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RIP Jack. You were a good boy, a good cat, and a good friend. I will miss my foot cat.

Poor kitty…

*Sends backpats'n'hugs*

It must have been either a Golden Delicious or a Granny Smith apple.

Hi, Kjel. You doing okay?

I'm hesitant to say I'm doing 'really badly' as there are people here who are having a rawer deal currently…and I don't want to overshadow that in any way.

Cover Turtle wrote:

Blegh…

Hugs for turtle

*Returns hugs and adds nuzzles*

Cover Turtle wrote:

Blegh'n'stuff...

Damn, why didn't they send the nuns instead?

I am no AP critic since I don't even write myself, so I would have no idea on how to critique an AP.

Nuns huh…

As for being a critic...Sure you are! You've pointed out stuff in AP's that you're critical of before, so you're kind of already a 'critic' ^^

Cover Turtle wrote:

... I've found other products, by other companies, that cater better to my particular twisted tastes and likes...

Out of curiosity, since Scint and I are looking to get into the adventure-writing business, what are those products and companies?

Sure.

Fria Ligan (Free League) - Symbaroum

Chaosium Inc. - RuneQuest Glorantha

Cubicle Seven - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th ed (and the previous 2nd ed by Black Library/Fantasy Flight Games)

Schwalb Entertainment - Shadow of the Demon Lord

Modiphius Entertainment - Conan: Adenventures in an Age undreamed of

Honourable mentions goes to: Catalyst Game Labs - Shadowrun 5th ed

If you would want to know, I could also try and explain what it was that caught my eye to these particular products if you want to / think it could be helpful to your future endeavours Orthos?.

My Mom just passed away before 7 PM est today.

Sorry for your loss Sharoth.

Since everyone wants to know what is going on with my Mom, here you are...

The short of it ** spoiler omitted **

The more details version of what happened yesterday and what is going on. ** spoiler omitted **

** spoiler omitted **

** spoiler omitted **...

My sympathies Sharoth.

Hmmm can't come up with a creature with that exact ability, though it might be out there as my knowledge of creatures isn't that good…

Though I'll drop a few fiends that might have 'themes' that are peripherally related to what your looking for:

Demons -> Vilsteth (probably the closest match to what your looking for), Lilitu

Devils -> Apostate Devil (Deimavigga), Nemesis Devil (Advodaza)

Asura -> Nikaramsa, Japalisura

Yes. The little blood suckers think im some kind of delicasy. Not only do they always bite me, even with other people in the room. Im also a bit allergic to them so i get bumps the size of an egg.

*Nods*

I'm also a bit allergic to mosquito bites. They don't get quite egg-sized though, more like a bottlecap-sized in diameter...and can grow almost twice that size if I can't keep from clawing at them.

You didnt run me off. I crawled into bed. I have some nasty bug going on.

Poor Woran…

*Attempts to shove a blanket, some hot tea and a glass (or two) of Rum through his screen to Woran*

My sniffles and nasal + eye itching have begun for real over Easter so I'm officially in full-blown allergy mode from now on - Mutters something about stupid trees jizzing all over everyone...

*Sends hugs'n'pats to Woran*

Also, cancer sucks.

It really does suck...

*Sends hugs'n'pats, well wishes and crossed fingers + toes for both Sharoth and his mother*

Trying wedding gowns session: Yes I managed to fit in.

Gown No 1

Gown No 2

Gown No 3

Gown No 4

You know, I think I look good in red. Though my BFs friend was suggesting that I also check out other bridal gown shops since she has limited variety (just those 4).

Sorry about the mussed up fur but it was all that getting in and out of stuff.

Hmmm…

I really like no. 1, though for some reason it doesn't really seem like a bridal gown to me. It seem more like a longish dress you'd see on one of the bridesmaids to me for some reason I can't quite put my finger on...
That or I'd expect to see you to be wearing that red dress, while lounging on a piano, singing to me at a high class club… ^^'
Still I like it, its really pretty.

I also like no 3. It's a kind of simpler/cleaner dress with a really nice deep colour. Also the dress doesn't quite have the kind of traditional 'wedding dress' look (which it shares to some degree with no 1.), which is something I quite like the look of.

Lastly I'll (honorably) mention no 4. which for me is kind of your traditional wedding dress, with a lot of sparkle and glitter.

Haha, we are both LARPers. We can do reasonable acting. Also, I lost my sense of shame ages ago.

Honestly, I think if we adopt a kitty apprentice, there wont be much happening, because kitty will play with the ropes. Altough that is also fun.

Hehe…

*Sends hugs and snuggles*

Yep. Winter can come back now. Musquitos are out. I'm done with the nice weather. Back to freezing please.

*Groans*

Yea tell me about it! I'm sought out by the buggers like I'm some kind of open bar for mosquitos.

Family weekend. I packed just one book and internet is s!%@. I have been bored for hours amd it is glorious.

