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Archived Hiatus
"Sim," Cali had been talking to her mother on the phone, "é..., é verdade.." She rolled her eyes a little as she agreed. Her mother called today because of the ACME news, but now she was talking about the fight after the press conference. The more her mother talked, Cali could tell her... -
Archived Hiatus
Calina Oliveira Corranos, as her mother might call when she had covered one of her brothers in mud, had gone from frightened to very, very angry. She snatched her arms away from Deric and swung her best one to slap him. She thought also to yell at him in Brazilian Portuguese, but he would not... -
Archived Hiatus
Cali hadn't been sleeping very soundly, she was first woken by the siren coming from the ACME Tower. Then a flash of lighting appeared without thunder and a lot of noise, with someone screaming "It's Gone!" came from the grounds below. The bomb expert looked at her alarm clock and then got out... -
Open Carnival
Calina Corranos arrived in Rio de Janeiro first, but she was quite prepared and ready to hit the ground running. Her brother in the Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force) was kind enough to provide her with unofficial logs of the area during Carnival, and even gave her air traffic...- Cali
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- Forum: Role Playing Games
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Q & A Your character's greatest obsession
I'm obsessed with the controlled explosives. Often, you do not know how the rigged area will perform and a team will have only one chance to estimate where the force and debris will go. This started when I was part of ACME's team to implode several structures that were of risk in urban areas...- Cali
- Post #20
- Forum: Character Building
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Q & A Describe Your Morning Routine...
There is not so much a morning routine for me. I like to shower first thing in the morning, and then I will have breakfast while watching the news. I spend some time for make up before I leave the dorms. I will go through the itineraries for the explosives lab as soon as I get to the Academy...- Cali
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- Forum: Character Building
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Discussion Newspaper/Magazine Crew
I do not understand the question, who will vote "Nah"? -
is speaking with excavation teams to detonate old bunkers in South Korea.
is speaking with excavation teams to detonate old bunkers in South Korea.- Cali
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Q & A Your Character's Favorite Food(s), and how come?
I like Brigadeiros, it is like what you might call chocolate truffles or bonbon in English. It is soft and chewy, coated with sprinkles.- Cali
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- Forum: Character Building
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Q & A Your character's favorite color, and why?
I like the coral red, that is a little pink. When I was young, my mother had a necklace made for me with a coral pendant and now I use the color for parts of my wardrobe always.- Cali
- Post #23
- Forum: Character Building
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ACME Spring Break
Cali Corranos arrived a little bit later because she had to make sure her vegetarian Acarajé (black-eyed peas bread with peppers and green tomatoes) were well done and not too watery. The Feijoada (stew) had beef so she made the Acarajé in case someone among ACME's international crowd did not... -
Archived New Year RP 2014
Cali thought this Russian was funny, but so far all he has been doing is showing his ideas of a good time. "You are ACME Agent?" she asked questioningly, "based on which sector?" She had the mild suspicion he was part of an exchange agents program. -
Archived New Year RP 2014
@Gudrun "That is fine, I am Calina Corranos, I work in ACME Labs," she introduced herself, "It is my first party also, are you a staff or an agent?" @Evgeni Gavriilovich "Seems to be not as much as you like wine, amigo," she nodded her head, a little impressed by that Russian swig, "How... -
Archived New Year RP 2014
For Calina Corranos, this would be her first New Year in San Francisco. She had moved here after her studies in the middle of the year. With time spent on her new job teaching at the academy and moving to her new apartment, she had not much energy to socialize. A blond young woman took the cup...
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L :Guest Lucy2 has joined the room.
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L (Guest) Lucy2:I just watched a show, I think it was from The History Channel? It was talking about how they think the 2 escapees from Alcatraz didn't need to build a raft. They hitch
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L (Guest) Lucy2:They think the guys hitched a ride so to speak on one of the boats leaving Alcatraz.
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Jon Eckart:
((So... the latest is that the woman who reported the folks to the police, called the guy who handled the appeal (after we left the room) and told him that if he doesn't make sure to get the folks out of the building, she'd make things difficult for him. The property manager told ma a few days ago, and ma told me today. So, anyone know what that would be called? Coercing, bribery, influence peddling? Would that invalidate the eviction? This is Section 8 housing, so low-income housing. The appeal decision should in theory get here next week or maybe Friday, and they can appeal again, maybe this one would be in real court... don't know. I will advise the folks contact legal aid and see what they say.)) -
Jon Eckart:
((Correction: the parents are caving, they are planning for the move ON January 1st, without waiting to hear what the appeal decision is, and not willing to fight it. I stormed out of their place tonight (punched the call button for the elevator... they may have heard it), because I know they could win the second appeal hands down (they don't want "more of the stress from all this", they would discuss shit when I went to the bathroom tonight). I reminded them they may not get the entertainment center through the door to the apartment, we probably will have to take the claw legs off the table for the first time ever, but they have their heart set on it. ))
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Jon Eckart:
((Sorry for language... it's a copy-and-paste from conversation with my sister. I'll sit in the corner))
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Jon Eckart:
((My right middle finger, behind first knuckle, left a bit of skin on the button... I was that angry. They decided this without talking to me, saying they were "tired of the stress". They're set on a two bedroom apartment ($154 more than the current, at least), it's up to me if I want to move, they said. Once we leave this place (section 8/low-income housing, the waiting list is over 2 years), that's it... the building manager retires later 2025... she pulled a string to get me in here))
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Lucy:
Notre Dame Cathedral In paris is going to open its doors in less than ten days woot woot -
Jon Eckart:
((So... my Facebook got password hacked, and the recovery options aren't working. And, over the last two days, haven't slept more than half an hour total, despite my trazodone. Had like 6 beers tonight, have a couple left, will take a full pill tonight, and hope to sleep. And, finished the application for the new place, probably will have to help the folks tomorrow.))
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Jon Eckart:
((Log into Facebook <-- the person who found a way to hack my password... don't report it and nuke it... I want to get the pics from it if I can))
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Lucy:
Did you know.....The original candy canes were straight sugar sticks that were often used to decorate Christmas trees. The first historical reference to the cane shape was in 1670, when the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany bent the sugar sticks into the shape of a shepherd's staff. Candy canes remained white until the early 20th century when red stripes and peppermint flavor became popular.
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Lucy:
@Tenchi Masaki when i open the website on my phone I immediately get a "translate page" pop up. Is this from my own settings ?
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Jon Eckart:
((So... the folks called me upstairs to help figure out how to get their SSI paperwork to the new landlord... we were discussing it, when the landlord emailed that all three of us are denied... mostly the main thing was "poor rental history; insufficient income (they're on SSI); no credit file; if no judgment was rendered on them after they appealed the initial eviction notice, then they gave their 30 days notice, can they rescind that (this is Minnesota, ya shure, ya betcha) and stay?
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Jon Eckart:
(my question depends on someone knowing legal loopholes... will look into that tomorrow)
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Lucy:
Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel...One translation of the poem he sent to his friend begins: I’ve already grown a goiter from this torture, hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy(or anywhere else where the stagnant water’s poison).
maybe one of the curators could dress up like him
