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So-there was thread I forgot to get a link to (Smunkee's thinktank thread) where it came out that there would be many who would see themselves as Slackers. But how slack are you really? Regail us with your slack-a-tude for the honors of the Great Slacker. There'd be a vote and actual award, but doing such would be very unslacker.

Note to the Subgeniuses
For the purpose of this thread, all forms of slack are valid so you cannot claim that Slackers know not of slack. You can, however, display your comitment to Slack as seen by Bob as your entry into the display of slack. But again, no quibbling about what is and isn't slack.

I think that anyone who actually replies to this thread will a story of slack should be disqualified from being a slacker on grounds of putting in far too much effort.

I think that anyone who actually replies to this thread will a story of slack should be disqualified from being a slacker on grounds of putting in far too much effort.
This is a common misconception of slackers. It's not that we do nothing, it's we don't do those things. What those things are are part of the debate. But one things slackers love to do is talk. About themselves, about 'them,' about what they'd do 'if,' what others should be doing. They can talk, it's the primary barrier to doing.

well i suppose my main submittal would be my time at uni whereby i was slacker enough to not bother to get up and go to lectures, and when i did get up would just go smoke a bowl and have a beer or three. for about 5 months. and on a limited scale for the previous 18 months before that...
also never bothered to go out to the pub or clubs cos of slackiness, and fucking hell you should have seen my room (and the house in general :P)... not only slacker heaven (we specifically bought a bong that could turn 360 degrees so no-one would ever have to move) but also a complete tip. never did any work bar what was mandatory to say enrolled (yet somehow passed the year :D)


i also submit that while i am no longer such a slacker, my lack of bothering to ever use capitalisation in the 14,000 plus posts i have on here has to count for something (other than annoying to some ;))
(i realise that the perfect slacker response to this thread would be "can't be arsed to post" but that's too obvious ;))



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This is a common misconception of slackers. It's not that we do nothing, it's we don't do those things. What those things are are part of the debate. But one things slackers love to do is talk. About themselves, about 'them,' about what they'd do 'if,' what others should be doing. They can talk, it's the primary barrier to doing.
14k posts is a lot of talk.... ;)

I need money to get a Therm-a-Rest, but I cannot be bothered to get a job.

^First thing that came into my head^

EDIT: I think this may be overshadowed by PM's slacking 101, just above.

I once spent 30 minutes searching for, then downloading an album because I couldn't be arsed to get up and look for the CD in my collection.

So-there was thread I forgot to get a link to (Smunkee's thinktank thread) where it came out that there would be many who would see themselves as Slackers.
But... that doesn't mean I actually would have to take all these slackers into my think tank, does it? :eek:

I once spent 30 minutes searching for, then downloading an album because I couldn't be arsed to get up and look for the CD in my collection.
Nice. I've watched over 4 hours of infomercials because I didn't want to lean forward and change the channel.

Getting up at 4 every day, and then staying in bed all day for about 2 months. Even though i had a job.

But... that doesn't mean I actually would have to take all these slackers into my think tank, does it? :eek:
Only the ones that bothered to show up at the right time. Which would weed out more than enough...

I once spent 30 minutes searching for, then downloading an album because I couldn't be arsed to get up and look for the CD in my collection.
lol! i like this :p

Nice. I've watched over 4 hours of infomercials because I didn't want to lean forward and change the channel.

During one of England's recent World Cup matches, which I was watching at my friends' student dorm I pissed in the sink in order to miss not a second of football, after having drank a litre of soft drinks.

So-there was thread I forgot to get a link to (Smunkee's thinktank thread) where it came out that there would be many who would see themselves as Slackers. But how slack are you really? Regail us with your slack-a-tude for the honors of the Great Slacker. There'd be a vote and actual award, but doing such would be very unslacker.

