What are you thinking about?

HotelValleyfornia · **Reply #1100 on:** January 23, 2023, 03:15:08 AM

I'm wondering about what movie will win the Best Animated Feature Academy Award this year.

If Turning Red wins, the internet will burn.

Gentle Sharptooth · **Reply #1101 on:** June 22, 2023, 10:35:30 PM

Quote from: ImpracticalDino on February 24, 2020, 11:14:02 PM

Quote from: The Chronicler on February 24, 2020, 11:12:14 PM
And we just blew past it, all because a certain pest tried getting around the ban yet again and spammed everything.

What horrible timing tbh. He’s now the GOF’s “500,000th” poster, unless Gentle Sharptooth beat him to the punch, since he posted alongside him.

Do you get anything for being 500,000th poster?

HotelValleyfornia · **Reply #1102 on:** June 28, 2023, 08:46:01 PM

"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" has been stuck in my head all day.

Gentle Sharptooth · **Reply #1103 on:** July 01, 2023, 08:42:47 PM

I’m thinking how Nick had taken more risks with animation and it had paid off than Disney.

Amaranthine · **Reply #1104 on:** July 05, 2023, 10:01:24 PM

Thinking about going on DA next and then eating my dinner.

Gentle Sharptooth · **Reply #1105 on:** July 06, 2023, 01:22:50 AM

Thinking that trust is a fragile thing.

HotelValleyfornia · **Reply #1106 on:** July 06, 2023, 04:21:16 AM

Having just woken up, thinking about what I'm gonna do today.

I REALLY need to watch the rest of Puppy Dog Pals, but I keep getting distracted by watching more Total Drama

Gentle Sharptooth · **Reply #1107 on:** July 06, 2023, 05:18:35 AM

Thinking why are so many shows and commercials on Nick maniac like? I mean chef who screams like a mad man, and very hypnotic/ seizure inducing strobe effects and why does everything vomit in Nick media?

Amaranthine · **Reply #1108 on:** July 07, 2023, 09:56:02 PM

Thinking about helping the old man with a package. Joy of joys.

The Chronicler · **Reply #1109 on:** October 27, 2023, 07:30:10 PM

I'm thinking about how... quiet it's been around here lately. The last post made by anyone anywhere on this site was made by me just over 24 hours ago.

I always check in on this site every day, though with how little overall activity there's been, it's rare that I spend more than a couple minutes glancing around before moving on to the next thing in my daily routine. So, I wonder... how many members here are actually visiting regularly, even if they don't seem to ever have anything to post?

The Chronicler · **Reply #1110 on:** January 06, 2024, 09:11:55 PM

And it seems my thoughts today have wandered to the same subject as I had previously posted here. Though, on a more specific note... when's the last time we ever had one of those annual forum awards voting? Have things around here really gone so quiet that we just don't seem to bother with them anymore?

Mouse-a-saur · **Reply #1111 on:** February 07, 2024, 06:15:48 PM

Supernatural!

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #1112 on:** April 16, 2024, 09:13:08 PM

I think a lot about my potential future career and personal goals. As of now, lots of Land Before Time stuff is back in my thoughts again.

Quote from: The Chronicler on January 06, 2024, 09:11:55 PM

And it seems my thoughts today have wandered to the same subject as I had previously posted here. Though, on a more specific note... when's the last time we ever had one of those annual forum awards voting? Have things around here really gone so quiet that we just don't seem to bother with them anymore?

Hmm...if I recall correctly, on one of the years they didn't do it they cited being busy as one reason. I am not sure about the rest of the years though, as I wasn't on the forum that much for the past few years really.

Mumbling · **Reply #1113 on:** April 17, 2024, 06:04:03 AM

As for the awards - yes we stopped doing them because there was very little activity (and it's actually a looot of work to organize it all

). Sadly at some point we had to decide that with less than 10 active members, and just several hundred posts over the year, there really wouldn't be many people/posts to vote for.

That said, if activity picks back up and people can actually start making choices again, we wouldn't be against reanimating them. Hoping that is the case now that people no longer have to wait for their activation email and more new members can grace our forum again.

I'm thinking about my upcoming time off. Really need it

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #1114 on:** April 18, 2024, 02:08:04 PM

Quote from: Mumbling on April 17, 2024, 06:04:03 AM

As for the awards - yes we stopped doing them because there was very little activity (and it's actually a looot of work to organize it all ). Sadly at some point we had to decide that with less than 10 active members, and just several hundred posts over the year, there really wouldn't be many people/posts to vote for.

That said, if activity picks back up and people can actually start making choices again, we wouldn't be against reanimating them. Hoping that is the case now that people no longer have to wait for their activation email and more new members can grace our forum again.

I'm thinking about my upcoming time off. Really need it

Awww, what a shame. I understand. It was always such a fun event, where all of us can reminiscent over the interactions and friendships that were made over the course the forum year. It also allows us to extend our thanks, appreciation, and gratitude to those that mean most to us. Highlighting the strengths and the unique attributes that the participating members of the forum have is great as well.
(But well, actually these things can be done at any time of the year, but still there's definitely no harm in having the event return)

Actually...fitting to this thread, I am thinking about what you said. "if... people can actually start making choices again."

