The move, it is imminent

[Roland98]

So PV was out here this past weekend for a low-key time hanging out with me and the kids--playing catch, checking out the local haunted house (they said it was kid-friendly; they lied), and eating way too much. It was pretty perfect.

He also had an informal interview for a position here at the university (informal because it hasn't even been advertised yet, but a friend clued me into the upcoming vacancy) and they seem really interested. Either way, he put in his notice at his job, and gets the hell outta dodge and off to Iowa next month. So woo hoo, only a little more :iowaorbust:

[livius drusus]

Oh man, what are we gonna do with that smiley once y'all are together? :sadcheer:

Congrats guys! :cheer:

[viscousmemories]

Great news, Roland! Congratulations. :yes!:

[Roland98]

Thanks! liv, I could probably suggest a new smiley, but since this is a family-oriented place 'n' all.....I won't. :D

[Prince Vegita]

Oh man, what are we gonna do with that smiley once y'all are together? :sadcheer:

Congrats guys! :cheer:


Don't you dare retire it!!! You can, however, make a new one... :D

[livius drusus]

Thanks! liv, I could probably suggest a new smiley, but since this is a family-oriented place 'n' all.....I won't. :D
Oh, well in that case, I have just the thing:

:idahonoudaho:

Don't you dare retire it!!!
I won't!!1

[Dingfod]

How the hell did that get in this thread?

Congrats, you two.


P.S. Prince, you lucky dog, you.

[Julie]

WTG Roland! Regular nookie!

[Roland98]

WTG Roland! Regular nookie!

Seriously! This seeing each other twice a month (if that) bullshit is getting real old...

[viscousmemories]

Bah, quitcher bitchin. It's been a hell of a lot longer than a couple weeks for some of us. :brooding:

[Julie]

Oh boohoo. Don't be mad just cause the pretty girl will be gettin some!

* Julie wonders if this means no more roland posts because she will to ummm busy?

[Prince Vegita]

Hey, I gotta take at least one 10 minute break a week. She'll get time to post. :D

[Roland98]

Bah, quitcher bitchin. It's been a hell of a lot longer than a couple weeks for some of us. :brooding:

Couple weeks? Did you miss the part where he was out here this weekend? Couple of days for as of right now*...

And eh, I'll find time to post. Hell, we'll still probably be IM'ing each other on our computers in the same room, since it's become such a habit after 3 1/2 years now.



[*Yeah, go ahead and hate me...our sex life is fabulous and I'm totally unapologetic :yup:]

[Prince Vegita]

Bah, quitcher bitchin. It's been a hell of a lot longer than a couple weeks for some of us. :brooding:

Couple weeks? Did you miss the part where he was out here this weekend? Couple of days for as of right now*...

And eh, I'll find time to post. Hell, we'll still probably be IM'ing each other on our computers in the same room, since it's become such a habit after 3 1/2 years now.



[*Yeah, go ahead and hate me...our sex life is fabulous and I'm totally unapologetic :yup:]
Yeah.... :) I just hope we're not IM'ing each other while having sex, that would be too fucked up.

[viscousmemories]

Can you guys stop talking about porking each other long enough to comment on the smilie? Sheesh.

:idahonoudaho:

[livius drusus]

Maybe they're incarnating it instead of commenting on it. :glare:

[viscousmemories]

Hmm... no response for 20 minutes. I imagine one of them is lighting a smoke about now.

[Brimshack]

P.V. You're officially a lucky bastard.

Congrats to you both. Now I get to call you both flatlanders.












...Ya Flatlanders!

[Roland98]

Hmm... no response for 20 minutes. I imagine one of them is lighting a smoke about now.

Sorry, I got distracted with, y'know, actual work. (And, ok, all teh forum drama). Um, yay, smiley!?

(and vm, "porking"? Are you 12?)

[viscousmemories]

Isn't that what it's called? Shit, it's been so long I've forgotten. :sadcheer:

[Roland98]

P.V. You're officially a lucky bastard.

Congrats to you both. Now I get to call you both flatlanders.












