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July 20th, 2009
02:50 am firefrost [Link]	Are you the Keymaster? Dude, sit down for this. I will now spin the tale for you of my '98 Buick ~~LeSabre~~ EXORCIST Alright, like an hour ago, I decided to run off and get a Whataburger, you know, because Real Estate Intervention on HGTV was on. Shush, it's interesting. Honestly. And people get mad and upset! It's wild! Anyway, after I left, I observed like 5 cops heading down past me as I drove back home. I came to an interesection and patiently waited for the lights to change to the LED green arrows so I could turn. I glanced up in my rear view mirror and saw that traffic, if any, was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind me. Just as the light turns green, my car, You Manga!, just DIES. I'm like, dude, seriously. ~~He does this every Friday~~ It has a tendency to not want to start at random times and recently, it's died while in traffic; but I was able to turn off to the side and restart it. This time...wtf. The lights and turn signal were dimming and I could hear the ignition trying to turn over, but getting this grinding growl. UGH. Luckily, there isn't anyone really coming, just a few random cars not stopping to help someone popping their hood at a traffic light and looking underneath THANKS GUYZ APPRECIATE IT. So, I jiggled the battery cables because that usually seemed to get it started. My door chime was dinging normally, so I thought, okay, we're good. I get in and try to turn it over and...nothing. Just the same. So, I'm like, FUCK. I put it in drive and attempt to push it into McDonald's across the street and think...NO. I better reverse it into the Shell station behind me. So, I put it in reverse. Just after that, I get in and sit and...both turn signal lights start flashing one after the other, the dash light is dimming and brightening, the dome light is doing the same, the HVAC controls are lighting up like moving Christmas lights and I'm like. Dude, sweet. And after that, it DIES. And then comes back up normally, lights on, ding ding ding, and my car starts like nothing happened. o.o WTF.... Oh! And I had to wait for another red light! PUDGE. Current Location: Bedroom Current Mood: shocked Current Music: "¡Qué Locura!" on TV, aka: "What Madness!" (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
09:10 pm drfgeek [Link]	STUPID STUPID RAT CREATURES! Tonight I went on a limb and cooked something I've never made before, which is sinisterly simple. If you're familuar with the source of this post's title, you might be able to guess what I made; quiche! ....it didn't last long. Current Mood: full Tags: cooking (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:17 am robatdt [Link]	The weather has been a tad chaotic today, altering frequently between sunshine, thunderstorms, clouds and rain. And so, sleeping the day away seemed like a good idea. But I don't know whether I slept because of the weather or because one of my lymphatic nodes is slightly swollen. The city is still issuing normal I.D. cards. The new fugly and highly dubious plastic cards with which the anti-democratic, private profit-oriented junta wants to start a form of eGovernment are thankfully still far from being done. Maybe I wouldn't be so negative about the implementation of eGovernment methods, but right now it's all about throwing tax money at some of the richest corporations. Responsible for the design is to some degree Bertelsmann, and as such there will be options implemented for the usage of other "fine products" of Bertelsmann's far fetched goals of privatised municipality and local government bureaucracy under its subsidiary company Arvato. I'm still baffled how online shopping is supposed to get safer by "paying with your finger print". I read a newspaper article the other week about all the functions and actions of these planned new ID cards which were praised in a presentation to the MPs. Most of the terms used were either without any meaning at all or dealt with subjects hardly any citizen has to work with. But what pissed me off the most, was the reassuring claim, that "people who have an affinity for the Net will know what to do" when they hear these terms. I don't think you need to have Net affinity to tell when someone's pulling your legs with empty phrases, but they are pretty much telling the MPs, that we all nnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed these shitty, new plastic cards to do online shopping. As if it were an ungodly miracle, that people have been able to shop at Amazon or even use EBay without these shitty ID plastic cards to "verify us" all this time, and that this Internet Barbarism must be put to an end asap. The Johnny Procedure - By Uri Avnery (Leave a comment)
