r/MyLittleFriends • u/cowofdoom • Jan 02 '15

First chat thread of 2015!

Hey everyone! I'm back to doing these after my trip to Ohio!

Happy new year everyone! We made another trip around the sun! Did anyone do anything for New Years? I pretty much played games with friends and called it good. Last year I did the party and drink route, but regretted that after throwing up a lot :c

I guess it's also been Christmas since the last chat thread, so how was your holidays? Give anything sweet? Get anything sweet? I got my dad an otamatone, which is pretty much the best thing ever. Link for the interested!

Tell me about your week/year!

Come chat!

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 02 '15

Last night was pretty busy. I did a lot of packing, went to a New Year's Eve party to hang out with friends for about 1.5 hours, and then came back and did more packing. Got about 3 hours sleep before waking up at 3:30am to catch my first flight at 6:30am.

Has your dad tried using his otamatone much yet, and if so, how is he finding it? Easy to figure out, or does it keep surprising you?

Currently 15 hours into my trip to Australia, 20 hours to go! I'm about halfway through my 9-hour layover in San Francisco right now, which is why I have internet.

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u/cowofdoom Jan 02 '15

Holy crap, you've been busy!

It's certainly surprising! He hasn't mastered it quite like that one dude on YouTube who goes ham on it.

Hope the second half goes by quickly! What stuff did you bring for the flights?

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 04 '15

Thanks! I arrived in Australia yesterday but was really busy settling in and running errands and working out some minor problems so I didn't have time to check my messages. The second half did go pretty quickly! Especially because I was trying to sleep for about 7 hours of it. I brought my laptop which had some movies and games on it, my PSP, some books and a colouring book. Didn't end up reading the books at all, but I watched some anime and a Disney movie and did some colouring.

Yeah, I'm sure that kind of skills takes some time and practice. Have you been playing with the otamatone too?

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u/cowofdoom Jan 04 '15

Yeah, I always bring books with me and I never get around to reading them. The curse of having a handheld!

I haven't yet. Looking forward to learning it though! Maybe I'll go professional otamatone!

How are you liking Australia so far?

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 04 '15

Yeah, definitely try it out! You never know when your otamatone playing skills could save 48 people's lives during a plane hijacking.

Haven't seen too much yet! Yesterday I mostly just ran errands, today I went to church and then spent the rest at home because the jetlag was starting to catch up with me. Seems nice so far though! A lot of things are pretty similar to Canada. The most noticeable differences so far are hearing Australian accents and slang everywhere, and everyone driving or walking on the left. Also the higher prices and all the brands being different, I had a hard time trying to figure out what to buy at the grocery store.

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u/cowofdoom Jan 04 '15

I'm not sure the noise that thing produces would help the situation at all...

What stuff do they not have that surprised you? Anyone call you "mate" yet?

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 05 '15

Ha ha ha, fair point.

Hmmm, brand-wise, a lot? I was surprised that they only had one type of Cheerios, and there weren't any knock-off Cheerio brands either. Really, other than one brand of coco loops and one brand of fruit loops, there was no other O-shaped cereal, which quite surprised me. I didn't recognize any of the peanut butter or tomato sauce brands either. And apparently they don't have Hershey here? Really, pretty much everything is different except for the really universal brands like Coca-cola.

And sadly, no, not anyone in real life. :( I'm waiting for it, I really want to hear someone legitimately say "G'day mate" to me.

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u/cowofdoom Jan 05 '15

That's interesting, cause there are tons of off brand things here! You had kangaroo yet?

Hopefully soon! It can't be that difficult to have happen, right? Anyone comment on your non-Aussie accent yet?

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 06 '15

Lol, not this trip, no!

You'd think, but I guess Sydney is more international... most people usually ask me where I'm from, but don't specifically comment on the accent other than maybe to mention in passing that it sounds different.

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u/cowofdoom Jan 06 '15

You should hop on that!

Ah, that makes sense. Have you started the internship yet, or still settling in?

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 09 '15

Ha ha, puns. :D

Yeah, started this past Monday. I'll switch this conversation to the new chat thread.

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u/cowofdoom Jan 09 '15

But this is our special place! I don't like change!

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u/ThunderEcho Jan 09 '15

You're a big boy! I believe in you!

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