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KitFox

15:00

har har

All this talk of meteor showers and proposals reminds me of the time...

My original family name was, let's say, Marley. My brother naturally shares the same last name. He decided that it would be very romantic to propose to his girlfriend during the Leonids, which were particularly marvelous that year.

He had the ring for over a week and was really, really nervous about making the proposal a memorable one. He really adored this woman and wanted her to have a very special memory of the event.

He is sweet like that.

So they'd both taken work home and were trying to meet deadlines and were stressed out until late in the evening, when his girlfriend said "I know! Let's go watch the Leonids tonight!"

Matt Эллен

does she still remember it?

KitFox

shh I'm getting to it.

Matt Эллен

sorry

KitFox

Around midnight, they went out driving, looking for a spot to watch. First, they pulled into a gravel pit, but that wasn't particularly romantic, plus she'd gotten out to pee and was convinced there were rabid wild ducks in the bushes. Thankfully, they moved on.

They ended up on the hood of the car on the reservoir dam.

By now, it's about 1:30am and my brother is exhausted and so anxious he can barely breathe.

But he's determined, and man, this kid can get things done.

So he takes a deep breath and gets down on one knee and opens his mouth to propose.

He gets stuck somewhere between "Will you be my wife?" and "Will you marry me?" and ends up with "Will you be my Mrs. Marley?"

laughs

wipes tear

Matt Эллен

hehehe

that's one for the grandkids

KitFox

15:10

She laughs and goes to hug him, and they fall against the railing of the reservoir dam.

He is holding onto her and the box with the ring very tightly, so he ends up sliding ass over teakeattle down the bank with her in tow.

They land at the bottom, slightly scuffed. She grabs the ring box and shouts (still laughing) "I said YES!"

Matt Эллен

haha. how comical. :D

KitFox

And they live happily ever after.

@MattЭллен It gets better every time I tell it.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

That's a fun story.

Matt Эллен

so now we know: you're Kit Fox née Marley.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Marley. Humbug! There's more of gravy than of graves about you!

KitFox

15:17

It's like you can see right through me with my clever choice of names.

Matt Эллен

Is it telling that I think of Govenor Elaine Marley before I think of that Dickensian ghost?

KitFox

It depends on what you think of her.

Matt Эллен

I think she's someone called Marley

Bob Marley comes in third

KitFox

There's also a dog or something.

Oh yeah, Bob Marley. A Maine comedian.

Matt Эллен

Oh. Yeah. Guybrush!

KitFox

15:19

Also, the other one.

Oh! FFS, I have been looking in the completely wrong place for why this wasn't working.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@MattЭллен The 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol is one of my favourite holiday films.

Matt Эллен

I don't think I've seen it. The Muppet's Christmas Carol is alright.

KitFox

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 It freaked me out as a kid.

Matt Эллен

I saw scrooged at the cinema. I don't remember it too well

KitFox

I never wanted to watch it again after that, until I saw Scrooged.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

15:23

I only saw Scrooged once. I don't recall much about it, except that I didn't like it.

KitFox

It was funny when I was in high school. I don't know if I'd find it funny now.

Sort of like Groundhog Day crossed with Ghostbusters.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox yeah I was probably too young for it when I saw it.

hm, it's suddenly dark here. and thundery.

KitFox

Oh, shit. Sorry.

Matt Эллен

Groundhog Busters

KitFox

I was debugging.

Let me see if I can fix that.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

15:29

nah it's okay, goes with my mood

KitFox

I keep making exclamations like the talking cat in the original talking cat "wake up kitty" video.

Fuuuck. Whaaaat? No.

Etc.

I showed it to my husband last night because he had never seen it. He lol'd.

l'dol

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I'm not sure I've seen it

KitFox

!!/youtube "wake up kitty"

Caprica Six

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Matt Эллен

time to go

KitFox

15:30

Hmm.

!!/youtube "talking cat wake up kitty original"

Caprica Six

@KitFox Video not found (rule 35?)

KitFox

I am sooo lazy.

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There. That one.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

ah, yes. I have seen it before.

KitFox

phew

I just ran to the union and back.

takes off pants

Too hot for pants now.

KitFox

15:54

Guess I didn't need to run.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

16:28

@KitFox I knew it was time to come back in.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

16:38

Crap.

KitFox

Mmm. Hiya, @cornbread.

Just in time for dessert.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

:O

KitFox

After this important phone call...

gets out syrup and jalapeños

OK, your turn.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I'm preheating the oven.

KitFox

Is...is that a...euphemism?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

16:45

Um, yes.

A euphemism.

KitFox

heeheeheehee

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Hold up, is that boysenberry?

KitFox

Uh...

No?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Maple?

KitFox

Chocolate?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

16:46

OHHHH

Derp.

KitFox

You can't have maple syrup with cornbread and jalapeños.

ponders

Well, maybe you could.

We could try it and see.

You...like trying new things?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I'm already forking some holes in myself.

For the syrup.

I guess I could just sit in a pool of it.

Wet my bottom side.

KitFox

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(like that)

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

pauses with fork in the air

KitFox

(only with different words)

...

splutters

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

16:51

Let's get you cleaned up.

KitFox

ok.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Time to put my calzone in the oven.

KitFox

uh, ok.

I have to fix my code.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Ok. I don't want to get pregnant.

MετάEd

@KitFox I'm having a Zippy moment for a different reason than yesterday.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

16:56

Hi, MeteorEd.

KitFox

I don't understand "Zippy moment."

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I first read that as Ziggy.

I think I'd rather have a Zippy moment.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:08

zippy?