...Ya Flatlanders!

Oh yeah? Well I have it on good authority from your cat that you're an asshole. Probably still pissed at you for naming him "Fido."




Oh, and thanks and stuff too. :wave:

[Roland98]

Isn't that what it's called? Shit, it's been so long I've forgotten. :sadcheer:

But hey, you'll be rich soon! And fat! Then you'll have all the chicks!

[viscousmemories]

:woohoo:

[cappuccino]

Congratulations on the soon-to-come drastic increase in porking frequency :D

So PV what's Iowa like? I can imagine it's a quite different place from DC but I bet it'll be great to escape from the traffic here.

[Prince Vegita]

Iowa is actually quite nice. Just enough rolling hills and trees to make it interesting (I'm from central IL, so its not flat/corn by those standards, but pretty close). Nice lake nearby, no rush hour to speak of. More likely to hit a deer than anything else. Big enough cities to have the ethnic food I'll miss from here though. And no fucking tourists!!!

And the best sex west of the Mississippi. Yee haw!!!

[JoeP]

Congrats, y'all!

If either of you ever post again we'll have to ask "what went wrong?"

[Prince Vegita]

Aw, come on now. The tubes are a staple of our lives. We'll post plenty, if only to make everyone sick over how good we got it...

[Uthgar the Brazen]

And the best sex west of the Mississippi. Yee haw!!!

I'm flying out there this afternoon. Don't make up the spare room, 'cuz we won't need it! :eyes:

[Prince Vegita]

I'm confused... are you flying out there to bang my girlfriend or are you gunning for a threeway??? :?

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I'm confused... are you flying out there to bang my girlfriend or are you gunning for a threeway??? :?

It seemed a pretty inclusive offer. Are you chickening out now? :glare:

[viscousmemories]

And no fucking tourists!!!
I should hope not. I know Roland's open-minded and all, but that might be pushing it.

[Clutch Munny]

no fucking tourists!!!

And the best sex west of the Mississippi. Yee haw!!!

I take it the Eastern tourists are lousy shags, then.

[Prince Vegita]

I'm confused... are you flying out there to bang my girlfriend or are you gunning for a threeway??? :?

It seemed a pretty inclusive offer. Are you chickening out now? :glare:

Hey, you couch it in poor wording and I have to clarify!

And like you're gonna get this job without an application? We need a resume, one head shot, medical documentation that you're STD-free, three letters of recommendation along with your 50 dollar application fee, 40 for the criminal background search, and 25 bucks for a credit check. :whup:

[Prince Vegita]

no fucking tourists!!!

And the best sex west of the Mississippi. Yee haw!!!

I take it the Eastern tourists are lousy shags, then.

Technically speaking, anytime Ro crosses the Mississippi to visit me she's a tourist. So I would have to answer no, the Eastern tourists are quite incredible :wink:

[Prince Vegita]

And no fucking tourists!!!
I should hope not. I know Roland's open-minded and all, but that might be pushing it.

That's ok. Iowa doesn't get tourists.

[Leesifer]

Congratulations to the two of you.

I hate you both! :envy:

[Prince Vegita]

Congratulations to the two of you.

I hate you both! :envy:

Why? We're nice people! :wave:

[Leesifer]

I know that. :tongue:

I'se just jealous, is all. What with all your sexay and stuff. Bastards!

[Uthgar the Brazen]

:denied:

:cryhome:

[Roland98]

And no fucking tourists!!!
I should hope not. I know Roland's open-minded and all, but that might be pushing it.

That's ok. Iowa doesn't get tourists.

Sure we do! Field of dreams, baby! Bridges of Madison County and all that! Birthplace of John Wayne! Iowa's largest skillet!

[Novowels]

And no fucking tourists!!!
I should hope not. I know Roland's open-minded and all, but that might be pushing it.

That's ok. Iowa doesn't get tourists.

Sure we do! Field of dreams, baby! Bridges of Madison County and all that! Birthplace of John Wayne! Iowa's largest skillet! Don't forget Captain Kirk's birthplace!!

