The Overlook Hotel

user174558

12:22 AM

Hey @KitZ.Fox, I just finished Wrong Turn 4. It gets more and more violent. Are you writing now?

user174558

12:40 AM

OK, I am gonna watch 5 now. Good luck writing.

StackExchange

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Q: Is it possible to do novel-scale writing on a Chromebook?

I've been looking into Chromebooks for their portability and cost and was wondering what kind of writing tools, if any, exist on the platform that could be used to write larger projects without making one go insane.

Kit Z. Fox

1:24 AM

@JasperLoy No, I was putting the boys to bed. I'm writing now though.

user174558

3:49 AM

@KitZ.Fox OK I finished all 6 movies, LOL. Sleep well.

Kit Z. Fox

@JasperLoy Thanks.

You too.

Almost there...

user174558

4:18 AM

I am still here, going to bed in a few minutes.

Kit Z. Fox

I think I finished. I have to validate now.

user174558

The 6 movies were all violence and sex, not worth watching.

Kit Z. Fox

user174558

Oh you mean it ends today?

Kit Z. Fox

Yes. It ends in 33 minutes where I live.

user174558

4:27 AM

LOL, you just made it!

user174558

Woo!

user174558

This is like your yearly thing.

user174558

I have a yearly thing too, as you know.

user174558

Time to edit and publish and sell all the previous works!

user174558

Time to be rich!

Kit Z. Fox

4:29 AM

I don't know. It's a lot of work to edit.

I've only really liked the one idea that I wrote last year. This one was funny, but not very and also not very interesting.

user174558

I think it would be no fun to stop at nanowrimo each year.

user174558

You need to find a good publisher to promote your works.

user174558

I got over 30 votes for answering that virgin question, LOL.

user174558

I should have added I am still a virgin, LOL, at the end of the answer.

user174558

You exceeded by 600 words which is a lot.

user174558

4:33 AM

I think the longest essay I wrote was like 500 words.

user174558

I don't like to use too many words.

Kit Z. Fox

I haven't written a story that I really felt dedicated to or inspired by.'

user174558

Has @Metamaterialgirl also finished nanowrimo?

Kit Z. Fox

Closest one was last year, and I'm still editing that one.

Yes, she finished yesterday.

user174558

Aha. Now that I have found a new movie site, I have more movies to watch.

user174558

4:37 AM

Have you met someone only online or once and feel really close to him or her?

user174558

Sometimes, I feel that way with Maria, LOL.

user174558

Oh well, I should forget about her forever.

user174558

I develop these crushes easily.

user174558

The most terrible scene just now was when they skinned someone alive, bit by bit.

user174558

I wonder how much they made from the 6 movies.

user174558

4:42 AM

I can imagine someone might puke while watching it.

Metamaterial girl

WOOOOOOO CONGRATS @KitZ.Fox! You did it!!

user174558

I can do at most 500 words, hehe.

Kit Z. Fox

I think maybe you need to watch less scary movies.

Metamaterial girl

Well, Nano's just 500 words...1000 times.

user174558

@KitZ.Fox Good idea.

Metamaterial girl

4:44 AM

Oops, I mean 100

Kit Z. Fox

Oh good. I kept looking at those numbers thinking that there was something wrong with them.

So when do I get to read yours?

user174558

Are your novels public?

Metamaterial girl

We-elll...let me organize the bits kind of worth reading, and send 'em to you. A few days maybe?

This one isn't.

Kit Z. Fox

@Metamaterialgirl OK.

user174558

Anyway, I won't read novels. No interest.

Metamaterial girl

4:46 AM

Yarrrr.

Kit Z. Fox

You still have my email?

@JasperLoy You are keeping your brain open for maths.

Metamaterial girl

Uh, probably somewhere. I know I have you on Tumblr too, so we could message that way if you need.

Let me hunt for yours.

user174558

I have memorised her email.

Metamaterial girl

Aha, found it!

We're go.

user174558

What is 'we're go'?

user174558

4:48 AM

We are go?

Metamaterial girl

Yep, means all is good.

user174558

Never heard of.

user174558

I know 'good to go'.

Kit Z. Fox

We are go for liftoff.

I forgot I had a tumblr account.

user174558

Ah, so 'go' is like a noun referring to a state of affairs.

user174558

4:52 AM

I have 0 social media accounts.

user174558

It's already a December afternoon here.

Metamaterial girl

'bout 2 hours to go before it's Dec here.

I think it evolved from the statement 'good to go' or 'okay to go' meaning 'ready to go'

Kit Z. Fox

Speaking of going, I'm headed to bed, finally.

user174558

Same here, good night everyone!

user174558

poof

Metamaterial girl

4:56 AM

Ah, si si. I shot you a quick email from my more recently made gmail acct, Kit, so you know it's me.

And g'night, sleep well...same to Jasper though he disappeared fast, heh.

user174558

@Metamaterialgirl Still here!

user174558

I just rejected an edit to one of my answers, hehe.

Metamaterial girl

Ah, then timely g'night then :)

user174558

Are you also going to sleep?

user174558

I remember you sleep pretty late too.

Metamaterial girl

5:00 AM

I'm going to try to go to bed earlier than last night, but it'll still be awhile.

user174558

I used to sleep on a mattress on the floor, but now it is on a bedstand.

Metamaterial girl

More comfortable, I hope!

user174558

Well, it's the same, since I am still sleeping on a mattress!

user174558

But I am very particular about the head pillow.

user174558

My head is very heavy, so it needs a good pillow for support, lol.

user174558

5:03 AM

My current head pillow is a decade old, so I should get a new one soon.

user174558

My advice is not to buy those that claim to curve according to your shape because that does nothing.

user174558

Rather, get one that won't go too much down after some time.

user174558

Yes, I tried the NASA pillow before but it was no good.

Metamaterial girl

Memory foam is a bit delicate, yeah.

user174558

Also very expensive. Latex ones are nice.

user174558

5:06 AM

Definitely not cotton.

user174558

I haven't tried water ones, LOL.

user174558

It seems there are water beds too.

user174558

Actually, a safari bed is pretty nice.

user174558

I think Kit has gone to zzz.

Metamaterial girl

Prob'ly.

user174558

5:10 AM

That night, I dreamt I was asking the bus driver to stop. Then I got up from my seat in my dream. Then I realised I had gotten up from my bed lol.

user174558

Sometimes I have nightmares of people doing bad things to me, and then I spit on them in my dream. I realised I actually really spit in my sleep.

user174558

So there is sleep standing and sleep spitting lol.

user174558

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A: Is there a male counterpart to being a virgin?

In English, virgin can be used to refer to a person who has never had sex or a person who has no experience in a particular activity. This person may be male or female.

user174558

Easy points there.

user174558

Feel free to upvote more!

user174558

5:15 AM

poof

StackExchange

6:32 AM

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Q: How to help reader visualize the environment in a story?

In a story where there is 1) only one character 2) doesn't talk to anyone 3) don't know where he is 4) and is narrating his story

language story narrator

StackExchange

6:59 AM

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Q: How I should handle gender-neutral pronoun in technical writing?

I am writing API documentation for a mobile loyalty program and I am not sure which of the following is better wording: The user asks its visit to be registered. The user asks his/her visit to be registered. The user asks their visit to be registered. In the context of Technical Writing, whic...

technical-writing

BESW

9:43 AM

@StackExchange D&D manuals alternate "his" and "her" every time it's reasonable the subject might be a new individual.

Metamaterial girl

9:54 AM

^*approves of this*

Also going to bed soon, but if I haven't said hi to you today @BESW, then hi!

BESW

[wave] Goodnight!

Metamaterial girl

I think 'they' is becoming the default English gender neutral pronoun, in spite of people's dislike of its plurality.

