Those packs of tortellini and a jar of alfredo sauce are a p common dinner for me. Boil tortellini, drain, add alfredo, cook a little more to heat the alfredo, maybe add some heavy cream or parm if I have them.....
It's just the right level of 'effort' that I can manage it (the fact that it is super carb rich doesn't hurt).
@Rinel said in The Art of Lawyering:
Judges are more biased and jaded than juries. Also, in several jurisdictions, including mine, they're elected.
my state is like this and it bothers me on so many levels. Stuff like chief of police, judge, medical examiner should not be elected positions IMO. Or if they're elected in some way should be nominated/voted on by their own peers. aka people who can vouch they know their shit.
@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice Sometimes I have to wonder if states handle detour signs like they do senators: every state gets X many, and we're just smol.
I'm sticking with my headcanon that Delaware steals them from other states
This thread seems suitable for this..
I am debating what to work on during the period of unemployment I may have (I am applying for things, but I still might hit end of January and not have something yet). I have two projects I've been wanting to do, it's a question of which one.
Option A) Feature-length script based on Bradbury's short story, The Veldt.
The very first time I listened to this song, the movie came to me. I have some notes on it, some rough outlines/concepts worked up, and a crystal clear vision of the final scene. However, I've only written short films and outlined one feature length. I've never written a feature length and the idea is daunting.
Option B) Cyberpunk vampire. I mean, there's a lot more to it than that, but those two words sum it up nicely. Or if you want three words: 'Vampires in SpAAaaAAAace'
This is something I've been picking at for over a year now. I have about a notebook's worth (spread out across a few notebooks since one is 'Story.' one is 'Characters,' etc...) of details. I've written a short story about one of the characters to get to know him better.
I need to just pick one and focus on it. Unfortunately, both appeal to me quite a bit.
@Derp said in Arty stuff and Writey stuff:
@Auspice said in Arty stuff and Writey stuff:
'Vampires in SpAAaaAAAace'
This was a movie once. Particulary, Dracula in Space.
Let's not. Nooo.
The Veldt was also a TV episode on a Twilight Zone-esque show in the 70s. And it was terrible.
Just because something was done bad once doesn't mean it's always bad (or else we'd have all given up everything vampire after Twilight).
I'm the opposite.
I couldn't finish the first episode of Witcher. I felt like I was watching a Labyrinth fan fic wherein the director went 'ok now let's pretend they're all serious but not lol'
Mandalorian was so much more engaging.
@Derp said in The Art of Lawyering:
ETA: Lol. Probably not the connotation I wanted to end that last sentence with.
I thought it was part of the hiring process
@RightMeow said in RL things I love:
Realizing in my (coughcough) not youth, that I sort of dig the goth/emo makeup look on myself. I never tried it because I was told I was too bubbly IRL to pull it off, etc. So I never did. I tried the first time this literal year (hello 2020) and I dig the look.
what do those people not know about Perky Goths?!
Feeling sort of weepy rn.
My coworker who throws pottery made me a mug as a going away gift. 
I've been binging Mr Robot.
@eye8urcake I see and now finally understand your signature.
I'm kind of shocked they actually allowed this show on network television at all given it's so shamelessly anti-capitalist.
(I love that I watch it on Amazon)
I need to catch up on it tbb
@Pandora said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I want downvotes back, god damn it!
Failing that, I'll accept a Facebook style emoji selection, for those times I want to
at you people even if I don't agree or disagree.
Unfortunately, so long as nodebb's structure is such that too many downvotes mean you can no longer post... I don't see it ever coming back.
Because someone did (and has told me they'd do it again if they got the chance) once spend the time downvoting everything someone did until they couldn't post anymore.
it's wrong how good peanut butter M&Ms are
@Roz said in The Work Thread:
lol god fml there was a checkbox to not make automatic paragraphs in the WYSIWYG editor in order to manually make alignments work
I have such a love/hate with WYSIWYG.
On the one hand: convenience.
On the other hand: toggles like that.
In the time Caine is gone, the 13 Vampires created by his childer murder his childer, create more and more Vampires, who create more and more Vampires and start a war among themselves to decide who has the best hair. Nosferatu loses.
@TiredEwok said in Geeky Collections:
I love those shelves. And your collection!
While those shelves are not why I chose the apartment I did (price was absolutely why), they were very much a major perk.
@Jaded said in Geeky Collections:
I do not own the space to put them up so I don't have a picture, but one of the collections I have is comprised of ~290 movie posters from between 1979 to 2012; and one large "poster" I saved from Blockbuster that is in 8 parts because it was a large window display poster.
OK. That's a p awesome collection.
