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capn_mactastic ([personal profile] capn_mactastic) wrote2008-02-23 07:03 pm
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Jounal Round-Up

Sam's been behaving himself, I'm wondering what he's up to...

Being Human was very cool, Vamp's a bit emo, Ghost a little reminiscent of Lauren the Teenager, but I can let them off just for the cool idea and actually living up to the premise.

2 overheard conversations I have to share, (AKA the reason why Lana sometimes hides from Chris the way I hide from Sam)

Lana: Honey, you know how I asked you to get strawberry yoghurts, I know you're not good with fruit but...?
Chris: What?
Lana: *Shows him cherry yoghurts. It should be noted there is a photograph of a cherry on them*
Chris: What?
Lana: These are cherry?
Chris: Oh...sorry, I only looked at the picture...

half an hour later

Chris: How long does a teacake take in the toaster?
Lana: Just push the buttons down and cancel it fifteen seconds before a full cook time
Chris: Wha?
Lana: Put teacakes in, press teacake cook buttons, watch timer until it says fifteen, press cancel
Chris: k
three and a half minutes later, smoke alarm
Lana: What the yellow rubbery fuck?
Chris: I followed the instructions!!!
Lana: Did you press the teacake button, or did you leave it on toast?
Chris: Ummmm....
Lana: Going to Mac's! (grabs Mac and hauls him out of the house, still wetting himself with laughter)

And I have a meme from  

[profile] pyjamagirl , who gave me the letter S:

Comment and I'll give you a letter, pick ten things you like that start with that letter and why.  Post in your journal; with these instructions.

 1. Sugar - I have such a sweet tooth it's not even funny, seriously, I'll make a bowl of icing (frosting for our American friends) and just eat it, or spread it on biccies and eat them.
2. Sweaters - I get cold really easily, and there's nothing quite like a big sweater (preferably one that belongs to your other half) to cuddle up in.
3. Sylar - mostly because he's played by Zach Quinto, and is therefore very, very tasty.  I would probably be scared witless if I was confronted with the real Sylar, I have to admit.
4. Strawberries - I love them, I love the taste, the tang, the tartness, I love alpine strawberries, proper strawberries and even strawberry popcorn.  Possibly the only thing better than strawberries is strawberries coated in chocolate!
5. Sawyer, Robert J. (see what I did there?) - A sci-fi author I really like, it's such a pain that I can't find his books easily.  He explores interesting questions, doesn't preach from a soap-box, and always seems to have a grounding in solid science, at least as far as I can tell.  Calculating God made me cry.
6. Serenity - This is what sci-fi movies should be, intelligent, dramatic, and still full of pretty.  We needed to say goodbye to Firefly, and this was a fitting farewell.
7. Spooks - While I hate what they've done to this show I still look back fondly on the first two series, while Matthew MacFadyen was still in charge.  I know some may disagree with me but I feel it's just gone downhill since then.
8. Seurat - One of my favourite artists, pointillism is an amazingly exacting method, and seeing one of his paintings up close is amazing.
9. Snow-Leopard - probably the most beautiful animal on the planet, I've spent hours in Edinburgh zoo sketching them.
10. Starbucks - I know, I know, it's awful.  But Tazo Chai Latte?  I must have.

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Lmao!! Aw poor Chris. I think Lana needs to get him a picture of a strawberry and one of a Cherry and make him remember the differences. *nods* The red one is the strawberry, the burgundy-ish purpley (what colour are cherries...? Dark red or something?) one is the cherry ha ha ha. Setting the smoke alarm off is just hilarious though...I love Lana's reaction before dragging you off.

Ha ha ha, my mother thinks I am so odd when I make some icing and proceed to eat it from the bowl ^__^

I don't know if I would be terrified or squeeing like an utter idiot if I met the real Sylar....he would probably want to kill me after I glomped him...

Ah Starbucks, I love it...I don't buy anything from there often, but I had a Pumpkin Spice Frappecino (or however its spelled) when in NY and I loved it...I was dissappinted when I couldn't get one in Glasgow...

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
Chris is living proof that having a genius IQ can actually hamper day to day living :P

I think I'd probably turn into my usual mentally deficient I-fancy-someone freak self :P

I think you can buy the syrups in the stores now, although it's actually cheaper to buy the big bottles from the states and ship them over (Chris got 4 litres of Gingerbread syrup for X-mas)

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww *pats* I am sure I would have difficulty forming words around him too.

Ooh you can? Awesome...maybe I can buy some of that syrup when in Ohio and take it home with me, yum yum! And gingerbread syrup soounds yummy!

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they're seasonal, but hopefully you can get some. If you're staying with friends/family someone might be able to mail you some when they come into the store again?

I think it cost 20 dollars for postage on Chris's, something like that (and 6 dollars a bottle :P) I know it came out at about £32 for two bottles and postage, which sounds expensive, but that's enough for 66 coffees, and at £3 a coffee... Still saving a fortune in the long run, plus you can get the flavoured coffees out of season :D

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I am staying with friends, yeah...I might tell them to send me some if there is none in stock when I go over ^__^ I wonder what flavours will be available next month...mmm.

It is saving a fortune! And you get to enjoy starbucks coffee in the comfort of your own home ^__^

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
And without having to fight for the comfy chairs :D

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally!! ^__^

And its less noisy too *nods*

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
lol, Starbucks can be a lot more peaceful than my house :P

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww!! Im sure its not that bad :P

Public places are noisy and I can't hear people over the din half the time :P The price one pays for being deaf...*rolls eyes* I havent been to Starbucks in aaaages...

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, yeah, I can imagine it would be a problem to pick out a couple of voices from the background noise (I have enough trouble, and I'm not deaf).

It's actually been pretty peaceful here today, but sometimes it's complete chaos.

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Peace and quiet is nice ^__^

I have had a blissful day off today for a change...it makes me wish I never worked sundays.

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Sundays off are good :D I hope you didn't waste a single moment and spent every second lazing in bed, reading anything that took your fancy and eating frosting :D

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I slept til around 11, I went shopping and have spent my evening discussing plans for the summer--some may call this relaxing, I call it headache-inducing...

but at least I am not working, right? ^__^

Mmm icing! Icing would be good for eating right now. (you called it frosting!! you are being americanised *giggles*)

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
You participated in head-ache inducing conversation on your day off? You need more practise at loafing about!


Shh...you didn't see that. I was emailing in the other window and slipped up, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :P

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Not willingly, I might add. I got added into a conversation on MSN where one of my friends went on to hound me about information about trains in London and how far away London is from wherever (which I have no clue about, seriously I barely know my way around my home town, never mind London.) And now I have a headache and feel like crying...its not too fabby at all...

*hides eyes* I never saw anything.

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I know I'm a little dizzy (okay, understandment I know) but I was under the impression you're somewhere in Scotland...how the hell would you know about trains in London?

*big hugs and aspirin*

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I am very much in Scotland (last I checked anyways, I stay in Denny, lol). But for some reason my friend seems to think Britain is tiny and that I know everything there is to know about it. Like how far ireland and wales are from England, and how long it takes to get from Heathrow to Stansted...honestly, if ever I need to go somewhere, I have to ask my dad how to get there...or how far away something is (I don't even know how far away Glasgow is and I travel there 4 days a week)

Thank you *hugs back and downs asprin*

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
lol, okay, so someone who thinks that there's London then Scotland :D

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yup...tis crazy. I think it is her family's fault though. When I was in NY her dad and her step mother kept asking me if I knew this or that person in Scotland and I had to answer very nicely that Scotland is a big place and it isn't possible to know everyone. it looks small on the globe, but it aint that wee.

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
This always amuses me, especially if they're from a city like New York, because you'd think they would extrapolate I don't know everybody in New York to Person X won't know everybody in that country.

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You would think so, wouldn't you?

I also kept getting asked if I have an accent, when I was in NY...doesn't everyone have an accent? Lol!

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You've hit another question which fascinates me, surely a lack of accent means that you speak differently to everyone else. And therefore have an accent...

Mah mad logix skillz let me show them to U

[identity profile] pyjamagurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you have hit the nail on the head there ;) It always amazes me when people say to me they don't have an accent, when they so clearly do.

[identity profile] aplysia-06.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Chris is living proof that having a genius IQ can actually hamper day to day living :P


You have no idea how true this is. I went to high school for "gifted children" and those people are some of the smartest people I have ever met, but man did we all have bizarre moments of being unable to do the simplest things.

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
lol, it does annoy me a little when people say that the quirky absent minded genius is a stereotype, because - while to a certain extent it is - that's like saying that the dedicated professional ballet dancer is a stereotype. You need dedication to make it as a ballet dancer, quirks appear to be a side-effect of genius (and frankly that's not a bad thing, stops the rest of us from feeling quite so jealous, lol).
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[identity profile] lienne.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Chiming in as having gone to the same school as Masha. I think the phrase "we's gifted" about sums the culture up.

Masha interjects from my floor that she once grabbed two spoons from a cutlery drawer while in search of a knife and a fork. A sorted cutlery drawer.

I also regularly have to stop her from walking into traffic. She looks both ways and fails to notice oncoming cars.

As for me, I seem to have picked up the quirks without the genius. I asked Masha to describe a recent "we's gifted" moment I've had and she told me my entire personality is one large quirk. XD

Edit: Masha recalls one gentleman of our acquaintance who decided that the Mona Lisa was a statue.

We also decided in our graduating year to force our English teacher to get us to call him by his first name. We went as a class to see a play followed by dinner, and one of us started talking to the English teacher about his girlfriend. Very, very explicitly. The next day, the English teacher came into class and said "Okay, guys, I can't have you calling me Mr. ___ after everything I heard last night. It feels wrong."

Another good one: The line, "You're so smart sometimes, [teacher name]," delivered in total deadpan without apparent realization of how that emphasis is incredibly insulting.

May edit with more later-- the nostalgia's really rolling now XD

[identity profile] capn-mactastic.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
*snigger* Chris once turned to me asked asked me - quite seriously - if I'd gone home. It was quite scary for a moment actually :P
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[identity profile] lienne.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh God, that's just terrible. *snrk* A real We's Gifted moment there.