Hang Out Thread

[Kean]

BB has seemed a little strained lately, all arguing and no fun. So, I thought maybe a thread like this might encourage us all to stop fighting and start talking to each other. No Buffy discussion, but an open space for any other kind of chat. Maybe people can get to know each other away from the constant debate.

So, BB, how are you doing?

 

[Black Eye Guy]

I fell into a parks and recreation rewatch today, stuck on one episode this morning and now can't turn it off! Nope we can!


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[Kean]

I fell into a parks and recreation rewatch today, stuck on one episode this morning and now can't turn it off! Nope we can!


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Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson are absolutely everything. Have you see n all the stuff about Poehler's book on Tumblr today? Can't wait for it.

I'm elbow deep in The Good Wife. About 3 episodes left on S1. Though really, I should be completing a grant application to the Arts Council, but oh well!

 

[Robb Stark]

I'm doing pretty good I guess. I'm in Washington, D.C. for the next eight weeks or so for a political internship that I secured through my school. I'm a history minor, so I'm eating up being in the capital. I've done the sightseeing for most of the first week here and it's been incredible. Especially cool for me was seeing the Grant and Lincoln memorials, my two favorite historical figures. I'm going to the North Lawn of the White House tomorrow, which should be really cool.

I do miss ASU though, and can't wait to go back. D.C. is very humid, and I just love being in university, so I have found I'm missing it a bit. It's a little weird being away from my roommates and the guys in my fraternity. I suppose I underestimated the social element of that a little bit.

Did anyone catch The President's speech at the West Point commencement the other day? He gave a major talk on American foreign policy that I felt was really interesting. It's stirring up some criticism, but I really liked it.

 

[Black Eye Guy]

Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson are absolutely everything. Have you see n all the stuff about Poehler's book on Tumblr today? Can't wait for it.

EVERYTHING!
I can't wait for the book, I loved Feys book and Mindy Ks book. Really looking forward to Amy's and Lena Dunhams one!

I'm elbow deep in The Good Wife. About 3 episodes left on S1. Though really, I should be completing a grant application to the Arts Council, but oh well!

I feel like you'll learn more from TGW! Such a brilliant show, especially being a network show!

I'm doing pretty good I guess. I'm in Washington, D.C. for the next eight weeks or so for a political internship that I secured through my school. I'm a history minor, so I'm eating up being in the capital. I've done the sightseeing for most of the first week here and it's been incredible. Especially cool for me was seeing the Grant and Lincoln memorials, my two favorite historical figures. I'm going to the North Lawn of the White House tomorrow, which should be really cool.



I do miss ASU though, and can't wait to go back. D.C. is very humid, and I just love being in university, so I have found I'm missing it a bit. It's a little weird being away from my roommates and the guys in my fraternity. I suppose I underestimated the social element of that a little bit.



Did anyone catch The President's speech at the West Point commencement the other day? He gave a major talk on American foreign policy that I felt was really interesting. It's stirring up some criticism, but I really liked it.

Ohhhh that sounds really interesting, what are you doing for the internship?

Didn't catch the speech what did he say?


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[white avenger]

I'm in Washington, D.C. for the next eight weeks or so

I spent almost an entire week there just in the Smithsonian, and I still don't think that I saw it all.

 

[Robb Stark]

EVERYTHING!
Ohhhh that sounds really interesting, what are you doing for the internship?

Didn't catch the speech what did he say?

I start next week three days a week with Enroll America, an advocacy group for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), but that leaves me with a ton of free time so I'm trying to get another one. I have an interview coming up with the Project on Middle East Democracy, which would be WAY more well suited for me (I'm a huge foreign policy guy. I love that stuff so much).

Obama really outlined his rationale for not intervening in places like Syria or the Ukraine, and he spoke at length about his view that America has more tools at its disposal than sheer military force. He struck a really great middle ground I thought. The feature though was his announcement of the creation of a $5 billion counter-terrorism training fund throughout the world, with the hopes of halting terrorism through more nations participation, negating the need for future direct American intervention. I really liked it. We'll see how well it goes of course, but it sounds like a terrific idea.

I spent almost an entire week there just in the Smithsonian, and I still don't think that I saw it all.

I'm excited to go there, though it's just massive. What were your favorite parts?

 

[janas]

Okay, I love this.

