I'm back... and I'm pissed off!
Matt Kimmich
Hiya all! :)
I've been back from my three months in Glasgow (okay, ten weeks in
Glasgow, two in Grange over Sands, and one in Rickmansworth) for more
than two weeks now, and I've realised that I *do* have enough time to
check out RGCUD every now and then - I'll probably be in semi-lurker
mode from now on, but I'm around. (It's a weird feeling to come back and
see that you've been mentioned in a thread that has 'depressing' in its
subject header...)
So, what have I been doing the last three months? Well, I've written my
final thesis on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, which I enjoyed very much,
in a dark, morbid and often worrying way. I've been to the cinema at
least once a week (I even went to an open discussion with Stephen
Frears, which was fascinating and fun). I went to the Edinburgh
Festival, which was great fun. I visited my half-sister and her husband
- and their baby, finding out that the little tykes aren't as bad as I
always thought. (I won't rush out to get one of my own, though.) I
bought too many books which I then had to carry across Europe because I
was too cheap to have them all sent back to Switzerland. I drunk some
single malt, but not much. I bought Baldur's Gate II, Diablo II, Alpha
Centauri (cheap) and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force. I moved flat when I
got back, and I now live in a brilliant flat with wooden floors, high
ceilings, a huge balcony and a coffee machine! Wahay! I bought a Voodoo5
(I like it, so GeForce users, hold back your flames unless they're
entertaining and/or original).
Since I'm fairly close to finishing my studies now, I have to start
thinking about what I'll do afterwards; I've got a job offer from my
linguistics professor (the one I wrote the UDIC paper for) but I'm not
sure whether I want to get stuck in linguistics rather than literature.
I'll definitely do another play before I finish next summer, though -
Caryl Churchill's 'Top Girls'. (I saw an incredible production of the
play in Edinburgh, and it looks as if I've already got a cast
together...) Oh, I'll also be teaching more than can be good for me, and
earning a fair bit of money. In other words: I won't run out of things
to do.
So, how have you all been? Any big changes on the group? How many
momentous events in 'Phid's life have I missed, and do I really want to
know? (Not in too much detail, in any case.) Are people on rgcud still
discussing the relative merits of Al Gore and Dubya? Is the moon made of
green cheese, and if yes, where will I get my Wensleydale from?
Okay, that's about it. Hope you're all doing fine,
--
Thirith Dragon
Submersible Dragon
Matt Kimmich wrote:
>
> Okay, not really - but I thought it would sound better...
>
> Hiya all! :)
YAY! *bounce*
*pounces on Thirith*
Missed you!
> So, what have I been doing the last three months? Well, I've written my
> final thesis on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, which I enjoyed very much,
> in a dark, morbid and often worrying way.
Ach. What aspects did your thesis deal with?
> I've been to the cinema at least once a week (I even went to an open
> discussion with Stephen Frears, which was fascinating and fun).
*ponders*
My memory is crap for names - but that's the playwright who wrote
`Copenhagen`, no? I really liked that play...
> I went to the Edinburgh Festival, which was great fun. I visited my
> half-sister and her husband - and their baby, finding out that the
> little tykes aren't as bad as I always thought. (I won't rush out to get
> one of my own, though.)
*grins*
"Bobo wuvs you!!"
> I drunk some single malt, but not much.
I read that as `not too much` when I first read this post - there's no
such thing as having drunk too much single malt. :) Did you get your
claws on any Talisker? Mmm, warmth... ;)
> I moved flat when I
> got back, and I now live in a brilliant flat with wooden floors, high
> ceilings, a huge balcony and a coffee machine! Wahay!
Woo! Sounds nice!
I moved too, in prep for my second year at university - I'm now in a
bedsit-style box room... very studenty! The carpet sticks to the floor
and I've dismantled all of the furniture and piled it in a heap in one
corner so that I have room for my (new) computer and my guitar.
> Since I'm fairly close to finishing my studies now, I have to start
> thinking about what I'll do afterwards; I've got a job offer from my
> linguistics professor (the one I wrote the UDIC paper for) but I'm not
> sure whether I want to get stuck in linguistics rather than literature.