Just got home myself yesterday from the annual (family) Easter-dinner at my grandmothers. It was fine...a bit boring, but still nice and cozy in that 'several generations dining together, discussing the world situation, arguing over politics and telling old stories' kind of way.

Yeah Ive been in a grouchy mood of late too. Closed down Ironfang Invasion, decided that it's not worth it trying to make things work. I guess I should admit I'm suffering from burnout and just don't do anything more on the RPG end.

*Picks up Mort kitty and puts her down on his lap, while giving her many scratchies*

Anything I can do to help lighten your mood Mort?
And don't feel bad about having some RPG burn-out, its something most of us deal with on occasions. I usually deal with it either by taking a break or just shift to/learning a new 'system' to play around with.

[whining]Cancer sucks![/whining]

** spoiler omitted **

~pulls out a box of duct tape~ Alrighty. You can now tape my mouth shut. After all, silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

No need to excuse yourself Sharoth, your worry is very understandable.

** spoiler omitted **

I wish you the best luck Synos, and hope you two can find some kind of last relationship-solution that benefits all of you (you, her and the children).

I'm having the problem that my husband, my kids and I all have the day off and everyone is annoying the snot out of me.

*Sends hugs, back-pats and a glass of Rum*

Hush. Its impolite to speak with your mouth full. Looks like I have to teach you some manners.

*Translated from gag-speak*

Yes Mistress! Sorry Mistress!

- Seriously though Woran, you're such a good sport for playing along...I'm kind of envious of Mr. T ^^' -

Freehold DM wrote:

Just a Mort wrote:

Woran wrote:

Kjeldorn wrote:

Woran wrote:

Kjeldorn wrote:

Woran wrote:

Used tie rips to tie my collegue to his chair.

Because he said I wouldnt do it.

Huh...

So...

*Digs through his stuff for 'bondage 101', some rope, a gag-ball and some lube*

"You clearly wouldn't dare…"

Sit down. I promise this wont hurt.

*Translated from gag-speak*

"Can I do you (bondage-wise) afterwards Mistress Woran?..."

*Gives Woran big wet puppy-eyes*

Hush. Its impolite to speak with your mouth full. Looks like I have to teach you some manners.

*Does not know to laugh or to cry*

I enjoy having a front row seat to the corruption of mort.

Sad to say the dark side won... So...

*passes Woran a whip*

*Translated from gag-speak*

Maybe Mistress could take on Mort kitty as an apprentice?
Show her the ropes so to speak...

Hi, everyone!

*Waves to John*

I would like to just say I think broccoli is delicious.

Meh…

Y'all remember a couple of months ago when Whingey Wizzard had three levels of interviews for a job with a company that he really wanted to work for, and they told him at the final interview that they really wanted him, and then they picked someone else for the job?

About a week and a half ago, they called him and said, "Yeah, so we're sorry about that, but we have this OTHER position open up, and we'd like you to resubmit your materials for this one. Oh, and btw, it's director-level."

So the interview is this morning at 9:00.

If it goes well, second-round interviews will be Monday, and whoever they pick will start May 1st.

Part of me is pissed off because I'm just assuming he won't get it and they're just d**king us around again.

But the job really is kinda right for him.

I don't want to get my hopes up again. But, geez, this would change EVERYTHING.

*Crosses fingers and toes for WW*

Let hope for the best LM, though I can understand your reluctance to doing so.

*Sends LM a hug and a back-pat*

For COMPANIONSHIP. The horses were just for companionship. Sheesh.

And good companionship they usually give...I do love my horsey nuzzles and kisses.

Kjeldorn wrote:

Woran wrote:

Used tie rips to tie my collegue to his chair.

Because he said I wouldnt do it.

Huh...

So...

*Digs through his stuff for 'bondage 101', some rope, a gag-ball and some lube*

"You clearly wouldn't dare…"

Sit down. I promise this wont hurt.

*Translated from gag-speak*

"Can I do you (bondage-wise) afterwards Mistress Woran?..."

*Gives Woran big wet puppy-eyes*

Just a Mort wrote:

Woran wrote:

Kjeldorn wrote:

Woran wrote:

Used tie rips to tie my collegue to his chair.

Because he said I wouldnt do it.

Huh...

So...

*Digs through his stuff for 'bondage 101', some rope, a gag-ball and some lube*

"You clearly wouldn't dare…"

Sit dont. I promise this wont hurt.

It wouldn't hurt Woran =P

Kjeldorn...I'm not so sure ^^

I think he'd be disappointed if it didnt...

I kind of have a fairly low pain-threshold, even given the fact that I have a rather rough and tumble job were bruises and scrapes are a daily occurrence.

If my recording is correct, today is day 666 of my sobriety.

Seems like an appropriate day to fall to temptation if there ever was one! :-P

Congratulation!

Aren't the Hounds of Tindalos the ones that police time? I may be misremembering.

