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It's move-out weekend for most of the students here at Syracuse University. And there's nothing like move-out weekend to bring out the worst in spoiled rich a!+&+*+s. People have been junking and throwing out everything they can so that all of their crap can fit in their cars. It's like the Dust Bowl, only with spoiled rich kids from NYC instead of poor dirt farmers. A few hours ago, I watched a guy dump a large cardboard box full of shoes into a trash compactor. After my shift got out at 1:30 AM, I drove around campus stealing s~++ out of dumpsters, and managed to get a nice desk chair, a full set of sheets (still in their packaging), a cork bulletin board, a bookcase, a full set of pots and pans, and a half-sized refrigerator. These kids don't know how the world works.

I had an acquaintance back in the day who used to drive up to Syracuse just to go dumpster diving for some of the things these guys were throwing out. One year he got a PS1(this is back when it was almost-new, I think the PS2 came out later that year), a smallish TV(still free) and a few other things. If I had a car, I would do it.

Wasn't too impressed with today's episode..I'll take it as a bit of a hiccup and move on.

Also, wolfthulu, have you played Cthulhu Saves The World? Because if you haven't, you really should.

aeglos wrote:

Kajehase wrote:

And happy bevrijdningsdag to all.

Liberation Day ?

Freedom Day?

Peace Day?

Liberation Day.

There's a May 5th holiday I can get behind.

Wow. What an interesting name for a holiday...

Geeze, Zombie, why didn't you say it was your birthday today!! You're FORTY MAN!!!!! We need to celebrate. If only we could do ~1000 posts to make it to 50K for the undead birthday!!

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Aren't you missing Yellowjacket, Swordsman and Hellcat?

Freehold DM wrote:

I couldn't get through the first 20 minutes.

From boredom or from wanting to kill all the characters for being too annoying? :)

Can't it be both?

But seriously, the acting was awful. I don't know whether to blame the actors or the director. The main characters look either bored or confused.

I couldn't get through the first 20 minutes.

now watching twilight with sabine to prepare for our visit to the olympic peninsula

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.....wish me luck

Good luck, aeglos! I hear that's a hard movie to get through.

Got my birthday present from my wife and kid - a painting from this website called allpopart.com. It shows Charlie as Batman and me as the Joker. They must have used an actual picture of us. It's interesting.

On the other hand, yesterday at my FLGS, I bought some more Pathfinder minis for myself - got a Minotaur, a guardsman, the iconic paladin, and one other I can't remember at the moment.

Then when I stopped at Popeyes and ordered my 3 strip dinner, I had to wait about 10 minutes for it. When they finally brought it out, I had like 7 or 8 strips in the box. So that made lunch and a small dinner! Huzzah!

And I watched part one of the Fringe season finale!
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Hey, did I miss a birthday? Happy birthday man!!!!

So new job is going well. I am now in training to be a keyman and engraver.

Good to hear!!!!!

Freehold DM wrote:

I really liked the dog town. I also LOVED the shield designs for the pit fight, they reminded me of the shields from 08 MS Team, one of my all time favorite Gundam series.

Your taste is good and you should feel good.

Indeed. UC Gundam for life, yo.

Moorluck wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Moorluck wrote:

Orthos wrote:

Moorluck wrote:

I absolutely DESPISE anything with Adam Sandler, any Wayon, Chris Farley, Brad Pitt, or Mike Myers in it. Yes I am aware that rules out 90% of all movies from the late 90's.

I'm not alone!!!

Finally, someone else with good taste!

I do not care for Adam Sandler -I hold him responsible for the death of snl as we knew it. Chris Farley is more of a tragedy than anything else, I like brad Pitt when he is coupled with a good director (he has my respect for learning a jamaican accent for meet Joe black), and Mike myers needs to either stay in the directors chair or in front of the camera, not both. The wayans belong on the small screen and behind the camera, although in living color remains one of the greatest sketch comedies ever made.

Now I did like ILC, to me at least it was better SNL than SNL was. Although I hold it to blame for Jim Carrey's brand of dumb ass comedy flooding the industry.

Everybody thinks that SNL was at it best whenever they were 20 years old. It doesn't matter when that was: if you were 20 in 1978, you think it was best with Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray; if you were 20 in 1988, you say it was best when it had Dana Carvey et al; if you were 20 in 1995, you say it was best in the Chris Farley era; if you were 20 in 2001, like me, you think it was best with Will Farrell and co. That's my theory.

I have to disagree- I enjoyed it all through it's life, with it only getting stupid when lord knows who behind the scenes was so much in love with Adam Sandler that they let him upstage literally everyone.

I really liked the dog town. I also LOVED the shield designs for the pit fight, they reminded me of the shields from 08 MS Team, one of my all time favorite Gundam series.

Oh my goodness.

Someone tell me that's not Mr. Quimper at the end of "Dial H."

