OFFTOP 10.13.08 Garfield Edition
I'm not usually one for a case of the Mondays, but it's only 8.49am and I'm already set to climb back into bed and hide from the world. I couldn't wake up with my first alarm and then the second did not sing at the appropriate time. My shuffle was dead, forcing me to listen to thumping baselines as I scooted along. Water from residents oversoaking their balcony plants drenched me as I rode through the French Quarter. Upon opening my scooter seat, I found that red beans and rice had leaked all over my bag (including my new 80-count box of tea). As I hustled to make the six block walk, a cop stopped me to lecture me about riding on the sidewalk, causing me to clutch my dripping bag to my almost-new fleece, which will cause me to smell like chipotle for the rest of the day. And then, upon checking my email, yay--two new job rejections!
Please, give me some good news, or at least tell me of your worst Monday horror stories.
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Looks like someone has a case of the mondays.
by aestivalis on Oct 13, 2008 7:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not only is it Monday, which is bad in and of itself...
it is also Columbus Day doubling the shittiness.
All I can say is that, not unlike Janette Rankin who famously chimed “I love my country but I cannot vote for war”, I myself love my Phillies but I cannot root for Joe Blanton.
Cuba Si! Yanqi No!
by Patrick517 on Oct 13, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't have any Monday stories...
everyday is the same to me. Most of the time I don’t know what day of the week it is until I check LL and see the OFFTOP. I haven’t figured out if this is awesome or sad.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 7:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes it sucks
Like today when I read the Sunday train schedule and got on the wrong train for 30 minutes. I was busy reading a book I had just bought. Luckily my teammate says, “I can’t believe we’re still underground.” Then I realized it wasn’t Sunday :(
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would like to live in a world in which Mondays do not matter.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh. It's all relative.
The reason they don’t matter is because I don’t have weekends off.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhhhhh...good news?
I don’t have any BAD news, but I’m afraid I can’t offer much good news – except to offer the quite possibly naïve assertion that the worst may, in fact, be behind you; that you’ve front-loaded all the crap from today into one hour and now it’s smooth sailing.
And honestly, job rejections are OK – at least you heard something. In my last bout with unemployment, I sent out about two to three resumes a day for about four weeks, and got exactly ONE response – the rest just vanished.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 7:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did you know that Garfield is funnier without Garfield?
It’s the Garfield comic, and all that’s done is Garfield is completely taken out. It’s hilarious.
Other kids may be sayin' hi-ho, but The Gooch just says yo.
by whobob on Oct 13, 2008 8:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow that was really strange.
The nostalgia was very enjoyable.
by Double06 on Oct 13, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does your sock pupped understand you too, John?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My sock pupped 6 little ankle socks... it was the miracle of life
but I wish she hadn’t done it on my bed… now there’s blood and placenta stains on my sheets.
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The tea has been saved.
Inside the box were eight individually wrapped cellophane packages.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
See? The worst is probably over.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh and by the way nola
nice color scheme.
(I don’t really know what color scheme you’re referring to but I like to obey the tags when possible)
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It goes with the sc tag.
But thank you for obeying the tags.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do what I can to make the world a better place
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes girls can be helpful.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sick, it sucks
except the part where I’m in the OTFPOTD from my bed
by seattlebruin on Oct 13, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somehow, I have no tea at home
I just realized this about ten minutes ago
by seattlebruin on Oct 13, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sucks.
My box at work is a little stale-ish, but I’m just finishing T2, and about to grab T3 before lunch. Seems to be de-fogging my brain a little bit…
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by PositivePaul on Oct 13, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but oddly doesn't taste good steeped in hot water.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what's incredibly annoying
is riding your bike to work and forgetting to pack work socks. So now I’ve got the dress shirt, black trousers, black shoes, and white socks combo going. sah-weeeeeeeet.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And I would judge you harshly for this, also.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As well you should.
Macy’s opens in a half hour, and I will be there when the doors open. This is unacceptable.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank goodness you understand.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The realization that I forgot socks hit me halfway to work
but since “halfway to work” means “at the bottom of a really big damn hill that I don’t want to ride up again” I just kept going.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In this instance, I'd go without socks, and just take a sharpie to your ankles.
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too much work
both in the application and in the removal.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the look of Elvis Costello
but he never did it with dress trousers and wing tips. He was more of a jeans/docs kinda guy.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great googly moogly, that DOES sound like a shitty morning. Sorry NOLA.
by royalcurve on Oct 13, 2008 8:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So that Poltergeist DirecTV commercial
has the funniest disclaimer ever. At the bottom of the screen, when all the crazy ghost rays start flying out of the TV, in small print it says “NOT INTENDED TO DEPICT ACTUAL VIEWING EXPERIENCE”.