Yea, I remember something about them being attracted to (or rather hunting) people who have crossed or peered into time...

Well, Mom's surgery has been postponed at least a week. Her platelet count was too low. It was 72k and they want it over 100k.

Damn…

Mom will be going in for her surgery on Wednesday of next week. I am taking all of next week off and I might have to take off some of the week after. I will be trying to get her affairs in order just in case the worse happens, but I don't think it will come to that. I will probably not be on the boards much next week, but I will make sure to keep you all informed as to what goes on with her.

*Crosses finger and toe, while sending well wishes*

I hope your mother once again proves to be one tough cookie and comes out on top again.

I love naps. I wish I could take a power nap at work.
And you can have all the digital cake I can send you. I doubt it will be tasty after I have send it trough the mail.

I'm something of a nap-ster too.

Used tie rips to tie my collegue to his chair.

Because he said I wouldnt do it.

Huh...

*Digs through his stuff for 'bondage 101', some rope, a gag-ball and some lube*

"You clearly wouldn't dare…"

Lisamarlene's dream car:

...
And a Gilera Saturno, any model year from the mid-50's to mid 60's.
...

A woman of refinement and taste I see.

I would love to get my hands on an old 40's or early 50's military motorcycle, something like a Zündapp KS 750 with no sidecar or maybe a Indian 841...
But the chances of one of those in a working condition, outside of private collections or museums, within anything near affordability is slim to none.

...I think they should be the story of the good guys reforming the Empire back to a representative democracy and all the trials that will entail.

'Cause clearly Luke and Leaia failed that task royally, else episodes VII to IX would be very different. My friend thinks the Empire just has too many governor Tarquins and whatever, and I think that defeating them -- by politics or by war -- would make a good gritty story.

"I always believed that if we could just free people from the iron boots of the Sith, people would welcome the Republic back with open arms...but this "Make the Galaxy Great Again" campaign and its popularity has me doubting the very foundation of democracy and the Jedi Order."

Could be a fine story, though as in most stories (and settings) its about the nitty-gritty details of 'how, where and when'. It could be done potentially in both a boring and an interesting manner depending mostly on, well, your particular taste in plots.

Republics have a terrible track record in the Star wars universe.
A hell of lot of stories in that universe so far seems to be about how 'republics' in various forms (Old Republic, the Galactic Republic, The New Republic and so on) buckle under for corruption from both within and without (oh and gets beaten in various wars), to be replaced by various types of authoritarian rule.

So seeing it the other way around could, for once, very well be interesting.

Me up the wall!

Wall in perspective

*Puts his hand over his eyes*

Urhhh!!!
That sure is up high!

*Peeks through his hands*

That cat-butt though...

Breast stroke.... giggity.

Tsks...

You don't stroke breasts.
Its more of a soft kneading-like movement ^^'

...The UK fantasy roleplaying scene had an interesting grunge/punk/HM edge to its aesthetic which I don't think you had in the US (though I may be wrong about that), as well as lots of crappy childish humour, which is something I enjoy very much.

Someone (I can't remember who) described British RPGs as being 'simultaneously more whimsical and grittier' than US ones, and I kind of agree with that - that's certainly the impression I get when looking at these mags, and at systems like WFRP.

Interesting Limey.

Since you're a bit of a fan of the genre, have you had a look at the 2d20 John Carter of Mars RPG (released through Modiphius I think) yet?

Hi, everyone! This year's Tekko has been memorable. I received a 5-year volunteer plaque in appreciation for all the hard work I've done. And I was voted the MVP for the Manga Library. Photos of both will be posted soon.

Great to hear John, I'm glad that the convention turned out much better then you first feared. You clearly deserve to be recognized and appreciated, which I'm glad to see have happened, at least somewhat.

*Sends a man-hug and a glass of Dalwhinnie 15 YO*

OK, this test is all kinds of fun.

Hmmmmm…

*Takes the test*

My score: 14.58% light
- Around 64% Faith in humanity (Probably about right)
- Around 61% Humanism (Slightly low-ish)
- Around 76% Kantianism (Blegh...this should be lower simply because Kants in the name)
- Around 42% Narcissism (I'm a confirmed egocentric so that seems about right)
- Around 91% Psychopathy (That's...a bit high)
- Around 24% Machiavellianism (That's maybe a bit low?)

Can't help but wonder if there's a combination of answers that would level out all the categories in around the 60's range...
Eh, don't put too much stock in tests like this.
Though will say that most of my gaming buddies or friends tend to describe me (affectionately) as a 'Cynical and conniving a@%*$%#' but they still let me babysit (or pet-sit) so it can't be that bad ^^

Also, I apologize if I've been unpleasant, been going through a lot of rough stuff recently.

Eh, there's nothing to excuse for.

I want a nap

*Sends Woran his pillow*

Had one today…
Was supposed to be and hour...turn into almost three.

MrT celebrated his 12,5 anniversary at his place of work. He got thorougly roasted, and we now have a giant amount of leftover cake in the fridge.

