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bloodrayne

12-31-2003, 07:36 AM

I tend to be a bit curious about the world around me...Probably, attributed to the fact that the one I live in seems to be so very small...LOL...

So, I was wondering what it's like where you guys are...I would love it if everyone could look out their windows and tell me what they saw...I think that it would be sort of like visiting other places...

As for myself...very boring...I am currently at a public library in Kentucky...All that I see out of these windows is a lot of trees with no leaves, except for all of the evergreens, a road with very few cars passing by, and a huge nursing home across the street...There has GOT to be something more exciting somewhere else...

agoniste

12-31-2003, 07:37 AM

Snow with Trees

MichaelMyers

12-31-2003, 07:45 AM

It seems like so many people on here are from Kentucky. lol :D

I think I'm in the same situation as you, I live in a small town in a small wooded area. There's not much to do except for watching TV. Most local kids drive around the Wal-Mart parking lot on Fridays. :rolleyes:

_Leatha_Face_

12-31-2003, 07:48 AM

i live in a fairly big city, but even so it still gets boring doing the same thing over and over each weekend the interent iz really the only place where u kan really escape ur surrounding, if that makes any sense lol:D

hash23

12-31-2003, 08:08 AM

well i just see my neighbour hood, thats all and my street ofcourse.. nuthing gr8, but hey its home

D'Lo

12-31-2003, 08:08 AM

I live in a fairly big city (well, it's kinda big in Belgium, which isn't saying alot). Pretty cold right now, we're expecting snow this night (the first time this year in our neigborhood). It only snows, like, maybe 3 or 4 times a year. Our city also has the biggest marketsquare in Belgium (which, again, isn't saying alot). But it's also in the top 5 of the biggest marketsquares in Europe. We also have a mall and a movietheatre. That pretty much sums it up.

Je Suis Phnomne

12-31-2003, 10:31 AM

Where I live there are TONS of people from all different nationalities. Im about 3 blocks from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Usually see Transit buses and whatnot.

As for what I see out my window right now, 3 cranes, a 800ft smoke stack, a god awful ugly montrous lookin green building, forklifts, and about 150 of the laziest people Ive ever hired lol

abbycomix

12-31-2003, 11:24 AM

Lucky me, I am in NYC. It's my favorite city in the world! Tokyo, London, and San Francisco come in close afterwards. I plan to travel further to really research more cities though. Unfortunately i have no windows in my office area, but today it's very nice, sunny, and 45 degrees out, beautiful for mid-winter. Of course as Joey Ramone sang in Sheena is a punk Rocker, "New York City really has it all." or something like that :)
I'm preparing for a big rock n' roll show with my band tonight and expect all kinds of fun people to be there. That's a great thing here. A good music scene. Also a good art scene full of cartoonists. DC and Marvel comics have their offices here. The food is amazing and you can get great stuff cheap. Especially in Chinatown. Plus many good art theaters and video stores to find all your horror faves.
Of course there are the negative sides like high rent, dirt, and crowding. But I don't mind those things when there's so much to do. Crime is not as bad as people assume it is. You just have to be a little street smart.
The big news today is of course the New Year's Eve Times Square ball drop and wether it's safe to go or if people avoid it due to fear of terrorism. Personally I've never liked the Times Square New Year's scene because I do not like being in huge crowds of insane drunken tourists (don't like parades either, except the Halloween one is OK). Still I don't think people should avoid it if that's what they want to do. I live near the Brooklyn Bridge and sometimes walk home over it. It's a beautiful sight! I am just making ends meet and work very hard for it, but feel lucky every day for where I get to live. There are so many great opportunities, sights, and people to meet in the city. (I know I barely mentioned the museums, architecture, broadway, etc. all that stuff is great too!)

rikki

12-31-2003, 11:41 AM

SNOW.

It won't stop snowing. We didn't have any snow until the end of November, so now Mother Nature is making up for lost time. Snow, snow, and guess what? More snow! At least it's not actually snowing anymore.

