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Question: How much do you give a shit about Strazos and his silly blog?
A lot. Straz is a nice fucking guy. - 2 (7.7%)
A bit. It's an interesting read sometimes, and long if nothing else. - 5 (19.2%)
Doesn't matter, most of what he writes is senseless tripe anyway. - 9 (34.6%)
Strazos is an ass, and I hope his train gets hijacked and blown up in the Alps. - 8 (30.8%)
Not at all, damn loser. Oh yeah, and the posts are too fucking long. - 2 (7.7%)
Total Voters: 26

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Strazos
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on: May 26, 2005, 03:01:06 PM

For those of you who give a shit or are fucking bored who are curious, I've finally started my whole "European" blog...thing. It going to kind of be a journal of the shit that happens around me while I'm out here in Rome, Italy, and while travelling around Europe.

Unfortunately, I don't have many good pictures yet; Just some shit I took on the flight from London-Heathrow to FCO-Rome. Honestly, I have either been to tired too take pictures, or I just haven't had the camera with me when there have been good oppurtunites.

The blog will be at strazos.4tehwin.org

You can see the pics I have uploaded at http://strazos.4tehwin.org/wp-images/Rome/

The blog still needs to be configured, but I'd like to thank Shockeye and Haemish for getting it back up and running.

PS: Yes, I know - The pictures I did take were pretty lame, but give me a break. I had had all kinds of fun just getting on my first flight out of the US. You can read all about that, and more, soon enough, once I get a chance to get everything properly set up.

Don't miss me too much.
« Last Edit: June 25, 2005, 04:11:24 PM by Strazos »

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Reply #1 on: May 26, 2005, 06:10:13 PM

Dude. How did you get to the top of the Alps, sprout metal wing contraptions and fly over France.

That's damned impressive.

TAKE BETTER PICTURES.

Glad to see you're alive.
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Reply #2 on: May 26, 2005, 06:30:43 PM

Heh...I would have liked to have gotten better pictures above Paris and Geneva, but as you can see, it was very cloudy. I also would have taken some above/around FCO-Roma (or Leonardo da'Vinci Int'l), but the flight attendants wanted all electronics off during our descent (?), and there wasn't really anything picture-worthy inside the airport, or the train ride from there into Roma.

Anyway, I'm going back to Plazza Venezia this weekend, this time with my camara. Some of the stuff there...I don't really have words for it. Oh yeah, the Coliseum and Forums are there also, among other things. Then you shall see my crazy photography skills.

PS: It's ~3:30am here...Late-night TV in Roma is....a bit crazy...

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Reply #3 on: May 26, 2005, 06:46:40 PM

Stop calling it Roma you fucking Yankee.
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Reply #4 on: May 26, 2005, 06:57:44 PM

I'm not a Yankee you damn Turp.

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Reply #5 on: May 26, 2005, 10:19:40 PM

It says Roma everywhere there.

Bonus pts - what does SPQR stand for?

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Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 10:23:00 PM

Bonus pts - what does SPQR stand for?

Pick harder acronyms.
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Reply #7 on: May 27, 2005, 12:21:54 AM

Strazos, we could of used you in thirsty river. You're such a selfish asshole going off to Europe like that. Douche.

Hope you're having a good time thus far and yes, you do need to take better pictures. Even if it's of your own two feet. I'm serious. I did that for my trip to LA. By the way. what camera are you using? Those are relatively nice quality pictures at an affordable price!
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Reply #8 on: May 27, 2005, 08:52:25 AM

You are such a Dweezil.

Strazos! I had to /petname Petling something else other than Bye Strazos, it was making me too sad.

And we did just fine in Thirsty River, of course you idiots made me your monk which I am sure stupified the group and made them blink and ask "WTF"!


And nice pictures, could ya next time take a picture of something that is on land?

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Reply #9 on: May 27, 2005, 10:58:06 AM

Have a lovely time.  Don't drink the water... anywhere.  I miss you desperately.

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Reply #10 on: May 27, 2005, 11:24:46 AM

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Strazos! I had to /petname Petling something else other than Bye Strazos, it was making me too sad.

