This may just be because I'm a student, and, well, you know.
But I am curious.
Does anyone else consider handfuls of dry cereal a legitimate, cheap and healthy snack?
On returning from a night out, does anyone else just sling clothes, bag, etc, on the floor in random places and not pick it up again until it's next needed?
Going to laundrette late at night ensures a free machine, but putting the sheets back on the mattress takes so much more effort than slinging it on there in a disorganised pile, and then sleeping on it.
And iron? ... What on Earth is that?
Beans on toast is a square meal.
Why open those tiresome wardrobe doors when you have the option of storing clothes in a pile on a chair?
Shower = less sleep. Ergo; deoderant > shower.
Okay, maybe I'm just an incredible slob destined for a visit from the ecoli fairy.
Well, for me it's entirely because I'm a student.
The entropy of my apartment is directly proportional to the amount of school work I've had in the last month; there's some hysteresis too.
Could be worse, it's not beer and pizza.
QuoteOn returning from a night out, does anyone else just sling clothes, bag, etc, on the floor in random places and not pick it up again until it's next needed?
Or a day/arvo at uni, or work, or piano lesson. Really not too fussy about the occasion.
Quote
Beans on toast is a square meal.
Quadruple-shot coffee made on milk is a square meal. Permits for a shower as well, as it decreases the amount of sleep needed.
QuoteWhy open those tiresome wardrobe doors when you have the option of storing clothes in a pile on a chair?
The floor works, or resident washing baskets (that get moved around whenever that particular spot is needed).
Floor's a very good bookshelf too, as it happens.
And the bed is a perfect desk: Desk = coffee mug minder.
Bed = comfy + flat + plenty of room + no extraneous coffee mugs,
∴ bed ∞ > desk.
Oooohhh! Reminds me of my teenage years!
Also, you don't have to wash it quite as often if it can pass the sniff test.
-Sandy(I wish they had Fabreeze when I was growing up! :D)
Sandy, I first do a rigidity test on socks and then the sniff test. Undies just get the sniff test. Some people may think I'm a slob but I know where everything is. It's all perfectly organized right there on the floor. A pile of clothes, pile of books and notes piled on the dresser. Perfect!
I am kind of a slob when it comes to clothes, probably as a subconscious rebellion against the Navy and being made to to iron & fold everything to the exact size of an A4 sheet of paper. *shudders*
Quote from: Genevieve Swann on February 27, 2009, 09:17:12 AM
Sandy, I first do a rigidity test on socks and then the sniff test. Undies just get the sniff test. Some people may think I'm a slob but I know where everything is. It's all perfectly organized right there on the floor. A pile of clothes, pile of books and notes piled on the dresser. Perfect!
That works. Actually it is a sign of a very organized mind.
If you know *exactly* where in that pile of papers is last months electric bill, it's organized!
And Goddess help the poor person who tries to help you and comes in and cleans up your room!!!! AAAARRRRgggghhhh!!!! YOU MOVED MY PAPERS!!!!!!
-Sandy
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
Does anyone else consider handfuls of dry cereal a legitimate, cheap and healthy snack?
Yes, my fiance.Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
On returning from a night out, does anyone else just sling clothes, bag, etc, on the floor in random places and not pick it up again until it's next needed?
Yes, my daughter.Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PMputting the sheets back on the mattress takes so much more effort than slinging it on there in a disorganised pile, and then sleeping on it.
Been there, done that.
Let's face it, if everything you own is folded neatly, put away in a specific place, organized and in general out of sight, you'd have to go out to the store and buy new things because you wouldn't be able to find anything at home.
Julie
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
This may just be because I'm a student, and, well, you know.
But I am curious.
Does anyone else consider handfuls of dry cereal a legitimate, cheap and healthy snack?
I'm terrible for snack food, I'm hungry NOW...if it needs cooking...I'm probably not interested xD
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
On returning from a night out, does anyone else just sling clothes, bag, etc, on the floor in random places and not pick it up again until it's next needed?
