Author Topic: The General Chit Chat Thread 2 (Read 390118 times)

Dhruv · « **Reply #12460 on:** August 26, 2012, 11:28:40 AM »

Chopsticks aside... where exactly were you Tyler in the past 2 weeks?

Plus in case you didn't read the previous pages of the chit chat thread...

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY

@Mistgun_Zero: Rain over there too.... Here it stopped a while ago.. was on since the morning.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #12461 on:** August 26, 2012, 11:59:11 AM »

We have a couple of nice sets of Japanese chopsticks which my aunt brought back from Japan as a souvenir years ago, they're great. I much prefer them to Chinese chopsticks, since they're square at one end, they're so much easier to handle. Though they're also relatively short.

Great for eating udon with though

On the topic of alcohol... it's just occurred to me that I've never tried sake. I really need to rectify this problem.

Nodame-chan · « **Reply #12462 on:** August 26, 2012, 12:02:18 PM »

Cold sake is pretty much crap. If you're gonna drink, drink only the warm one.

I don't feel difference while using Chinese or Japanese chopsticks. I'm used to them. My Chinese teacher taught me how to handle them ages ago

Eh I miss her =((

Ixarku · « **Reply #12463 on:** August 26, 2012, 12:04:49 PM »

Quote from: F1ForFun on August 26, 2012, 03:35:54 AM

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Reminds me of a party I went to three weeks ago on my birthday(August 1st) at a friends house with some co-workers. I had already resigned myself to getting shit-faced, and ended up having 10 beers, followed by 3 rounds of beer pong, and then 32 ounces of Kraken Spiced Rum (took four retarded 1-cup shots from a buddies measuring cup). I don't remember anything beyond shortly after drinking the rum shots and saying goodbye to a couple friends because they were leaving the party. From their account, I took the salt shaker and put it in my pocket then went to the bathroom. After that. I apparently went missing for 20 minutes and then when they went into the bathroom to see what was wrong, I was on my back puking, which is extremely, extremely bad because if they had came in even a minute later I probably would have inhaled said puke and probably would have died. They put me on my side in the recovery position and they said I must have puked over a gallon's worth of beer, rum and cheetos. When I woke up at 9AM the next morning, I had no idea what the fuck was going on other than I was lying face down in a puddle of puke. I slept for another half an hour then quickly washed myself off (face, arms, legs), hoped on my motorcycle and rode home. That was probably a bad idea seeing as I was still wasted, my eyesight was blurry as shit, and my balance while holding the bike upright at stoplights was awful, but I made it the 20 miles home without a DUI and without killing myself. I then slept for 32 fucking hours without eating or drinking ANYTHING. Woke up and cooked 2 pounds of steak along with some mushrooms and onions, some potatoes and corn.

It was awful. Truly awful. I tried to drink some gatorade but it smelled too much like Kraken and I threw up. I probably won't be drinking for another year or two.

Yeah, you're extraordinarily lucky to be alive. At least you had some friends who were smart enough to check on you. But, yeah, you absolutely should not have driven yourself home.

As much as I joke about drinking alcohol, the truth is I have a healthy respect for the effects of it. I know what my limits are and I very rarely push them. Most important, though, is if you're going to drink, do it around people who you trust to look out for you. People who are capable of saying, "Hey, you've had too much," or who will keep an eye on you when you've pushed beyond the limits of comfortable drunkenness and who will keep you from doing stupidly dangerous shit like driving. It's good to have a few people around who will maintain enough of their wits to keep things from getting out of control.

1000mAh · « **Reply #12464 on:** August 26, 2012, 12:23:52 PM »

Quote from: Nodame-chan on August 26, 2012, 12:02:18 PM

Cold sake is pretty much crap. If you're gonna drink, drink only the warm one.

speaking of that, I still have un opened Sake bottle xD
......prolly gonna enjoy it with some food -_-

..............I still remember about everything that I did yesterday -_- some of the stuff makes me feel like facepalming... ....''bensahana''......

