OT: Sens Lounge LXXXII | Rise of Omni / Caeldan, the YES man

[bacon25]

In grade 12 we did, Hamlet, Man's Search for Meaning, Les Mis and Night. Very depressing.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Oh geeze. We did... To Kill a Mockingbird/Lord of the Flies/Romeo and Juliet in grade 9, I think. Chrysalids/F451/Othello in grade 10. Merchant of Venice/Heart of Darkness/Life of Pi in grade 11. Speak/Heart of Darkness/Hamlet in grade 12. Then I read 1984, Brave New World, Animal Farm, King Lear and Mac...thing on my own time.

LITERATURE!

Sask, I enjoy fiction, but a lot of non-fiction can be fantastic too. The great thing about historical books is that there's so much rich history in the world that I'd swear sometimes it reads like fiction. Especially accounts of older civilizations (although to be fair, those have probably been revised and crafted by the victors at the time to the point where they're more fiction than reality.)

 

[18Hossa]

Had to read an article by Margaret Wente for English ugh

 

[maclean]

Had to read an article by Margaret Wente for English ugh

one of her plagiarised ones?

 

[The Lewler]

Had to read an article by Margaret Wente for English ugh

On a scale from 1 to Wente, how would you rate how bat**** crazy the article was?

(read the scale parameters out loud.. me so funny.. so so funny...)

 

[18Hossa]

Was this one http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/celebrate-boys-boyness-and-work-with-it/article5370557/

 

[maclean]

Was this one http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/celebrate-boys-boyness-and-work-with-it/article5370557/

For a boy, the two most important life questions are: Will I find work that’s significant? And will I be worthy of my parents?

Hm, those were pretty much the last questions I ever asked myself.

Still, as an article to spark class discussion I can see it being an interesting choice. The generalisations rub me the wrong way (as a not very stereotypical boy) but that's a fine starting point for getting people to respond, and the topic itself is current and has merit, I can say for sure having a boy in the fourth grade in a class where the teacher dresses in pink, runs the dance class and only appreciates girls. Wente's mark on it isn't as bad as I expected.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

Guys... I feel like I need to come out of the closet.

I am actually a Wizard.


Man, does it feel good to get that off my chest.

I specialize in Charm spells and bicep manipulation.



I'll be here all week, thank you!

 

[Ouroboros]

Was that Wente article written in 1955?

Yikes.

 

[OmniSens]

Only thing Omni reads are pizza menus. And you guys blabbering all over the place.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Only thing Omni reads are pizza menus. And you guys blabbering all over the place.

It shows.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

It shows.

Omni...?

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[ottawa]

Looks like it's snowing in all of Ottawa

 

[Knave]

The roads are awful today. Good luck getting home.

 

[Baby Ryan]

I had some kind of flu one time when I was a kid, and it made me hallucinate (not sure if this would be the correct term for it)

I would stare into a corner or at an object, and 2 seconds later it would zoom out and distort.

Then sometimes, when I close my eyes and open them, I end up on the ceiling and looking down at the things around me.
I close my eyes in fear of falling down, then I open them, only to find out that everything I saw while up there was actually happening.

That is some crazy stuff.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

I had some kind of flu one time when I was a kid, and it made me hallucinate (not sure if this would be the correct term for it)

I would stare into a corner or at an object, and 2 seconds later it would zoom out and distort.

Then sometimes, when I close my eyes and open them, I end up on the ceiling and looking down at the things around me.
I close my eyes in fear of falling down, then I open them, only to find out that everything I saw while up there was actually happening.

That is some crazy stuff.

edit - too lazy to fix

 

[OmniSens]

Omni...?

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This is actually a picture of HAWT in Montreal. Except, he was more drunk.

 

[Baby Ryan]

edit - too lazy to fix

What did I just watch

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

Haha, thanks for the edit. I just wanted a photo, though.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I mostly read depressing books, I feel like it invokes more emotion. The Bell Jar, The Road, and Never Let Me Go are some of my favorites. I did just start A Wild Sheep Chase though, it's my first Murakami novel.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

I mostly read depressing books, I feel like it invokes more emotion. The Bell Jar, The Road, and Never Let Me Go are some of my favorites. I did just start A Wild Sheep Chase though, it's my first Murakami novel.

I hated the bell jar. The road is one of my favourite books though.

 

[18Hossa]

So my teacher said we would be looking at a lot more Wente articles this year....

 

[MainDotC]

Today I parked right in a snow bank.

 

[Harbinger]

I'm in the market for a new camera, mainly for recording music. Any suggestions?

 

[OmniSens]

I have 2 tickets to tonight's game in the 100 level. Anyone with a car wanna go pick them up and go with me? Parking pass included. Have to pick them up before 6:30. Been stressing all day over this.

edit: TOO LATE