Note to the Subgeniuses
For the purpose of this thread, all forms of slack are valid so you cannot claim that Slackers know not of slack. You can, however, display your comitment to Slack as seen by Bob as your entry into the display of slack. But again, no quibbling about what is and isn't slack.
I said i was going to do a thread about a certain TV program but didn't...
I started a topic about my Cricket season but never finsihed it.
Took a gap year after finishing college turned out to be one and a half years.:p
I couldn't be arsed thinking of all the other times i have been slack on NS(-Not joking) if i told you the others i was thinking about people would steal my ideas, if i would rather horde them than let others get my glory.
*really can't be arsed continuing*

During one of England's recent World Cup matches, which I was watching at my friends' student dorm I pissed in the sink in order to miss not a second of football, after having drank a litre of soft drinks.
I've peed back into the soda bottle just because I didn't want to go upstairs at the time.

I once spent 30 minutes searching for, then downloading an album because I couldn't be arsed to get up and look for the CD in my collection.
I'd do that too but it would take longer than to get up and find it.

I haven't ever washed a dish, I NEVER do dishes, NEVER.

It damages the otherwise smooth look and touch of my delicate hands

But one things slackers love to do is talk.

So there are no introvert slackers?

I somehow doubt that.

I spent 20 minutes with another slacker trying to convince a non-slacker that a documentary on salt mines was going to be cool. The arguement consisted really of only three words. "Dude! Salt mines!"

I'm too much of a slacker to bother thinking of a story for this thread. Sorry!

I've peed back into the soda bottle just because I didn't want to go upstairs at the time.
yup, done that too :P (though its downstairs for me)

plenty of times i've chucked rubbish (ecologically friendly stuff, mind... like bannana-peel and apple cores and stuff) out of the window rather than going all the way to the bin (not sure if that counds as slacky or just shitty :p but there's a bit of grassland next to the house here so the foxes and critters will yum it all up :))


EDIT: I think this may be overshadowed by PM's slacking 101, just above.
hehe *slacks it up* :cool:

I've peed back into the soda bottle just because I didn't want to go upstairs at the time.


Your method would involve disposing of the soda bottle. With my method, the disposing is taken care of with minimal effort. :cool:

Oh, I also point at things with my lips, too lazy to raise a hand to point at something, but then again, it is a fair common practice in my country.

had a several-hour discussion with a friend about how i was going to make my millions by simply going to amserdam... and smoking pot. and getting people to pay me for some reason.

it was a slacky dream at least (i think it involved practically not moving for about 10 years and people just bringing me stuff...)

So-there was thread I forgot to get a link to (Smunkee's thinktank thread) where it came out that there would be many who would see themselves as Slackers. But how slack are you really? Regail us with your slack-a-tude for the honors of the Great Slacker. There'd be a vote and actual award, but doing such would be very unslacker.

Note to the Subgeniuses
For the purpose of this thread, all forms of slack are valid so you cannot claim that Slackers know not of slack. You can, however, display your comitment to Slack as seen by Bob as your entry into the display of slack. But again, no quibbling about what is and isn't slack.
I wrote graduate level work in high school....the morning it was due, instead of two weeks earlier, when everyone else started it.

So there are no introvert slackers?

I somehow doubt that.
Sure there are, plenty of them. But those guys are like soda bottles that someone shook and then left for someone else to discover. Under the right circumstances that guy is going to just start and not stop. With verbose slackers he becomes the hot potato, you 'lose' or 'win' depending on preference if you're the one he unloads on.

Another thing I should add about the Modern Slacker is that he was born being told that he (or she, but I'm going to keep saying he) was going to be the first generation to make less then their parents. What really happened is that they invented a whole different thing (the video game industry) and it all turned out to be wrong. But a lot of us suckers took it at face value, studied things like philosophy and film or whatever else and became over-educated and under-employed. And pissy, because our fellow generation members went off and proved that we wheren't doomed to our fate unless we did it ourselves, and that left a sore spot.

I must say that - apart from the drugs and the peeing into things - it turns out I'm right at home in this thread.

Can I come be a slacker with you guys? Really, you had me at "Dude! Salt mines!".



my lack of bothering to ever use capitalisation in the 14,000 plus posts i have on here has to count for something (other than annoying to some ;))
Wow. Can you believe that in all this time I never even noticed that once? I, who notices every measly spelling mistake ever made? *speechless*

So there are no introvert slackers?

