Random Thoughts

Printable View

Show 25 post(s) from this thread on one page

02-07-2011, 10:15 PM
Sycophant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/830/svenl.jpg

That's it. You're going on ignore.
02-07-2011, 10:18 PM
Mara

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winston*

What would you wear instead? Wedding crown? Wedding cape?

Wouldn't wear anything special. Accessories don't make you married.
02-07-2011, 10:18 PM
Spinal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winston*

What would you wear instead? Wedding crown? Wedding cape?

Wedding poncho.
02-07-2011, 10:20 PM
Dead & Messed Up

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mara

Don't want a ring if I get married. By the way. Don't like rings.

I think that's a bad idea. Somebody told me that if you like it, then you should put a ring on it.

[
Show Spoiler
Oh oh oh, oh Oh OH.
]
02-07-2011, 10:23 PM
Sycophant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mara

Spinal, at my university (a large private religious school) it was traditional that the national anthem was played over the outdoor P.A. system at some point every morning. I can't remember the time, but I was always running late for class at that exact moment.

Anyway, there wasn't a rule or anything, but it was customary for students to stop and stand at attention during the anthem, which made me just crazy, because I was always bolting to class. So I walked during the anthem every day and got sometimes got very dirty looks and (rarely) comments.

But, come on. I consider myself a patriot within reason. I wasn't hurting anyone-- I was just GOING TO CLASS.

I attended this university for two years. You got the ugliest looks from other people on campus as you were marching to class. And every couple months, there would be a huge blow-out in the school paper over people like me. Good times.
02-07-2011, 10:29 PM
Lasse

Thinking about going to the USA with a friend sometime in 2011. Haven't given it a lot of thought yet, but it could be fun. Might try out for a MLS team while I'm there. :P

Oh, also, do you have pretty girls and loads of vodka, rum and beer?
02-07-2011, 10:30 PM
megladon8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasse

Thinking about going to the USA with a friend sometime in 2011. Haven't given it a lot of thought yet, but it could be fun. Might try out for a MLS team while I'm there. :P

Oh, also, do you have pretty girls and loads of vodka, rum and beer?

Make it 2012 and NYC, and Jen and I will take you out for a night on the town!
02-07-2011, 10:32 PM
Mara

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasse

Oh, also, do you have pretty girls and loads of vodka, rum and beer?

You're gonna have an adorable accent. You'll get anything you want.
02-07-2011, 10:35 PM
number8

Quote:

Originally Posted by megladon8

Make it 2012 and NYC, and Jen and I will take you out for a night on the town!

That long until you come back?
02-07-2011, 10:37 PM
megladon8

Quote:

Originally Posted by number8

That long until you come back?

Could be.

We're hoping for this fall/winter, but it all depends on how long it takes the VISA to be OK'd.

We have friends that have done this process and it was 9+ months.

BUT, good news is, when I'm back it's for good.

So in the end, the painful wait will have been worth it.
02-07-2011, 10:40 PM
Spinal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasse

Oh, also, do you have pretty girls and loads of vodka, rum and beer?

We do. But we hide them when company comes over.
02-07-2011, 10:41 PM
number8

Quote:

Originally Posted by megladon8

Could be.

We're hoping for this fall/winter, but it all depends on how long it takes the VISA to be OK'd.

We have friends that have done this process and it was 9+ months.

BUT, good news is, when I'm back it's for good.

So in the end, the painful wait will have been worth it.

Wait... Did you get married?
02-07-2011, 10:44 PM
Ezee E

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasse

Thinking about going to the USA with a friend sometime in 2011. Haven't given it a lot of thought yet, but it could be fun. Might try out for a MLS team while I'm there. :P

Oh, also, do you have pretty girls and loads of vodka, rum and beer?

It's USA man. We're #1. Of course we do.

:)
02-07-2011, 10:44 PM
Mara

By the way, this article in the New Yorker about Scientology and Paul Haggis is fascinating. I ended up reading all 26 pages (!!) today. He was affiliated with Scientology for 34 years, so he has a lot to say, both for very bad and for marginally good. The writer does a good job of getting out into the web of the whole thing: family, friendships, careers that are completely built around Scientology and why it's so hard to leave.

By the way, the "Gold Base" that they go on about is minutes away from my best friend's house. I've driven by it a few times.
02-07-2011, 10:50 PM
Watashi

[youtube]dQX0DF6A19I[/youtube]

This is why I love Brad Bird.
02-07-2011, 10:51 PM
megladon8

Quote:

Originally Posted by number8

Wait... Did you get married?

No. If we were to just get married that would make the wait even longer. The US government isn't too happy if a foreigner marries a citizen without notifying them first.

We're applying for the K-1 fiancee VISA. It takes anywhere from 6 to 12 months to go through, and when they notify me that all's OK, I can move to the states.

Once there, Jen and I will have 90 days to get married, then the process of becoming an American citizen begins for me.
02-07-2011, 10:53 PM
Sycophant

Watch The Proposal.
02-07-2011, 10:55 PM
Mara

My dad refuses to become an American citizen. He's a permanent resident, though.
02-07-2011, 10:55 PM
D_Davis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mara

By the way, this article in the New Yorker about Scientology and Paul Haggis is fascinating. I ended up reading all 26 pages (!!) today. He was affiliated with Scientology for 34 years, so he has a lot to say, both for very bad and for marginally good. The writer does a good job of getting out into the web of the whole thing: family, friendships, careers that are completely built around Scientology and why it's so hard to leave.

By the way, the "Gold Base" that they go on about is minutes away from my best friend's house. I've driven by it a few times.

Nice. Going to print and read later. I'll add it to my ever-growing collection of Scientology-based articles. Need to find that CDr...
02-07-2011, 10:56 PM
Ezee E

They say it takes six months, but depending on the state, they give that length of time just because that's the longest it'll take.

Well, it is NY you're applying to, so...

In Colorado, I got told two to four months for a passport. Took two weeks.
02-07-2011, 10:56 PM
D_Davis

Quote:

Originally Posted by megladon8

Once there, Jen and I will have 90 days to get married, then the process of becoming an American citizen begins for me.

U-S-A! U-S-A!
02-07-2011, 10:56 PM
soitgoes...

I find it strange that the first few lines of the song "On Our Own" by Bobby Brown just popped into my head. I haven't heard the song or seen Ghostbusters II in at least 15 years. I did make a Bobby Brown drug reference the other night, so this is probably karma.
02-07-2011, 10:57 PM
Scar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasse

Thinking about going to the USA with a friend sometime in 2011. Haven't given it a lot of thought yet, but it could be fun. Might try out for a MLS team while I'm there. :P

Oh, also, do you have pretty girls and loads of vodka, rum and beer?

The girls are prettier and the vodka is better.

In Europe.
02-07-2011, 10:58 PM
Ezee E

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scar

The girls are prettier and the vodka is better.

In Europe.

But Lasse wants to know... are they easier?
02-07-2011, 10:59 PM
Ezee E

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ezee E

But Lasse wants to know... are they easier?

And that answer, with his accent, is absolutely.

Show 25 post(s) from this thread on one page