Chit-Chat: Do you still believe in one another?

[Alexander Nicholi]

My in-laws have relatives who still live in WV, and...well, there's a reason I usually never look forward to being dragged to family visits there. I just don't like it all that much.

My mom said she absolutely hated driving through WV because of all the mountains (it was one of the routes we could have taken driving to my grandparents out in NY, if we decided to not just stick to I-95). I always wondered why she would think that. I understand completely now.

Also, WV is the only place so far where I've seen a four-lane one-way road. It boggled my mind.

Most everyone in WV are drug addicts or just white trash.

Everyone in our extended family who isn't one has since left. Trust me when I say more than a few have been left behind.

Although the latter would be an interesting choice of forum around here.

But you're not alone - I've known what the acronym should be for a while and yet I still misread it from time to time in my mind...

D&D. I think of the forum, pretty much. Never did Dungeons & Dragons to be honest.

The best mountains are the Alps, non negotiable. American mountains are very beautiful, but none of them have castles. They just have run down shacks lol

From photographs I always thought the insides of the Himalayas were beautiful, and the Andes really cool too down near the Falkland latitudes. Personally seeing the Rockies and the Appalachians I love the former like no other.

We went to Arkansas and drove up a mountain during the fall, it was so pretty. We also drove through the Appalachian Mountains to move here from Florida. It was the first time I'd ever seen a mountain range owo

I can't wait to see the Rockies, though.

It'll be well worth it, even if you're not in the springs. Go and see the mountains, you won't regret it. :)

I know a lot of people who say the rockies are overrated. I honestly don't think any of them have ever been. They are really amazing, and you should definitely go. It's both memorable, and awe-inspiring at the same time.

If you liked Arkansas, you should also visit Colorado. The mountains there are some of my favorite in the northwest united states. It can be kind of chilly sometimes, but not nearly as bad as a floridian winter, despite there being snow there.

Coloradan cold is a cold that is so well worth suiting up just to breathe. Get some fingerless gloves, a thousand-stitch jacket, blue jeans with long johns, boots, a beanie, and just let the cold, dry, sweet air go into your lungs. It's so great.

You could also go into a nice neighbourhood and hear people's windchimes while crunching snow with your boots, all alone outside in that fresh scent. It's so much like a real life Snowpoint City, I can't even stress how similar.

Everyone in the east US who thinks they have amazing mountains have apparently never been out west.

There are many reasons I love Colorado Springs. There's a lot of military (and I mean a lot) which means lots to do if you go to one of the open posts like Fort Carson. There are behemoths of mountains towering over you right as you walk and drive and live your life, with Pikes Peak in the background, so often shrouded in mist like an elusive goddess. Every so often the sun turns the sky such a lovely orange and casts itself onto the mountains with some leftover rainclouds which is a beauty to see, and if it's drizzling sometimes the mist exposes Cheyenne Mountain's facade.

There's no way to tell the mountain's facade normally unless you look from an extreme angle. People have told me that Cheyenne Mountain has been proofed to hell and back with all make and manner of military defensive measures, and I imagine it was the Army's pet project for figuring that stuff out. I've even heard it could sustain a direct hit from a warhead were that to ever happen. The whole thing is hollow and clad in iron.

Oh... did I mention the cowboy skies? Being a mile closer to this erratic but swift weather makes things so much more enjoyable. I feel so distanced from nature on the east coast. :/



On another note I finally sat down for a few hours and played a true blue video game! After slaving working really hard to get it to work with Arch Linux, I finally took a seat and played SimCity 4 with WINE, and it was totally seamless, mods and all. I mentioned the Falklands earlier and I'm happy to say that's where I'm building my cities!

 

[Livewire]

We would always have to drive through WV to on the way to get to our family vacation spot (The Outer Banks, North Carolina) and I love driving through the mountains and seeing the scenery. Much more to see than in Ohio. :p

 

[Sir Codin]

I absolutely must share these with you guys:

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

I absolutely must share these with you guys:

I always thought the train engines were creepy af. George Carlin made them not as creepy IMO, at least with Thomas


I had a cat named Thomas, but we spelled it Tomis. And Little Cat was actually spelled Litel Kat, because that's how we said their names. Well, at least Kris called Thomas that, it was likely because of her Mexican accent though.

