Watercooler Sub Zero: Ice Capades

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get a stick-on one

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Only if I can get stick-on sideburns!

Beards and capes, this sounds like Kerr's dream band. :-)

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 14:39 (seventeen years ago) link

It is that time of the afternoon, when I need coffee and hott boys.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/mel_face/waytooclose.jpg

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

That is possibly the most ginger I have ever seen Benjamin look. Even his eyebrows look ginger. K-rowr.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

DIE, PhD, DIE!

g000blar (g00blar), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:05 (seventeen years ago) link

http://catholic-resources.org/Images/mushroom-cloud.gif

g000blar (g00blar), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Blimey, reasons never to go into higher education - nuclear holocaust in 100 posts.

Right now, I am hating the users. They are a bunch of idiots.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Can't work. Have to work. Can't work. Have to work. Can't work. Hate it all. Have to work. Can't concentrate. Too much to do. Can't write a sentence. Hate that last sentence. Can't work. Have to work. Can't work. Have to work. Have a day off. You just had FOUR days off. Have to work. Can't work.

g000blar (g00blar), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Drink some more coffee. take some speed. Do whatever it takes to get focused. Don't worry about the beginning or the end, just start in the middle. Write, churn, until you get going, you can always edit out the bad stuff.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Lookit my pedals, lookit lookit lookit...

http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/images/Jonny%20First%20Day%20Back.jpg

I need to get a new chorus pedal. I've tried asking on TSM board but they're not being very helpful. I suppose I might just end up with some crappy Boss chorus just coz I have the ultimate power supply. I've decided that Chorus is urgent and key for all shoegazing.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, the users are idiots. This morning I was getting flack because "oh no, this report doesn't show all the packs out that people are saying they are sending!" Guess what? Go into the actual ops, they never sent a pack! Taking sides: a database that tracks all correspondance vs. conslutants that we know exaggerate and downright LIE about their caseloads.

This afternoon I'm getting this idiot who couldn't even brief me properly about whether he wanted to examine open cases or closed cases (a £10 million difference there) - finally after telling me he wanted to look at open cases, not closed ones, I make the report - but he's still LOOKING AT the old report.

::bashes head against desk::

I'm sure that none of this will make sense to anyone else, but basically 1) if people don't tell me what they want, how can I give it to them? 2) LOOK AT THE RIGHT REPORT, DUMMIE!!! and 3) who ya gonna trust? Huh? impartial MI or people who get paid on commission?

Today I wish I hadn't come back to work. Why can't I just quit and live on shoegazing and cartoon drawing? Oh wait, coz I have a mortgage and Tiffany Glass elephant lamps.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I was sorely tempted to stay in bed this morning and not go in to work.

Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

It might have been a better decision, FP. I so nearly did that yesterday, but then I got the news that there was a power cut.

The dude guilty of 1 and 2 just stopped by my desk and apologised. But still.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

FP check this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6354855.stm

pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Man, I had a nap after lunch yesterday, it was great.

Today I have to make do with cat pictures.

http://themot.org/gallery/d/61231-1/voiceskitten.jpg

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Good lord this thread is huge now. Anyway hi dere.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi Dr Ned!

pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Morning, Ned.

I am in denial and trying to pretend that ILX will be back 4 realz tomorrow. Before I go starting another thread.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Cool Hawkwind picture from another thread:

http://www.kadu.demon.co.uk/media/archives/megaphone.jpg

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Ed, if you come onstage with us, please can you wear goggles like that?

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link

hi ned.

more kittens pls, in the last 20 minutes i started to feel like total shit. WHY?

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh noes, what kind of shit? Physical or mental?

If the former, have a hot drink. If the latter, here are some cat pictures:

http://themot.org/gallery/d/81659-1/criticalmass.jpg

This site is the motherlode of all cat pictures:

http://themot.org/gallery/v/Cats/criticalmass.jpg.html

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link

aw aw aw! thank you :( it is mental shit! i hate it! i was FINE - more than fine, feeling good because i just went for a cruise to pick up my phone (they didn't fix it, the fuckers - sent it back with a letter saying "oh, water's got in it, it's uneconomical for us to fix it" and the lady in the shop agreed with me that it probably was condensation and no, there probably wasn't any way to avoid that, and no, it wasn't my fault, with all the conviction of a dead fish. but i don't really mind, due an upgrade in 2 weeks anyway) and it was a lovely ride and on the way back was thinking i was feeling very fit and strong these last few days (possibly just relief at being able to Do Stuff again after 4 days last week trapped indoors with the lurgee), then i came home and had a cup of tea and... collapsed.