> I'll definitely do another play before I finish next summer, though -
> Caryl Churchill's 'Top Girls'. (I saw an incredible production of the
> play in Edinburgh, and it looks as if I've already got a cast
> together...) Oh, I'll also be teaching more than can be good for me, and
> earning a fair bit of money. In other words: I won't run out of things
> to do.
*grins*
> So, how have you all been? Any big changes on the group? How many
> momentous events in 'Phid's life have I missed, and do I really want to
> know? (Not in too much detail, in any case.) Are people on rgcud still
> discussing the relative merits of Al Gore and Dubya? Is the moon made of
> green cheese, and if yes, where will I get my Wensleydale from?
Big changes in the group? Hmm...
Well...
A couple of minor-event level flamespats, lots of
music/Linux/philosophical-type discussions.
Attentive is gonna be a daddy, Paulon's been a bit sick lately. Moa went
to university, and after much parental persuasion, has finally found a
way to circumvent the hideous everyday travelling he had to endure
before. He left for a little while back there, but now he's back. As we
thought he might. :)
The return of the enchanting Lady Jane is something I hold particularly
dear to my heart. Also, Eidolon is back, and posting when he has a spare
moment... which is nice. Claus is taking an unhealthy interest in seeing
Musashi, Paulon and myself meet, presumably for some sort of bombastic
three-in-a-weyr dragon/elf/dragon orgy-type situation.
Oh, and contemplating Musashi further, his identity crisis continues
apace. Not only is he beginning to question his sexuality (said Mershie,
rubbing a little ointment on the rope-burns around his claws from last
night), but also his gender, after a spur-of-the-moment cross-dressing
tryst that seems to have left him decidedly at a tilt.
A new Dragon, Dragon Baroque, created a sort-of runtime interpreter that
allows you to play Ultima VII in Win9x. Bit of a coup, really. It's
available over at Gaseous' website.
A spam X-post triggered off a massive multi-NG discussion (mainly with
rec.games.computer.stars) over all matter of things, which was rather
interesting to observe. Plot threads rose, died, got slightly forgotten
about, etc.
I'll leave Phid to divulge his recent history in his own inimitable
style.
Speaking on a more personal level, I've been making a subconscious
effort to generate enough positive karma in order to be reincarnated as
a dragon. Which is one way to say that I've been sickeningly Nice.
Apparently I can now add `The Sweetest Guy In The Whole World` to my
roster of Titles.
OTOC, I've missed rather a few lectures this semester and am rapidly
running out of cash. OTOC (tail?), I think I'm now sorted for a
placement next year... and I'll be working with an old friend, which
ought to be super...
> Okay, that's about it. Hope you're all doing fine,
Well, I'd say `You too.`, but things seem to be pretty cool at your end.
So I'll say "NARFY FOOM!" instead, and leave it at that. ;)
-sd, who is blazing the trail for minimal sigs.
Claus Kick
Matt Kimmich wrote:
>
> Okay, not really - but I thought it would sound better...
it did sound scary...
> Hiya all! :)
welcome back!
> So, how have you all been? Any big changes on the group?
some dragons come, some go. activity is normal.
> How many
> momentous events in 'Phid's life have I missed, and do I really want to
> know? (Not in too much detail, in any case.)
far too many to remeber. ask paulon for details.
> Are people on rgcud still
> discussing the relative merits of Al Gore and Dubya?
not anymore. but ask paulon.
>Is the moon made of
> green cheese, and if yes, where will I get my >Wensleydale from?
paulon should know the answer.
> Okay, that's about it. Hope you're all doing fine,
paulon certainly does.
--
claus dragon
http://run.to/rocknroll
or
http://www.outoflimits.net
or
http://surfnroll.de
i am not sure which one to take, yet
Claus Kick
Submersible Dragon wrote:
>
>
> Big changes in the group? Hmm...
>
> Well...
>
> A couple of minor-event level flamespats, lots of
> music/Linux/philosophical-type discussions.
