• Deli lyfe v.10 let's share our life problems edition because apparently we're all miserable
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[QUOTE=Mbbird;46560675]i feel you friend, at least presentations are the easiest to do the morning of added bonus of being half asleep for the actual presentation. tends to makes them more interesting for you to give and the sleep deprivation acts as a mild painkiller! [editline]23rd November 2014[/editline] like fuck, we sit in a circle in french, and i sat on the left side of the teacher instead of the right side of the teacher in my french class on the day of presentation signups. he passed the signup sheet to the right. "surprise, you have a presentation on '[B]talk 10 minutes about something cultural[/B]' in 3 fuckin days"[/QUOTE] I literally finished preparing my notes and powerpoint for the presentation like 20 minutes ago. This is more prepared than I was for the last presentation I did where all I had a couple pages of disorganized handwritten notes I had prepared the night before in like 20 minutes. I totally shit the bed when it came to actually presenting because social anxiety but even with zero organization and being absolutely terrified of public speaking I still pulled off a C+. I'm predicting a similar grade with this presentation.
when it comes to presenting focus on how you feel about the topic at hand and not the presentation itself. Make it fun and deliver it enthusiastically without running your speed out of control (i do that for presentations on space, woops) and you'll do great. you've made a lot of progress, stop saying "oh noes my social anxiety"
[QUOTE=paindoc;46560805]when it comes to presenting focus on how you feel about the topic at hand and not the presentation itself. Make it fun and deliver it enthusiastically without running your speed out of control (i do that for presentations on space, woops) and you'll do great. you've made a lot of progress, stop saying "oh noes my social anxiety"[/QUOTE] doing that is basically magic unless you really don't give a single shit about the topic at hand like i talked about building computers (topic: talk about anything) and then how to go to the moon (topic: how-to), but what the hell am i supposed to talk about here. like, cultural...what? I feel like our topic is baiting the "i stayed in a hotel in fiji for a couple weeks and now i understand their CULTURE!" people (that the class is filled to the brim with). What is someone who hasn't traveled supposed to talk about? Even if my 18 year old self could have traveled sometime recently, why would I want to share that with a bunch of randoms? [editline]24th November 2014[/editline] (i know that wasn't really directed at me but i'm frustrated anyway :c)
Fun Fact: In Episode 3 of Black Lagoon, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PM-63_RAK]Revy uses a RAK:[/url] [t]http://i.imgur.com/dJBWgMV.png[/t]
if you're ever feeling down i highly recommend these two songs to just get in a relaxed and comfortable place [video=youtube;TkAwkxaFROM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkAwkxaFROM&list=UUQ0gZgLbqHywkNU_mDJKDzg[/video] [video=youtube;jdYJf_ybyVo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo[/video]
Woo I'm 19 today! Nothing has changed. So far. [editline]25th November 2014[/editline] Am I insane for thinking that preparing for the food and water conflicts of the future is not entirely insane? As in having the ability to at least grow some of your own food, having water stashed along with rainwater collection, and being generally prepared? I think shits gonna go down in the next 50 years and we will inevitably recover but it will be a slow and cautious climb atop the shoulders of giants as we ponder what we have sown and reaped. [editline]25th November 2014[/editline] #imanedgywhiteguy
Cuba cola is good.
[QUOTE=Bomber9900;46568446] [video=youtube;jdYJf_ybyVo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo[/video][/QUOTE] that guitar is really cool. I wonder why the G string isn't doubled.
[QUOTE=paindoc;46569634]Woo I'm 19 today! Nothing has changed. So far. [editline]25th November 2014[/editline] Am I insane for thinking that preparing for the food and water conflicts of the future is not entirely insane? As in having the ability to at least grow some of your own food, having water stashed along with rainwater collection, and being generally prepared? I think shits gonna go down in the next 50 years and we will inevitably recover but it will be a slow and cautious climb atop the shoulders of giants as we ponder what we have sown and reaped. [editline]25th November 2014[/editline] #imanedgywhiteguy[/QUOTE] Sounds good to me. I'm working on adding things to our prepping shelf bit by bit. Nothing nuts just batteries, mantels and a propane lantern so far and some water. I plan to just buy an extra case of water every time I go to the store. A case or two of MRE's and some other things. Just enough for my family for a month or so ideally. Not exactly doomsday prepper but better than nothing.