My bowels will protest, but I think the cramp will be worth it because its from the best bakery in the city.

*Sends Woran huggles, a heating-blanket and some tummy-rubs*

So...
…
…
Now that I've been all fuzzy and nice…
Maybe I could get a piece of cake…

*Gives big wet puppy-eyes*

Hi, everyone. Well, this sucks. It looks like I'll be pulling another double shift tomorrow. The morning guard will have to attend his actual trial in Traffic Court, and I don't think that there's a replacement for the guard that lost his car. Thing is, when I'm here in the morning, I have to wake up at two. And, when I leave here, I get home at one. So, that means that there's no point in going home for just an hour. So, I have to stay here, overnight, trying to get some sleep in this office chair. And trying hard to avoid saying all the foul words I know in a constant stream. Lucky me.

Well crap.

*Sends man-hugs and back pats*

In other (Work) related news:

I've been hired on by the riding-school where I've been temp-ing for at least the next 9 months (on a renewable contract), which is why I've been around here much less lately.
Most of the time have been spend on introductions, making schedules, meeting the new colleagues, learning the new work routines and of course meeting and nuzzling the new horses I'm working with.
I'll be working more hours then I'm used too, so I'll probably not be around here as much, but I'll try too stay connected as much as I can.

Hope I get the time to write more tomorrow, as I kind off have more I would like to float here for more personal reasons…but as usual I'm a both short on time...and well, trigger shy ^^'

As promised, me in sleeveless and

All dressed up!

Rawr!

*Waggles eyebrows*

Looking good Mort!

Hi, everyone! Drowning my Convention disappointment for this year in a tub of ice cream.

*Sends back pats and man hugs*

Mrs Sunrise is home and recovering!

Yayy!!!

*Sends Mrs Sunrise positive thoughts and hopes she heals up quickly*

Of course...

** spoiler omitted **

Like I said, sorry for the whining.

You're not whining Sharoth.

*Sends burly man hugs and vigorous back pats*

We here to listen Sharoth, and if we're able, to send a helping hand. So please, "whine" away.

Kjeldorn wrote:

Yuugasa wrote:

Orthos wrote:

I don't think anyone's objecting to them being there, I think the objection is the lack of playable dudes for them and the lack of playable girls for the other race I don't remember the name of.

Even than I'm not sure why it's that big a deal, they introduced one female beast race and one male, so....

Edit: I'm still waiting for a 40k mmorpg, though I suppose people will be outraged that Space Marines are only male, sigh.

Yea, I've got mixed feelings about gender sex-locking races in most media. I guess I'm both fore and against depending on how and why it's done...

A fellow 40ker I see…
So no female space marines for you then? ^^

Go back far enough and female Space Marines are canonical but I don't mind the current boys only Astartes club. Mostly they're about martial honor and expressing different shades of anger while lacking certain fundamental human traits like fear and sexuality. The Emperor designed them to be disposable shock troops that he was gonna destroy Ala the Thunder Warriors after conquering the galaxy.

So, post-humans evolved beyond humanity yet lesser for it as well who live a life of nonstop violence without the solace of family or basic humanity? I'm fine with that being an all boys club, they can keep it. =)

Funnily that pretty much my take on it too.

Kjeldorn wrote:

Woran wrote:

LordSynos wrote:

Morning Every-FaWtL! Hope everyone is well today, and has a good day ahead of them. :) I also hope everyone had great weekend, managed to recharge the batteries for the week ahead. :)

Thank you :)

I am feeling a lot better.
Sadly, MrT is very ill at the moment. He has a recurring infection, that even though treatable with antibiotics, just comes back in a while. Its one of the risks/added burdens of Diabeties. I hope he perks up in a few days.

*Sends hugs and back pats to Mr. T and Woran, and hope the infection clear up soon, so he can get back on his feet*

Thank you

*Blushes and sends a 'you are welcome' right back*

Hi, everyone.

Well, I've got some bad news. I'm not running my sessions in the RPG department at Tekko, this year. It seems that I've been shanghaied from the RPG department to work Bag Check. A department for which I have had no training and absolutely no interest in. This year may very well be the last year that I volunteer for the convention. ;_;

Urgh, that's quite a downer John. Probably makes you feel rather unappreciated.

*Sends back pats, encouragements and a glass of scotch*

Orthos wrote:

I don't think anyone's objecting to them being there, I think the objection is the lack of playable dudes for them and the lack of playable girls for the other race I don't remember the name of.

Even than I'm not sure why it's that big a deal, they introduced one female beast race and one male, so....

Edit: I'm still waiting for a 40k mmorpg, though I suppose people will be outraged that Space Marines are only male, sigh.

Yea, I've got mixed feelings about gender sex-locking races in most media. I guess I'm both fore and against depending on how and why it's done...

