uraniun235 wrote:no, it was even dumber than that. there was this guy and girl who were sort of fooling around, but she wasn't really interested in him, and she eventually decided to fuck the game store owner who knew both of them.
the guy and girl had an argument outside the game store while they were at board games night, which he concluded by walking into the store to grab his shit, and then slamming the front door as he left.
well, this shattered the big glass pane in the middle of the door, and the property owner then decided to kick the game store out (and maybe the game store owner's parents too? he was basically using the front half of their little print shop), and as the store wasn't really making a lot of money he just decided to close up shop.
(supposedly the property owner also cited "people smoking out front" as a reason, which strikes me as kinda bullshit all around, but w/e)
when i first heard this story about how poor zachary got huffy because he didn't get to put his penis into her vagina, that scene was what i thought of
man i hope zachary is happy with himself those are some pretty heavy consequences property owner and game store owner
Darksi4190 wrote:in my area, you will provide the proper offerings to the temple of Detroit Edison or your light will be taken from you.
So we had a state-owned hydro electric scheme in place
At the end of the 90s they split it into three companies, the one that runs the dams, the one that maintains the long distance transmission, and the one that markets and distributes the power. The whole point of this was to prepare to enter the national grid and bring some money via an 800 million dollar cable that the taxpayers threw their bit in for. Since that came online we've been hearing about how they keep posting record profits, then turning around to look at Tasmania and pout and say we're a burden and that's why our energy costs so much. Best part was when the carbon tax came in, and they warned us that it would mean a pricing hike, while in parallel press releases courting the mainland market with their 'clean energy'(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Every time there's a shitload of wind and a bunch of suburbs get knocked out for several hours(days for the poorer 'burbs if the damage is widespread), they complain to us that it's unfair that they have to shoulder the cost. Aurora are staggering whingers.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and this privatised-but-still-taxpayer-subsidised business used a chunk of that cash we feed them to get naming rights on a football stadium. That gets like three games a year played at. But OH JEEZ YOU GUYS ARE A BURDEN, WANTING A STABLE ENERGY SUPPLY.
So I think I'm going to start looking into options to finish up my degree. The only catch is I'm probably going to have to leave NY to do it because of how jacked up all the costs here are and I've got a handful of options.
Whelp. Applied to a college in New Orleans. I can't argue with $3,000 to finish my Associate's degree for out of state residents, and it's pretty much the only city in the South I'd be willing to tolerate living in for awhile.
Alleve's my anti-inflammatory of choice. I have psycho-active reactions to most of the others, including Tylenol. Just took two and put a heating pad on it.
Zod wrote:Whelp. Applied to a college in New Orleans. I can't argue with $3,000 to finish my Associate's degree for out of state residents, and it's pretty much the only city in the South I'd be willing to tolerate living in for awhile.
how many times have you moved cross country in the last six months
Zod wrote:Whelp. Applied to a college in New Orleans. I can't argue with $3,000 to finish my Associate's degree for out of state residents, and it's pretty much the only city in the South I'd be willing to tolerate living in for awhile.
how many times have you moved cross country in the last six months
I've been in New York for the last 7 months.
But the cost of living here is atrocious and I'd like to avoid the cycle of ending up in dead-end job after dead-end unsatisfying job.
As it is tuition costs in NYC would basically require me to sell an organ or two that I'd prefer to not part with.
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Questor wrote:New Oleans isn't a bad city. I've got people in Metarie and try to get out at least once a year. How long do you think you'll be there?
At least as long as it takes to finish my Associate's. Depending on how many credits I can transfer, maybe a year. Two tops.
Well, next spring, if I'm in town, we should check out a couple of the parades.
BTW, I would seriously consider looking in to joining a krewe. I don't know which ones would float your boat (natch) or which ones you could afford, but it's a great social oppurtunity.
Questor wrote:
BTW, I would seriously consider looking in to joining a krewe. I don't know which ones would float your boat (natch) or which ones you could afford, but it's a great social oppurtunity.
Zod wrote:Whelp. Applied to a college in New Orleans. I can't argue with $3,000 to finish my Associate's degree for out of state residents, and it's pretty much the only city in the South I'd be willing to tolerate living in for awhile.
how many times have you moved cross country in the last six months
I've been in New York for the last 7 months.
But the cost of living here is atrocious and I'd like to avoid the cycle of ending up in dead-end job after dead-end unsatisfying job.
As it is tuition costs in NYC would basically require me to sell an organ or two that I'd prefer to not part with.
Weird, just seems like you've been moving around a whole bunch.
