The Happy RANT THREAD!!!!!!!

Aerial Boundaries · Post by **Aerial Boundaries** » Mon May 26, 2014 7:40 pm

I got a lager drinking Romanian Hungarian man into ale! Via Hobgoblin.

I feel like one of the 'have you heard the good news?' people!

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Mon May 26, 2014 8:11 pm

Good work sir, love a pint o Hobgoblin

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Tue May 27, 2014 9:35 pm

^ hope the interview went well. I imagine Swans will be equally terrifying in a different way...

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:32 am

It did thanks Northern Soul

I got offered a place within 10 minutes of the interview, then we just chatted for a while and the interview was an hour earlier than planned so I had time to get a pint before Swans, which was absolutely incredible!

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed May 28, 2014 1:10 pm

fujee wrote:It did thanks Northern Soul I got offered a place within 10 minutes of the interview, then we just chatted for a while and the interview was an hour earlier than planned so I had time to get a pint before Swans, which was absolutely incredible!

Now THAT is one intense afternoon! Well played sir

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed May 28, 2014 5:40 pm

Cheers mate, been a hectic 24 hours! Essex to Brighton back to Brixton, then across London to see the missus then train back in the morning and straight into work, exhausted but glad I fit it all in. So pleased. Oh and Gira is an absolute god on stage, never seen a band so hypnotic.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:00 pm

Curry & a bottle of Williams Brothers "Birds & Bees".

Also, the deep joy of discovering the Indian takeaway near your new house is ace. And next door to an independent booze shop.

Techboy · Post by **Techboy** » Thu May 29, 2014 8:10 am

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Curry & a bottle of Williams Brothers "Birds & Bees".

Also, the deep joy of discovering the Indian takeaway near your new house is ace. And next door to an independent booze shop.

fuckin' ideal night!

I drank a pint of some stuff called Sequoia last night. I said it was because of the IBM supercomputer and trees but /we all know/....

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu May 29, 2014 11:40 am

Also, left-over curry* for lunch = winning at life.

* - Chicken Balti & Peshwari Naan, in case anyone was wondering.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:00 pm

First pint feeling is happiness condensed.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:48 am

^ counting down the hours to this already today...

uf0party · Post by **uf0party** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:47 am

dating a boy so babely and sweet and i just wanna stare at him until my eyeballs melt out of their sockets into a puddle of happy goo

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:50 am

I almost - *almost* - have a functioning bathroom again...

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:46 am

I know Christians aren't going away, and at the same time I know a lot of people who are very open minded and cool who still want to be Christian, as in a literal follower of the teachings of Christ, so I think I will write my own version of the New Testament and call it something like "The New New Testament: Modernized for Society".

It'll be a condensed version of the New Testament's outline (with the existence of Jesus being irrelevant), with author's notes, then "Jesusisms" and "things to live by" that truly highlights how to love thy neighbor - i.e. what Christians who don't realize Jesus was a Socialist, Pacifist Jew if he existed. It would also be "adjusted for common sense", with notes expressing that "turning the other cheek" is not always a good idea if self-defense is necessary.

Something a lot of the "new wave churches" or very loose protestant churches will jump on, possibly, because though I'm an agnostic atheist and don't feel the need for Jesus in my life, the episcopal church that I attended as a kid was legitimately Christian in every sense of the word, wanting the church to pray that Saddam Hussein would be a better leader and that our extremist Muslim brothers and sisters would realize the error of their ways so that we might forgive them. My "Christian", Republican dad had us stop attending that church because of this.

In fact, this is going to be a fun project. People love the Jesus figure. I think it's fine if that stays so long as they stop taking the bible literally and learn to work with civilization and not against it as a whole.

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:02 pm

That's a good idea, actually.

I hate to be this guy, but Thomas Jefferson did that 194 years ago. Still, the Jefferson Bible isn't exactly common historical knowledge, so mad respect for the idea.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:13 pm

Was out cycling today for 3 hours (in this heat, probably a stupid idea) but anyway, I came round a corner and a long way down the road I saw the local club group going by, then some people on the end.. took me a while to pace myself up to the people at the back.. but hung on for a while.. then they sped off again.. but I got back on then dropped a few on the climb back to the main road.. it was particularly satisfying because they are all regular cyclists and I am not very good.. or maybe I am getting towards average? Anyway, athletic achievement for the day ticked off.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 3:56 pm

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:53 pm

Moving out next week, pretty excited about that. My house will be only 5 minutes from the coast!

Iced Cooly Beatnik · Post by **Iced Cooly Beatnik** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:57 pm

Rodheh wrote:I know Christians aren't going away, and at the same time I know a lot of people who are very open minded and cool who still want to be Christian, as in a literal follower of the teachings of Christ, so I think I will write my own version of the New Testament and call it something like "The New New Testament: Modernized for Society".

It'll be a condensed version of the New Testament's outline (with the existence of Jesus being irrelevant), with author's notes, then "Jesusisms" and "things to live by" that truly highlights how to love thy neighbor - i.e. what Christians who don't realize Jesus was a Socialist, Pacifist Jew if he existed. It would also be "adjusted for common sense", with notes expressing that "turning the other cheek" is not always a good idea if self-defense is necessary.

Something a lot of the "new wave churches" or very loose protestant churches will jump on, possibly, because though I'm an agnostic atheist and don't feel the need for Jesus in my life, the episcopal church that I attended as a kid was legitimately Christian in every sense of the word, wanting the church to pray that Saddam Hussein would be a better leader and that our extremist Muslim brothers and sisters would realize the error of their ways so that we might forgive them. My "Christian", Republican dad had us stop attending that church because of this.

In fact, this is going to be a fun project. People love the Jesus figure. I think it's fine if that stays so long as they stop taking the bible literally and learn to work with civilization and not against it as a whole.

Jesus as a figure, given the likelihood he was a real person who really said what he did, is one of the most revolutionary thinkers for his time I can think of. Completely peaking beyond his culture, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-commercialism and freedom for all were his main messages.

Perch · Post by **Perch** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:31 pm

After a bit of a turbulent time, I'm meeting with someone to discuss teaching a short term animation class. It's not much, but if they're interested it would really be great to be (sort of) back in the animation game again. Goodness knows it'll be better than the crummy jobs I've been working this past year or two haha. Fingers crossed!