What's made your day? - Page 27

Anarasha · 12-22-2009, 12:02 PM

My fridge is full of soda, and I am now armed for a week and a half of doing nothing

Ben Lahnger · 12-22-2009, 12:22 PM

I just heard a sports commentator narrating a piece of highlight film ... he meant to say "microcosm" but he said "microchasm!' LOL!

the-nihilist · 12-23-2009, 05:27 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFXsxOSkfmw

Ben Lahnger · 12-23-2009, 05:53 PM

Fun! .......

vindicatedxjin · 12-23-2009, 09:11 PM

I got to hang with cousins who I haven't seen in ages. One of them is dating a guy who did one of the voices for a guy off of the animated beowulf...it was interesting.

honeythorn · 12-24-2009, 12:08 PM

The £500 bonus from work, the bottle of Chardonnay I won in the raffle held by work, and the fact that the bosses had a fuckton of spare stock in the office back room that they wanted to get rid of and said we could all have for nothing if we wanted, otherwise it was going to be binned. Everyone dived in!

Bear in mind I work in a warehouse that sells craft products, ( tissue paper, coloured card, card making kits, glitter, glue, paints, ect ect ) and also beading supplies ....I had to get mother to fetch me from work because I couldn't carry all the stuff I have. And it isn't cheap shit either. I've seen the products in stores and in the catalogues, and a pack of beads is around £2...I have about 50 packs at least. The packs of tissue paper are over £10 so I snagged one... I reckon I've got over £150 worth of stuff for free all told.

Crying_Crimson_Tears · 12-24-2009, 12:14 PM

My fiance brought me home lingerie as one of HIS Christmas presents.

Men kill me.

vindicatedxjin · 12-24-2009, 01:48 PM

I'm getting off now MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Saya · 12-24-2009, 02:41 PM

Was reassured this is going to be a good Christmas even if its away from home! Gone to serve chili and have a good drink with mum and my sister ^_^

Methadrine · 12-24-2009, 03:38 PM

An E-mail made my day. As usually. Now the prospect of sleep is the following thing that will make my day.

Ben Lahnger · 12-24-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Crying_Crimson_Tears

My fiance brought me home lingerie as one of HIS Christmas presents.

Men kill me.

Yeah, that's kinda typical. I have seen women give men chick-flick romance movies as a gift to HER, but it's not quite the same thing.

My Dad once game my Mom a saber saw for Christmas. She asked him, "What am I gonna do with this?" He started with the sly, "Well, if you can't use it ..." to which she responded, "Oh no you don't R***** * ******!" (using the dreaded full name including middle initial) "I'll be keeping it and I'll find a use for it. You don't get to touch it. And if you ever do something like this again, you'll find the thing you bought smashed on the floor and thrown into the trash quicker than you can say "I'm sorry."

And he never did that again.

But the lingerie thing isn't on that level of bad ... more just a little self-centered male goofiness. Have a talk with him. A gentle talk.

Hopefully the lingerie isn't wholly inappropriate ... just tell him it doesn't make you think he cared about how you feel. Male or not, if he's got any sense at all, he'll get it. I sure hope he does.

Crying_Crimson_Tears · 12-24-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

Yeah, that's kinda typical. I have seen women give men chick-flick romance movies as a gift to HER, but it's not quite the same thing.

But the lingerie thing isn't on that level of bad ... more just a little self-centered male goofiness. Have a talk with him. A gentle talk.

Hopefully the lingerie isn't wholly inappropriate ... just tell him it doesn't make you think he cared about how you feel. Male or not, if he's got any sense at all, he'll get it. I sure hope he does.

Yeah, he asked if I was pissed later on, and I responded with "I pretty figured you would do this anyway, so really it was expected, so I guess I can't be super pissed.

But he got the hint, he said he will save that type of thing for anniversaries only.

Lady_Alyce · 12-24-2009, 08:09 PM

It just put the presents under the make-shift tree. Earlier, I got to eat at one of my favorite pseudo 'fast food' restaurant. It's made my day. Merry x-mas!

Ben Lahnger · 12-24-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Crying_Crimson_Tears

But he got the hint, he said he will save that type of thing for anniversaries only.

Well, okay. I will say this ... It's probably not the last goofy or short sighted thing he'll do, and you might even make a mistake yourself somewhere along the way. But the most important thing was that you talked about it, and if you can manage to keep doing that, your odds of having a decent, caring relationship go way up.

Merry Christmas!

Ben Lahnger · 12-24-2009, 10:16 PM

What's made my day?

Stumbling over the music video for "Buttmachine" by That 1 Guy again!

Just 'cause it's cracked,
doesn't mean that it's broke
Just 'cause it's a butt
doesn't mean it's a joke

The future is all planned
and now comes to pass
artificial man
artificial ass

The movement is over
the flush has begun
and just 'cause it's ugly
don't mean it's no fun

Function over form
fiction over pain
and just because it's chrome
don't mean it won't stain

Also the video for "One" is good.

Man, I can't wait to see him live when he comes to Houston on Feb 8th!!!

LIVE!

gothicusmaximus · 12-25-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Crying_Crimson_Tears

My fiance

I don't get it. Aren't you like 17? Is the word 'fiance' just more phonetically thrilling and exotic than 'boyfriend'? The notion that you actually believe you're going to marry this person is frightening to me, as it suggests that you operate on a level of stupidity and obliviousness of which I can't even conceive.