[Roland98]

Don't forget Captain Kirk's birthplace!!

Oh yeah, that one's even closer than the others I listed! And we're the home of American Gothic! And our per capita use of exclamation marks is legendary!!

[biochemgirl]

So PV was out here this past weekend for a low-key time hanging out with me and the kids--playing catch, checking out the local haunted house (they said it was kid-friendly; they lied), and eating way too much. It was pretty perfect.

He also had an informal interview for a position here at the university (informal because it hasn't even been advertised yet, but a friend clued me into the upcoming vacancy) and they seem really interested. Either way, he put in his notice at his job, and gets the hell outta dodge and off to Iowa next month. So woo hoo, only a little more :iowaorbust:

Congratulations you guys. I have to ask, which university are you at? Please don't say U of I, you're talking to a former cyclone here. :D

And as for Iowa's tourist attractions may I add: Eldon, IA and the house from American Gothic, the Lincoln Highway and bridge, the Mesquakie (now Meskwaki) Settlement (and casino!), the treehouse - house around Marshalltown, Lake Okoboji and the site of the Spirit Lake Massacre, the Des Moines Art Center, the Amana colonies, the Dragoon trails and the old fort in Fort Dodge. I would also add the Iowa State Fair but it is of course seasonal. You know recently a coworker told me I was thoroughly Iowan and now I'm thinking it might be true...

[Roland98]

Congratulations you guys. I have to ask, which university are you at? Please don't say U of I, you're talking to a former cyclone here. :D

Um, ok, I won't say it then. :giggle: Would it help if I mentioned we have a joint program with the vet school at ISU? Everyone from out of state doesn't realize there's a difference between U of I and ISU anyway--all those Iowa schools are the same, right?

And I gotta say that ISU kicks ass just for its butterfly house, if nothing else...

And as for Iowa's tourist attractions may I add: Eldon, IA and the house from American Gothic, the Lincoln Highway and bridge, the Mesquakie (now Meskwaki) Settlement (and casino!), the treehouse - house around Marshalltown, Lake Okoboji and the site of the Spirit Lake Massacre, the Des Moines Art Center, the Amana colonies, the Dragoon trails and the old fort in Fort Dodge. I would also add the Iowa State Fair but it is of course seasonal. You know recently a coworker told me I was thoroughly Iowan and now I'm thinking it might be true...

Sweet, I haven't been to most of those. Amana I've done a few times and I've been through Eldon but not checked out the house. And yeah, you seem pretty Iowan. :D

[Prince Vegita]

So PV was out here this past weekend for a low-key time hanging out with me and the kids--playing catch, checking out the local haunted house (they said it was kid-friendly; they lied), and eating way too much. It was pretty perfect.

He also had an informal interview for a position here at the university (informal because it hasn't even been advertised yet, but a friend clued me into the upcoming vacancy) and they seem really interested. Either way, he put in his notice at his job, and gets the hell outta dodge and off to Iowa next month. So woo hoo, only a little more :iowaorbust:

Congratulations you guys. I have to ask, which university are you at? Please don't say U of I, you're talking to a former cyclone here. :D

And as for Iowa's tourist attractions may I add: Eldon, IA and the house from American Gothic, the Lincoln Highway and bridge, the Mesquakie (now Meskwaki) Settlement (and casino!), the treehouse - house around Marshalltown, Lake Okoboji and the site of the Spirit Lake Massacre, the Des Moines Art Center, the Amana colonies, the Dragoon trails and the old fort in Fort Dodge. I would also add the Iowa State Fair but it is of course seasonal. You know recently a coworker told me I was thoroughly Iowan and now I'm thinking it might be true...

So for tourist attractions Iowa has....

A house
A bridge
A highway
A casino
A treehouse where A massacre took place
AN arts center
A fort
A set of trails
A set of colonies.

I think I have all that shit in my backyard here in Maryland.


.......what the hell am I doing!?!?!?!?!? :eek: :D

[biochemgirl]

So for tourist attractions Iowa has....

