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What the Loungers did Next... [off topic chat]

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  • #9392
    x Purple Pawprints x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    I've a mock interview tomorrow for a pretend job as a healthcare assistant. Nervous and feel a bit silly for being nervous. :o


  • #9393
    WesternNight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭WesternNight


    x Purple Pawprints x wrote: »
    I've a mock interview tomorrow for a pretend job as a healthcare assistant. Nervous and feel a bit silly for being nervous. :o

    Why do you feel silly for being nervous? :confused:

    Is that not the normal response to interviews? Even mock ones?


  • #9394
    WesternNight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭WesternNight


    Holy shít. James Gandolfini died.


  • #9395
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,995 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    WesternNight wrote: »
    Holy shít. James Gandolfini died.
    I just heard this on Sky News! :eek: :(


  • #9396
    x Purple Pawprints x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    WesternNight wrote: »
    Why do you feel silly for being nervous? :confused:

    Is that not the normal response to interviews? Even mock ones?

    I dunno, coz it's not real I suppose. Anyway. Silly me for feeling silly.


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  • #9397
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Think that I am getting a coldsore, at least I have coldsore patches :) My children are being their usual hilarious selves this morning.

    Did not like the fact that my favourite contestant was fired from the apprentice last night:(


  • #9398
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    WesternNight wrote: »
    Holy shít. James Gandolfini died.

    So sad.

    I knew I was getting old though when my thought was, "He really isn't that much older than I am," rather than, "he's my parents' age."

    My friend's dad was diagnosed with lung cancer yesterday. He gave up smoking 20 years ago. :(


  • #9399
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    My friend's dad was diagnosed with lung cancer yesterday. He gave up smoking 20 years ago. :(
    Am sorry to hear that, they do have better treatments now a days.


  • #9400
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    CathyMoran wrote: »
    Am sorry to hear that, they do have better treatments now a days.

    They think they have it early as he had pneumonia and that's how it showed up on a scan. In spite of a long list of illnesses, he's always in such good humour. Terrible that he keeps getting hit with more and more.


  • #9401
    Reed Muscular Rocker
    Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Reed Muscular Rocker


    I want to go dancing again. I'm addicted.
    /twitches foot
    There's a whole weekend thing happening this weekend. I might be able to make the sunday one, maybe...


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  • #9402
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Shocked at James Gandolfini's untimely death. 51! Watched the final scene of the Sopranos on the way to work (DON'T watch if youv'e not seen Sopranos) and got goosebumps all over again. What a show, what an actor.

    Im hungry..can I have my lunch yet?


  • #9403
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    Shocked at James Gandolfini's untimely death. 51! Watched the final scene of the Sopranos on the way to work (DON'T watch if youv'e not seen Sopranos) and got goosebumps all over again. What a show, what an actor.

    Im hungry..can I have my lunch yet?

    I dunno if I'm in the minority or not, but I always thought that the way the Sopranos ended was absolutely perfect. Then again I'm someone who likes to don the 'meta' hat when watching certain TV shows, so maybe that was it. :D

    (by meta, I mean finding totally unintended meaning in small elements that were probably just thrown in. :P )


  • #9404
    iwantmydinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭iwantmydinner


    Yeah... think i'll have to watch The Sopranos now. I have an extreme (possibly irrational!) aversion to violence on screen, so I've avoided it til now. But should I make a bit of an exception for this and maybe just cover my eyes (and ears) for the bad bits?!


  • #9405
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    DK- I agree. I loved the ending (altho at the time I watched it at first I was like 'whaaat?'.. but watching it again this morning i felt like applauding. Gonna wait a few years before starting at series one again, think it's back to The Wire time..


  • #9406
    x Purple Pawprints x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    Mock interview done and dusted. Went well :)

    If only it was for a real job.. :rolleyes:


  • #9407
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    I just remember my dad sitting there going "hang on, it's not over yet. There's still a scene to go. There had to be!". We were on the ads and the next show was nearly starting at that stage!

    My dad found an essay evaluating the ending and whay could have happened once. It was pretty good. I'll see if I can find it and link it here.


  • #9408
    Ilyana 2.0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Ilyana 2.0


    iwantmydinner wrote: »
    Yeah... think i'll have to watch The Sopranos now. I have an extreme (possibly irrational!) aversion to violence on screen, so I've avoided it til now. But should I make a bit of an exception for this and maybe just cover my eyes (and ears) for the bad bits?!