A fellow 40ker I see…
So no female space marines for you then? ^^

Tacticslion wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

So, Adam Ruins Everything is really interesting, but he often makes argumentation based off of poor conceits.

Like, "hey, false problem is <this> and <this other thing> is kind of similar, so it's not that bad!"

Or, "hey, actual problem is <this> and <this other thing> is bad, so it's gotta be terrible!"

It's frustrating because it only weakens his actual arguments.

But there are cool things, too.

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

Hm, can you point to an example of this?

Sure. The herpes episode solidly implies that all "little red bumps" on human bodies are the same: he doesn't say that, but it's in the exact same tactic that he criticizes in the episode (using empty equivalence). It doesn't negate his point, but it does undermine his apparent-credibility.

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

We love ARE, tho I have a totally different critique.

I have lots of critiques. This was just one.

I still like the show.

what's weird is that I WANT to like the show, but his approach is so laughably farcical that when he does get serious I have to go back and mentally scan to see if he is being serious or still joking. Moreover his points are so bullet point-y they are easy to refute or at least being up a counterpoint to.

Hadn't seen the show.

Whelp, after losing half of Tuesday night to pain and then ultimately ending up in the ER last night, we discovered that Mrs Sunrise has multiple huge gallstones and is having her gallbladder removed today.

Yesterday was crazy and awful for her, but hopefully she'll be home later today...

*Send back pats, well-wishes and hopes Mrs Sunrise gets better soon!*

Also, cancer sucks.

*Nods and sends back pats + a glass of scotch*

My family isn't a fan of cream based sauces and honestly, neither am I.

*Grabs (imposter) Mort, places her on a bar stool and shines a lamp in her face*

Where have you taken Mort, imposter! Everyone knows no cat would ever say no to any kind of dairy product!

(I kid, I kid ^^)

Kebab pizza is so popular here you can just order it from the big franses. Garlic sauce and all.

Yup, Kebab pizza is pretty standard fare up here too.

LordSynos wrote:

Morning Every-FaWtL! Hope everyone is well today, and has a good day ahead of them. :) I also hope everyone had great weekend, managed to recharge the batteries for the week ahead. :)

Thank you :)

I am feeling a lot better.
Sadly, MrT is very ill at the moment. He has a recurring infection, that even though treatable with antibiotics, just comes back in a while. Its one of the risks/added burdens of Diabeties. I hope he perks up in a few days.

*Sends hugs and back pats to Mr. T and Woran, and hope the infection clear up soon, so he can get back on his feet*

Sorry guys for if sometimes I add a dark, disruptive tone to this thread, I'm not doing it on purpose just talking about my life or whatever.

It's like you're trying to enjoy Chuck E. Cheeses and one of your friends starts talking about the holocaust, like dude, what are you doing?

Apparently that's what passes for day to day small talk in my world, sorry =(

I don't really think you have to apologize Yuu...

*Sends back pats*

There is nothing, NOTHING like spending an hour and a half after work making a 10x13 pan of enchiladas and having your son cry, actually sob and wail like his dog just died, because it's "disgusting" and he's so hungry.

So I gave him the last of the leftover udon from last Wednesday, and that's disgusting as well, and then I cleaned the kitchen and I'm sulking in my room.
For the record, they were really darned good. So was the udon. Val is a booger and he deserves Chuck-e-Cheese. He'd probably like it. I swear, I am THIS CLOSE to buying some old MRE's on ebay so the next time he whines about the food being disgusting, I can take it away and give him an MRE instead. or C-Rations.

*Sends hug'n'back pats tp LM and a bag of the saltiest, bitterest, chewiest and stickiest liquorice for the next time Val gets uppity about his mom's cooking (and yes its either mom's cooking or the entire bag of liquorice!)*

In other news:

Sorry for not being around much but new temp job is taking up a lot of my energy, both mentally and physically, so I'm kind of flat and tired most of the time...
Though as of Thursday of this week I might (hopefully) have more news job-wise, but I don't want to jinx it.

Glad that you gals and guy are (mostly) doing okay though...its nice to have a FaWtL (bomb)shelter to come back too once in a while.

Yuugasa wrote:

Yeah the only Episode of Love, Death, and Robots I didn't like was the Hitler one, it was just kinda boring to me.

I really want to talk about a bunch of the episodes and how awesome they are but I don't want to spoil them for those whom have not watched.

Kjeldorn wrote:

Watched it too…

Best episodes* (in no particular order): Sonnies revenge (reminds me of Eclipse Phase), Beyond the Aquila Rift, Shapeshifters (reminds me of WoD Werewolf), The Secret War (reminds me a bit of CoC set in WWII).
Honorable mentions: Fish Night and Zima Blue (for aesthetics) + Three Robots (for twist ending and the potential effects it has on the story).

Dishonorable mentions: Alternative Histories (for most wasted potential)

*Judged by the goose-bump factor.

Funny fact though, I love it for the exact reasons its been criticized, namely the excessive violence and gratuitous nudity/sexuality. It even shows...gasp!...Pubic hair!!!

