General Questions Thread

[Konakaga]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Most likely a hairclip faking like a ribbon?

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

You tie a bow first, do a knot to secure the bow, and use the leftover ribbon to tie up the hair.

Cosplay 101.

Thanks for the answers either of do seem probably and SaintessHeart, I assume the only portion of the hair tied, is hidden by the ribbon's size then?

Originally Posted by Detective-san

How is it that you do the 'high' twintails for real?

You know, the kind where the base is higher up.

Assuming you mean like Kanade of Mayo Chiki/your sig, or Yui-nyan of Angel beats. You'd need to have fairly long hair. Then just tie up the upper third-to-half of the hair on each side while leaving the back as untied, where as normal twintails tie back hair into the tails as well. Though some anime girls look like they might tie all off their side hair up in them, and just leave the back untied, or tie a small portion of the hair in the side-back area up, leaving most of it not tied. It varies per which characters' style you're referring to exactly .

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

If you were to wake up one day and you find yourself inside a cute girls body (your crush's), what would you do first?

....aside from taking the early morning bath,,, gotcha!

I believe this falls under the threads' rule of don't ask completely pointless questions .(Beware of the mods taking action against you for those questions ).

[Paranoid Android]

I'm still an undergrad so I haven't had the freedom of flexing my schedule like you are with postgrad research but I am same with Ledgem. It's a habit that just has to be overcome, despite being a habit to easily fall into for students/young people. In the end, waking up in the morning for work of any sort will become the schedule. Because my undergrad is a co-op, I have to wake up at 6:00 am every day when it's a work term. But as soon as it hits the weekends, it's sleep at 3 am and wake up at 12 noon.

Makes me cringe whenever I get reminded how unhealthy it is to change sleep/meal schedules.

I have to say that your team leader is being really uptight it is. I think he/she is clearly aware of what kind of sleep schedule students and just pushing a morning time anyways. When I negotiate lab meets with my group, we always go with 10 am to whenever dinner/supper is.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Konakaga

Thanks for the answers either of do seem probably and SaintessHeart, I assume the only portion of the hair tied, is hidden by the ribbon's size then?

The ribbon used would probably be quite thick, and after wrapping the ribbon around the centre knot to secure it, it is most likely tied around a small ponytail/half-ponytail or bun, or it is wrapped around two long fringes used to secure the hair from the front backwards : by wrapping the leftover ribbon around the two fringes at the back before tying a knot, or putting the two fringes together into a ponytail and tying the ribbon over it.

[Hasumi]

Originally Posted by Konakaga

Assuming you mean like Kanade of Mayo Chiki/your sig, or Yui-nyan of Angel beats. You'd need to have fairly long hair. Then just tie up the upper third-to-half of the hair on each side while leaving the back as untied, where as normal twintails tie back hair into the tails as well. Though some anime girls look like they might tie all off their side hair up in them, and just leave the back untied, or tie a small portion of the hair in the side-back area up, leaving most of it not tied. It varies per which characters' style you're referring to exactly .

No no, I was thinking about something more like this.

[Konakaga]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

The ribbon used would probably be quite thick, and after wrapping the ribbon around the centre knot to secure it, it is most likely tied around a small ponytail/half-ponytail or bun, or it is wrapped around two long fringes used to secure the hair from the front backwards : by wrapping the leftover ribbon around the two fringes at the back before tying a knot, or putting the two fringes together into a ponytail and tying the ribbon over it.

OH, use the ribbon over a small ponytail/bun, I didn't even think of that at all , Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Detective-san

No no, I was thinking about something more like this.
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Hmmm I am really not sure how that's different from normal twintails then , I think you'd just need to tie the ribbon higher is all.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Konakaga

OH, use the ribbon over a small ponytail/bun, I didn't even think of that at all , Thanks again.

With a big fluffy ribbon like that, the size of the original reel would have been big. I suggest that you make the ribbon first, decorate it, seal the ends and attach it to a normal hairband or hairpin.

If it doesn't stand, use starch and iron - it is funny how serving 2 years can give you ideas for cosplay.

Anyway, anyone here work at a tech-support call-centre before? How is it like? I am thinking of taking up a part-time contract a good friend offered me because he is having problems keeping people in place; most of them are willing to hand back their pay and run instead of staying and getting screwed over the phone.

[risingstar3110]

Originally Posted by Ledgem

I've had a similar situation. I didn't have the luxury of being able to tell the leader to cool it, so I just went in with the new schedule.

The night owl theory isn't a pure myth, but it also seems to me that it's a bit overemphasized. It's all about habit. Get into the habit of going to bed on time (set 11 PM as an absolute limit, and aim to go before 10), getting a proper amount of sleep, and waking up early. Do that for some amount of time, and you'll no longer be a "night owl."

But old habits die hard. I haven't been on the "night owl" schedule for many years, but if I'm not watching the clock, I can easily be up until sunrise. Do that even once and it can screw up your entire schedule for the next few days, as you'll be playing catch-up with your sleep/wake cycles and you'll be forcing yourself to stay awake and go to sleep at times that won't feel natural anymore.