I somehow doubt that.
I was one. But then my ego grew too big for my hatred of people.:(

Your method would involve disposing of the soda bottle. With my method, the disposing is taken care of with minimal effort. :cool:
Who said I disposed of them? Theres just a closet no one should look into...

I spent 20 minutes with another slacker trying to convince a non-slacker that a documentary on salt mines was going to be cool. The arguement consisted really of only three words. "Dude! Salt mines!"
Salt mines are cool.






What? They are!

I wrote graduate level work in high school....the morning it was due, instead of two weeks earlier, when everyone else started it.

I did that for my entire high school, and then half the times in the university, and got graduated with far than decent grades. I also studied an hour before final exams, and such.

Remember that weird mug in my picture?, it was a prize that my co students gave me for having enormous luck and enormous ability to get great grades without studying.

I must say that - apart from the drugs and the peeing into things - it turns out I'm right at home in this thread.
Can I come be slacker with you guys? Really, you had me at "Dude! Salt mines!".




Wow. Can you believe that in all this time I never even noticed that once? I, who notices every measly spelling mistake ever made? *speechless*
Someone mentioned Salt mines and i missed it?:(

I wrote graduate level work in high school....the morning it was due, instead of two weeks earlier, when everyone else started it.
Classic slacker. Nothing quite like finding out that minimal effort gets the same reward to foster a long slackitude.

Who said I disposed of them? Theres just a closet no one should look into...

I'm counting this as disposal. Pee in the sink, and you don't have to handle the urine. Piece of piss.

Is it too late to apply for a university this fall?

Salt mines are cool.






What? They are!
Dude!

I'm counting this as disposal. Pee in the sink, and you don't have to handle the urine. Piece of piss.
Only if you miss...

Sure there are, plenty of them. But those guys are like soda bottles that someone shook and then left for someone else to discover. Under the right circumstances that guy is going to just start and not stop. With verbose slackers he becomes the hot potato, you 'lose' or 'win' depending on preference if you're the one he unloads on.

Another thing I should add about the Modern Slacker is that he was born being told that he (or she, but I'm going to keep saying he) was going to be the first generation to make less then their parents. What really happened is that they invented a whole different thing (the video game industry) and it all turned out to be wrong. But a lot of us suckers took it at face value, studied things like philosophy and film or whatever else and became over-educated and under-employed. And pissy, because our fellow generation members went off and proved that we wheren't doomed to our fate unless we did it ourselves, and that left a sore spot.
But...but...I'm majoring in Philosophy!:eek:

Salt mines are cool.






What? They are!
Yes, yes they are. But then, you've got the flickr name to prove it. :)

Yes, yes they are. But then, you've got the flickr name to prove it. :)
:cool:

I must say that - apart from the drugs and the peeing into things - it turns out I'm right at home in this thread.

Can I come be a slacker with you guys? Really, you had me at "Dude! Salt mines!".
Documentaries rule. Especially on drugs...




Wow. Can you believe that in all this time I never even noticed that once? I, who notices every measly spelling mistake ever made? *speechless*
I'm just as shocked.

Only if you miss...


Dude!

But...but...I'm majoring in Philosophy!:eek:
Slacker.

It's okay, for a lot of us it meant we studied what we wanted to know, not what we thought would turn a buck. I think it makes us more interesting. That and all the documentaries we watch on things like salt mines...

Salt mines are cool.

They are.

You know there's a salt mine in Poland that's so big there's a shopping mall inside it?

Dude!
Dude!
2 Dude!'s on the same page. I rule!

*slacks in celebration*

...pass the remote?

They are.

You know there's a salt mine in Poland that's so big there's a shopping mall inside it?
Sweet....





I mean...

Salty....

Can I come be a slacker with you guys? Really, you had me at "Dude! Salt mines!".
Yeah, I know what you mean.;)

Oh, I win this thread.

I just do.

They are.

