Posts made by silverfox

I stand behind my statement 100%, despite @SuperiorHuron not being able to fully bear it.

Ironwool bathing suit

@badger

Have a sympathetic hug gif.

Ngl, the more you guys talk the more I would want this. Post-Korra time just so that the advanced tech is more available. It would be fun to play a grunt in that world.

@badger

I mean, one comment CAN turn a whole thing into a piece of shit.

@badger

The only appropriate follow up for that guy...

I'm seriously annoyed at how much I enjoyed the prequel books by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston - The First Formic Wars.

Ender's Game and it's related books form the backbone of a good portion of my adolescence. I have signed copies of the Shadow of the Hegmon from one of Card's visits to BYU. My first Mu was Ender's Game based, and I still run the FB page for the old game players. (The kids of some of the last admin/wiz are old enough THEY are reading the books now.)

I am also aware that Card has gone absolutley fundamentalist and I'm ashamed of many of the public statements he has put out in the last 15 years both as a fan and as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I had convinced myself that the prequels were going to carry that particular taint with them.

But I needed something to read and listen to when caring for my brother last weekend and so I decided I would give it a try. I was hooked before I had even left the parking lot of my apartment. I even bought the physical books when I went book browsing with my niece and nephew.

And gdi, they were amazing. They are NOT Ender's Game. They aren't the Shadow books. They are closest to the Speaker of the Dead ones, but even those are a far cry.

These were just... amazing. I cared deeply about every character. It cut me apart when they died. I couldn't figure out the angle of anyone, which the older I get, the harder it is to surprise me. I was expecting a different resolution than I was given. Now I'm irritated that the third book is done and my libraries don't have the ebook or audio book for the first book of the following series, The Second Formic War. I have to wait till tomorrow and go buy the danged thing. (I own physical copies of all the other books. I'm committed now.)

They were just.
So.
Good.

Grump. Apparently my underwriter (we're buying a house) can't believe that a teacher would get a massive pay increase from one year to the next. So I have extra hoops to jump through before we can close. Unfortunately right now our HR is at skeleton levels between the virus and summer break. So it'll be a bit difficult to get the paperwork filled out.

In previous years I could just drive up there and stand at the front desk till someone could see me but not this year. Soooo many phone calls and emails now. >.>

I wish they'd given me more than 5 business days before we close to do it. >.<

I'm not even a huge Avatar fan, but I feel like I would give this a swing, esp if you could set it up in Ares.

Alright, try 5.

****** So. Animorphs. Lemme just sit here a bit and unpack a bunch of stuff.******

Alright, now that THAT is out of my system.

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Black kitty is allergic to something and we can't figure out what. A few months ago she was sneezing badly (7-8 rapid fire sneezes in a row) and scratched up a the skin above her left eye till it was bleeding. It cleared up in a couple days though so we thought nothing of it.

Two days ago she started sneezing again and now has a large patch of scratched skin above her right eye.

Neither of us can think of what she could be allergic to. We haven't changed food or litter. We haven't bought anything new. We haven't even gone anywhere but to the grocery store and to get take-out.

She is acting otherwise totally normal. Playful and sleepy at her normal time of day.

It just bothers me to hear her sneeze and scratch herself and not be able to help.

Seriously - someone make me a screencastify or something of how to do the damn spoiler tag and I'll put my wall of text back.

@moth

I suggest anything by Brandon Sanderson then!

Maybe start with Elantris or Warbreaker to get a feel for his writing before diving into his longer books.

@thesuntsar is literally the GREATEST PERSON EVER.

(Also @apos for everything Norwood-secret related that led up to this.)

I could not be happier.

I just finished Bad Blood and good LORD the damage a charismatic person can do!

@moth

What are some of your favorite things?

@GreenFlashlight

Yes.

I honestly don't find pancakes very filling in the long run. Maybe I'm just weird though.

@Jeshin

I do agree with this.

@Ganymede

I realized the only thing I know about you is from here your cat memes.

I hope that's okay.

@Ganymede

But a very adorable angry kitten?