*Looks around and shakes head at fainted critics, while rubbing the bridge of his nose*

Spoilered for spoilers, though I'm leaving everything vague for folks who haven't watched yet but want to join our conversation:

** spoiler omitted **

Yea...

Yuugasa wrote:

LordSynos wrote:

Yuugasa wrote:

There is kinda an interesting question in that show though, if you were transported to a fantasy world and had basically the power of a god and no real pressing business what would you do with it?

Might be a fun premise for an adventure sometime.

There are so many anime with that story these days, you can see a lot of different takes on it. Overlord is the only one I can think of going the evil route, which is kind of refreshing, but it's starting to wear on me a bit.

I'm actually playing in a similarly themed homebrew RPG atm. We weren't godlike, but the tech we brought with our characters is far beyond that of the world we arrived in, so we're pretty high up there as long as the batteries last. :P

Oh yeah? Not super familiar with anime, though I like it alot, are there some of the other 'go to fantasy world, be godlike' animes you would recommend?

If you're specifically looking for the 'go to fantasy world, be godlike' ones, going from highest recommendation to lowest:

** spoiler omitted **...

*Adds The rising of the shield hero (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari) to the list*

The Hero's not quite God-tier (quite the opposite in some respects) but I think it still might count.
It's got a bit of an jarring and edgy* start to it like Goblin Slayer, but quickly becomes more of a standard fantasy romp.

(Wouldn't recommend if you find the subjects of rape/rape accusations and slavery to be no-go subjects).

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

Yuugasa wrote:

Dude, just got done watching Triple Frontier on Netflix, great movie. Has a moral lesson on the nature of greed as well without ever getting preachy about it. Two thumbs up.

I did not expect Triple Frontier to be as good as it was, nor for Affleck's character to precipitate things the way he did! Recommendation seconded, and another score for Netflix.

Glad you're digging Love, Death & Robots btw, I hope there's more to come. :)

Yeah, good stuff.

Love, Death, and Robots is great. The first episode had me feeling a little ho hum until the double twists, talk about empowered women!

Watched it too…

Honorable mentions: Fish Night and Zima Blue (for aesthetics) + Three Robots (for twist ending and the potential effects it has on the story).

Dishonorable mentions: Alternative Histories (for most wasted potential)

*Judged by the goose-bump factor.

Funny fact though, I love it for the exact reasons its been criticized, namely the excessive violence and gratuitous nudity/sexuality. It even shows...gasp!...Pubic hair!!!

*Looks around and shakes head at fainted critics, while rubbing the bridge of his nose*

I know why I find it funny too, it's just that racism is so utterly ridiculous that if it weren't for its destructive and vile history it would be the most ludicrous thing in the world.

Even when I was being "racist" the second two things I said about white people is that they had giant dicks and loved fried chicken, two racist ideas traditionally slung against blacks but they make as much sense applied to white people.

I'll be more careful from now on because I caused upset feelings but yeah...

I agree with very much of what you're saying here, and while there are this I might add (things that might get me in hot water), I'll just keep it here to you got the right attitude (and intent) in the way you're going about it.

Ive also managed to catch something flu-ish. Bleh.

and

*puts bucket under nose*

*Sends Woran some hot chicken soup, a woolen blanket, some tissues, a hipflask with some rum + back pats and snuggles*

Just a Mort wrote:

** spoiler for Freehold **

Well, don't do anything you don't want to do Mort.

*Nods vigorously*

You should only do so if you yourself is comfortable with it Mort. If you really have no interest in sex, then be up front to your bf about it and discus between you two, what to do if he still has urges that needs satisfying.

Thank you for the neck. But I made plans with my coworker to visit this one a-hole at his office. I'll hold him, and my co worker who is build like a bear, will punch him.
Makes me feel better thinking about it.

Okay...

Eh, I can be violent. Ive punched people before. But people like this jerk really get my blood boiling. He is deliberately mean, especially to some of the interns. Because he can. And people who just s!#* on someone vulnerable I just want to punch in the face.

Sounds like a real scumbag...

You all just strengthen me in my believe the Netherlands is the best country ever.

Ahhh Europe.

Yeah, I just do what the doctors tell me. Are they perfect? No, but they are a great deal more educated than me at being doctors. Trying to be my own doctor seems like a bad idea.

Severe chronic pain is a difficult thing though and I understand why sufferers often try anything to escape it.

Didn't mean anything negative or accusatory about it, just that I hope you were taking good care of yourself, and by the sound of it you clear are.

Actually I have never punched anyone in RL before. Just elbowed them in the ribs for leaning on my shoulder one too many times(believe me, they were warned first).

First time I give you the benefit of the doubt and warn you. Second time I place my elbow against your ribs. Third...

So...

Did not have a good day. See above complaints. And now I'm going to be late for my workout session after I promised I'd help them get set up thanks to people asking me at the last minute for stuff.

