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Schoolhouse Rock!!!!!!!!

Today we had to watch some videos in class about how 50% of the accidents here are caused by some drunkie and that if you take your eyes away from the road for 2 seconds you could end up in a wheelchair forever .... so my mind started to drift away from the horrors of driving and back to the time where I was forced to watch other kind of videos (no, no the safety on the job ones..those give faces of death a run for the money yuck! ) but those cutesy ones that tried to teach you stuff ..so let me share with you what was playing inside my head while the tv in the classroom showed how some dude was crushed on his motorcycle:

You dont have to read the whole thing because if you saw this in school you will recognize it immediately:

}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
}} Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
}} Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

"And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this *but* that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
}} Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
}} Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the sea.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:
{"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake,
I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake,
Where I often see a duck and a drake,
And I wonder as I walk by
Just what they'd say if they could speak,
Although I know that's an absurd thought."}

}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
}} Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
}} Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
}} Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.

:|..........:lol:.............:P

No car makes dri sad *pouts*

Those of your who visit my journal regularly must remember a few weeks back when I got my car and was stopped by the cops 'cause I went "need for speed underground" on the streets of the university close to my house and I didn't have my brazilian drivers licence at the time....

Well, I have been waiting for my licence for the longest time to arrive in the mail just to find out that I must take a refresher course to get the damn thing....and to make things worse they tell me "You know, since you've never had a brazilian licence before it's better if you go ahead and do whole caboodle again" ( driving school is mandatory for everybody here)

:| shoot me now please.

I started class today and I was so streesed out to find out that I have to take theory classes, medical tests, a psychological test and the dreaded driving test with 2 testers on board.. I just want to go from point A to point B..not pilot the space shuttle for god's sakes.

This lady instructor scared me so much with the way she explained to the class how traffic here really is....when she was done all I wanted is to run around in circles screaming in horror.... honestly, driving here makes you wanna scream in horror....and I had to go to this class to stop and realize that what I learned from driving all these years in the States is not even close to the defensive driving skills I need to learn in the next 30 days.... excuse me for a sec... *runs around in circles screaming in horror*

In a way I am glad I am being forced to take this classes not only because I will be a better driver in this crasy brazilian traffic but also because the school is so close to where I live that I can enjoy the wonderful weather walking to and from there. (while my car sit in the garage wondering why we are not going for a drive)

Only one problem though...I have never been a good test taker. :|

I AM DOOMED :cry:

aaargh!!! *runs around in circles spraying insecticide all over the place*


DIE YOU BASTARDS..........DIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!!!!111!!

Oh..... hi..... didn't see you there staring at me with that WTF look on you face :|

See, yesterday for some strange reason the mosquito population here went from almost none to a million and half that number seems to be inside my apartment. [insert extra large indifferent smiley here]

So I am doing the flamenco (spanish dance.......just see the pic below for gods sakes) trying to kill the mosquitoes my handy bug spray missed.....the enemy is strong and resourceful but I won't give up *scratches madly*.. yes.. they attacked me while I was sleeping last night...unaware of the dangers....but now its payback time....

Animation (10 Kb) <----I am doing the same clapping motion.. but with mosquitoes between my hands lol

Now.. if you would excuse me.. I have some bugs to kill.................. CHARGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

OMFG.. here we go again *rolls eyes*

I am sharing this here because I trust that none of you is gonna go around blabbing.... please don't break our circle of trust :| I got this pm gem from my "friend" just now.. (if you dont know who the person is.. look on the nutcase entry..and since most of you post on OT2 you know what thread he is referring to)

Adrianna, I'd really like a truce. *a very important read*

You locked my thread not for the context which was within it, but I feel, deeply, a feeling of hatred. Not towards you, but yours toward me.

Adrianna, though I'm not favorable towards you, and since I know you've never liked me, I must implore that I do have feelings, and that I did feel very insulted.

I write to you because I care about your well-being, and although I've had my differences, I think that this dislike drama must cease.

Adrianna, I love the forums, and I've always been fair with other posters. I don't flame others. What I focused on, within my thread was something personal with how new kids that attend college can be very rude.

If you think I'm rude, then you really don't know what kind of person I truly am.

Dri, please, I'm very fond of healing our dispute. I don't like it.