Oh yea and there's some trees and buildings. But mostly, it's just snow.

Haunted

12-31-2003, 11:52 AM

Abbycomix, I want your life.

I'm sitting in the breakfast nook of my parent's home in Bumblefuck NC. Looking out of my window I see a porch that overlooks a posh golf course. (Lush green golf courses are not, except for 3-4 months out of the year). The sky is a brilliant blue with no clouds in sight. The geese that fly over, occaisionally, make it more picturesque. There's a nice lake (humanmade) that runs by...at least its a somewhat a body of water Also, if I can strain my neck, I see Saydee (a.k.a Shaydee or Mommy's Girl), my Springer-Setter mix bounding around the yard (she lives in a world that is all her own). She's my baby. Down stairs on the bed in my newly Feng Shui-ed room, Irish (a.ka. Satan or Mommy's baby) sleeps tonigh. Also at the top of my closets sleeps Liza (a.k.a Crackhead or Mommy's Baby Girl), my token black cat. In our spacey livingroom, my grandma is watching The Crocodile Hunter as he counts down the best of the crazy shit he does. I admire someone who loves animals as much as Steve.

Oh, as for the pets....I don't have children, I have 2 cats and a dog. (Really wants a Rottweiler puppy named Elvis and an African Gray name Jethro)

meetthecreeper

12-31-2003, 12:38 PM

Hey Bloodrayne, I hear Texas is nice this time of year. LOL I see out my window to the North, about a mile and a half up the road is my neighbor, they are putting a new roof on their house, between them and me is our cornfield or beans depending on the year, last season it was corn, but the field has been since turned over. Barely any snow this year in central Illinois, if there is a bright center of the universe this is the place its furthest from. To the South I see a new machine shed I just had built for all my automobile type projects, and a new one that I am going to start in the Spring. Am going to build my first motorcycle, tired of buying someone elses, its only yours if your the first one to ride it. To the west more cornfield, to the east about 3 miles away is railroad tracks and the Charlotte township grainery and feed store. A fella that lives next to the grainery raises Buffalo, not sure what for (imagine meat they are very lean compared to beef cattle) and thats about it. Its about a 20 mile drive 2 town where we have Walmart and restaurants and such, there is also a smaller town SW thats about 15 miles has a race track, thats where you will find the locals on Sat. nights in the summer. everybody around here into racing. Do get to a big city you either drive 40 miles S to Bloomington/Normal or 150 miles N to Chicago, the only time I go N is to work my daily commute is 70 miles one way, yeah its far but it only takes an hour to get there, all highway driving. I work at a VW/Kia/Isuzu car dealership as a technician. The job would be great if it wasnt for the fucking customers. What I really want to do? Race full time, and maybe open a curious goods bookstore. Kind of place people are afraid to go in but when they do they always come back. I love living on the farm, been raised this way my whole life, city life 2 fast for me besides its funny to see city folk out here and slow down 2 look at cows and other wildlife its like they were on the moon.

bloodrayne

12-31-2003, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by meetthecreeper
Hey Bloodrayne, I hear Texas is nice this time of year. LOL

Come pick me up...We'll drive down and find out...Maybe hang out in Austin for a while...or ONE of the big cities, anyway...

BTW...You are such a tease...;) :)

meetthecreeper

12-31-2003, 12:50 PM

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Come pick me up...We'll drive down and find out...Maybe hang out in Austin for a while...or ONE of the big cities, anyway...

BTW...You are such a tease...;) :)

Wish I could, a couple of years ago I thought about moving to Texas, I will drop ya in Austin on my way to San Antonio or maybe Corpus Christi.