*Looks worried*

*But risks an elbow to the gut, by hugging and nuzzling Mort in hopes of comforting her*

When I get bitten by cats.
I have the following symptoms:

Heart arrhythmia.
Tunnel vision.
Brain fog (like when you're hypothermic).

All of which I also get on energy drinks.

But with cat bites, also add:
Hallucinations.
You remember "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Cool World"? Animation layered over live-action film? It's like that. The real world stays the same, but there's this whole other layer of hallucinated characters and set designed on top of it that no one but me can see. Really freaky. I hate it a lot. This is why I will not pet a cat. Because cats are evil m************rs who are all sweetness and fluff until they capriciously sink the fangs in, much...

Wow…

I did it!

For those of you who have forgotten Calvin's alter ego from Calvin and Hobbes, Here is a selection of panels...

and, with the caveat that the four-color boxes of premade fondant have a much darker blue than Spiff's suit, here is what I made for the top of the cake.

That looks really good LM!

Not LM, but my two cents on the matter: One is made of pure evil, and the other is made of true good. :P

More seriously, fondant is sugar, water and corn syrup. It's just sweet and delicious.

Marzipan is sugar and almond meal, and tastes like sadness. Many cakes are ruined by its presence.

*Makes a yuck-face at the mentioning of marzipan*

(Not that I like fondant much better… ^^')

Hi, everyone!

*Waves to John*

Ah, I'm fairly open to comments. I did post it on a public internet forum after all. :) I only really put it in spoilers to give people the option to skip over me whinging. :P

P.S. Didn't you used to be a boat?

Well a turtle with a shell of bedcovers…

Cannabis is funny to me, in that it doesn't really cure my pain, it just makes it so I don't really care if I'm in pain. Pretty sure Opium is illegal in the states but Oxycodone isn't and I've been medicated on that for years.

It kills appetites real good in addition to pain management with the only slight side effect of basically being legal heroin and all the dangers that entails.

I've got multiple sources of chronic pain, mostly relating to a beating I took years ago, but I don't like talking about that much anymore.

Sorry to hear about your chronic pain issues Yuugasa, though I'm glad that you find some relief in your pain medication. Just promise me that you'll keep an eye out for alternatives if you start suffering to heavily from adverse (and side) effects okay?

I have a father who suffers from chronic pain too, due to multiple lower spinal injuries, and lets just say his time on pain meds have been very rocky, both the detriment of his own (and others) mental and physical health.

Thank you. I had a headache the whole time yesterday. Behind my left eye. It left me exhausted.

You are welcome ^^

Working in IT is going to end in death.

Either mine as I pop a blood vessel. Or someone elses as I loose it and strangle them with a cord.

*Presents neck for strangling, so Woran doesn't get into too much trouble with her co-workers*

Yes, and I planted one beside the Jameson Fountain in my garden.

A whiskey fountain…

I have a MacAllan Pool. And an Aukentoshan Fountain. And a Bunnahabhain Slide...and a Belvanie Wading Pool...and...and...

*Jaw drops*

So-So...your backyard is scotch heaven?!
…
Can I come visit...like camping out in your backyard?

*Gives big wet saucer eyes*

Hi, everyone!

*Waves to John*

Ooh I didn't know you could do this, and this may be really handy for me as I will not be smoking due to asthma.

Asthma buddies!

Yea, a childhood heaving and coughing for air has left me with less then stellar lung capacity, so no smoking things for me either.

...

I watched some Claymore but too many gaps in episodes for me to form an opinion about it.
...

Been some time since I saw Claymore, but I seem to remember liking it...

Bleh, starting to feel under the weather :(

*Sends blankets, back pats 'n' rubs and hot tea with a liberal sprinkling of Rum*

I worked my tail off all weekend so the first *real* day of Spring Break (i.e. the first day I should technically be at work) could be fun.

The dinner party with the father-in-law and his wife went very well. He loves my food, he wasn't a grumpy asshat for a change, all was good.

Saturday, my mother-in-law let me off the hook for working in her attic because she was too tired and wanted to lie on her couch with a mug of tea and a murder mystery novel instead. (Actually, what she said was "I have too much work to do", but after 25 years, I understand her code.)

So I scrubbed all the tile floors on my hands and knees with a scrub brush to really get them clean, mopped, vacuumed, and gave the whole house a good cleaning. Which inspired the kids to VOLUNTARILY clean their room, which was nice.

And yesterday after church the mother-in-law came over for Sunday dinner, and she was actually complimentary instead of backhanded.

So this morning, I'm making cinnamon rolls and we're going for a playdate at a park on the other side of town with some friends.

*Sends the same package deal as sent to Woran…

And, if you want to continue with the whole alcohol vs Superman discussion then FaWtL is no place for me.

Kind of wanted to give my two cents...

The dogs made me slip on the ice, hard on my upper back and left elbow (also known as the good elbow) so that's fun.

