Count Arioch the 28th wrote:I have been in Sweden for about 26 hours and I've already had two guys try to pick me up. It seems I am irrestiable to gay swedes. And to be honest, they were way more attractive than I would have thought I could attract.
Also, czech beer is in fact really good (Sporoprna? Something like that, I forget exactly). One 0.5 L was 70 kronor, but it got me as drunk as 3 American beers so I'm not complaining.
I am at the World Transplant games in Goteborg with my father (who is a competitor). So far, it's been pretty interesting. goteborg is a beautiful city, the people are friendly, and we are having little problems not knowing the language (which is good, because I know exactly enough Swedish to be even more confused than if I didn't know anything). Despite some travel issues (was stuck in Detroit for a day because of weather related crap), I've been having a good time.
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Tzor, if you were in goteborg right now i'd totally make it my mission to get you laid. I think it would help.
I don't think it would help, but lots of things that make me happy haven't "helped" me so far; doesn't mean I'm not going to seek them out if possible.
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Some dude bought me a bunch of shots at an irish pub. A surreal experience: at an irish pub in sweden listening to american music while shooting the shit with a pakistani.
Cool ...
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Referring to Americna beers as horse piss ingratiates you to the locals.
But it is horse piss (isn't that why they use those big horses in the advertisements) ... Remember ... good American Beer is like good any other nation's beer ... we don't sell it abroad; we drink all of it locally.
If you want a real American beer, there's nothing like Arrogant Bastard Ale! But as the bottle says they're "not worthy!"
In Sverige, it is 1am. And the sun is coming up. It went down a couple hours ago.
EDIT: A couple more observations:
My skill with the Swedish languange improves immensely when I'm piss drunk. I don't know why that is...
I have had a lot of swedes tell me I'm handsome and insist that I'm not fat. I am forced to conclude that I am hot in Sweden.
Frank said that I shouldn't bother learning any Nederlands for the couple hours I was at the Schiphol airport. He was right, everything was in english. Also, I don't have nearly enough phlegm to speak Dutch, I had no idea how gutteral that language was from seeing it in writing and the occasional Om Henk animutation.
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In this moment, I am Ur-phoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my int score.
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Also, I don't have nearly enough phlegm to speak Dutch, I had no idea how gutteral that language was from seeing it in writing and the occasional Om Henk animutation.
I just watched the scene in Fallen where Reese speaks a sentence in Dutch to Hobbes. It sounds more guttural than German.
Went adventuring in Styrsö and Brännö today. If you are in the Gotland area of Sweden, I highly recomend that you see the islands, they were the best sightseeing tour I've ever had. Especially when I jumped the path and went climbing. Got some epic footage from the high point of Styrsö in particular. And made some small take with a cute redhead there
I also got some equally epic sunburn on my scalp and forehead, lol. Still worth it!
Later, I saw Flogging Molly in concert at Liseberg, then enjoyed some real English cider at a pub nearby. An epic day.
In this moment, I am Ur-phoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my int score.
What pisses me off: Shiner is made *in my state* and there are no import taxes on it. If I order it at a bar I get charged the import price. But every other american beer I can get around here is piss. So I suck it up and give them my money.
Yeah, it's as expensive as Guiness when you get it on tap at a bar.
There are some good microbreweries around Texas that offer good beers.
WHich part of Texas do you live in? I think you've mentioned that you live by Dallas? I lived in Denton. Your best option is probably to go to a brewhouse and pay 10 bucks and drink like 8 types of beer. BJ's brewhouse in lewisville is good. There are some amazing ones in Austin.
San Antonio and Houston -- I know nothing about.
Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.
So, PayPal has taken it upon themselves to lock my account down due to 'suspicious activity' and will only remove this status if I, get this, fax them my ID or proof of residence. They did this to a friend of mine a couple years ago and he told them to suck a barrel of cocks.
From what I recall, isn't this sort of thing against their own policies? And hell, they're not a fucking bank nor are they my credit card. Ideas on how I can fix this?
Meikle641 wrote:So, PayPal has taken it upon themselves to lock my account down due to 'suspicious activity' and will only remove this status if I, get this, fax them my ID or proof of residence. They did this to a friend of mine a couple years ago and he told them to suck a barrel of cocks.
From what I recall, isn't this sort of thing against their own policies? And hell, they're not a fucking bank nor are they my credit card. Ideas on how I can fix this?
Call them up and threaten to sue them. Then sue them.
Meikle: That happened to me about 4 years ago. I had my hands full with other shit, so I just made another acct. Which incidentally was easier then. These days you can't have the same checking acct work on two different paypal accounts.
Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.
Orion wrote:Evidently Tzor was recently within a few blocks of my apartment.
How strange.
It gets stranger. You see for the two day games I attended I parked along the neighborhood roads. I could have been even closer than you realize. Of course, had you been looking you would have noticed the black Prius with the NY licence plate "TZOR"
I have been in Sweden for about 26 hours and I've already had two guys try to pick me up. It seems I am irrestiable to gay swedes. And to be honest, they were way more attractive than I would have thought I could attract.
they were probably going to murder you and eat your skin
Count Arioch wrote:I'm not sure how discussions on whether PR is a terrible person or not is on-topic.
Ant wrote:
Chamomile wrote:Ant, what do we do about Psychic Robot?
Meikle641 wrote:So, PayPal has taken it upon themselves to lock my account down due to 'suspicious activity' and will only remove this status if I, get this, fax them my ID or proof of residence. They did this to a friend of mine a couple years ago and he told them to suck a barrel of cocks.
From what I recall, isn't this sort of thing against their own policies? And hell, they're not a fucking bank nor are they my credit card. Ideas on how I can fix this?
I love PayPal and I hate them.
If you have any access at all, you could try closing the account by first deleting your bank information (freeing it up to be used on a different account), and then deleting the account. Then open a new one.
Honestly, though, I'd try calling them to find out what exactly made them consider the account activity suspicious. At the very minimum, if you know you can prevent it again (in theory - sometimes they do things for apparently completely random reasons).
I have avoided paypal for so long that I don't even remember what my account was. The cards for it have long since expired, so I guess that's no concern really. I've been pondering creating a new account so I can grab the After Sundown pdf. I'll may just get a visa gift card to fund the account. Hrm.
Paypal tried to screw me out of $3k one year; I tried patiently to explain to them that they were in the wrong, for about three weeks. They finally stopped responding to e-mails.
Then I went and just reverted the online transactions, putting $5k back in my checking account, which I then locked them out of before they knew what was going on.
Suddenly, Paypal was interested in talking to me again, but I elected not to respond. So they went after my mother, who eventually ripped them a new one of sufficient size for a subway.
I'd rather never use them again, but it is just about necessary. If you need another account set up a hotmail account under a different name, then set up another limited checking account (under your name), then use the hotmail account to pay for things using your limited checking account. That's what I do; I assume Paypal will figure it out at some point, but there's a fallback past that if need be.
Kaelik, to Tzor wrote:
And you aren't shot in the face?
Frank Trollman wrote:A government is also immortal ...On the plus side, once the United Kingdom is no longer united, the United States of America will be the oldest country in the world. USA!
I only use PayPal occasionally. So far I have never had any problems with it.
I have about a thousand photos of my Chicago visit on my Kodak site, but here is a photo essay I posted on Gather that concentrates on the field and on the players at the games I saw.
I had to pay for two kickstarters, $500 and $250, and Amazon Checkout wouldn't process my payment, claiming the usual bullshit (expired card/wrong numbers/no monies). I contacted the project leaders and was told to pay $250 by Paypal, at which point Paypal blocked my account for fraudulent activity. I ended up buying a $250 Amazon gift card - those bastards wouldn't process a payment by a "suspicious" card but have no problem stripping said card of "suspicious" money when the recipient is Amazon itself. Three days later, the $500 payment went through, and a month later I sent in papers to get unb& on Paypal (took them less than 12 hours). Since then (autumn 2009) I haven't had problems, but I wouldn't keep my money with any payment provider even if I could.
