My wife needs to find a hobby, she called me at work yesterday all distraught (I might add her voice carries) before I could say anything she starts in "I just saw a man who let his dog shit in our front yard! I'm going to call the HOA and report him... I then interjected her and informed her I was in a staff meeting. In a lower tone she asked "OMG did they hear me?" Looking at a room of my peers all about to bust out laughing I replied, yes everyone here knows a dog just shit in our yard, love you have to go.
Lol! It's also nice to see your meetings to be quite informal (or am I wrong?). I'll probably hate any serious work environments, personally I think it'll bring down my motivation to work and I'll always have to be on my toes about what comes out of my mouth!
That seems to be the general feeling about those things, I personally prefer serious spaces, not uptight, but serious, too informal work environments gives me the feeling of not actually working and me being a natural procrastinator need the seriousness to get in the working mood
Missed this story when I checked the thread earlier. Too funny! As for work environment preference, I'm lucky enough to be working for a pretty small employer, and I get to be casual. I actually wore flip flops, and distressed jeans to work today. Also have a giant mirroball hanging over my desk, and it's recieved nothing but compliments.
@Vegasrage I've been meaning to check out Clockwork Angels. Liking this song so far!
@Rethical I think you are right about Kid A. It's definitely very unique, and I definitely think it was pioneering work. Was actually listening to the first few tracks on the drive to work this morning. Looking back, I can't believe that originally I only liked one song on the entire album. LOL!
Just listened to some more of that Chymera on spotify, they have made some really, really nice ambient stuff! If you've only heard that one track you linked, you need to look up their other stuff!! Drowning is a cool track, Curl and Umbrella too. Only heard the original mixes. Now I look forward to diving into all the other ones! They have made a ton of EPs!
Radiohead, one of my favorite bands. Everything in its right place is also one of my favorite tracks of theirs! I like your music taste!!
Everything In It's Right Place was one of my favorite tracks for ages. At the time, I really didn't care for the rest of Kid A. That one song just really got my attention. At this point, I've learned to appreciate a lot of their stuff, but at that time, I was going through a Sarah McLachlan phase, and had a very narrow range of stuff I was listening too. Not sure why Everything In It's Right place made such an impression on me. Really didn't expect to hear it at the show, because it's going pretty far back. They played stuff from their entire career though, and finally pulled it out during the second encore. I was over the moon happy. LOL!
Chymera just seems to be amazing all around. I've been listening to them on Spotify a bit as well. The track I sent is still my fave so far though.
Edit: @SV Yeh, the "Find Content" is somethign I miss a lot too. Seems to work for any thread you posted on before April or so. LOL!
I'm loving this! You are right. That section from 1;25 to 1:32 is absolutely beautiful. The opening number was cool too! I'll have to listen to watch more when I get off from work.
Sharing this too, because this was one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. The stage collapse that killed the drum tech in Canada happened just a week or so after I watched them. Such an amazing show. I think was video was shot jsuta few days after I saw them. Can't remember. Anyway!
Edit, jsut realized this is actually almost teh same angle and distance from the stage that I was. Wild!
Edit2 : I didn't watch this far enough to see if they reposition during tracks in this recording, but during the concert those LCD panels get repositioned into different shapes and do some amazign stuff. And that one section behidn them is a giant curtain type thing laced with LEDs. They run gorgeous color coordinated patterns on that and the LCDs thtough the whole show. It's absolutely stunning.
I've had really good luck with drops since the patch. Grouped and solo. But that's in terms of quantity of rares and item level. I still enver find anything I would actually use. LOL!
And now for something amazing. Was jsut introduced to this track today and thought I would share. Some of the instrumentation is just subtle and perfect. I'd reccomend headphones isntead of laptop speakers.
@Trombone That was amazing! Reminds me of how good their music was too. I've not heard that in ages!
Finally did some grouping in Diablo last night! Ran into Slayerviper and we went after the butcher. Turns out, I still pretty much suck, but not so bad that its embarassing, if I'm playing with someone patient. LOL!
Looks like after 1.0.3, and the hotfixes that came before it, grouping is definitely more enjoyable than it used to be, and can make the game feel a lot less repetitive.
