what we need to hear (a neutral expression)

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DISCUSS

[Tyler Durden]

You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

[Mr. Apol]

WELL LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WATCHED FIGHT CLUB.

Also, I like your taste in furniture. It's just minimalist enough. You told me once that I should think up songs when I'm "PUMPING IRON".

What the fuck did you mean by that?

Because I'd like to know.

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[klikbeep]

You know...that girl. There is something there.

That sugoi she gave me, just as I strapped on the bass...and I think I just kind of blinked twice, and walked out.

I needed to hear that. I don't easily achieve a state of sugoi, and it might have been just humoring a guy...anyway, yeah.

[Lobst]

I just read this whole entire thing aloud to my boyfriend as he messed around with an Incredible Machine-like physics simulation on his computer.

I have to say, I'm very impressed.

[saiko]

Can I have a recorded version of "i used to be fat; now i'm just a slob", please? For free considering that it has already went on to sell millions.
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[108]

[quote="saiko"]Can I have a recorded version of "i used to be fat; now i'm just a slob", please? For free considering that it has already went on to sell millions.[/quote]

All I have are .mpg videos of it, and a cassette tape.

I wouldn't know how to get the sound out of either of those, though I imagine it's pretty simple for .mpgs.
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[108]

[quote="Tyler Durden"]You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.[/quote]

Is this a reference to my designer minimalist catalog furniture or the pontificating prose, or both?
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[108]

[quote="Lobst"]I just read this whole entire thing aloud to my boyfriend as he messed around with an Incredible Machine-like physics simulation on his computer.

I have to say, I'm very impressed.[/quote]

Rube Goldberg devices? I once wrote a thing about Rube Goldberg devices.

Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana has the world Rube Goldberg device championships every year.

I am somehow oddly fond of machines that take the most steps possible to accomplish some simple goal.
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[Sushi K]

Ok, I hate myself for saying it... There is no way those are natural.
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[108]

if i replied to that, i wouldn't be a gentleman now, would i?

suffice it to say, the way we are born is sometimes a talent.
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[jonesy]

Well, I do hope the yakuza doesn't-know-she's-your-ex in Egypt takes this well. If Kill Bill taught me anything, it's not to mess with assassin mob chicks.

P.S. Do they have Fresca in Japan?

[108]

That girl in Egypt is a cheat and a liar and I was only ever suffering her.

I told her we were finished; I think she wanted to meet and "talk" or something, and "talking" for her just means sitting across from one another in a restaurant until suddenly I start talking about people's clothes or how much I hate a certain news anchor's voice and then eventually she asks me if I hate her, and if I say no, she asks me if I despise her, and I say no, and then she asks if I wish she were dead and I say no and then . . . well, it's just really obnoxiously complicated.

Besides, who the fuck goes to Egypt? What the hell is she doing there, anyway?

I'm sure she'd sooner just find another guy than keep bothering me, though. I mean, she never really talked to me enough to get that deeply obsessed . . . right?!?!?!
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[digi]

As usual, I'm not sure how much is true, or how much could be lies. I suppose that lends itself to your "words are fundementally lies" philosophy. Which in turn is a testament to how effective your writing is.

Also, I find that deep obsessions are most often formed with the least amount of verbal communication.

PS - I saw a gravure idol DVD once. It was hilarious, then creepy, then I didn't know what the hell to think anymore.
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[saiko]

[quote="108"]All I have are .mpg videos of it, and a cassette tape.

I wouldn't know how to get the sound out of either of those, though I imagine it's pretty simple for .mpgs.[/quote]

Don't make me rip it out of this YouTube video...
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[gvfo]

[quote="digi"]As usual, I'm not sure how much is true, or how much could be lies. I suppose that lends itself to your "words are fundementally lies" philosophy. Which in turn is a testament to how effective your writing is..[/quote]

Amen to that. We never know when Tim is telling the truth. That's probably what he wants, anyway.

[FrozenDelight]

So am I right in saying that the Deep Kiss Maya Azuma DVD being advertised on this site was a strange coincidence? Because I remember the link being there before 108 posted about his relationship. Or did he add the link after receiving the DVD, yet has only recently decided to tell us this chapter in his life?

Also, did the name for this site come from the name of the band 108 is in? I'm a little confused, as you can see.

I'm impressed at how much 108 gets done in his life. He posts and runs several web sites, has a life, works full time (I assume), travels, takes part in relationships, plays games, writes, plays music, and so on. I'm jealous, I can't get anything done, I do try though. Maybe its because I'm British, we don't seem to get much done. I was discussing with someone recently about how much their American friends get done in one day. I can't be bothered to go into details, yet lets jut say they get up really early, and achieve bucket loads of constructive things.

I can barely keep my house tidy... which reminds me, I'd better go wash those festering plates that are balancing on top my of Saturn.

[digi]

-That difference I believe lies in your staple drink! America = coffee. Britain = tea. I rest my case.

-I get up early, hit the alarm button, and soundly sleep again until somehwere in my slumbering consciousness, I know I cannot possibly procrastinate any longer.

-I suspect that we in Canada are about in in the middle between Britain and the U.S. when it comes to laziness vs. productivity.
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[FrozenDelight]

My alarm turns on, I get up and switch it off, then go back to bed. I then wake up about 5 hours later, usually minus at least one badly paid job.

I don't drink many hot beverages, I used to only drink coffee, yet I stopped because my tummy wasnt happy with it. I started drinking those flavoured teas you can get. Those ones like Lemon and parachute flavour, or whatever. Though I've recently acquired ants in my suger, so I'm not even drinking tea. Ant flavoured tea isn't what I'm looking for.

[Sushi K]

[quote="FrozenDelight"] Maybe its because I'm British, we don't seem to get much done. I was discussing with someone recently about how much their American friends get done in one day. I can't be bothered to go into details, yet lets jut say they get up really early, and achieve bucket loads of constructive things.[/quote]

What kinds of Americans are you thinking of? All we have are fat lazy people, and a presidend taht gets up at the crack of noon decides which sandy country to bomb next then goes back to bed.
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[Cazssiew]

I myself am perfectly American, with a tinge of French constituting 50% of my genes and past life. I am pathetically lazy unless caffeine has entered my body. For example, although I have read every article on this website and the two preceding it (procrastination duties), this is the first time I have posted a comment in a number of months, perhaps years. I just drank coffee. Ipso facto, you know, et caetera...
Other than that, this has continued to be a very interesting life to follow. In a very stalkerish, reality-tv type way, although the feeling of pseudo-intellectuality (on my part, that is; I fully trust good ol' Tim's intellectual abilities) which I reap from misunderstanding his musings make me that much more excited to find out what'll happen next. Whether good or bad, coverage of Tim's life by others always seems to incite passion from what I've seen, so, I mean, fuck, you're doing something right man. Although I'm sure you already know that.

[FrozenDelight]

[quote="Sushi K"] "What kinds of Americans are you thinking of? All we have are fat lazy people."

Everyones different at the end of the day, so I guess I should'nt generalize. The Americans I speak of are a family centered around a Priest father. So I guess they do a lot because they are working for the Lord.

[Google]

Tim,

I couldnt care less if you're lying or not, as I really quite enjoyed your last piece.

I am in the process of moving from an ugly, yet large 3 bedroom house, to a very small, yet very cute apartment with a view of the River in the next month, and I cant fucking wait!

I've always wanted my own little apartment...houses are shit!

Congratulations on the sex by the way!
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[quote="FrozenDelight"]So am I right in saying that the Deep Kiss Maya Azuma DVD being advertised on this site was a strange coincidence? Because I remember the link being there before 108 posted about his relationship. Or did he add the link after receiving the DVD, yet has only recently decided to tell us this chapter in his life?[/quote]

Couldn't it be a simpler explanation? That it takes actual time to write prose? Reordering one's ideas, putting them into paper, procrastinating etc..

Funny, I changed my waking patterns quite dramatically this year. Going from waking up when the sun rose, (occasionally not waking up when in the wrong hemisphere) to waking up thirty minutes later than an alarm clock is telling me to, between 5:30 and 6:00. Told myself I DON't want to lose the hours where I'm most efficient to some feodal corporate lord.

You could try playing guitar around 7am! At least once.