>
> Attentive is gonna be a daddy, Paulon's been a bit sick lately. Moa went
> to university, and after much parental persuasion, has finally found a
> way to circumvent the hideous everyday travelling he had to endure
> before. He left for a little while back there, but now he's back. As we
> thought he might. :)
>
> The return of the enchanting Lady Jane is something I hold particularly
> dear to my heart. Also, Eidolon is back, and posting when he has a spare
> moment... which is nice.
> Claus is taking an unhealthy interest in seeing
> Musashi, Paulon and myself meet, presumably for some > sort of bombastic
> three-in-a-weyr dragon/elf/dragon orgy-type situation.
unhealthy interest? *shudders*
well, a sandwich would be nice now...*eg*
--
cd
yeah, my name is a dos command!
Matt Kimmich
Submersible Dragon schrieb:
> YAY! *bounce*
>
> *pounces on Thirith*
>
> Missed you!
>
You might want to watch that, Submersible, or we'll pop you in the washer and
tumble drier... ;)
>
> > So, what have I been doing the last three months? Well, I've written my
> > final thesis on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, which I enjoyed very much,
> > in a dark, morbid and often worrying way.
>
> Ach. What aspects did your thesis deal with?
>
The elegiac aspects of "Birthday Letters", and his intertextual concerns with
her work. (That's the short version - the long one is 90 pages long and
currently being worked over...)
>
> > I've been to the cinema at least once a week (I even went to an open
> > discussion with Stephen Frears, which was fascinating and fun).
>
> *ponders*
>
> My memory is crap for names - but that's the playwright who wrote
> `Copenhagen`, no? I really liked that play...
>
Nope, that would be Michael Frayn. Stephen Frears is the guy who directed
"High Fidelity" (as well as "The Snapper", "The Van", "The Hi-Lo Country",
"Dangerous Liaisons" and some other stuff). In general, they had some great
people at the Glasgow Film Theatre - some years ago, they had Martin Scorsese.
Lucky bastards, the whole lot of them...
> <snip>
> > I drank <did I really write 'drunk'?> some single malt, but not much.
>
> I read that as `not too much` when I first read this post - there's no
> such thing as having drunk too much single malt. :) Did you get your
> claws on any Talisker? Mmm, warmth... ;)
>
I'm more into Islay whiskies - but Talisker's also quite... nice. :) On the
whole, I didn't want to spend too much money on booze, simply to prove to
myself that I have some shreds of self-discipline left.
> > I moved flat when I
> > got back, and I now live in a brilliant flat with wooden floors, high
> > ceilings, a huge balcony and a coffee machine! Wahay!
>
> Woo! Sounds nice!
>
It is. :) Very, very nice. (Especially since I've also got a *real* bed - as
opposed to two cheapo matraces <sp?> - now. And if there's any dragons
standing in a box now with paper bags over their heads, singing 'Jerusalem', I
wouldn't be surprised.)
<snip>
> > So, how have you all been? Any big changes on the group? How many
> > momentous events in 'Phid's life have I missed, and do I really want to
> > know? (Not in too much detail, in any case.) Are people on rgcud still
> > discussing the relative merits of Al Gore and Dubya? Is the moon made of
> > green cheese, and if yes, where will I get my Wensleydale from?
>
> Big changes in the group? Hmm...
>
> Well...
>
> A couple of minor-event level flamespats, lots of
> music/Linux/philosophical-type discussions.
>
The more things change, the more they stay the same - as a Ferengi once
said...
>
> Attentive is gonna be a daddy, Paulon's been a bit sick lately. Moa went
> to university, and after much parental persuasion, has finally found a
> way to circumvent the hideous everyday travelling he had to endure
> before. He left for a little while back there, but now he's back. As we
> thought he might. :)
>
Congrats, Attentive! Hope you're better, Paulon. Right on, Moa. :)
>
> The return of the enchanting Lady Jane is something I hold particularly
> dear to my heart. Also, Eidolon is back, and posting when he has a spare
> moment... which is nice. Claus is taking an unhealthy interest in seeing
> Musashi, Paulon and myself meet, presumably for some sort of bombastic
> three-in-a-weyr dragon/elf/dragon orgy-type situation.