I apologize to you for the past transgressions, and if you'd kinda accept my sincere apology, I'd promise not to bother you.

All I desire is peace.

He mispelled my name so many times is not even funny *sigh*

:|x10000000000000000000000000

Hug me or I shall destroy you!

I was posting away some creepy stories on OT2 so I am gonna share one with you because I like you all so much O.o

**********
During a wedding reception of a young couple the guests decided on a drunken game of hide and seek. It was decided that the groom was "it" and he eventually found everyone but his new bride. Eventually the man became furious and decided it wasn't funny anymore and left her there. As weeks went by he accepted that she'd had second thoughts and went on with her life so he did the same.

A few years later a cleaning lady dusted off an old trunk in the attic of the building where the reception had taken place, out of curiosity she opened it. Inside the trunk was the rotted body of the missing bride who'd apparently became locked in the trunk she'd hid in. Whether she'd suffocated or starved was unknown, but her face was frozen in a scream.
***********

Talk about self-ownage..sheesh :?

If you want to read more creepy stories visit my thread on OT2 : Dri's little house of horrors,weird stories & legends from around the world...
http://forums.gamespot.com/gamespot/show_messages.php?board=909109793&topic=21342594&page=0

Having some fun with the noobs *giggles*

Today while lurking around OT I decided to report some little noob because his avatar has some words that should only be used in the privacy of your bedroom and with some suitable company (if you get what I'm saying) I didnt really want to report him because I am not one of "those people" but oh well.. noobs & noobs only have to learn the hard way...... so then he makes a thread about something I am crazy about so there I go and he ends up complimenting my sig and callimg me his best friend not knowing what I had just done... that made me feel so wrong and evil.

:twisted:...:lol:

So then he and other 2 noobs started calling each other names and flaming each other.. so I warned them about what would happen but their noobiness took over their better judgement & they are still going at it right now lol.

I did my good deed of the day I guess... I just can't stop feeling evil :?

Who knew... there are nutcases on GS too O.o

You know.. I have been lucky enough to meet some cool forumites (most of whom are on my friends list and reading this) but also I had met some jerks, idiots, ignorants, and some nutcases (well.. one that stands out the most)

To make a long story short.. this user made this stupid thread on OT one day about the things women had to do to get his respect.. so I made an entry here about it and somehow he found his way here.. so he started replying to my entries and being a little weird.. ok.. I give everybody a fair chance.. but then he got even weirder and creepy, asking all this weird personal questions by pm and getting all mad when I refused to answer [insert scary music here]

Well.. I got tired of his nonsense and removed him from my friends list but now he keeps calling me out on posts on the forums & sending me pm's every now and then *sigh* some people just don't get it when they are being ignored.

Moral of the story.. dunno.. can someone please point me in the right direction to get an internet restraining order :P

Thank god for the private journal feature and for the normal, funny, friendly people I know *points at everybody on friends list*

*Yaaaaaawn*

Ok.... instead of complaining about how incredibly boring the boards are now a days I am gonna post less.. and even take a break from posting for a while.

The amount of stupid threads on OT is out of control and maybe it will get better soon.. or it can get worse.

In any case.. if you dont see me around.. or see very little of me from now on.. you know why.

*group hug* :)

*jumps off building...forgets parachute* OH NOES!!!

* SPLAT* [insert nasty pic from faces of dead here] :lol:

Ok.. breaking news.. I decided to call the board "The Midnight Society" why? dunno... but hey... it has a guestbook so go there and sign it or I will hunt you down with a rusty knife.

First 100 users get an [adult related content] ahahahaha.. j/k you little freaks :P

You still here :|

I am in need of ideas!!!!!

Ok.. I made it back in one piece and with one too many mosquito bites from my adventure in the Pantanal. Oh well, nothing some medicine can't cure... (as long as I dont have some exotic disease I'll be ok hehehe)

So.. I have fired the emergency flares for you guys 'cause I am in need of ideas for my ucb.. I came back just to find out that some noob had copied most of what was on the dungeon to his board.. and didnt even bother to change the titles much and even mentions me on one of the threads *sigh*

So for now my board is private and I am looking for ideas to give it a new look & feel .. (nothing with nudist camp on the name please)...but all other ideas are welcomed.

Well then.. now that you have your thinking cap on.. lets those suggestions flow :wink: