Count to a Million

[mtmerrick]

Well, I sent an email off to dailysteals........

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Hello Matthew,

Thank you for contacting us. I am sorry that your order arrived with defective headphones. I have created a replacement order for the headphones.

Please let us know if we can assist you with anything else.

Thank you, Rae The DailySteals Team

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[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Sweet, that's good news. =D

[Flipz]

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The host of my Mafia game is a Flipz, I expected better from you, I KNOW you know that sort of language is NOT appropriate for MLNO. --Flipz .

So, I'm on the Scum team and I'm forced to make a false role-claim.  My claim is only credible in conjunction with a quick gag the host put in the Night 1 photos; this is patently obvious to any language who takes a language second to look at the language discussion and who doesn't have their I wish I had never read that particular analogy...please don't use it again, Flipz --Flipz.    So what does the host do?  He language posts a "clarification" that he had already posted the day before, for no reason other than to language my not as bad as the others, but still inappropriate --Flipz role-claim.  He's such a I understand you're upset, but there are some things you should not say about another human being.  This is one of those things.  Do not post this ever again. --Flipz!!!  

I apologize if this post is somewhat unintelligable due to the self-censoring, but at least none of you guys will have to clean it up later.  

[mtmerrick]

xD

C'mon, can't be that bad.



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And yeah, there ARE 'people' who deserve to be called those things >_>

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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LOLZ Flipz!!

[Flipz]

xD

C'mon, can't be that bad.



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And yeah, there ARE 'people' who deserve to be called those things >_>

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Put it this way: the host BLEEPed me over for no good reason, so it's not that bad, but it's still pretty darn bad.

You may be right, but not this guy; it IS just a game, after all.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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There ya go.

[Flipz]

xD

C'mon, can't be that bad.



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And yeah, there ARE 'people' who deserve to be called those things >_>

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Put it this way: the host BLEEPed me over for no good reason, so it's not that bad, but it's still pretty darn bad.

You may be right, but not this guy; it IS just a game, after all.

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OK, never mind, I take it back.  I call out the host for his shenanigans, and I get banned from the Games section for it.  Yeah.  BLEEP that BLEEP, and BLEEP them, too.  BLEEP-BLEEPs...

EDIT:

[Ddude The Insane]

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Meh...posted a Comedy on BZP for their Library Olympics contest, but haven't gotten any replies...I mean, it wasn't my Magnum Opus or anything, but I was hoping for SOME response...

[Trijhak]

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I used to do comedies on BZP, but then I realised I sucked at it.

Those were my old days. In 07 and 08, and no more after that.

I still want to use the plot I still have in mind for something somewhere, and I still remember two names I used back then, one out because IT NEEDS TO BE USED SOMEWHERE, and the second because I used to go by it and is why I eventually came to be known as KonguZlap in 2009.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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ACK!!! My new in Sept Pioneer DEH-3300UB car stereo just stopped playing altogether. Has power.. neither CD nor USP produce sound.
CANNOT DRIVE WITHOUT MUSIC.....

[mtmerrick]

that sucks...

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[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Oh it gets MUCH worse... NO PUPPY FOR ME!!!

Just got this email ...  She KNEW that her boyfriends dog Jake was sick two weeks ago... and two days ago she still had puppies.  I am SO upset..
I feel bad for her loosing the father, but they had 11 puppies... and I have been getting ready for mine for days.. new bed, crate, leash, collar, harness, tons of toys, food and treats... and I told Mak...
I am so upset

From: Amanda Holland
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:38 PM
To: MLS
Subject: Re: beautiful puppies (McMinnville)

Mary,

i hate to tell you this, but Jake got really sick last night, and i couldn't get him to do anything. i have already got rid of all the puppies but the white one. i took Jake in today and they said he needs to be put down, that he does have cancer and it has spread and he is in a great deal of pain. i cant get rid of the only puppy left with his blood lines, as it is this is really hard for us. i feel horribly about not giving you the white guy, but he is the only thing left we have of Jake. i am truly sorry and hope u have good luck on ur puppy search for the puppy u need.

sincerely Amanda

 

 

[Canama]

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Wow, that sucks. I really don't know what else to say.

ANYWAYS:

• So moving to Japan as an adult. Greatest country on earth right there.
• Choosing parts with the goal of building a PC

-Canama

[Trijhak]

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ACTA IS DEAD!

[mtmerrick]

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Wow, that sucks. I really don't know what else to say.

ANYWAYS:

• So moving to Japan as an adult. Greatest country on earth right there.
• Choosing parts with the goal of building a PC

-Canama

-LUCKY
-can definitely help ya there

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ACTA IS DEAD!

*CELEBRATE*

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[Flipz]

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Wow, that sucks. I really don't know what else to say.

