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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6930 on: June 15, 2015, 03:16:32 PM »
Quote from: Feartheviolas on June 15, 2015, 03:08:32 PM
This sounds wonderful! And I may actually be able to do this. I'll be in Ottawa during the school year, but I have family in London and Toronto, and it's only a few hours from there to Windsor.
2-3 from Toronto--and that's without traffic.
If we actually do manage to do this, it could be a lot of fun actually :)
I'm always up for good food and good company--the only reason I don't have both more often is because I have yet to find a job and most of my friends live out of town and I can't drive Dx
To be fair, I tend to feel more comfortable using the bus and walking than I do getting behind the wheel myself xP
Toss me a Pm whenever you think you might roll into town and we can totally hang ;D
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6931 on: June 15, 2015, 04:09:22 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 09:01:09 AM
Long story short I'm very rude always.
I take it that you don't get to talk to guests much, then. ::)

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Quote from: ParanormalAndroid on June 15, 2015, 12:31:12 PM
Para_Chute, Para_Sect, Para_Noid, etc etc.
(I've yet to find a suffix that works with Eich, though)
Serious? Eich-hörnchen (German for "squirrel"), of course!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6932 on: June 15, 2015, 04:16:15 PM »
Quote from: JoB on June 15, 2015, 04:09:22 PM
I take it that you don't get to talk to guests much, then. ::)
I am a mere cogwheel in the hotel machinery, I work Behind The Scenes...... we hear about the Guests, we talk about the Guests, all we do is for the Guests... yet we never see them. maybe it is all a myth, spun by late capitalism, to keep us there, working, ever working........ but if they are a myth, who would leave flowers in the bathroom? who would summon oceans? I, for one, want to Believe. I want to Believe that what I do is not for Naught. I want to matter.


kidding, I pointed some guests in the direction of their rooms today.

AND maybe I get to be a receptionist when I re-blonde my hair again!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6933 on: June 15, 2015, 04:19:28 PM »
Quote from: JoB on June 15, 2015, 04:09:22 PM
Serious? Eich-hörnchen (German for "squirrel"), of course!

Eich-enlaub, Eich-stätt, Eich_elhäher, Eich-enprozessionsspinner, Eich-endorff...
But Eich-hörnchen is obviously the best, congrats, JoB!  ;D
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6934 on: June 15, 2015, 04:21:48 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:16:15 PM
I am a mere cogwheel in the hotel machinery, I work Behind The Scenes...... we hear about the Guests, we talk about the Guests, all we do is for the Guests... yet we never see them. maybe it is all a myth, spun by late capitalism, to keep us there, working, ever working........ but if they are a myth, who would leave flowers in the bathroom? who would summon oceans? I, for one, want to Believe. I want to Believe that what I do is not for Naught. I want to matter.

I think Prague is giving you the Kafka syndrome.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6935 on: June 15, 2015, 04:26:19 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:16:15 PM
I am a mere cogwheel in the hotel machinery, I work Behind The Scenes...... we hear about the Guests, we talk about the Guests, all we do is for the Guests... yet we never see them. maybe it is all a myth, spun by late capitalism, to keep us there, working, ever working........ but if they are a myth, who would leave flowers in the bathroom? who would summon oceans? I, for one, want to Believe. I want to Believe that what I do is not for Naught. I want to matter.

If you write a book about how someone goes to work at a mysterious hotel where the guests are never seen, except for the things they leave behind, I would read it. I would read it ALL.

(bonus points if they find out the guests are not human)
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6936 on: June 15, 2015, 04:28:13 PM »
Quote from: Fimbulvarg on June 15, 2015, 04:21:48 PM
I think Prague is giving you the Kafka syndrome.
i keep hearing this kafka name everywhere and i don't even know who that is. some kinda writer?

Quote from: Daéa Reina on June 15, 2015, 04:26:19 PM
If you write a book about how someone goes to work at a mysterious hotel where the guests are never seen, except for the things they leave behind, I would read it. I would read it ALL.

(bonus points if they find out the guests are not human)
that would be hecka awesome actually

some friends of mine made me watch a hotel-themed horror movie, 1408 i think? i don't handle horror movies very well and this was no exception
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6937 on: June 15, 2015, 04:36:46 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
i keep hearing this kafka name everywhere and i don't even know who that is. some kinda writer?
that would be hecka awesome actually


Kafka is a famous German writer, he wrote a lot of existentialist type books and is pretty famous for The Metamorphosis which is about a guy who turns into a cockroach. Basically he kind of questions life and the meaning of it and stuff.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6938 on: June 15, 2015, 04:39:34 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
i keep hearing this kafka name everywhere and i don't even know who that is. some kinda writer?
Yes, from Prague, but never read. I'll try some day... so many books to discover...
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6939 on: June 15, 2015, 04:40:13 PM »
Quote from: Fimbulvarg on June 15, 2015, 04:21:48 PM
I think Prague is giving you the Kafka syndrome.

Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
i keep hearing this kafka name everywhere and i don't even know who that is. some kinda writer?

I wanted to write you 'Just don't turn into a giant insect, please', but if you don't know his works...

Anyway, don't turn into a giant insect!  :D
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6940 on: June 15, 2015, 04:41:08 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
i keep hearing this kafka name everywhere and i don't even know who that is. some kinda writer?

Quote from: Feartheviolas on June 15, 2015, 04:36:46 PM
Kafka is a famous German writer, he wrote a lot of existentialist type books and is pretty famous for The Metamorphosis which is about a guy who turns into a cockroach. Basically he kind of questions life and the meaning of it and stuff.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

His works are definitely worth reading!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6941 on: June 15, 2015, 04:51:44 PM »
Quote from: Viisikielinenkantele on June 15, 2015, 04:19:28 PM
But Eich-hörnchen is obviously the best, congrats, JoB!  ;D
I admit I was pondering Eich-amt, Eich-strich, Eich-siegel first before "how can I make 'Oachkatzerlschwoaf' fit in there!?" nudged me in the proper direction ... ;)

Quote from: Daéa Reina on June 15, 2015, 04:26:19 PM
If you write a book about how someone goes to work at a mysterious hotel where the guests are never seen, except for the things they leave behind, I would read it. I would read it ALL.
(bonus points if they find out the guests are not human)
Hmmmm wasn't there a webcomic about a hotel where the guests are actually time travelers? Not downright invisible, but vanishing and reappearing in unexpected ways ...

Quote from: Feartheviolas on June 15, 2015, 04:36:46 PM
Kafka is a famous German writer, he wrote a lot of existentialist type books and is pretty famous for The Metamorphosis which is about a guy who turns into a cockroach.
Case in point ... :
http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/bugbear-talisman-8-alec-loves-doing-this/
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6942 on: June 15, 2015, 04:58:15 PM »
...my only experience with Kafka is what little there is in Resident Evil Revelations
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6943 on: June 15, 2015, 05:00:19 PM »
Quote from: koalalou on June 15, 2015, 04:58:15 PM
...my only experience with Kafka is what little there is in Resident Evil Revelations
Here's the only short story of his I've ever studied:
An Imperial Message
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #6944 on: June 15, 2015, 05:02:58 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 15, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
that would be hecka awesome actually

some friends of mine made me watch a hotel-themed horror movie, 1408 i think? i don't handle horror movies very well and this was no exception

I wasn't thinking about horror... Maybe fantasy with a touch of suspense?

Quote from: JoB on June 15, 2015, 04:51:44 PM
Hmmmm wasn't there a webcomic about a hotel where the guests are actually time travelers? Not downright invisible, but vanishing and reappearing in unexpected ways ...

OHH, I would love to read this!
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