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DerBrotkorb
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[2012-09-11 02:00:52 +0000 UTC]
"Professional jimmy rustler"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 287; Deviations: 129; Watchers: 32
Watching: 39; Pageviews: 11746; Comments Made: 517; Friends: 39
# Interests
Favorite TV shows: Survivorman, Mythbusters, Good Eats...Favorite bands / musical artists: Delain, The Birthday Massacre, Roxette, Kamelot, Stratovarius, Elis, Edenbridge, La Roux, Zircon, etc.
Favorite books: The Silmarillion, The Redwall series
Favorite writers: Tolkien, Brian Jacques
Favorite games: Minecraft, Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Terraria, Starbound, Risk of Rain
Favorite gaming platform: Computer?
Tools of the Trade: Pen, Pastel, Colored Pencil, and Minecraft
Other Interests: Fly Fishing, hiking, fly tying, running...
# About me
I'm currently a Junior at the University of Louisville, I'm studying to become a high school Biology teacher. I've been drawing since I was a kid, I have no formal training, unless you count the three years of art I took in high school. I enjoy doing about anything that involves being outside, and my hobbies are where most of my artistic inspiration comes from. Enjoy your stay, and try not to rustle any jimmies.# Comments
Comments: 245
Oh, we have to have to have tutors here, mine is my course supervisor ans lecturer.
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Interesting, our tutors are only an optional luxury.
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Cool, it is fascinating to see thew difference between the UK and US.
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It really is, especially in something so simple as post-secondary education.
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Yeah, I can only imagine the differences in other areas of society, culture, education and so forth
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I'm sure somewhere along the line we do something that you all find completely absurd, and vice versa.
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Ha ha yeah most likely, it'd be something like Morris Dancing on our part.
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I've never heard of Morris Dancing. Is it as bad as "grinding" on the awkward scale?
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This is Morris Dancing [link]
There are several different types, some use white hankichiefs others sticks, or swords or even antlers (That's called the Stag Dance I believe)
Grinding?
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I don't know, that wasn't that bad, a bit odd, but not bad.
I tried to find a youtube clip of some people grinding; I can never have my virgin eyes back...
Essentially, it's a "dance" that involves two people, and it pretty much looks like the two people are having intercourse while standing up and fully clothed. It's the main reason that I refuse to go to clubs/dances/bars.
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Fair enough, people who haven'rt come across are never sure about it at first haha. One on Britain's stranger traditions ^^
Well that's something I'm not going to look up. Yeah that's understandable about not going, I'm not of found of clubs and stuff. The one at Uni which I've been to isn't too bad-no grinding and not many people go as there aren't that many of us in Lampeter.
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There are parties going on all of the time here on campus, but that's what I get for going to school in the city.
And as long as we're on strange traditions: are you all familiar with "Groundhog Day"? haha
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We have them every week but I rarely go. I suppose so, the Uni one is the only one bar another (which no one ever goes to)in Lampeter.
Errrm I vaguely know about 'Groundhog Day' so far as seeing the film. Isn't it something to do with then the Groundhog emerges from his burrow it's Spring? (Just guessing here)
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Every Feb. 2nd there's a big ceremony somewhere in Pennsylvania where they check to see if the Groundhog, named Phil, sees his shadow. If he does there will be 6 more weeks of winter; if not, there will be an early spring. He's only right about 40% of the time. Apparently it's a German tradition (I had to look it up, I don't really pay attention to that sort of thing, haha).
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Why Phil of all names?
Okay intriguing thanks, so is there going to be an early Spring?
Haha, fair enough!
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Because the town where Phil lives is called Punxsutawney (or something along those lines), and Punxsutawney Phil makes a cute alliterative name (I guess).
Phil says yes, though it doesn't matter here in Louisville. The climate in Kentuckiana (Southern Indiana, Northern Kentucky) is incredibly bipolar. There was one week in January where the high temp on one day was 65F and the very next day the high was 22F. It drives everyone here insane.
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Okay, I myself wouldn't say that the best name for a Groundhog but there you go, it's part of the tradition haha.