Today I went out for shopping. In Italy, summer is coming and the next week, at most between two, I start going to the sea. So, I bought a beach bag, a new multicolor giant towel terry, a new beach costume (blue and white) ... and a couple of beautiful flip flops with paillettes, similar to these (don't ask)

In addition to an exorbitant amount of creams face-and body-before-and-after-sun ...and blah blah blah. I'm remained without a euro in my pocket, but I'm satisfied.

 

[EVIL UU]

Man, this day sucked.

I slept for like 11 hours, I hate that. I mean, I know exactly why, I went nuts during yesterday's workouts and on the top of that I went for a long walk in the evening. Seriously tired. So I wake up today and I know that it's going to be one of those days, my legs feel funny, I'm a bit sore here and there but OK, I get out of bed, change into my workout clothes and do my stretches. It's agonizing, it always is to me but today especially so. I sit on my indoor rower, I start to row and it's bad. Really bad. The not even Mastodon's Leviathan is going to help me kind of bad. Still, I push on, I even do some intervals and end up feeling pretty great. After the rower I usually do some strength training with resistance bands or some body weight exercises but not today, too tired. Shower, breakfast ( oatmeal with bananas, so, so good ) then I do some stuff on the internet. And suddenly I start feeling like shit, I blame the combination of long sleep, tiredness and stupid weather. Anyway, after lunch I'm peeling myself an apple and of course, I cut my finger. Screw the finger, it's not deep or anything but whenever I cut myself I get dizzy and nauseous. It's pretty annoying, you know. And even though I don't get like that during blood tests I still get super pale and look like I'm dying, nurses always freak out, it's kinda funny. Still not feeling so hot so I decide to skip the afternoon workout like a lazy weakling and of course, I can't even play the guitar because of the bloody cut. Damn it. I do some guitar related research on the internet though. Basically, I need some cheap box with a cabinet simulator to plug in the pedals on one side and headphones on the other so I can play at night. Haven't decided what to get yet but I'm getting there. Then I listen to some Chapterhouse, The Stargazer Lilies ( my latest discovery, pretty damn great in my opinion ) and this. Yeah, it's shoegaze with Hatsune Miku on vocals, crazy but I like it. So that's about it. Not that bad of a day after all I guess. OK, I need to get some sleep.

 

[Doppelgang]

Continuing the exercise theme from Evil UU's post, been a busy couple of days on that front for me. A couple of times to the gym, and a couple of times out running. The last few months have just been one little set-back after another though, one niggly injury after another, when it finally comes together I reckon I will be running faster than ever, thats if it ever does 🙄

I know the feeling Evill UU, of needing a lot of sleep sometimes when you exercise a lot. It's only natural, Kenyan runners often sleep during the day between running sessions. We tend to live too hectic lives here in the western world, and don't give ourselves enough downtime to recover properly. What are your goals from exercise? What is your main sport or event? For me it is running, hopefully up to marathon distance some day, though I will settle for shorter distances if I have more success there.

 

[brinkster130]

Great thread Kean! 🙂

I play in a few different women's basketball leagues and end up having two games each Sunday. Today's games went ok...lost one and won one. But I hate losing and we lost to the worst (not skill-wise) team ever so that sucked. There were also 4 WNBA games today so I'll probably keep with the Sunday theme of hoops and watch those.

I also recently got sucked into Game of Thrones. I wasn't crazy about it at first, but have grown to love it. I'm almost caught up and will soon be able to start watching as it airs. I haven't read any of the books but have heard good things about them, so I'll probably check those out soon.



[MENTION=11975]Robb Stark[/MENTION] - Your internship sounds really cool (as does the one you will be interviewing for!), good luck with the interview. I was an International Relations major and have been toying with the idea of going back to grad school in D.C.

I saw Obama's speech and I liked it too. The line "You are the first class since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in Iraq or Afghanistan" really stood out to me, its crazy to think about how much time has passed since then and how many Americans we have sent over to those countries.

The $5 billion counter-terrorism training fund sounds interesting, it'll be neat to see how they go about building working relationships with other networks and countries and what comes of it.

 

[Robb Stark]

Great thread Kean! 🙂
[MENTION=11975]Robb Stark[/MENTION] - Your internship sounds really cool (as does the one you will be interviewing for!), good luck with the interview. I was an International Relations major and have been toying with the idea of going back to grad school in D.C.

I saw Obama's speech and I liked it too. The line "You are the first class since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in Iraq or Afghanistan" really stood out to me, its crazy to think about how much time has passed since then and how many Americans we have sent over to those countries.

