Thread:Neildown/@comment-1427879-20150428150929/@comment-1399757-20150824095555

I haven't actually been keeping up with it per-se but I thought I'd start at least (been looking for stuff to read during work breaks). I haven't been able to find it yet though - the ones on your blog here only seem to go up to 2012. But in retrospect I just realized that blog posts don't show the last time they were edited, so I'm probably just being an idiot, lol.

Haven't done much writing recently either. I've been exploring some alternatives to my "teleportation machine" scenario though and switching some plot points around. Maybe I'll start writing on that before the weekend is over...

On music: The only way I've really been noticing instrumental music is through movies (and luckily I might see 1 or 2 per week). Since our last chat I got to watch Les Miserables, which was full of excellent songs. Or, once in awhile I'll just browse for random artists from a certain genre online, check out a few songs and see what they're like. Frank Sinatra is a good one. Also discovered a Swiss folk/metal band called Eluveitie: they use mostly traditional gaulic instruments and lyrics, including a lot of historically related themes. Many of them are obviously pagan/gaulish in nature, but artistically they have some beautiful tracks.

Oh yes - superhero movies are serious stuff where I come from. Agreed on the 2nd wave. Granted, I have not watched Age of Ultron yet. xD I wasn't really expecting it to be as good as the others when they revealed Ultron as the villain though - never heard of him before and he just looks kind of like a filler robot from the little I've seen - but I'm not a huge robot fan anyway, so that's just me. Spoilers don't tend to bother me in any case - sometimes it's more fun to watch with some foreknowledge. Further Avengers movies will definitely have some problems with staying focused in my opinion: having so many characters, I'm surprised that they might still be doing more crossovers in the future.

Same here - I feel like I'm one of the old relics that only came around the wiki once in awhile while all the 13-yr-olds were busy chatting & having fun. Except the "old relics" were 16-17 at the time, so we're basically ancient... Feel that way at Bible study too. I was a core-group leader last year and was about 7 years older than the oldest kid in my group, but 20 years younger than all the other core leaders & staff. That said, I was the only actual bridge between that generation gap, so it was a bit of a rough year. The guy I worked along with (since it was my first time as a leader I got paired with a new leader like myself, but he was still older) had a more old-fashioned approach to things, and was a bit more harsh than I was comfortable with, as far as keeping the class quiet and focused. I wanted to go more with being lenient and constructive, and a bit more broad in the study since it's non-denominational, but he was more blunt and literal. Now of course I can see where both of us made mistakes in our methods, but I wish I had been as supportive of him as he was of me, because he was still a great teacher - just some minor differences. I was asked to come back again this year, but I don't think that will be happening since I'd like to apply for the Airforce soon. Starting to get nervous about that too now, even though I want to do it: I feel bad for leaving everyone - granted it's only for awhile. But I digress: I haven't talked with Liara for awhile, or Niko or any of the other semi-new users. RWW I look through once in awhile but this is still definitely the central hub.

Ha ha, no problem - it was fun to help with, and I'm always up for some more if it's ever required. =) Sounds kind of like a dream I had not too long ago actually: Wal-Mart ended up being some sort of militarized convenience store and while I was walking around there was a call for "code black" and everyone ran to this underground bunker with weapons. A buddy from work, an older teacher from Bible study, and I then starting stalking through tunnels with rifles, looking for intruders. Then some Rambo-looking guy came out of nowhere, started yelling and attacked us. Funny thing is, there were conspiracy theories going around years ago about Wal-Mart being involved with some secret militia group run by the government, but I only heard about it after having that dream. <.<

That same thing has happened to me a lot before too though - having a perception of someone in your dream but not knowing or remembering what they look like. I do actually have a Facebook account with pictures though (Neil [last name on E-mail], Michigan, 20, homeschooled, airsoft might turn it up on FB search) and like I said, don't worry about being timely with replying: don't even worry about putting it off or posting random stuff - I'm pretty laid-back. I say "I" too much in all my writing, but I' m laid back... And I take a long time with more than just writing to people, so I can't talk. ^_^