I live out of my pockets, everything goes in the pockets, then it's always there when I need it....until I change my jeans and forget, and then panic when I've apparently lost my wallet, phone, ->-bleeped-<-s, lighters, random bits of paper that might be important at some point...etc
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
Going to laundrette late at night ensures a free machine, but putting the sheets back on the mattress takes so much more effort than slinging it on there in a disorganised pile, and then sleeping on it.
clothes stay in the laundry basket until I need them or until I get a burst of "I am going to get organised!" and hang them all up. I am very particular about how I sleep, I need my sheets, duvet covers, pillow cases, all just right, or I can't sleep (and I don't sleep enough as it is)
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
And iron? ... What on Earth is that?
never ironed anything in my life :D
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
Beans on toast is a square meal.
if it has cheese too, it's gourmet
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
Why open those tiresome wardrobe doors when you have the option of storing clothes in a pile on a chair?
see above, laundry basket :D
Quote from: Blueflare on February 26, 2009, 10:34:18 PM
Shower = less sleep. Ergo; deoderant > shower.
sleep > shower = food
sometimes it's a toss up about whether to shower or eat and I gauge which one I need the most and ignore the other one :P
QuoteI live out of my pockets, everything goes in the pockets, then it's always there when I need it....until I change my jeans and forget, and then panic when I've apparently lost my wallet, phone, ->-bleeped-<-s, lighters, random bits of paper that might be important at some point...etc
clearly you are from the uk and are not putting gay men in your pocket, but here in the US that is derogatory. please don't use it.
Quote from: Mister on February 27, 2009, 10:24:39 AM
clearly you are from the uk and are not putting gay men in your pocket, but here in the US that is derogatory. please don't use it.
Seriously, the fact you saw that incredibly non-offensive comment that way blows my mind. Meekness, man.
I work with a lot of brits and they use that word and I'm not offended. I know what they mean, its San Fransisco after all I can make a joke at their expense, so its all good. I know lots of gay men who use the term. Really, you're not the language police, everyone just needs to get over a whole lot of that stuff really.
Quote from: interalia on February 27, 2009, 11:19:16 AM
Seriously, the fact you saw that incredibly non-offensive comment that way blows my mind. Meekness, man.
it's not about meekness, it's about geographic privilege. Since most folks here I'm not in the UK, if I said the word ->-bleeped-<- I'd be flagged. I've been reported for less. Unequal enforcement is not cool.
I use the word 'gay' to mean 'lame' and always have. if I started using it here, someone would lose their mind. I'm on a quest for unilateral enforcement, I don't care if anyone calls anyone a ->-bleeped-<-, honestly, but like I said I've been reported for less.
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Quote from: tekla on February 27, 2009, 11:25:01 AM
I work with a lot of brits and they use that word and I'm not offended. I know what they mean, its San Fransisco after all I can make a joke at their expense, so its all good. I know lots of gay men who use the term. Really, you're not the language police, everyone just needs to get over a whole lot of that stuff really.
tekla, read my response above. i've been smacked on the back of the hand for less, and i'm willing to bet you have too.
haha what, it even took me a good few minutes to understand what you were even offended by.
Would you be annoyed if I said I was having ->-bleeped-<-gots for dinner?
Totally different words mate regardless of if they sound the same, like hair and hare
Quote from: Mister on February 27, 2009, 10:24:39 AM
clearly you are from the uk and are not putting gay men in your pocket, but here in the US that is derogatory. please don't use it.
I beg to differ, for I have been in his pockets :D
Quote from: Jeatyn on February 27, 2009, 11:46:40 AM
haha what, it even took me a good few minutes to understand what you were even offended by.
Would you be annoyed if I said I was having ->-bleeped-<-gots for dinner?
Totally different words mate regardless of if they sound the same, like hair and hare
i'm pretty sure homophobic language is in the rules to live by. look it up.
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It's the name of a meat-based food product. Look it up.
Quote from: Leiandra on February 27, 2009, 11:57:10 AM
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It's the name of a meat-based food product. Look it up.
Great, so I'm now gong to say "i hate ->-bleeped-<-gots" in every post, and that's entirely fine?
If you were speaking in a culinary context, how else could you say it?
"I hate those little round balls of pork and seasoning that can't be named in case they cause offence because some biggoted, homophobic people in one part of the world approproated the word through lacking the intelligence to come up with something more creative." ?
The food has been around a few hundred years longer than the homophobic associations.
I think most people here are smart enough to guage the context of a conversation and know the difference... if not then a little calm, rational explanation usually clears things up. No need to be deliberately provocative.
I don't consider the word homophobic at all. I hear way too many gay men use it everyday conversation. Half, in fact, more like 90% of what makes a word 'bad' or not is in the context in which its used. Clearly, if no hate is intended, then none was given.
And geographic privilege? WTF is that? That people in England can call Ciggerettes ->-bleeped-<-, and you just can't do that in the USA? That's a 'privilege'? Wow, I always thought as privilege as something much more powerful and cooler.
And sure people try to get on my case, I just don't let them.
Quote from: Mister on February 27, 2009, 12:02:34 PM
Great, so I'm now gong to say "i hate ->-bleeped-<-gots" in every post, and that's entirely fine?
Sure if you're talking about the food, I fail to see why you'd have such a strong hatred for them that you needed to reiterate it in every post though
Quote from: Leiandra on February 27, 2009, 12:13:35 PM
If you were speaking in a culinary context, how else could you say it?
"I hate those little round balls of pork and seasoning that can't be named in case they cause offence because some biggoted, homophobic people in one part of the world approproated the word through lacking the intelligence to come up with something more creative." ?
The food has been around a few hundred years longer than the homophobic associations.
I think most people here are smart enough to guage the context of a conversation and know the difference... if not then a little calm, rational explanation usually clears things up. No need to be deliberately provocative.
Sorry, didn't realize asking for some equal standards = being deliberately provocative.
-Mister, who hates ->-bleeped-<-gots.
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Quote from: Jeatyn on February 27, 2009, 12:15:28 PM
Sure if you're talking about the food, I fail to see why you'd have such a strong hatred for them that you needed to reiterate it in every post though
I'm vegan, a member of PETA and a jew. How could I hate them more?
Quote from: Mister on February 27, 2009, 12:15:29 PM
Sorry, didn't realize asking for some equal standards = being deliberately provocative.
It is when the entire basis is a grudge you hold, and not based on rational thought and reasoning; evidenced by the fact that you're the only person, even the only American person, who took issue with it as a deliberate attempt to prove a point... namely that you feel hard done by and want an outlet for that resentment.
Quote from: Leiandra on February 27, 2009, 12:23:57 PM
It is when the entire basis is a grudge you hold, and not based on rational thought and reasoning; evidenced by the fact that you're the only person, even the only American person, who took issue with it as a deliberate attempt to prove a point... namely that you feel hard done by and want an outlet for that resentment.
I'm Canadian.
Quote from: Mister on February 27, 2009, 12:26:12 PM
I'm Canadian.
Lol.
Okay, my apologies for that assumption. :) But the rest of my statement still stands.
It's perfectly obvious by context that the word means cigarettes. We are not going to apply a North American standard of language on people from other countries. And if you North Americans suddenly feel a burning need to call cigarettes ->-bleeped-<-s and discuss pork balls in gravy, feel free, but make it clear from context.
And Leiandra's right.
Dennis
Mmmmmmmmmm, pork balls in gravy, heart attack time for sure. We can say 'balls' right? At least in the contest of like games or food, or fancy dances too I guess.
Quote from: tekla on February 27, 2009, 01:32:24 PM
Mmmmmmmmmm, pork balls in gravy, heart attack time for sure. We can say 'balls' right? At least in the contest of like games or food, or fancy dances too I guess.