July 19th, 2009
05:34 pm sohjin [Link]	i'm still alive (Leave a comment)
09:57 pm fawksbeaumont [Link]	Furcons and Drinking Just a random train of thought here, it will probably derail (just a fair warning). So, this is something that I noticed while watching the CF video. Most of the time, the subjects of said video had a drink (or two) in hand. Now, I'm not going to lie, I was pretty much drinking non-stop at the convention, and I do have a regular habit of drinking every night at every con, with a lovely hangover the next morning sometimes. And, it's not just me. Look at the Kage vs. 2 show at EF, they are completely blitzed by the end of the show. But, I'm wondering... does all of the exposure of alcohol to say, younger furs that are attending cons for the first time, actually make them want to drink to be social. Everyone knows that alcohol is a social drug, in the sense that it makes it easier to loosen up and freely talk to anyone about anything... and loosing the ability to shut up at times. Should cons maybe put in a mention about the dangerous of excessive drinking the same way that the EF and RBW promoted safe sex? I know at last EF I had to look over a couple furs that drank WAY too much, and I know I've seen plenty just passed out in random places. Mind you, this is just mainly food for thought, but comments are very welcome. Current Mood: thoughtful (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:13 pm nyminy [Link]	Speak your mind! Today I stood up for something I believed in, and people disagreed :) I hurt someone, for which I'm sorry, I should've been more tactful. The issue however, had been bothering me for quite a while and I'm glad I finally brought it up. (Blunt) honesty felt good. Tired of being everybody's friend, time to decide what i value and focus on that. So yeah, in effect I'll probably become more of an asshole. If you dislike me, or any aspect of my behaviour, please say so! I will not counter your opinion or start drama. I'll regard everything as advice, and will hold a grudge against none. Ask me for my opinion, and I will aswer truthfully, even if it might hurt you. Comments are screened, anonymous posting allowed, no ip addresses logged. Current Music: Otis Redding - The dock of the bay Tags: honesty (Leave a comment)
06:36 pm bigbluefox [Link]	The state of the fox First of all: Anthrocon was a real blast. Like after almost every convention, I wanted to write a full convention report, but in the end I ended up with writing absolutely nothing. Well, it was the best AC yet. Some little changes, some bigger ones, such as moving registration into the hallways of the convention center helped improving things. The idea with the fursuit parade was wonderful and touching. Snirf had fun joining Greifer for a beer at the Tonic, and I got to meet and talk to many people such as the legendary Magic Tom, Fernando, as well as interesting people living in Pittsburgh. No media exposure for Snirf, boohoo! :) After AC, I dived right back into work, finishing the video for Confuzzled while beginning work on the Anthrocon video. The Confuzzled video has been released as you may have noticed, and the Anthrocon video is progressing really fast. Thursday is complete, Friday is 50% finished. Expect a few visual surprises in that video. :) Thursday, I'll arrive in Orlando for Megaplex. I'm pretty bouncy about this one, for some strange reason it's a special con for me. :) All this while preparations for EF have begun. Well, I'll go out for Greek dinner now with the rest of the EF crew. More info later.... or check Twitter for some real time updates on the progress of the EF Preps. I'm planning to tweet more inside informations as things progress, and I may do an LJ transfer of photos and extended explanations if I can find the time. That's it for now. :) (12 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:10 pm drfgeek [Link]	Better Ingredients, Better Pizza... ...home made. Pizza turned out very well. The crust is "New York style" thin, but actually crisp enough that you don't have to fold a slice in half to eat it. Recipe by the Baker's Percentage Formula behind the cut: ( Pizza Napoletana ) Oh, also I made some kaiser rolls, but I'm not too happy with how they turned out. They're very stiff and chewy, the sesame/poppy seed topping didn't stay on too well, and I REALLY sucked at the knotting. Also, I forgot to use an egg wash on them, so they didn't have that nice golden brown topping. Current Mood: accomplished Tags: cooking (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:57 am bigbluefox [Link]	Confuzzled 2009! With two days delay due to a file that got corrupted during upload (Thanks codydawg, woelfisch, doco for letting me know), here it is, finally! I hope y'all like it. :) And while I'm typing this, I'm almost at 33% with the Anthrocon footage. W00t! Next stop: Orlando. :) (16 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 18th, 2009