Austins a great city, got some good music there and I hear there are good people there 2. Lol:D

devilsbackbone

12-31-2003, 12:59 PM

ur library sounds alot like mine!!!!! outside its like 75-80 degrees and blue skys (bonus of living in fl) uh across the street i see an old creepy house that some crazy guy and his mom live in! oh but i cant see it that good because there are too mant speekers in the way!!!!!!!!!! anyone want to buy some speekere? my dad has thousands and i hate them all because im going deaf frm the blaring of his lascalas! lmao BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!

Ritualistic

12-31-2003, 01:34 PM

well I am in my living room , which is in the basement of my parents house.. BUT the house is built in the side of a mountain so the bottom half (basement) is to the back of the house and it has windows, doors, etc... so I can see out of it.. LOL anyways I see another mountain across the way and a lot of trees.. far off I can see other houses on the other mountain and my cat is outside the door wanting in.. okay there .. that is what I am seeing :D

meetthecreeper

12-31-2003, 01:38 PM

Actually I see a screen with words on it that keep appearing everytime I hit the symbols on this board thing also in the lower right hand corner it says Compaq Presario, somebody had to say it.:D

bloodygurl02

12-31-2003, 08:33 PM

i live in a trailer so not much except a lot of trees and a chain link fence and a storage shed. and the fence seperate the homes from the cemetary on the otherside

avenger00soul

01-01-2004, 10:40 AM

Alot of people hate Ky, but I love it. I have a lake on one side, and trees on the other. Very few neighbors. Give me privacy over the city any day.

Aasiyan

01-01-2004, 12:43 PM

Snow. Snow, snow, snow. Wind blowing snow. White....... Everywhere. White, white, white. Make it stop.

teenagezombie

01-01-2004, 05:13 PM

i live in the middle of bumfucknowhere KY......i dont have windows in my room because the sun hurts my eyes, as well as my skin. peolpe here are afraid of what they dont know or dont understand.......they dont understand me so some are afraid of me........people here usually avoid me as much as possible with the exception of a few friends.........it sux here

crazy clown

01-01-2004, 05:35 PM

i see a bunch of trees. north carolina must have the weirdest climate on earth. last weekend it was freezing cold. today i could walk out baarefoot and in short sleeves and be perfectly fine. the temperature here is so inconsistent, its annoying...and really easy to get sick. but hey north carolina is ok sometimes i guess.

Egekrusher

01-02-2004, 07:45 AM

Originally posted by bloodrayne
I tend to be a bit curious about the world around me...Probably, attributed to the fact that the one I live in seems to be so very small...LOL...

So, I was wondering what it's like where you guys are...I would love it if everyone could look out their windows and tell me what they saw...I think that it would be sort of like visiting other places...

As for myself...very boring...I am currently at a public library in Kentucky...All that I see out of these windows is a lot of trees with no leaves, except for all of the evergreens, a road with very few cars passing by, and a huge nursing home across the street...There has GOT to be something more exciting somewhere else...

Hmm... not quite. The whole world really is this boring. Sorry. :(

bloodrayne

01-30-2004, 02:53 PM

No more library for me...:)

Rotting Eye

01-30-2004, 03:24 PM

I live in San Diego, California. I forgot what the population is now... 2 million? Or thereabouts anyway. So.. I look around outside and I see people, people, and more FUCKING PEOPLE. And somehow they manage to piss me off each and everyday. I see short people, tall people, wide people, skinny people, and ugly people. Just people.

Oh yeah, there's the ocean here too. An ocean where sewage spills are a frequent occurance.. Where if you're stupid enough to go swimming (which many are) you usually end up with one of the following: 1) Hepatitis B, 2) A turd in your mouth, 3) A syringe in your foot, 4) Sand in your buttcrack, or 5) Having to see nasty people that don't look in the mirror before they come outside; what the hell are they thinking?!

Then there's the smog.. It's hard to breathe here. Not as bad as LA yet, but I'm sure in less than a decade it's going to be that bad. Especially if people continue to move in at the rate they have been.

