Let Me Tell You How I Really Feel

[MoonCat]

Actually, I think I know how GK feels about not going out. Sometimes all I want to do is stay home and veg out. I like it QUIET. No phone. No TV. No company. I'll read, write, play with the cats. SILENCE...it can be very restful.

[Tora]

Actually, the brain can basically only see colours it has a name for otherwise it performs a "closest match". Seriously. This is why an artist or interior designer sees "Cream" or "Bone" and Average Joe just sees white. Show someone each of them side by side and name each though and they'll begin to learn to recognize the difference.

Upping your colour depth is a matter of study rather than function.

( The More You Know~ )

And Gravekeeper beat me to this point. Durp :P

[Tora]

Ah yes, but then a (male) friend of mine maintains that men only see in 16 colours, a bit like Windows default settings.

This is actually true. It turns out there's evidence that people do not perceive certain colours until they have the language for it. Which is why women and designers are usually able to tell the difference between Bone, Eggshell and China White, while most guys just see white, plain and simple.

[Darkforge]

wow, some serious crazies there again GK.

Glad to hear you'll have some time off from them, i'm feeling similarly burnt out and in need of a recharge but i'm not getting any days off any time soon except for a long weekend over christmas.

Have a nice long relax and get yourself recharged, oh and feel free to gorge on the blueberry and cream cupcakes my other half just took out of the oven...

[Mondestrucken]

Have you run this plan by your cat? They tend to have other ideas...

And judging by what happened during my last veg out vacation spent with the cat, after a day or so, he comes to believe that he OWNS you, you are nothing more than a warm sleeping pillow for the feline head, and the complaints when you try to get out of bed or off the couch to, oh say, trivial things like eating or using the bathroom can get loud and demanding.

[Gravekeeper]

Ah yes, but then a (male) friend of mine maintains that men only see in 16 colours, a bit like Windows default settings.

Actually, the brain can basically only see colours it has a name for otherwise it performs a "closest match". Seriously. This is why an artist or interior designer sees "Cream" or "Bone" and Average Joe just sees white. Show someone each of them side by side and name each though and they'll begin to learn to recognize the difference.

Upping your colour depth is a matter of study rather than function.

( The More You Know~ )

It is a commemorative collector's edition of the writings of H.P. Lovecraft in their original printed form, spelling and grammar mistakes and ye olde English and all.

That too. But there is a fiction Necronomicon that has "real" contents. Rituals, dark gods, etc. Some people swear it's real. Even though it was basically just some dude that decided to write it after reading Lovecraft's work.

Hmm... I'm betting their candy-like buttons. Nobody can resist candy-like buttons.

The jolly, candy-like button. >.>

Wait, you have several weeks of vacation, and your only plan is to lay around the house?

This is indeed my only plan. I require rest and the silence that only hiding from humanity can grant me.

Using this person's mind without their consent is the equivalent of taking your neighbor's broken down car without his consent.

Sounds about right.

Seared and Smoked Squirrel is clearly a lunch-time meal.

Not knowing what squirrel tastes like prevents me from being able to quantify its meal placement. I probably should have assumed that it, like all other things, tastes like chicken and moved it into the lunch or dinner bracket.

So I am suggesting--nay, ORDERING--that you go have some fun. Drink. Carouse. Get laid. Flirt. Meet people. Cut loose. Be one of those obnoxious douchebags on the Sky Train that drive everyone else nuts. Do something. But don't just sit around your apartment and do nothing.

I am not the type of person who can combine "go out" and "have fun". Such things bring me no amusement. Also, I could not become that which I hate on transit. >.>

Keep in mind:
An extrovert recharges by being around other people and loses energy when by himself.

An introvert recharges by being by himself and loses energy by being around other people.

Precisely.

Have you run this plan by your cat? They tend to have other ideas...

To be honest this is largely the same thing my cat does anyway.

Regarding the Bear-Hunter-Ranger thing... I think I have an explanation.

Dear lord, thats actually completely plausible. I wasn't paying much attention to any poses they were striking. You just may be on to something. Although it wasn't a topic I really wanted a deeper understanding of.