A house
A bridge
A highway
A casino
A treehouse where A massacre took place
AN arts center
A fort
A set of trails
A set of colonies.

I think I have all that shit in my backyard here in Maryland.


.......what the hell am I doing!?!?!?!?!? :eek: :D

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong........ it's a treehouse and THEN a lake where a massacre took place :giggle: Just try and contain your excitement will ya?

Welcome to the dark side...:muahaha:

[Dingfod]

Think on the positive side, Iowa is small enough it can't be all that far to go somewhere else.

[Novowels]

Think on the positive side, Iowa is small enough it can't be all that far to go somewhere else. It's not really small, it's just.... Sparse.

[Dingfod]

Looks small on the map.

[Prince Vegita]

Think on the positive side, Iowa is small enough it can't be all that far to go somewhere else.

Yeah.... western Illinois. Which is even more boring, if possible.

[Dingfod]

True, so true.

[Dingfod]

You could always corn someone's house (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071024/D8SFR36G2.html).

[Roland98]

You could always corn someone's house (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071024/D8SFR36G2.html).

Wow. I'm embarrassed *for* that person.

[biochemgirl]

Congratulations you guys. I have to ask, which university are you at? Please don't say U of I, you're talking to a former cyclone here. :D

Um, ok, I won't say it then. :giggle: Would it help if I mentioned we have a joint program with the vet school at ISU? Everyone from out of state doesn't realize there's a difference between U of I and ISU anyway--all those Iowa schools are the same, right?

And I gotta say that ISU kicks ass just for its butterfly house, if nothing else...


Awww, I forgive you :giggle: Actually Iowa is a very good school, I looked at it but I just liked the ISU campus so much more.


Sweet, I haven't been to most of those. Amana I've done a few times and I've been through Eldon but not checked out the house. And yeah, you seem pretty Iowan. :D

Actually the Dragoon trails are kind of neat, it's just neat countryside althought it is middle of nowhere (up here in my neck of the woods). It goes through Dolliver Park which is kind of neat to see. Although if you are much of a hiker I would highly recommend Ledges State Park outside of Boone, they have awesome trails and it's just beautiful there in the river valley. And the Des Moines Art Center is actually quite impressive...ya know for Iowa :wink: I love the Amana Colonies and we still go every year before Christmas. And I usually take home 10 bottles of fruit wine but I assure you I go for the "atmosphere". :blush:

Geez, look at me going on like this, I should work for the Iowa Board of Tourism or something.

[Prince Vegita]

In all honesty, thanks for those tips. That sort of shit is right up our alley, although I might be up for more of the hiking stuff than Ro. Not that I'm some trailhound or anything, but when I go I do like them to take up half a day at least. Haven't figured out how much she's into that yet. And who doesn't dig fruit wine? Like liquid candy that makes you feel happy inside!

[Prince Vegita]

You could always corn someone's house (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071024/D8SFR36G2.html).

Wow. I'm embarrassed *for* that person.

No shit. I was hoping it would at least be on par with a good lawn-forking or a pumpkin bombing.

[Roland98]

In all honesty, thanks for those tips. That sort of shit is right up our alley, although I might be up for more of the hiking stuff than Ro. Not that I'm some trailhound or anything, but when I go I do like them to take up half a day at least. Haven't figured out how much she's into that yet. And who doesn't dig fruit wine? Like liquid candy that makes you feel happy inside!

I hike!!

And definitely, thanks for the tips biochemgirl. I've been here for almost 3 years now, but I've barely gotten away from Iowa City/Cedar Rapids (well, except trips to Ames and Waverly/Cedar Falls for work-related stuff). We'll definitely be taking some daytrips now that I have someone to actually do stuff with me...

[JoeP]

That sort of shit is right up our alley, although I might be up for more of the hiking stuff than Ro. Not that I'm some trailhound or anything, but when I go I do like them to take up half a day at least. Haven't figured out how much she's into that yet.

I hike!!

... We'll definitely be taking some daytrips now that I have someone to actually do stuff with me...

