I am on the cusp of my great departure. Internet is presently a spotty prospect, and I cannot be on half as near as much as i'd like. However, during the VISION QUEST TO THE WEST, I will necessarily be cut off from the internet, to my dismay. Edit: There will of course be -SOME- internet, just..irregular. I look forward to making a log of what revelation and experiences find me on the road.
I look forward to seeing a land where Japanese run free uninhibited, but also I am anxious about the fact I will be among yankees, and forced to mingle with such a prevaricating and avaricious people. It cannot be helped, however; It could be that there is much to recommend yankee culture, even when compared to my glorious South. It is something one despairs to contemplate, but all possibilities must be considered. Certainly I will see the great paradise in the west, and prostrate myself before the sacred tabernacles of Deseret. If fortune favours me, I may find myself believing the absurd doctrines of the Latter Day Saints, although I rather doubt it- no religion with a proscription against tea could be divinely inspired.
In any event, in the tradition of Blanche, I will find myself relying on the kindness of strangers. An essential part of this journey is meeting strangers, and finding good in them as well as myself where presently I am troubled by the worth of both. This extends to Languish- My memory of who all reside in the west is a sketchy thing, and I cannot be sure where-all I will trek to, (Trekking being a sacred afrikaner word) but even Alberta is not beyond the scope of possibility.
Anyone who would offer a gracious evening of hospitality will be much appreciated, and I would endeavor to present them with any paeans or productions as I can manage to create in their honour.
Jaron is amongst the wackos of LDS if need a person to meet.
You're going to Utah to hunt Japanese chicks?
Quote from: katmai on May 16, 2011, 05:38:20 PM
Jaron is amongst the wackos of LDS if need a person to meet.
That is just awesome.
You clearly need to gain some maturity, so hopefully this helps you.
Are you gonna be taking peyote?
No peyote, no. I don't anticipate it, at any rate. I will try to approach situations with an open mind.
Yi, I think you misunderstand the intention of the GRAND VISION QUEST. Certainly, I couldn't imagine pursuing a woman, exactly- it'd be in ill intent, as I could probably not pursue a future with her, owing to difficulties of distance and so little time to get to know her.
However, Utah and seeing free range Japanese are absolutely on the agenda. Not necessarily at the same time- it is quite the VISION QUEST, and will span a considerable distance and time.
Quote from: Lettow77 on May 16, 2011, 06:25:30 PM
Yi, I think you misunderstand the intention of the GRAND VISION QUEST. Certainly, I couldn't imagine pursuing a woman, exactly- it'd be in ill intent, as I could probably not pursue a future with her, owing to difficulties of distance and so little time to get to know her.
How did you get this idea that there are Japanese in Utah, free range or otherwise?
If you want to see free range Japanese wouldn't...Japan be the better option?
Or failing that Hawaii?
What is this free range shit? We haven't kept them in cages in 60 some years.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 16, 2011, 06:27:28 PM
Quote from: Lettow77 on May 16, 2011, 06:25:30 PM
Yi, I think you misunderstand the intention of the GRAND VISION QUEST. Certainly, I couldn't imagine pursuing a woman, exactly- it'd be in ill intent, as I could probably not pursue a future with her, owing to difficulties of distance and so little time to get to know her.
How did you get this idea that there are Japanese in Utah, free range or otherwise?
I don't think this map did:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fa%2Faf%2FCensus_Bureau_2000%252C_Japanese_Americans_in_the_United_States.png&hash=78a50abb18cd462acb64b3bb4bfb24baf67b6b13)
And inevitably, the soda/pop map will follow.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 16, 2011, 07:01:16 PM
And inevitably, the soda/pop map will follow.
"Whenever two or more map fetishists are gathered together, it shall be so"
No no, I have no misconceptions about Utah. I know it is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed paradise, where the mud huts are thatched with gold. Japanese-sighting will come later, in the environs of the left coast.
Quote from: Lettow77 on May 16, 2011, 07:13:50 PM
No no, I have no misconceptions about Utah. I know it is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed paradise, where the mud huts are thatched with gold. Japanese-sighting will come later, in the environs of the left coast.
So, free-range Japanese means meandering around California and mistaking them with Chinese/Koreans 50% of the time? :P
Chinamen girls! Their vaginas have teeth. Mew and squee!
Also, remember the Shadowrun world hasn't actually happened, so the Imperial Japanese Marines have not occupied San Francisco.
Actually! I will be in the bay area for an extended period of time, it seems. I have business there.
I shall not be discouraged that, as of yet, no bold languishites have stepped forward with offers to meet me personally. They are all very shy out West.
Well, garbon moved to NY and Jaron is AWOL, don't think there are any other Californians here.
I wonder why none ever does a vision quest to the east.
Altho, I guess going to Japan from America is going to the East.
Quote from: katmai on May 16, 2011, 06:54:28 PM
What is this free range shit? We haven't kept them in cages in 60 some years.
What I do in my personal life is none of your business.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 19, 2011, 08:01:28 AM
I wonder why none ever does a vision quest to the east.
Altho, I guess going to Japan from America is going to the East.
Going west is about manifest destiny. Not so applicable to the east.
Quote from: garbon on May 19, 2011, 08:40:50 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 19, 2011, 08:01:28 AM
I wonder why none ever does a vision quest to the east.
Altho, I guess going to Japan from America is going to the East.
Going west is about manifest destiny. Not so applicable to the east.
Going East would be a Lebensraum-quest, maybe? :unsure:
Quote from: Lettow77 on May 16, 2011, 05:27:24 PM
In any event, in the tradition of Blanche, I will find myself relying on the kindness of strangers.
I think you missed the point - and the 9/10th - of the play. :sleep:
Sould you find yourself in Vancouver, I will be willing to have tea with you - be it British style high tea or some of the fine Japanese or Chinese tea available.
One of my good friends is Japanese and her family has had the same tea shop in Japan for more than 700 years.
HRNNGHHH
Canada is quite distant, but the offer of tea and ANCIENT JAPANESE TEA SHOPS is extremely tempting. If I did come to vancouver, it'd be entirely on that basis. We'll certainly see. Thank you for the offer :3
If you come to Ohio,(that is, if you are actually real) I'd shove a Snapple bottle up your ass.
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
:XD:
Quote from: Drakken on May 19, 2011, 09:22:24 AM
I think you missed the point - and the 9/10th - of the play. :sleep:
The point was that poles are a depraved class of yankee, wasn't it?
I have this feeling that Lettow is going to get rolled.
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
If you're so bored, why don't you join Lettow in his quest? The mix of his rambling lunacy and you dry sarcasm would make the updates of your journey an exceptional AAR.
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on May 19, 2011, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
If you're so bored, why don't you join Lettow in his quest? The mix of his rambling lunacy and you dry sarcasm would make the updates of your journey an exceptional AAR.
L.
Ide's Journal
Day 5: We are driving out of Kansas. I have begun to regret traveling with this lunatic. We were driven out of the last town after he began to mew and denigrate John Brown.
Day 8: We had a close call. After dropping the N-word in a convenience store, the local blacks got angry.
Day 20: After hearing about Jubal Early for the 50th time, i have finally ceased his endless prattling by cracking open his skull. After drinking his warm blood, I left his body in a dumpster. I celebrated by eating a bag of Resse cup minatures.
Day 21: Lettow's ghost is haunting me.
Day 23: I finally caught Lettow's ghost with a shop vac.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 19, 2011, 04:36:49 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 19, 2011, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
If you're so bored, why don't you join Lettow in his quest? The mix of his rambling lunacy and you dry sarcasm would make the updates of your journey an exceptional AAR.
L.