If you live in the US, you live in a militarily unassailable, logistically unparalleled fortress of a society where collapse of civilization is less likely than anywhere else at any point in the entirety of human history. My family kept substantial bug-out kit in Tbilisi but even that was only after my dad was almost killed in an attack and we didn't know if we'd have to leave in a hurry. In the States, preparing for the apocalypse is overkill. A much more likely scenario would be something like Hurricane Katrina, or at worst American Blackout, where a temporary disruption of essential services would cause local economic collapse for a short period of time. Preparing a stash of food, water, batteries, and other essential items in case of an emergency is always a prudent investment, but preparing a hydroponics garden or filtration system is a little excessive IMO. Not to say you shouldn't do it if it seems like a fun project (I want a greenhouse someday), but just recognize that it's more a hobby than a disaster readiness plan.
All you real steel guys, Palmetto State Armory and Bud's Gun Shop as well as several other sources just got a ton of Italian Police Issue Beretta 92s models in for around 300$.
Applied for a job opening back at my old science site, Pfizer. Here's hoping I can groove back into science just like the good old days and produce both comical snapchats and give everyone biased opinions on pharmaceutical medicine.
[QUOTE=Dr.Fragg;46572144]Applied for a job opening back at my old science site, Pfizer. Here's hoping I can groove back into science just like the good old days and produce both comical snapchats and give everyone biased opinions on pharmaceutical medicine.[/QUOTE] What happened to your job as a factory guy?
I'm still here, I thought being assistant operations manager would be a challenge, it turns out I just need to constantly babysit an incompetent manager and somehow be the dogs body for every generic task under the sun. I've ended up becoming our HR department, half of our H&S department, sole IT person and the facilities manager in the last 2 months without raise and while I've enjoyed the variety the management at this place is inherently incompetent and they've dropped a hell of a lot on me despite my complaints because they're too stingy to spend money on more staff. Science never had this problem. Just got to test chemicals, experiment with new compounds and write up reports all day.
i believe it's time for you to go on a rampage and make the history books
[QUOTE=Joetehpsycho;46571643]All you real steel guys, Palmetto State Armory and Bud's Gun Shop as well as several other sources just got a ton of Italian Police Issue Beretta 92s models in for around 300$.[/QUOTE] Damn, I was highly considering one of those as my first real steel gun, but I'm nowhere near ready enough to make a purchase like that yet.
If I was 21 I'd jump on that
[QUOTE=apoctank;46573835]If I was 21 I'd jump on that[/QUOTE] Does your state allow private transfer of handguns to an 18 y/o? Florida does, so I could get my grandfather to get a handgun and then give it to me for it to be legal. Dunno how it is everywhere else.
I'd buy one.. But I accidentally New York.
[QUOTE=Herfjotur;46574056]Does your state allow private transfer of handguns to an 18 y/o? Florida does, so I could get my grandfather to get a handgun and then give it to me for it to be legal. Dunno how it is everywhere else.[/QUOTE] It's CA so probably not...
