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Intrepid Homoludens 04-20-2006 11:55 AM

In the moment: where are you this very minute?
 
http://www.brain-salad.com/KEBand/20...MonicaBlvd.jpg

Location: a cafe on Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Weather: sunny, mid 70s, bright.

Activity: working on writing, online research, AG forum.

Apparel: slim white tailored cotton polo shirt, boot cut jeans, black suede skate shoes.

State of mind: thoughtful, reflective, observant.

Mood: light, confident, free.

Thoughts: laptops everywhere here. most popular seem to be Apples, then Dell and IBM. Mine is the only HP/Compaq. Consummate WeHo types doing things from journal writing to reading to homework to online browsing or blogging. Perfect cafe day.

RLacey 04-20-2006 12:13 PM

Location: My room at University College, Oxford.

Weather: Dark. Not raining, but not exactly nice.

Activity: Revising for collections tomorrow.

Apparel: The same as always: Cream (I think) -coloured trousers, a fleece and brown leather shoes.

State of Mind: Resigned to not doing very well in my mock exam things tomorrow, but happy about some other stuff :).

Mood: Resignation mixed with anticipation.

Thoughts: I really should have started revising sooner.

lumi 04-20-2006 12:31 PM

Location: university computer lab

Weather: kind of overcast, but bright enough. Warm to cool temperature.

Activity: wasting time until it's time to catch the bus in ten minutes

Apparel: (like trep) black suede skate shoes, dark blue jeans, and a thin black shirt under a plad pattern, button-up, red shirt with collar

State of mind: anxious to get home and watch some movies from the library

Mood: restless

Thoughts: I wish I lived closer to school.

Dangerzone 04-20-2006 12:55 PM

Location: the hottub on my deck

Weather: sunny, 80's

Activity: getting a tan, writing my stories, chatting on forums

Apparel: boxer shoirts and basketball shorts

State of mind: depressed...........as always

Mood: horny............and i have no clue why

Thoughts: i want something to drink, but i am too lazy to get up, and i cannot wait for my girlfriend to get back in town later tonight

Jelena 04-20-2006 01:55 PM

Location: Our office/guest room.

Weather: 1 degree C, calm as far as I can see, it´s dark outside.

Activity: Just got out of the shower, ready to go to bed.

Apparel: Dark blue robe.

State of mind: Happy. Christer came home after a couple of days out of town.

Mood: Relaxed

Thoughts: I really didn´t like the ending of the movie: Broken Flower that we just saw.

Jazhara7 04-20-2006 01:56 PM

Location: My bedroom, at my computer by the large northern window.

Weather: A lovely cloudless night. I can see the stars when I turn down the lights.

Activity: Watching "Planetopia" (a science/knowledge/information magazine on TV), AG Forums, BlackHouse (clan) forums, TLJ official forums, Neverwinter Vault, Boards of Magick (Sorcerer's Place forums), The Divide temporary forums, eating chinese noodles with my wonderful, new red chopsticks (They were a birthday present from my parents. They are lacquered red and the flat of the upper end is lacquered black. The lower half is lacquered matté and the upper half is lacquered shiny. They came with a white porcelain bowl which has two dibs where I can put down the chopstick on. They are great.). Going to play Neverwinter Nights later.

Apparel: My pyjamas.

State of Mind: Serene. I'm glad that spring is finally here.

Mood: Happy as any Magpie like me can be.

Thoughts: French AP is evil. But I am going to pass it, I have to, I have to.

jjacob 04-20-2006 02:26 PM

Location: my bedroom in Amsterdam

Weather: mild and clear.

Activity: browsing online party schedules for the weekend (thank god it has finally come :P), chillin' to music, probably too loudly, being naturally high (don't ask me why, all I know is I'm really looking forward to the weekend), watching discovery channel with one eye and no sound (subtitles), posting on this forum, answering some emails.

Apparel: 'Custom' shirt made by a friend (too hip ;)) and kani jeans (there's a 'notorious' lyrics reference here :D)

State of mind: meditative, wide-awake, clear-minded and planning on making some coffee in a minute

Mood: on a scale from 1 to 10: 9.5 Ooh-yeah!