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Aw, see, try not to overdo things the first couple of days after you get better from a big, serious illness. You tend to think that you're OK because you're finally over it, but you're still weak from inactivity. And that physical "ugh" can turn into mental "ugh".

Relax and look at some cat pictures, it will do you a world of good. I kept laughing out loud to the point where people were looking at me. But my colleagues know when I'm having a rough day, I look at cat pictures or something.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link

I can do all of those chords apart from F natural (A will require a capo as I can't do bar chords on the first fret yet, and the other variation of A). Can you send me samples of what you want me to play along with?

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I will make you a CD of the set and bring it tomorrow.

Honestly, you don't have to play anything complicated! On a lot of this stuff, what it actually needs is the drone note accentuated - not chords, but literally just a drone, the same note in one or two octaves. The Pop melodies move around this note, but don't bother with those - just play the drone note.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

got aim up for the next 1/2hr, kerr.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I am slowly being convinced. G D and A are the scales I can do.

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

or anyone else, obv

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Aw, see, try not to overdo things the first couple of days after you get better from a big, serious illness. You tend to think that you're OK because you're finally over it, but you're still weak from inactivity.

haha i think that's what happened on friday night/saturday daytime... i mean, i NEVER sleep that much. 5-7 hours a night usually, tops.

And that physical "ugh" can turn into mental "ugh".

but it was a physical "yay!" i was all twisty and floaty and FAST and it felt good.

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost

True, but I don't have to think so hard about that.

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't have AIM, Pash, and I can't chat. :-(

Honestly, Ed, no scales, no chords. Maybe very limited movement in songs like Noyfriend that have a principle chord and a modulation (that is the G to F natural one) but mostly drone.

I chose all the songs for this set because they are songs that have a very strong drone element - a single note that goes through the whole song. Because I wanted Frances to do super-wubbulation on those notes on the Silver Machine.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I totally misread Norm's post there.

OK, let's see.

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link

meebo.com

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link

might not work well on citrix as it is very web 2.0 but meebo is a great way of doing IM without clients.

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link

No one was ever interested in a Watercooler AIM chat last time you tried Norman.
But i'm coming on anyway.

pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I would, but I have to leave the house in 5 minutes.

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I totally want Bob Calvert style goggles for this gig. Is that so wrong? Will I look like a stupid cyberdog technogoff or something?

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

What on *earth* can you say on a Watercooler AIM chat that you can't say here? This pretty much *is* an AIM chat to all intents and purposes.

Or is it like your version of the noize board where you bitch about non-Watercooler people you don't like but where you don't actually put it on the board?

ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

no, we just talk about music, basically, ailsa.
it's not really a watercooler aim chat, I dunno where kerr got that idea from, tbh.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Right, fair enough, never having joined in I didn't know if there was some other alternate non-public Watercooler.

ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

OMG
http://themot.org/gallery/d/82429-1/WhippedCreamKittenFace.jpg

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Hours of fun, that site!

I'm making no progress here, I should go home. :-(

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

I WANT A CAT

usually if i feel like this i can play with teh baby for half an hour and feel ok again. but teh baby is in teh brazil. I WANT A CAT! *stamps feet*

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Can't you go round Amp's and play with her cat? (Are you still catsitting while they are in India?)

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

ooh i dunno! i hope so! those pictures of their cat are the CUETEST thing. i'm going out in half an hour to see frank t so no time to go anywhere else.

emsk ( emsk ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

WOO-HOOO!!! I have cracked it.

The nidiots asked to have all inactive employees removed from the report - so that's why it's not balancing with the other report. Ha ha! I can go back and say it's coz they're Nidiots, not coz the report is wrong.

masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Can't you go round Amp's and play with her cat?

I would like to make it clear that I have nothing to add here.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o46/rzeznia/1171131891.jpg

pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Good morning, people!

Argh, what a day. Got up only to have my power go out at 9am - luckily just before I'd got in the shower, not during. I knew I should have got up when the rubbish was collected. So I've had no shower, no tea and err, I still missed the 9.33 train by 30 seconds. Bah! It's ALWAYS late. The one I ended up getting on was 5 minutes late. It SAID on the announcement board that it was going to arrive at 9.35 but at 9:33:30 when I arrived on the platform, it was pulling out. BASTARDS!!!

How is everyone's VD going? Stupid VD.

masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 10:48 (seventeen years ago) link


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