>
I don't really know Lady Jane, since she arrived while I was on my first RGCUD
hiatus, but welcome back anyway. As far as orgies are concerned, I think I'll
stay out of that. You never know if someone's hiding pink bows behind their
scaly backs.
>
> Oh, and contemplating Musashi further, his identity crisis continues
> apace. Not only is he beginning to question his sexuality (said Mershie,
> rubbing a little ointment on the rope-burns around his claws from last
> night), but also his gender, after a spur-of-the-moment cross-dressing
> tryst that seems to have left him decidedly at a tilt.
>
Yikes.
Rope-burns?!
Oooh.
Well, between consenting reptiles...
>
> A new Dragon, Dragon Baroque, created a sort-of runtime interpreter that
> allows you to play Ultima VII in Win9x. Bit of a coup, really. It's
> available over at Gaseous' website.
>
I heard about that. Also, Exult has come along quite a bit. Cool! Perhaps one
of these days someone will come up with a program that makes U9 playable. >:)
> <snip>
> Speaking on a more personal level, I've been making a subconscious
> effort to generate enough positive karma in order to be reincarnated as
> a dragon. Which is one way to say that I've been sickeningly Nice.
> Apparently I can now add `The Sweetest Guy In The Whole World` to my
> roster of Titles.
>
Cool! Congrats on that one. (Chances are it'll get you saddled as the shoulder
people cry on, with not very much in return, but in a sentimental way it's
still worth it, methinks.)
>
> OTOC, I've missed rather a few lectures this semester and am rapidly
> running out of cash. OTOC (tail?), I think I'm now sorted for a
> placement next year... and I'll be working with an old friend, which
> ought to be super...
>
Grand. (Except for that missing out lectures and running out of cash thing.)
I'm lucky - I've come back to three job offers, evenly spaced out over the
next year, so I can just hop from one money-making scheme to the next, while
getting good references. Whoopee!
> > Okay, that's about it. Hope you're all doing fine,
>
> Well, I'd say `You too.`, but things seem to be pretty cool at your end.
> So I'll say "NARFY FOOM!" instead, and leave it at that. ;)
Thanks... I guess. :)
--
Thirith Dragon
Eidolon Dragon
> You might want to watch that, Submersible, or we'll pop you in the washer and
> tumble drier... ;)
The trouble is, that only makes him madder... ;)
> It is. :) Very, very nice. (Especially since I've also got a *real* bed - as
> opposed to two cheapo matraces <sp?> - now. And if there's any dragons
Mattresses? Something like that...
> standing in a box now with paper bags over their heads, singing 'Jerusalem', I
> wouldn't be surprised.)
Hee. I have a record (yes, a vinyl one) with that sketch... Except
that I seem to recall a splashing sound before Jerusalem, so it might have
been a fishtank or something instead of a box... ;)
-snikt-
> > A couple of minor-event level flamespats,
I don't remember th... oh, wait, yes I do.
> > Attentive is gonna be a daddy,
Woo!
> > Paulon's been a bit sick lately.
Foo. :(
> > Moa went
> > to university,
About half and half woo and foo, all things considered.
> > and after much parental persuasion, has finally found a
> > way to circumvent the hideous everyday travelling he had to endure
> > before. He left for a little while back there, but now he's back. As we
> > thought he might. :)
YayWoo. Just no more damn furbys. ;)
> > The return of the enchanting Lady Jane is something I hold particularly
> > dear to my heart. Also, Eidolon is back, and posting when he has a spare
> > moment... which is nice.
And don't think I didn't spot the ellipsis! You had to think about
that, didn't you? DIDN'T YOU? Hmm? Hmm? Don't make me come over there and
batter you around the head with an olive loaf, my lad.
> > Claus is taking an unhealthy interest in seeing
> > Musashi, Paulon and myself meet, presumably for some sort of bombastic
> > three-in-a-weyr dragon/elf/dragon orgy-type situation.
