General Discussion Thread

[Sunflower]

YEEEEEEES!!!

*probably hasn't seen the sun in like a month*

(I spent the day in school, from before sunrise until sundown, but you know. It's still nice just to know that the sun actually exists)

Welcoming the sun back is an ancient and powerful impulse, probably dating back at least to the last Ice Age.

As the novelist Susan Cooper said in her poem "The Shortest Day" (a key part of The Christmas Revels):

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.
And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, revelling.

Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us - listen!
All the long echoes, sing the same delight...

As promise wakens in the sleeping land.

Or as the Beatles put it...

[Fimbulvarg]

I share yall's joy at seeing it back a month is a long time

Actually I feel a bit spoiled knowing the rest of the family is stumbling in the darkness that still reigns up north.

[Sigrid Marie]

Actually I feel a bit spoiled knowing the rest of the family is stumbling in the darkness that still reigns up north.

Same although it's their own fault for choosing to live in such a dark and cold place

[FinnishViking]

Hello everyone

After looking trough some of the old treads here i noticed something that made me go back in history for a couple of years to a far simpler time slaying orcs and looting epics in the simple world of warcraft. The thing that made me have this "flashback" of sorts was a certain name "Nuti". Nuti as seen by her profile picture is a green dragon awfully similiar to one other poster in an old finnish world of warcraft forum "Goblin explosives net" ( or G.E.N ) since dead but still running. Within this place after some digging i found the thing that i made me remember her so keenly from such a long time ago.

"Fincraft" A world of warcraft novel written by multidude of writers making it a quite intresting patcwork of tales from people who have long since seemingly lost intrest in the game but after reading it once more ( well parts of it it's quite a hefty thing ) i still quite enjoyed the style and setting and it brought me back to days on yonder where life was quite different and perhaps simpler.

This thread here i have made mostly for two reasons:

1. I would like to thank Nuti for her works that brought me so many hours of entertainment and enjoyment of seeing their charicters grow and advance.

2. I became intrested in knowing: Have you guys seen or met people here that you have known from other forums? For me personally this seems to be quite a rare occurance but what are your experiences?

For anyone intrested here is a link to the Fincraft story
( i do faintly remember there being 21 chapters so i beliave this is not the full version )
http://www.goblinexplosives.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=49

[Oskutin]

I must say that i have very irregular sleeping patterns 
Today i went fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at 2am. Yesterday at 11am and woke up at 16pm...

[Piney]

I must say that i have very irregular sleeping patterns 
Today i went fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at 2am. Yesterday at 11am and woke up at 16pm...

I... I can't even imagine how a sleep pattern like that could even come about! 0_0

[OrigamiOwl]

I must say that i have very irregular sleeping patterns 
Today i went fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at 2am. Yesterday at 11am and woke up at 16pm...

D: At least you're getting some sleep...
What have you been up to lately? Still filling in horrible forms? (that would be enough to mess up your sleep foreverrrrrr ;_;)

[Eich]

I must say that i have very irregular sleeping patterns 
Today i went fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at 2am. Yesterday at 11am and woke up at 16pm...

16 p.m.??  Doesn't the 16 negate the need for a p.m.? 
Anyway, try using the goodnight thread.  It always helps me get in bed at reasonable... less horrible times.  Speaking of which: time to head over there right now.

[Piney]

Anyway, try using the goodnight thread.  It always helps me get in bed at reasonable... less horrible times.  Speaking of which: time to head over there right now.

I second that idea. I can't use it right now because I'm doing homework, but once I've posted there I'm like, "no, I can't go back on the internet, I already posted in the goodnight thread! I can't lie!" ...and then consequently I have fewer things to occupy myself with, so I am able to exercise self control and go to bed. Of course, I'm sure that particular line of thinking is specific to me. 

[StellersJayC]

I second that idea. I can't use it right now because I'm doing homework, but once I've posted there I'm like, "no, I can't go back on the internet, I already posted in the goodnight thread! I can't lie!" ...and then consequently I have fewer things to occupy myself with, so I am able to exercise self control and go to bed. Of course, I'm sure that particular line of thinking is specific to me. 

Ah ha! That's a great idea! I should do that right. Now.

[Oskutin]

D: At least you're getting some sleep...
What have you been up to lately? Still filling in horrible forms? (that would be enough to mess up your sleep foreverrrrrr ;_;)

Getting over them, only need to write transcripts for board of directors meeting and shareholders meeting.

[StellersJayC]

Ah ha! That's a great idea! I should do that right. Now.

Hmm, and it was such a great idea that I forgot to do it.

[Sigrid Marie]

Hmm, and it was such a great idea that I forgot to do it.

My life summed up in one sentence

[Eich]

My new, freshman roommate is actually showering with a woman right now.  -__-
It's 11:00 a.m., for crying out loud; I'm sitting here doing homework. 
Gonna need to have a talk with him later about location...

[Solovei]

My new, freshman roommate is actually showering with a woman right now.  -__-
It's 11:00 a.m., for crying out loud; I'm sitting here doing homework. 
Gonna need to have a talk with him later about location...

The dorms I lived in had such tiny showers I was genuinely surprised when one of my roommates managed to squeeze herself AND a guy in there.