Also the repair costs have forced me to think about tactics a lot more, and I'm moving away from my death-flop-to-victory strategy that I have accidentally fallen into since entering inferno.
I've climbed a few fourteeners in Colorado, but nothing above a class 3 scramble. So, technical and steep enough that you have to get on your hands and knees, but not technical enough to need rope.
I remember once, climbing into a saddle/gap sort of thing between two peaks in Colorado. The face I was on, was a pretty easy climb. Mostly walk up, some scrambling and never steap enough to need hand holds. The opposite face was eroded, and it was just 100s if not thousands of feet of near vertical granite cliffs. When I reached that gap and looked over, it was the weirdest sense of vertigo for a second. So beautiful after I got over it though. There were all these ravens up there. They must nest in the cliffs or something, because it was summer. I'll never forget standing up there and watching those ravens. I was above them, looking down on their backs, as they flew and circled on an air thermal .
I think that climbing wall is a lot less scary than sitting where that guy is. A climbing wall is made to be safe for climbing, and the anchors give you a lot of confidence. But, just rock, out in nature. What if it breaks? I don't want to climb or be all the way on the edge of anything that tall in nature.
I've watched people climb this! No one I know though. LOL!
When I was 12 I cried all the way from the bottom to the top of the Eiffel tower!
I've been to lazy to consistently exercise for the last 2 years, so I doubt I have the endurance to make it to the top of that. Not sure I ever could have! LOL!
My family always kept dogs growing up. When I eventually started spendign time around cats, I was always amazed at how graceful and acrobatic they are.
Awesome weekend so far. Hanging out with Dad today. Friday night, we had a late birthday get together for one of my friends. We went to Bogart's in Cincinnat and watched Santigold. It's the first time I've seen an act that major in a smaller, bar type of venue. She seems so crazy and happy, and her energy is just contagious. They are actually pretty funny too. At one point, they run a track with just base, keyboard and a drum machine for backup. The guitarist and drummer dissapear off stage and come back dancing around in a horse suit. LOL!
Holy shit yes we got him! Only took 6 attempts too!
Just before the server shutdown too, it went down 15 mins after, so it was our last attempt. My heart was pounding so hard.
Congrats! I thought I would be there by now, but not even close. Act II still. LOL!
i think ive died on him once and that was in normal, im not bragging here
belial for me is the hardest boss, every other boss including diablo is pretty easy, ok i havent killed either of them yet in inferno. we shall see
For me, rakanoth was easy in normal, and has been very diificult in every other dificulty. That's the one boss I had to group for in nightmare. In hell, I was able to solo him, but it was ridiculuos.
The challenge is that if he has nothing to attack in melee range, he often does a teleport that will be a one hit kill with average gear. The frames that telegraph it are very brief and hard to consistently doge for me. I don't know if it's poor design, bad reflexes, or just lag.
As a DH, I just open the fight two steps out of melee range and unload with everything I have until my follower falls. Then I hope I can manage to dodge teleports consistently enough to survive.
Of course now I'm overgeared for the hell version and I can get revenge anytime I want. So dreading the inferno version though. You have no idea.
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Missed this story when I checked the thread earlier. Too funny! As for work environment preference, I'm lucky enough to be working for a pretty small employer, and I get to be casual. I actually wore flip flops, and distressed jeans to work today. Also have a giant mirroball hanging over my desk, and it's recieved nothing but compliments.
@Rethical I think you are right about Kid A. It's definitely very unique, and I definitely think it was pioneering work. Was actually listening to the first few tracks on the drive to work this morning. Looking back, I can't believe that originally I only liked one song on the entire album. LOL!
Everything In It's Right Place was one of my favorite tracks for ages. At the time, I really didn't care for the rest of Kid A. That one song just really got my attention. At this point, I've learned to appreciate a lot of their stuff, but at that time, I was going through a Sarah McLachlan phase, and had a very narrow range of stuff I was listening too. Not sure why Everything In It's Right place made such an impression on me. Really didn't expect to hear it at the show, because it's going pretty far back. They played stuff from their entire career though, and finally pulled it out during the second encore. I was over the moon happy. LOL!