Yes Tekla of course we can as long as its within that context. *s->-bleeped-<-s*
Jay
Smoking is totally gh--
crap.
>:-)
I've seen lots of time and bandwidth wasted to make non-existent points that never even approach what the real subtext of the argument is. This last few bits is one of them.
Ya know though, sometimes the answer isn't becoming more abrasive and petty until no one can resist the fact that one is both abrasive and petty.
A better way might be to show that there are other aspects to one's self than just the petty and abrasive. Perhaps, if the chosen way doesn't work as well as one would like then they might actually be able to choose another way that would work everso much better.
Someone who is averse to the feeling of sandpaper on their skin might do well to remove the sandpaper from their skin. Just a thought.
Nichole
Context context context!
If you're talking about ->-bleeped-<-s, as in cigarettes, it's reasonable to call them ->-bleeped-<-s. (That's what they're CALLED.)
If you're talking about ->-bleeped-<-s as in homosexuals, it's unreasonable to call them ->-bleeped-<-s. (Derogatory.)
I really fail to see what the issue is?
Quote from: Nichole on February 27, 2009, 04:31:22 PM
I've seen lots of time and bandwidth wasted to make non-existent points that never even approach what the real subtext of the argument is. This last few bits is one of them.
welcome to the internet.
Quote from: Mister on February 27, 2009, 06:03:17 PM
welcome to the internet.
Why thank you, Mister. I think that may be the most congenial post I've yet seen of your 909!
Nichole
QuoteContext context context!
A lot of language, English, Spanish, French and otherwise, rely on context to define meanings (though English is especially good for that. :P That's the whole "he wound up the wound in a bandage" thing where the context provides the meaning).
And '->-bleeped-<-got' has soooooooooooooooooo many meanings. One of our orchestra conductors at school used to go around the sections making sure everyone was tuned, and we had the horny boys (French horns, who were all guys), the bones (trombones), saxomophones, and ->-bleeped-<-gots, who were the bassoons (also spelt ->-bleeped-<-ott). Obviously he was playing on the other, derogatory meaning of ->-bleeped-<-got, but his use of it was nevertheless legitimate. And highly amusing. ;D
*Anyway*, the real issue *I* find is hairbrushes. No matter how (un)sophisticated one's bedroom organisation, they always manage to go missing between brushes. Brush your hair one morning, the next morning, only 24 hours later, you have to tear your room apart to find the demmed thing again. Every morning. Clothes stay where they are, coffee mugs don't don't grow legs and walk off (though, admittedly, some of them come pretty close... :icon_omfg:), but *hairbrushes*...!
;D
Quote from: Nichole on February 27, 2009, 08:32:41 PM
Why thank you, Mister. I think that may be the most congenial post I've yet seen of your 909!
Nichole
Then clearly you have read the vast minority.
welll i waaaas gonna chat about house habits if it's still ok...the forum i'm on most of the time, i'm very outnumbered by brits and so i didn't even notice what was going on! lol! in fact i think someone there has "tea solves everything" as thier sig, but that's probably common there, huh blueflare?
i do most of the things you do and i'm not a student anymore. i do live alone though. i had a partner for a few years and kept having to fold dishtowels in special ways and learn where different kitchen gadgets go and never just said "oh hey honey, i think i'm just gonna have PB&J for dinner, more time to paint and draw and you-know-what..."
she was sweet and great, i'm not complaining...but if i ever partner up again they'll just have to get used to me eating dry cereal and dressing in whatever clothes are on the back of the chair.
Quote from: William on February 27, 2009, 10:05:43 PM
*Anyway*, the real issue *I* find is hairbrushes. No matter how (un)sophisticated one's bedroom organisation, they always manage to go missing between brushes. Brush your hair one morning, the next morning, only 24 hours later, you have to tear your room apart to find the demmed thing again. Every morning. Clothes stay where they are, coffee mugs don't don't grow legs and walk off (though, admittedly, some of them come pretty close... :icon_omfg:), but *hairbrushes*...!
