The guy who got banned yesterday was acting like a petulant child. Asking specifically to get banned is something altogether different...and as Wrey said, strangely intimate. If I were him I would leave those cases to one of the other mods.
We're supposed to get typhooned tomorrow evening, if I've done my timezone conversion correctly (the meteorological agency uses Zulu instead of Lima for some insane reason). No worries though, Osaka is sheltered, and I live inland on the top of a hill, but the one time we did get semi-properly hit I heard some really amazing winds up high in the atmosphere, so it could be a good thing for the writing noggin.
Also naming storms whats that shit about .... hurricanes have always been named, but recently met office have been naming just normal storms, we recently had storm Amelia with a mighty 40mph and 65mph gusts .BFD .... it was a bit windy for a bit and a few trees dropped branches, get a f'ing grip
Maybe meteorologists in the U.K. are feeling left out of the 'name game'? A storm seems much more tangible when it has a name. Like, I think if tornado-causing weather in the U.S. were not such a spur-of-the-moment phenomenon, those systems would likely get names as well.
If we carry on down this road next summer it will be "slight breeze Brian has been reported approaching the English coast, the public are warned that flags may be slightly disturbed"
Apparently it's to increase peoples' awareness when a weather system has high enough wind and rainfall to cause widespread disruption... basically they think people are more likely to pay attention and be prepared for said disruption if they give it a name. It's stupid, but these days, so are a lot of people...
So right before I go to bed, my brain *lovingly* presents me with an image of my mother dying of old age and asking me if I was ever going to finish that book I kept talking about. Anxiety, I have a fridge full of beer. You sure you want me to punish you? >:[
Oh, they do now. Last 2 or 3 years at least. Winter storm Mike, winter storm Agnes, etc... maybe it's just a US thing.
I've actually been dealing with ideation of a different theme, but with similar results. I'm thinking tomorrow might be a good night for Guinness.
Spoke on my bicycle broke, something that happens with depressing regularity* Took the bike to the bike shop to get it fixed. There were a couple bikes in line by the repair bay, but the dude confirmed that they had the part in stock and told me it would be about 45 minutes before it was ready. The shop is close to home, so I said I'd come back. Went home, ate lunch, watched a movie (Home Alone 2, with the cameo by Mr. Trump). Went back to the bike shop. My bike was on the stand, the rear wheel was off, the tire and tube were off the rear wheel. Okay, taking slightly longer than expected, but there can't be much than five or ten minutes work to do, so I wandered around the shop for a while. No one is working on my bike. All the mechanics are out on the floor talking to idiot mommies whose idiot children are running around the store ringing bells and honking horns. No one is working on my bike. I go to sit down in the waiting area and internet on my phone for about ten minutes when someone finally comes over and apologizes, says my bike won't be ready for another two hours. It needs a spoke threaded, tightened, the tube and tire put back on, and the wheel re-attached to the bike. This will take two hours. Fuckers, I'm going to be riding back home in the typhoon then. Fuckers. *a few times a year, don't know why
There's a short story in there. Keep the bike arc but have something crazy happen during the wait times.
Thanks to all the replies to my little rant. Late reply but it's better than never, eh? I haven't actually been hugged in pretty long now that I think on it. Not happy, lets see...today I had the displeasure of speaking with a friend of a friends friend. He was a nice guy, his name escapes me just as I, too, wished to escape conversation with him. He liked to talk and, hence forth, should I hear someone say the word "Like" 63 times (Yes, I counted) in the span of ten minutes, I will proceed to, well, not speak to that person.
Not happy because GameStop offered my $5 for a PS3 merely because of a slight, harmless dent on the corner. Needed more money for what I was selling it for, and $5 isn't worth it, so I kept the PS3.
Cymopolia is also a daughter of Poseidon and while the title of "goddess of wicked-ass storms" usually goes to Calypso, it's really Cymopolia's gig.