I had a similar experience to Tigerbelly. My mom grabbed our old camera, some B&W film and we went out in our front yard and just started taking photos. The first few shots were awkward as I really didn't know what to do but we started to have fun with it. We had a berry tree in our yard and there are more than a few shots of me throwing berries at my mom. Not a good senior pic but a fun time.

The one I decided on was one of the last pics we took. I'm sitting down on... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:50 AM on August 8, 2008

You and I are in pretty much the exact same situation. I'm moving in a month and I've decided to leave my job about three weeks before schedule because I absolutely cannot stand it here anymore. I'll be somewhat broke when I move but now I can spend a lot of time with one of my best friends who will be moving overseas.

Quit. Don't look back.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 10:48 AM on August 1, 2008 marked best answer

Sounds like an issue with the registry file being corrupt. Boot into the recovery console and run a chkdsk with the /r switch.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 3:01 PM on July 12, 2008

Try to use your shared bedroom only as a spot to sleep (or do other bedroom-y things) as opposed to a spot to "hang out".
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:57 AM on July 9, 2008

"What scars are you talking about?"

*Checks arms/legs, 'find' scars in question*

"Oh yeah....hmm....wow, you know, I can't remember."
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:25 AM on July 7, 2008

This answer really depends a lot on the context. I was at a high school graduation party for my cousin and I asked a few graduates what their “next step” was. This opened the door to a lot of potential follow up questions (“Oh, you’re going to school to be an architect? How is the job market around here? Are you looking to go out of state to look for a job? Are you going to try and squeeze in any fun stuff before the summer ends?” etc etc).

I’ve had good luck asking... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 1:28 PM on July 3, 2008

You can call up the utilities and have your name taken off. Just tell them that you'll be moving out of the apartment by a certain date and want your name removed on that date. Inform your former roommate of the situation and you'll be off the hook.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:47 AM on July 3, 2008

Depending on your relationship with the person, say something to them. My parents used to send me a lot of that crap and a firm-but-light conversation put all of it to a stop. Much better than an email.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:19 AM on June 19, 2008

The Machinist, A History Of Violence.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 5:40 PM on June 9, 2008

What about books? I don't have a lot of specific recommendations but you really can't go wrong with getting them a few 'classic' childrens books (Goodnight Moon, etc).
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:22 AM on June 9, 2008

Hi all, thanks for the responses so far.

SpiffyRob: I'm a massive Mario Kart fan and I've played every other game in the series. One of the biggest draws for me is the battle mode and I was very much turned off to the game when I read that you cannot do free-for-all battle mode online. They also removed co-op Grand Prix and that was the best part of Double Dash.

Yes, I do have Wii Sports but I didn't know that you could get a replacement from... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 12:55 PM on May 29, 2008

I probably should've put this info in my main post: I've bought all the VC games I could ever want, WiiWare doesn't interest me nearly as much as XBLA, and I was a previous Gamecube owner so the backwards compatibility was a nice perk but never a draw.

I think I'll sell the system now because the majority of the games being suggested are PS2 ports and while I don't own one, my girlfriend does. I was thinking of selling everything as a lot for around $350 which seems... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 5:51 AM on May 30, 2008

I recently got rid of 90% of my old school work and it felt great. Yeah, it was kind of hard throwing all that stuff out but time heals all wounds and now I don’t even remember what I got rid of. The secret is that nothing is sacred…go through your “Keep” pile after a week or so and see if you really do need that old desktop or 8th grade science project. Wait a week and go through everything again. And maybe one more time after that for good measure.

All of that stuff... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 1:37 PM on May 28, 2008

I'll throw some more data out there.

I spent the first 10 years of my life living in a town about 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia, PA. As far as I can remember, my friends and I always left our shoes on in our houses. I don’t remember what we did during the winter with our boots but I assume we took the boots off with the rest of our snow gear.