Lol... :laugh:...So true, I don't even make it til the next morning, in fact I got to go look for my brush now
cuz you got me thinking about it :laugh:
I live in the US but I watch alot of UK shows so I am used to thier words.
I have never had ->-bleeped-<-gots before, but I think they sound yummy! ;)
QuoteI live in the US but I watch alot of UK shows so I am used to thier words.
I live in Oz and have grown up on Aussie/British TV. I had a Canadian friend in high school and she was horrified the first time she heard us throwing around "bugger" -
"Gah, up all night, I'm buggered!"
"I've got five hours of homework tonight." -"Oh, bugger that!"
"The poor bugger left his bassoon at the bus stop." (That did actually happen).
"Bugger, missed the last bus. Better not miss the next one, that'd be a
real bugger."
"Yay! Got bugger all homework tonight!" -"Oh, bugger off, mate, I've got heaps!"
Seriously, it took us *ages* to figure out why she always went funny when we said it, and her ages to figure out what we were actually saying, and that we weren't being crude. Nothing like social and cultural differences within the same language to bugger up a situation. ;D
(And I'm not just trying to get the word 'bugger' in there as many times as I can for crude comic value, I am actually making a point, and we do actually talk like that :laugh:. Particularly when we can't find our hairbrushes in the morning - "Oh, bugger bugger bugger bugger buggeration AH! That's where it was!" :icon_no: A chant I've come to know, love, and mutter on pretty much a daily basis...::) :laugh:).
Quote"tea solves everything"
Tea solves everything, and that which it doesn't solve, chocolate (and/or coffee) and hugs do.
:icon_caffine: :icon_hug:
Will
Quote from: William on February 28, 2009, 01:50:33 AM
I live in Oz
We might be neighbors! When I moved here, everything seemed to be so much more colorful than where I grew up. Also, one time I saw a rainbow, and it was in the West, not the East. Rainbows are supposed to be in the East, but not here. So clearly I must be somewhere over the rainbow.
~Alyssa
Funny, on the bugger thing. I use that all the time and I had a Brit call me out for it once. I live in Canada, but was raised English, and never have given it a second thought. Nobody in Canada has taken offence to it, but I have had people say "oh you must be English, you use that word a lot"
And for the OP, back to that topic. I live like that and haven't the excuse of being a student. I do have a very understanding girlfriend, who wades through the piles of laundry, both clean and dirty, and pet hair (which makes the clean laundry somewhat less than clean by some standards). And I do keep my ->-bleeped-<-s in my pocket too :) Not my ->-bleeped-<-gots though, that would be messy.
Dennis
Does anyone else consider handfuls of dry cereal a legitimate, cheap and healthy snack?
Cheap sure, and awesomely good too. I would sit in Dead Concerts dreaming of the box of Coco Krispies sitting out in the car. But healthy? Nah. Never thought of them in that way, but they will fill you up. Odd though the cereal companies Kellogg and Post both started out as health food companies back in the day.
On returning from a night out, does anyone else just sling clothes, bag, etc, on the floor in random places and not pick it up again until it's next needed?
Nah, I love my chair for all that. Forces me to put it away in the morning, try it, it works. you have to clean up before you sit down.
Going to laundrette late at night ensures a free machine, but putting the sheets back on the mattress takes so much more effort than slinging it on there in a disorganised pile, and then sleeping on it.
The only reason I wash the sheets is because I like the feeling of clean sheets on my flesh. So I would always put them on, though I like the off hours laundry deal too. I do however prefer an unmade bed. It's like I could just get back in it and resume where I was before the alarm clock so rudely went off.
And iron? ... What on Earth is that?
No idea, I grew up in a permanent press world never used an iron - except to hot wax during ski season - and its only once a year, if that, that I would need to wear anything that would have to be ironed, in which case I send it to the cleaners to get it done right.
Beans on toast is a square meal.