But yarrrrrrrrr turns into yawn

G'night :)

BESW

@Metamaterialgirl "Yarrrwn" would be a great neologism.

Matt E. Эллен

10:34 AM

@KitZ.Fox they seem related...

I really like this year's story.

user174558

10:49 AM

@MattE.Эллен Hi!

Matt E. Эллен

Hi

Matt E. Эллен

11:36 AM

@KitZ.Fox congratulations :D

StackExchange

1:59 PM

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Q: Is it good/bad/neutral to introduce a character's day to day life if it's immediately going to be drastically changed?

So I'm writing a science fantasy WiP and I'm unsure how to introduce the characters and their background, day-to-day life if that's all going to change after the inciting incident. So in question format, is it good/bad/neutral to introduce a character's day to life if that's going to change, an...

fiction

Kit Z. Fox

4:56 PM

@MattE.Эллен What do you like about it? I should do more of that.

Matt E. Эллен

5:12 PM

@KitZ.Fox I'm not sure how to describe it. it was easy to read. So, I guess each bit of the story flows easily into the next. Perhaps because it was over a short time span. I think the "will they won't they" about Jesse and Evelyn confessing to Eddie was a good hook. I liked the dynamic between the kids and mr bumble. I'm intrigued to know what the patterns were about.

Delta Escher

6:34 PM

In the olden days, groups of amateur writers banded together for what was known as The Circle

This tradition was handed down for centuries, evolving and accepting more and more artists of the written variety.

They met in secret on a day the mere mortals called 'Tuesday'

Now we join the adventure of The Circle in modern days, consisting of few powerful warriors wielding pencils and laptops

@Delta Escher

@KitZ.Fox

@BESW

@JasperLoy

@Metamaterialgirl

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇

These heroes will conquer novels and slay words.

Cue dramatic sting

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

swoops down from the skylight

lands. badly.

oh, hey.

Delta Escher

trips over own fett

Hi

somehow misspells feet

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

You tripped over Fett? careful or you'll end up in the Sarlacc.

Delta Escher

6:51 PM

You'd think they'd put up a sign at least

scoff

Delta Escher

7:01 PM

Eh, I'll make a writing exercise.

Writing Exercise 2015-12-1: The topic is "Deficient". 10 minute flash fiction.

Delta Escher

7:15 PM

(Deficient)["https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FxfqWI56g9bdXwTjMCgTFswSvoTqUUz‌QXNsk0nQHPkc/edit?usp=sharing" Use Your Imagination]

user174558

@DeltaEscher Hi.

Delta Escher

Hello

Agh

Deficient

Finally

user174558

Do you speak anything besides English?

Delta Escher

I wish

Kind of want to learn Russian

user174558

Why Russian?

Delta Escher

7:20 PM

It's a nice language

Lots of inflection

user174558

I am deciding between French and German.

Delta Escher

German also has nice inflection

Go for it!

Please read story

is desperate for attention

user174558

If I go to grad school, I need to know simple French, German or Russian. But Russian is too hard.

Delta Escher

It takes a very large vocal range, I agree.

The way they pronounce words is weird(?)

user174558

@DeltaEscher Is S G your real name?

Delta Escher

7:23 PM

'Tis

Is polosh

user174558

I changed my email recently, let me email you now.

Delta Escher

Got it

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Deficient

Delta Escher

That watier seems very disappointed.

subtle poke at spelling error: success

user174558

@DeltaEscher Did you get it?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

7:29 PM

@DeltaEscher spelling errors? in a 10 minute write? impossible!

user174558

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Looks like the drama in ELU is only beginning.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

meh. There's always flare ups every now and then. It'll pass.

@DeltaEscher btw thanks for hosting the exercise.

user174558

Hello @Andrew today's topic is already on the wall.

Andrew

Deficient?