Because I really think it is. And if it is... hoooo boy.

I've always been interested in the concept of Dial H for Hero, but I can't seem to get into the book.

I have to say I'm finding JLI to be a surprisingly good book so far..having been the joke book first time around it seems to have found it's feet under the new regime.

I really am liking the title as well. I hope Batwing finds his place on that team, considering what happened with The Kingdom.

tomorrow my mum's step-grandchildren have their Confirmation.

do you have these in America?

in rural germany it is a big thing, I think it has many similaritie to,your high school prom.

first you have to go to Confirmatio-Lectures once a week for one year, go to church most sundays in that year.

The Confirmation is the first time you wear formal cloth, the girls a dress the boys a suit with necktie.
You get A LOT of money from your relativs and he whole village (usually everyone your parents know sends at least 5 Euro) boys buy often buy their first small moped with it.

big party with the whole family, then some adults (usually uncles) will give you your first beer (mixed with coke or lemonade)
in the early evening all the Konfirmanten from the village gather for the "Walkabout" they go togeher and visit every party and ge a little bit of alcohol everywhere (in most villages the parents make sure no one gets to drunk)
afterwards it will be OK to drink cola-beer in public (but you are not alowed to buy beer until you are 16)

in older times, after the Konfirmation you where concidered an adult Main-school ended and you started to learn a Profession

That beats the crap out of my confirmation. I was just able to get the wafer and wine afterwards and that's about it. I did get my first bible though, which I still have, and will probably give to my children when they are of age.

Thank you, jal dorak, for your unflinching critique.

BP... The purity of your hate is inspiring.

I just saw the Avengers and everything inappropriate I may have said about Joss Whedon I take back.

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Orthos wrote:

Moorluck wrote:

I absolutely DESPISE anything with Adam Sandler, any Wayon, Chris Farley, Brad Pitt, or Mike Myers in it. Yes I am aware that rules out 90% of all movies from the late 90's.

I'm not alone!!!

Finally, someone else with good taste!

I do not care for Adam Sandler -I hold him responsible for the death of snl as we knew it. Chris Farley is more of a tragedy than anything else, I like brad Pitt when he is coupled with a good director (he has my respect for learning a jamaican accent for meet Joe black), and Mike myers needs to either stay in the directors chair or in front of the camera, not both. The wayans belong on the small screen and behind the camera, although in living color remains one of the greatest sketch comedies ever made.

1. The magician. As awesome as we have a been lead to believe Einstein was, I have never thought him to be overly intelligent, just possessed of a semi - unique ability to create types of mathematical patterns and thinking that he could understand and get others to understand as well.

2. I am a Sagittarius born in the year of the horse. Killing one (not in game, mind) for a rather dubious reason would be horrid, and may bring serious bad juju.

3. Probably the skull. I assure you I will forget about it in time.

To me, Defenders >>>>>>>>>>>> Avengers. That said, I really don't care for the "goofy" aspect they bring to the title every time they remember the team exists.

I kinda dug Wanda, Vis I could give or take. But the best Wanda was from the X-Men: Evolution cartoon. Not only badass, but HAWT!

And I dug Beast as an Avenger, shoulda kept him and let Thor show Pym what it felt like to be beat on... Hmmmm, Jan coulda dug some McCoy, she's freaky like that.

AACK! How could I forget Beast! He should my pick for best Avenger, him and Wonder Man was AWESOME!!!!!!

And yes..the (perhaps unintentional) cheesecake from the X-Men Evolution Cartoon was the show's saving grace.

Me too.

Freehold DM wrote:

Moorluck wrote:

doctor_wu wrote:

Am I the only person that doesn't really seem to care here one way or the other?

About the movie? Yeah, I think you may be. For me it's being such a huge Avengers fan that I can't wait to see them on film.

Hey, I didn't know you were an Avengers fan? Who is your favorite(and least favorite) character?

Cap is my all time favorite, but Thor and Wasp, Janet, rank real close. Then there's She Hulk, I wish they'd not made her a joke, she is easy in the top 10.

Least... the new "cap", you know the former terrorist, is most hated. But Iron Man, the comic version, is right up there too, and I really am sick of the Hulk. And his rainbow brigade of knock-offs.

How 'bout yours?

Let's see..To me, Avengers has always been a very Justice League esque team, where characters are only supposed to be on the team for a year or so, and then move on to give others a chance to shine. I really didn't get into Avengers until relatively recently, with the new 3D-Man being introduced to the team and the team having to face issues with perceived racism. GREAT scene with Cap where he had to face down that problem. My favorite Avenger? Probably Hawkeye, if only because he gives everyone such crap and things are NEVER boring when he's around, especially in a leadership position. I also liked Hank Pym, especially the side of him they showed in the cartoon series, but I don't like the "I'm kinda crazy and I beat my wife when I'm in a bad mood due to Pym Particles!!!" side they kept pushing in the regular version as well as Ultimate. I also really liked it when USAgent was on the team, being such a hardass that even Hawkeye had to say something. Least favorite? Iron man, considering what he did recently. I also hate the Scarlet Witch and Vision, if only because they monopolized so much time in the 90's...I have no idea why they weren't just kicked off the team, they caused so much trouble/drama....