There used to be trees here, not anymore however. Now it's just houses.. with yep, you guessed it. More stupid people. Even the hills are being leveled to make more houses. People that own gas guzzling cars that are contributing to the smog and the depleting ozone problem. Much like my parents. DOH.

Well, I have to go to Home Depot. Have to buy some stuff for.. Something or another. This means I have to put up with a lot of stupid people that can't drive, have no patience, and just hurt my eyes to look at them altogether.

Well, Bloodrayne, I hope this is a good enough description for you. :cool: I almost envy you sitting in a boring, public library in Kentucky. Almost, but not quite. :p

Arioch

01-30-2004, 03:31 PM

im in the corner of our appartemnt with a pretty decent view. Train tracks right buy us tho so sometimes a train comes by very loudly. a balcony behind me and a balcony to the side of me, niether of which are often used because i dont smoke anymore:rolleyes:

recorder, guitar, amps and all sorts of miscillanious wirey behind me, sometimes i get tangled in it when im multitaskin:o

bloodrayne

01-30-2004, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by Rotting Eye
Well, Bloodrayne, I hope this is a good enough description for you. :cool: I almost envy you sitting in a boring, public library in Kentucky. Almost, but not quite. :p

Actually, I'm finished with the library for good...Finally got the pc at home...Now, I'm just sitting HERE bored...LOL...with too damned much snow:)

Rotting Eye

01-30-2004, 04:42 PM

To prove my point, just got home from Home Depot. Bought decorative bricks to put around the house.. picked up 100 of them at $0.98 each.

Got to the counter and the guy tried to count the bricks.

Me: "There are 100 of them, and each is $0.98."
Him: "Ok, lemme check the book."
*it's not in the book*
*he calls the gardening section*
Him: "Hi, I need a price check on some bricks that are $0.98."
Me to myself: *$#(*^@#(*#&$#@!(*&$ AAARGGGG!!!!!*

So 10 minutes and three popped blood vessles later, he finally says "OK they're $0.98 lemme just ring you up. Sorry it took so long."

Man I hate people.

bloodrayne

01-30-2004, 04:55 PM

Evisceration

01-30-2004, 05:14 PM

Right now, I'm in my room. Pretty plain, I have my artwork laying on the floor and against walls, and some hanging up, horror posters. Erm...it's a little small, my guitar to the left of me against my amp.

Then if I look out the window to the left of me, I can see my garage and other house with snow ontop of everything, and if I would get off my lazy ass to look out the window to the right next to my bed, I can see the house next to me.

I live in a small suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The houses are big here because I live in a rich neighborhood, but if you saw me, I don't look rich at all. We live near the lake (Lake Michigan), which is probably somewhat frozen over because it's below zero right now.

yeah...come stalk me.

:o

bloodrayne

03-14-2006, 08:09 AM

We have a lot of new people now...So...I'm posing the same thing to you guys....Look out the window and tell me what you see...

There isn't much outside here right now...Just some houses and a quiet street.....Oh...And stupid SUN...*remembering why I DON'T look out the window in the daytime...ouch*

Despare

03-14-2006, 08:14 AM

Originally posted by Rotting Eye
To prove my point, just got home from Home Depot. Bought decorative bricks to put around the house.. picked up 100 of them at $0.98 each.

Got to the counter and the guy tried to count the bricks.

Me: "There are 100 of them, and each is $0.98."
Him: "Ok, lemme check the book."
*it's not in the book*
*he calls the gardening section*
Him: "Hi, I need a price check on some bricks that are $0.98."
Me to myself: *$#(*^@#(*#&$#@!(*&$ AAARGGGG!!!!!*

So 10 minutes and three popped blood vessles later, he finally says "OK they're $0.98 lemme just ring you up. Sorry it took so long."

Man I hate people.

What if they were really $1.98? People can't be trusted anymore heh.

