Pete_the_Viscous

Mine is one of those ones where, in exchange for not offering the option of any interesting ringtones, you get to abuse it and almost never charge it and it'll still work fine. If I DID have the option of what to use, I'd probably have something really embarrasing on it; I don't know, maybe Barry White -- I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More or something. Actually, I think I'd get the start of Another Brick In The Wall (part two), because I think the screaming would make people jump.

I know, I was expecting my hands to just drop off--three hours of non-stop writing! Oddly, though, it went fine. Whether or not I did OK remains to be seen, however. Oh, I spotted the most TREMENDOUS opportunity for a joke at the end of my last question. I was too worried that putting it down would get marks docked off. (I don't remember what it was, else I'd say). Advice.... Well, I would suggest that you try and put in a little something above and beyond what you were meant to understand about the subject; they're always impressed when you show them something they aren't expecting--assuming it's good. So, what I'd recomend you do is try and learn something interesting about whatever it is you've been studying; perhaps something about the context in which it was written. Lots of people say "the GCSEs were easy", but that's just not true: they teach you only a little, and then expect you to write meaningful things. At least at A level they start teaching you what things mean, and not just how to recognise them. Oh, and, if you're dedicated enough to be asking advice, there's no need to worry about doing badly (don't hold me to that). Off topic (sorta): I'm one of those people to whom it's not so important to have a good breakfast; if I eat anything more than a nibble in the morning, I get REALLY hungry during the day, and it ends up being distracting. Similarly, I'm one of those people for whom it's not important to go to bed early, as doing this just makes me more deeply asleep when comes the time to wake up.

I have indeed--I saw not a single person evangelising; not any of the times I've been. Perhaps they only do it at certain times of day? Maybe I'm just the guy around whom no-one evangelises--a bit like that character in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, around whom all the rain clouds gather (so that it's ALWAYS raining where he is). Maybe it's like the Jamster adverts--they're terrible, but who's the first ringtone company you think of? I can't see that working with religion, though :).

It's strange... I don't meet any evangelistic people in real life; only on the internet. I've met Christians, Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Plymouth Brethren Mormons, Quakers*, Sikhs, "insert large list of religions here", and none of them has ever pushed their religion at me. Seriously, even the Jehovah's Witnesses, to whom, I gather it is essential. Does anyone else here from England get evangelised(?)? Back on topic, though: Jews and Christians. Of the Jews that I've met, all have been quite seriously Jewish--it's a big part of their lives, though they don't make a big thing of it. Saying that, none of the Christians I know are particularly evangelistic either, as I said. *who, incidentally, started in my town.

I think it's obvious that he's pretty clever, insofar as a "nasty" critic can be called clever. I found some of what he said HILARIOUS, but almost as much of it needlessly offensive and profane. If he could do it without being rude, it would be even funnier. I don't look at it anymore, appart from the odd time, when I remember it for some reason.

That's a good point about not having to worry whether or not the games will work. However, though one has to upgrade PCs to meet the current standards, one also has to buy the latest console in order to play the latest games. There is no middle ground with a console; with a PC, if yours is slightly better than average, you can play slightly better than average games, and, of course, lower than average ones too. With a console, however, your machine is as good as the next man's; while this is helpful for determining what you can and can't do with it, it really limits how many new games you can play. After all, the resources available on the console are finite, so without being really amasing programmers, the game manufacturers won't be able to make better games. In other words, it's all or nothing--whereas with a PC, you might be able to play that new game that has specs slightly above your own, you won't be able to play it on your console, as it's designed for the latest console. Sorry if that's just repeating what's been said over and over already.

So there we go. Perhaps I wonder what I'd be if I simply inverted all the things I picked?

As do I, as long as no-one who cares about her ever finds out. :D I've said it before, and I'll say it again (if prompted): I have a friend called Steven, whom, naturally, we call Beb. Another friend, whose name is surname is Nield, we call Hodge--his surname used to be Hodgson, but he changed it ages ago; the name just stuck. I wonder what people who meet him now will think when they hear it for the first time. Nicknames are something we don't often use; we do, however, sometimes call someone by another part of their name--sometimes the diminutive of their first name, sometimes just their surname. I have one friend, for instance, whom people call Irwin; another whom people call Oxley. So, with the exeption of the two at the top there, I don't really know any weird nicknames. T-Rex... hahahaha :)

Hear, hear; those are very good. I suppose if you like Dune then you might like some Isaac Azimov, which is not only sci-fi but also of the same sort of style--just not "epic" in the same sense. I gather from what you said that this might be a good thing? A lot of his books are standalone novels, a number are trilogies that one doesn't need to read in order, and he has a great number of books of short stories (such as the Bicentenial Man). I don't know how much you go in for this sort of thing, but a LOT of what he writes is very patriotically american. To name a few of his that I would recomend: The Gods Themselves -- which is three stories, each of which tell the same story from a totally different perspective. It's about a radioisotope that someone discovers that can produce fairly limitless energy, and how this affects various people. It's perhaps my favorite of his books. The Bicentennial Man--which is a selection of decent short stories, including the one, the bicentennial man out of which the film was made. That's the only one of them I remember, but the other ones were good too. Foundation--which is the first of a series of books which are arguably as epic as the Dune series. It's about the Encyclopedia Galactica--that which Douglas Adams was always making reference to in the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. At least, that's what I remember about it.