 

[Dracowyn]

Ugh Thomas was creepy as hell.
And it makes me think of this.

Also I have to agree that the Alps are really nice, been often to them. Especially the Swiss Alps.

 

[Cura]

I absolutely must share these with you guys:

Wow.... just wow. :3

I remember Thomas the Tank engine, always loved the trains on it, but then the episode when I saw him. 'Diesel' just his personality as an complete dick towards everyone made me turn away. It never liked him or the other square faced engines strangely, but Thomas, Gordan, Edward, Percy, Henry, James, and Toby were always my favorite (holy crap, I actually recalled all of their names on memory 0.0)

Still... that video.

EDIT: I FOUND IT. My favorite episode and its restored too.

 

[Kura]

I've actually been to WV :3 My first boyfriend lived there (it was a long distance relationship) and I had the chance to visit a few years ago. Very pretty place, but it's very "village-y" and I'm more of a cultural-town or city-girl, myself.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

I use to think it's better if an old "village-y" place (17th-19th century) contained a modern-day kaiju (20th-21st century) reeking havoc.

EDIT: I FOUND IT. My favorite episode and its restored too.

So that's where the Thomas reaction face originated from.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

West Virginia is bumfuck central. There is nothing to do, and everyone knows everyone. I found a store on Google Maps in Princeton and my mom was like, "oh I went to school with those people." Gah.

 

[Chikara]

Springfield is similar. My boyfriend is always seeing random people at the mall or in stores that he went to school with. But then again, he also went to a lot of schools because he kept getting kicked out of them -w-... He's less of a delinquent now lmao.

 

[Kura]

Yeah there really wasn't much to do when I visited.. oh well~ There was a really yummy Japanese restaurant in Pineville though.. and the people are nice enough! Scenery is great. Would be a nice place for camping or getaways!

 

[Bellsprout]

I went to California twice (los angeles and sacramento) and I would like to recommend it to all

mainly la/hollywood area. total blast/great atmosphere

 

[Chikara]

I was born in San Diego. I moved before I could have remembered anything, but I visited when I was 16. The only things I can remember was a bar on the coast with a wave simulator thing, a lady with boobs the size of two small children in the fetal position, and the fact that there wasn't a DDR machine anywhere to be found.

My parents were both in the Navy, so I lived in California, Maine, and Florida all before I could remember what was going on.

 

[Castaigne]

I've never been to the West Coast at all but I want to go >_> Especially Seattle <3

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Speaking of the West Coast, there's a strike going on that's causing shortages to products, including amiibos.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

Strikes? In my America?

It's more likely than you think.


Yea, I think a lot of times people who go on strike fail miserably at understanding the dynamic of what they're striking over. Like the people protesting Wal-Marts disposable employment practices. Don't you understand something larger has to take place than a petty demonstration?

 

[Shining Raichu]

Are amiibos really that good? I have a pikachu one but I've never used it lol

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

What are amiibos? Sounds like a Mexican furnishing, or possibly a food made from rodents.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

What are amiibos? Sounds like a Mexican furnishing, or possibly a food made from rodents.

Amiibos are like Skylander and Disney Infinity toys. They're Nintendo toys used for unlocking neat features like costumes for your Miss in Mario Kart 8 or extra characters to recruit in Codename S.T.E.A.M., but they're also used in Smash Bros. as A.I.s that are stronger and smarter than regular CPUs.

 

[Sir Codin]

I swear, internet advertisements are getting out of control. I'm trying to watch streams of anime on my iPod and every site I come across has epileptic spasm banners, ads that take up half the screen, advertisements that take you to the App Store for whatever product when you click to "close the advertisement", and other bullshit that makes the internet unbearable.