Thoughts: Oh that is too funny. God that line-up sucks. €35 ex fees, whaaaaa?. Where's my bloody cigs?. Who could that be at this time?. This beat is awesome, mental note to self: sample. Argh.. more spam. Buenos Aires? Cool!. Wo I feeeeeeel good I knew that I wouldn'tuv tadadada.

RLacey 04-20-2006 02:27 PM

You do know that you've got to get through Friday first, right? ;)

jjacob 04-20-2006 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLacey
You do know that you've got to get through Friday first, right? ;)

For me friday's the start of the weekend, really :P

Intrepid Homoludens 04-20-2006 02:54 PM

Thoughts: You know, it's really funny watching some of these gay guys walking in and out of the cafe. They got nice bodies and all, but why the hell do they swish? They walk like they're massaging a tennis ball between their buttocks or something. I mean, they don't seem to walk normal or something. It's actually kinda, I dunno, unattractive.....like the top half of them are men but the bottom half move like women. But then when women walk like that it seems natural, like they were born with tennis balls between their buttocks. I dunno. Maybe I should ask Scottsie.

Melanie68 04-20-2006 03:24 PM

Location: Office at school (and my messy desk)

Weather: The last 3 days have had very blue skies and upper 60's (fahrenheit) - this is a relief after buckets and buckets of rain (cue Bob Dylan).

Activity: Just got done assisting with a Freshman renal physiology lab and I will be heading in to the research lab to finish an experiment in about 15 minutes and I am obviously reading the forums.

Apparel: Faded Levis, a button down sage green shirt with vertical stripes and black slip on shoes with my lab keys hooked to my belt loop (must complete the ensemble).

State of mind: Tired (and hungry too...)

Mood: Has been vacillating today between OK to blah (probably due to the fact I'm tired).

Thoughts: Please for the love of God, let my negative controls actually be negative. :)

jjacob 04-20-2006 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens
Thoughts: You know, it's really funny watching some of these gay guys walking in and out of the cafe. They got nice bodies and all, but why the hell do they swish? They walk like they're massaging a tennis ball between their buttocks or something. I mean, they don't seem to walk normal or something. It's actually kinda, I dunno, unattractive.....like the top half of them are men but the bottom half move like women. But then when women walk like that it seems natural, like they were born with tennis balls between their buttocks. I dunno. Maybe I should ask Scottsie.

Thoughts: These guys are just trying to get your attention the best they know how, trepsie :P

pinkgothic 04-20-2006 03:32 PM

Ooh, it's like a poll! *obsessivecompulsivereply*

Location: In bed beside BoyToy, with my laptop, and the TV on for BoyToy.

Weather: Night time. :9

Activity: AG forum, waiting for my co-gamemaster in Crimson Feather to discuss the upcoming Oddworld simulation.

Apparel: A black leggings and black socks. And underwear. Also black, if you must know. No shirt, because having the laptop on my lap makes it warm in this corner.

State of mind/Mood: tired, but content. It was a long day, it was hard work, but I'm glad what I have achieved. At peace.

Thoughts: I can sleep without being bothered by a damn alarm clock tomorrow, holy wow. Thank god. I so need that. -- I wonder if the schedule I made myself recently illustrates reality properly enough, or if I'm in for an endlessly stressful semester. Again. I would like the holidays I never had, but then, that's my own fault, really, though it depends on one's perspective. It's something I had little to no chance doing in parallel to any of the previous semesters that I did over the course of my entire holidays - so I would have, I guess, only have been able to sacrafice an earlier time slot, not really avoided the problem of desperately needing a set of holidays. Now or earlier, does it matter? Not really. -- Is that the only gripe I have? Man, I'm lucky.

Intrepid Homoludens 04-20-2006 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjacob
Thoughts: These guys are just trying to get your attention the best they know how, trepsie :P

:shifty: Eiw. Let's just say that I operate on another frequency entirely. One without any tennis balls at all.

tabacco 04-20-2006 05:01 PM

Location: At my desk.