We moved up to Vermont and everyone in our neighborhood took off their shoes in the house. This... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 8:25 AM on May 27, 2008

I hung out with a few not-so-desirable friends when I started 5th grade and they were my friends throughout middle school. Once I got to high school, I realized fairly quickly that they were not the right friends for me and I made the effort to distance myself from them.

My parents were not too crazy about my friends either but they made no attempt to try and stop me from hanging out with them...that would've made things much, much worse. Trust me. It might be hard but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:40 AM on May 23, 2008

This wouldn't be the most 'ethical' way of going about this but you could figure out which version of Office 2007 your license is for, download that version from a torrent site and then use your key to install it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:07 AM on May 23, 2008

The search function in Windows XP can do this for you. Open up a Search window, click 'All files and folders' and you'll be able to search by words in a document, among other criteria. Good luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:13 AM on May 19, 2008

I would also try searching by when a file was last modified. If he was working on it yesterday, search for all files modified within the last three days or so and something will hopefully come up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:17 AM on May 19, 2008

Check out the Timesplitters series. I played the 2nd one on Gamecube and it had a co-op mode...I bet the PS2 version does as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 10:35 AM on May 17, 2008

Thanks for the responses so far. I’ll address some things that were raised.

To the people that told me to MMOB / get over it: It would be ideal if I could put this entirely out of my mind but as I said in my post, I’m looking for tips on how to cope with this work environment until I leave in a few months. The question of why I can’t seem to ‘get over’ this is probably best suited for a therapist anyway.

I was going to include how I know that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 8:30 AM on May 7, 2008

Definitely invest in a Nintendo DS but it would be better if your bandmates also had one. I've wasted a few hours in a car playing Mario Kart DS against my friends.

The last time I went on a 20 hour road trip I brought along Mad Libs. Those are insane amounts of fun if everyone goes along with them. Plus, it's fun putting in food types (Mexican, Chinese, Italian, etc) when you're asked for a food. It makes things....interesting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 10:45 AM on April 30, 2008

Allow me to present to you the Coleman Xtreme.

I bought the 62 quart wheeled version for a trip to Bonnaroo back in 2006 and it was amazing. It kept all of our stuff cold for about six days. The wheels were a Godsend and we even strapped our camping stuff to it and it made transportation from the car to the camping site easy.

Here's a tip: If you can, freeze bottled water and take that instead of ice. That way when the bottles thaw out you are... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:22 AM on April 21, 2008 marked best answer

Two cows are standing in a field. One cow says "say, are you worried about getting mad cow disease?" The other cow says "holy crap! A talking cow!"
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 10:13 AM on April 17, 2008

Pick a place that's a good distance away (5 miles or so) and walk there. My friends and I walked to a 24 hour diner at 3am once and it was a lot of fun. We took our time, wandered through the woods and a few construction sites and it really felt like we accomplished something when we arrived.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:23 AM on April 17, 2008

Yup, this has happened to me as well. This Wiki link offers an explanation.

Oddly, this does not happen to me after playing Rock Band.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:14 PM on April 12, 2008 marked best answer

Oh and I'm not sure what Guitar Gyro is but it sounds sexy/tasty.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:29 PM on April 12, 2008

Wow, thanks for all the great responses.

Yes, I was talking about people that pull far ahead of the Stop line without stopping first. One of these intersections is slightly blocked by a building and I often creep forwards after stopping so I get a better view of oncoming traffic. And yes, some of the Stop lines are set a little far back.

I think I'll put a greater distance between me and the car in front of me in case they decide to pull ahead so... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 12:12 PM on April 12, 2008

It probably isn't this cartoon but it was the first one that came to mind.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 5:56 AM on April 11, 2008

GTA IV will probably be the biggest selling title of the year. In terms of sales, it's this years Halo 3 except GTA IV is multi-platform.

That means you'll be able to walk into most B&M stores on the day of release and it'll be on the shelves. Best Buy and Circuit City will be more likely to have it on shelves while Gamestop and EB Games might just have enough to fulfill their preorders.