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Originally Posted by Crying_Crimson_Tears

Men kill me.

Well, apparently not yet. I wouldn't be so glib about it, though, considering your history of making goo goo eyes at homicidal maniacs.

DRM · 12-25-2009, 05:03 AM

It's Christmas.
: )
And my little brother comes over today.

Merry Christmas Gnet!

skoteinh · 12-25-2009, 06:09 AM

this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZDRg-PDOQ

Merry Christmas!!! : )

Ben Lahnger · 12-25-2009, 01:03 PM

<= is very happy! I did a pretty good job of getting gifts that everyone seems to be enjoying, and among other things, I got "Dark City (Unrated Director's Cut)" on BluRay!

For those that don't know "Dark City", I place it on a list with "Blade Runner" and "Donnie Darko" as films that are so interesting to me because they attempt to accomplish perhaps more than a movie screen can contain. The review I linked to above describes it thus: "Dark City" looks like bits and pieces of "Blade Runner," "Batman," "Hellraiser," "Phantasm," "Brazil," and director Alex Proyas's own previous film, "The Crow," with the added glumness of "Dune" thrown in for good measure. There is no doubt that "Dark City" is as entertainingly bizarre a film as you'll find, a story that finds a strange, psychological surrealism in a nightmarish world of perpetual night. It's grim, fascinating, always absorbing, wildly imaginative, and not a little scary.

Also, here's a link to What New Revelations Lie Within the 'Dark City' Director's Cut???

Anyway, I'm excited about getting it as a gift and am going to watch it NEXT! Perhaps I'll post a review in the film section later.

Anarasha · 12-25-2009, 01:06 PM

We had a white Christmas in Denmark. This did not make my day, it made my year.

JCC · 12-25-2009, 01:32 PM

Crying_Crimson_Tears has shown herself to be a pretty stupid person throughout her tenure on Gnet, but getting pissed at her boyfriend for having a sense of humour is definitely one of the dumbest things she's done yet.

Ben Lahnger · 12-25-2009, 01:48 PM

JCC, I'll not disagree with you on her previous comments and behavior, but you're way off base on this one.

Do not comment so harshly on that which you have so little personal knowledge of. Unless you're the boyfriend in question. Is that you? And did you try to pull the old, "I was just joking, okay! Why are you taking this so serious" line?

He bought her lingerie as a Christmas gift for "her" so she would put out for him. That's not funny. That's immature and insensitive if you don't already have an understanding about it.

If I buy my girlfriend a cake pan for Christmas and then ask her if she's gonna make me a cake with it right away, I don't expect her to do too much laughing either.

Dork!

Anarasha · 12-25-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

Well, apparently not yet. I wouldn't be so glib about it, though, considering your history of making goo goo eyes at homicidal maniacs.

I usually appreciate your rantings and wordy bitchslaps, but that is taking it too far.

honeythorn · 12-25-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

<= is very happy! I did a pretty good job of getting gifts that everyone seems to be enjoying, and among other things, I got "Dark City (Unrated Director's Cut)" on BluRay!

For those that don't know "Dark City", I place it on a list with "Blade Runner" and "Donnie Darko" as films that are so interesting to me because they attempt to accomplish perhaps more than a movie screen can contain. The review I linked to above describes it thus: "Dark City" looks like bits and pieces of "Blade Runner," "Batman," "Hellraiser," "Phantasm," "Brazil," and director Alex Proyas's own previous film, "The Crow," with the added glumness of "Dune" thrown in for good measure. There is no doubt that "Dark City" is as entertainingly bizarre a film as you'll find, a story that finds a strange, psychological surrealism in a nightmarish world of perpetual night. It's grim, fascinating, always absorbing, wildly imaginative, and not a little scary.

Also, here's a link to What New Revelations Lie Within the 'Dark City' Director's Cut???

Anyway, I'm excited about getting it as a gift and am going to watch it NEXT! Perhaps I'll post a review in the film section later.

I have this film! But not this directors cut you have. The fact Richard O Brian in it just makes the levels of WIN rise even higher. It is indeed a really good film and quite underrated I think. I don't know anyone else who's even heard of it ( same goes for Clive Barker's Nightbreed)

gothicusmaximus · 12-25-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Anarasha

I usually appreciate your rantings and wordy bitchslaps, but that is taking it too far.

I'm baffled as to why you'd bother typing this post, as if your disapproval would convince me to say sorry, but I guess you just need the exercise.

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He bought her lingerie as a Christmas gift for "her" so she would put out for him. That's not funny. That's immature and insensitive if you don't already have an understanding about it.

I'm sure Crying_Crimson_Tears really is stupid enough to be pressured into sex by suggestive presents, but her boyfriend probably doesn't realize that quite yet. The underwear is a goddamn joke, not an attempt at coercion. They're probably fucking already anyway-- why would he stick around otherwise?

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If I buy my girlfriend a cake pan for Christmas and then ask her if she's gonna make me a cake with it right away, I don't expect her to do too much laughing either.

Why the fuck not? Like CCT's underwear, that's a useful gift. Would you be offended if your girlfriend bought you a nice tie, and immediately advised that you wear it to dinner with her annoying mother? I personally would laugh and be grateful, as would any normal, well-adjusted human being.
CCT even said lingerie would have been a fine choice for an anniversary. What kind of bullshit, arbitrary rule is that? "On our anniversary you can give me something from my owning which you might possibly stand to benefit, but NOT ON CHRISTMAS."