Weather: Pretty darn sunny out.

Activity: Reading the forums, upgrading phpadsnew, eating leftover hawaiian pizza, drinking a dr. pepper, and watching the muppet show.

Apparel: A flying spaghetti monster t-shirt and shorts.

State of mind/Mood: Extremely tired.

Thoughts: I really wish I didn't have an 80 mile drive ahead of me tonight.

Sage 04-20-2006 07:08 PM

Location My kitchen, facing the living room.

Weather 66 degrees F/19 degrees C. It came a fairly serious thunderstorm earlier, but it's slacked off to just rain now.

Activity Seeing what everyone's up to at AG.com, halfway watching "Roseanne" on TV, and waiting for the food to arrive. Oops, now "Mad About You" is on. Blech! What does she see in him? Channel surfing for a bit, stopped on "The Food Network"- Guy with glasses extolling the virtues of different varieties of cornmeal...might be interesting. At least he knows the difference between dry polenta and grits.

Apparel Black OCC T-shirt and blue jeans. No shoes.

State of mind/Mood Ravenously hungry. Missing "Beau"...a lot.

Thoughts My next vacation isn't until June. :frown:

Huz 04-20-2006 07:09 PM

Location! At home. Well, I say home. It's more of a room. In front of the computer. I suppose the last part is redundant.

Weather! Raining. Obviously. Fairly mild.

Activity! Staring at C++ I am heartily sick of, while listening to excessively loud music in an attempt to keep me awake. Also in the staying-awake arsenal this evening:
* A wet, death-defying 3am walk through the city! Where do all the tramps go at night? No really, I want to know.
* An entire bag of Fruit Pastilles
* Drinking heavily :shifty:
None of it has really worked.

Apparel! Standard-o black sweater and jeans. However, my ambition is now to own a flying spaghetti monster T-shirt.

State of mind! Mentally drained, and that odd bored-while-busy feeling.

Thoughts! I wish I were more self-motivated.

tabacco 04-20-2006 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott
Channel surfing for a bit, stopped on "The Food Network"- Guy with glasses extolling the virtues of different varieties of cornmeal...might be interesting. At least he knows the difference between dry polenta and grits.

Alton Brown, possibly?

Sage 04-20-2006 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco
Alton Brown, possibly?

Maybe. Whoever the guy is, he always goes really in-depth with one ingredient per show and prepares several recipes using that ingredient. He's generally worth watching, and is not above using costumes and special effects to make a point.

tabacco 04-20-2006 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott
Maybe. Whoever the guy is, he always goes really in-depth with one ingredient per show and prepares several recipes using that ingredient. He's generally worth watching, and is not above using costumes and special effects to make a point.

Yeah, that's Good Eats :)

Sage 04-20-2006 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco
Yeah, that's Good Eats :)

That's the one!
The next show was some girl yammering about how great Cooperstown is (on The Food Network, no less!), so I moved on. Where is Bobby Flay or Jamie Oliver when you need them?

Intrepid Homoludens 04-20-2006 08:17 PM

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Location: home on the couch, my laptop on the coffee table.

Weather: evening, partly cloudy, 60°F and very pleasant.

Activity: AG forum, TV news is on but only for company, eating a simple dinner of honey baked ham, steamed broccoli, and fresh squeezed orange juice.

Apparel: white cotton t-shirt and grey cotton jersey shorts.

State of mind: tired but alert, reflective.

Mood: content, pleased, and a little proud from accepting a position offered me at the Natural History Museum of L.A. (I will quit the zoo in a couple weeks).

Thoughts: damn, I should have ordered something for dinner at the crêpes booth at the weekly farmer's market. I disembarked the train at my stop and all the vendors were packing up for the evening, but the crêpes booth was still open. Ah well, next week I'll do it.

Squinky 04-20-2006 08:17 PM

Location: At my desk, somewhere in Canada.

Weather: It's dark and raining outside.

