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No, YOU'RE not stupid!
Ugh!

*Locks door.*

*Hasn't even started studying yet.*
*Barely finished last assignment today.*

*Is actually going to die.*

Oooooh, no.
I was really counting on nobody realising that I'd used this joke before.
Oooooooh, no.

please, don't hurt me! i just wanted to welcome the newbie and got a little excited, i swear, i'll never use capslock again, it was just that the wiki was really PRETTY AWESOME!!!!

ooooh, no. oooooooooh, no.
please, it was an accident, i swear, i didn't do it on purpose, don't get the zappers, please, my pancreas is still numb!

I'm keeping at it. Got some nice classes this time around, at least. Though sadly not photography, 'cause the teacher's a horrible jerk to special ed students.

Well. Can't know how things are gonna go until they go. :)

Not only is it incredibly convenient, it's gonna be awesome! And we're in the same boat. I've only listened to them, so I keep having to look things up to avoid a storm of minis. Though now that I think about it, I wonder what Alcatraz minis are...

In no particular order: Star Wars; the Imperial Radch; the Vorkosigan saga; Young Wizards; Steven Universe... I have a lot, but those are some of the major ones.

Mostly fantasy and sci-fi, basically. Seems like mostly sci-fi right now. (I should *write* more sci-fi. The insect politics are calling to me!)

Hey, sometimes s**t happens, you know? I lost an entire semester of college because I wasn't able to walk for several months. Just gotta brush yourself off once you get better and keep at it.

Whenever I get sick it feels like I'm always under the weather for at least two weeks, even if it's just a cold. I'm glad you're feeling better now.

Ooh, fun! I haven't read Dune yet either, actually; I should check it out. I've heard it's good. By the way, what fandoms are you into? I'm largely fantasy, with a very tiny splash of sci-fi. *makes small shelter out of LotR copies*

-Alleb

You know your fandom is deep when it has a list of curses with definitions and examples. XD They're are all quite fun-sounding; I'll have to use some of them. *Agent Alleb awkwardly tosses them out during a mission because she's been researching fire-dragons* *Jesse is concerned*

-Alleb

...for half a year... again.

Be forewarned, I've only listened to the audiobooks, so I'll misspell everything three ways from Sunday. You excited for The Dark Talent? =D

-Alleb

I just had my first day of school—it's my last year of high school, which is pretty cool. They have a science fiction class! About three quarters of it is on Dune, which I somehow have not yet read.

You just returned from an extended absence as well, didn't you? Nice to figuratively see you again! How have you been?

-Alleb

You exist! And are around! :o

The curse is from Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan series, which I mostly read for the sake of seeing people use that curse (and the steampunk animal-dirigibles, of course). Scott Westerfeld's books in general have pretty great slang; he borrows from everywhere. "Barking spiders" used to be a Victorian euphemism for farting, but it fit the setting better as a curse.

Fly By Night, by Frances Hardinge, (as well as the sequel) has some fun stuff: "pixelated" is used to insult someone, saying their senses must have been stolen by the pixies. There's lots of different kinds of slang in that book, because there are lots of dialects, and it's full of competing rulers and gods to swear on.

This is historical fiction, so it's probably based on real curses, but Karen Cushman's Catherine Called Birdie, a book I really loved when I was about ten, has a nice part about curses. It's set in medieval England, and the title character (a girl of mildly noble birth) hears that at court, everyone has their own individual curses, usually along the lines of "G-d's [body part]!" So she spends months going through ideas, trying to find one of her own. The nice-sounding ones like "G-d's beard!" and "G-d's teeth!" are taken, so she's playing with curses like "G-d's elbows!" and driving her family crazy.

--Key

If I recall, it was something about "There can be only one, someone shouting Nerd, and then being swept away. If anyone can link that to me, I would be grateful.

Thank. . . you. . .

*gasps*

*collapses on a pile of physics labs and James Baldwin stories*

*twitches*

--Key

(The Constitution requires NSFW aspects of the PPC to be clearly marked; this should cover it.)

And otherwise: it's basically like Apples to Apples, and awfully fun, even though I stink at it it's not exactly my cup of tea.

--Key

When I was a newbie you screamed at me with caps-lock! And gifted me bandages, earmuffs, and aspirin. And promised never to use all uppercase again.

--Key remembers things

You're wonderful, honey. By the way, how was the math test? You were up last night studying, weren't you? I saw your light on pretty late.

--Key is going through old Board posts and discovering stuff she missed

Same, same, same. History is so great. I love SATW, but so much of it is based on rumors or culture or current events; I'm considering returning to Hetalia for the HISTORY.

Fan theories, headcanons, they're all lovely. What are your favorites? "So great" makes me curious.

--Key

Thing is, my British accent is fake. Very fake. I'm practicing. . . but I might not make it passable in time for the end of the casting call. But your announcement has not gone unnoticed.

--Key

Password is ACAMSES

And not mention 'Shattering glass!' And, of course, 'Shatter yourself!'Those are rather entertaining, and now I'm considering using them, because nobody will get it.

I offer Harris Frost and Tacitus for the games. They may not be the most combat-ready of the entire lot-- see last year's performance-- but they're out there and hungry for glory.

Well, that's mostly Harris. Tacitus is just here to spy on people again and hopefully not get murdered in his sleep again. Or be used as a pillow.