04:40 pm wally_wolf [Link]	Scannings from July Furio (svankmaj) and I did some placemat drawings during the Anthrocon Dead-Dog dinner while awaiting our dinner at Bucca di Peppo. After the drawings are the latest fortune cookie fortunes. Enjoy! :-) Furio's drawing - Royce on a hot summer's day *"K" Roo and Royce trying* to thumb wrestle with flippers - I did the drawing with Royce wearing a hat that he so does NOT want to wear 7/11/09 - during the hospital-visit lunch - seems like an infomercial 7/14/09 Current Mood: creative Current Music:** Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight (Leave a comment)
03:04 pm drfgeek [Link]	Bank Robbery ...as in, my bank is robbing me, to the tune of nearly $400! Current Mood: infuriated Tags: money (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:36 pm lokosicek [Link]	Back exhausted, tired, happy, and sad. More info once I get some proper rest. PS: 14 fursuiters from 74 attendees!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Current Location: Prague Current Mood: tired Tags: cesfur (Leave a comment)
07:11 am sporty_fox [Link]	Uh-oh, Greifer has a challenger for King of the Swamp! Looks like a new kid on the block is looking for Greifer to come out to the swamp- Tilt, are you sure about this?? swampy-t-fox.livejournal.com/851.html My crazy, err, cousin, yeah, that's it, he's my cousin, has decided to start his own LJ just for the things I would NEVER allow posted here since Sporty is a public character. So check out my, err cousin, be sure to friend him if you like that kind of exploits (and he assures me there are LOTS more to come) - I promised him I'd give him this one and only mention in my LJ since, of course, I don't condone this sort of stuff.... (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 17th, 2009
08:55 pm drfgeek [Link]	Household Ruin So I took my father over to the Kroger store... It's pretty much settled that we'll only be grocery shopping there anymore. Current Mood: amused (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
06:02 pm wally_wolf [Link]	Anthrocon 2009 YouTube video quicklinks During this entire week, my YouTube clips from Anthrocon 2009 are up. I want to give a huge-thanks Huge Wolf (dave_t_wolfe) for gathering most of the video. Click on the number for the particular clip number. Enjoy! Thursday Video (1) (2) (3) Friday Video (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Parade (1) (2) (3) (4) Masquerade (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) July 4th Fireworks (1) (2) (3) Sunday Evening Video (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Dead-Dog Video (1) (2) (3) Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: DVD drive humming (Leave a comment)
09:29 am radjin [Link]	Making and exact copy I have a DVD in my car for the Navigation system. I found that parking in some areas I travel to and the extreme heat the car is exposed to, my DVD tends to fail. The result is going to buy a new one. To save a bit on having to buy a $200 DVD and wait a week for it to arrive I am looking into making a backup copy. However there must be some serious copy protection or other tricks they are using as every copy I make creates a disk error when inserted in the Navigation system. Yet the original works perfectly. Anyone have suggestions on what software to use to make or clone an exact copy including any protections they may be using? Thanks in advance... Current Mood: annoyed (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
01:11 pm fawksbeaumont [Link]	Ardennes Camping Weekend Poll #1431004 Ardennes Weekend Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: Friends Which option would you be more interested in? Camping around Rochefort (20-60 Euro/person) 5 (71.4%) Durbuy Adventure (100-150 Euro/person) 2 (28.6%) When would be a good time for this? 4-6 Sept 2 (28.6%) 11-13 Sept 0 (0.0%) 18-20 Sept 2 (28.6%) 25-27 Sept 3 (42.9%) 2-4 Oct 0 (0.0%) So, this was an idea I had last year, but due to some logicistical missight on my side, it never really happened. However, I did get a lot of positive response about people wanting a camping/outdoor furmeet. So, this year, I'm thinking about planning a furmeet that will happen post-EF. And, I