US $2 bills, importunings, World of Warcraft, and sanity

Note: The LJ Night and the Music / What Excites My LJ Friends / Lurid LJ Secrets blogquizzes. (by Kait, Dee, and Sharon)


I showed Corey my coinage post earlier, because he wanted to know what I meant when I said that I was in "the land of money." This is what followed:

[21:39:32] Corey: I have more US Pennies than you
[21:40:53] Corey: you don't have any US $2's?
[21:41:37] Flami: Down With The Establishment!: well, of course you have more US pennies than I do... you LIVE there! :P
[21:41:46] Flami: are there such things?
[21:42:01] Corey: there sure are
[21:45:10] Flami: show me!
[21:45:33] Corey: uh... get on real MSN so I can turn on my webcam then
[21:48:29] Flami: okay... I have no worries
[21:49:48] Corey: I have a bunch.. pretty much perfect shape too :P
[21:49:49] Corey: no bends or folds or anything. never been used

So then I got on real MSN, and this is what happened:

Flami says: yeah, I'd say you need 2 cases of paper clips all right :P
Corey says: how about 73 pounds of shrimp?
Corey says: that's the next track :P I got like 130 new prank calls today
Corey says: anyway... $2 bills

Corey is inviting you to start viewing webcam. Do you want to accept (Alt+C) or decline (Alt+D) the invitation?

Flami says:
well... if you can eat it all before it goes bad, sure!

perfect for ha-gow

You have accepted the invitation to start viewing webcam.

Corey says: see?
Corey says: $2 bills
Corey says: they don't make them anymore :P
Flami says: yup, I see them now
Corey says: my uncle gave me a bunch thinking they might go up in value
Flami says: and have they?
Corey says: people have been saying they would forever :P but as far as I know they're still worth $2
Flami says: ah well... at least you have 'em..
Corey says: $16 worth
Corey says: unless they go up :P
Corey says: I bet you could sell them on ebay for more than $2
Corey says: just say they're rare
Corey says: well, there's one about to end for $3 for two $2's...
Flami says: yeah, I bet they are.... they don't even make Canadian $2 bills anymore...
Corey says: $6 shipping + $1.50 insurance
Flami says: I only got that one because of a fluke of change when I went to Arby's at Oakridge.
Corey says: looks like everyone selling them wants $6 shipping :P no way does it cost that much to ship those

Corey has stopped viewing webcam with you.

Flami says: nope, it probably doesn't... put them in an envelope and Bob's your uncle
Corey says: that's where they are
Corey says: and it was actually my uncle John that gave them to me. I don't have an Uncle Bob
Corey says: :P
Flami says: that was an expression!
Corey says: I know :P
Flami says: oh, and how come you look different?
Corey says: how's that?
Flami says: because the last time you got on webcam to show me something or other, you looked more scruffy!
Flami says: maybe you've lost weight... or maybe it was all the stuff you did with Jane..
Corey says: uh.. I got a haircut a while ago?
Flami says: are you sure?
Corey says: pretty sure, yeah
Corey says: notice how it was short?
Flami says: here I was attributing it to shaving!
Flami says: this conversation is amusing me WAY too much right now.. :D
Flami says: I did, a little
Corey says: I think that's the only recent change...
Flami says: so... what did you do with Jane?
Flami says: did you manage to resist her importunings?
Corey says: what do you think? :P
Flami says: I say no
Corey says: what makes you think that?
Flami says: oh, I dunno... you yourself said that it would be a slim chance to turn it down..
Corey says: well, there you go :P
[23:17:10] Corey: certain people involved probably don't want me saying too much about that kind of thing :P
[23:17:54] Flami: ah well... so what else is up?
[23:25:09] Corey: not a whole lot :P
[23:25:33] Flami: well, I'm talking about Warcraft 3 with Eric...
[23:25:44] Flami: or at least some races there... I have no idea
[23:26:14] Corey: Warcraft 3 or World of Warcraft? the latter is what everyone is into these days
[23:27:05] Flami: both
[23:27:32] Flami: he says I should play Warcraft 3 if I have the chance... but that I should hug my sister as if I was dough and she was a piece of pork :P
[23:28:44] Flami: he says that my computer probably can't handle WoW
[23:30:25] Corey: not if you don't have a good video card, which you probably don't.. since that requires buying an extra one.. the ones that come with systems barely play games, if they play them at all
[23:30:54] Flami: eh, I'll combine your opinions and take them as the gospel truth :P
[23:31:06] Corey: well, I just spent like $250 on a video card :P
[23:31:20] Flami: what?!
[23:31:40] Corey: the $200 one I have (which is about half that now) is already getting slow.. though it's probably the rest of my system that's actually slowing things down
[23:32:52] Flami: what the heck do you have on your system?!
[23:33:26] Corey: Oblivion
[23:33:40] Corey: at 1680x1050 resolution :P
[23:34:16] Flami: .... oblivion?! better get yourself a new computer, man!
[23:38:13] Corey: doesn't run so bad on the one I've got :P but it'll run better tomorrow or the next day when my new processor / video card come in
[23:38:24] Corey: and how do you know what it takes to run Oblivion? :P
[23:42:02] *** "Corey" signed off at Tue May 23 23:42:02 2006.
[23:45:19] *** "Corey" signed on at Tue May 23 23:45:19 2006.
[23:46:17] Corey: got cut off, so if you answered, I didn't get it
[23:47:50] Flami: I did not answer... I was busy talking to Eric about hugging my sister :P
[23:48:34] Flami: I was talking "oblivion" as in the WORD..
[23:48:54] Flami: y'know... oblivion? like.. where everything slowly disappears?
[23:50:42] Corey: or like, the game with that title?
[23:50:54] Flami: never heard of it
[23:54:58] Corey: well, it's only one of the most popular games out there at the moment, so I can see how you'd miss it :P
[00:01:25] Flami: oh, whatever...
[00:02:26] Corey: Oblivion overview
[00:15:00] Flami: will have to ask Eric about that tomorrow then
[00:18:21] Corey: you could go to that link and find out yourself :P
[00:29:11] Flami: true, but right now I'm busy with posting and emoticons :P
[00:31:30] Corey: (butt)
[00:32:52] Flami: that doesn't work
[00:33:21] Corey: it does if you use MSN :P