:aww:

So sweet to see couples getting to know each other on the internet!

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

:woohoo:

'Grats, you crazy kids!

*jealous*

[biochemgirl]

In all honesty, thanks for those tips. That sort of shit is right up our alley, although I might be up for more of the hiking stuff than Ro. Not that I'm some trailhound or anything, but when I go I do like them to take up half a day at least. Haven't figured out how much she's into that yet. And who doesn't dig fruit wine? Like liquid candy that makes you feel happy inside!

I hike!!

And definitely, thanks for the tips biochemgirl. I've been here for almost 3 years now, but I've barely gotten away from Iowa City/Cedar Rapids (well, except trips to Ames and Waverly/Cedar Falls for work-related stuff). We'll definitely be taking some daytrips now that I have someone to actually do stuff with me...

No problem you guys :wink: We live in Northwestern Iowa right now but I grew up around Tama (central Iowa) and we used to take all sorts of road trips all over the state when I was a kid. I've been everywhere there is to go here so I have plenty more where that came from. :D

[Prince Vegita]

Sweet. I'm actually really looking forward to this low population density thing. And to not being so Ro-sorbed on the internet for a change when we actually have a life together. Maybe we can actually talk about something besides each other!


....naaaah

[viscousmemories]

A microbiology professor and a neuroscientist? What else could y'all have to talk about?

[Watser?]

Congratulations to the two of you.

I hate you both! :envy:

:yeahthat: :D

[Prince Vegita]

A microbiology professor and a neuroscientist? What else could y'all have to talk about?

Sex? :)

[viscousmemories]

No, no. I said else. Sheesh, it's all about the sex with you two.

[Prince Vegita]

Yup. Hours and hours of hot, steamy lovin'....

[JoeP]

Microneurosex. It'll be William Gibson all over again.

[Smilin]

In all honesty, thanks for those tips. That sort of shit is right up our alley, although I might be up for more of the hiking stuff than Ro. Not that I'm some trailhound or anything, but when I go I do like them to take up half a day at least. Haven't figured out how much she's into that yet. And who doesn't dig fruit wine? Like liquid candy that makes you feel happy inside!

Fruit wine? NOW we're fuckin' talkin.....

One of the best traditions that's been passed down in our family for generations...

Strawberry, Watermelon, & Muskedine wine!

And the liquid candy isn't the only thing that makes you fell all happy inside...now is it?

CONGRATS Bulldog,,,errrrrr Rowland I mean...lol...

Damn temporary flashbacks....a problem I'm still dealing with since my recovery from my anoxic brain injury!

Anyhooo.....congrats to you both!

~Smilin atcha! :D

[One for Sorrow]

Yay!! Congrats, you two. I am so happy for you both! :D

Now, PV... :confide: you know you'd better treat our Roland right, or you'll have the entire Internet after you.

Oh, and try to keep it clean, eh? :showerlv:

[Prince Vegita]

Mission in life and stuff. I can't be happy if she's not.

:luv: :luvbirds:

:boyscientist::girlscientist:

We have our own fucking smiley for god's sake :iowaorbust:

[viscousmemories]

Two fuckin' smilies, even.

:idahonoudaho:

[Prince Vegita]

Two fuckin' smilies, even.

:idahonoudaho:

IoWA. Not IdaHO. Jesus. Learn your states. :D

[Novowels]

Well come on, aside from the difference between corn and potatoes, they're pretty much the same.

[JoeP]

:boyscientist::girlscientist:

You should both put these smilies as your avatars when the day comes.

[viscousmemories]

IoWA. Not IdaHO. Jesus. Learn your states. :D
:shiftier:

:blush:

:caught:

[JoeP]

So it should be
IOWA? No! UOWA!

I don't get it.

[viscousmemories]

:giggle:

[Prince Vegita]

So it should be
IOWA? No! UOWA!

I don't get it.

I do. It means VM is not creative. :chin:

[viscousmemories]

:cry:

[Brimshack]

Yeah, well all your states are the same to me. Don't corn my house or nothing, but seriously, why go through the trouble of making them different names. Y'all could just call it Ogallalia after the Aquafer that's disappearing rapidly beneath the whole region and be done with it.