Bob2004 · « **Reply #12465 on:** August 26, 2012, 12:25:24 PM »

Quote from: F1ForFun on August 26, 2012, 03:35:54 AM

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Reminds me of a party I went to three weeks ago on my birthday(August 1st) at a friends house with some co-workers. I had already resigned myself to getting shit-faced, and ended up having 10 beers, followed by 3 rounds of beer pong, and then 32 ounces of Kraken Spiced Rum (took four retarded 1-cup shots from a buddies measuring cup). I don't remember anything beyond shortly after drinking the rum shots and saying goodbye to a couple friends because they were leaving the party. From their account, I took the salt shaker and put it in my pocket then went to the bathroom. After that. I apparently went missing for 20 minutes and then when they went into the bathroom to see what was wrong, I was on my back puking, which is extremely, extremely bad because if they had came in even a minute later I probably would have inhaled said puke and probably would have died. They put me on my side in the recovery position and they said I must have puked over a gallon's worth of beer, rum and cheetos. When I woke up at 9AM the next morning, I had no idea what the fuck was going on other than I was lying face down in a puddle of puke. I slept for another half an hour then quickly washed myself off (face, arms, legs), hoped on my motorcycle and rode home. That was probably a bad idea seeing as I was still wasted, my eyesight was blurry as shit, and my balance while holding the bike upright at stoplights was awful, but I made it the 20 miles home without a DUI and without killing myself. I then slept for 32 fucking hours without eating or drinking ANYTHING. Woke up and cooked 2 pounds of steak along with some mushrooms and onions, some potatoes and corn.

It was awful. Truly awful. I tried to drink some gatorade but it smelled too much like Kraken and I threw up. I probably won't be drinking for another year or two.

Wow, that's pretty bad. As Ixarku said, you're lucky to be alive.

Since we're sharing our alcoholic war stories... I don't have anything quite so dramatic - the drunkest I've ever been, I actually don't remember what happened, really. I think I'd mostly been drinking double JD and cokes all night, but god knows how many I'd actually had. Apparently I was thrown out of a club (which I have no memory of even entering) at around 4am because I was going around hugging random strangers. Then nobody knows what happened to me until I turned up home, still totally plastered, at around 9:30am. It should only have been a 25 minute walk home. I have absolutely no idea where I went, what I did, or why. $:-\$

I probably just fell asleep in a bus stop somewhere, but it's still slightly scary having this 5 hour period of total blankness in my memory. Normally you at least remember bits and pieces. After that night I resolved never to get that drunk again, and fortunately there've only been a couple of times since when I've come close... but yeah. Alcohol is scary stuff.

Quote from: Nodame-chan on August 26, 2012, 12:02:18 PM

Cold sake is pretty much crap. If you're gonna drink, drink only the warm one.

I don't feel difference while using Chinese or Japanese chopsticks. I'm used to them. My Chinese teacher taught me how to handle them ages ago

Eh I miss her =((

I don't actually use chopsticks all that often, but I really should. I definitely need the practice.

Ixarku · « **Reply #12466 on:** August 26, 2012, 12:38:59 PM »

I don't think I've ever been what I would truly consider blackout drunk. There was one day around New Year's 4 or 5 years ago where I was mixing drinks that consisted of white rum, vodka, gin, triple sec, sweet & sour mix or Sprite, and a bit of blueberry liqueur and raspberry liqueur. I successfully managed to wipe out the memories of my rommate and another friend for most of the day. We started drinking at my house around 12pm, and continued until after midnight.

I do remember cooking dinner, feeding everyone, and watching Iron Man as a group sometime late in the afternoon. Then the only thing I remember after that was trying to watch Macross Frontier at 1am or 2am and trying to keep one of my friends awake, but failing. I was functional for most of the day, but pretty drunk.

Dhruv · « **Reply #12467 on:** August 26, 2012, 01:05:00 PM »

Quote from: Nodame-chan on August 26, 2012, 12:02:18 PM

Cold sake is pretty much crap. If you're gonna drink, drink only the warm one.

I don't feel difference while using Chinese or Japanese chopsticks. I'm used to them. My Chinese teacher taught me how to handle them ages ago

Eh I miss her =((

Cold Sake being crap pretty much depends on person to person. I haven't tried it so i won't argue with you but still.

1000mAh · « **Reply #12468 on:** August 26, 2012, 03:23:35 PM »

^ what I told her

Ixarku · « **Reply #12469 on:** August 26, 2012, 04:20:13 PM »

Quote from: Dhruv on August 26, 2012, 01:05:00 PM

Quote from: Nodame-chan on August 26, 2012, 12:02:18 PM
Cold sake is pretty much crap. If you're gonna drink, drink only the warm one.
Cold Sake being crap pretty much depends on person to person. I haven't tried it so i won't argue with you but still.

