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I've donated on several occasions, maybe twice a year. I don't mind it at all and I've never had any complications. Well, at least not in the post-screening part of the donation. My first two attempts at donating, I was turned away for being too hot. Coincidentally, on both days (separated by one year) my body temperature was just over 100 F  :o Almost an entire degree above their cutoff point. Besides that, I have twice felt a bit dizzy and experienced lo-res vision after donating, but only after I was well away from the needle and in the "sugary baked goods" portion. Each time this happened I had to be wheeled (in my opinion unnecessarily) back to a bed and my waiting time was reset.

It feels good knowing you are helping people, and that you will soon have a pint of newer, 2.5x awesome baby blood circulating inside you . That is primarily what brings me back to the clinic.

I knew an old lady who didn't want to accept blood when she was in hospital because she didn't know if it was the "blood of a black" or not.

Perhaps she resented the idea of blood donations full stop, since the process was invented by a black person 

It looks like that newspaper had a mole at Brittens  :o

Come on people, Super Jazz Man was just released on the 21st, and Blackwell Legacy two days later. Do you really think half a week's worth of sales are going to tell you anything about how well the games are selling? Especially since we are just coming off the holiday season where perhaps the majority of people couldn't buy the games because they were buying gifts or hosting fabulous parties?

Where I come from, asking someone how much money they make is rude, and is usually met with a very vague answer like "Well...I am able to take care of myself and my family", with a hint of annoyance in their voice. Even if you ask for how many sales there were, you could still figure out; "If Tim sold 900 downloads of his game, which he sold for $11, he would have $9,900 \o/ yay!!1". Anyway you look at it, it's a personal question, and unless you are very good friends with the developer and they feel comfortable telling you things like their passwords or lock combinations, or when the last time they went to the bathroom was, I'd say you're out of luck , and best off trying to sell a game commercially yourself.

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you can't use inventory on hotspots, but you CAN use them on each other, combine them. The newspapers was a subtle clue about the dog needing a wee, which can be forced with diuretic pills. As Joey would say, you dig?

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Spoiler

Why did Susan ask you to take those pills again? What did they do? Do you see any newspapers on the floor of Nishanti's apartment?

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- token pair of socks

I guess so! It sounds to me like it's a British thing. Every year it seems nearly every British person I know gets socks at any gift giving celebration. Everyone else, not so much

Cheers Dave Great job. The characters, especially Joey, are remarkably quotable. I finished last night and am going through the commentary now.

I got a new Kodak digital camera. My old one was destroyed by sea water .


I bought my mother the first season of M*A*S*H on DVD, and my sister a cupcake cookbook.

Disco, Barcelona' s cathedral works started in 1299 and...

Why are you addressing me? I haven't even posted in this thread!

I guess after Mittens you would expect to see both when you see either of us?

For me, flying dreams (or other fantastical activities...I once did a very long handstand) happen only when I am aware I am dreaming, which does not happen as often as I'd like. When I realise I'm dreaming, my first thought is "OMG I'm going to try to fly!!" and then I dance with glee. It is not that easy as just doing it however, because I try to make myself do it with the power of will, but it doesn't always work perfectly. It also doesn't help that I typically start to wake moments after realising I'm dreaming, and can't just keep myself from waking.

Though as I mentioned before, I pulled off this sweet handstand once. It was really badass, and I even went on to shift so I was at a 45 degree angle. I guess it must be the notion of flying that excites you to the point where your dream stop. I suppose this is a lesson for us all to dream big, but start small .

Here's what I drive, er, I mean I drove until almost thee weeks ago (Now I take the bus  :'()



An '84 Buick LeSabre, that's about the right colour too, except it's missing some rust. It was three years from being a classic, yet my manager said it would never get that designation. We'll never know now .

Who were you for Halloween The Ivy? Dark Phoenix?:

No, I don't mean this dark Phoenix-



I mean this Dark Phoenix-

I went by Wal-Mart they had no body paint of any kind. So I picked up some of that snazzy hair-spray-paint...