You know there's a salt mine in Poland that's so big there's a shopping mall inside it?
Nice. That's going on my list of cool places to visit. (right after that italian monestary with all the corpses in it)

For the slack smoking devices:

A VW Bus wind-up toy that had a pipe built in, to pass it you pulled back and it would roll over to the next guy. Eventually not usable because of obsticles. Another classic slacker move, abandoned solutions to problems that don't really exist.

For the slack smoking devices:

A VW Bus wind-up toy that had a pipe built in, to pass it you pulled back and it would roll over to the next guy. Eventually not usable because of obsticles. Another classic slacker move, abandoned solutions to problems that don't really exist.
I um.. used a turkey bastor as a bong..

Nice. That's going on my list of cool places to visit. (right after that italian monestary with all the corpses in it)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochnia

There's your mines.

Forget the Italian joint. How about that Czech cathedral made entirely from human bones?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_ossuary

I did that for my entire high school, and then half the times in the university, and got graduated with far than decent grades. I also studied an hour before final exams, and such.

Remember that weird mug in my picture?, it was a prize that my co students gave me for having enormous luck and enormous ability to get great grades without studying.
Good to know I can successfully continue my lazy habits at the university level.:D Hopefully the classes'll go a bit faster this time. The information they provided was a drip of water and i'm a huge sponge. They couldn't provide enough material for me to absorb.

Good to know I can successfully continue my lazy habits at the university level.:D Hopefully the classes'll go a bit faster this time. The information they provided was a drip of water and i'm a huge sponge. They couldn't provide enough material for me to absorb.

Just remember it doesn't work always as in High School...you need to classify when you can slack and when you cannot

Slacker.

It's okay, for a lot of us it meant we studied what we wanted to know, not what we thought would turn a buck. I think it makes us more interesting. That and all the documentaries we watch on things like salt mines...

I studied Astrophysics and Philosophy. :cool:

I wrote graduate level work in high school....the morning it was due, instead of two weeks earlier, when everyone else started it.
i wrote 6 2,500 word essays in an evening (and part of the morning after) cos starting them any earlier than the day before they're due would have been too much like.... work.

(it sucked :()


Wow. Can you believe that in all this time I never even noticed that once? I, who notices every measly spelling mistake ever made? *speechless*
something for the "what did you learn today" thead, at least? :p

i've never done it properly (the whole typing thing), right from post 1 (and it seems i'm getting away with it too :D :p)

Classic slacker. Nothing quite like finding out that minimal effort gets the same reward to foster a long slackitude.
Same reward? My teachers loved me and I always outdid the whole class. I was naturally Teh Pwnz0r.:cool:

I um.. used a turkey bastor as a bong..
Apple
Tin foil
Soda can
Pen
Cut two soda bottles in half to make a gravity bong
Bear honey jar
Aunt Jemina syrup bottle (a friend did that, with five chambers so instead of repacking he just rotated the bowl. Same guy who showed up with a cigarette case full of j's and handed them out like he was a guy at a 50's cocktail party.)
etc.

i'm such a slacker that i won't even reply to this thread!


damn it!

Just remember it doesn't work always as in High School...you need to classify when you can slack and when you cannot

It's harder to be a total slacker in real classes (like sciences and math). You can still completely BS your way through literature and arts classes, though.

I think Philosophy is popular because it actually relies upon the skills we developed when slacking off at lower levels. You spend 4 years arguing about fiddly little semantic details and they hand you a degree. It's kind of fun.

It's harder to be a total slacker in real classes (like sciences and math). You can still completely BS your way through literature and arts classes, though.

I think Philosophy is popular because it actually relies upon the skills we developed when slacking off at lower levels. You spend 4 years arguing about fiddly little semantic details and they hand you a degree. It's kind of fun.

Well, I studied Social Communication (journalism), but I slacked even in management, stadistics, and other number related subjects

I even slacked in my magister of Audiovisual Arts, I guess it was too easy to memorize the 50 names of camera models and the width of the lenses.

Oh, I win this thread.