Which is disappointing, because I really thought DirecTV would be my source for supernatural portals; now I gotta find another one.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm sick of how often it's getting shown.
Companies need to learn that after about 10 viewings of the same ad within a 2-day period, I will hate whatever they are selling. Geico does a brilliant job of mixing it up.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty tired of it too
The concept is great, but rotate them around a bit. The Geico ads are just unbelievably odd.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Garfield sucks, how about a strip from a good comic:

by Goose on Oct 13, 2008 8:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow too large
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never said I like Garfield.
I wish for this
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do; it's Calvin and Hobbes.
Or do you just not know what that looks like?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see an image either
and I know what C&H look like.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
):<
It’s there for me damn it.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your face is upside down too
Unless you’re portraying an angry schnauser.
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frenchman.
Mon ostie de saint-sacrament de câlice de crisse!
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know how it goes
Here is what cheered me up :)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3640890
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 9:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've never been so happy after the process of crushing my hopes and dreams was complete
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can only hope something like this happens to me today.
Well not the broken pinky. But an uncrushing.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Y'all know me so incredibly well.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't understand how anyone can watch the NBA but not give the NFL a chance
by JI on Oct 13, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
because the NFL is stupid
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be that as it may it's still fun live.
I don’t actually sit and watch a game on tv.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's marginally less stupid
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find it the worst league in men's sports.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't actually watch the NBA much
but I find the theory of watching it far less irritating than the theory of watching the NFL.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Imagine how popular he would be if he were actually good
by seattlebruin on Oct 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My comment should be construed as sarcasm
since I’m already on record saying how much I love Chris Paul
by seattlebruin on Oct 13, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm more envious of the fact that you get to spend this horrible Monday in bed.
And cruel for reinforcing that fact.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what sucks...
Using up the remaining vacation days so that you can move. And then catching a cold in the process. And having to come back to work after having missed a week to put out the fires that cropped up when you were gone…
I’ve got a massive cold and I’m having to try and figure out how to fix a broken SQL/ASP app first thing. Nevermind the fact that I lost about 20 hours of sleep last week as well.
T=1 It’ll probably be much, much higher by noon…
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by PositivePaul on Oct 13, 2008 9:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, and I thought waking up sucked.
Sorry to hear you’re going through all of that!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
by kevin_ess on Oct 13, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but I now have black socks on
so things are looking up.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn't find my black socks even if I tried...
Of course, I normally wear white socks with my black shoes, which drives a lot of people crazy. But my feet pretty much hide in my cubicle all day so I don’t really care much either.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Oct 13, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as we're doing comics...
Random Wondermark of the day!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
by kevin_ess on Oct 13, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know I said last week that I don't like internationals
But I probably like them better than Chris Iwelumo does.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you like them more than Ashley Cole does?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like nothing about Ashley Cole
I don’t often hold grudges against athletes that move teams, but for some reason I want Ashley Cole to step on a sprinklerhead in training and rip his ankle to shreds.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well this sentiment made my day better.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know, I'm sorry
From now on, it’s all sunshine and kittens.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That wasn't sarcasm.
You think I’m an Ashley Cole fan?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't think so
but I know you’ve been having a bad morning and the general sentiment was at odds with your desire to have a better day. Overthink? Me? What?
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Creative depictions of what should happen to Efootballers on opposing teams are welcomed and encouraged
As opposed to information regarding Afootball players broken digits.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People always talk about how macho football players are
Romo’s out with a broken pinky? Diddums. Buddy-tape it and get back out there, you wuss.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a horrible morning
In happier news, t-148 minutes until I ask my first girl out for coffee without doing it via the internet in over 3 years
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good luck.
Remember: don’t overthink it. Just do it.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And try to say something clever and witty
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the plan
I figure it’ll be easier if I generate a completely unrelated conversation and then segue into said situation
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm trying to debate if this is the best or the worst idea I've ever heard
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Urbandictionary settled that
As much as I would like to do t his
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Given that she may not get it
It’s pretty hilarious
I’ll take the safe route
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember the joke arguement Jeff and I had?
I used some of those lines while breaking up with a GF because I was getting bored with the argument.
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just don't force the clever and witty
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We all know what happens when I try to force clever and witty
It fails miserably
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It fails for most people when forced, actually
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you force wit?
And if you did, wouldn’t that be a good thing?
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want a sidekick to follow me around so we could alley oop witty jokes all day long
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You force wit by being in an uncomfortable position and trying to be funny
despite the fact that the situation may not call for funny, but merely for genial, in order to appeal to someone. And it’s not a good thing. Look at any politician that tries to be funny – it NEVER works. (NO POLITICS – that’s just a generic example)
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I would call that trying to be witty and failing.