Some sake is supposed to drunk cold -- nigori sake in particular. It's actually my favorite variety of sake out of the dozen or so different kinds of sake I've tried. Personally, I like the nigori with a little bit of ice in it.

Dryer sakes consumed when hot tend to confuse my sense of taste. I drink them expecting them to have a strong bite, like some vodkas or other harsh liquors, but sake never delivers that bite.

Nodame-chan · « **Reply #12470 on:** August 26, 2012, 04:50:26 PM »

Oh damn it.... Just one more week and that's it... The scholar year begins. My torture begins..

I'm both glad and annoyed.

I'm glad because I'll finally quit my work (I can't take it anymore, too much effort, a total waste of time for a little amount of money).
I'm glad because finally there will be something else to do - that is study.

I'm annoyed because I won't have free time at all.
I'm irritated because I will be able to watch anime only on weekends and that is if I'm lucky.

I will have to take private classes of maths, and study Japanese all on my own. This both scare me a bit...

Plus I'm graduating from university this year, and I have to write a paper of 40 pages until April.

How the hell am I going to handle all of this?

F1ForFun · « **Reply #12471 on:** August 26, 2012, 04:59:43 PM »

Having 6 months to do a 40 page paper isn't bad! When I was taking English Comp at the community college we had 2 weeks to do our 12-page final. I ended waiting until the day it was due to do it, and did it in a little over 5 hours. I ended up getting the best grade in the class too on my final.

Nodame-chan · « **Reply #12472 on:** August 26, 2012, 05:03:48 PM »

Well the thing is I need to write it in English. Not a big problem I already wrote one paper last year..

But what's hard.. hm I need to do tonne of research and find new things.. it's a bit meh >_>

F1ForFun · « **Reply #12473 on:** August 26, 2012, 05:13:37 PM »

Ah, so English isn't your native language?

Nodame-chan · « **Reply #12474 on:** August 26, 2012, 05:15:18 PM »

Apparently it's not

Belmakar · « **Reply #12475 on:** August 26, 2012, 06:26:31 PM »

Quote from: Nodame-chan on August 26, 2012, 05:15:18 PM

Apparently it's not

Apparently people tend to forget that you're from Armenia (was it? not entirely sure and too lazy to check right now) if it isn't mentioned on a regular basis...^^

Nodame-chan · « **Reply #12476 on:** August 26, 2012, 06:27:36 PM »

Actually this was the first case. Those with whom I chat regularly remember quite well where I'm from.

F1ForFun · « **Reply #12477 on:** August 26, 2012, 07:10:14 PM »

My apologies. I don't believe I actually know where anyone is from here on BBT. On my other forum that I frequent (Overclock.net, tech enthusiast forum), a user's location is placed under their avatar along with other information so it's just a quick glance away. So it looks like I learned something new today.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #12478 on:** August 26, 2012, 07:12:03 PM »

Quote from: Nodame-chan on August 26, 2012, 04:50:26 PM

Oh damn it.... Just one more week and that's it... The scholar year begins. My torture begins..

I'm both glad and annoyed.

I'm glad because I'll finally quit my work (I can't take it anymore, too much effort, a total waste of time for a little amount of money).
I'm glad because finally there will be something else to do - that is study.

I'm annoyed because I won't have free time at all.
I'm irritated because I will be able to watch anime only on weekends and that is if I'm lucky.

I will have to take private classes of maths, and study Japanese all on my own. This both scare me a bit...

Plus I'm graduating from university this year, and I have to write a paper of 40 pages until April.

How the hell am I going to handle all of this?

I'd start with writing that paper as soon as possible, the sooner you start the sooner you finish obviously.
Private lessons ain't bad, if you have RSS on anime to auto DL stuff you will simply accumulate anime and watch whenever you have the time for it, it's all down to managing with your free time, and you will have to learn to manage it since you won't have much of it to begin with.

It's all down to what I told you about I think half a year ago lol.

As the old saying goes, if there's a will, there's a way

Nodame-chan · « **Reply #12479 on:** August 26, 2012, 07:18:24 PM »

^ Yeah I'll start with the paper, but I need to meet my supervisor first. That I can do only in September.

And lol, I'll reread those messages. You gave me some really good advice back then I recall.

And if you noticed (though I doubt) I've been trying to go to bed earlier this last week. Like staying up until 1 am the most.

But still, I've always been bad with managing my time T_T I will have to use sheer will power to go through all of this.

And yes, there is a will, and a strong one so I will have to find the way^^