I just do.
I believe you - and I believe in the slacker in you! :p

Just remember it doesn't work always as in High School...you need to classify when you can slack and when you cannot
Not if you find the groove. I never unslacked all the way through my graduate degree. A friend and fellow slacker got his masters in material engineering, once threw fuzzy dice in the air and said, "I could map that." (whatever he meant) and sighed at the end of his degree "I'm a testiment to what natural talent and minimal effort can accomplish." He was a rocket scientest for a year before bailing and becoming a social worker.

Apple
Tin foil
Soda can
Pen
Cut two soda bottles in half to make a gravity bong
Bear honey jar
Aunt Jemina syrup bottle (a friend did that, with five chambers so instead of repacking he just rotated the bowl. Same guy who showed up with a cigarette case full of j's and handed them out like he was a guy at a 50's cocktail party.)
etc.
:eek:

.....

Seriously..

:eek: :eek:

*puts pictures away*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WieliczkaI was in Krakow once but we didn't have time to go see the mines. How (un-?)slackerish of us.

How about that Czech cathedral made entirely from human bones?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_ossuary
:eek: OMG! Never even heard of that before. How can I not have heard of that before? Everybody should have heard of that before. That's waaaaayyyy creepy.

Not if you find the groove. I never unslacked all the way through my graduate degree. A friend and fellow slacker got his masters in material engineering, once threw fuzzy dice in the air and said, "I could map that." (whatever he meant) and sighed at the end of his degree "I'm a testiment to what natural talent and minimal effort can accomplish." He was a rocket scientest for a year before bailing and becoming a social worker.

That's exactly what my mug said...Did I say that I got a Cum Laude mention?, and that I was the speecher at the graduating ceremony?

Slack rocks

Slacker.

It's okay, for a lot of us it meant we studied what we wanted to know, not what we thought would turn a buck. I think it makes us more interesting. That and all the documentaries we watch on things like salt mines...
Yeah, that's why it's my major. That and computer science.

So-there was thread I forgot to get a link to (Smunkee's thinktank thread) where it came out that there would be many who would see themselves as Slackers. But how slack are you really? Regail us with your slack-a-tude for the honors of the Great Slacker. There'd be a vote and actual award, but doing such would be very unslacker.

Dude ... I listen to Kerouac on tape while playing World of Warcraft ... I'm pretty sure I got this slacker thing down.

When I finished my second year of college, I was one credit short of senior status. I went through three more years of college and did not graduate.

My second semester, fourth year, I had a 3 week stretch where I did not attend a single class. That year, I dropped 4 of my 9 classes and failed another, taking home a total 11 credit hours.

I believe you - and I believe in the slacker in you! :p
If only my slacker side, and my post whore side, didn't contradict each other.. :(

Just remember it doesn't work always as in High School...you need to classify when you can slack and when you cannot
Boy, is that ever true. :rolleyes: :(

Well, I studied Social Communication (journalism), but I slacked even in management, stadistics, and other number related subjects

I even slacked in my magister of Audiovisual Arts, I guess it was too easy to memorize the 50 names of camera models and the width of the lenses.
We have similar degrees.

Forget the Italian joint. How about that Czech cathedral made entirely from human bones?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_ossuary
It's a cool place :cool: And creepy...

Just remember it doesn't work always as in High School...you need to classify when you can slack and when you cannot
Meh. It worked well enough in the dual-credit classes, which had more work than a normal university class. I know my slacker craft.:cool:

Boy, is that ever true. :rolleyes: :(

It is, sometimes...:D

If only my slacker side, and my post whore side, didn't contradict each other.. :(
Sometimes it seems like they complement each other :p

Dude ... I listen to Kerouac on tape while playing World of Warcraft ... I'm pretty sure I got this slacker thing down.
Totally done that, I have a complete set of recordings. One of my compositions for my 20th Century Composition class used a recording of him reading from Dr. Sax while (what else) saxophones do loops underneath in a waltz (I'm sure you dug me, but for others-the bari repeats two bars, the tenor three, the third alto four, etc. so that the repeated phrases line up differently. The cycle took 60 bars which was exactly how long the recording was. I'd love to say that's how I planned it.)