The $5 billion counter-terrorism training fund sounds interesting, it'll be neat to see how they go about building working relationships with other networks and countries and what comes of it.

Thanks. I liked that line as well. The one that really got me though was "Leadership requires us to see the world as it is...but American leadership also requires us to see the world as it should be." That got me thinking of that Angel line (which I have a tattoo of)!

 

[white avenger]

I'm excited to go there, though it's just massive. What were your favorite parts?

The Natural History section as a whole, plus the huge displays of swords and armor in the History Section. I was kind of disappointed by the Hope Diamond, of all things. I had always envisioned it as being much bigger for some reason. I remember that there was a Science & Technology display about the National Power Grid that interested me, since I worked for Georgia Power Co. Probably a lot of other stuff that I've forgotten about now, since that was about 30 years ago. I also remember that the NRA had a huge firearms museum in Washington at that time, but it's been relocated to Springfield, Missouri for years now.

The thing that I remember the most is how convenient it was to take the subway from Union Station right to the Natural History section, and that there was a cafeteria there, so I could stay without even having to leave for lunch.

 

[nightshade]

I'm pretty good, things are going well I think. Work is good, although a little confusing currently with all the changes going on, but as long as the money keeps coming in I'm happy! I may be changing the weekend that I work to do the other weekend (we do every other weekend) and if I do then there is a chance I will be going to LFCC in July.

Thinking of getting netflix, what are peoples thought on it?

 

[Kean]

I'm pretty good, things are going well I think. Work is good, although a little confusing currently with all the changes going on, but as long as the money keeps coming in I'm happy! I may be changing the weekend that I work to do the other weekend (we do every other weekend) and if I do then there is a chance I will be going to LFCC in July.

Thinking of getting netflix, what are peoples thought on it?

I really like Netflix bit it can be limited if the shows/films you want to watch aren't on it. There's no point in spending money on it when you can source the content elsewhere. However, it is very convenient and hassle free to use. If I were you I'd do the month long free trial and see how you like it before committing to the monthly fee.

 

[Buffy Summers]

I barely watch all the DVDs I own now that Netflix has so much streaming. Love it - honestly I mostly use the streaming so I would start with that before adding the DVDs.

 

[Still a Scoobie]

I'd go with Amazon instant video (or whatever it's called) over Netflix, though over the two of them I'd take more morally ambiguous streaming services + then buying the DVDs when I'm done.

Sticking with the TV theme, I started a Friends re-watch last night, as well as finally getting round to starting Warehouse 13. The idea was to give me something to watch while all the American shows are off the air (and there's nothing major on the box here) but I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew in trying to get through all that before September. Good job I like a challenge.

On the sport/exercise theme, my soccer team plays its second ever competitive game tonight. We lost the previous game and inadvertently broke a lot of the league's regulations, which they let us get away with as it was our first time in that league. Hoping for better things tonight.

Work has been a nightmare. No evil lint or mummy hands but compared to the crushing mundanity of life in a furniture warehouse, I might actually have enjoyed some sort of supernatural interference.

 

[Nowhere]

I have never tried the Netflix thing, but I suppose it's mostly because I generally don't follow TV series. I have always been more into films, largely just because it takes a lot less commitment. Even Buffy I only got into because friend got me to watch it with her.

There's also so much at least supposedly high quality stuff on offer, I have a hard time knowing what I should watch. I did watch some Breaking Bad a while back, but just stopped when the story development was in a bit of a lull. Good show though. Game of Thrones is obviously good, but I did read the books already, so... I just don't know. My sister says Battlestar Galactica was good, so I might get into that eventually.

Hint: I will take recommendations on TV shows if you have any, my tastes are broad.

 

[Nix]

I can't get netflix until I've caught up on all my tv i'm currently watching!!

TVD & The Originals have ended.
Warehouse 13 is about to end.
SO then onto Game of Thrones and finish rewatch of Fringe and continue to play catch up on NCIS as well as the new show Penny Dreadful...

Today I have been mostly sat outside while kids play and argue...fun, not. I needed to be inside preparing for the back to school runs tomorrow.... Tonight I have to get an early night so I can manage to get up on time in the morning. I'm so not a morning person, so this is difficult for me haha...

 

[nightshade]

I'm so not a morning person, so this is difficult for me haha...

I can confirm that she really isn't a morning person!

I rarely watch programmes on a week to week basis, so thinking something like netflix would be good for me. Not sure how good the amazon service is in the UK.