XWA one year thread V: A Slightly Better, but Used Hope - Page 25

**Wildstar** · 04-19-2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by K_Kinnison

THe trick is to find roads near river valleys. I agree these are some roads that are what makes driving so enjoyable. I remember the day My dad let first me drive along the stretch of road from Gotham, WI to Muscoda Driving along a twisty road at 55mph with a cliff wall on one side, and a drop to a river on another really makes you feel alive

I never really get to enjoy the view much

Easier said than done in Boston, K_K. Boston has the Charles, but that doesn't really have a proper valley. The closest river of decent length for a valley that lends itself to twisty and dippy roads is the Connecticut, which cuts through the western part of the state. The Berkshires add to the dippyness of those roads.

edlib · 04-20-2010, 07:47 AM

Yeah... I think I'm gonna have to head North, into the more mountainous regions of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont to find the roads I seek. Which isn't that bad...

Took a bit of a road trip with a friend yesterday. I played tour guide to the South Shore... which is the one area in the world that I actually know my way around well.

Zargon · 04-20-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by K_Kinnison

THe trick is to find roads near river valleys. I agree these are some roads that are what makes driving so enjoyable. I remember the day My dad let first me drive along the stretch of road from Gotham, WI to Muscoda Driving along a twisty road at 55mph with a cliff wall on one side, and a drop to a river on another really makes you feel alive

I never really get to enjoy the view much

actually the trick is that you live somewhere that isnt near as flat as some of the rest of us

edlib · 04-21-2010, 08:23 AM

Long day at work yesterday. Another today. Ugh.

The school is putting on a rather ambitious staging of Aida.

Dear God: Please let this semester end soon...

Zargon · 04-21-2010, 09:25 AM

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun

worked 13.5 yesterday, and visited a friend in the hospital, she had an emergency appendectomy

Keyan Farlander · 04-21-2010, 10:13 AM

I hate work. That is all.

edlib · 04-21-2010, 10:19 AM

At the moment... so do I.

Kuuki · 04-21-2010, 11:08 AM

last night was fun

went to the navy club, they had movie night, watchin Blazin Saddles

what was interesting that they got my mom to bar tend :P

Zargon · 04-21-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by edlib

At the moment... so do I.

same.

K_Kinnison · 04-21-2010, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Zargon

actually the trick is that you live somewhere that isnt near as flat as some of the rest of us

Yea, all you FIBs have to come up to wisconsin for any real excitment.

I suggested to the Governor that he sets up a toll booth on out southern border that costs $20 to to drive north, and you get $10 to drive south. WI residents get to save $10 on the toll going north

Zargon · 04-21-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by K_Kinnison

Yea, all you FIBs have to come up to wisconsin for any real excitment.

I suggested to the Governor that he sets up a toll booth on out southern border that costs $20 to to drive north, and you get $10 to drive south. WI residents get to save $10 on the toll going north

S IL has plenty, so does SW Indiana, and Western IL near the river

I cant see urbanadictionary from work

Rogue15 · 04-21-2010, 06:46 PM

tied my time for the 3rd time in a row at the track. what thee ****. i'm blaming myself mostly though cause i ran yesterday and there was some major pain in the ankles while i was running....oh well. i'll do it again tomorrow. my pushups are getting easier. i cranked out 52 this morning. gotta keep on that, those get harder the less i do them.

Kuuki · 04-21-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by K_Kinnison

Yea, all you FIBs have to come up to wisconsin for any real excitment.

I suggested to the Governor that he sets up a toll booth on out southern border that costs $20 to to drive north, and you get $10 to drive south. WI residents get to save $10 on the toll going north

real excitement eh?

Rogue15 · 04-22-2010, 01:07 AM

i hate whatever update that went onto bad company 2.

#1 it replaced my magazines with blanks

#2 it won't let me join any matches after playing for 2 hours, keeps sending me back to the xbox dashboard. after 40 minutes of ****ing with it i gave up. apparently i'm not the only one having that problem. ****ing balancing patches....

Nute Gunray · 04-22-2010, 01:53 AM

ive never not hated work.

well i hate most stuff anyhow, so thats not much a surprise

edlib · 04-22-2010, 09:37 AM

Hate is the path to the Dark Side.