have two major options right now that I'm bouncing around, and I'd like some input about what others would be more interested in. Camping around Rochefort This is the cheaper and less-structured option out of the two. Basically, it would involve meeting up on Friday night, throwing up some tents and relaxing around a campfire. Saturday, we have some options in the surrounding area of places to visit, such as the Han-sur-Lesse Grotto or the castle ruins in Rochefort, all of them are inexpensive and easily accessable, and don't require too much physical activity. Saturday night will have us returning to the campground to relax and sleep for the night to wake up Sunday, break-down, and head home. Total cost is ~20-60 Euro per person (depending on activities), food + drink not included, and you must provide ALL of your own gear. With this option, there wouldn't be a rush to run around to make sure we made timetable, and would result in a relaxing weekend with friends. We can choice what food everyone wants, and grill it up (think American steaks here. :P), and don't have to worry about waking up early in the mornings. Fursuiting is also a possibility with this one. Durbuy Adventure This is the more expensive, but all included adventure package in Durbuy. It would involve meeting up at Durbuy on Friday night or Saturday morning, and would be non-stop physical activities to include hiking, biking, kayaking, and many more. All meals are included (you'd have to bring your own beer though. :P) and heated tents are already provided AND set-up. All you'd need is your sleeping bag, and for those that don't have one, one can be rented. Total cost ~100-150 Euro per person, but once again, everything is included. However, all of the packages have very set timetable, and would require everyone to wake up and be ready early in the morning. Also, there isn't any cookouts or BBQs because all of the meals are prepared for you. Fursuiting isn't a viable option with this one. Tags: furmeet (11 comments \| Leave a comment)
10:14 am amurussuri [Link]	Union Jack Looking back at the last couple of weeks, I get the feeling, too much happened to even get a chance of blogging it. Which is bad, since it seems the only way for myself to keep track of what happened. I don't blog restaurant visits too often either. I should start doing that. ... Been to the Union Jack yesterday, a wonderful whiskey bar in Berlin, close enough to my place, to be able to walk - or stumble - back home late at night, together with a colleague from work, and my old friend from school, Peter. Along with some "smitties", I tasted 4 Whiskeys. I decided to get to know speyside a little better that day, so I started out with a .... Mortlach ...Not very exiting. Jim Murray said something like "...brought out several unspectacular... - This is one of them" I agree. It is nice, smooth, drinkable - but nothing at all exiting or interesting. .... Imperial That's more like it. Wonderful to the nose, full, rich, interesting, a hint of honey and hay. And it tastes just the same. A very nice speyside, glad I had one. I took my time with this one, and that was good - it got better, the longer it had air to breathe. .... MacAllen OMG! I ... uhm ... omg. YESSSSS!!! This is it. Definitely. A rare treasure. Rich, full, beautiful, delicious. A dream. Everything of MacAllen I ever had was anything but disappointing, but this wonderful treasure the society offered is something very special. I really find it extremely difficult to describe taste. But compared to a rollercoaster - smelling is like reaching the top, and the moment it flows past your lips, you start the ride. I must thank Peter for sharing his experience. .... 18j Smokehead .... 18j Smokehead Ardbeg. You know it, the moment you stick your nose into the glass. What I liked a lot about this one, was, that it taught me, it doesn't need a hammer like the uigedail to experience the full and rich smokey flavors Ardbeg is famous for. And yes, it's not a speyside. Just felt like leaving the mainland in the end. All in all a very nice evening, interesting and full of new experiences. I can't do this very often though. Current Mood: satisfied (Leave a comment)
July 16th, 2009