Originally Posted by Paranoid Android

I'm still an undergrad so I haven't had the freedom of flexing my schedule like you are with postgrad research but I am same with Ledgem. It's a habit that just has to be overcome, despite being a habit to easily fall into for students/young people. In the end, waking up in the morning for work of any sort will become the schedule. Because my undergrad is a co-op, I have to wake up at 6:00 am every day when it's a work term. But as soon as it hits the weekends, it's sleep at 3 am and wake up at 12 noon.

Makes me cringe whenever I get reminded how unhealthy it is to change sleep/meal schedules.

I have to say that your team leader is being really uptight it is. I think he/she is clearly aware of what kind of sleep schedule students and just pushing a morning time anyways. When I negotiate lab meets with my group, we always go with 10 am to whenever dinner/supper is.

A bit relieved knowing that the habit could be fixed. I used to always come to school on time back in high school so it's not entirely impossible for me

But... i don't know. I still in doubt whenever thinking about how comparing to other time of the day, 8 pm - 4am is still the longest duration that your mind can concentrate in something without being distracted....

And sometime when you watched those anime, or playing those games when you feel begging the God (of gaming,and Haruhi) to see just one more episode/ play one more campaign. I guess all night entertainment have to be reserved to weekend from now on D:

[Tammuz]

Spoiler for ヾ(≧ω≦＊):

Would the staff frown on that being used in an avatar or signature?

[Vexx]

Edit out the text on the shirt (or replace it with something like "Free!!!") would be my suggestion but I'm not a mod, just a staff monkey

Profanity is generally discouraged in posting (though we're all guilty of it sometimes). However, as far as I can see, the rules only really cover visuals (no nipples, etc).

If you want a faster mod response - report your own post above (use the "report" (!) button under your name on it) and just ask them if the image is okay for an avatar.

P.S. Oh, and if no one else said it, welcome to the forums. Be sure and read the forum rules - they do differ a bit from many forums.

[Tammuz]

But the text on the shirt is what makes it such good avatar material (￣ω￣b)

Just reported it- and thank you for the welcome.

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by Tammuz

Spoiler for ヾ(≧ω≦＊):

Would the staff frown on that being used in an avatar or signature?

I'd say that it's too suggestive and potentially offensive to be PG-13 (per our Forum Rules). So, no on that... but at least it was good to ask beforehand.

[blaze0041]

This might be a bit of an odd question...
Who would be considered the "Nolan North" of the anime voice acting industry?

[Dhomochevsky]

Originally Posted by blaze0041

This might be a bit of an odd question...
Who would be considered the "Nolan North" of the anime voice acting industry?

Probably some anime voice actor I never heard of.
The similarities are there.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky

Probably some anime voice actor I never heard of.
The similarities are there.

Google has become the Borg Mind (waits for neural implant):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_North

But to answer the question.... a couple of years ago, I might have had an answer but right at the moment not sure anyone stands out. I'm actually not very fond of the idea of a "go to one guy" for everything when there is a pool of good actors.

For example, I'm delighted that James Hong is getting steady work (you see him in cameo roles *everywhere* on television and in movies both live and animated) but there's a small pile of asian actors not getting calls who could also use some work.

[Azuma Denton]

Is it common for nurse to give some sweet thing (in my country: sweet iced tea) after blood donation? What about another country?

[Sir Maddy]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

Is it common for nurse to give some sweet thing (in my country: sweet iced tea) after blood donation? What about another country?

Not that I know of. Maybe you just have a kind-hearted nurse.

[Ridwan]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

Is it common for nurse to give some sweet thing (in my country: sweet iced tea) after blood donation? What about another country?

Sugar is good to replenish some strength presumably lost with your blood. In Japan you get free juice.

[Paranoid Android]

I think it's just generosity/old-habits. The kind of energy from glucose supplement is really unnecessary. Unless you have some hypoglycemia-like problem and have to constantly stuff yourself with sweets? But that's irrelevant to the blood loss as you have to keep your levels above minimum at all times anyways.

I don't get any consumables after blood donation. They do tell me to eat, but that's food in general and not sweets.

Glucose tolerance test for diagnosing diabetics involve ridiculously over-concentrated sugary juice between blood test. That's all I can think of, involving sweets.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

Is it common for nurse to give some sweet thing (in my country: sweet iced tea) after blood donation? What about another country?

I would actually prefer a 150cm tall trainee nurse with a ponytail. No need for sweets.

[synaesthetic]

More serious but maybe still silly question.

How do you rent an apartment if you have an eviction? I've got nothing here. I've tried basically everything I can think of short of offering to pay the entire lease up front (which I can't afford to do even if I wanted to).

I was evicted from an apartment in 2009 after the big housing market crash and I was laid off. So far I've run into roadblock after roadblock trying to rent a place. I'm going to end up homeless (again) unless I figure out how to get around this obstacle. Every search online suggests things I've already tried and have already failed.