Beretta 92s are garbage
Ended up giving that French presentation on guns :) My teacher, a big 70 year old Cuban dude that lived in Cuba for the nearly the entire Cold War, gave me a lot of shit afterwards. Was a bit surprising to find out how 100% anti-gun he is. It wasn't even that he wanted strong gun control, he basically went off to say that nobody can be trusted with guns...after my presentation where I talked about my family and young cousins that are totally comfortable and safe around them as an example. I told him very specifically after that I didn't want to talk about gun control or who should have guns or how they should be stored, just how different cultures (even in the same country) see guns differently, but he very definitely wanted to talk about gun control. But the class was super chill about it, which is pretty fuckin cool. Sorta proved in my own presentation the different cultures with the reaction they gave, as I'd given a similar presentation (except in persuasive format) in Junior year at my old, wealthy highschool and received a very different reaction. After the teacher ranted for a bit, I sat down and let the class tear him up. He's an intelligent guy, but he went off to say "if the shooter kills someone, does it matter if he got the weapon legally or illegally!?" and that just signaled open season for the group. Didn't expect the pretty psych major, 70 year old garden tour lady, or chill soccerball dude from Argentina to be my best allies. I seriously didn't even want to start anything like this but it's cool that it happened the way it did. Was nice being able to start a discussion on guns without having to actually do anything myself and especially without getting the edgy "dude that likes guns and probably wants to shoot people" reputation. I even started off the presentation with basically "yeah, never shot a gun before in my life and my immediate family doesn't own any but...". Later, during our little conditional questions practice sesh, to answer "how do you like to relax after a long, stressful day" my answer was "in talking to someone, c'est tout!" >>:)))) [B]tldr[/B]; literally all classmates in "french 8 - conversational french" defended guns in spontaneous gun control discussion against the teacher, much to the surprise of the universe
College students from California defending guns? What is this madness?
[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;46575144]College students from California defending guns? What is this madness?[/QUOTE] Community College students* probably the important distinction here
Got an A+ on my paper on air power, and I wasn't even enthusiastic about writing it!
I have to write a paper on the Korean War for Firday. I've written two pages, it needs to be 12 pages. I have zero desire to write it, probably because I'm burnt out from writing my paper on Stalingrad over the past couple weeks. [editline]25th November 2014[/editline] I was also supposed to go for lunch with a girl today but that didn't happen because she volunteered to be in some kind of research study. We haven't worked out another time yet, but I'm hoping we can because I want to be able to see her outside of class before the semester ends so I can make sure she still wants to see me after this semester is over.
[QUOTE=catbarf;46571565]If you live in the US, you live in a militarily unassailable, logistically unparalleled fortress of a society where collapse of civilization is less likely than anywhere else at any point in the entirety of human history. My family kept substantial bug-out kit in Tbilisi but even that was only after my dad was almost killed in an attack and we didn't know if we'd have to leave in a hurry. In the States, preparing for the apocalypse is overkill. A much more likely scenario would be something like Hurricane Katrina, or at worst American Blackout, where a temporary disruption of essential services would cause local economic collapse for a short period of time. Preparing a stash of food, water, batteries, and other essential items in case of an emergency is always a prudent investment, but preparing a hydroponics garden or filtration system is a little excessive IMO. Not to say you shouldn't do it if it seems like a fun project (I want a greenhouse someday), but just recognize that it's more a hobby than a disaster readiness plan.[/QUOTE] I do want to do it mostly for the sake of a project. With the intense array of sensors available for the Arduino, I would love to create an autonomous self-monitoring self-correcting greenhouse. With humidity and temperature sensors and a few key controls (humidifier, windows opening/closing) i should be able to comprehensively monitor and control the environment. Filtration system would also be fun.
Trying to write a paper when your roommate is sperging out over TF2 is fucking hell. I shouldn't be complaining because I do the same with Arma, but only one or two times a week and never past 11:30 or so during the week. He does this every fucking day until at least midnight. He also never leaves his room so I can't tell him he needs to cut down on the sperging.
I went ahead and ordered a Beretta 92S. Christmas gift for myself.
[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;46576210]Trying to write a paper when your roommate is sperging out over TF2 is fucking hell. I shouldn't be complaining because I do the same with Arma, but only one or two times a week and never past 11:30 or so during the week. He does this every fucking day until at least midnight. He also never leaves his room so I can't tell him he needs to cut down on the sperging.[/QUOTE] knock on his door and be like literally "hey dude, cut down on the sperging" and throw in a [I]friendly[/I] chuckle guaranteed to silence sputtering [sp]for 20 minutes[/sp]
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