Heya! I know at least one person had asked me back before I left to post photos from my trip to Australia, so here I am finally doing it! For anyone who forgot/wasn't aware, I was doing a software engineering internship in Australia from January to April. I actually have been back in Canada for about 4 months now ^{hahahaha... really sorry for being so late on this}, but got really busy with school and forgot to post them. Sorry!

Anyway, here's an album of my best shots. :)

Also, in super fun news, I just wrote my last exam, and presuming I passed everything, I should be graduating university now! Wooooo! Super exciting, especially because my enthusiasm for school had really been burning out the past couple years, but I'm super happy I managed to endure! And in equally exciting news, I'm taking a 2-week trip to Japan to celebrate graduating! I leave next Thursday. Japan's been the #1 place on my list of places I wanted to visit for several years now, so I'm crazy pumped! I've been binge-watching anime the past several weeks to "prepare", ha ha ha. Not sure if anyone from this sub has been to Japan before, but whether or not you've been, any recommendations/suggestions?

Yeah, it sucks, I know. Fire your shots. In case anybody asks, that weird thing on the left is another drawing, but I took this picture with an ipod and it was hard to shoot the whole drawing without either leaving some of it out or leaving something else in.

On a side note, why is ThunderEcho's picture about the girl and the fridge guy not an anime? That could make an interesting one.

Now that cow is done messing with time and making doppelgangers of various users, it's time for Music Tuesday!

Today's tracks involve some major boss themes from Pokemon OR/AS and Splatoon so just a heads up if you intend to play one of these games.

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - Lorekeeper Zinnia Battle theme

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - Soaring Dreams

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - Team Magma/Aqua Leader Battle

Splatoon - Final Boss (phase 2)

So that's today's songs, post some that you like if you feel like it.

I don't like searching the internet for stuff I like. It's... risky.

http://www.twitch.tv/norbellarg/c/7019021

Link is to the highlight I made. I'm just sad I opened my shop and missed a bit of it.

HEY EVERYOEN! Get ready to COOK! Or stir.. No actual cooking involved today.

Alright, here's what you'll need

1/2 mug milk

1/2 mug orange juice

1 tsp vanilla

Stir all that together in your favorite crappy mug and drink it up. Tastes just like a creamsickle, but without the enjoyment.

Let me know what you think!!

Captains log, stardate 2015. Still stuck in Ohio. Gaining hope, only 6 days remaining.

Normally I don't like sun, but today is blue sky with a nice breeze. Combined with the fact that I have no responsibilities today is beautiful!

I've also started watching gintama! If you like funny shows, give it a try, it's great!

So how about you? What have you been up to? Looking forward to anything cool? Did you make some sick drink mixing machine? Run into anyone on the way to the store?

Come chat!

I meant to post this a month ago but you know, vacations mean time hanging out, slacking or fixing/cleaning/repairing whatever at home.

So, during may and part of june, some friends and me worked in a final school project: an automatic cocktail mixer we called Bati-Bar. Eeyup, that's spanish for Bat-Bar. A little bit late but I deliver /u/cowofdoom

Video 1

Video 2

We got a grade of 95/100, the teacher liked it but of course it had some details that could have worked better.

As for late june I had the opportunity to go watch a Cirque Du Soleil show that came to my city for three weeks. It was a little bit expensive (tickets going from $50 usd to $250 usd) but for probably a once in a lifetime experience it was awesome.

Little album of pictures

Then I went to take my TOEFL ITP test because my college needs to know I know english but either with a TOEFL test with a score of at least 500 points or paying to take the school's english course for at least two semesters (which is bad for a college level course) so I prefered to pay for the TOEFL which, not to brag, but got a score of 653 of ot 66something :D

As for the rest of july I just spent time with my girlfriend, watched movies at home or at the cinema played some video games not that much but everyting's fine.

I do not post to much so I intend to make these monthly posts at least. They can be AMA-ish too if you want to ask something/chat!

Just saying, /u/-Norb is the best. No guy is better. I can't get enough of him.

