea for an article on my blog, not only that but it could extend to comic books as well.

It lead me to think, I know a lot of guys who give up on relationships, or just kind of abandon a relationship just so they can play video games. I also have heard of families getting tore up because on of the parents played WoW too much. I use to be the kind of guy who would play WoW when company was over, yes I was that rude.

I really want to do some research on this subject, make the article a self help kind of thing so people can see how video games, comics, and every other male hobby affects their relationships. Make these people who hate video games see that its not an inductive trait to everyone who plays or reads, and make the people who think that there's nothing wrong with video games and such, take a second look. (if that makes sense).

So now that you know all that here is what I'm getting at, anyone here have a relationship that may have ended badly because of your hobbies or they looked down on you because of your hobby? Where you or are you in a relationship where your S/O has no problem with your hobby? I kind of want to hear your stories and do some Q&A with you for the article. If you know anyone who has strong views one way or the other send them my way, I would love to interview them as well.

Just send me an Emal, valoharth@hotmail.com and put the subject Relationships & Hobbies.


You should make this it's own thread. It sounds kind of interesting...

[valoharth]

I don't think it would need a thread its self, maybe a Comic Books and Relationships thread would be a good idea. Where people can go in and just talk about what kind of relationships they've built via comics or if their hobbie ever got in the way of something.

[hank41]

start that thread sir

[cam-]

My day to day?

Well today it consist of counting the hours before I go see the Bills play the Steelers at SKYDOME (not the rogers centre, stupid rebranding) here in Toronto.

Yes it's preseason, but it's also my first NFL game so I'm excited.

[cam-]

And with this post right here?

2000.

[joncrites]

What's next, discovering the Savage Land in Antarctica?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

[paper]

Imagine if they put that Bigfoot corpse in the freezer without telling the rest of the family. Then the wife goes downstairs to get ready for the big barbecue only to find all the contents of the freezer laying out on the floor.

"The missing link!"
"Oh, no! You opened the freezer?"
"No! You left the sausage out on the washing machine!"

[kahunablair]

...
That was a horrible, horrible pun. I say we put Paper into a cooler. Whose with me?

[paper]

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
"Honey! My god! I should have told you about the Bigfoot cadaver, but it was so late when I got in last night and--"
"You ate all the creamsicles!"

[joncrites]

Yeah, that was pretty horrible.

[paper]

"Just put the body in the freezer, Ray."
"Christ, this guy's heavy!"
"Here, i'll get the feet. Grab the door, would ya?"
"Holy crap!"
"What now?"
"There's a Bigfoot in here!"

[gungadin]

Let's not encourage him... So I won't say that I'm laughing pretty hard right now....

Oh puns, how I slightly enjoy you ever so much...

[paper]

"I'm really jonesing for a Freeze Pop. I'll just reach in to my freezer and procure one."
"GRRRRRROWWWWRRR!!!!"
"Well, shit...."
"...."
"I'll knock next time. S'alright?"
"S'alright."

[paper]

"I'm shaking like a leaf here. I'm just not ready to marry Daisy today."
"Listen, Kyle. I'm your best man. I'm not gonna tell you to run away."
"I'm not going to run. I'm going to hide like the coward I am."
"But where?"
"The freezer?"
"Word is, there's a dearly departed sasquatch in there."
"There's no time!"
"Kyle, no!"
"Goodbye, Martin. Perhaps forever. I'm going in. Right now."
"What's the bigger tragedy here, self? Big Foot or Cold Feet?"

[valoharth]

Pun-tastic!

[paper]

"You know, it's interesting. His feet aren't actually that big."
"It's a misnomer. He just wore really big shoes. That's how we figured he tripped off that cliff."
"He wore shoes?"
"New Balances."
"And you didn't bring 'em back?"
"Sure. They're in the oven."

[paper]

"Glen, Bigfoot's shoes are stinking up the house."
"Yeah, we figure they're second-hand."
"Second-hand?"
"Bigfoot probably couldn't afford new shoes, ya see. Or if he did he'd buy a pair that fit."
"Well, yeah, I wouldn't think he'd have a job."
"Only three dollars in his wallet."
"He had a wallet?"
"How do you think we identified the body?"

[kahunablair]

"Just put the body in the freezer, Ray."
"Christ, this guy's heavy!"
"Here, i'll get the feet. Grab the door, would ya?"
"Holy crap!"
"What now?"
"There's a Bigfoot in here!"

OK, that one is funny.

[paper]

"I don't think you ought to be going through Bigfoot's wallet, hon. Doesn't seem right."
"Bigfoot was a Sam's Club member?"
"Shapely figure like that, he probably needed a lot of Hot Pockets."
"Well, we know he didn't have much. How do you think he made a living?"
"Tabloids, I suppose."
"Why do you suppose he never went public? Just snapshots here and there? Could have made a bundle if he went on Regis."
"Probably scared. Charlene, you of all people should know what sudden celebrity can do to a person."
"Everybody wanted one of those pies, even three months after that state fair."
"Besides, living in the woods, Bigfoot probably just wanted to be alone."
"In the woods?"
"In the woods."
"To think. He was born out there, all alone in the wilderness."
"No, I suspect he was once like us, Charlene."
"Lutheran?"
"No. You know...human."
"How do you figure?"
"Had a copy of Walden in his back pocket."
"So he was just returning to nature?"
"And racking up a mighty intimidating late fee from the Floyd County library."

[paper]

"Well, what are going to do with the body, Glen?"
"That weighs heavy on my mind."
"There's no plan?"
"We could call the government or National Geographic."
"Oh, but they'd do all sorts of tests on him!"
"I imagine so."
"We could bury him."
"You got a shoebox big enough?"
"We could roll him up in a tarp."
"You volunteering our back yard for a grave?"
"Well, why not?"
"The dogs'd dig him up before too long."
"What if we have him stuffed?"
"He's not a raccoon, Charlene."
"What do you think the rate is for a raccoon?"
"I really wouldn't know."
"Well, call up that taxidermist in Gum Branch and ask for the raccoon rate and just times that by about 14."
"You've been thinking about this."
"What sort of pose, do you think? Maybe that swayin' walk he'd always do?"

[six-gun]

@Six

Are you looking at any colleges yet?

Yes,

1. Furman
2. Vanderbilt
3. Samford

[cammyknoxville]

Thanks to those schmucks at AroundComics, I had the song "Take On Me" stuck in my head all 8 hours at work.

[optimus187prime]

Thanks to those schmucks at AroundComics, I had the song "Take On Me" stuck in my head all 8 hours at work.

I LOVE that song, but the video is even better.

You guys remember Baseketball?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ4S-UiNmzo

[hank41]

hells yeah i remember Baseketball!!!!

and, i was there for the recording and katers and sal carried that song after recording. it was great

[esophagus]

My antivirus just tried to tell me that Hudson Phillips is running a phising scam in his signature.

It has an overactive imagination, kind of like myself.

[conorkilpatrick]

My antivirus just tried to tell me that Hudson Phillips is running a phising scam in his signature.

It has an overactive imagination, kind of like myself.

Listen to your antivirus. Hudson cleaned out my bank account.

[labor_days]

Thanks to those schmucks at AroundComics, I had the song "Take On Me" stuck in my head all 8 hours at work.

Don't worry too much.

It'll be gone in a day or two.