Urk. Must'a missed that thread...
> I don't really know Lady Jane, since she arrived while I was on my
> first RGCUD hiatus, but welcome back anyway.
Heh. She may be in hiding at this precise moment in time, due to a
combination of university workload (heh... poor innocent little first
years... little do they know ;)) and other things, but I'm sure she'll be
around sooner or later...
> As far as orgies are
> concerned, I think I'll stay out of that. You never know if someone's
> hiding pink bows behind their scaly backs.
::violent shuddering::
> > Oh, and contemplating Musashi further, his identity crisis continues
> > apace. Not only is he beginning to question his sexuality (said Mershie,
> > rubbing a little ointment on the rope-burns around his claws from last
> > night), but also his gender, after a spur-of-the-moment cross-dressing
> > tryst that seems to have left him decidedly at a tilt.
Ack. I didn't need to read that.
> > A new Dragon, Dragon Baroque, created a sort-of runtime interpreter that
> > allows you to play Ultima VII in Win9x. Bit of a coup, really. It's
> > available over at Gaseous' website.
'Tis GLORIOUS!
> I heard about that. Also, Exult has come along quite a bit. Cool! Perhaps one
> of these days someone will come up with a program that makes U9 playable. >:)
Yeah, right. :P
I _still_ haven't managed to see the U9 in-game movies _in-game_
yet. *sigh* Kind of an anti-climax when you reach the end, do the final
*spoiler*, and then... it drops back to the desktop. ;)
> > Speaking on a more personal level, I've been making a subconscious
> > effort to generate enough positive karma in order to be reincarnated as
> > a dragon. Which is one way to say that I've been sickeningly Nice.
> > Apparently I can now add `The Sweetest Guy In The Whole World` to my
> > roster of Titles.
Urgh. It's not worth it. Trust me. It'll get abused and rarely
cherished... and besides, it's so much more _fun_ to be able to be nasty
when you want to be.
Nasty isn't my natural state, you understand, but it's nice to
have the option. ;)
> Cool! Congrats on that one. (Chances are it'll get you saddled as the shoulder
> people cry on, with not very much in return, but in a sentimental way it's
> still worth it, methinks.)
I'll agree about the saddle, and I'll politely refrain from any
riding comments.
> > OTOC, I've missed rather a few lectures this semester and am rapidly
> > running out of cash. OTOC (tail?), I think I'm now sorted for a
> > placement next year... and I'll be working with an old friend, which
> > ought to be super...
>
> Grand. (Except for that missing out lectures and running out of cash thing.)
::a strange echo repeats the above line::
> I'm lucky - I've come back to three job offers, evenly spaced out over the
> next year, so I can just hop from one money-making scheme to the next, while
> getting good references. Whoopee!
Damn you! :) Congrats. Care to give one to me? Actually, I have a
job interview coming up in a couple of weeks, and I'm trying to insert
myself into various investment banks at the moment, even if they are
treating me as a second-class scum because I'm daring to talk about
something as deadly dull as technology rather than something thrilling and
dynamic like fund management.
> Thanks... I guess. :)
Echoing that...
Schmerbs wubble!! Narfy foom!
(With apologies to the erstwhile Cat.)
> Thirith Dragon
--
Eidolon Dragon
-=UDIC=- One Mao
"Those wasted moments won't return
And we will never feel again" - Danny Canavagh
Samurai
>Okay, not really - but I thought it would sound better...
Hello! I owe you mail, I believe. <:)
[munch]
>So, what have I been doing the last three months? Well, I've written my
>final thesis on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, which I enjoyed very much,
>in a dark, morbid and often worrying way. I've been to the cinema at
>least once a week (I even went to an open discussion with Stephen
>Frears, which was fascinating and fun). I went to the Edinburgh
>Festival, which was great fun. I visited my half-sister and her husband
>- and their baby, finding out that the little tykes aren't as bad as I
>always thought.
Erm... hello? *waves hands about*
;)
>(I won't rush out to get one of my own, though.)
*grin*
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