Ide's Journal
Day 5: We are driving out of Kansas. I have begun to regret traveling with this lunatic. We were driven out of the last town after he began to mew and denigrate John Brown.
Day 8: We had a close call. After dropping the N-word in a convenience store, the local blacks got angry.
Day 20: After hearing about Jubal Early for the 50th time, i have finally ceased his endless prattling by cracking open his skull. After drinking his warm blood, I left his body in a dumpster. I celebrated by eating a bag of Resse cup minatures.
Day 21: Lettow's ghost is haunting me.
Day 23: I finally caught Lettow's ghost with a shop vac.
:lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 19, 2011, 04:36:49 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 19, 2011, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
If you're so bored, why don't you join Lettow in his quest? The mix of his rambling lunacy and you dry sarcasm would make the updates of your journey an exceptional AAR.
L.
Ide's Journal
Day 5: We are driving out of Kansas. I have begun to regret traveling with this lunatic. We were driven out of the last town after he began to mew and denigrate John Brown.
Day 8: We had a close call. After dropping the N-word in a convenience store, the local blacks got angry.
Day 20: After hearing about Jubal Early for the 50th time, i have finally ceased his endless prattling by cracking open his skull. After drinking his warm blood, I left his body in a dumpster. I celebrated by eating a bag of Resse cup minatures.
Day 21: Lettow's ghost is haunting me.
Day 23: I finally caught Lettow's ghost with a shop vac.
:thumbsup:
L.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 19, 2011, 04:36:49 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 19, 2011, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
If you're so bored, why don't you join Lettow in his quest? The mix of his rambling lunacy and you dry sarcasm would make the updates of your journey an exceptional AAR.
L.
Ide's Journal
Day 5: We are driving out of Kansas. I have begun to regret traveling with this lunatic. We were driven out of the last town after he began to mew and denigrate John Brown.
Day 8: We had a close call. After dropping the N-word in a convenience store, the local blacks got angry.
Day 20: After hearing about Jubal Early for the 50th time, i have finally ceased his endless prattling by cracking open his skull. After drinking his warm blood, I left his body in a dumpster. I celebrated by eating a bag of Resse cup minatures.
Day 21: Lettow's ghost is haunting me.
Day 23: I finally caught Lettow's ghost with a shop vac.
:lmfao:
+1
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 19, 2011, 04:36:49 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 19, 2011, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 19, 2011, 10:00:36 AM
I'd let you stay with me, but bear in mind I'm bored out of my mind. And if you wore Confederate memorabilia I'd have to beat you with a towel full of Reese's cups.
If you're so bored, why don't you join Lettow in his quest? The mix of his rambling lunacy and you dry sarcasm would make the updates of your journey an exceptional AAR.
L.
Ide's Journal
Day 5: We are driving out of Kansas. I have begun to regret traveling with this lunatic. We were driven out of the last town after he began to mew and denigrate John Brown.
Day 8: We had a close call. After dropping the N-word in a convenience store, the local blacks got angry.
Day 20: After hearing about Jubal Early for the 50th time, i have finally ceased his endless prattling by cracking open his skull. After drinking his warm blood, I left his body in a dumpster. I celebrated by eating a bag of Resse cup minatures.
Day 21: Lettow's ghost is haunting me.
Day 23: I finally caught Lettow's ghost with a shop vac.
:lmfao:
POTM!
Sure
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 19, 2011, 08:00:04 AM
Well, garbon moved to NY and Jaron is AWOL, don't think there are any other Californians here.
:ph34r:
MEWTF
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 19, 2011, 08:00:04 AM
Well, garbon moved to NY and Jaron is AWOL, don't think there are any other Californians here.
I'll be a temporary Californian fairly soon.
Quote from: Tonitrus on May 20, 2011, 08:31:26 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 19, 2011, 08:00:04 AM
Well, garbon moved to NY and Jaron is AWOL, don't think there are any other Californians here.
I'll be a temporary Californian fairly soon.
I live 9 miles from California. :P
So go ahead and invite lettow to Reno then. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 20, 2011, 11:12:17 PM
So go ahead and invite lettow to Reno then. :P
Does the Vision Quest involve the Moonlight Bunny Ranch?
It should. :yes:
A little travel can be good for the mind. For example, I travelled to Peace River this weekend. I finally decided to buy a laptop so I would have something to do.
VISION QUEST TO THE WEST begins. I am leaving Tennessee and the beautiful South. When you next hear from me, I will be elsewhere. Stories to follow as stories occur. It may be some time before I can post.
GL Lettow :)
L.
Good Luck, Lettow. Try to leave some of your baggage behind and approach every opportunity with an open mind.
QuoteStories to follow
Where are the free range Japanese?
Fear and Loathing in a Provo 7-11
Shit, these Mormon people are crazy!
What is with all the Samoans here?
Jim McMahon stole my shoes
Lettow--You may never have seen them in Tennessee, but I should warn you about the Hawaiian Nationalists. They're everywhere out West. Polynesian gangs especially are known for their violent natures and utter disregard for human lives. They also have a fetish for Hawaiian separatism and political independence for the Hawaiian race. Don't cross these people. They can be recognized often by their bumper stickers on their cars and other memorabilia in the shape of lei and hibiscus flowers and sea turtles. If you see these silhouettes on the back window of a car, avoid that driver and do nothing to inadvertently anger them. If you see a person with a tattoo of a sea turtle with hibiscus flower, then that signifies the person has taken the life of a policeman or other authority figure. Just run.
Here are some examples.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stickerupper.com%2Fimages%2Fproduct%2Fthumbnail_hibiscus-turtle-sticker.gif&hash=58ca357466edcca5ad0a19629ff3a834ddf799c5)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stickerupper.com%2Fimages%2Fdetailed%2Fhonu-turtle-sticker.gif&hash=b71c5a278bdc0bb5d51e5518077fe081cfbfb258)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carstickers.com%2Fprodimages%2F2561.jpg&hash=42c3a62d5f85d6bdbdab56f0853c0bd4197cc723)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kekonaart.com%2Ftattoo%2Fcar_tattoo_honu_hawaiian_flag.jpg&hash=d4ace0516acdff4a7b0446a3d638bc428692e53e)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polyvore.com%2Fcgi%2Fimg-thing%3F.out%3Djpg%26amp%3Bsize%3Dl%26amp%3Btid%3D7749452&hash=faf7cd08bd346e4429389d030091cec05fa99f2b)
Look at the cold, dead eyes on those swimming turtles.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on June 01, 2011, 10:36:59 PM
Look at the cold, dead eyes on those swimming turtles.
More like swimming death machines.
If one of them comes at you with a revolver, you can intimidate him as long as you keep an eye on the safety switch of the revolver.
Berkeley for a bit
will post more as soon as it can be done, miu
so little internet, sleeping conditions sort of
disagreeable at the moment
MiM, WTF!? :lol:
Hawaiian death turtles are no laughing matter.
I should've gone with him. He'll die out there without my leftism to correct him.
Quote from: Ideologue on June 09, 2011, 02:33:14 AM
I should've gone with him. He'll die out there without my leftism to correct him.
I told ya! You'll have him on the conscience... :(
L.
Berkeley, eh? Well he will see plenty of chinaman girls there, but unfortunately they will not be impressed by his college, bank account, or the fact that he is not from California. The first time Lettow tries to do his southern gentleman schtick he will feel the cold, cold sting of rejection without an ounce of pity.
He'll be rebuked prior to even saying anything due to his (lack of) haircut. :)
Plenty of girls in Oakland for him.