Walmart would never sell something like that Anyways, you should have just used plain watercolor, it comes out alright, might stain a little though. On the other hand is quite hard to get consistent results I have photo examples of this of course. What the hell, I'll just go overboard on the photo thread. Hey! It's in the name of research  leave me alone!


Me on the last day of high school. Yep, I went like that for the first hour. First and only time I used the school showers too. I had a blue-ish tint the entire day even after washing.


Here I tried unsuccessfully to paint myself black and lay on the hood of my car. I chalk it up to the paint set I had, the brown had more of a mahogany (sp) color to it.

EDIT
watercolor works okay in hair too, also for smaller details: http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~disco/bullseye.jpg

P.S. Do you have a brother in Michigan called Kenneth who likes a lot disco music?

What is this, I look like another person on these forums? Geez, way to say I have a "common" look  . Anyways, I guess I feel the need distinguish myself by dropping these two bombshells:

Intriguing.

I started the adventure of a lifetime almost three years ago, let's see what I remember.

*Traveled to many places, taken 15 flights in just under two years
*Went to three AGS meets, scared a few attendees
*Twice donated a pint of blood in a campaign to save a canceled television show
*Saw Macy Gray live three times!! (?)
*Met and hung out with the Cardigans for a few hours after the show
*Unknowingly urinated in front of the Finnish Embassy in London after a night out with spleen
*Started collecting comic books, have 200+ after one year :O
*Became vegetarian again, after failing in my teen years. Been meat free 2 years now.
*Started learning Chinese
*Tuna beard
*Voice acted for a game in a popular AGS series
*Was badly ripped off for a theatre ticket
*Seriously, I was REALLY, REALLY ripped off with that ticket....big time. I'm talking like $100 worth
*Found out Steven Seagal has his own signature energy drink, and have since averaged 1 1/2 cans per day
*Was rescued by the Spanish Red Cross
*Retained my precious purity, but have added what must be millions of square miles of coverage to my Self Gratification Belt
*Lost 2% body fat after 16 weeks of kick boxing training
*Drank grog
*Was coerced into kissing a male AGSer publicly at one of the meetups
*Joined my college's dodgeball team, but never went to any games
*Paid a Rocky Horror stage actor $1 to make out with my sister after the show
*Developed an unhealthy obsession with the music of Fiona Apple
*Had my first article published, an adventure game review
*Was recently laid off

* Disco look through his Mittens photos

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Yesterday I discovered that one of my local grocery stores is selling 12-packs of Miller High Life bottles for $5.97! I was so happy I bought a pack and plan to go back for more. Of course there are better beers out there, but a deal is a deal. Am I right? 

Today I had to get up bright and early for my 8 a.m. 2D Design class. Once there I was greeted by a cancellation notice stuck to the studio door. I wasn't about to wait 5 hours for my next class, so I decided to skip, head home and toss a couple back. Yeah it was morning but I didn't have any obligations. Don't judge me!1  You don't know me.

Also, it's new comic day \o/ Gotta hit that up before too long.

The specific dates for me are anytime between June 27 and August 26-27. Although I'm sure I can miss a day or two at the very beginning of class, since I will have had the professors before Fall 2007.

EDIT- Oh, and not during Brittens either 

Yeah, I'm definite in for this. To the Land of Mounties we go!

yay Creed! The Canadian Mounties probably wouldn't mind you having an Eagle burger Just don't ask for any Common Loon foodstuffs and you will be okay.

Wow, a whole three months later now and I finally have my photos resized, incriminating ones omitted, and zipped. Sorry for the anti-captions, but there are many and I can't make it consistently funny as I feel obligated to.

Photos are here (8.25 mb).

My previous post about Brittens still counts, however I did remember one bit of conversation that struck me as really funny:

Annie: What do you do for a living CJ?
CJ: I'm a computer programmer.

edit- it seems that the irony is lost in text, you would have had to see the incredulous look CJ and others gave when he was asked this question. Seriously, what else can he be?