[Crackity Jonze]

i can't imagine anything worse than having a wife whom men in general lust after. however, having a girlfriend like that--'I' cups?!--wouldn't be so bad. as long as she didn't give you the clap or anything...
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--The Straights

[Kumadude]

I wish to wake up on my 37th birthday, and know that of all the places on Earth, this is the one I'd most like to be in. What happens next, I don't much care to know. Can you make it so? It's a simple enough request, really.

Also, I have a sleeping bag left over. It's a not entirely un-decent one. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been vomited in, although it has survived a near-vomit communism experience once, in the former Soviet Republic of Wherever. If I could be bothered to bring it from the place it's at when I go to the place you're at, you could have it.

In closing. I always ring the doorbell when I come home, despite knowing that in all likelyhood my girlfriend won't be there. It's the same, I suppose.
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[Guest]

[quote="Kumadude"] "I always ring the doorbell when I come home"

Heh thats funny, one of my ex-girlfriends does that as well. Or least she used too, when she lived with her parents. A way to tell them shes back. I told her it was stupid. To each their own I guess.

I normally have to climb over the neighbors garden fence, ninja style, because my door is jammed shut.

[FrozenDelight]

Just because I'm annoying, I'm going to point out that I posted the last messege. I didint realise I wasnt logged in, so it came out as a guest. Never mind ay... I'll be off to splash bleach in my eyes as a nice little punishment.

[108]

[quote="Kumadude"]I wish to wake up on my 37th birthday, and know that of all the places on Earth, this is the one I'd most like to be in. What happens next, I don't much care to know. Can you make it so? It's a simple enough request, really.

Also, I have a sleeping bag left over. It's a not entirely un-decent one. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been vomited in, although it has survived a near-vomit communism experience once, in the former Soviet Republic of Wherever. If I could be bothered to bring it from the place it's at when I go to the place you're at, you could have it.

In closing. I always ring the doorbell when I come home, despite knowing that in all likelyhood my girlfriend won't be there. It's the same, I suppose.[/quote]

Hello!!

Are you still in Saitama?

Is your "location" just some wordcraft, or is it relative to my home?

If you bring the sleeping back by, I'll take it.

You can watch my HDTV for a bit.

Some nights, I ring my doorbell as I reach for my key, ring it again when the key is in my right hand, ring it with my right hand when the key is in the rock, and ring it again when my hand is on the doorbell, then again when the door is open and the key is in my hand again. I try to do this as quickly as possible.

Some nights, I don't do it at all.
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[108]

[quote="Crackity Jonze"]i can't imagine anything worse than having a wife whom men in general lust after. however, having a girlfriend like that--'I' cups?!--wouldn't be so bad. as long as she didn't give you the clap or anything...[/quote]

Yeah, it's a little odd having a girl like this.

For one thing, it's obvious that she's . . . been around. She has also committed a few of the crimes for which I would normally break up with any other girl, and for some reason, it's okay by me.

Also, I quite accidentally learned the name of her ex-boyfriend, who she says was a complete bastard and a retard and a loser and a terrible person who owes her money et cetera et cetera, and . . . I wonder. I wonder what some of these girls and women whose floors I've slept on while waiting for the Train We All Ride to arrive, well, here, might be saying to their bosses or big brothers about . . . me.

Still, I think we're going to be fine for a while. There's only one thing bothering me so far about her, and she knows it bothers me.

Still, though.
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[108]

[quote="FrozenDelight"]So am I right in saying that the Deep Kiss Maya Azuma DVD being advertised on this site was a strange coincidence? Because I remember the link being there before 108 posted about his relationship. Or did he add the link after receiving the DVD, yet has only recently decided to tell us this chapter in his life?

Also, did the name for this site come from the name of the band 108 is in? I'm a little confused, as you can see.[/quote]

I added the link on Wednesday, May 3rd, which was just four days after I met her. I was googling her name, and reading reviews of her DVDs. Then I discovered her DVDs were on sale through Play-Asia. So there you go!!

I got a lot of emails about it calling me a liar for the Alt-text. Which reads "My girlfriend Mami. Really."

I just didn't figure to write about it until, well, now.

Because there's been a twist very recently.

That's for the next installment, to be titled "what we want to hear (a controlled expression)."

ALSO, yes, the name of the site is the name of my band, or, at least, the name of the band I decided I wanted to have when I was nine years old. It's taken a while.
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[Sushi K]

When I saw the alt text that that was your girlfriend I didn't think you were lieing, Tim. I knew it was as true as everything you say.

An odd thought just crosed my mind, we all know your name, Tim Rogers, yet you don't know ours. So my name is Gavin, have at it.
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[Kumadude]

[quote="108"]

Hello!!

Are you still in Saitama?

Is your "location" just some wordcraft, or is it relative to my home?

If you bring the sleeping back by, I'll take it.

You can watch my HDTV for a bit.

Some nights, I ring my doorbell as I reach for my key, ring it again when the key is in my right hand, ring it with my right hand when the key is in the rock, and ring it again when my hand is on the doorbell, then again when the door is open and the key is in my hand again. I try to do this as quickly as possible.

Some nights, I don't do it at all.[/quote]

Hello back! I am, indeed, not in Saitama at the moment. My last known location was Nagoya (which is not to say I'm there now, mind), meaning that if my location is actually not just wordcraft, then you are the master of deception. I shall endeavour to make it the truth however, sometime this month. Aiming for Akabane or Ouji actually, although I may end up sleeping on a floor in Yotsuya instead. You can take the man out of Saitama yet you can never take Saitama out of the man. Your Dasaitama is my Tensaitama, and all the rest. Ah, the puns...

The sleeping bag, however, is large, and considering my last "move" forced me to attempt the challenge of talking the admittedly cute girl in checkin into letting me and my 51 kilos of luggage (70% of my body weight!) on the flight, chances are you'll have to wait for it. You seem to be doing ok without it, though. Does this mean I'll have to watch my very own HDTV instead? Shit, that just means more crap I have to bring.
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[Mami]

Why can't we see her face? I'm not going to believe you simply because we can't see her face.

To be frank...because that's my name. You strike me as being more than a little strange Tim. Clearly your lonely, you've purchased one of these semi-pornographic DVDs and watched it several times. You've created a story in your head. You give her a name.

You probably lured someone from where you work to your apartment. Took a picture of her and then posted this steaming pile of bullshit on this site.

Of course you could be telling the truth. You could have just completely forgotten to take a picture of her pretty and easily recognizable face, instead opting for her belt.

I'll admit one thing though Tim. For bullshit it reads pretty well.

[FrozenDelight]

[quote="Mami"] Clearly your lonely, you've purchased one of these semi-pornographic DVDs and watched it several times. You've created a story in your head. You give her a name.

You probably lured someone from where you work to your apartment. Took a picture of her and then posted this steaming pile of bullshit on this site. [/quote]

Whatever the truth my be, you don't have to be so harsh :P He has a right to post it on this site, he OWNS it.

[quote="Sushi K"] An odd thought just crosed my mind, we all know your name, Tim Rogers, yet you don't know ours. [/quote]

I discovered an old post by 108 on some thread called 'introduce yourself', or something like that. In it, it had the answer to my question just before 108 answered it, yet thanks anyway.

108 also stated in it that his real name isnt Tim Rogers. yet I guess that was a joke. I'm not going to reveal my real name until I have confidence.

Something wierd is happening, when I type the word 'yet', it comes out as 'yet'... weird. Like the above paragraph is supposed to be "yet I guess that was a joke"... OK, I'm freaking out now, its just coming out as YET every time! The word is SUPPOSED to be... how can I explain? Ok, take the 1st letter of these three words; Bacon Upholds Tastyness. Replace that 3 letter word with YET, and you've got it.

:?

[saiko]

[quote="FrozenDelight"]I discovered an old post by 108 on some thread called 'introduce yourself', or something like that. In it, it had the answer to my question just before 108 answered it, yet thanks anyway.

108 also stated in it that his real name isnt Tim Rogers. yet I guess that was a joke. I'm not going to reveal my real name until I have confidence.

Something wierd is happening, when I type the word 'yet', it comes out as 'yet'... weird. Like the above paragraph is supposed to be "yet I guess that was a joke"... OK, I'm freaking out now, its just coming out as YET every time! The word is SUPPOSED to be... how can I explain? Ok, take the 1st letter of these three words; Bacon Upholds Tastyness. Replace that 3 letter word with YET, and you've got it.

:?[/quote]

I see you are pretty new to this, entire. Well, that's just normal over here so live with it. Only thing I hate is this fucked up quoting.

Next time I'll post on this board I will already have a riped version of "i used to be fat; now i'm just a slob".
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[FrozenDelight]

[quote="saiko"] I see you are pretty new to this, entire. Well, that's just normal over here so live with it. [/quote]

I have no idea what you're talking about. And what does "entire" at the end of a sentence mean?

Are you saying the message board here changes the word B-U-T to yet as some kind of hilarious joke?

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[quote="Mami"]Why can't we see her face? I'm not going to believe you simply because we can't see her face.

To be frank...because that's my name. You strike me as being more than a little strange Tim. Clearly your lonely, you've purchased one of these semi-pornographic DVDs and watched it several times. You've created a story in your head. You give her a name.

You probably lured someone from where you work to your apartment. Took a picture of her and then posted this steaming pile of bullshit on this site.

Of course you could be telling the truth. You could have just completely forgotten to take a picture of her pretty and easily recognizable face, instead opting for her belt.

I'll admit one thing though Tim. For bullshit it reads pretty well.[/quote]

I'd be somewhat inclined to believe him.

[CubaLibre]

[saiko]

[quote="FrozenDelight"]I have no idea what you're talking about. And what does "entire" at the end of a sentence mean?

Are you saying the message board here changes the word B-U-T to yet as some kind of hilarious joke?[/quote]

I don't know, Microsoft Word told me to put it here.

You are absolutely right.

Also, as we know, a man of honor can't go back on his words, there it is - precisely, there it was.

Someone fix these tags, it's getting on the nerves, seriously.
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[Ethoscapade]

you met her on my birthday.

[Shapermc]

Good read again. I like it when you weave tales that are not about videogames yet you can't help yet incorporate them.

More to the point I figured this entry would have something related to an image of you and a mic with three letters on it representing popular culture in Japan.
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[Guest]

[quote="108"]That girl in Egypt is a cheat and a liar and I was only ever suffering her.

Besides, who the fuck goes to Egypt? What the hell is she doing there, anyway?
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canned food business, go to Egypt.

[matthew]

108 said,

[digi]

[quote="Shapermc"]Good read again. I like it when you weave tales that are not about videogames yet you can't help yet incorporate them.

More to the point I figured this entry would have something related to an image of you and a mic with three letters on it representing popular culture in Japan.[/quote]

Yeah that was one damned intriguing photograph. Care to elaborate? Or is this fodder for the next entry you write?
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[E. Megas]

Turns out that certain BBCode tags (quote=, url) got screwed up in the newest phpBB release because the developers got the slightest bit zealous and broke their own damned code.

Fixes are already in internal development versions. An EasyMOD also exists, but it seems to break things for certain people...As the full scope of the problem likely isn't known, yet.

Better to live with it until the phpBB Group puts the next release out, which (PROVIDED ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN!!!#@*) won't really be much of a wait..

[Shnozlak]

So dose she taste more like iron or peaches?
This is a serious question.
Im not fucking around.

What do you think of the White Stripes finally breaking up?

Why were her breasts omitted from the picture?





first person to steal Tim's ID and take a snap shot of it gets $22
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[Gilbert Smith]

When I started coming here, the forums were made up of a couple dozen regular readers who more or less get it (Not GOT it, they're still here).

Now I look at the forums and it resembles the Aintitcool.com talkback more and more. Anonymous negativity.

It's not out of hand, yet. When I feel it stops being interesting and starts destroying my LPN experience, I'll start moderating, and probably have my moderating rights taken away for deleting all the anonymous comments.

[E. Megas]

[CubaLibre]

Meh.

There's good SA goons, and then there's bad SA goons.

Calling them all flameobots under the thumb of the mighty Lowtax is stretching.
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[Guest]

Hm. I've been around the ol' internet block once or twice, and this is the first time anyone's defined for me what an SA troll is.

That's.... really sad.

[Gilbert Smith, unlogged]

Dammit, that was me!

[E. Megas]

[108]

[quote="Mami"]Why can't we see her face? I'm not going to believe you simply because we can't see her face.[/quote]

I believe her face when I see it!

I'll show you her face only after you have doubted me three times!

[108]

[Guest]

Excellent!!! you won all my internets. Collect them on the way out.