(I know you guys aren't actually on the Aquafer, but I see no reason to distinguish your state from Nebraska and Kansas, both of which are most deiinitely on the Aquafer, and in my logic textbook that's enough to earn you the label. It's called guilt by association, loose association, and that's perfectly sufficient for the inference. So don't even start! K?)

Perhaps you could call it Cornarnia? The kids would like it better.

Some would call it the "Heart" of America. To this I would have no option, providing that one attack the suffice "-burn". ...yeah, that works.

I'm sure there are other labels that will essentially work, but I prefer to think of where you live as



Place of the FLATLANDERS!!!!

[Prince Vegita]

:cry:


Awwww, don't cry... you're plenty good at smilies!!!

[Prince Vegita]

Yeah, well all your states are the same to me. Don't corn my house or nothing, but seriously, why go through the trouble of making them different names. Y'all could just call it Ogallalia after the Aquafer that's disappearing rapidly beneath the whole region and be done with it.

(I know you guys aren't actually on the Aquafer, but I see no reason to distinguish your state from Nebraska and Kansas, both of which are most deiinitely on the Aquafer, and in my logic textbook that's enough to earn you the label. It's called guilt by association, loose association, and that's perfectly sufficient for the inference. So don't even start! K?)

Perhaps you could call it Cornarnia? The kids would like it better.

Some would call it the "Heart" of America. To this I would have no option, providing that one attack the suffice "-burn". ...yeah, that works.

I'm sure there are other labels that will essentially work, but I prefer to think of where you live as



Place of the FLATLANDERS!!!!

Oh hell, Iowa is nowhere near as flat as Nebraska/Kansas.

[Brimshack]

The threshold of altitudinal variation sufficient to matter is precisely 2' higher than what you actually have.

...my geo-bigotry is a self-contained castle of invincible ...um, invincibility. You have fallen into a category and you can't get out.

[Prince Vegita]

The threshold of altitudinal variation sufficient to matter is precisely 2' higher than what you actually have.

...my geo-bigotry is a self-contained castle of invincible ...um, invincibility. You have fallen into a category and you can't get out.

So in other words we're right at the event horizon for this particular category? Great, I'll drive up to Wisconsin and stand on a hill :P

[Brimshack]

Heh, that'll work.

...and people will say "Look! There's a flatlander on a Hill. Someone get that man a tourguide!"

That's it; that's exactly what they'll say.

[Prince Vegita]

A flatlander on a hill needs no tour guide. He can see EVERYTHING.

[Brimshack]

Hahahahhahahah!

Okay, you win.

:surrendermonkey:

[Prince Vegita]

I'm from Illinois. I understand how the endless plain (plane?) works. :D

[Roland98]

Sheesh you two, get a room!!

(and hi, Smilin and OfS...thanks for the well wishes!)

[Goliath]

You could always corn someone's house (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071024/D8SFR36G2.html).

And hey, the two of you are within driving distance (albeit a fairly long drive, but driving distance nonetheless) from the world's only Corn Palace! (http://www.cornpalace.org/)

:killercorn:

[Goliath]

Oh hell, Iowa is nowhere near as flat as Nebraska/Kansas.

And none of those are as flat as Eastern North Dakota/Northwestern Minnesota. Up there, you can actually see the Earth curve.

[Roland98]

You could always corn someone's house (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071024/D8SFR36G2.html).

And hey, the two of you are within driving distance (albeit a fairly long drive, but driving distance nonetheless) from the world's only Corn Palace! (http://www.cornpalace.org/)

:killercorn:

Sweet, another place to put on the list!

[Deadlokd]

The Earth curves?

[JoeP]

The Earth curves?

Teach the controversy!

[Petra]

Thanks! liv, I could probably suggest a new smiley, but since this is a family-oriented place 'n' all.....I won't. :D

LOL.


Good luck! May the lurrrv with you. :blowkiss: