Of the day's annoyances, these...

[x_maker]

1) Latency on the lab servers is getting to the point where it's affecting the accuracy of my engineering simulations. Whoever's using the lab servers to host your multiplayer Counterstrike games, I will find you and superglue your thumbs to your own ass.

2) Latest attempts at scrambled eggs were unspectacular, but not a disaster. Will stick to fruit and oatmeal. I have not yet burned oatmeal.

3) Humidity is making my arm itch. Need to devise a barometric/hygrometric compensator.

4) Purple hair on my socks, Catseye! Shed on Kyle's side of the room, dammit!

5) Stupid winter cold making my sinuses feel like a thirty pound weight embedded in the middle of my face. Maybe someone needs to look into mutant-strength antihistamines.

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[x-roulette.livejournal.com]

2) I think we need to tape basic cooking instructions to the wall above your kitchenette. Like, the light on the stove means it's on and so forth. I remember the time you burned fruit and the whole floor stank. (how in thell did you manage that anyway)

5) Barring that, take a very hot shower and let the steam unblock it. And why haven't you cured the common cold yet? Get cracking! Because I've had one for a week and it's Not Going Away.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

5) I'm an engineer! Not a pharmacologist or an immunologist!

[x-roulette.livejournal.com]

Why are you letting a silly label hold you back? Break free! Think outside the box!

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

When it comes to things like biology, I am a genius, but sadly only a normal genius. Besides, it's just not as interesting.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

Bite your tongue!

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Biology's so... inexact. Imprecise. I like my nicely ordered systems, where things behave like they should. Put in proper data, get expected results. Not put in data, get massive allergic reaction, go into anaphylactic shock, etc.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

Shh... poor biology, don't listen to the bad man, Paige still loves you.

Besides, it's not so much that it's inexact as it is we do it wrong and it has rather large consequences. Put in the proper data and you do get expected results. Same as you.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Right. It's just that you have to know exactly what to expect from any given system you work with. You can apply a theory with the best of intentions, but one thing you may have overlooked or misunderstood can result in a complete and catastrophic failure.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

That's why you don't overlook or misunderstand things. Silly.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

If only it were that simple. It should be, but it's not. Some of us are still in the learning process there.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

Oh, so now it's really because you're not a master of it already. I see how this works.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Now you're getting it.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

Dude. That's why I'm here. And stop talking like Kyle, it's catching.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

*snickers* Knew we'd get you saying 'Dude' eventually. *bwha!*

[x-emplate.livejournal.com]

You can apply a theory with the best of intentions, but one thing you may have overlooked or misunderstood can result in a complete and catastrophic failure.


Like aiming at being brekkie and having your powers restarted, for example?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

See, that wasn't a failure. You got your lunch on, I got my powers back. I consider that an unexpected, yet positive, side effect.

[x-emplate.livejournal.com]

I find it suspect that you're perfectly willing to experiment with an unknown mutant power, but a little thing like snorting lemon-water is out of the question. You've got odd priorities, mate.


Alternately, you can do what my mum always did -- slice up a chunk of ginger, boil it until the water goes yellow, and drink. Boil it right and you'll never have to worry about your sinuses again. (Snorting it isn't necessary, but it probably couldn't hurt.)

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

At the time, I felt any risks were negligible.

Hey, you know what, I'll bet your hand-mouth-slime stuff acts as an antibacterial agent, too. No one's complained of any infections yet, and you wouldn't think eating with your hands would be all that sanitary.

[x-emplate.livejournal.com]

. . .

Mate, you are not snorting my hand-slime to kill your cold.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest having the doctors take a sample and see what kind of odd properties your weird and freaky bodily fluids have. But then I got the mental image of the docs having to milk your hand like a rattlesnake, and I laughed myself silly for three minutes.

[x-emplate.livejournal.com]

Your interest in my bodily fluids is becoming increasingly suspect.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Well, someone keeps pushing me to consider biology as a more legitimate source of study, and while I have no overbearing concern with how your body produces the analgesic secretions, the properties they have are quite chemically intriguing.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

I said nothing about you actually doing the studying. Don't you pin your fascination with this young mans fluids on me.

[x-roulette.livejournal.com]

Look, you sasy you can fix anything, I just want you to put your money where your mouth is. That, and I think my cold has decided it wants to be the flu. If you'll excuse me, I'll be dying in my room.

Re: Of the day's [opposite of annoyances], these

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

He won't put lemons up his nose either!