Still, I'm betting you guys didn't start bent over with your asses pressed together. -.-

[HawaiianShirts]

A thoroughly enjoyable post, as always. It got me all the way through breakfast, and I think I'm not ready to deal with the stupidity at my own place of employment (and I need that extra help lately--most of my co-workers are probably just a few IQ points smarter than the crazies that place orders on that "PANTS!!1!" line).

Regarding the Bear-Hunter-Ranger thing... I think I have an explanation.

When I worked at Major Electronics Retailer, one of the managers liked to play "icebreaker games" during every pre-opening meeting. One of them was Bear-Hunter-Ninja. It was kind of like Rock-Paper-Scissors. We'd all pair off (grudgingly, thinking we had better things to do than embarrass ourselves like this) and turn our backs to our partners. On the count of three, we'd all jump up, spin around to face our partners, and strike a pose.
- Hands in the air like claws and a snarl on the face = Bear
- Pantomime holding and shooting a rifle = Hunter
- Bad imitation of Bruce Lee = Ninja

A winner was determined by this criteria:
- Bear mauls Ninja.
- Hunter shoots Bear.
- Ninja beats up Hunter.

Whoever lost was out, and the remaining "winners" would pair up for another round. This continued until someone ultimately "won," much to the excitement of this particular manager, who would finally start talking about numbers before sending us off to do our work.

I'm not sure how a Ranger would replace a Ninja (Power Ranger, maybe?), but it sounds like the same lame game.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

I am officially on vacation now, so my tales will come to an end for the next few weeks.

VERY deserved!
Enjoy it thoroughly.
I guess I'll need to read old posts to get my weekly GK fix.

[Red_Dazes]

I'd offer you a bottle of scotch to celebrate your vacation...and to numb the pain of stupidity....but I don't know if you drink it....and if today was any omen of how the week is going to go... I may need it desperately by Wednesday.

Enjoy your time off!

[Andara Bledin]

Anyone else get a picture of a mule with a very disgruntled look on its face?

Wait, don't all mules have disgruntled looks pretty much permanently?

^-.-^

[El Pollo Guerrera]

As I plan to do little else except lay around the house, making an odd noise.

Have you run this plan by your cat? They tend to have other ideas...

Klaatu Barada Nikto

I finally watched that movie last night. Not "Army of Darkness", the original movie. Very good movie.

Oh, well, I mean if there’s any place to find a legitimate ancient grimoire full of dark secrets and rituals about summoning vast ancient evils it’s on the Internet via a Google search. I mean, let’s be realistic here, this isn’t really the sort of book that you could just walk into a Chapters fo-ok scratch that, Chapters has it in stock. 34% off too.

Hmph.

Well, once they stopped binding the book with human skin and started using, y'know, paper, then the cost of producing each copy dropped considerably.

STOP
SC: “*BEEEEP* Yes.”
SC: “*BEEEP* Z *BEEP BEEP*”
SC: “An-BEEP”
SC: “A-N-D *BEEP* BEEP BEEP BEEP”
SC: “S-P-A-N*BEEP* BEEP BEEP BEEP”
Me: “What is yo*BEEP* your phone number please?”
Me: “So xxx-BEEPx BEEP BEEP”
SC: “It’s b*BEEP* *BEEP*”
SC: "BEEP Box xxBEEP"
SC: "Oh...uh....sorry."

....."sorry"? You were doing that on purpose? Dude, what the hell? I...jus....what? Why? Why would you do that? What dark force is compelling you? Are the buttons shiny?

I know what is happening here... The guy has a cordless phone and he's pressing against his head as he talks.

Unfortunately, I know this because I have family that does this...

[Kristev]

Wow. I can believe all that. I just wish I couldn't.

[Cymberleah]

Keep in mind:

An extrovert recharges by being around other people and loses energy when by himself.

An introvert recharges by being by himself and loses energy by being around other people.

Personally, I loved the tale of the mule and the cart. Anyone else get a picture of a mule with a very disgruntled look on its face?

[Igorina]

With a happy ending?

I don't think GK is that kinda fella, but if that is what he needs that's what he needs.

[Mr Hero]

I'd suggest a nice relaxing massage, or three.

With a happy ending?