Britain can be like that, they say it will rain instead it's bright sunshine. Once the weather men said it would be sunny (bare in mind this was July) and it snowed, we just loads of rain instead.
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I'd probably have named him Jeff.
I don't think it has ever snowed here during July. In fact, if the temp dips below 70F in the middle of July, people start putting jackets on.
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Jeff!! I like it, shall from this day be called Jeff (who was formally Phil) the Groundhog!
Really? Wow, the weather men say it's going to be really warm and beautiful and everything and then we just get 6 weeks of heavy rain.
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Three cheers for Jeff, the meteorological groundhog!
I'm not sure why we even have weather men around here anymore, they're right just about as often as Jeff is, haha.
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Yes!!!! Hip hip hooray
Hahaha yeah suppose so
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YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just seen that you like the Redwall Series, they are sooo good aren't they
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They are excellent books 
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Has to be 'The Outcast of Redwall' for me although 'Rakkety Tam' is a good pone-you've got to love Wild Doogy Plumm
But I love them all, although I have got to get 'The Sable Quean' snd 'The Rogue Crew'-something I must do soon ^^
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I love how he actually wrote out Doogy's heavy highland accent; it makes him so enjoyable as a character. I'll admit, I've only read about half of the series thus far, and I haven't read any since high school. I need to get with it, haha.
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Yeah he so funny. I love how he write the moles too. Yes!!! You must read the others, they are all just as good as each other 
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I love the moles, haha! I always have to read their dialogue two or three times, just to get down what they're saying. And same here (I'm twenty, just to be clear), I don't know anyone older than twelve or thirteen who still reads them (save you, of course). It's sad really, they're such great books.
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Yeah so do I!! Aww I'm 19 yeah, a helper in my science lessons back in year 10 had a boyfriend who read them (he was about your age at the time)it is sad that older people don't read them. At least I can talk about them with you, I have to refer to them as my fighting mice books to my friends. It's a shame there won't be anymore though
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My mother has read a few of the older ones, but she read them when they came out while she was in college, so I doubt she remembers much. I'm always willing to discuss Redwall; you've inspired me to get back into the series (I need a break from Dune anyway). I know, I was so depressed when I heard that Brian had passed, he was such an excellent author.
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Sorry for the late reply, I was out with some friends in Carmarthen
Awe that's cool. Cool that's good to hear (I've only seen the film and that confused and creeped me out a little). Yeah so was I, I was at school at the time so I could get too upset; a most excellent author indeed.
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No worries, we all have lives, haha. The movie doesn't even come close to being as good as the book; the book is just a lot longer than what I'm used to reading (I get bored faster than a six year old).
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Yeah I suppose so ^^
Okay, it's put me of the book, any I don't like Sci-fi; I'm more of a fantasy reader really.
Cool, I just start to day dream and make up stories in my head.
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I prefer fantasy as well (I've read the Silmarillion five times in the past two years...). I love sci-fi, but some authors seem to be very elitist in their terminology, I've read a couple of books that you'd really need an Astrophysics degree in order to enjoy fully.
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Yeah I saw that you were a Tolkien fan, so am I although I haven't read Lord of the Rings yet (even though we have 3 or 4 copies of it at home-I WILL READ IT)
Yeah my mum loves Sci-fi but after watching '2001: A Space Odyssey' I haven't like the genre since. What other fantasy books do you like then?
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I'll read anything Tolkien has touched. But other than that and Redwall, the only other fantasy books I've really read have been the Guardians of Ga'Hoole(and that was forever ago). I don't read all that much anymore; during the summer I fly fish from dawn to dusk almost every day, and when I'm at school I work on class work, and I listen to music. You don't like 2001? Aw, HAL is sad
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Yeah cool, my mum has most of his books. I really like Game of Thrones and Trudi Canavan's books; I've not read that but I love the Warrior Cats ones (or Warriors in the US). Cool, fly-fishing sounds kind of interesting ^^
Yeah work takes up a lot of time, although I get Wednesday's off which I like-it means I can watch my Uni's rugby team (some of the boys down the corridor are on the team)
Hal is sad, but I can't get my head round it most of the time. Although some Sci-fi films are good like 'Sunshine'
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The series is similar to Warriors, only with owls instead of cats. I've never seen a rugby match before - I have some friends that play it though - it seems like an interesting sport.