KitFox

That's what I was thinking, but I'm not very familiar with the cartoon, so I don't know what to ask.

And I was working up to the glazed donuts just now, @Mr.Shiny, and you totally cockblocked me.

puts pants back on

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

It's my superpower

sadly it works on me too

KitFox

Like a dog. Enthusiastically breaking everything by accident.

I had thai food with my husband for lunch and now I feel like I'm going to barf. I ate so much.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

KitFox

Why? Why must you do these things?

Now I have to talk and talk to get that image off my screen.

But it will never be out of my head.

Like the chicken on a raft.

Like what is love?

Like the voices that tell me I'm a vegetarian.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:18

baby don't hurt me

don't hurt me

no more

KitFox

bobs head

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

you can delete the message if you want

KitFox

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nnchk nnchk nnchk

Apparently, love is three weirdly dancing vampire chicks.

Which takes us right to—

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suddenly...desperately...wants a mullett

Too. Much. Cheese. Must. Drink. Coffee.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

17:33

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 let me hear your balalaikas ringing out

come and keep your cornbread warm

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I'm back in the USSR. You don't know how lucky you are,boy.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox I do that with spicy food.

back in the US / back in the US / back in the USSR

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

It took me a second for the song to click. I was in the middle of "Pump up the Jam"

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

macdaddydaddymac

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

wiggity, wiggity, wiggity wack

KitFox

17:40

brb kerfuﬄe.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

wishes for ffl ligature

brbwork

RegDwighт

ﬄ

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Good enough. Thank you.

RegDwighт

Whachamean, good enough. It's the precise thing you asked for.

Some people.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

The l isn't connected.

The effs are ligged to my satisfaction.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:46

it's connected on my screen

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

:O

Interesting.

RegDwighт

It's a single glyph. It's the codepoint for the ligature. How your computer displays it, is your problem.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Agreed.

RegDwighт

Well that should be about enough substituting for tchrist for the day.

Now I can relax.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Enjoy it.

RegDwighт

17:50

I shall follow your advice.

KitFox

Oh cute!

RegDwighт

I like this "WTF are these my feet" expression. I wonder where I can use it.

KitFox

hee hee hee The more I look at it, the funnier it gets.

Robusto

@RegDwighт We haven't got the GREP results list yet. You can relax after that.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Everyone wants to hear about my lego train, right? The motorized passenger train, which I thought was pretty boring, has turned out to be lots of fun. It can really fly around that track.

The old-style steam engine locomotive, by contrast, is a relatively poor performer on curves and it fails on switches.

Its wheelbase is too long

Also lego track takes up tons of room. Luckily my three-year-old son was smart enough to explain to me that if I didn't have enough room on the table, we could just build the track on the floor.

KitFox

18:06

Very good thinking.

David Wallace

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Whew, that WAS lucky.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

You may smirk at me if you wish. But actually if he hadn't suggested it I wasn't going to bother. But I'm glad I did, because the larger layout lets me use switch tracks properly and get more track length in play.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I wish not to smirk.

I wanna shoop.

KitFox

Not smirking. Praising your practical-minded child.

David Wallace

Definitely smirking.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

18:10

I was referring to David :)

KitFox

Oh sorry. Distracted by code and asmr.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

there's code asmr?

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yay!

David Wallace

goes and sits in the smirking compartment

KitFox

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 No, but great idea.

Cerberus

18:11

Well done.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

whispers public void main(String[] args) { }

Cerberus

Mmm...

Where's the crackling noises?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

oops, forgot static.

Cerberus

Ah.

Better.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

whispers public static void main(String[] args) {}

Cerberus

18:13

I think we've lost Kit.

She's spacing out on ASMR hormones right now.

KitFox

Code ASMR

2

I think I am getting better at keeping my levels even.

I have yet to do a video worth posting though.

Cerberus

Ohh it actually worked a little bit!

I love it.

KitFox

@cornbread would like my collarbones today.

Cerberus

Make a video where you explain your code and edit a few things!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox bites lip

Cerberus

18:19

I have to star that.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Gonna listen to Strawberry Letter 23 first.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus It doesn't work for me. I'm too busy picturing the code and trying to decide if it makes sense or not

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Heh.

Cerberus

You're being too critical!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Not that ASMR typically works for me. But this one less so. Can't relax enough.

Cerberus

18:21

Yes, you always have to be in the mood at least somewhat.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Code is too much like work.

maybe if it was something more foreign to me. Like game programming or 3d simulations.

Cerberus

You're like a musician who can't listen to live music any more.

KitFox

OK, something else then.

Something to show off my collarbones.

I've got it. Recording something now.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

18:38

Look at this purty bug I seen.

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Wow! Purdy.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox blurry. :(

KitFox

Hmm. I wonder why it is so big.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

That's what ... never mind.

KitFox

I don't have a very good webcam. I think that is the best it can do.

frowns I think I will have to stick to audio-only ASMR.

MετάEd

18:45

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Oh. I think I've seen those in north Texas.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox I like your blouse.

KitFox

It's a dress!

It's super pretty!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

:O

KitFox

It's got a boatneck, which is why I thought you'd like it.

Very flattering for the collarbones.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox I liked the way the wifebeater straps stretched across them.

Or Old Navy beateresque tank.

KitFox

18:48

Oh, I see.

I should lift more then.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Do you even lift?

KitFox

Uh...a few times a year.

I have weights in my office.

looks evasive

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

It's cool, baby.

Some sort of webbernets meme.

KitFox

Oh right.

Derp.

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