To me, forcing wit implies that you were at least successful at being witty.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Out out or to the UPS cafe out?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm debating
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd say get away from campus.
Too many people pausing by those tables and saying hello.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I was thinking
That leaves one technical dillemma though- she’s off campus and h as no car. Do I offer to pick her up or just expect her to appear at the coffeehouse?
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You most definitely offer to pick her up.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One would think that would be a no brainer.
by Goose on Oct 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It makes it seem more like a real date with the pickup
Which makes things a bit more formal
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bah, I've never been one to pay much attention to society's "rules" on dates.
You picking her up would just be you being a nice guy.
by Goose on Oct 13, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This isn't 'Nam, NOLA, there are rules.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The pick-up makes things more formal
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but if she doesn't have a car, then it's necessary.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you're right
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or it could be a meet there and he offers a ride home situation
which strikes a good balance between formal and not.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I was thinking
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as she has a way to get there.
If she lives in walkable distance to a coffee shop, go there.
And make it more like 5:30pm.
Then if it works out dinner, and then drive her home.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
coffee then dinner?
Is that ethical?
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More ethical than coffee then offering to drive her home.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Given that you are a female
and I’m having trouble looking at this objectively/rationally I’ll assume you’re right
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait should I just give her one of my cars during class so she can meet me there?
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually no
I’m having trouble looking at this rationally but even I know there’s no reason to do that
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that sends a very needy/desperate vibe
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nononononono
remember I am the voice of reason here.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope. Too much.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What would be the exact date and time of said coffee get together?
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to shoot for sometime this evening
or tomorrow evening
like 7 or 8 ish
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're going to ask somebody to coffee at dinner time?
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What time is a good time then?
I always thought dinner was 5-6
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is disturbing
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a very interesting phenomenon.
Go to a restaurant at 5.30 and notice the age of the crowd. They’ll all be older than your parents.
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never been to a restaurant much after 5:30
My Dad always insisted we eat sometime between 430 and 530
And yeah, there are lots of old people
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have eaten dinner before I've had my first meal of the day sometimes.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to be so fucking hungry if I don't eat dinner until 7 or 8 tonight
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
have a granola bar at about 3.30
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you have college-aged friends that eat dinner with you at such an ungodly hour?
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do at that time
I call it “lunch”
by staplemaniac on Oct 13, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or people trying to sober up after happy hour.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ice cream is always a delicious backup plan
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A trip to Fry's can't and won't fail.
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not going all the way to Renton
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You honestly think a good date is a trip to Fry's?
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by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, this could explain even more.
Do you think this?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course not
Mariners games are the best place.
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball games
are the worst place for a first date!
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brayden, don't take this the wrong way, but
WRONG
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
I didn’t take it badly, it made me laugh. Ok, with every girl there are going to be better/worse places for a first date. If a baseball game is a good place for a first date with a girl, then that’s awesome and that girl is awesome. But I think for the majority of girls a baseball game is not a good place for a first date.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it takes quite a bit to offend me
I mean, where you have meetings and such I have people screaming obscenities at me. So I’m kinda used to it.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha.
I think one of the funniest heckles (what’s the word for this?) I’ve ever received was in Provo, Utah. I was playing a game there and someone in the stands yelled, “Hey 24, they don’t get any sun in Seattle do they??”
I looked into the stands and everyone there was lighter skin than me. I honestly wasn’t sure how to react.
by brayden04 on Oct 14, 2008 3:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what's a great place for a first date?
Jazz Alley.
by BrianL on Oct 13, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
Any place that inhibits conversation is a bad place for a first date. Jazz Alley would be a perfectly fine 2nd or 3rd date.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chuck Mangione was playing.
My date and I were too busy reveling in his ability to effortlessly hit a note twenty lines above the staff. We just muttered “wow” every few minutes.
by BrianL on Oct 13, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Despite that, we managed to stick together for a while.
We had so much fun it spawned a second date shortly afterwords.
by BrianL on Oct 13, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
Her uncle worked at a propane retailer. Never approved of my hippie music.
by BrianL on Oct 13, 2008 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Dad, can I get a gun rack for my bike?"
“Bobby, if you weren’t my son I’d hug you.”
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. t going well.
by kevin_ess on Oct 14, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then it's best to end it before it even begins
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a life-sustaining force.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of the biggest things I miss about Olympia is being able to pick this up whenever I want:

J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd buy it just for the artwork.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There used to be a Dancing Goats Cafe on 4th and Washington in downtown Oly that had a mural of that on the outside wall.