I approve!

Just need to get through the next couple of weeks without committing some sort of "-cide"...

(Homicide... suicide... genocide...)

It's gonna be tough.

M.'s play this weekend. Run-through tonight, showings tomorrow and Saturday... then I'm out.

Saw her for a pre-production meeting yesterday. She looks terrible. Under horrible stress. Everything has been going wrong for her (people pulling out last minute, or making ridiculous demands,) and she's taking a SERIOUS bath on this. (Very few tickets sold.)

Hmmm... Maybe there's something to this whole 'Karma' thing after all...

(Though I actually feel kinda bad that it makes me feel kinda good.)

But I felt absolutely nothing for her yesterday. It's just strictly a business relationship at this point.

Keyan Farlander · 04-22-2010, 09:58 AM

I hate work even more now than I did yesterday. I didn't think that was possible, though. Apparently I am experiencing all new levels of hatred now...

Hey, Nute.

Kuuki · 04-22-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rogue15

i hate whatever update that went onto bad company 2.

#1 it replaced my magazines with blanks

#2 it won't let me join any matches after playing for 2 hours, keeps sending me back to the xbox dashboard. after 40 minutes of ****ing with it i gave up. apparently i'm not the only one having that problem. ****ing balancing patches....

i told ya to get the pc version...

but nooooo, someone didnt listen

Zargon · 04-22-2010, 12:25 PM

hahahaahah

Rogue15 · 04-22-2010, 09:40 PM

well it's fixed. i played the whole ****ing day just because i needed to get it outta my system. tried the conviction demo...kinda wish i'd have got that game instead of bad company 2...i'll get it eventually hahaha.

Rogue15 · 04-23-2010, 12:19 AM

took a break from running today...thought i was opening tomorrow but i'm not, doing the 12-9 crap. so i might hit the track and try to get my time down, just have to remember my feet to do what they did back in november...think it was force myself to full-out burst-run the first half of the track then run at a "normal" pace the rest then just keep repeating that for all 8 laps. hopefully my feet are up for that tomorrow!!!

Keyan Farlander · 04-23-2010, 09:35 AM

I am eating pizza for breakfast. I consider this symbolic of my rebellion against the natural order of things.

"So, world, you think I'm eating Captain Crunch for breakfast, huh? Not today, sucker! I'm eating this pizza and sticking to the man...which is to say you."

Now I merely await the retribution of the world for this hubris, which will no doubt be swift and painful.

edlib · 04-23-2010, 09:42 AM

Eh... could also be slowly dragged-out and torturous.

One day of this play behind me... 2 more to go.

It's a very good thing that, in general, I really like all the people who are performing in it... or this WOULD be truly torturous indeed.

Keyan Farlander · 04-23-2010, 10:00 AM

So the play itself sucks, then?

edlib · 04-23-2010, 10:15 AM

It has moments... but overall: it's not great. Or at least (putting it kindly) not really my thing.

It's several short plays... many written by unpublished local playwrights, most with some social message behind it, and acted out by mostly unprofessional community theater actors. 'Nuff said...

As long as your expectations aren't too high going in, it could be a diverting evening out for someone adventurous... but not enough to sustain 2 nights filling a 500-seat auditorium,.. and certainly not at the prices she was asking.

And I typically hate doing theater productions. Following along with a script to hit light and sound cues... Ugh.

I'd much rather work a rock or jazz band show.

Rogue15 · 04-23-2010, 11:23 AM

went to the track...beat my time by 4 seconds. (17:34) thinking every other day will do the trick and i'll have my time down to 16:00 by the end of May...

*GUNNER* · 04-23-2010, 01:12 PM

My work is going ok today. Only bad thing is the VP of fabrication is on a tour in the building and my machine keeps craping out and dieing. So I have to keep getting up and finding something to clean or sweep till it's back up and running in case they walk by.

But it's Friday peeps.

K_Kinnison · 04-23-2010, 08:49 PM

Gunner, my cousin is a project manager for the 787 and she is currently on a business trip for Boeing to Charleston. Going to be stopping by to visit here on her way back.

Feel your pain. When i first worked at my current job one of the owners would come by on their tour and always find i was doing something wrong. Got to the point any time they started walking in the dock I would grab a broom and start sweeping the dock.

Det. Bart Lasiter · 04-23-2010, 10:46 PM

Played a jazz concert earlier; went well enough I suppose.

edlib · 04-23-2010, 11:19 PM

One show down. One to go.

LukA_YJK · 04-24-2010, 12:42 PM

Maryland Day here!

Keyan Farlander · 04-24-2010, 08:37 PM

I just returned from The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. Today the first Traditional Latin Mass in over forty years was said there, to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. It was a Pontifical Solemn Mass, said by Edward Slattery, bishop of Tulsa. It included much wonderful music, including Gregorian Chant for the propers, Palestrina's Missa Tu es Petrus for the ordinary, and much wonderful organ music, including the A minor Prelude and Fugue by Bach.

Absolutely stunning.

Rogue15 · 04-24-2010, 09:01 PM

whats the big deal anyway? j/k

ugh...looks like rainy days.

LukA_YJK · 04-24-2010, 10:45 PM

Hey, where is my 10 year veteran badge? It is April already

Kuuki · 04-25-2010, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by LukA_YJK

Hey, where is my 10 year veteran badge? It is April already

i'll look into it

K_Kinnison · 04-25-2010, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Keyan Farlander

Today the first Traditional Latin Mass in over forty years was said there, to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI.

The main reason Latin mass hasn't been done in 40 years is because Pope Benedict 16 a few years ago issued a motu proprio lifting restrictions on when it could be used. (now doesn't require getting a Bishops permission) The whole reason Latin mass wasn't used was to make it more welcoming to the members. Now he is systematically pushing back years of reform, and furthering the divide between traditionalists and more contemporary members.

Besides.. what is the point of doing it in latin when most people don't even know what he is saying? THe Priest doesn't face the congregation. (kind of disrispectful) One of the liturgical aspects in the latin mass includes a a Good Friday prayer for the conversion of Jews.

Keyan Farlander · 04-25-2010, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by K_Kinnison

The main reason Latin mass hasn't been done in 40 years is because Pope Benedict 16 a few years ago issued a motu proprio lifting restrictions on when it could be used. (now doesn't require getting a Bishops permission)

The Traditional Latin Mass has been said during the last forty years, just not at the National Shrine.

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The whole reason Latin mass wasn't used was to make it more welcoming to the members.

Not really. The reasons are vast and confusing, stretching back more than a hundred years. It has to do more with liberal theologians attempting to implement an agenda.

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Now he is systematically pushing back years of reform, and furthering the divide between traditionalists and more contemporary members.

On the contrary, he is healing what was a very sharp division, and acquainting people with an aspect of their heritage that they previously knew nothing about, sadly.

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Besides.. what is the point of doing it in latin when most people don't even know what he is saying?

Everyone knows what he is saying. All the text is printed, side-by-side with vernacular translations. The point is that the Latin text does not change and is said and understood the same way all over the world, whereas living languages are susceptible to changes in meaning.

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THe Priest doesn't face the congregation. (kind of disrispectful)

Would it not be more disrespectful to turn his back to God? This posture is far more appropriate, because the priest and the people face the same direction, liturgical east, facing God together. When the priest is praying to God on behalf of the people, he faces the same direction as the people. When he is speaking to the people on behalf of God, for instance, when wishing peace upon them, he turns to face them.

And anyway, I think you are a little confused. Saying Mass in Latin, and the priest facing the same direction as the people are STILL the ordinary way Mass is said even in the "New Mass" in force since 1970. Mass is only said in the vernacular and with the priest facing the people by special dispensation, which unfortunately has become more common than the actual norm. But in any case, neither of these things is an actual difference between the traditional Mass and the new Mass.

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One of the liturgical aspects in the latin mass includes a a Good Friday prayer for the conversion of Jews.

I'm not sure what relevance this has...?

edlib · 04-25-2010, 10:03 AM

What to do today...?

My only day off for a while. Should I try to be productive... or should I relax and do something fun-ish, knowing I won't get another chance for a while.

Hmmm...

LukA_YJK · 04-25-2010, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Scar Da Kookee

i'll look into it

Thanks, Scar, got it!

Kuuki · 04-25-2010, 11:39 AM

See how awesome I am