I'm totally buying that. The toast of bread is pretty much a square.
Why open those tiresome wardrobe doors when you have the option of storing clothes in a pile on a chair?
See above for my reply, a chair is good, but only if you have to clear it the next day.
Shower = less sleep. Ergo; deoderant > shower.
Of all the things in the modern world I would miss, hot showers would be at the top of the list. I have to go a few days without sometimes and even I'm hating myself by the end of it.
Coco Krispies? :icon_blah:
My sisters and I were always weird -- it's my parents' fault. They fed us Cheerios and shredded wheat and puffed rice cereal and corn flakes and muesli and rasin bran. And we loved it. I know, how can we even call ourselves Americans? It's shameful.
I'm pretty sure that Iron is an element in the periodic table.
Frosted mini wheats are the best. Healthy and delicious but your kids will never know!
I think we got a box of frosted mini wheats one time in an attempt to cave to American commercial culture .... I don't think anyone ate it.
But when I was about twelve or thirteen, I'd eat bowl after bowl of Chex or the like. Yuuummmm....
Special K is a good one. I'm the only one in the house who tends to eat it, and 'cause I don't do brekky we never have it, but when we did, it was awesome. ;D And yummy.
there was a gorgeous and short lived cereal i adored called 'berry berry nice' it was lovely.
my favorite cereal is Peanut Butter Captain Crunch. pure heaven.
I miss lucky charms cereal :( you can't get it in England anymore
why? how could her majesty deprive her people of lucky charms?
do you get captain crunch there? the peanut butter kind?
I've never heard of captain crunch
we only just recently got oreos over here
and you can get reese's peanut butter cups in very few places occasionally
mmm reese's peanut butter cups! my favorite candy.
man I love peanut butter cups
I always buy a bunch if I ever spot them because they're like freakin gold dust and I know it's gonna be months and months before I find them again :P
ever tried them chilled? i like mine frozen.
I can't imagine them frozen, I'll have to try it
OK, I feel like we're seriously missing out on something down here. *pout*
Okay, peanut butter cups are pretty tasty (they used to be my favorite candy) and freezing them is a great idea, so they get extra-crunchy ...
But they don't even hold a candle to frozen Thin Mints. Oh my God, I think I bought four boxes last year, and they were gone by the end of April ... I tried so hard to resist. Someone opened up a box about a month ago, and I was just agape. I couldn't believe they had Thin Mints in January. They told me, "oh, it's easy, you just freeze them." Well, OF COURSE, you freeze them .... but how does that prevent them from getting eaten? I couldn't figure it out.
I just realized it's that time of year again.... I must locate some entreprenurial Girl Scouts!!! Okay -- they'll be at my grocery store tomorrow, says the local web site.
Mmmm ... Lemon Chalet Cremes too ... Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos ... Just keep those vile, vile, vile Samoas away from me!!!
Okay, blood pressure falling ... breathing normalizing ... I think it'll all be okay.
~Alyssa
...we don't have any of those... :(
Yumyum! Reese's! I love living only about 30 minutes away from Hershey's haha. We rarely go out of stock.
And I've found that if it's something I absolutely NEED to know where it is, I'll throw it in my purse. That way I've always got it (even if it does take me 15 minutes of digging through crap to find what it was I was looking for before)
Quaker Oats 100% Granola or Honey Nut Cheerios... I can eat either for hours wet or dry.
I don't mind any cereal as long as it has no sugar in, around or anywhere near it. But I very rarely bother with either it, or breakfast.
Quote from: Jeatyn on February 28, 2009, 09:39:08 PM
I miss lucky charms cereal :( you can't get it in England anymore
I hear that!
I eat fro=uit loops out of the Packet. The Box says they use real berries and real flavours. Maybe Im a fruit loop.
And Capn Crunch "All Berry". Keep the crunch, give me the berries.
I never knew what the berries were. Some sort of purple thing with fruit flavor and methadone... Kept me coming back for *years*...
-Sandy