Just in case you didn't realize you had a vague interest in what I'm up to these days

[Nate the Great]

First off, congratulations. Yet another member of the Group of People Whose Lives are More Exciting than Mine, or GOPWLAMETM (just try to pronounce it, I dare you!).

And what's an MFA? Masters in Farming Administration?

[Chancellor Valium]

Congratulations, good luck, live long and eat pie etc

[Derek]

You're moving?! NO! You can't be moving! What about Florida solidarity? Don't you remember? Geez....

And now you'll be a Californian, which doesn't even insert an extra "i" into its name for no apparent reason like "Floridian" and "Canadian" does.

Seriously though, congrats, IJD. Hope you have a great marriage, a great move, and a great masters. (see that? alliteration...)

...Now if only I had such great excuses for not doing anything on this site.

[Nate the Great]

Nate: What in the world can that be?
Derek (turning around): What, where? I didn't see anything.
Nate (painting a giant target on Derek's back): Oh, I could've sworn I saw something. Heh heh heh.
Derek: What's so funny?
Nate: I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink. Me from my, glass, and YOU from yours.
Derek: You guessed wrong.
Nate: You only think I guessed wrong, that's what's so funny! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is, never get involved in a space war in the Alpha Quadrant, but only slightly less well known than this: never go in against a fivist when updates are on the line! Hahahahahaha! Hahahahaha! Hahaha-(thud)

(Please take all of this in good humor, pretty pretty please?)

[Chancellor Valium]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Nate: What in the world can that be?
Derek (turning around): What, where? I didn't see anything.
Nate (painting a giant target on Derek's back): Oh, I could've sworn I saw something. Heh heh heh.
Derek: What's so funny?
Nate: I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink. Me from my, glass, and YOU from yours.
Derek: You guessed wrong.
Nate: You only think I guessed wrong, that's what's so funny! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is, never get involved in a space war in the Alpha Quadrant, but only slightly less well known than this: never go in against a fivist when updates are on the line! Hahahahahaha! Hahahahaha! Hahaha-(thud)

(Please take all of this in good humor, pretty pretty please?)

(CV dances on Inf/Imp's corpse)

[ijdgaf]

MFA = Master of the Fine Arts. It's a writing thing, in this case.

As for Florida solidarity, I really do love this state. My mother is from Connecticut and it would pain her to hear me say that. But I grew up here, she didn't. And I really love the climate and (most) of the people. And there's so much to do here it's crazy.

We're going to California for (her) work stuff and (my) school stuff. We may stay there, we may go elsewhere, we may come right back here. We're not ruling anything out at this point. So now, I'm just focused on enjoying myself in a gorgeous area with a gorgeous climate and a whole 'nother set of so much to do it's crazy... not to mention a high cost of living (arg). California should be fun. But I am still a Floridian.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Nate: What in the world can that be?
Derek (turning around): What, where? I didn't see anything.
Nate (painting a giant target on Derek's back): Oh, I could've sworn I saw something. Heh heh heh.
Derek: What's so funny?
Nate: I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink. Me from my, glass, and YOU from yours.
Derek: You guessed wrong.
Nate: You only think I guessed wrong, that's what's so funny! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is, never get involved in a space war in the Alpha Quadrant, but only slightly less well known than this: never go in against a fivist when updates are on the line! Hahahahahaha! Hahahahaha! Hahaha-(thud)

Fiver: To think -- all that time it was your cup that had the procrastination.
Derek: They both had it. I spent the last few years getting used to procrastination from being around Zeke.

[Nate the Great]

You guys were wondering about the target on Derek's back, admit it. Simply put, that's the remnant of another direction I was going with the joke, and I went with something else and was too lazy to delete it.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Derek

You're moving?! NO! You can't be moving! What about Florida solidarity? Don't you remember? Geez....

If it makes you feel better, you and IJD just won the Stanley cup from me, by extension.

It had better make you feel better.

grumble grumble stupid ducks grumble...

[Sa'ar Chasm]

I'm so glad I'm not in Ottawa right now. My ex-labmates will be impossible to get along with tomorrow. It's like going to a funeral the day after the Senators get eliminated from the playoffs.

Oh, and when it's a Sens-Leafs series, those people aren't fit to share an office with.

[PointyHairedJedi]

Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm

I'm so glad I'm not in Ottawa right now. My ex-labmates will be impossible to get along with tomorrow. It's like going to a funeral the day after the Senators get eliminated from the playoffs.

Oh, and when it's a Sens-Leafs series, those people aren't fit to share an office with.

I didn't realise that curling was such a big thing in Canada.

IJD, at the wedding, you should definitely play "California Girls" as your bride goes down the isle. It'll go down a treat, I guarantee it.

(The congratulations go without saying, of course.)

[mudshark]

Dusting this one off for a moment.

I bumped into IJD in passing over at the other place and he conveyed the impression that: yes, he is now married and is now in California. It occurred to me, though, that I never did find out exactly where in California that was, nor at which school he was going to be doing his MFA program so, if IJD should happen to pass this way before this thread again drops off of the front page, perhaps he could give us the thumbnail update.