[OOC] Year One [ Closed for TheDookieNut and El Taco Taco ]

[TheDookieNut]

I'm sure you'll be sorted soon :) oh gosh! Hopefully you won't be too far away from school when you move! I still envy how much you get to travel and move about. I'm grounded and it sucks so much! Dying to get out of th country and move somewhere else!

You might not have heard of them, they're relatively Europe based but I went to see Lordi. They're a Finnish metal band that won The Eurovision Song Contest one year and they were amazing there and more amazing live. I was pretty close to the front so got covered in blood, made awesome eye contact with the singer who pointed at me so I was pretty happy, we got covered in foam too and then some vapour like steam stuff so it was just awesome. I love them so much..

[El Taco Taco]

Looks like we might be moving in August-ish, so I'll be graduated which will be rad! :D :D I'm totally looking forward to moving. I love Washington, and I totally want to settle down here eventually, but I'm itching to go somewhere else. I've been hella blessed to have been traveling my whole life! Even after we moved to America, I used to go back and spend two months over the summer in England with my family. And I've roadtripped all over the Midwest, lived in the South, spent a winter in upstate New York (jladshjkdaskdsa), explored the Northeast and ZOMG the West Coast. *_* WEST COAST BEST COAST. I'm heading up to Canada after graduation for some misadventures, trying to go see some dope ass geology. Then I'm hopefully going back to England at the end of the year to see my gran before she passes and finally introduce my family to hubs.

I'm trying to convince hubs to take orders to Naples, haha! He's never left the country. He was on a sub that just made circles in the ocean, and I want him to experience the joy of travel. The world is huge and awesome! And as much as I love traveling over the US, I'm itching to get back out there. I hope you get the chance to go exploring soon!

Haha, nope, I have not heard of them! That sounds hella fun tho, I'm glad you got to go! :D

[TheDookieNut]

West Coast of the UK, fuck that shit! Blackpool, never again! I'm so jealous! I've only ever travelled East. The furthest West I've been is Cornwall, but I've been as East as you can go before, half my family is Australian so I've been a few times to see them with my mum. But I'm sti jealous as hell! What id give to travel!

Wherever you go, take loads of pictures! The world is there to be explored! I'm sure you'll do plenty of exploring before too long :) a sub? Wow.. He's brave! Then again, I'm afraid of the ocean full stop, so yeah.. But Jesus! That must take some guts!

[El Taco Taco]

Haha, oh no!! Hopefully you can visit the Pac Norwest and experience the glory of a properly rad west coast! :D Especially Seattle and Portland. They are such darling little cities. <3 <3 <3 Seattle is my favorite city in the US, full stop. Although I do miss the super friendliness of Charleston. Dat southern hospitality tho.

Oh, for sure! *_* I just ordered a new charger for my camera so I can be prepped for all my exploring! :D I need to do Mount St. Helens and Rainier before I leave Washington~~~ HIKE ALL THE VOLCANOES D:<

[TheDookieNut]

My current goal is Soeul, South Korea then Austin, huge Rooster Teeth fan so Austin is probably the best place I can go. Would love to visit the entire country but that's expensive >.<

Hike then volcanoes! I didn't think there was many in the U.S., but I've never been XD is there anywhere in particular you really want to go?

[El Taco Taco]

Austin is rad as shit! You should totes go. :)
Yeah, Murica is pricey to explore, it's just too damn massive to do cheaply. At least on the west coast. Things are hella close together on the east coast as states are hecka tiny over there.

Haha, yeah, we have the Cascades and some down into Oregon plus Alaska and Hawai'i. Here in Puget Sound we've got the Juan de Fuca plate subducting beneath the North American plate and a triple point with the Pacific plate down south. Our tectonics are pretty rad, with some of the best studied mid ocean spreading centers in the world. We just laid down fiber optic cables to a ridge off the coast to new instruments out in the water last summer. *-*

I'd love to go back to the east coast, maybe down to Florida or go abroad. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Naples.

[TheDookieNut]

If you go to Alaska you have to take pictures! I'm a huge 30 Days of Night fan so it's law for me to go visit Barrow and stay for a while. Can't imagine how cold it will be haha. See only you could get excited over tectonic plates. Geology wasn't ever my thing. I think I preferred the social side of Geography and then just weather. It's kind of sad how exciting extreme weather is, despite how many lives it can danger. There was a tsunami warning for Japan about a week ago, I was all over it. Not for the life loss but the power behind weather.. It's exciting.. >.<

You'll go to Naples! I'm sure you'll get to go all over place because you're a jammy git :P Still though, loads of pictures!

[El Taco Taco]

I'm trying! We're off to Fort Leavensworth soon, and then hiking MSH/Rainier next week along with the Olympic Rainforest. My best friend just got out of the Navy and we're exploring before he leaves in two weeks. Gotta go splore!

Haha, hopefully. Hubs is trying to get orders to Whidbey, which is like, 2 hours north, but we'll see how that pans out.

[TheDookieNut]

That sounds amazing! It really does. I'm so jealous.
How've you been anyway? Hopefully good.

[El Taco Taco]

I'm very blessed. <3

Ah! Yeah, well. I graduated, finally recovering. It's been really exhausting, but good. <3 How are you my love???

[TheDookieNut]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will throw a party :P

I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Well I hope you did.

I've been okay, starting streaming on Twitch which as been fun :) But thats basically all thats new

[El Taco Taco]

Yay, parties! *_* I love parties, I'm just completely worn out.

