A new user's guide to the Sinner

[munchingfoo]

*slumps* I think I'm old.

You don't know the meaning of the word!

[Power Metal Dom]

Old on The Sinner has to mean old enough to remember Prophet Tenebrae or ATBAON, and such doesn't it? Also, Rob fuck off wineboy

[orudge]

Old on The Sinner has to mean old enough to remember Prophet Tenebrae or ATBAON

If you're really old on The Sinner though, you'll remember Ten's earlier posts, and assorted other characters who are no longer around. ATBAON is perhaps from the middle ages of The Sinner history, really! (Obviously, I'm not so old as to have been around in those really olden days!)

[exnihilo]

That makes me pretty old then.

[Haunted]

Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, he was a character.

[threekings]

Old on The Sinner has to mean old enough to remember Prophet Tenebrae or ATBAON, and such doesn't it? Also, Rob fuck off wineboy

and dunqn and novium

[exnihilo]

I'm going to post here again, purely because I just noticed my post count was 4,999.

[the Empress]

The only name I didn't recognise was ATBAON . . . now I'm curious.

[bdw]

All hands to the stable door...

[Frank]

Paul, anyone? How old would that make me?

[orudge]

The only name I didn't recognise was ATBAON . . . now I'm curious.

For many a year, it was rather hard to miss!

[the Empress]

*headthunk* I thought it was a user name. The thread that never died . . . .

[LonelyPilgrim]

I remember Paul. I joined about the same time as his Crusade Against the Infidel Sinners started. Good fun.

As far as Film Studies goes, it really does depend on how the course is taught. I have a dear friend who has combined a BA in Sociology & Film Studies, and is now doing an MA for American Culture Studies & Film. When film is taught as a means of drawing out larger themes of a society, I feel it has just as much merit as an academic subject as History or Sociology - is a good companion degree to those subjects, in fact. But when it focuses more on the technical aspects of filmmaking - directing, lighting, marketing, etc. - then it's obviously more a technical than an academic subject. I know of programs that focus on each, and yet both offer a BA in Film Studies - which makes it hard to know what to make of the degree if you don't know the program someone came from.

[Hennessy]

I remember Paul. I joined about the same time as his Crusade Against the Infidel Sinners started. Good fun.

As far as Film Studies goes, it really does depend on how the course is taught. I have a dear friend who has combined a BA in Sociology & Film Studies, and is now doing an MA for American Culture Studies & Film. When film is taught as a means of drawing out larger themes of a society, I feel it has just as much merit as an academic subject as History or Sociology - is a good companion degree to those subjects, in fact. But when it focuses more on the technical aspects of filmmaking - directing, lighting, marketing, etc. - then it's obviously more a technical than an academic subject. I know of programs that focus on each, and yet both offer a BA in Film Studies - which makes it hard to know what to make of the degree if you don't know the program someone came from.

Hey Pilgrim. Not seen you about in a while.

[Senethro]

They may not post, but they always check back once a month.

[Power Metal Dom]

I'm going to post here again, purely because I just noticed my post count was 4,999.

*Ding* Gratz!

[LonelyPilgrim]

Hey Pilgrim. Not seen you about in a while.

Yeah, my hand was mauled by a cat. Scratches and it managed to sink a canine tooth straight into the inner workings of my index finger's first knuckle and then chewed a bit for good measure. Haven't been able to type for a couple weeks. To be honest, I still shouldn't be as it hurts to do so, but my internet addiction is too strong to stay away any longer.

[the Empress]

Seriously? That's awful, hope you're feeling better soon. *offers cookie*

If it helps, my dog headbutted me in the face in a freak accident and chipped my tooth two weeks ago. Not anywhere near as bad, but involved a trip to the dentist where I accidently got the wrong tooth filed (because I'm an idiot and my dentist appears to be worryingly blase), and had to sneak back in to get it redone.

[LonelyPilgrim]

Ugh, I hate dentists. I'll take a torn up hand, massive swelling, infection and fever any day over a visit to the torturer... er... dentist. You have my utmost sympathies. Antibiotics and anti-inflammatories are much easier on the psyche than anything getting filed, in my opinion. But then I'm squeamish about my teeth, I'll admit. You should enjoy that cookie yourself. Unless it hurts your teeth. Dunk it in some tea and soften it up, maybe.

[the Empress]

That sounds like one sadistic cat.