I also have a good set of Burroughs and met Ginsberg where we talked about recording Hydrogen Jukebox with Phillip Glass.

I now listen to Old Time Radio shows streamed over the internet while I play video games.

We have similar degrees.

We do?

I studied Astrophysics and Philosophy. :cool:
I'm majoring in Computer Science and Philosophy.:cool:

Sometimes it seems like they complement each other :p
:) :fluffle:


shit! Don't tell Britster.

We do?
I have a bachelors in Film and Digital Media with a concentration in Production and focus on screenwriting, not exactly the same but close.

i wrote 6 2,500 word essays in an evening (and part of the morning after) cos starting them any earlier than the day before they're due would have been too much like.... work.

(it sucked :()
That's because you haven't truly learned the art of slacking.:p

Can't believe I didn't hit this one earlier-

I started college when I was 17. I graduated last year. I turn 35 on the 23rd of this month.

I have a bachelors in Film and Digital Media with a concentration in Production and focus on screenwriting, not exactly the same but close.

Hey!, let's produce a short!

Can't believe I didn't hit this one earlier-

I started college when I was 17. I graduated last year. I turn 35 on the 23rd of this month.How do I love you? Let me count the ways.

Can't believe I didn't hit this one earlier-

I started college when I was 17. I graduated last year. I turn 35 on the 23rd of this month.
By any chance.. did they make a movie about you?

Can't believe I didn't hit this one earlier-

I started college when I was 17. I graduated last year. I turn 35 on the 23rd of this month.
:eek: Another 35!
*jots down notes*

That's because you haven't truly learned the art of slacking.:p
hey i didn't say they sucked.... got good grades (As and Bs - good enough) on all of em :)

but i agree, i could have slacked better there, cos it was all stressful and not good :(
but that said, doing that did totally maximise my non-stressed, non-working time, so in that sense i pwned :D

Hey!, let's produce a short!
Killing me...I've been trying to get my short off the ground but I've been too much of a slacker ;)...I know exactly how I want to do it-half will be filmed in pro-8mm and the other half in DV (its the begining and end of a relationship seperated by 15 years, so the film stock seperates time periods. Based on a short play I wrote that got a few awards. Slackers not-so-subtly pimp themselves but then feel like dorks for doing it.

Hey, holy hell-you've been here longer than me! This whole time...

Killing me...I've been trying to get my short off the ground but I've been too much of a slacker ;)...I know exactly how I want to do it-half will be filmed in pro-8mm and the other half in DV (its the begining and end of a relationship seperated by 15 years, so the film stock seperates time periods. Based on a short play I wrote that got a few awards. Slackers not-so-subtly pimp themselves but then feel like dorks for doing it.

Hey, holy hell-you've been here longer than me! This whole time...

Seems nice, you and your short looks similar to me and my book...

Here in NS?, of course, I am old here, but new to the General forum. I usually wrote fictions in the nationstates one.

By any chance.. did they make a movie about you?
Like They Might Be Giants I feel that my life is under survalance and someone is stealling all my best ideas. The latest is Flyboys. It is then possible that they have taken my life too.

But if I think it, it will happen. Which makes it easier for me not to do anything but think up shit I'd like to see.

hey i didn't say they sucked.... got good grades (As and Bs - good enough) on all of em :)

but i agree, i could have slacked better there, cos it was all stressful and not good :(
but that said, doing that did totally maximise my non-stressed, non-working time, so in that sense i pwned :D
Precisely. You have to find the delicate balance between having to force yourself to do lots at the last moment and doing it piecemeal. Six of them would take me three days, about two hours each. Distractions included.

How do I love you? Let me count the ways.
Yes, but love me, love my pimp voice...

Precisely. You have to find the delicate balance between having to force yourself to do lots at the last moment and doing it piecemeal. Six of them would take me three days, about two hours each. Distractions included.
A true slacker (broke my own rule, feel free to ignore the true part) operates on a formula, the formula is law:
In all things it must be thus-Effort<Reward

Like They Might Be Giants I feel that my life is under survalance and someone is stealling all my best ideas. The latest is Flyboys. It is then possible that they have taken my life too.