It was lovely! My dad and stepmom drove up from Utah and spent the weekend with us and it was amazing. They bought me a beautiful piece of pottery-- the glaze has drops of zinc in it, and it's ksdjjlkjdfsdsjksd SO GORG. I'll take a photo when I remember to!

Oooh, fun! I will have to investigate your Twitch c:

[TheDookieNut]

I'm a small party girl, people I know and games. Don't enjoy that lets stand around crap. I'm usually the first person to suggest a drinking game, whether it's never have I ever or slapping pirates of the Caribbean on and making everyone play to the hardcore rules

Is Utah the hot place in the middle? I only know my US geography from pub quizzes >.< that does sound nice! Bet your glad it's all done now? Get to relax and just chill whilst summer does its thing. Awwh! Is it a vase or some other cool pottery? Yay photos :3

Please don't judge.. Hahah,

[El Taco Taco]

Haha, we tend to play games at our parties. Pathfinder, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Pandemic... we're total nerds, but omg so much fun. <3 We played a Harry Potter drinking board game a few weeks ago that was hysterical.

Haha! Sort of? It's the intermountain west-- so west of Texas and such, in the Rocky Mountains. It does get pretty hot, woo desert, but it also has a million months of winter because of the elevation (Salt Lake is at ~5000 feet above sea level).

I'm so relieved! SLEEP! I CAN SLEEP! AND BREATHE. AND DO MY CHORES WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO ALSO ENJOY HOBBIES -flails wildly-

It's a bowl, but ahjksjas. So gorg.

I don't judge! <3

[TheDookieNut]

I wish my friends played more board games. Pandemic is the best. I can imagine drinking involved to. Shot every time there's another infection token, full pint or waterfall as its known over here whenever a city outbreaks... I'm doing this. Have you ever played Ring of Fire? That game is the best.

I know Texas! Okay.. Without googling, I think I know where it is haha >.< Wow.. that's a little high up. Its confusing how large America is. The UK is pretty big considering it takes about 8 hours to drive to Cornwall from the middle of the island but I can't imagine how long it takes to drive from the middle of the US to the coast or the other end of the country. Its one big country.

You should but stuff in it! Like keys or boiled sweets nothing that will hurt the bowl though.

I'm glad, I'm pretty shit and rather bad at games haha

Also: it makes me laugh a little to know subconciously Seine had been demoted to the Ron position, a sort of shadow behind the two leads despite being an awesome character, or that's what it feels like.

(Why does every page I post on always have one non-logged in viewer..? Maybe I'm paranoid.)

[El Taco Taco]

Ohh, I like the way you play Pandemic. :D I need to get on that.
You should def. play Betrayal at House on the Hill. It's a great time!
I have not played Ring of Fire! I will investigate.

Haha, yeah, this place is so damn big! You can drive for 8 hours and still be in the same state. I love the phrase "in America, 100 years is a really long time; in Europe, 100 miles is a very long distance". Like, shit, 100 miles is less than a 2 hour drive, that aint shit! Coast to coast journeys (and along the coast ones too) def. take a while, but they are so much fun. I love road tripping and seeing weird podunk towns.

It's housing a collection of dice at the moment!

Haha, being Ron is not a demotion, in my book! *_* Ron is the best!

[TheDookieNut]

You'll have to let me know how it goes :) I'll try and get some friends to play this weekend and see what happens XD a friend of mines birthday is in a few weeks. Don't know why she has a bouncey castle when we're all drinking, I sense vomit approaching. Ooh! I will Amazon that and see what it is :) You'll love Ring of Fire :P

See for you 100 miles is probably just a straight line, here it will wind and wind around and all over the place. Plus everyone is on that road :P like the M1 our main road, unless it's 3am, everyone is on that road. But there's no way to get to London without it.

That's also a point. Ron was comic relief at times and he was brilliant. Prefer him to Harry to be honest

[El Taco Taco]

Haha, for sure >:D I'm sensing fuck tons of margaritas and Pandemic in my future. Bwehehe. I really want the expansion, too. So much fun!

Yay, birthdays! Mine's tomorrow, ugh, I really wish I could stop getting older.

Haha, well, straight lines though they may be in flat areas, you take windy as shit routes through the mountains here. Getting out of Salt Lake to Denver takes ~10 hours because you have to go up and around, even though it seems like it'd be a 5 hour straight shot. Bleh!

Ron is darling. I didn't really grow into liking any of the trio until I was older, but now they are my precious cinnamon rolls <333 I actually read an amazing fanfiction that turned me onto Ronmione-- I wish I remembered the name. It was phenomenal. Now I'm like, 'no, they're perfect for each other, they have crazy chemistry and complement each other amazingly'

[TheDookieNut]

HAPPY BIRTHDAAY!!!

I can imagine it's like that a lot. It's the same here, there is a lot of stuff all crammed into one place. You cannot go anywhere that I know of without seeing something manmade. Even if its a powerline in the distance. It's kind of sad..

I know what you mean. I think I hated all of them aside from Hermione until I was about 14, maybe, could have been older. Realised how back of an actor Dan was and learned to love Rupert :P

[El Taco Taco]

AHHHHHHHH!!!! <3 <3 <3 THANK YOU!!!! I am legit a little teary eyed, haha!!!

It's neat here-- cities are very much like that, but outside of that there's just a lot of empty space.

Well, the movies assassinated Ron, too! They gave ALL his best lines to Hermione. ): Like, I love Hermione, but they totally threw Ron under the bus. And at least Dan got better towards the end, haha! <3