Activity: Distracting myself from studying for my computer graphics final exam.

Apparel: A red shirt and tan cargo pants.

State of mind: Constantly worrying about failing exams and wishing it were Tuesday so I can stop thinking about said exams and start thinking about my next adventures in life.

Mood: Uptight and somewhat high-strung.

Thoughts: I think I need a shower.

lumi 04-20-2006 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott
Where is Bobby Flay or Jamie Oliver when you need them?

Forget them. It's all about Anthony Bourdain. And if the moment were 10 pm on a Monday might, then at this moment you should be watching the Travel Channel for him.

lumi 04-20-2006 08:41 PM

Location: my room

Weather: night, getting cold, somewhat rainy

Activity: waiting for the Ultimate Fighter to start

Apparel: same as in my first post

State of mind: tired

Mood: anxious

Thoughts: tomorrow I'll watch better movies

Dangerzone 04-20-2006 09:11 PM

location: my room (laying on a bunch of blankets on the floor)

weather: starting to rain........it is thundering and lightning as well

activity: lying on the floor with my girlfriend resting her head on my abs, watching the comedy channel (comedy central) downloading several tv episodes i missed this week and chating on forums (duh :) )

apperal: um.........nothing (do the blankets count? :D ) same with her

state of mind: rather calm............and sore

mood: happy

thoughts: i want to go again..........but we are both too tired, i am just going to cuddle and spend time with lauren ( my girlfriend ).......i think i am going to just drift asleep in a half hour.............today was a good day, and not just because of how it ended

tabacco 04-20-2006 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spider Crusoe
Forget them. It's all about Anthony Bourdain. And if the moment were 10 pm on a Monday might, then at this moment you should be watching the Travel Channel for him.

Seconded, although in my case I watch him whenever an episode appears on my tivo ;)

Junkface 04-21-2006 03:44 AM

Is it just me, or is Bourdain, like the very essence of piratyness?

Oh yeah,
Location: at desk in computer room

Weather: night, coldish, possibly raining lightly, has been rain and hail on-off all day

Activity: killing time, listening to music

Apparel: shirt coloured somewhere between yellow and gold, cheap, crappy, ill-fitting pinstripe trousers, because my decent ones are being dry cleaned

State of mind: excessively active

Mood: frustrated, slightly angry

Thoughts: shit, I wish I were just slightly less responsible so I could go out, get wasted, maybe go to a Western themed strip club some guy named Leroy (who had his hair and beard cut exactly like Mr T) recommended to me at about 5:30am last Sunday, despite having to work in the morning

RLacey 04-21-2006 03:48 AM

Location: College room. Again.

Weather: Dry. Overcast, but not too gloomy.

Activity: Wasting some time between collections.

Apparel: See yesterday (though not exactly the same clothes).

State of Mind: A little too complacent. The paper that I just sat wasn't too bad, though I expect to foul up the one that starts in a little over an hour's time.

Mood: Anxiety mixed with relief. If that's possible.

Thoughts: Only another four-and-a-bit hours until I finish collections and can get back to playing CSI, Oblivion and Call of Cthulhu!

NcroManiac 04-21-2006 04:18 AM

Location: My room

Weather: Mild, colder than yesterday, a few drops of rain now and then.

Activity: Doing some routine web surfing.

Apparel:Barefoot, wearing dark-blue jeens and an overly green t-shirt.
In need of a shower, altough I covered that up earlyer with some cologne.

State of mind: Tired, light headache.

Mood: Somewhat depressed.

Thoughts: Trying to avoid them; Thinking about lying down for a bit.

seebaruk 04-21-2006 04:42 AM

Location: Work

Weather: Grey

Activity: Not work

Apparel: Work clothes

State of mind: Happy cos it's Friday

Mood: Happy cos it's Friday

Thoughts: "Ooh, I'm happy cos it's Friday." Silent Hill then clubbing followed by kebab tomorrow, woohoo!

jjacob 04-21-2006 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens
:shifty: Eiw. Let's just say that I operate on another frequency entirely. One without any tennis balls at all.