I see a deck, a lot of lawn, and many trees blowing in the heavy wind making them look as if they'll uproot at any moment. About four hundred feet away there's a white wooden bench swing swaying in the wind, the paint on the swing is cracked and age has gotten the better of its' once prestine coat. I also see a fairly new trampoline, and about 8 cars of various makes and models. On the deck I just noticed I can see part of a table and chairs as well as a grill which is just begging to be used after the long, cold winter.

I also just saw one of those HORRIBLE Asian beetles, the ones that look like ladybugs but are mean and they bite... I wish they were all dead.

bloodrayne

03-14-2006, 08:19 AM

Wow...You should write;)

The Japanese beetles can be a pain, but they're green, purple and shiny...When I was a little kid, I used to collect 'em by the hundreds...I'd spend all day doing it...Yeah, I was a weird kid:D

We've used our grill 3 times in the past month...Between 2am and 4am...I'm not kidding either

Despare

03-14-2006, 08:25 AM

I wish I could grill but this weather is really inhibbiting (sp).
I don't mind Japanese Beetles although I hear they destroy plants pretty handily. These Asian beetles bother me though because they look like ladybugs but they're mean. It's like those pervs who dress up like priests and molest kids. Ok, so maybe not that bad, but they really annoy me!

1beastieibe

03-14-2006, 10:49 AM

Well IM watching my God Kids right now and out their window I see the High School and stupid punks trying to be cool...if I were at home I would see a busy streets and my crazy neighbors with naked kids and 20 cars in their yard

Haunted

03-14-2006, 11:30 AM

Right now I'm in the suburbs of Cracktown, SC. Columbia is to crackheads what Munchkinland is to... well munchkins. Sophie, my schnauzer puppy is trying to figure out what a cat is while trying to get up the courage to investigate. I'm in my brother's study with model soldiers from various wars all over the world, and a dedicated shrine type thing to my late grandfather, a decorated WWII vet.

While I was buying smokes today, someone killed a spider and pissed me off. (Haunted <3 Spiders). I was tempted to tell them that killing spiders was bad luck and they would suffer greatly, but in Cracktown, that isn't wise. For once, I kept my mouth shut.

Posher778

03-14-2006, 12:19 PM

windy and chilly, very dry. North georgia, btw. Getting kind of green, but my lips are sooo chapped from the dryness, eekkk

friday13thfan

03-14-2006, 04:55 PM

nothing really.. street outside.....no people just houses and an annoying dog thats been barking for the past 2 hrs

Yellow Jacket

03-14-2006, 04:59 PM

Just a couple of houses and the street lights. I live in a small-set neighborhood. And I like it that way!

friday13thfan

03-14-2006, 05:02 PM

^^^ ditto all the same except i live in suburbs.....and in the day time old people or kids 6 years younger then me.. it sucks.. ineed to move to the city..hell iat least i would have a gun shot as an alarm clock instead of the radio stuck on the pop station....it scares me awake

dog still barking at some chair

Yellow Jacket

03-14-2006, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by friday13thfan
^^^ ditto all the same except i live in suburbs.....and in the day time old people or kids 6 years younger then me.. it sucks.. ineed to move to the city..hell iat least i would have a gun shot as an alarm clock instead of the radio stuck on the pop station....it scares me awake

dog still barking at some chair

Trust me, you would not like to live in the city! Lived there when I was a kid, in one of the most dangerous parts of town. A lot of the people I knew were either killed or injured. Hell, I was threatend to have my head bashed into a brick wall when I was about 6 or 7! Glad I'm not living there anymore!

friday13thfan

03-14-2006, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Trust me, you would not like to live in the city! Lived there when I was a kid, in one of the most dangerous parts of town. A lot of the people I knew were either killed or injured. Hell, I was threatend to have my head bashed into a brick wall when I was about 6 or 7! Glad I'm not living there anymore!

i lived there for a couble months when i was 12.. loved it.. besides that sort of thing does not bother me. I would just have to avoid alleyways and gangs.. if possible, anyway it would only be temporary until i coulkd buy a niceer home. wait YOU were threatened:confused: for what a candy bar ( thats not a joke people have been killed for far stupider things)

lionels_mother

03-15-2006, 05:18 AM

It's pissing it down (big suprise!) outside, but there are a few sunbursts trying to get through... I can see all over belfast as I live in a block of flats. Sun is shining over the lough, really pretty, and a huge flock of birds is hovering over the landfill. There's a fire in the distance, and a helicopter in the sky...

lots going on actually...?