But if I think it, it will happen. Which makes it easier for me not to do anything but think up shit I'd like to see.
I meant National Lampoon's Van Wilder... :p

A true slacker (broke my own rule, feel free to ignore the true part) operates on a formula, the formula is law:
In all things it must be thus-Effort<Reward
Yeah, the tricky part sometimes is differntiating between short-term and lont-term reward and effort. One must find a balance.

I meant National Lampoon's Van Wilder... :p
I know what you meant.

Sidenote to that. When I watched Slacker by Linklater with my friend, at teh end of it he turned to me and said, "I didn't know they made a documentary about your life."

Yeah, the tricky part sometimes is differntiating between short-term and lont-term reward and effort. One must find a balance.
It's the zen of slacking.

I know what you meant.

Sidenote to that. When I watched Slacker by Linklater with my friend, at teh end of it he turned to me and said, "I didn't know they made a documentary about your life."
If that's the movie I think it is....

It's the zen of slacking.
And motorcycle repair.:p

I've been hungry for 6 hours. There is food that my roommate offered upstairs. I have to register my van that was due last month. In those six hours I've stood here in my shorts on the computer because even sitting down would be too much because it would be committing to a decision about what I'd do for the next half an hour at least.

The same shorts I've worn so long that they've torn in the spots where I grab them to yank them back up.

None of you people are slackers ... you're putting waaaayyy too much effort into proving it ...

I also have a good set of Burroughs and met Ginsberg where we talked about recording Hydrogen Jukebox with Phillip Glass.

:eek: You *met* Ginsberg? Oh wow ... you're, like, my hero. I'd love to have met him.

I now listen to Old Time Radio shows streamed over the internet while I play video games.

On Sundays, I listen to A Prairie Home Companion while playing games. :D

None of you people are slackers ... you're putting waaaayyy too much effort into proving it ...
Already covered that. It's somewhere in there...

I have two vehicles because if one breaks down I can just use the other. Additionally, they are both essentially rolling bedrooms so I have some place to sleep where ever I go.

:eek: You *met* Ginsberg? Oh wow ... you're, like, my hero. I'd love to have met him.
He was totally cool, too. He wanted to talk longer but the handlers moved things along.



On Sundays, I listen to A Prairie Home Companion while playing games. :D
I love that show. I was asked to get out of the way by Garrison Keiller. Even when he's doing that he sounds cool. I did a little essay on Altman films with the new movie as the basis in a place I wouldn't tell this rabbling horde exists.

Nice. I've watched over 4 hours of infomercials because I didn't want to lean forward and change the channel.
haha...done that.

on that same note,
I was in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. My TV was too loud, and I don't have a remote (ironically, because I can't be arsed to go get batteries for it). So anyway, rather than get up and turn it down/off, I piled a total of 2 pillows and a blanket on my head (It was really quite loud). I finally fell asleep, but woke up early the next morning because the TV was still on. My solution? Yell for my sister and have her do it for me.

Similar story. One day, I was sitting at my computer. I was tired. Rather than go the whole 5 feet to my bed, I rolled out of my chair, and slept on the floor.

haha...done that.

on that same note,
I was in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. My TV was too loud, and I don't have a remote (ironically, because I can't be arsed to go get batteries for it). So anyway, rather than get up and turn it down/off, I piled a total of 2 pillows and a blanket on my head (It was really quite loud). I finally fell asleep, but woke up early the next morning because the TV was still on. My solution? Yell for my sister and have her do it for me.

Similar story. One day, I was sitting at my computer. I was tired. Rather than go the whole 5 feet to my bed, I rolled out of my chair, and slept on the floor.
Last Monday I stayed up all night long and the rest of the day because it was easier than getting up and going to bed.

Already covered that. It's somewhere in there...

Too much of a slacker to look it up. :p

He was totally cool, too. He wanted to talk longer but the handlers moved things along.

