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Ah, insomnia. Keeps my mind rushing and pupils dilated. Welp, good excuse to watch ponies all through the night.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 07:43:53 UTC from web-
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 07:56:30 UTC from web
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@redtie Oh I have issues getting to sleep all the time. Literally, all the time. I just have so many thoughts running through my head I can't sleep. Over the years my body has adjusted to it, so no real complaints, just means I get longer days than everyone else! Right now I'm using that extra time to have another mare-athon. How 'bout you, what's up? (long message is long.)
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:03:50 UTC from web-
@asvendius watching the new episode again. probably gonna crack open a book after that. I do tons of reading. Even got one of those kobo eroeaders.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:07:35 UTC from web-
@redtie Oh, cool. I do a lot of reading, too, especially more recently. What kind of books do you read?
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:12:48 UTC from web-
@asvendius I just finished 1984 and have started "the Door into summer" after that iam going to read anne franks diary. thenmaybe something sciency. i got 1700 ebooks downloaded. more than i'll ever be able to read i think.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:14:01 UTC from web-
@redtie I dunno, you read a book a day for the next, oh, 5 years? That should cover all of those.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:18:11 UTC from web-
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:19:09 UTC from web
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@redtie Do like Rainbow Dash. Make the impossible happen.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:20:11 UTC from web-
@asvendius well I got alot of book-bucking to do now. SIgh... this will drive me nuts. reading anything at the moment?
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:21:23 UTC from web-
@redtie I got the StarCraft Archive and I'm currently on "Liberty's Crusade". I wasn't expecting much from books based off of a video game, but it is writen quite well. Next I'm either going to finally read "Lord of the Rings", or reread "Ender's Game" again, it's my favourite book.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:32:19 UTC from web-
@asvendius i read Lord of the rings when i was in highschool, have the ender game's books on my ereader but haven't had a chance to read them. and I had no idea there are starcraft books...i should give that a try.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:33:50 UTC from web-
@redtie downloading the Starcraft books right now. Also i was a big fan of the older starcraft game.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:36:26 UTC from web -
@redtie There are actually 14 StarCraft novels, I believe, as well as a number of comics and graphic novels.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:44:09 UTC from web-
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:47:30 UTC from web
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@redtie i should really head to bed, even if i gotta force myself asleep. got work today to do.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:51:15 UTC from web
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@asvendius I've been meaning to read Ender's Game. It's sitting on my Kobo waiting for me to get to it.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 22:37:05 UTC from web-
@tequilasunrise It's an amazing read, though I have yet to read any of the other books in the series, and only recently even realised there were so many. Gonna have to find a place I can pick up "Speaker for the Dead" and get started.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 23:00:12 UTC from web-
@asvendius Huh, I wasn't aware of that either. It's unfortunate that Orson Scott Card is a complete nutbar, but I do try to keep my feelings about artists separate from my feelings about their work.
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Friday, 21-Oct-11 04:34:35 UTC from web
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@redtie Nice. I've got a Kobo as well. Actually, I've got The Door Into Summer sitting on my nightstand but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I'm a big fan of Neal Stephenson, as SF goes.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 14:21:03 UTC from web-
@tequilasunrise iam only 20 pages into Door into Summer and iam liking it so far. It was one of those books my parents had. and I'd always see it somewhere in the house. much like the foundation series that my dad had. wish i picked up this book earlier.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 16:53:50 UTC from web-
@redtie Yeah, I'm in an SF/F book club with some former coworkers and we read Foundation. I found it a little bit heavy on the science and light on the fiction for my liking - I prefer more character-driven fiction, generally - but I think it was worth reading. As for Heinlein, I've read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and was actually thinking of writing a jokey MLP/TMiaHM crossover because of the whole "New Lunar Republic" thing. My mom's a bit of a science fiction buff, too.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 22:35:26 UTC from web
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@asvendius Man, I hear that. I find concentrating on my breathing helps sometimes. It's really tough to keep your mind clear - takes a lot of practice. And I find often that the harder I try to get to sleep, the more it eludes me.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 14:19:51 UTC from web
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@ponydude2143 get an ereader, its what got me back into reading.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:15:51 UTC from web-
@redtie I got back into reading when I never got out of it. Nothing beats a good book.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:17:03 UTC from web-
@grimauxiliatrix i had kind of fallen from reading during late highschool.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:18:58 UTC from web
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@ponydude2143 well it uses a magnetic ink screen so no glare. I guess for me it just made me read so i'd get my monies worth.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:19:44 UTC from web-
Ooh, which kind of E-Reader do you have?