Soloman Kane

03-15-2006, 08:55 AM

The sky is a television grey here in Connecticut. The wind is blowing as if Satan himself was turning a fan. I'am at work at the moment working on the busniess end of sewing machine but through the shop windows I can see cars going while trash blows around. It's about 30 degrees here & the sky looks threatening. Theres no leaves on the trees & as far as I can see winter is still in full effect. The bank across the street is full of cars & the drive through is wall to wall people going through the daily grind of life. The its 1:00 pm here & my chicken sandwich has just let me know that I've eaten way too fast..:o Meantime I'am waiting for psiren's call from the U.K. & somedays it's the highlight of my day.
At other times it's as if humanity unloads on my doorstep but with the wind thats not going to be today. I've got to pickup some baked beans for tonight. Sometimes on the busy road out front theres an accident & the cops stop traffic. Theres some bits of excitement in this life of mine. Little bits of snow fall & wonder if it will stick? :)

scouse mac

03-15-2006, 09:25 AM

I took my two dogs out to the waterfront this morning. Although I come from Liverpool I now live on the other side of the River Mersey on the Wirral peninsula (those unfamiliar should check an atlas!)
The promenade and beach we walk down is directly across from Liverpool city centre with its beautiful 'Three Graces' buildings.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f353/nmc1/threegraces.jpg

The Royal Liver Building (pronounced Lie-VER), the Cunard Building and the Mersey Docks & Harbour Building.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f353/nmc1/royalliver.jpg

Sometimes, on clear days, you can see a massive wind farm miles off the coast, ships and boats constantly travelling up and down the river. Its a nice walk, especially for the dogs!

Haunted

03-15-2006, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by lionels_mother
It's pissing it down (big suprise!) outside, but there are a few sunbursts trying to get through... I can see all over belfast as I live in a block of flats. Sun is shining over the lough, really pretty, and a huge flock of birds is hovering over the landfill. There's a fire in the distance, and a helicopter in the sky...

lots going on actually...?

LM, how is it in N. Ireland these days? You guys have been pretty low key. Are things more peaceful?

You guys definitely rock for pledging your support after 9/11. As an American, I appreciate that. I thought that was really cool, especially because we were never there for you much, which is a shame. Thanks for sending us some love.

(By the way, I did a huge report on N. Ireland when I was in high school. Just wondered how you were all doing).

ItsAlive75

03-16-2006, 07:20 PM

I wish I had seen this thread four days ago...

I was in New Orleans, Tulane to be exact. But a few miles down was the really devastated area. I took some pics, I'll post em' when I can.

AUSTIN316426808

03-17-2006, 02:52 AM

Originally posted by ItsAlive75

Tulane to be exact.

Around the University or on the Ave.

Yellow Jacket

03-17-2006, 07:17 AM

Originally posted by friday13thfan
i lived there for a couble months when i was 12.. loved it.. besides that sort of thing does not bother me. I would just have to avoid alleyways and gangs.. if possible, anyway it would only be temporary until i coulkd buy a niceer home. wait YOU were threatened:confused: for what a candy bar ( thats not a joke people have been killed for far stupider things)

Like I said, I lived in the most dangerous part of town. And I was threatened for "supposedly" slamming a backyard door (though it always makes a loud bang). The lady who lived there worked third shift, and it was her house. She opened here window and said "If you slam that door again, I'm going to slam your head into a brick wall!". Now remember, I was only about six years old, so this frightened me.