Quote from: PDH on June 09, 2011, 08:19:54 AM
Berkeley, eh? Well he will see plenty of chinaman girls there, but unfortunately they will not be impressed by his college, bank account, or the fact that he is not from California. The first time Lettow tries to do his southern gentleman schtick he will feel the cold, cold sting of rejection without an ounce of pity.
You're behind the times. L77 has given up on the Chinese and is instead fetishizing the Japanese.
Quote from: Jacob on June 09, 2011, 12:44:31 PM
You're behind the times. L77 has given up on the Chinese and is instead fetishizing the Japanese.
I thought the Japanese were also Chinaman girls too.
squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Quote from: PDH on June 09, 2011, 12:50:49 PMI thought the Japanese were also Chinaman girls too.
Oh... I don't know. I don't think so.
Methinks Chinese and Japanese may not appreciate being confused for one another. :hmm:
Quote from: Jacob on June 09, 2011, 01:08:25 PM
Oh... I don't know. I don't think so.
I think what Peedy is getting at is in some parts of the world, such as the Carribbean and South America chinaman or chino is a synonymn for Asian.
And in South America all people of Middle Eastern descent are called turcos.
I just imagine Lettow's surprise when he finds the Japanese girls are all American, the Chinese girls are either American or from rich Beijing/Shanghai families, and that they are actually people and not interchangeable.
Quote from: PDH on June 09, 2011, 04:36:27 PM
I just imagine Lettow's surprise when he finds the Japanese girls are all American, the Chinese girls are either American or from rich Beijing/Shanghai families, and that they are actually people and not interchangeable.
And they'll just laugh when he shows them his Johnny Reb.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 09, 2011, 04:38:50 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 09, 2011, 04:36:27 PM
I just imagine Lettow's surprise when he finds the Japanese girls are all American, the Chinese girls are either American or from rich Beijing/Shanghai families, and that they are actually people and not interchangeable.
And they'll just laugh when he shows them his Johnny Reb.
I don't follow.
The west! Gettysburg & Sharpsburg should have been sufficient auguries- devoted confederates do poorly when they venture beyond the South. In Berkeley you find strange things like pizza collectives, the People's Cafe, Guerilla coffee, buddhist book shops, and flyers for unitarian universalism or astral projection. The people are vulgar, and I am out of place. Still, I resolved to be away from home for three months. More to the point, I have no home to return to, exactly, and have the gracious hospitality of a host here. I hope it is enough to keep me tethered here, although I nurse notions of leaving now, when I have stayed here less than a week. Assuming I left, where i'd go is an open question. Vancouver, and before then oregon and seattle, sounded interesting. Utah as well. It could be, though, that my mistake was leaving the South, and my vision quest should have encompassed the Deep South instead.
(A vision quest to begin with is the sort of fanciful idea that takes fools who lack sufficient hard work or kin to keep them tethered to their home. ideally, everyone should have a halfling barrow and leave it only for occasional jaunts to the town a short ways over to trade stories and buy provisions.)
I feel ill at ease. I realize now what I should have realized sooner- it is just the lack of a missus that has me adrift. Whatever her faults, I loved kristi, and we had a comfortable life together. Her mother is dear to me- assuredly the kindest woman I ever knew. I felt like I had a family in them. But that is closed off to me now, and I am melancholy. I will find no missus here- I have yet to stumble across a proper lady, and even if I did, I couldn't be induced to stay here for any reason. My host is kind, and I am in his debt- I wish the circumstances were reversed and he were in Memphis. I think it would be rather hard to induce him to come there, though. I wonder if he'd take offense if I tramped off elsewhere? I rather doubt it.
Miss Emily- I don't really have any optimism with regard to that. It is a foolish thing anyway. I may pursue it even so? She is, at least, a pure maiden, which seems so foreign here. No, it is dishonest to say I "may" pursue it. Truthfully the trick is in retraining myself until the end of summer. I long to message her, but time is needed to give it even a remote chance of success. (Maybe? Perhaps I am a fool and should send her messages now. But it is rather critical she believe I am a changed person, I believe, and that necessitates a waiting period during which I have the opportunity to change, or at least appear to have done so.)
I cannot state enough how much I regret the way life's last year has gone. This time twelve months ago I was a far richer man, having as I did a father who loved him and a girlfriend of five years to share the world with. I am terrified that fall will see me deprived of my roommate- how many more people dear to me are there to lose? There are not so many to start with, and I will very shortly be empty. I don't know what I expected of this trip- I could have known better. I started to believe my own rhetoric about it, is the problem. I should have, rather than coming here, set to fixing the problems of my life back home, however that could be accomplished. Crossing a continent did not allow me to outrun my happiness, and rather it has been compounded by feelings of isolation.
Still, there are pleasant things about this journey. I find myself eating much less. I expect to lose weight, and I have set to deciphering the moon runes. I anticipate measurable progress there- memorization of hiragana is the goal. The capability to read a new alphabet is not to be despised.
In the fall I will devote myself to my classes, and hopefully join some groups. It is true that I need to get involved and find friends in isolated Martin- of the four familiar faces I brought with me, one has already left, one is leaving, and the other two are suspected to depart together. I wish there were more people I had commonality with. More properly, I wish I had conducted myself better with the people I knew. I should not have let myself lose the beautiful missus, and must assume responsibility for that relationship's failure. It remains to be seen if that can ever be repaired- Longer odds even than miss emily, maybe, and assuredly it will be longer than the end of this summer before I could make any inroads in that direction. I would be happy with either- all I ask is a lady, and they both certainly are that. Primarily my requirement is the capacity to care about them, and have them receive this affection welcomely. Someone I could cling to and construct an existence with, and someone who would welcome the same, is all I seek.
I did not anticipate, on february 14th, that the period of my dismal unhappiness would extend as long as a season, and instead I find it will almost assuredly drag on for more than two. Hopefully fall will present a new beginning. I can't go home for three months, but I don't relish staying here. Hopefully I will adapt. It is possible that a VISION QUEST TO THE SOUTH is still possible- I could use the summer to walk that violent, humid land, and entrust my safety in the country I love. And I do love it! I wasn't sure, honestly. I had lost my faith, but I needed only to leave. I miss the South, and take its flaws for my own as assuredly as I savour its accomplishments to which I never contributed. Having been to Charleston, Richmond is the principal holy city I have yet to take in the airs of- to say nothing of New Orleans, although the latter isn't exactly what one might call holy, except in the sense that a moonlit forest glade filled with dancing pagans and profane altars could be deemed sacred.
Everyone has something to be thankful for. I am thankful for my friends, my youth, the existence of tea and cats. I aspire to better things in the future.
Plans for biking to Utah gain momentum. I imagine the trip will take less than a month.
A month on a bicycle. :x
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 11, 2011, 02:37:26 AM
A month on a bicycle. :x
Mongers came.
And there are Unitarian Universalists in South Carolina, L. My dad used to lecture at their seances or whatever.
That update seemed more like mental masturbation than anything else. Sounds like he isn't using time wisely to do things...and it is amusing that he thought he'd ever enjoy Berkeley.
Pizza collectives :mmm: I hate the idea, but love their pizzas. Did you try this?
http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
The serve some of the best pizzas I have ever tasted :mmm:
Quote from: garbon on June 11, 2011, 09:10:06 AM
That update seemed more like mental masturbation than anything else. Sounds like he isn't using time wisely to do things...and it is amusing that he thought he'd ever enjoy Berkeley.
*shrug* There are a lot of lunatics there. :)
Quote from: Caliga on June 11, 2011, 12:00:44 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 11, 2011, 09:10:06 AM
That update seemed more like mental masturbation than anything else. Sounds like he isn't using time wisely to do things...and it is amusing that he thought he'd ever enjoy Berkeley.