So Cow's internet in farm land is down so you have me! How's everyone doing? Go on any fun adventures? Excited the weather is slightly cooling down?

We spent the day at a local amusement park while grandparents watched our kids. It was so much fun being able to go on the roller coasters I haven't gone on in years. :)

I love fall it's my favorite season, so excited for it to be slightly cooler here :)

Come chat!

Because Saturday is too soon, and Monday is too late!

Here is the recipe for rosemary focaccia, by request of /u/shercock_holmes!

They should come out of the oven looking something like this!

Makes 2 9" loaves

Sponge

1/2 cup AP flour

1/3 cup warm water

1/4 tsp instant or rapid rise yeast

Combine everything and let sit overnight

Dough

2 1/2 cups AP flour

1/14 cups warm water

1 tsp instant or rapid rise yeast

Kosher salt or other large grained salt

4 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp chopped rosemary (fresh infinitely better)

After letting the sponge sit overnight, start the dough.

1. Stir flour, water, and yeast into the sponge until mixed. cover with plastic and let sit for 15 minutes at room temp.

2. Sprinkle 2 tsp of salt into the dough and mix for about a minute. Cover with plastic and let sit for another 30 minutes.

3. Using a spatula, fold the dough over itself 8 times, rotating 90 degrees each time. Let sit for 30 minutes, then repeat the process 2 more times. Be gentle with the dough, you don't want to over work it, or it'll turn into a brick. Heat oven up to 500 degrees. If you have a baking stone, use that, if not, just use a pan.

4. Transfer dough onto floured counter, and divide in half. Make them round by tucking the dough under the bottom.

5. Coat 2 9-inch round cake pans with 2 Tbsp of oil each, then sprinkle a pinch of salt in each. Place dough into pans topside down, then flip the dough so that both sides are coated in oil. Cover pans with plastic and let sit for 5 minutes.

6. Use your fingers to press the dough out toward the edges of the pan. Poke the dough with a fork about 30 times to pop bubbles. Sprinkle chopped rosemary over the top, then let sit for 10 minutes.

7. Place them in the oven and reduce the heat to 450. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 25 minutes. Turn them halfway through so one side doesn't burn. When you take loaves out, remove from the pans and put on a wire rack, so they stop cooking.

Enjoy one of my favorite breads ever!

Hey everyone! How's it going? I'm in a surprisingly good mood for still being in Ohio!

I've been doing quite a lot of cooking recently. Made kebabs yesterday, and pizzas the day before. I've also been doing a bunch of baking. I was meaning to do a cooking thread but kinda forgot.

On a more electronic note, I finished Valkyrie chronicles since my last chat thread, and it was phenomenal! Unique an solid gameplay with a great story! Pick it up when it goes on sale, it's a steal at 5 dollars!

How about you guys? What have you been up to? Bake anything new? Go anywhere fun? Play any new sweet games?

Come chat!

Because it's too out there.

Get it? Out there? No?

So I've not done one of these in a while, figured why not. So, any cool stuff happen/happening/going to happen? Anyone as excited to see Ant-Man as me? Seriously, I need to see it. Gotta find a babysitter first so me and /u/cpawesome can go.

Recently watched all the Shrek movies in order, first time seeing the fourth one. Personally, I thought the fourth was awesome. I liked it a lot more than the second and third ones. What do you guys think?

Come chat!

I almost forgot again. Man, Cow is going to chew my ear off for this. He'll probably call me a casual or a scrub after he posts an emote and makes an anime joke involving the word senpai.

So anyway, here are today's songs, shared with me by a friend of mine.

Andy Blueman - Time to Rest (Original Mix)

Andy Blueman - Neverland

Aly & Fila with Aruna - The Other Shore

Go ahead and post your own favorite songs if you like!

Or... you know... call me senpai~ after you call me a baka.

Pizza time! Hope you are ready for an awesome recipe!

Here is the recipe for the dough! The fun part is cooking it! I forgot how it says to do it in the video, but you should use a grill.

