The Steve-Out: The Brown Bunny is my movie of the year.

[Drageuth]

Lays Chips? Fucking newbs. Old Dutch is where it's at.

[Drageuth]

Also, if I ever have to move back in with my family, I will slit my wrists and drown myself in a river somewhere. Totally not going to happen. I've enjoyed my independence for far too long now to have to go back.

I can understand how some people have to do it, especially with the shitty economy over the last few years, but these are also the people who refuse to move into a cramped apartment because they are "better than that." Well, sorry mates, but if the options are moving back in with my parents or moving into a one-room palace, I'll take the one-room palace.



By one-room palace, I mean a bachelor apartment that's about 450 square feet.

[Rasgrez]

Lays Chips? Fucking newbs. Old Dutch is where it's at.

Haven't seen that brand here in Cali. Is it Canada-only?

[Drageuth]

Yeah, started out in Winnipeg, I think. They are delicious. If you are ever in Canada, or someone you know visits Canada, get them to bring back a bag of your favorite variety.

Oddly enough, back in... 2006 or something... they launched a new flavour called "Creamy Dill" that won Best New Product of that year in some sort of product competition. But they are hands down the best chips I've ever eaten. Lays are too thin and don't have a lot of flavour sometimes... these are just delicious. DELICIOUS.

[Drageuth]

So I'm thinking of making a competition for the artists of EP to help me design my next tattoo, and giving out some sort of prize (probably money, or purchase a game of their choosing under a certain dollar amount, stuff like that) to the one that I like the best.

Think this is a good idea?

[Rasgrez]

Very nice. Tim's is my brand; thick-cut, extra crunchy and well seasoned. Regular's good, but I prefer the jalapeno or habanero flavored ones.

So I'm thinking of making a competition for the artists of EP to help me design my next tattoo, and giving out some sort of prize (probably money, or purchase a game of their choosing under a certain dollar amount, stuff like that) to the one that I like the best.

Think this is a good idea?

Sounds good, I guess.

[Elin]

I actually put off moving in with a couple of friends this university year because I worried about my mum. Just as I started to become strong and self-reliant enough to stop relying on my parents, my mum had pretty much the most screwed up year possible and ended up relying on me. Strange how these things work out sometimes. Not that I particularly care about being at home anyway. It's really cheap to attend university from home, and my lifestyle is so quiet and modest that I wouldn't really do anything differently if I lived alone. Plus I've always gotten along really well with my younger brother, so I'm happy to live under the same roof as him.

Of course I have to move out in third year anyway unless I intend to commute to classes in Japan. And once I graduate...god knows. Might have to move to the US or Japan to find translation work. Until then, though, I want to stay at home as much as possible. I'd like to hope it's for mostly charitable reasons and not because I'm a total man-child, but I guess we'll find out when the time comes.

[Drageuth]

Very nice. Tim's is my brand; thick-cut, extra crunchy and well seasoned. Regular's good, but I prefer the jalapeno or habanero flavored ones.

Those look awesome. One of the store-brands where I work are frequent delicious, and have some of the best flavours I've ever had. Same general idea as Tim's, by the looks of it.

Sounds good, I guess.

It's a video game tattoo, and I'm starting to wonder if the girl that I was originally going to have sketch it is up to the task. It would feel more appropriate -- and I think would end up having better results -- if people who are actually into games help me design it.

This is just something I'm toying with in my head. Even a $40 game is cheaper than paying the tattoo artist to come up with something, and would probably net me better results.

[Synthetik]

Lays Chips? Fucking newbs. Old Dutch is where it's at.

Poore Brothers. Best chips of all time.

Also, if I ever have to move back in with my family, I will slit my wrists and drown myself in a river somewhere. Totally not going to happen. I've enjoyed my independence for far too long now to have to go back.

I can understand how some people have to do it, especially with the shitty economy over the last few years, but these are also the people who refuse to move into a cramped apartment because they are "better than that." Well, sorry mates, but if the options are moving back in with my parents or moving into a one-room palace, I'll take the one-room palace.

By one-room palace, I mean a bachelor apartment that's about 450 square feet.

I would have no problem living in a flat or some equally small apartment, but I would definitely rather live with a friend/roommate in something a little more spacious. Not having a central living room with enough space to move around freely in is depressing to me. But I wouldn't say that everyone who moves back in with their parents is "too good" to live in a small apartment. A lot of people I know have just failed at managing their money or lost their job and can't find a new one, or even just wanted to save up money while they were going to school.