10:05 pm kelfstein [Link]	Spam I am getting spam in French! I can work on my french while reading my e-mail! Current Location: napbook Current Mood: weird (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:29 pm davidn [Link]	There is a Health Drink. Take it? When Harry Mason and James Sunderland found these things they somehow managed to instantly heal bites and scratches from creatures from the pits of the otherworld with them. (While I'm on the subject, Silent Hill's pulsing life force display is the most useless indicator of health to me ever - is it orange? Is it green? Am I about to die? Who knows.) I haven't exactly seen that sudden an improvement, but even though it's an uncomfortable claim that drinking these means you're swallowing several million living organisms, I think they're slowly helping me get back to what passes for normal health for me. I've been slowly moving up from eating bread and yoghurt exclusively, and I haven't felt the need to take any more pills for quite a while now. With sleeping having risen above everything else as my favourite activity over the last month, sometimes staying awake for a reasonable number of hours is more of an effort than normal, but it always seems that once I've actually extracted myself from bed, the world doesn't seem so bad. Cows in the morning, one-two-three - up and at 'em with a pick. Tags: ill (6 comments \| Leave a comment)
05:04 pm amurussuri [Link]	WOW! It starts... After yesterdays disappointment, the shop reacted quite fast: The replacement screen arrived today. Compliment to the shop. Service worked perfectly, and I gave them very positive feedback. The shipping company sucks, though. But that's not the shops mistake. It wasn't dhl this time btw. I'll fix the last posting. Anyway: VEEEERY long package, packed in a package. There was a package inside that, btw.: AAAAANNDD! Here it is. I measured it over and over again. It's smaller than what I originally had in mind, but honestly, the room just isn't big enough. Size isn't all. I'll be gone for the weekend. It will hang on tuesday, and starting next week, I'll be offering regular showings, and further construction will get started. The curtain will have to wait until christmas, as it will be a present from my mom. Current Mood: creative (Leave a comment)
07:41 am jaeger_fuchs [Link]	Seth MacFarlane - Sheep Shearing ROFL... enjoy! (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
04:37 pm drfgeek [Link]	I've Ruined Myself ...no, not in my pants, eww. No, I've ruined myself as many cooking geeks ruin themselves; found something better than what they used before. Way back when, in my college days (okay, maybe not THAT way back when) before I even got my own wok, my father and I scouted out a Kroger grocery down in Lebanon, not 15 minutes away. Being annoyed with not finding a lot of my groceries in all three of our grocery stores here in town, I decided to go down there and see what they had. They had it ALL! I should have come here for the spices alone when I was making my curry powder. What's more, they had chipotle Tabasco sauce, which I've not seen here in town in nearly a year, and went so far as ordering it online! Not only did they have my sorely missed Basmati rice, but they had about 4 different brands of it! And their produce, ye GODS, the PRODUCE! And so, I'm ruined. I won't be able to do my grocery shopping anywhere in town anymore, unless absolutely necessary. Current Mood: ruined Tags: cooking (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:44 am mooglepower [Link]	Sorting Hat Meme Many other people were doing this, so I figured I would. I haven't seen the new movie yet and probably won't anytime soon, but oh well. Have fun! ☆the SORTING HAT meme☆ Current Location: Work Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Whistle While You Work (Leave a comment)
12:28 am arakaraath [Link]	Sick, Again It seems every time I leave the house I bring back some sort of illness. This time I have an inflamed tonsil and its just gotten to the stage where if brought on a fever. Throat lollies and paracetamol seem to be the only things keeping it under control atm. I've had very little sleep over the last three days and my body temperature has been all over the place. Today I couldn't keep warm and when I went to bed this evening I couldn't cool down. Despite throwing all my sheets and blankets off and going to bed nude, I still ruined all my bed-covers with sweat (and consequently I can't sleep on my bed tonight. Its going to be a long night). I'll probably end up sleeping on the floor as soon as my hair has dried out a bit. I'm gonna be so glad when i get over this illness. Or my mattress cover dries out. Whatever comes first. UPDATE: Highest probability is I have the flu. That makes it 5 colds and 1 flu this year. Its a record for sickness. And its because no-one covers their mouths when they cough anymore. Had three ppl do that to me last weekend so no wonder I'm sick again. Current Mood: sick (5 comments \| Leave a comment)

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