:D You can't blame them for trying :P

Dangerzone 04-21-2006 11:06 AM

location: my room

weather: overcast.............rain is due later today

activity: i am getting ready to work out and lift weights ( i like to be ripped and have a nice body )

apperal: boxers, basket ball shorts and no shirt............same as always when i am home

state of mind: clear, somewhat bored.........there is nothing going on right now

mood: somewhat happy

thoughts: none really.............i think i am going to hang out at the local mall if it starts to rain ( i have $1000 burning a hole in my pocket and i want to get some new hardware for my computer)

RLacey 04-21-2006 12:07 PM

Location: College room (I sense a pattern here).

Weather: Dark, but clear. Loads of people have been outside until recently.

Activity: I was playing CSI: Dark Motives, but managed to break it. Will probably play some more Oblivion shortly.

Apparel: See my previous post. It's still the same day, and I don't feel the need to change just because it's the evening.

State of mind: Frustrated that I'm going to have to replay that case in CSI, and rather annoyed (for other reasons) despite the fact that collections are now over for me.

Mood: Bored/frustrated/slightly depressed.

Thoughts: Can I actually be bothered to do anything else this evening?

Intrepid Homoludens 04-21-2006 12:07 PM

http://www.atpm.com/9.10/kona/images/palm-trees-420.jpg

Location: home, on the couch with my laptop.

Weather: bright, sunny with some haze, 67°F/19°C

Activity: AG forum, online news, researching L.A. bus routes, sipping coffee.

Apparel: cotton t-shirt and cotton jersey shorts.

State of mind: expectant, not too full of thoughts.

Mood: relaxed, content, slightly excited for this evening, sad to be quitting my job at the zoo, but looking forward to starting my new job at the natural history museum.

Thoughts: looking forward to my dessert & coffee date this evening with a new friend, an intellectual scientist who works at CalTech and lives not far away. Heh heh, he's Greek and a consummate nerd but he and I both love art, culture, and stuff and it's possible he may have seen my brother Don around there 'cause Don (who is a physicist) used to work at JPL/CalTech. Small world, huh?

Jelena 04-21-2006 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens
looking forward to my dessert & coffee date this evening with a new friend, an intellectual scientist who works at CalTech and lives not far away.

Hrm....sounds interesting! You´ll have to tell us more later on.;)

Jatsie 04-21-2006 03:36 PM

Location: My bedroom.

Weather: Dark, and I can't see the moon.

Activity: Just watched a movie, now listening to music from my favourite decade - the Eighties, and sipping Mr. Jack Daniel's fine Tennessee whiskey.

Apparel: My pyjamas.

State of mind: Tipsy. To quote something I heard on TV today - I'm not drunk, I'm colourful!

Mood: Bouncy.

Thoughts: Should I bother talking about the film I watched in the "recently seen" thread? What song shall I play next? I need a boyfriend.

Intrepid Homoludens 04-21-2006 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jat316sob
Mood: Bouncy.

< grabs Jatsie and bounces him around >

Maquisard 04-21-2006 04:01 PM

Location: my room

Weather: cloudy

Activity: downloading some TV shows

Apparel: my cousin's hl2 t-shirt which he forgot here, and my favorite pair of sweats.

State of mind: brain-ache

Mood: trippy

Thoughts: durrrr....deee tee dee!

Huz 04-21-2006 08:49 PM

Location: still at home, still in front of the computer. This section doesn't really work too well if you only have one computer, and it doesn't move.

Weather: Dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night, it lights up... well, looks like a clear, dry day.

Activity: trying to do something productive. That's why I'm here on the AG forums. Ahem. I'm also taking advantage of my neighbour's absense by listening to some loud music.

Apparel: Exactly the same as yesterday!

State of mind: Expectant.

Mood: Reasonably happy, though tired.

Thoughts: I'm looking forward to going to London in a few hours. I should really be in bed, but I'm scared that if I fall asleep now, I won't wake up in time! I hope the train is comfy and quiet so I can get some rest there.


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