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Yeah I've heard of it, just never read it-might have to one day
Rugby is really cool, I won't play it myself but it is interesting to watch. At the moment most of Wales has gone mad as it is The Six Nations (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy)
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I don't think I'd ever play either, it seems pretty rough. Do you all play any Ultimate in the UK?
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Yeah I wouldn't advise it
What like Ultimate Frisbee? (That's the only thing I can think of)
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Yeah, we normally drop the Frisbee bit, because people are whiny and Frisbee is a trademarked name, and most Ultimate "discs" aren't made by the company who makes frisbees. I guess that means you all do play, or at least you're aware of it?
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Oh okay, my old Upper school does it-I wasn't there when my class did it, I think I was at hospital at the time so I have no idea how to play other that aren't you in 2 teams and chuck a frisbee or disc at each other and the other team must intercept and get it over a line (am I right?)
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Yeah, it's played pretty much the same as American football; the only differences being that you use a disc instead of a football, and you can't run while you're holding the disc.
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Aaa okay I get it now, I take it you play then.
This is going to sound silly, but what is it like in America? (I've never been so....)
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Not so much anymore, when I ran Cross Country in high school I played almost everyday.
It depends on where you're at; here in the mid-west the people are generally friendly and welcoming. Traffic can be terrible in the city (Louisville/Cincinnati/Indianapolis). Most people in this area enjoy a lot of outdoor activities (Backpacking/Hiking, fly fishing, and running in my case). During the summer, the weather is hot here (95+ Fahrenheit) and very humid (70% +) During the winter it's fairly cold (< 25 Fahrenheit) and it rains/snows a lot (not as much as in the UK, I'm sure). I'm not sure what else to say, haha, this isn't a question I've ever been asked. So what's it like in Wales/England?
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Aw cool, I hate cross country-I came second once and from then onwards I was made by my house Saturn (the others were Jupiter and Neptune)to run in the long events, but when my chest played up I got to get out of it. Cool.
Wales is very hilly and full of sheep, the south tends to be far more anglicized than the north-who speak more Welsh. England depends, down south it tends to be slightly warmer and flatter (Norfolk is incredibly flat) while up north it's a little hillier and colder. In the middle is a mix of the two. Rains a lot ans whenever we get snow (like a couple of inches) and the whole country almost shuts down. We are quite friendly on a whole but there are those who are grumpy but it's like there everywhere isn't. Ireland is nice, Dublin's lovely but you have to be careful in Belfast-there is still a lot of tension between the Protestants (mainly Unionists) and Catholics (mainly Nationalist).
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I loved it so much, I was the best on the team my Junior and Senior years, I led my team to semi-state my senior year. I ended my XC career with the 335th fastest time in the sate of Indiana out of about 4000 runners (comparatively of course, the biggest race I was ever in only had about 250 other guys). Wales sounds kind of like Indiana, only we have cows instead of sheep, and the people up north speak Chicago-an instead of Welsh. And it's kind of the same here; after the first snow every year, everyone is like "LOLZ! How does I drive car?"
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Cool, I prefer Horse Riding my self and badminton
Probably (you know Indiana better than I do), lol yeah we just get time of school. And we run out of grit so nowhere gets gritted, I know where I live in England it doesn't get gritted and it certainly doesn't happen here in Lampeter.
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I can't do anything that requires coordination (except Fly fishing). I would hope so, haha. I've only lived there for twenty years. Gritted? I'm assuming that's the equivalent of salting/ brine treating.
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I'm not too bad myself, I can catch okay.
Haha yeah a a little embarrassing if you didn't
Oh sorry, trucks come round and put salt or grit down to stop ice forming and snow settling on roads; it's to prevent accidents. But not all roads are done, just the main ones. Yeah probably ^^
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