I wonder what's gonna assemble now that I'm nekkid...

Why the sniffling and sighing? I thought everyone loved you, hence the thread.

doctor_wu wrote:

Am I the only person that doesn't really seem to care here one way or the other?

About the movie? Yeah, I think you may be. For me it's being such a huge Avengers fan that I can't wait to see them on film.

Hey, I didn't know you were an Avengers fan? Who is your favorite(and least favorite) character?

Suck it, Joss haters.

The Avengers movie is glorious. GLORIOUS!

This may very well be the best super hero film I've ever seen.

FHDM will weep because he is going to leave the film enjoying what he saw. Saying anything else would be lies.

LIES!

If I am weeping, how would I have enjoyed what I saw?

Didn't think about that, did ya?

DID YA?!?!?!

I have 23 NPC's that I need to write down physical descriptions for tonight. Damn our games and their endless recurring NPC's.

And I thought I had it bad remembering my PC's minions descriptions...

Oh and before I forget.

FHDM, yeah she does rock it don't she! ;)

HELLS YEAH

May he rest peacefully. May he rise again on the day Brooklyn is finally recognized as a city once more when the dodgers return! FOR BROOKLYN!

A serious loss... Cancer, I can't believe it. I'm gonna have to blast no sleep til Brooklyn and intergalactic later...

Yes, and with all things boorish, we will get a sequel. Avatar 2 and 3...sigh

See? Now I can level some hateratin at Cameron. He's clearly overdoing it if he makes a sequel.

Aaaaaaahhhh!

Waitaminute.. Where's the duck?

Freehold DM wrote:

I'm all for the duck face.

FIFY

I'm all for the duck face.

I'm sorry to hear about the breakup! It can be hard to separate all the stuff after you decide to call it quits.

Yeah, I miss that bookshelf, I sadly lost it and half of what it contained in a recent breakup.

I am glad you guys like my normal pictures, and I can see what you are saying about the natural look, though I still need photographer friends. I mean, duck face bathroom shots are great and all, but I think I want something a little less Instagram inspired. ^_~

As for Kickstarter, I couldn't imagine people actually pulling together to pay for a shoot for me, I don't think I'm that popular. Which really, I wouldn't drop money on a chick to have photos done either, so I don't expect others to do so.

Either way, I have a lot of fun playing in front of the camera when I get a chance so, I look forward to whatever shoot I end up in next. ^_^

Freehold DM wrote:

Urizen wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Solnes wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Especially when nekkid. I look much less fetching that way.

Not a good look for anyone. :P

CH is a handsome chap, I'm sure he can rock nudity well.

Of course ;)

It's the slouching that is a problem. There's a reason nudes are usually photographed stretching backwards...

Yeah, it usually involves a full nelson while riding cow(girl/boy)...

strange.. All the full Nelsons I've seen in sex involved the legs and very little stretching...

German, Russian, or your evening job?

The mods would frown, upon the link I wanted to post. Let's just say it's like the evening job, but with a change in participants...

What a slow day...

Considering getting rid of hbo and going back to basic. It's just too expensive.

Celestial Healer wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Solnes wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Especially when nekkid. I look much less fetching that way.

Not a good look for anyone. :P

CH is a handsome chap, I'm sure he can rock nudity well.

Of course ;)

It's the slouching that is a problem. There's a reason nudes are usually photographed stretching backwards...

Yeah, it usually involves a full nelson while riding cow(girl/boy)...

strange.. All the full Nelsons I've seen in sex involved the legs and very little stretching...

Hm. Interesting.

Celestial Healer wrote:

Especially when nekkid. I look much less fetching that way.

Not a good look for anyone. :P

CH is a handsome chap, I'm sure he can rock nudity well.

Wow, you hate avatar without even watching it? I didn't even know you hated Cameron this much, or that he was so universally despised. To be clear, I *do*hate titanic and the hoopla that followed the film, and while I do like avatar(and the stunning avatar cosplay I saw on occasion)., I do not approve of the foaming at the mouth fanaticism of the film. It was just a pretty movie with some stunning effects (giant robots yay) and a rather tired storyline that I didn't have to work to keep up with. I find Cameron to be something of a boor, personally.

lynora wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

I don't understand -do you hate Cameron or avatar? Because the movie was not for everyone, certainly, and I can only stand the man due to this one work.

lynora wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

EAT IT CAMERON! YOU F+%~ING HACK! YOU USED TO BE GOOD, BUT NOW YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER TOOL!