Chymera just seems to be amazing all around. I've been listening to them on Spotify a bit as well. The track I sent is still my fave so far though.
Edit: @SV Yeh, the "Find Content" is somethign I miss a lot too. Seems to work for any thread you posted on before April or so. LOL!
Sharing this too, because this was one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. The stage collapse that killed the drum tech in Canada happened just a week or so after I watched them. Such an amazing show. I think was video was shot jsuta few days after I saw them. Can't remember. Anyway!
Edit, jsut realized this is actually almost teh same angle and distance from the stage that I was. Wild!
Edit2 : I didn't watch this far enough to see if they reposition during tracks in this recording, but during the concert those LCD panels get repositioned into different shapes and do some amazign stuff. And that one section behidn them is a giant curtain type thing laced with LEDs. They run gorgeous color coordinated patterns on that and the LCDs thtough the whole show. It's absolutely stunning.
And now for something amazing. Was jsut introduced to this track today and thought I would share. Some of the instrumentation is just subtle and perfect. I'd reccomend headphones isntead of laptop speakers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uhuvhySYqs
Finally did some grouping in Diablo last night! Ran into Slayerviper and we went after the butcher. Turns out, I still pretty much suck, but not so bad that its embarassing, if I'm playing with someone patient. LOL!
Looks like after 1.0.3, and the hotfixes that came before it, grouping is definitely more enjoyable than it used to be, and can make the game feel a lot less repetitive.
Also the repair costs have forced me to think about tactics a lot more, and I'm moving away from my death-flop-to-victory strategy that I have accidentally fallen into since entering inferno.
This game is definitely getting better. =)
I've climbed a few fourteeners in Colorado, but nothing above a class 3 scramble. So, technical and steep enough that you have to get on your hands and knees, but not technical enough to need rope.
I remember once, climbing into a saddle/gap sort of thing between two peaks in Colorado. The face I was on, was a pretty easy climb. Mostly walk up, some scrambling and never steap enough to need hand holds. The opposite face was eroded, and it was just 100s if not thousands of feet of near vertical granite cliffs. When I reached that gap and looked over, it was the weirdest sense of vertigo for a second. So beautiful after I got over it though. There were all these ravens up there. They must nest in the cliffs or something, because it was summer. I'll never forget standing up there and watching those ravens. I was above them, looking down on their backs, as they flew and circled on an air thermal .
I think that climbing wall is a lot less scary than sitting where that guy is. A climbing wall is made to be safe for climbing, and the anchors give you a lot of confidence. But, just rock, out in nature. What if it breaks? I don't want to climb or be all the way on the edge of anything that tall in nature.
I've watched people climb this! No one I know though. LOL!
I've been to lazy to consistently exercise for the last 2 years, so I doubt I have the endurance to make it to the top of that. Not sure I ever could have! LOL!
But I would definitely enjoy trying. A lot!
Awesome weekend so far. Hanging out with Dad today. Friday night, we had a late birthday get together for one of my friends. We went to Bogart's in Cincinnat and watched Santigold. It's the first time I've seen an act that major in a smaller, bar type of venue. She seems so crazy and happy, and her energy is just contagious. They are actually pretty funny too. At one point, they run a track with just base, keyboard and a drum machine for backup. The guitarist and drummer dissapear off stage and come back dancing around in a horse suit. LOL!
Congrats! I thought I would be there by now, but not even close. Act II still. LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnaGs-r0zzU
For me, rakanoth was easy in normal, and has been very diificult in every other dificulty. That's the one boss I had to group for in nightmare. In hell, I was able to solo him, but it was ridiculuos.
The challenge is that if he has nothing to attack in melee range, he often does a teleport that will be a one hit kill with average gear. The frames that telegraph it are very brief and hard to consistently doge for me. I don't know if it's poor design, bad reflexes, or just lag.
As a DH, I just open the fight two steps out of melee range and unload with everything I have until my follower falls. Then I hope I can manage to dodge teleports consistently enough to survive.
Of course now I'm overgeared for the hell version and I can get revenge anytime I want. So dreading the inferno version though. You have no idea.