Still the best coffee I’ve ever had.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can download their coffee reports.
Oh goodness me I want to be a person who treks to the highlands to sample coffee beans.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be a pretty awesome job.
Assuming you didn’t work for the people that pull their coffee beans out of jungle cat stool.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aren't those supposed to be the most tasty, though?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a limit to how far I'll go to enjoy the best.
Anything that comes out of something’s butt is most assuredly over the line.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to have to try this.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Oct 13, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's fantastic.
Definitely Batdorf’s best blend by a damn sight.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 13, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Note to self: Robert is not dating material
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've spent hundreds of dollars at starbucks without drinking a sip
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Starbucks doens't have Mountain Dew.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My drinking addiction usually changes every 18 months
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where are we in the schedule?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coming to a close
I just need to find someplace that sells that Tropicana Twister in 6 1-liter packs
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orange Soda is even more caffeinated than Mt Dew
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually hate candy for the most part
It’s the caffeine that i’m after
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Inject into your bloodstream.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The doctors did this to my mom when I was being born
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing you say ever surprises me.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My fifth grade or your fifth grade?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could he have a crush on you when he was 2 years old?
by JI on Oct 13, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Note to Robert
there’s no need to answer this.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And spanned a continent, also.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tropicana Twister is fantastic.
Nowadays though, I’m on a Sunny D “Smooth” kick.
by Goose on Oct 13, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I've seen her drink coffee before
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perfect, then you'll know
if she just doesn’t want to have coffee with you.
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Corco's off
40% chance I ask and she says yes
35% I chicken out
25% I ask and she says no
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't chicken off, go for it
good luck…
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or even chicken out.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This has been a painful thread to read
I see no way he succeeds.
by Sec 108 on Oct 13, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Corfailed
I didn’t even do it-
I’m going to wait until a natural conversation develops towards the end of class which happens sometimes anyway so no worries there
The thing is I have to walk out of the room at roughly the same time as her or I’m either chasing her or awkwardly waiting for her and she packs a bunch of shit and I travel light so there was no way to succeed
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you do make sure you mention how your blog friends give you our thumbs up
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah that's the plan
Believe it or not you guys are not my primary consults here
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are consulting too many people.
Just ask her and be done with it.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right
That’s why I bailed today
I made myself too nervous by over-consulting
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, see how these are not the same thing?
“Just ask her and be done with it.”
“That’s why I bailed today”
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess that was more in response to "You are consulting too many people"
I need to sit back and think about this rationally
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
Just ask her and be done with it.
by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We generally cross paths at 9:25ish on Tuesday mornings
I’ll do it then
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The best way to approach this is to just ask her straight out.
Like many things in life, you start thinking about this too much and that causes you to heap all this extra pressure on yourself that isn’t really there. If you wait too long and get the idea in your head that you won’t succeed, you’re effed.
Two things. First, girls aren’t idiots. They are more sensitive than guys to body language and small things that we think are inconsequential. With this in mind, she probably has an idea that you like her. Which leads to my second thing. Girls love confidence. I haven’t met a girl who didn’t like confidence. Confidence is tricky, you can’t overplay it because then it becomes arrogance. But the beautiful thing about confidence is you can fake it. And fake it long enough and eventually it becomes real.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This makes sense
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow fail.
What that should say is isn’t this the girl who thought you were cute? Don’t chicken out, you’re in a great position!
Good luck dude.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I just bought the new David Byrne/Brian Eno record
and it’s actually pretty good. I was a pretty big Talking Heads fan but most of David Byrne’s solo stuff was kinda meh. But this is a good record – very lush, lots of midtempo-y stuff but really well written songs and great production.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Some of my favorite Byrne stuff was his post-Talking Heads solo work
But I preferred his Uh-Oh stuff to his wanky experimental soundtrack compositions.
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, this is much more Uh-Ohish
and it’s really quite good. Probably not something I’ll listen to a ton, but I do quite like it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eno is a fantastic producer...
I never thought I’d see the day where he’d work with someone like Paul Simon, but man the more I listen to “Surprise” the more I see how the two of them can co-exist pretty well.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Oct 13, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So is a average 94 degree C running temp a bit high for a laptop?
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope you aren't using that on your lap
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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 13, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I was what would be the draw backs?
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Possible sterility
likely testicular cancer
by johnbai on Oct 13, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He already drinks enough mt dew to make this not an issue.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had a high school cross-country teammate
who used to think that if he drank enough Mt. Dew that it would be an effective form of birth control. Fortunately, I dont think he ever got laid. Although it would have been great if he had ever used the line, “It’s OK baby . . . I’m on the Dew.”
by FlaskInSafeco on Oct 13, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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