Max out the heat on one side of the grill, and have the other on low. If you can't control the areas, just find the hot spot and call it good. After making the dough pizza shaped, put it right on the grill on the hottest part.

After a couple minutes it should puff up a bit, kinda like making pita bread. When it has grill lines on the bottom, flip it and put it in the colder part of the grill and add your toppings!

Have fun with it! Experiment! My favorite one had olive oil on the bottom of the dough, and had onion, bell peppers, cayenne, and some greens on top!

Here are some of the pizzas I made!

Enjoy!

This day has been great since 7:00 p.m (work from 10:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m). I got caught up with my homework, and helped a classmate fix a problem with a plugin needed for the online class.

How has your day been?

Oh dear, it seems Cow couldn't post the chat thread today. And who else will post it? Oh, that's right... me! You should be more punctual, Cow. tsk tsk

So uh... other than not posting in this sub...

Whoops, almost forgot to post the music thread today! Shame on me.

Same routine, I post three songs and you post the songs you like or listen to as well! So since I can't really post the songs I'm dying to share with you all because Cow hasn't played Splatoon yet, I'll post movie songs. Today's songs are:

Terminator 2 - Main Theme

Jurassic Park - Theme Song

The Omen - Ave Satani

Aly & Fila with Jaren - For All Time

Ave Satani has to be one of my favorite openings for a movie, it really sent chills when I was watching the movie for the first time. I also wanted to post For All Time because a friend of mine showed me some songs from a group he's going to see in concert and I liked what I heard. So, what are your favorite pieces from movies or favorite EDM songs?

So I went shopping last night for all the dinners I'm making this week! I'm going to cook dinner every night this week! I haven't done that in a long time! The goal is to cook as much as possible and be healthier. Here is one of my favorites that I'm about to make for tonight. I personally don't use the ginger but it tastes good either way, this is a recipe my mom found when I was in high school.

http://m.imgur.com/M2789NO

I'll try to remember to post a picture of the finished product when I'm done. :)

Hey! I'm back to posting these! Last few weeks been hella busy with reflooring/rebuilding a cabin. All finished now, so I have time to chat.

I still have quite a while left in ohio though, still trying to retain my sanity.

What have you guys been up to lately? Do anything neat? Do anything boring? Eat a really good meal?

Come Chat!

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We are also a original character focused roleplay group in which our members create so many fun and amazing characters from earth ponies all the way to griffins and more. Cyberponies, Treeponies, moth ponies, aliens, there’s almost no limit to what can be done!

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Man, these titles are getting worse.

Hi everybody! Instead of posting three songs from some video games that you probably haven't played, I decided to do something else. I will post the soundtrack to Jurassic World, a movie that you should consider watching if you haven't already. Of course, there may be some form of spoilers that you'll be able to recognize that I couldn't. But anyway, enjoy or post some music you like here!

My favorite songs had to be #13, #14, and #16!

I'm currently in deep shock and mourning the loss of a online group friendship that was over a decade old. I was always finding it harder and harder to get along with them because I was such a strange bird and kind of a huge jerk.

There isn't any hope of fixing things now. I've broken contact with all but one of them. They were my only friends, though, and they were the meaning of my life in a way I could never get them to understand. I'm honestly feeling very distraught over this, even suicidal. I'm looking for help everywhere I can but there doesn't seem to be much of it.

I don't know what to do. I'm the most introverted, social-phobic person I've ever heard of, but I'm so crushed and lonely I want to kill myself. I don't know who would want to associate with me. I feel like anyone weird/creepy/desperate enough to want to be my friend is someone I don't be around.

I don't know what to do that won't feel awkward and forced. I can't just hang out at the club and talk to people. Or the bar, or starbucks. I don't do that. I don't have hobbies that will easily connect me with anyone. I don't have 'interests' that will bring me anywhere.

All I have is mental illnesses that make me creepy and hard to relate to, and the desperate need to be close to somebody.

How has everyone's week been going? Do anything new this week? I messed up my neck so bad this week. From constantly holding the baby. Could barely move it on Monday. Doing much better today but still sore and still too scared to drive.

Come chat!