I've never had an issue buying a major game on its... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 10:40 AM on April 9, 2008

I'm also interested in finding an alternative to LJ. I was going to go with Blogger but it lacks privacy settings for individual posts. I'll be watching this question for sure.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 11:08 AM on April 2, 2008

Some vending machines accept credit cards now...buy 12 bags of chips.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:42 PM on March 25, 2008

Anonymous here.

I agreed to pay 2/3rds rent until the end of the original lease, which ran from the end of February 2007 till the end of February 2008. I had no issue doing this. I felt it was the right thing to do since it was my girlfriend that moved out.

Near the end of the lease, I told him that I wanted to extend the lease six months (from the end of February 2008 till the end of August 2008). He told me that he could stay the extra 1.5... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:26 AM on March 9, 2008

Into video games? Now's a great time to pick up a Xbox, PS2 or earlier consoles on the cheap and check out all the games you might've missed. Recently, I've spent a little too much time playing GTA: Vice City again.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:15 PM on March 5, 2008

Which is worth more....a months rent or your sanity?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 12:01 PM on February 23, 2008

Wow, I'm really glad I posted this question. Tons and tons of good advice....keep it coming!

My idea is actually a bit more complicated than I originally thought and will probably require me to learn more than just the basics, so thanks everyone for the tips.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:45 AM on February 18, 2008

Cross my arms or put hands in pocket and discuss how crappy the opening band is with the people I came with.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 4:21 PM on January 31, 2008

I have the pac man chart on my door at work and its gotten a lot of positive feedback, so definitely include that one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:47 PM on January 24, 2008

Bohemian Rhapsody.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 3:27 PM on January 23, 2008

I'm a guy. I always liked to pay for dinner. When my current girlfriend and I started dating, I would indicate that I would be paying by physically picking up the check when it came or other, non-verbal cues. She would always offer to pay. I would tell her to not worry about it. She would then ask if she could at least chip in a few dollars. I would politely turn her down again and then she would say "thanks!" with a big smile.

A few times (we went out to eat a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 1:10 PM on January 18, 2008

I'm marking Dec One's answer as the best but all of these answers were very helpful. I'm now using one spreadsheet with separate worksheets.

Thanks everyone!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:33 AM on January 14, 2008

Are you someone that cares about the number of Facebook friends that you have? If you do, accept her invite but consider limiting what info she can see in your profile by placing her in your Limited Profile list (under Privacy settings).

But yeah, I agree with Dee Xtrovert. Life is too short and if you spend more than an hour "worrying" about this, just decline and move on.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 8:43 PM on January 1, 2008

Girlfriend and I are also big Yoshi fans (well....I am. She's always been a fan of Toad) and we both hear "Yoshi!!!".
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:25 PM on December 17, 2007

From Wiki:

"Besides "hup", "gong" and "wah!", Yoshi, in various games, has said his own name."
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:29 PM on December 17, 2007

The Warriors is a great co-op game. It's a beat em up and there's not a lot of puzzle solving but it's really a fantastic game.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 2:08 PM on November 27, 2007

Darwinia. You're welcome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:09 PM on November 17, 2007

Maybe Natural Born Killers? Does that fit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 1:31 PM on November 8, 2007

You might want to run a chkdsk on the secondary drive.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 9:13 AM on November 4, 2007

I asked a similiar question last year. My situation sounds almost exactly like yours - landlords didn't return the deposit in time and when they did, they deducted some repairs and didn't give us any interest.

Write them a letter, see what they do. If you don't get the full amount + interest back, take them to small claims court. As long as you have proper documentation, you should be fine.

Don't expect to get double the security deposit back.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:41 AM on October 31, 2007

My former roommate was a huge Transformers fan. We downloaded and watched all of the original series and the movie.

Whatever you do, do NOT watch the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show. It is not as good as you remember.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 6:30 AM on October 16, 2007

Oh yeah, get Gamecube and VC games. We've played more GC games on our Wii than Wii games. The Pikmin series, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, F-Zero....and so on. You should be able to get killer deals on most of these.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Diskeater at 7:23 AM on October 5, 2007