*shrug* There are a lot of lunatics there. :)
Sure, but in an extreme liberal type way.
Once you cross the lunacy threshold, IMO political alignment doesn't matter all that much anymore. :sleep:
Quote from: Caliga on June 11, 2011, 12:00:44 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 11, 2011, 09:10:06 AM
That update seemed more like mental masturbation than anything else. Sounds like he isn't using time wisely to do things...and it is amusing that he thought he'd ever enjoy Berkeley.
*shrug* There are a lot of lunatics there. :)
Like any college town.
Quote from: Lettow77 on June 10, 2011, 09:35:36 PMHaving been to Charleston, Richmond is the principal holy city I have yet to take in the airs of- to say nothing of New Orleans, although the latter isn't exactly what one might call holy, except in the sense that a moonlit forest glade filled with dancing pagans and profane altars could be deemed sacred.
As someone who grew up in Richmond (I don't live there anymore), I fear it might disappoint you. It, like Northern Va, has been taken over by Yankee carpetbaggers. Note: I was one of these, since my parents fled there from the post-apoplectic wasteland (back then it was at least) know as western Pennsylvania, so feel free to disregard my words as the silver-tongued lies of a dirty Yankee. ;)
All of the historical Civil War stuff is still there to see of course. Beyond that it is not the most exciting town overall in terms of things to do. Really nice place to live, but not very exciting for a tourist to visit probably. Though that is probably just my over familiarity with it talking, so take that statement with a grain of salt. You'd probably like it a lot more than Berkeley based on what you've said.
If you do go to Richmond though I'd avoid Carytown (a neighborhood). It is a wretched hive of bohemian horror. I doubt you'd want to see such a thing.
I'd assume by the pizza collective in Berkeley you meant the Cheese Board, as has been suggested. Yeah, the idea is sort of silly, but the pizza is amazing!
Berkeley is sort of an odd place, but its not really that bad...
Quote from: Caliga on June 11, 2011, 03:36:31 PM
Once you cross the lunacy threshold, IMO political alignment doesn't matter all that much anymore. :sleep:
Actually it does matter. That's why Lettow wouldn't like them much. :contract:
Quote from: katmai on June 11, 2011, 09:44:13 PM
Like any college town.
Berkeley definitely has a bit more of that vibe than other college towns in there area. Compare and contrast Palo Alto/Menlo Park/Mountain View with Berkeley. :P
Berkeley tries harder.
I want to go to that cheese place now.
Lettow, Quixotic is all well and good, but should that sort of adventure be reserved for someone of my age; a youth such as you should be celebrating life and enjoying it's fruits.
Quote from: Monoriu on June 11, 2011, 09:19:10 AM
Pizza collectives :mmm: I hate the idea, but love their pizzas. Did you try this?
http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
The serve some of the best pizzas I have ever tasted :mmm:
I would add this to my list of places to check out while down in that area again...but I am concerned that some of their items may contain the reefer.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 12, 2011, 09:11:16 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 11, 2011, 09:19:10 AM
Pizza collectives :mmm: I hate the idea, but love their pizzas. Did you try this?
http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
The serve some of the best pizzas I have ever tasted :mmm:
I would add this to my list of places to check out while down in that area again...but I am concerned that some of their items may contain the reefer.
There is another reason why I loved to go to Cheeseboard. Just across the street is one of the best restaurants in the Bay area.
http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/chez-panisse/
This restaurant is world-famous, and with good reason :mmm:
I'm going to unicycle to Minnesota. In January,
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
I'm going to unicycle to Minnesota. In January,
If you're serious about this I suggest the following.
1. Get a really good unicycle. Not one of those cheap pieces of junk. Also: snow chains.
2. Practice practice practice until you can stay upright even in a moderate breeze.
3. Build endurance and butt strength by doing some practice runs, like West Virginia or Kentucky.
4. Build resistance to cold. How big is your freezer?
Be warned that there will be naysayers on the forum that will tell you to forget about it. I am not one of those.
Quote from: The Brain on June 13, 2011, 02:31:19 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
I'm going to unicycle to Minnesota. In January,
If you're serious about this I suggest the following.
1. Get a really good unicycle. Not one of those cheap pieces of junk. Also: snow chains.
2. Practice practice practice until you can stay upright even in a moderate breeze.
3. Build endurance and butt strength by doing some practice runs, like West Virginia or Kentucky.
4. Build resistance to cold. How big is your freezer?
Be warned that there will be naysayers on the forum that will tell you to forget about it. I am not one of those.
He said January. He didn't say January of which year. Could be 2311 :contract:
Or From where. It could be he'll unicycle from the border of Iowa to the Border of Minnesota covering a distance of 12 feet.
I've been alternating between listening to the MTC and this book of mormon musical. Why is a parody so inspiring anyhow?
I love the very idea of mormons. I am terrified Utah may shatter expectations. Still, I feel so compelled to go there. I won't be able to -not- go. I need a counterpoint to Berkeley
Isn't it wonderful to believe God has a plan for you, or that personal prayer is answered, or that salvation awaits you if you can just believe in it. Mormonism is so seductive! It is, by far, the most adorable religion. Jean skirts that go down to the ankles.. :blush:
Yeah, but the ending of Battlestar Galactica sucked.
Quote from: The Brain on June 13, 2011, 02:31:19 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
I'm going to unicycle to Minnesota. In January,
If you're serious about this I suggest the following.
1. Get a really good unicycle. Not one of those cheap pieces of junk. Also: snow chains.
2. Practice practice practice until you can stay upright even in a moderate breeze.
3. Build endurance and butt strength by doing some practice runs, like West Virginia or Kentucky.
4. Build resistance to cold. How big is your freezer?
Be warned that there will be naysayers on the forum that will tell you to forget about it. I am not one of those.
I knew I could count on the Brain. Best Swede ever.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
I'm going to unicycle to Minnesota. In January,
I'm going to stationary bike in my living room with the AC on in the middle of August. VISION QUEST TO THE COUCH
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 14, 2011, 04:59:34 AM
I'm going to stationary bike in my living room with the AC on in the middle of August. VISION QUEST TO THE COUCH
Why wait until August? :contract:
On that note, I think I'll go for a jog now while it's still cool out.
Lovely crowd today-
Manchurian, history major, economic focus
Taiwanese, philosophy/poli sci major, very theological christian, spends a lot of time looking for the true church
Taiwanese, imperialist/nationalist romantic type
Japanese, liberal with a communist parent, thinks Japan should pursue a conciliatory course with North Korea
Drinks and philosophy! For hours and hours. Ate duck and lamb.
Was good day. Fulfilling. They are still going at it now. Just heard "..descartes...something something..But I do not necessarily know that I exist."
urgh, that Christian means well, but his beliefs are obtuse. War is never justified, hyuk hyuk. And the warmonger is too romantic. Only the Manchurian makes much sense, but he claims china ceased to exist in 1911.
(He has, however, made common cause with me re: afrikaners, pied noirs, and Southerners, and drew parallels to them with the Manchurian people. We agreed Manchurian independence was a desirable outcome.)
Today felt more vision-questy than most days.
Edit: a cute chinaman girl with some french blood, gave her freckles. Most adorable! But still, chinaman girl.. although her purity was commendable.
I really wish runaway slaves would assfuck you on Jefferson Davis' Birthday. Now that's vision-questy.
Cantergreyhound tails: A chronicle of a pilgrimage
Greyhound at 1 AM, berkeley to salt lake city, draws out a very odd group. A young lady on a vision quest in a furry hat, seeking to master the violin, another woman in her middle age, who speaks to herself silently and later applied white-out to her hair inexplicably, to no comment from anyone. A PLETHORA OF MEXICANS. A trashy couple, with the lady bearing a child. The prototypical he-man with the drooping moustache and flannel attire. Some people of indeterminate yellow origin who speak incessently to one another in furreigner-speak.