I'm sorry to hear that you don't care for Cameron. While I truly detest Titanic, I loved Avatar.

WTF?! All that ranting about how Whedon is such a hack and then THIS?

I...I don't know you anymore, man.....:P

I will grant you that the visual effects in Avatar are amazing. It was the only thing that made the movie bearable. But the movie as a whole...the words tired and recycled come to mind. Cameron is so preachy and full of himself and he makes these hideously mediocre movies to great critical acclaim....the guy wouldn't know an original idea if it bit him. :/

I didn't even see Avatar and I hate the movie, and the man. All the hate on Whedon, and you back anything Cameron! C'mon! And at the word Original here all I could think was, "Dr Horrible's Sing a long blog"!!!!

Interesting -this may sum up my feelings on Whedon after the movie this weekend.

Freehold DM wrote:

I don't understand -do you hate Cameron or avatar? Because the movie was not for everyone, certainly, and I can only stand the man due to this one work.

lynora wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

EAT IT CAMERON! YOU F+%~ING HACK! YOU USED TO BE GOOD, BUT NOW YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER TOOL!

I'm sorry to hear that you don't care for Cameron. While I truly detest Titanic, I loved Avatar.

WTF?! All that ranting about how Whedon is such a hack and then THIS?

I...I don't know you anymore, man.....:P

I will grant you that the visual effects in Avatar are amazing. It was the only thing that made the movie bearable. But the movie as a whole...the words tired and recycled come to mind. Cameron is so preachy and full of himself and he makes these hideously mediocre movies to great critical acclaim....the guy wouldn't know an original idea if it bit him. :/

I may need to take you shopping with me, as my wife tries too hard.

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

I probably shouldn't yell like that this early in the day, but what can I say - I'm loud.

So, I need lots of new clothes for the new job. I go poke around at the Nordstrom Off the Rack to see how far my money might go there (not far), and I notice that, men's shirts have gotten lots louder than they used to be. What style advice do the FaWTLies have for a guy looking to bring his CHA MOD up through the purchasing of better, but not necessarily crazy more expensive, clothes?

Non iron shirts. Joseph Abboud is good. So is Brooks Brothers. And the zombie is right about JC Penney having good quality shirts. Solid colors are better if you're going for a crazy color. Pattern is tricky. And whatever you do no pleats in the front on pants. It's not flattering.

....now if I could just get Dan to be able to remember that...oh who am I kidding? It's never going to happen. The guy thinks there are 8 colors and that if you have two things that are blue they will of course match. And never mind about complementary and supplementary colors. This leads to awful color combinations that would make others blind to have to look on. So I get dragged along to make sure that doesn't happen. Which would be why I know so much about guy's clothes.

I don't understand -do you hate Cameron or avatar? Because the movie was not for everyone, certainly, and I can only stand the man due to this one work.

Freehold DM wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

EAT IT CAMERON! YOU F+%~ING HACK! YOU USED TO BE GOOD, BUT NOW YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER TOOL!

I'm sorry to hear that you don't care for Cameron. While I truly detest Titanic, I loved Avatar.

WTF?! All that ranting about how Whedon is such a hack and then THIS?

I...I don't know you anymore, man.....:P

Elucidate, I would know more. One thing that fascinates me about this country is that as the child of immigrants I notice that american history is told very differently in different parts of the country. I wonder if it is true elsewhere.

TO0 wrote:

I still haven't seen Avatar. I didn't want to watch Pocahontas again.

Don't mention that B+*+!!!!

(If you grew up in Virginia, American history throughout elementry and middle school consisted of the 'the story of P$#@#@^&*(*^&%$hontas'.

Oh crap. Thanks for the reminder Ashe. I will have to set the DVR to record Green Lantern and Young Justice tomorrow.

we may disagree in other areas, but we are of one mind here.

Auhh. My work schedule got changed. Not sure if I will he seeing the movie this weekend.

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

I probably shouldn't yell like that this early in the day, but what can I say - I'm loud.

So, I need lots of new clothes for the new job. I go poke around at the Nordstrom Off the Rack to see how far my money might go there (not far), and I notice that, men's shirts have gotten lots louder than they used to be. What style advice do the FaWTLies have for a guy looking to bring his CHA MOD up through the purchasing of better, but not necessarily crazy more expensive, clothes?

J.C. Penny - Stafford Oxford shirts - the heavy weave stuff. They look decent, no loud colors, and they'll last forever. Four of the ones I own I've had for over 10 years, with hardly a sign of wear or tear.

That and some Dockers pants - you're good to go.

If you need a suit - Joseph A Banks. Excellent customer service and it seems they've always got some kind of sale or special going on.

Hm. I may take this advice, and I've heard good things about Joseph A. Bank myself, although I think they might be going out of business.