To-o-o-o be fairrrrr... pretty much everyone here is awesome.

So perhaps I wouldn't mind too much if that was the real reason for the awards being on hiatus.

We are a close knit community... family... and hopefully can always stay that way!

Mumbling · **Reply #1115 on:** April 19, 2024, 03:16:00 AM

Haha, fair points, and well said! One big family indeed

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #1116 on:** April 23, 2024, 09:47:21 PM

I'm thinking about the bake sale that I have to help manage tomorrow at my college club. Hopefully we raise a lot of money for our club, we even posted a pretty big poster with a pretty pink colored border on the bulletin board in the cafeteria last week! It's bound to attract many paying customers!

The Chronicler · **Reply #1117 on:** April 27, 2024, 09:52:02 PM

I thought playing the game Civilization: Beyond Earth would be less time-consuming than Civilization V had been for me (most rounds of that game typically to me a separate pair of sessions over two days to complete). Boy, did I seriously underestimate that! I started my first game of Civilization: Beyond Earth back on Monday, and even with playing sessions every day since, it is only today at the end of the week that I finally completed it.

How did that happen? I suspect there are two reasons that are most likely. First, I don't seem to get as early of a start to gaming each day as I had ten years ago, so less time spent each day means it takes more days to complete such a game. Second, game features such as research and virtues are not organized in a linear tree like in the standard Civilization games, but rather in a web system that offers a much wider variety of options, which for me means that I spend quite a bit of time simply trying to decide which one I want to select next.

Also, whereas a game of Civilization tends to go by quickly at the start and then slow down as you have lots of additional things to keep track of later on, I've found that a game of Civilization: Beyond Earth can be just as slow at the start (if not even more so) due to having so many options early on, where some poor choices could leave you completely trapped with very limited progress.

Good thing I chose to install just the base game for now, as I still have quite a lot to get through before I can eventually try the Rising Tide expansion pack. At least one thing I like more about Beyond Earth than with the standard Civilization game is fewer playable leaders (among other things), so I still remain optimistic I could accomplish my goal of unlocking as many achievements as possible before the end of this year.

(Yet, this leaves me concerned about having enough time to accomplish other things I've been hoping to make progress on, such as my fanfiction series.)

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #1118 on:** May 12, 2024, 06:10:51 PM

Mo-o-o-o is just thinking about all of the fun upcoming events that the fishy will get to do-o-o with his irl Mu-u-ud Brothers this week and next week.

Firstly, my graduation from community college will commence this Thursday, though at a different campus than the one Mo-o-o goes to for some reason. Secondly, my professors are very nice and will throw us some sort of celebration on Monday in the afternoon for our accomplishments, perseverance, and achievements throughout the past 2 years. Plus, think of it as a sort of graduation/farewell celebration before the actual graduation. Thirdly, our whole class will attend some sort of award ceremony on that day as well. Forgot kinda what award its for exactly, though.

The other exciting part of this comes after graduation though. Mo-o-o and some of his Mu-u-ud Brothers plan to go out to a hibachi restaurant on Friday this week. Then the week after, on Monday, us and a bigger group of our classmates are probably gonna plan to head out to a Korean BBQ hotpot restaurant. I'm very happy and grateful for the friendships/bonds that I've made during my time at community college, and even as we graduate, move our separate ways and aim towards different paths, we will continue to stay in touch and hang out with each other from time to time.
That is something Mo-o-o is most happy about the most, that our cliche formed during college will remain.

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #1119 on:** July 01, 2024, 04:13:54 PM

I was thinking about the fact that I literally accidentally made one of the lenses from my glasses fall again...once again.

This happened yesterday. I accidentally bumped into my glasses. I thought okay, no problem, I didn't accidentally sit on them like I did two other previous times. Nope, when I started to pick up my glasses, the right lens fell out! Oops-eeps! Mo-o-o is always so-o-o careless with his glasses! Even when Mo-o-o does try to keep in mind not to put my glasses in vulnerable places, such as the bed, Mo-o-o still sometimes fall victim to the habit in the end. All it takes is doing it one time and making a mistake one time for your glasses to go 'pop!'

I didn't want to have to face my dad again about it, with him getting mad and having to replace my glasses, so I decided to search up how to put the lens of glasses back into a metal glasses frame. Luckily, a tutorial saying to unscrew the tiny screw that holds the frame together, not all the way but until its loose enough to put the lens back in frame, specifically within the groove of the lens. Hold it together and screw it back in place, and the lens should stay. I spent a bit longer than what would usually take, since I needed a tiny jewelers screwdriver flathead, I used a slightly bigger flathead screwdriver from my dad's toolbox to unscrew and screw it into place. To my surprise and relief, the lens held in place! I can wear my glasses again! Though whenever I gently hold the side of the frame where the lens fell out, I do hear/feel some fragility now, sounds like it can snap off loose again if I'm not careful. I thought I screwed it in pretty snugly, also making sure not to overtighten the screws like the instructions suggest.

Anyway... the glasses comfort got worse...but I'll either have loosen the screw slightly and hope I also don't accidentally let the lens pop out again, deal with it, or get dad to adjust it (and hope that it doesn't make the lens pop out again! Well hey, at least technically it would be my dad's fault at that point, right, right?)