The journey was quite long. Nevada is dismal, notable chiefly for its conspicuous lack of state flags on display and the strange penchant the state has for labelling all of its towns with initials set in stone on hillsides. However, at Elko, a mormon family got aboard- Shortly each adult had offered me food or drink, independently of each other and not realizing the other already had. I was charmed and delighted, and more than passing fond of them.
Once we passed into Utah, there was immediately an outpouring of salt upon the ground. It went on for quite some time- and the locals have an endearing habit of writing messages with rocks in the salt. The messages are almost overwhelmingly uplifting, primarily confessions of love, and statements of christ's love for all of us. It was really quite delightful. These sights ill prepared me to arrive in salt lake city.
Salt Lake City is hot, which I expected, but I expected to enjoy it. Certainly, berkeley is too cold- have I gone soft? In any event, I am exhausted, hungry, and thirsty above all else. Greyhound makes a point to put their station in the bad part of every town, so I was assailed by lamanites and other gentiles of the lowest class from the second I stepped foot into the city- "Pioneer park" might better be renamed as a hobo internment camp.
The town overflows with gentiles! Meanwhile, not living in salt lake county is a social death sentence- the library has restricted me to an hour of internet, and everyone looks at me funny at the news that I am not from around here. This is all sort of a debacle. I shall seek liquid, and fast- It will even be tea. I am feeling rebellious. The slender master race of people named heber and leah, eating lembas and quotign the words of wisdom, have yet to surface.
On the bright side, this town has an enormous saturation of weeaboos, it seems.
I've never thought to ask a panhandler his religious affiliation.
One thing that annoyed me when I was in North America was that so many strangers would approach me and attempt to initiate conversation. This almost never happens in HK. If I take a long-haul bus trip, I expect to remain silent for the duration of the trip.
Actually, the opposite annoyed me- it's much chattier back home. I talked to strangers on the MATA bus every day I used it, which was just about every school day in high school. I have had great talks with hobos in midtown, etc. I tried starting up conversations with folks on the bus to utah- could shoulder.
DAILY INTERNET LIMIT REACHED
fascist mormon impositions
I am but a gentile and must suffer the tax they levy upon all fellow people of the Book for the sufferance of co-existence
I will update whenever I can.
See, you need a source of income to overcome such hurdles in life.
What happened to the bicycle?
Quote from: Lettow77 on June 23, 2011, 08:43:52 PM
Actually, the opposite annoyed me- it's much chattier back home. I talked to strangers on the MATA bus every day I used it, which was just about every school day in high school. I have had great talks with hobos in midtown, etc. I tried starting up conversations with folks on the bus to utah- could shoulder.
Fuck, nobody talks to anybody here. Or maybe I'm just aloof.
A goof?
Quote from: Ideologue on June 24, 2011, 02:35:51 AM
Fuck, nobody talks to anybody here. Or maybe I'm just aloof.
:huh:
In Kentucky everyone is extremely friendly and people don't hesitate to talk to strangers. Took me a while to get used to, but now I prefer it over the cold stare or eye contact avoidance town that is Boston. I would have expected South Carolina to be the same as Kentucky.
More and more Lettow's writings are reminding of that Fraggle that went in to the world of humans to observe them.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 24, 2011, 06:59:55 AM
More and more Lettow's writings are reminding of that Fraggle that went in to the world of humans to observe them.
It's more like De Tocqueville, except stupid and not French.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 24, 2011, 06:59:55 AM
More and more Lettow's writings are reminding of that Fraggle that went in to the world of humans to observe them.
:lmfao: Travelin' Matt, right? When I was in college we used to make fun of a kid on our floor and call him that, because he was always going to all these weird places on his bicycle and giving everyone an AAR afterward.
Quote from: Caliga on June 24, 2011, 07:21:08 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 24, 2011, 06:59:55 AM
More and more Lettow's writings are reminding of that Fraggle that went in to the world of humans to observe them.
:lmfao: Travelin' Matt, right? When I was in college we used to make fun of a kid on our floor and call him that, because he was always going to all these weird places on his bicycle and giving everyone an AAR afterward.
You called. :)
:sleep:
Unless your RL name is Sergio and you hail from San Antonio, this is someone different. :)
How surprising that the most "vision-questy" day for Lettow consisted of Asian students talking all sorts of crap - while thinking themselves intellectuals.
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2011, 07:39:33 AM
How surprising that the most "vision-questy" day for Lettow consisted of Asian students talking all sorts of crap - while thinking themselves intellectuals.
People Lettuce's age are cute... they think they know everything, despite having no real life experience. :)
I fully expect Lettow to one day inform us that Antarctica is the purest form of south and that he's moving down there.
Quote from: Caliga on June 24, 2011, 06:51:51 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 24, 2011, 02:35:51 AM
Fuck, nobody talks to anybody here. Or maybe I'm just aloof.
:huh:
In Kentucky everyone is extremely friendly and people don't hesitate to talk to strangers. Took me a while to get used to, but now I prefer it over the cold stare or eye contact avoidance town that is Boston. I would have expected South Carolina to be the same as Kentucky.
It may be a personal problem. Did I seem weird to you? I mean, obviously not Lettow weird, but you know.
Nah... you seemed shy, but not weird or shy in a creepy way or anything.
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2011, 07:39:33 AM
How surprising that the most "vision-questy" day for Lettow consisted of Asian students talking all sorts of crap - while thinking themselves intellectuals.
That's what you do at that age.
Quote from: Jacob on June 24, 2011, 10:19:19 AM
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2011, 07:39:33 AM
How surprising that the most "vision-questy" day for Lettow consisted of Asian students talking all sorts of crap - while thinking themselves intellectuals.
That's what you do at that age.
I remember thinking - these conversations suck, let's drink! -_-
Salt Lake City has an amazing light rail net. An old woman sitting in the grass smoking a joint outside a 7-11 gave me the sage advice to seek provo via said rail net and then the bus, but I missed the last bus to provo. It was an extremely wearying night- I hadn't eaten, and my amount of waking hours exceeded 24. I ended up getting to sleep in a nice patch of greenery.
I face the new day, and will shortly be departing into utah's heartland. I suspect this is an island of sin amongst the wider sea of Deseret, and that conditions will improve. As it is, I have met some amazingly friendly people. (And, it must be said, some gruff weirdos.)
Quote from: Jacob on June 24, 2011, 10:19:19 AM
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2011, 07:39:33 AM
How surprising that the most "vision-questy" day for Lettow consisted of Asian students talking all sorts of crap - while thinking themselves intellectuals.
That's what you do at that age.
That's what I do at every age.
Quote from: caligaNah... you seemed shy, but not weird or shy in a creepy way or anything.
Ah, good.
Quote from: Ideologue on June 24, 2011, 11:22:06 AM
That's what I do at every age.
Talk to people about how you aren't sure if you exist?
Quote from: Ideologue on June 24, 2011, 11:22:06 AM
That's what I do at every age.
You're still "that age" apparently.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a healthy thing to do, but I look back on those days and am kind of embarassed. :blush:
Quote from: Jacob on June 24, 2011, 11:34:35 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 24, 2011, 11:22:06 AM
That's what I do at every age.
You're still "that age" apparently.
Isn't the point of this forum much the same thing?
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2011, 11:26:26 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 24, 2011, 11:22:06 AM
That's what I do at every age.
Talk to people about how you aren't sure if you exist?
Well, not in the specifics. That's a pretty stupid position to take. But the point is I might argue about it as if it mattered more than the average bowel movement.