    Thank feck I'm not the only one! It really stresses me out :o


  • #9409
    Lola92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭Lola92


    I just get my results .... I'm so freakin happy! They are a lot better than i was anticipating, feeling psyched for 3rd year now :-)


  • #9410
    lilmissprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,016 ✭✭✭lilmissprincess


    I'm one of those people who watches Game of Thrones from beyond a pillow (clearly it will protect me from the violence)- how bad is the Sopranos for violence?


  • #9411
    iwantmydinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭iwantmydinner


    Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »
    Thank feck I'm not the only one! It really stresses me out :o

    I thought I was the only one!!! Scaredy cats 4LYF!


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  • #9412
    WinterSong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭WinterSong


    I'm a chicken when it comes to tv violence and honestly thought the Sopranos was grand, bar one or two notable scenes but I was lucky in that I watched the whole thing with my brother last summer and he knew when things that would freak me out were coming up and warned me so I knew to look away.

    LOVE the Sopranos. Genuinely feel very sad to hear of James Gandolfini's passing, he really was far too young. :(


  • #9413
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    lilmissprincess wrote: »
    I'm one of those people who watches Game of Thrones from beyond a pillow (clearly it will protect me from the violence)- how bad is the Sopranos for violence?

    I'm fine with violence but I cannot deal with horror. Even The Exorcist terrified me and that's just pea soup and make up. Some of my friends love horror films so I always suggest we watch something else. It's never gotten to the point where they put on a horror film but when they do I will walk out the door. :o


  • #9414
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    lilmissprincess wrote: »
    I'm one of those people who watches Game of Thrones from beyond a pillow (clearly it will protect me from the violence)- how bad is the Sopranos for violence?

    It's not anywhere near as bad as GoT.

    I'm not squeamish, but I've had to look away from GoT on occasion.

    The one thing I hate to see on screen is people puking. That halloween ep of the simpsons was on yesterday where Bart makes a puking frog-prince thing. I had to leave the room.


  • #9415
    x Purple Pawprints x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    I've never seen The Sopranos either. Wouldn't be too bad with violence or anything like that. I watched Hostel and didn't even flinch. :o

    Except for 2 scenes where I shrieked!


  • #9416
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    It's a different kind of violence from GOT; it's mob violence, GOT is all out swords and sandals violence as my brother calls it! But there are a couple of scenes in Sopranos I physically turned away from as couldn't watch; not necessarily gruesome but emotionally hard to watch. Im sure other posters who have watched it might agree on that. I highly recommend watching The Sopranos though, it's in my top 5 boxsets..


  • #9417
    WinterSong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭WinterSong


    I can't deal very well with violence, blood, vomit or any depiction of torture. Not fussy at all, so :p

    Has anyone here seen Irréversible? I felt out of sorts for a long time after watching that.


  • #9418
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Das Kitty wrote: »

    The one thing I hate to see on screen is people puking. That halloween ep of the simpsons was on yesterday where Bart makes a puking frog-prince thing. I had to leave the room.

    Tell me youve watched "It's Always Sunny..." Dee's puke face makes me laugh every single time!


  • #9419
    WesternNight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭WesternNight


    lilmissprincess wrote: »
    I'm one of those people who watches Game of Thrones from beyond a pillow (clearly it will protect me from the violence)- how bad is the Sopranos for violence?
    Das Kitty wrote: »
    It's not anywhere near as bad as GoT.

    It's a different kind of violence though. GoT doesn't bother me much. It's more indiscriminate violence, and there's more blood and stuff. The Sopranos is less bloody, but there's more of an 'emotional' element to it, like you're more invested in who gets killed/beat up/whatever. That's how I see it anyway. So it totally depends on what kind of violence bothers you.

    The Sopranos is a fantastic show though, the violence is only a part of it.

    EDIT: D'oh! LadyMayBelle got there first!


  • #9420
    iwantmydinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭iwantmydinner


    You know when you're scared sh!tless of something (like, I dunno, a bungee jump or similar) so you jump up and down, shake your hands, leave out a bit of a screech and kinda take a run at it??


    I think I'll be doing that with the Sopranos boxset.


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  • #9421
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Ha, exact same Western Night! It's different... but boy, do you get caught up in the characters! Emotional investment and all that; I did that with The Wire and it took me weeks to get over it.


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