Why don't you just call him Haemish, like everyone else?  evil evil

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Reply #11 on: May 27, 2005, 04:38:55 PM

Yeah yeah, gimme a break about the pictures. I'm using a decent Kodak digital, which takes GREAT pictures. In fact, my mother is having a picture of her's published in some amateur photography book, using this camera. What I will do from here on is simply upload them as a .zip, unalterated; The ones I put up first I had reduced to 45% of their original size.

So tonight, I have for you ~100 pictures from the Capatoline Museums, unedited and uploaded as a 101MB .zip. It's still uploading as I type...I'm only getting ~75kb/s upstream from here to wherever our servers are.

You'll have to excuse a few of them; the dark ones are due to the restriction on flashes within the building. Some of them are also a little blurry, either from random chance that I didn't notice as I reviewed each shot, or because I had to hold the camera at odd positions to take some of the shots.

Anyway, Saturday afternoon I'm heading back down to Piazza Venezia, to tour the Collesium, Palpatine Hill, and the Forums. Hopefully, the weather will be good and my camara's memory holds out (the weather has been hot, but beautiful). I'll try to swing by and get more pictures of the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument (read: Big Ass White Building).

I think that's all for now...

PS: I'm on the right, in black, in the one photos outside, in front of one of the monuments (Ceasar? I forget ATM).

PS2: Signe, the fountain-things on the streets of Rome: the water seems fine. Better than the water we have in our apt.

PS3: Haha, Stray.....Anyway, for those too lazy to Google it, I believe the Latin SPQR means, roughly "Made by the people of Roma"...I'm kind of guessing (I didn't cheat and google it).

PS4: I blog some of the shit that's been happening soon, I promise.

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Reply #12 on: May 27, 2005, 05:20:57 PM

If Memory Serves..

And it usually doesn't.

Senatus Populusque Romanorum or..Senatus Populusque Quiritum Romanorum

The Senate and The Roman People..
something like that.


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Reply #13 on: May 27, 2005, 05:29:32 PM


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Reply #14 on: May 28, 2005, 01:35:19 AM

My favourite restaurant in Rome. Though you should watch the chairs there, people have been known to eat so much that the chairs collapsed under them.

Did you get out there in time to watch the European Cup final with Italians? I had the good fortune to be in Bologna this week, seems a lot of Italians don't much like AC Milan.

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Reply #15 on: May 28, 2005, 01:39:17 AM

Stop calling it Roma you fucking Yankee.

Well, that is what the Romans call it, and when in Rome....

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Reply #16 on: May 28, 2005, 03:42:57 AM

My favourite restaurant in Rome. Though you should watch the chairs there, people have been known to eat so much that the chairs collapsed under them.

Did you get out there in time to watch the European Cup final with Italians? I had the good fortune to be in Bologna this week, seems a lot of Italians don't much like AC Milan.


No, we watched it on TV, but....a bunch of us are going to the Roma/Verona game on Sunday, so that should be pretty sweet.

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Reply #17 on: May 28, 2005, 06:22:23 PM

Uploading another batch now, of the Colliseum, Palpatine Hill, et al...

I'm too tired to blog, so I'll leave you with that.

Tell me what you think, see ya....I gotta get some sleep so I have the energy for the Roma/Verona game.

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Reply #18 on: May 29, 2005, 07:17:53 AM

You're not giving us much of a chance to miss you.   tongue

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Reply #19 on: May 29, 2005, 12:57:15 PM

I won't be on TeamSpeak for ~1 month; That in itself should be more than enough.

Anyway, went to the game today, and it was awesome. No pictures, as I didn't bring my camara. I did have a friend use a disposable, so I'll try to upload them when I get back to the states. AS Roma made the playoffs here, and I'm going to try to go to a playoff game, if for no other reason, to see more people throw bottles at the riot guards.

Bought a sweetass Diadora RS Roma shirt too.  cheesy

In other news, many chicks still think I'm evil evil "Such a nice guy."  evil evil

Let that be a lesson to you ladies out there; If you want to emotionally stab someone in the chest, say they're nice...gets me every time. undecided

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Reply #20 on: May 29, 2005, 02:40:02 PM

You should buy a Ferrari while you're in Italy.  You should be able to get a good deal.  Fiat is about to go broke... for good this time, maybe.  The first thing they'll probably dump is Ferrari... and the Formula One team. 

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Reply #21 on: May 29, 2005, 02:59:12 PM

My favourite restaurant in Rome. Though you should watch the chairs there, Americans have been known to eat so much that the chairs collapsed under them.

Did you get out there in time to watch the European Cup final with Italians? I had the good fortune to be in Bologna this week, seems a lot of Italians don't much like AC Milan.


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Reply #22 on: May 29, 2005, 07:25:22 PM

Hey Straz..

When you return and do finally get on Teamspeak, I am going to say "Awwww you are SUCH a nice guy" every five minutes until I have you balling up in tears in a corner somewhere.


Muah.

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Reply #23 on: May 29, 2005, 09:17:13 PM

Pssst. Hey SPT - wanna buy an avatar?

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Reply #24 on: May 29, 2005, 09:38:25 PM

Pffft I make my own avatars baby!

And I *love* yours.

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Reply #25 on: May 30, 2005, 08:49:20 AM

Hey Straz..

When you return and do finally get on Teamspeak, I am going to say "Awwww you are SUCH a nice guy" every five minutes until I have you balling up in tears in a corner somewhere.


Muah.

Heh, you don't count; You're married.

Punk.

Anyway, I finally put up my first post of what's been happening here. Enjoy.

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Reply #26 on: May 30, 2005, 10:33:07 AM

Any woman counts. It's saying it that matters but if it helps to demoralize you even further, I could grab all the single girls I know, have them log into it and just keep saying it over and over like a mantra.



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Reply #27 on: May 31, 2005, 06:33:04 AM

FYI, I have another class session in a museum tomarrow; Make room on those HDD's.

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Reply #28 on: May 31, 2005, 09:20:39 AM

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many chicks still think I'm  evil evil"Such a nice guy."   evil evil

Which means that to them, you have all the genitalia of a Ken Doll.

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Reply #29 on: May 31, 2005, 09:25:39 AM

Which means that to them, you have all the genitalia of a Ken Doll.

That must be awkward. Doll-shaped crotch. Is it treatable?
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Reply #30 on: May 31, 2005, 11:42:15 AM

Which means that to them, you have all the genitalia of a Ken Doll.

That must be awkward. Doll-shaped crotch. Is it treatable?

No, apparently once you're stuck in the "friend's zone," it's chronic.   cry

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Reply #31 on: May 31, 2005, 04:11:20 PM

I am not sure why being "Just friends" is such a horrific thing for men. I mean "Friends" can lead to "Couple" if you play your cards right, be patient and caring and just oh..I don't know.. wait a damn minute. Sheesh.


Now granted..more times than not do friends lead nowhere but.. I know some great relationships that started out as "Eh, just friends".

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Reply #32 on: May 31, 2005, 04:14:39 PM

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I am not sure why being "Just friends" is such a horrific thing for men. I mean "Friends" can lead to "Couple" if you play your cards right, be patient and caring and just oh..I don't know.. wait a damn minute. Sheesh.

99.9999999999% of the time, Just Friends for a woman means "there are no possible circumstances under which I would ever have sex with you".  Unfortunately, Just Friends for a man means "I want to have sex with you, but haven't figured out how to do it yet. Also, I am a pussy."



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Reply #33 on: May 31, 2005, 04:20:42 PM

Well see, here is the thing. If you are what is viewed as a "typical male" which means sex on the brain 21312312312 hours out of a 24 hour day, and the girl you are trying to date knows this about you, why in the world would she now trust you have the capacity to be anything else but a friend. I mean I am of the belief that you represent yourself honestly. If you just want to have sex say "Hey, I don't mind being just friends but has the thought of sexual activity with me ever crossed your mind?"

And hope you don't get smacked.


Also.. it depends HOW she says she wants to be "Just friends".

There are multiple ways.

I.E.

"Awwww how adorable! I really think we are better off as friends"
Translation: Sorry, you aren't on my level. Never, ever would I date you because I think of you as I do my little brother. Inferior and well, just...cute. Too bad, so sad.

There are multiple ways of seeing this.


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Reply #34 on: May 31, 2005, 04:22:42 PM

There are multiple ways of seeing this.

Only way I want to see it is with clothes off.
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