It is. If you've not seen it, I really, seriously recomend watching it.

I also almost cried* during these films: Schindler's List(whatagreatfilm)--at the end, not when the people were being killed. Green Mile--I don't remember when. Twelve Monkeys--I don't know why, but I found the ending sad and frustrating--I still like the film. Gladiator--two places: his reaction to his family dying (which itself wasn't sad); the end. The Shawshank Redemption--the bit where the old man hangs himself. AI--though I don't remember it well enough to say when (probably the end) There are a few others, and a number of books, too. They are vastly outnumbered, however, by the list of stories which were meant to be sad but were actually funny. Bicentennial Man, Herr... I didn't feel like crying as much with the film (which was done well, I thought), but the book was really sad for some reason. Maybe I have it the wrong way round.... I don't think so... I'll have to read it again at some point. I don't know how people found Titanic emotional--it's so... ... if there were tears in my eyes, they were only there from laughter at how it ended. It's a touching story, but with the people acting it, and how said people acted it... I really didn't see it as all that cry-ee. (Not that I'm trying to say that it wasn't well acted--I'm sure it was--I just didn't empathise with the actors). *it took a little effort not to, in >1 case.

Talking of fire... Once one of my friends was getting something out of their bag. Every time they turned away, another friend casually threw a lit match into the bag, until the first friend finally noticed--only one or two books were singed.

What? I just noticed that the post I made in college didn't work. Pah. Oh well. Try Mars, the bringer of war by Holst; it's a lot like the imperial march(which I'd also suggest). On that note, try and get hold of some music by John Williams, who, in case you didn't know, was the guy that wrote the music to a ton of films including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Schindler's List and Superman. Also, try Vivaldi's Summer, which is quite loud/busy in a "power drive" sort of way (sorry to use that term, please don't hold it against me). As Herr mentioned, Beethoven's Pastoral symphony is a nice one to listen to while driving, as, in fact, are most of the planets (mars being one of them). They aren't like Ride of the Valkyries, though some parts are a bit similar; they're just good in cars, for some reason. If you're just going for sort of "heavy" stuff, then Beethoven's Fifth is a nice one. ...and ninth, for that matter, but it's not as booming. The William Tell Overture is probably good in cars--I've never actually tried that, but it's the type. I'm out of suggestions; there are lots of good ones at the back of my mind, and if I remember, I'll post them.

Before I read what other people had said I thought it was Leeyoy Bagins. Isn't he a halfling, also?

If anyone questions what colour somone else's balls are, just get the pic into paint, and see what the rgb values are.

:D Was that something that really happened, or a joke?

That's one of the nice differenences between school and college: at school people had to attend, and some didn't; at college people don't have to attend, but all do. Is this because they're all the sort of person who wants to be there, or because they don't have to be there? Once at school someone told a teacher to * off--they got excluded for about a week. That same person actually got expelled, too, but for something else--I don't remember what. At college, however, it's different. I imagine that the teachers would allow people to tell them to * off. People just don't do it... mind you, it only happened the once at school.

Yeah, he "wrote the screenplay" in that he wrote a good amount of stuff, which they chopped up and edited. I read an interview with the guy that did the rest of it, and he talked about how he had trouble trying to work out where best to put what Douglas had written, which suggests to me that he wrote the lesser part of it. One could tell he had an influence, though, as they didn't quite succeed in sucking all his style out of it. Again I'm going to say it's an alright film.

I gather that you're the sort of person to whom it's not "doing your best" it's "doing well". That's fine, there're a lot of people like that. What you have to remember is that, if you're normally good at it, it doesn't matter if this one time you did badly. Just laugh at it. The worse you did, the better, ironically. It happens to everyone--those people it doesn't happen to are obviously machines and no real good for anything. It's not something to worry about, and I'm sure your parents will understand.

Pokemon was a good game. I don't think much of any of the subsequent games though. Nor do I like the cartoon (though I have watched several entire episodes--don't knock something until you've tried it, after all). I never had any of the cards, either.

It's funny, but yeah, it has been posted more than once recently. He's just so well co-ordinated!

haha, anyone know Borat? "This one... this one is not my friend. He makes me scared" -- if you don't get it, it's not important.

I don't agree there: obviously it isn't literally true, as you need to discriminate when looking for a particular thing, but also in that I think there are some things that men are better at than women, and vice versa. Women bouncers, for example. Male.... I'm sure there's something, anyway. I don't see what's wrong with male cheer-leaders, though; unless it's that some men would feel better if they were being cheered by women, as a boost to their ego. Just because it isn't a particularly manly thing, doesn't mean that menshouldn't be able to do it. On that note, women should be able to be bouncers--they just might not be as good at it, so they shouldn't be employed as bouncers, as employers would probably want men.

This is the result of the first google images thing: All of the balls here are yellow--check them on paint if you don't agree. I myself really couldn't have said they would be yellow--I'd never really thought about whether they were green or yellow--but that's neither here nor there. I'm guessing that the most conventional colour is yellow, but that obviously doesn't stop you getting other colours.

A friend came into college the other day and wouldn't shut up singing that "shake shake shake.." song that's featured on the Simpsons at one point. By the end of they day, any time I stopped thinking about something else, that tune popped into my head and I had to really try hard to stop thinking about it. I think, in retrospect, that I must like the song, otherwise I'd never have found it so catchy.