[Drageuth]

I actually put off moving in with a couple of friends this university year because I worried about my mum. Just as I started to become strong and self-reliant enough to stop relying on my parents, my mum had pretty much the most screwed up year possible and ended up relying on me. Strange how these things work out sometimes. Not that I particularly care about being at home anyway. It's really cheap to attend university from home, and my lifestyle is so quiet and modest that I wouldn't really do anything differently if I lived alone. Plus I've always gotten along really well with my younger brother, so I'm happy to live under the same roof as him.

Of course I have to move out in third year anyway unless I intend to commute to classes in Japan. And once I graduate...god knows. Might have to move to the US or Japan to find translation work. Until then, though, I want to stay at home as much as possible. I'd like to hope it's for mostly charitable reasons and not because I'm a total man-child, but I guess we'll find out when the time comes.

See, something like that, though, where a parent becomes reliant on the child -- whether it's because of some sort of financial crisis, personal crisis, or medical crisis -- I can understand. I was in a rush to move out -- I've lived on my own since I was 18 -- so I don't ever want to go back. However, if my parents were in some sort of accident and needed somewhere there to help them out, I would move in with them in a second, because they put up with me for 18 years. I think I can return the favour.

[Rasgrez]

It's a video game tattoo, and I'm starting to wonder if the girl that I was originally going to have sketch it is up to the task. It would feel more appropriate -- and I think would end up having better results -- if people who are actually into games help me design it.

This is just something I'm toying with in my head. Even a $40 game is cheaper than paying the tattoo artist to come up with something, and would probably net me better results.

That's a pretty broad subject. Got anything in mind yet?

[Drageuth]

... But I wouldn't say that everyone who moves back in with their parents is "too good" to live in a small apartment. A lot of people I know have just failed at managing their money or lost their job and can't find a new one, or even just wanted to save up money while they were going to school.

Yeah, I realized as I was reading that over after I had posted it that I made a blanket statement about it. There are obviously exceptions, but some people who move back in with their parents do so because they feel that certain places are "below their class." I know a few people like this, and they bug the hell out of me.

But like I've said, I've always valued my independence. I would move into a shitty little hole rather than my parents place if I could afford to, because then at least it's my shitty little hole.

[Drageuth]

That's a pretty broad subject. Got anything in mind yet?

Yeah, I have a general idea of what I want. It's basically an NES/Super NES montage tattoo, with some of the main characters/items/what-have-you from some of the more popular games. Kirby spitting out a star, the Triforce, ? blocks, the blue-sky/white-cloud look from the Super Mario Bros. 2 box art, potentially some sort of Mega Man X sprite. A couple of Koopa Troopas, maybe a boomerang from Zelda. Also (and this is the one part thing I really really want) is a Mario star shooting through the design (perhaps incorporated into the spitting Kirby section as the "starting point") where instead of little stardust flecks that are being shot off, it spells out the Konami Code. If that explanation made any sense at all... O.o

I want to fit a lot into it, but I don't want it to be too busy. Which is why I feel someone with artistic talent should be involved, rather than just all of the imagery that runs through my head. It's going to take up the majority of my right fore-arm (essentially, the "back" of my fore-arm, where the star would wrap around the left side of the design and finish on my wrist)

[Rasgrez]

Yeah, I have a general idea of what I want. It's basically an NES/Super NES montage tattoo, with some of the main characters/items/what-have-you from some of the more popular games. Kirby spitting out a star, the Triforce, ? blocks, the blue-sky/white-cloud look from the Super Mario Bros. 2 box art, potentially some sort of Mega Man X sprite. A couple of Koopa Troopas, maybe a boomerang from Zelda. Also (and this is the one part thing I really really want) is a Mario star shooting through the design (perhaps incorporated into the spitting Kirby section as the "starting point") where instead of little stardust flecks that are being shot off, it spells out the Konami Code. If that explanation made any sense at all... O.o

I want to fit a lot into it, but I don't want it to be too busy. Which is why I feel someone with artistic talent should be involved, rather than just all of the imagery that runs through my head. It's going to take up the majority of my right fore-arm (essentially, the "back" of my fore-arm, where the star would wrap around the left side of the design and finish on my wrist)

Oh boy, sounds like a tall order. I'd help out but my artistic talents are somewhat lacking. ^^;

[Drageuth]

Oh boy, sounds like a tall order. I'd help out but my artistic talents are somewhat lacking. ^^;

Which is why I'm thinking about making it a "contest." I can see a number of different designs (hopefully) and pick the one that I like the best (or none at all, if they don't measure up to what I'm looking for) without straight up telling someone that went through all that work, "Nahh, I don't really like it."

That and I find prize incentive brings some of these people out of the woodwork.