Hi @JasperLoy

Delta Escher

8:08 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 np, this is the only exciting thing I do in the day

Kit Z. Fox

10:08 PM

@DeltaEscher Missed it! Thanks for the ping.

user174558

@KitZ.Fox Hi Kit. How are you?

Kit Z. Fox

@JasperLoy OK. Yourself?

user174558

Not too bad.

Kit Z. Fox

I am making dinner for the boys whilst my husband is at a charitable event.

It's very early there, innit?

user174558

Yes. 6.18 AM.

user174558

10:20 PM

My mum did not win anything at the company dinner lucky draw, but they gave her a bottle of white wine. I had a glass yesterday.

Kit Z. Fox

Was it good? What kind of white was it?

user174558

I don't know the type, but I just drink it anyway. I prefer those fruity ones that are not too bitter.

user174558

Hey, I forgot, you speak German and French right?

user174558

I am always deciding between which one to learn, if I have to choose one of the two.

Kit Z. Fox

French, but only a little German.

German is harder.

I had more fun speaking it though.

user174558

10:24 PM

The Foreign Service Institute ranks German as harder to learn than French as well.

user174558

They actually produced lots of language materials which are now in the public domain.

user174558

Not many people know about this.

Kit Z. Fox

Oh yeah, I think I heard about that.

user174558

It does not often rain here, but it can rain any time. So I always try to bring an umbrella.

Kit Z. Fox

I thought you had a season for rain?

user174558

10:28 PM

Well, I think it's like now, December.

user174558

Those soldiers in German movies always look so handsome. I like their hair.

Kit Z. Fox

German features are generally rugged, I think. Pugnacious. Very masculine.

user174558

Lots of people like to sing Nessun Dorma for talent shows these days.

user174558

Even 10 year old girls. I watched some on youtube.

user174558

Do your children like to sing?

user174558

10:33 PM

All 1G and 2G phone services will be phased out in 2017 here. That is what they call 'progress'.

user174558

I got 200 yesterday and 200 today for the virgin question.

user174558

I eat the same dinner every night: rice, egg, chicken/fish and green leafy vegetables.

Kit Z. Fox

That sounds excellent.

user174558

It is delicious and economical, only about 3 USD per person for takeaway.

Kit Z. Fox

What's a chicken/fish?

;)

user174558

10:38 PM

Oh. =)

user174558

I doubt I can get this kind of food in the US.

user174558

I will need to learn some cooking if I go there.

user174558

Just put stuff into the microwave.

Kit Z. Fox

We're having linguine tonight.

user174558

I like spaghetti carbonara.

Kit Z. Fox

10:39 PM

You can certainly get rice, eggs, chicken, fish, and green leafy veg here.

user174558

It's about 10 USD at Pasta Mania here.

Kit Z. Fox

For cheaper than $3 per serving even.

user174558

I walked with a tourist from NY once. He told me that the cost of living here is higher than that in NY.

Kit Z. Fox

Well. It would probably be cheaper to make your own food there too.

user174558

Well, it's a first world country with fourth world laws and mentality.

user174558

10:42 PM

I learnt that the shopping centre I like to walk in is part of the most expensive building in the world!

user174558

I like to walk there because it feels I am in another country. The shops are so beautifully decorated.

user174558

The casino is there too, but my mum works in another casino.

Kit Z. Fox

Wow. I hadn't thought of expensive buildings before. I live in such a poor place.

What do you think makes it so expensive? Diamond windows?

user174558

I don't know what poor means though. I think it is expensive because it is one large building with many subtowers consisting of the hotel etc. And the floor really shines with marble.

user174558

I saw pictures of beautiful Swiss villages at night, with snow and lights. Really beautiful. Maybe I would live there some day.

Kit Z. Fox

10:47 PM

Wow.

user174558

How can you make dinner and talk at once?

Kit Z. Fox

I can't really. :-) I'll have to go soon.

user174558

I think I am going now too. Enjoy your dinner, talk later!

user174558

11:58 PM

OK, I am back now. Just had breakfast.

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