ANYWAYS:

• So moving to Japan as an adult. Greatest country on earth right there.
• Choosing parts with the goal of building a PC

-Canama

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Good for you!  Step one: start training now to have a VERY good sense of direction--it is rediculously easy to get lost.  *Remembers being 10 or 11 and lost in the streets of Roppongi with my parents at 1 in the morning.*

Step two: if you're looking for computer stuff, you may want to take a look around Akihabra--the only place I've seen more computer parts was in Seoul, South Korea.  Your keyboards are going to have to be American, though, and likely some other things as well, so it's somewhat of a matter of preference.  Definitely worth a visit, though, even if you don't end up buying a lot.

Step three: learn Hiragana.  Katakana is somewhat important, and maybe a little Kanji depending on how far out you plan on going, but Hiragana is the basis for everything else.  The best way to learn is to make up "picture phrases" for each character--for instance, I learned "ma" (ま) as "Grandma, kneeling, arms outstretched for a hug, wearing a floppy hat", and I learned "i" (い) as "a pair of eels".  If you want, I could go through a whole list of what I can still remember of that, but a PM would probably be best for that.

Once you have Hiragana, Katakana should be more of a priority than Kanji, as most Kanji on signs nowadays will have small hiragana above them for easier translation. Katakana, on the other hand, is used for a lot of "loan words" and the like. 

You'll also want to buy train and bus cards rather than buying individual tickets; you'll save a substantial amount of money that way, not to mention saving time at train stations. 

[Canama]

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Wow, that sucks. I really don't know what else to say.

ANYWAYS:

• So moving to Japan as an adult. Greatest country on earth right there.
• Choosing parts with the goal of building a PC

-Canama

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Good for you!  Step one: start training now to have a VERY good sense of direction--it is rediculously easy to get lost.  *Remembers being 10 or 11 and lost in the streets of Roppongi with my parents at 1 in the morning.*

Step two: if you're looking for computer stuff, you may want to take a look around Akihabra--the only place I've seen more computer parts was in Seoul, South Korea.  Your keyboards are going to have to be American, though, and likely some other things as well, so it's somewhat of a matter of preference.  Definitely worth a visit, though, even if you don't end up buying a lot.

Step three: learn Hiragana.  Katakana is somewhat important, and maybe a little Kanji depending on how far out you plan on going, but Hiragana is the basis for everything else.  The best way to learn is to make up "picture phrases" for each character--for instance, I learned "ma" (ま) as "Grandma, kneeling, arms outstretched for a hug, wearing a floppy hat", and I learned "i" (い) as "a pair of eels".  If you want, I could go through a whole list of what I can still remember of that, but a PM would probably be best for that.

Once you have Hiragana, Katakana should be more of a priority than Kanji, as most Kanji on signs nowadays will have small hiragana above them for easier translation. Katakana, on the other hand, is used for a lot of "loan words" and the like. 

You'll also want to buy train and bus cards rather than buying individual tickets; you'll save a substantial amount of money that way, not to mention saving time at train stations. 

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I should note that the trip already happened, and I'm back in the States. I will be going again for two weeks starting next Sunday, though.

Actually went to Akihabara, found the whole place pretty meh. There were some computer stores that were neat (I would be ALL OVER one of them if I lived there), but I don't want to be carting a bunch of delicate and expensive stuff across the Pacific. I did pick up a really sweet USB Super Famicom gamepad really cheap, and now that I'm back home I've tried it out and found that it works like a dream. Other than that... not a fan of Akihabara. Mostly three-story-tall borderline-pornographic anime posters and dark, smoke-filled arcades. Not really into either. (I will see if I can't pick up a PlayStation USB gamepad when I'm back, though, and maybe try out some Metal Gear Solid. This is assuming we go to Akihabara on the next trip, I don't have an itinerary since of course no one bothers to tell me anything.)

As for hiragana and katakana, I already know those. I would say that I can read 150-200 kanji, and write a little less than that. Katakana were my best friends, really. Even though I can read hiragana, I didn't always know the meaning of words. Katakana? 99% of that stuff is just English. I can understand that.

And I did in fact do the card thing. Still in possession of my SUICA card, my host family refused to take it even though there were about 2,000 yen left. If we spend enough time in the Tokyo area over the next couple weeks I'll blow it on C.C. Lemon from vending machines or something. (GOD DANG do I love C.C. Lemon)

-Canama

[mtmerrick]

*looks up CCLemon*

oooohhhh that looks good....

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[Flipz]

(GOD DANG do I love C.C. Lemon)

-Canama

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Please don't make me homesick.

The best, though, is the hot canned teas they have in the vending machines.  There's this one brand--I can't remember the name, but it was a white can with blue detailing on it as if it were one of those blue-on-white vases--that stuff was the BEST.  I don't remember seeing it much in Tokyo, but it was all over the place in Yokosuka, and there was some in Kurihama, too.  I miss that stuff so bad...it was heavenly. ^_^