VISION QUEST to the WEST has entered an extremely drift-y phase.
I have EXHAUSTED my WELCOME in DESERET, and found Oregon a little UNPLEASANT although parts of it were QUAINT
I am now turning east back to the lands of the homeplace- extremely transient and subject to change but I intend to at some point or another arrive in INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
Also I think I am getting a lot better at the VISION QUEST, nothing will EVER BE THE SAME
I was foolish to grow discontented with the South, but it was necessary that I leave my beloved home to realize its greatness
I wish to compose a tragic piece in which Deseret applies for statehood into the Confederacy but prejudices on both sides leads to disaster
Also I have given it contemplation, and the state best suited for settlement by JAPANESE COLONISTS is NORTH CAROLINA, and I will store this idea for later
I'd like to thank languish for being OUTSTANDING, but I regret I am much too busy to be on a computer much- I am keeping a written journal which will eventually find its way here, but it is sort of sparse as well, making log only of wonderful encounters such as the hobbit from north carolina or derek the dark one and so on.
What happened in Utah? People annoyed with your weird musings? And yeah, we all told you that going to the West coast wasn't going to fix your problems.
Why is Lettow writing in Victorian style?
Quote from: Habbaku on July 07, 2011, 10:20:50 PM
Why is Lettow writing in Victorian style?
He always does. Nobody knows why.
Not always. That post is an egregious example, though.
Quote from: Habbaku on July 07, 2011, 10:25:27 PM
Not always. That post is an egregious example, though.
I think you meant to say:
NOT always. THAT post is an EGREGIOUS example, though.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 07, 2011, 10:15:45 PM
I have EXHAUSTED my WELCOME in DESERET, and found Oregon a little UNPLEASANT although parts of it were QUAINT
Lemme guess: you came in via Portland, the Hipster Capital of the World.
I guess the future south will not have future hillbilly/chinamen girl babies to rescue it from space. What a QUITTER.
people, keep an eye on the news, i foresee a west sweeping killing spree.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 07, 2011, 10:15:45 PM
I have EXHAUSTED my WELCOME in DESERET, and found Oregon a little UNPLEASANT although parts of it were QUAINT
Good, my warning worked, now we can go back to being ourselves.
The VISION QUEST has come to an agreeable end. Or rather, is coming to an end; I have yet to return to Tennessee, although I intend to do so shortly.
There was significant improvement! Interesting people were met, a plan was drawn up for the next year, and life is happier than it was on the departing. More importantly, the foundation for a stable and happy existence has been lain.
Also, the dakimakura is on its way.
Did you or did you not buy a bike in the end?
No, no. Biking is actually a lot less viable for wandering around the west than might have been previously expected. And Salt Lake City has never heard of bike rental. (In fact, bike rental might be a mark against a city's character. File it under the subversive traits column)
Expenses were pretty light, though. Lighter, I think, than if I got a bike. And I saw a lot of places!
I can't imagine living in any of them. Tennessee is home, even if I didn't know anyone there.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 12, 2011, 12:40:07 PM
Tennessee is home, even if I didn't know anyone there.
Do you like to play horseshoes?
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 12, 2011, 12:40:07 PM
No, no. Biking is actually a lot less viable for wandering around the west than might have been previously expected.
:hmm:
Quote
And Salt Lake City has never heard of bike rental. (In fact, bike rental might be a mark against a city's character. File it under the subversive traits column)
Expenses were pretty light, though. Lighter, I think, than if I got a bike. And I saw a lot of places!
I can't imagine living in any of them. Tennessee is home, even if I didn't know anyone there.
I like to sing
Rocky Top and hear it performed. I heard Dolly Parton's band do it in Pigeon Forge. :alberta:
Quote from: Caliga on July 12, 2011, 06:15:48 PM
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 12, 2011, 12:40:07 PM
No, no. Biking is actually a lot less viable for wandering around the west than might have been previously expected.
:hmm:
Quote
And Salt Lake City has never heard of bike rental. (In fact, bike rental might be a mark against a city's character. File it under the subversive traits column)
Expenses were pretty light, though. Lighter, I think, than if I got a bike. And I saw a lot of places!
I can't imagine living in any of them. Tennessee is home, even if I didn't know anyone there.
I like to sing Rocky Top and hear it performed. I heard Dolly Parton's band do it in Pigeon Forge. :alberta:
I had a friend drunkenly call me from that stadium and scream ROCKY TOP at the top of his lungs last year. Then Florida kicked the Vols in the nuts and I got to leave taunting messages on his voicemail.
:sleep:
So do you: like Tennessee.
It took awhile after its proposed cancelling- getting home was somewhat difficult, and wearying.
However, I am back in glorious Memphis, the beautiful river city of my constant desire, where I never should have left. The South is a sacred place! Let us not leave it again, unless it is to go to Japan.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 12, 2011, 12:06:33 PM
Also, the dakimakura is on its way.
Isn't that a little weird?
See Grey Fox, you're no better then Lettow :contract:
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 02:45:32 PM
It took awhile after its proposed cancelling- getting home was somewhat difficult, and wearying.
However, I am back in glorious Memphis, the beautiful river city of my constant desire, where I never should have left. The South is a sacred place! Let us not leave it again, unless it is to go to Japan.
Glad you made it back safely.
Quote from: HVC on July 25, 2011, 03:09:18 PM
See Grey Fox, you're no better then Lettow :contract:
:pinch:
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 02:45:32 PM
It took awhile after its proposed cancelling- getting home was somewhat difficult, and wearying.
However, I am back in glorious Memphis, the beautiful river city of my constant desire, where I never should have left. The South is a sacred place! Let us not leave it again, unless it is to go to Japan.
I think the details of your VISION QUEST would make a neat movie. :)
Quote from: Caliga on July 25, 2011, 06:23:22 PM
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 02:45:32 PM
It took awhile after its proposed cancelling- getting home was somewhat difficult, and wearying.
However, I am back in glorious Memphis, the beautiful river city of my constant desire, where I never should have left. The South is a sacred place! Let us not leave it again, unless it is to go to Japan.
I think the details of your VISION QUEST would make a neat movie. :)
It would be an indie thing starring Michael Sera and Ellen Page. Guest appearance by John Favreau as a friendly but insecure bus driver.
Dolph Lundgren as the Aryan ubermensch.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 25, 2011, 06:33:50 PM
It would be an indie thing starring Michael Sera and Ellen Page. Guest appearance by John Favreau as a friendly but insecure bus driver.
Dedicated to Mr. Ed Anger.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 25, 2011, 06:33:50 PM
It would be an indie thing starring Michael Sera and Ellen Page. Guest appearance by John Favreau as a friendly but insecure bus driver.
What's Ellen supposed to do in a movie that's completely devoid of female roles? :hmm:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 25, 2011, 06:41:42 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 25, 2011, 06:33:50 PM
It would be an indie thing starring Michael Sera and Ellen Page. Guest appearance by John Favreau as a friendly but insecure bus driver.
What's Ellen supposed to do in a movie that's completely devoid of female roles? :hmm:
She appears in fantasy clips surrounded by a cloud sticking out of Sera's head. She always wears either a kimono or a french maid outfit with cat ears.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwackyiraqi.com%2Fwtf%2Flibya_jet_i_like_where_this_thread_is_going.jpg&hash=494021682f77700ef4e6b969cd2c9af1b6715eb7)
I'll direct the Porn version, FUCK QUEST TO THE WEST.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 25, 2011, 08:08:41 PM
I'll direct the Porn version, FUCK QUEST TO THE WEST.
Vision Queef to the West?
Vulva Quest to the West. :P
Vagin Quest.