Well that's pretty damn cool. Too bad his handlers wanted to move things along. Tough bein' a celebrity.

I love that show.

Oh me too. I've been listening to it since, well ... gosh ... since it came to Houston Public Radio in the late 1970s. I don't think I've ever missed an episode and my dad used to buy them on tape, so I've got a lot of the really old episodes. Someday I'll get around to putting them in a digital format ... but meh ... someday.

Well that's pretty damn cool. Too bad his handlers wanted to move things along. Tough bein' a celebrity.



Oh me too. I've been listening to it since, well ... gosh ... since it came to Houston Public Radio in the late 1970s. I don't think I've ever missed an episode and my dad used to buy them on tape, so I've got a lot of the really old episodes. Someday I'll get around to putting them in a digital format ... but meh ... someday.
I dig someday. Someday is going to kick so much ass.

Note to the Subgeniuses
For the purpose of this thread, all forms of slack are valid so you cannot claim that Slackers know not of slack. You can, however, display your comitment to Slack as seen by Bob as your entry into the display of slack. But again, no quibbling about what is and isn't slack.
I know what Slack is - I even know about Original Slack. So what the Huey do I wanna take the time to define it for?

I'm getting Slack riiiiiiiiiiiiight about - now. There, that's better.

I know what Slack is - I even know about Original Slack. So what the Huey do I wanna take the time to define it for?

I'm getting Slack riiiiiiiiiiiiight about - now. There, that's better.
Never said you had to, though it's good to see a subgenius make an appearance as I knew it should happen.

Right now I'm getting my Slack from this totally delicious unflavoured slushie. The Italian fellow with an ice cream truck just blew through the neighbourhood, and he persuaded me to try a slush with no flavour added. Turns out 'neutral' slush isn't made with ice and water after all - it's made of freezing lemon juice.

Man, this thing is tasting good. Like Italian Limonata, only it's slush. And -

Oh, oooooh, ow... ice cream headache. Yow. Ow.

So good.

Right now I'm getting my Slack from this totally delicious unflavoured slushie. The Italian fellow with an ice cream truck just blew through the neighbourhood, and he persuaded me to try a slush with no flavour added. Turns out 'neutral' slush isn't made with ice and water after all - it's made of freezing lemon juice.

Man, this thing is tasting good. Like Italian Limonata, only it's slush. And -

Oh, oooooh, ow... ice cream headache. Yow. Ow.

So good.
I have something better, a birthday cake ice cream milkshake.

Fresh out of the oven bread and too much spinach dip. Oooh yeah...

Similar story. One day, I was sitting at my computer. I was tired. Rather than go the whole 5 feet to my bed, I rolled out of my chair, and slept on the floor.
I do that every morning. Right after completing my late-night spamming run.

slacker! has someone been watching the movie Back to The Future?

slacker! has someone been watching the movie Back to The Future?
Slacker is a way of life. If there was a film that was related to it, it would be the movie that arguably gave it a name (with all appropriate respect to Bob), Slacker (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102943/), by Richard Linklater that spawned a slew of slacker films (http://www.imdb.com/keyword/slacker/) (and inspiring at least one struggling musician to become a struggling filmmaker). Back to the Future indeed....

Slacker is a way of life.

I suggest all Slacker wanna-bes read "The Dharma Bums".

Incidently, if it's not enough that I have a degree in Music Composition to prove I'm a slacker, the fact that I regularly attend Raves should.

I suggest all Slacker wanna-bes read "The Dharma Bums".

Incidently, if it's not enough that I have a degree in Music Composition to prove I'm a slacker, the fact that I regularly attend Raves should.
Excellent reading choice for slackerdom. Nothing quit as slacker as taking a job with the forestry service sitting in a tower looking for fires. Though now that I think about it I might be confusing that one with Big Sur, which would also be a good choice. Or Subterranians...you know, just pick a Kerouac book and go with it. Or Generation X by Douglas Copland.

Too much of a slacker to look it up. :p
Try down. Use the force of gravity to assist your efforts.:p