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@ceruleanspark The Kobo touch. then i put 1700books into it. (all free of course) Arrh iam a pirate!
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:22:08 UTC from web-
@redtie Yargh!
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:22:33 UTC from web -
@redtie Aha. I've got a keyboard-kindle 3. How's the touchscreen on the Kobo?
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@ceruleanspark i have no complaints abotu the touch screen. before its most recent update it had a bad habit of not reading your finger taps, but each update always fixes tons of kiwi and gives me new things to do. At the moment it even has xbox-style achievements.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:25:35 UTC from web-
@redtie How's the refresh time? I traded a sony reader in for my Kindle, and the refresh on the sony reader was sooooooo slow.
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@ceruleanspark the refreshing of each page is pretty fast. its alittle slow on start up after its been off since i have it filled to the breaking point with books. Also you can set it so it wont refresh the page until after several page turns.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:28:43 UTC from web-
@redtie Ooh, neat. Yeah, the kindle gets slow to boot if it has a lot of books in its index too. What formats are you mostly reading in? Have you checked out feedbooks.com? Or if you're into Sci-fi, the works of Peter Watts?
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@ceruleanspark i can read pdf and epub. i just use epub though for ease of use. i think i have some watt's work in my huge ebook collection i downloaded.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:40:36 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark Can anypony recommend me so good jazz??? As well as a way to pair it with rainymood through an ipod touch?
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:35:41 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 Oooh! I love jazz... What kinda vibe are you looking for?
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:38:49 UTC from web-
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:40:38 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 Well, it may not be exactly what you are looking for, but I adore this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37RF5xKNq8
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:44:06 UTC from web-
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:47:19 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 Ah, its 'Autumn Leaves' by Cannonball Adderley. Also, give 'Flamenco Sketches' by Miles Davis a shot... tis VERY chilled though. Hope you enjoy them...
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:50:44 UTC from web-
@pawnheart Thank you kindly amigo, im feeling classy, which is strange as last night i went to see Stiff Little Fingers, the best damn punk band there is!!!
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:53:11 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 Aw yeah! How was yesterday, btw?
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:56:50 UTC from web-
@pawnheart Yesterday was awesome!! Got to meet my absolute hero, Tony Iommi, beyond doubt the single biggest effect on the foundations of heavy metal. Just to shake his hand and give him my tanks for the music, and tell him he was the reason i picked up a guitar... Man... I cant describe it! That cannonball dude is delicious by the way!
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 09:05:21 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 AHAH! Another classy gentlecolt from the land of the fourth-chan. Welcome brother.
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:39:14 UTC from web-
@redtie as we all know... Pinkie Pie broke the Fourth Chan...
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@redtie And FORMER/reabilitated /b/tard, I left a few months ago and i feel so much better for it, the whole website went to hell, all the is is "yiff everyone in this thread", u raff u ruse, cat death roulette, dat apples threads and steve jobs threads. Plus it started to get pretty bad with the gore and.... Im going to say it... Cp... That was the last straw and i quickly abandoned that kiwihole
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:44:06 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 you haven't been on it for as long as i have. that grapes was ALWAYS there. also saying CP wont get you arrested CPCPCPCPCPCPPC
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:45:45 UTC from web
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@ponydude2143 mine also came with 100 classic novels for free. a month ago i finished Anna Karenina
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:22:55 UTC from web -
@ponydude2143 goodnight
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:26:02 UTC from web -
@ponydude2143 goodnight
Thursday, 20-Oct-11 08:27:37 UTC from web
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