Had to look up who Ellen Page was, because I am not very familiar with 3DPD actresses. While I like the idea, she needs pretty bangs. I love bangs! :3
I think the vision quest was a success, in that it resolved me to loneliness- My beloved roommate is going elsewhere this fall, and I am okay with that. Sometimes I didn't feel safe, and my mastery of hiragana is no mastery at all, but I am taking a class in the fall, and think I can manage that. I shall try to strike a balance between cloistering myself and meeting new people, but really, immersing myself in anime, history and the internet holds no terrors for me. I will drink a lot of tea.
I am still not sure what I want to do with life- Law, something involving Japan, a history professor? I have two years to sort it out.
I am not sure the vision quest would make for a riveting movie. My father's life deserves one more. Any vision quest film would have to gloss over the tedium, the walking around without any happenings, and focus on the few moments of danger, comraderie, catboys and so on.
I had fun but it was poorly executed and poorly conceived. I wouldn't do it again unless I do. And if I do, it would be to tour the sacred South.
There were no maid outfits on the vision quest, although there was a demure japanese maiden. It would have been socially irresponsible for me to declare any intent with regard to her, so I satisfied myself with being delighted at her existence. I did meet some outstanding people- elderly South Carolinians, a friendly mormon mother, a football player at Utah U, the delightful manchu, and so on.
I took a lot of notes, but I feel weird uploading them. A lot of it was intensely personal and prattled about people I knew and so on.
Don't eat squid if you can at all help it. That pickled cabbage stuff is no better. Plum wine is delightful.
Edit: regarding the dakimakura, it was a sudden decision encouraged by a gentleman of good taste. I will certainly invest the effort to see if any love and contentment can be derived there. No point not to try, right? The idea of a lovely maiden to have and to hold is worth the risk and the effort.
For those curious, it is the lovely miss Tsumugi Kotobuki.
Squid's actually pretty delicious, although of course I cannot recommend it. Kimchi (which I assume is what you mean?), however, is abomination. I'd rather murder a cephalopod than eat that.
What's a 3DPD?
Kimchi! yes, I forgot the name. Stuff's foul. At a distance I thought it was ravioli. Stench unforgivable.
Squid doesn't get chewed when you chew it! and then your mouth tastes like squid for quite some time..
3DPD- 3D pig disgusting.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 11:45:08 PM
3DPD- 3D pig disgusting.
Elaborate? I don't know what this means. Ellen Page is pretty hot. And when she stands next to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, she even looks human-sized.
Ugh, kimchi. At this college job at a Japanese place I had for awhile, my Korean boss and coworkers ate that shit every single day. Stunk up that tiny kitchen we were stuck in. That shit was so nasty, I wouldn't even eat it when I was baked and had a serious case of the munchies. And they had the NERVE to act all disgusted when I brought in a pulled-pork sandwich for my lunch one day, bitching about how it was too much meat or something. Yeah, well, you know what, my BBQ had cabbage on it too, we just have the good sense to mix it up with mayonnaise and vinegar, not stick it in the ground for a year with some shrimp and peppers and let it rot for a year.
Fuck Korean food.
Quote from: PDH on July 25, 2011, 10:48:06 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 25, 2011, 08:08:41 PM
I'll direct the Porn version, FUCK QUEST TO THE WEST.
Vision Queef to the West?
Slut Wreck III: The Search for Cock
I like kimchi. :unsure:
Not with fish in it though. The spicier the better.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 26, 2011, 12:08:38 AM
I like kimchi. :unsure:
Not with fish in it though. The spicier the better.
The Korean food I've been exposed to has convinced me that Koreans don't actually know what "spicy" means.
Quote from: Fireblade on July 25, 2011, 11:55:51 PM
Ugh, kimchi. At this college job at a Japanese place I had for awhile, my Korean boss and coworkers ate that shit every single day. Stunk up that tiny kitchen we were stuck in. That shit was so nasty, I wouldn't even eat it when I was baked and had a serious case of the munchies. And they had the NERVE to act all disgusted when I brought in a pulled-pork sandwich for my lunch one day, bitching about how it was too much meat or something. Yeah, well, you know what, my BBQ had cabbage on it too, we just have the good sense to mix it up with mayonnaise and vinegar, not stick it in the ground for a year with some shrimp and peppers and let it rot for a year.
Fuck Korean food.
Weird. Koreans love pork and mayonnaise, though not together.
Also, I have to agree Kimchi is absolutely vile.
Ide, they put red pepper powder/sauce on a lot of stuff. Ever had Budae jjigae? That can get pretty hot.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 11:37:08 PM
Edit: regarding the dakimakura, it was a sudden decision encouraged by a gentleman of good taste. I will certainly invest the effort to see if any love and contentment can be derived there. No point not to try, right? The idea of a lovely maiden to have and to hold is worth the risk and the effort.
For those curious, it is the lovely miss Tsumugi Kotobuki.
I think that you might be starting to be going a little too far. The dakimakura on it's own is a bit alarming, because many of the people who get them are doing so in order to withdraw ever further from society. Combined with your use of the phrase '3DPD', I think that you need to make more of an effort to meet real people and conform back home. If you aspire to be a Southern gentleman you're going to have to have the means, and in order to do that you're going to have to function in society. To put it in terms you'll understand, what happens to hikikomori in real life?
Also, I would have thought it would have been Mio.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 11:37:08 PM
Edit: regarding the dakimakura, it was a sudden decision encouraged by a gentleman of good taste. I will certainly invest the effort to see if any love and contentment can be derived there. No point not to try, right? The idea of a lovely maiden to have and to hold is worth the risk and the effort.
I hope you don't find yourself loving your pillow.
Lettow you did all right, the intention was there, you gave it a go, so the execution was muddled, but what affairs aren't in life (I'm looking at myself here) and you've learnt some lessons from it; Well done :cheers:
I don't understand these Jap terms.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 26, 2011, 08:08:48 AM
I don't understand these Jap terms.
It's probably for the best. With your existing mental illness, you might get sucked into the world of Japan-fanboyism, and that's not a very happy place.
Quote from: Neil on July 26, 2011, 07:43:09 AM
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 25, 2011, 11:37:08 PM
Edit: regarding the dakimakura, it was a sudden decision encouraged by a gentleman of good taste. I will certainly invest the effort to see if any love and contentment can be derived there. No point not to try, right? The idea of a lovely maiden to have and to hold is worth the risk and the effort.
For those curious, it is the lovely miss Tsumugi Kotobuki.
I think that you might be starting to be going a little too far. The dakimakura on it's own is a bit alarming, because many of the people who get them are doing so in order to withdraw ever further from society. Combined with your use of the phrase '3DPD', I think that you need to make more of an effort to meet real people and conform back home. If you aspire to be a Southern gentleman you're going to have to have the means, and in order to do that you're going to have to function in society. To put it in terms you'll understand, what happens to hikikomori in real life?
Also, I would have thought it would have been Mio.
Let me put Neil's advice into a more..fatherly sort of advice:
GODDAMMIT BOY, GROW THE FUCK UP.
Neil, you are right as always. hikikomori-dom is a concern, but I am going to be at Martin, TN. The people one might meet there aren't necessarily up to standard. I will make some effort- I think i'll look into joining the debate team? And I will need to join a study group for japanese, since my ability with languages is pretty abysmal and the moon runes are complex.
However, I admit the dakimakura is intended to make withdrawing from society more gentle and easier. I have always been a bit too clingy, and without a cat, the charming roommate, or the missus, it will help to have someone to talk to and adore. Hopefully fairly harmless, surely? I fully intend to function in society and acquire gainful employment- my sense of duty and obligation will keep me from the idle life I might otherwise adopt.