Eric got back a little later, with this:

Diven says: read carefully what I said... I never said it had anything to do with your sister. That is returning to the original subject material
Flami says: interesting song... "Draenei: Now Holy Demons"
Diven says: not a song
Diven says: do you see headphones beside it.
Flami says: no
Diven says: you can put it to be current song or personal message
Flami says: so what the heck is that personal message supposed to mean?
Diven says: Burning Crusade on World of Warcraft
Flami says: oh, okay
Diven says: they are the new alliance race in the World of Warcraft expansion
Flami says: interesting
[23:17:24] Diven: They descended from the Eredar, a race that previously was completely evil. They are some of the most evil and powerful beings in Warcraft. They corrupted a Guardian of the Universe called Sargeras, who with the lore changes now corrupted the Eredar, except those that became Draenei.
[23:18:34] Flami: nice... I suppose I won't truly know unless I play, which I probably won't
[23:19:14] Diven: I don't think your computer can even handle Warcraft 3, let alone World of Warcraft
[23:19:27] Flami: there you go then :P
[23:21:53] Diven: but you should play Warcraft 3 if you have the chance.. it's good.
[23:24:50] Flami: okay, I'll take your word for it
[23:25:19] Diven: nope, you will play it.
[23:25:50] Diven: unless you hug your sister as if you are dough and she is a piece of pork.
[23:25:58] Flami: .......
[23:26:14] Diven: then you can choose to play it. which you still should
[23:26:30] Diven: you know, siu long bao
[23:26:48] Flami: hahaha... I got that reference right after I screamed at the computer screen
[23:28:36] Diven: there you go... you should scream more at your computer screen. you can do all the screen screaming you want in your new abode at Riverview.
[23:29:05] Flami: .............
[23:29:19] Flami: I am not the one who needs to be in Riverview
[23:29:54] Flami: haven't you ever screamed at the computer screen?
[23:30:05] Diven: not really
[23:30:39] Diven: I've screamed at a hard drive or video card or CPU or memory, but never at the monitor
[23:31:20] Diven: and that is usually because something isn't going right with them.. If I can't get a joke, I don't scream
[23:31:49] Flami: oh, I got that it was a joke... I was screaming at the absurdity of it all..
[23:32:17] Flami: I mean, if I were dough and Steph were a piece of pork, and we were combined into siu long bao... someone would probably want to eat us!
[23:32:35] Diven: which is far worse in my opinion...
[23:32:46] Diven: you are taking the metaphor too far.
[23:33:35] Diven: you aren't becoming dough and pork, you are just having a hug connection with the same kind of love.
[23:33:56] Flami: well... I *did* call her earlier tonight to say that I was hugging her over the phone..
[23:34:29] Diven: okay, this is what a hug over the phone looks like
[23:34:56] Flami: okay...
[23:35:32] Diven: ..................................................................................
[23:35:49] Diven: we need
[23:37:35] Diven: got it... even that really isn't close enough, but that's the best I can do with emoticons
[23:37:41] Flami: what is that second emoticon? looks cool!
[23:38:14] Diven: cell phone
[23:38:54] Flami: that's what I thought... I was trying to look for it on this page.. and came up with "mobile phone" being the closest
[23:39:04] Flami:
[23:39:09] Flami: perfect
[23:40:03] Diven: this page?
[23:40:45] Diven:
[23:40:54] Diven:
[23:41:20] Diven:
[23:41:25] Flami: no... on some other page..
[23:41:59] Diven: could you see my emoticons
[23:44:08] Diven: ok, well night
[23:44:26] Diven: remember, I want to see a hug tomorrow
[23:45:28] Flami: yeah, I could..
[23:45:31] Flami: sure you do
[23:45:42] Flami: she thinks I want to hug her in person too... we shall see about that
[23:46:30] Diven: you are going to crush her if you don't hug her. Then again that could happen regardless, depending on how hard you hug.
[23:46:46] Flami: har har har
[23:47:46] Diven: unwillingness to hug sister, screaming at inanimate objects... the evidence is piling up.
[23:48:18] Flami: .... what evidence?! that I "obviously" belong in Riverview?! aiya
[23:48:52] Diven: hmm... some semblance of rational thought appeared... perhaps we can delay final judgement.
[23:49:10] Flami: aiya.. go to bed... see you tomorrow
[23:50:10] Diven: Phalendor: I concur, Eric.
Cherubi: I don't even know if she would hug a cute little gnome like me.
[23:50:26] Flami: uh...
[23:50:48] Diven: Tariena: She's nuts.
Iroc: I SCREAM AT THIS ROCK!!!
[23:51:14] Flami: talking to your WoW characters now? or more correctly, impersonating them?
[23:51:22] Diven: split decision between the 4 panelists.
[23:51:36] Diven: that is what they wrote to you.
[23:51:57] Flami: yeah, I'm sure
[23:52:35] Diven: admitting to thinking my characters from WoW were speaking to her. That's all I need. Off to Riverview with you.
[23:52:42] Diven: night.
[23:52:48] Flami: aiya.. night

Which historical figure are you? Name: Age: Favorite color: Hail to the chief! Julius Caesar This Fun Quiz created by Amanda deLassus at BlogQuiz.Net

All the latest Music News at NewsDump