And Mio would certainly be the candidate if it wasn't Mugi. Mio's more physically attractive, and her mannerisms are endearing, but I have a weakness for the mothering nature of Mugi. Her penchant for serving tea and cakes is delightful, and she is the most refined and ladylike of the group, which is also something I appreciate. Additionally, Miss Mugi will be in a maid outfit. While clothing like that is also available for Mio, one has to take their feelings into consideration. Such attire delights Mugi, but Mio would be embarassed and self-conscious. It is quite out of character for her, and I'd hate to think my companion was ill at ease.
Mugi never got enough of a fanbase, I thought.
(To say nothing of how overrated Yui is.)
Quote from: Neil on July 26, 2011, 08:09:59 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 26, 2011, 08:08:48 AM
I don't understand these Jap terms.
It's probably for the best. With your existing mental illness, you might get sucked into the world of Japan-fanboyism, and that's not a very happy place.
That's not likely to happen, but I made the mistake of looking up this kind of shit before. Bleh.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 26, 2011, 06:09:08 PM
it will help to have someone to talk to and adore.
:huh:
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 26, 2011, 06:09:08 PM
Neil, you are right as always. hikikomori-dom is a concern, but I am going to be at Martin, TN. The people one might meet there aren't necessarily up to standard. I will make some effort- I think i'll look into joining the debate team? And I will need to join a study group for japanese, since my ability with languages is pretty abysmal and the moon runes are complex.
However, I admit the dakimakura is intended to make withdrawing from society more gentle and easier. I have always been a bit too clingy, and without a cat, the charming roommate, or the missus, it will help to have someone to talk to and adore. Hopefully fairly harmless, surely? I fully intend to function in society and acquire gainful employment- my sense of duty and obligation will keep me from the idle life I might otherwise adopt.
And Mio would certainly be the candidate if it wasn't Mugi. Mio's more physically attractive, and her mannerisms are endearing, but I have a weakness for the mothering nature of Mugi. Her penchant for serving tea and cakes is delightful, and she is the most refined and ladylike of the group, which is also something I appreciate. Additionally, Miss Mugi will be in a maid outfit. While clothing like that is also available for Mio, one has to take their feelings into consideration. Such attire delights Mugi, but Mio would be embarassed and self-conscious. It is quite out of character for her, and I'd hate to think my companion was ill at ease.
Mugi never got enough of a fanbase, I thought.
(To say nothing of how overrated Yui is.)
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Ok I looked up dakimakura, and that is sad.
I also looked up 3D pig-disgusting, because that's one cryptic epithet. That's crazy talk.
I mean, give up on women and the exoteric society if you want, but be a grown-up about it and admit it's because you failed, instead of hiding behind the world's gauziest psychological defenses.
Also, I missed a whole page of the thread, so oops.
Quote from: TimIde, they put red pepper powder/sauce on a lot of stuff. Ever had Budae jjigae? That can get pretty hot.
No, I haven't had that. The last time I ate a Korean stew there was an unshelled crustacean in it. Why don't I just go outside and eat cockroaches whole?
Quote from: Ideologue on July 26, 2011, 06:33:03 PMNo, I haven't had that. The last time I ate a Korean stew there was an unshelled crustacean in it. Why don't I just go outside and eat cockroaches whole?
Because the cockroaches will come inside eventually?
I failed? I am not sure what that means, ide, but not so!
I upheld my end of the social contract with the missus. That it ended was no fault of mine. As for other women- it's just too wearying right now. Who wants to have to pretend to be on their level? Women typically can't carry on informed conversation. You have to restrict yourself too much and it feels like you are stooping. I have as little interests in their spheres of interest as they do mine. Besides merely having cultivated stupidity, (for women aren't inherently stupid- society just encourages them to act so) they are a bit crass and unladylike for my tastes.
The ones who are suitably DEMURE have lost themselves in Christianity and it can take an unpleasant bent for an unbeliever like myself.
If I found a delightful maiden, I'd make an effort- but I am too tired to look for one, really. That goes for friends as well. I was planning to withdraw and focus on academia and anime this fall. I don't think i've "failed" at all. I've had to come to terms with the fact that I am not as incredible as my upbringing lead me to believe, but I am still brighter than the average person and reasonably competent. I'll be fine.
And 2D does surpass 3D pretty convincingly- idealized depictions will always surpass the disappointing reality. I have an obligation to sire children, but it isn't on the agenda for the near future.
Anime chicks tend to look like Greys.
Dude, I think we're going through the same sort of thing but reacting to it totally differently. I've largely withdrawn myself since the end of school, and since Korea took off. However, I recognize that my lack of a healthy social network (at least that survived her) and prospective sexual partners is basically my own fault, a personal failure, which I won't let occur again if I can help it.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 26, 2011, 06:09:08 PM
However, I admit the dakimakura is intended to make withdrawing from society more gentle and easier.
Maybe you should avoid it then. Withdrawing from society, even such as it is in Martin, is a terrible idea. Better to slum than to cut off human contact.
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 26, 2011, 07:09:07 PM
And 2D does surpass 3D pretty convincingly- idealized depictions will always surpass the disappointing reality.
Perhaps as masturbatory aids? Actual women have features that fictional representations do not.
Masturbating to the pillow? That seems _extremely_ uncouth, I mean..
One would have to be certain of her consent in the matter, and as that can't reliably be ascertained, I mean.>
No, that simply won't do. She is for talking to and snuggling.
I will make some effort to socialize, I promise you.
Ide- I could find "prospective sexual partners", but it would involve being someone I am not and putting up with more than i'd care to. Plus, it is indecent. I don't accept the idea of sexuality outside of a relationship with concrete intent for the future- and even then, outright intercourse is not alright outside of marriage, at least for me. Like razgovery did, you seem to be projecting your own problems onto me. I am not crazy like he is, and I don't regard my current position in life as failure, as seems the case with you.
You can talk to any inanimate object though, but they won't talk back.
Quote from: Caliga on July 25, 2011, 07:17:54 PM
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:yes:
How about some demur and coquettish dry-humping lettuce?
You really can't go to your marriage bed stone cold.
well no, I never said I had not indulged in sexuality. More than I had planned to, really- virginity became increasingly technical. But is this really something that bears discussing?
Anyway, I just don't feel like looking for a relationship. I don't suppose i'll discuss the matter further.
(Miss Emily doesn't count. that's more of a sir Pellinore/ questing beast arrangement. She'd be pining away from inattention if I didn't sift through her fewmets from time to time.)
Also, I lost a ton of weight on the vision quest! 15 pounds- I never intended to, but the food just isn't as good or as regular as home, and I walked a bunch, so..
Quote from: Lettow77 on July 26, 2011, 07:57:21 PMIde- I could find "prospective sexual partners", but it would involve being someone I am not and putting up with more than i'd care to. Plus, it is indecent. I don't accept the idea of sexuality outside of a relationship with concrete intent for the future- and even then, outright intercourse is not alright outside of marriage, at least for me. Like razgovery did, you seem to be projecting your own problems onto me. I am not crazy like he is, and I don't regard my current position in life as failure, as seems the case with you.
I said I was talking about me.
That's a great slogan.
Lettow---Not as crazy as Razgovery (R)
At least Raz recognizes his problem.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 26, 2011, 09:01:08 PM
That's a great slogan.
Lettow---Not as crazy as Razgovery (R)
but it is clearly not true.
I thought the issue settled, but our man Hyadain came out with a song that perfectly addresses the issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqWqhkBKd14
Hyadain always knows what's up, coincidentally. Cherry boys :3 :blush:
I would have never thought that our little racist boy would grow up wanting to be an Otaku.