Ouch! Happen to me a couple of years ago, walking my parents fricking dog made me slip and twist both my ankle and my knee.

*Bits back chewing out the dogs for pulling Cap off balance*

Just a Mort wrote:

LordSynos wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

** spoiler omitted **

** spoiler omitted **...

That's a tough one Synos…

I know I'm vacillating...I just don't like to give an opinion, with no warning, that might be upsetting to anyone.

...

The first episode was designed to upset, appall, and generate all kinds of buzz.

The rest of the series is MUCH lighter. There are still lots of allusions to rape, and the violence is still bloody, but none of it holds a candle to the first episode...

While you are somewhat right, I'm not sure as to the intent of the first episode. Especially, as you've pointed out yourself, with the returning allusions and the way victims of the not so tender ministrations of the goblins are brought up and portrayed later on.

That said, it does feel a bit gratuitous and over the top compared to the rest of the series...to the point of where you can legitimately ask as to why including the initial episodes rape scene.
My personal best guess is that ultimately, showing beats explaining. If you talk about something like this, its harder not to somehow intellectualize it, compartmentalize and make it a subject of academic study and research.
Showing it makes that harder due to the sheer viseral nature of what being shown...its so much harder to distance yourself (intellectually and physically) from what's going on if your senses are being bombarded by the sicking sounds and the horribly sights of it all.

But then again that's just my two cents.

Vidmaster7 wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

John is absolutely right, I do owe Vidmaster an apology.

Not only for being an a&#*++& today, but for all the times I've made fun of his grammar and spelling previously, it was a dick move and I'm sorry.

Alright man I'll accept that apology. I might still take a bit not responding to your posts to make sure I don't have any negativeness coming through. I didn't mind the jokes to much and I know its a flaw, but the last one felt more malicious then joking around. I appreciate the apology. I'll chalk it up to stress.

Hope your days get a stress reduction.

I don't blame you, I was an a&#&$!*, straight up.

Again, I'm sorry, I was fed up with s~~# at home and lashed out at you instead of those which were frustrating me, it was a s#+$ty thing to do.

*Sends back pats*

I dont like this.

I dont like how one of the people auditing us came in already not liking her hotel/experience in Brooklyn.

I dont like how she was visibly upset that we were taking the bus to a place off site.

I dont like how she was terrified of the off site place.

I dont like how she went into standardized "this-is-how-you-do-it" mode and spoke to us like we weren't doing any of the things she told us to do in the evening meeting, in some cases ignoring what she saw earlier that day.

I dont like this.

*Also sends back pats*

I want a nap

*Fluffs up pillow and sheets for Woran before offering her his sleepy couch for napping*

All this gaming is fun, but I'm running out of social steam.

*Sends back pats, hug and offer up the sleepy couch again*

And now, for more mood whiplash: HUZZAH~! They're finally pumping our septic tank! We will have WORKING TOILETS AGAIN~!

... and other things! BUT ESPECIALLY WORKING TOILETS~!

(It's... I've had to go to our neighbors to use their bathrooms; also literally anywhere else I've gone, I've tried to take the opportunity to, "go," as it were. It's been quite embarrassing. Our neighbors have been super-cool about it, though - they're pretty much the best, including insisting on us using their showers and clothes washer! So awesome!)

*Flushes his toilet in salute of TL's working toilet*

First day back at work after almost three weeks out.

I am super busy.

Next week I start working 4/10 work weeks.

Not looking forward to the longer work days, but that free weekday will save me a lot of lost PTO!

*Sends back pats and a thumps up*

This has been the weirdest freaking day.

Our school was actually under a "shelter in place" order, not a drill, for about an hour this afternoon because of a shooting about a half-mile from the school.
The other random weird fact is that the shooting happened in my co-teacher's backyard or driveway. Her husband was home sick from work and was texting her that he was looking down at the body from their upstairs window.
She had her in-laws come pick up the kids and take them for a night at grandma and grandpas so they wouldn't have to find out and get scared.
The victim was a fifteen-year-old kid.
The two perpetrators the cops are currently looking for are also teenagers.
Holy mother of mercy, this s@&& ain't right.

*Sends hugs, back pats and calming words and thoughts*

OK, the Italian side of the family has not eaten the tuna pizza yet but thinks the sardine pizza is a bad idea... Hrrrmmm. I wonder what I've gotten myself into.

*Nods vigorously and makes a 'yuck' face at the mentioning of sardines*

What do you do when you realize you don't have any urge to adventure at all? Its been over a year and I still feel the same about adventuring which is like na, zilch. I was hoping time would fix it, but nope it doesn't.

Is there a way on getting a fresh perspective and getting it back or should I just accept that its gone for good?

*Pats and snuggles Mort*

Burnout is a real thing and for me at least it doesn't normally pass quickly, though that said I usually spring back into things in less then a whole year…
Maybe you should look to a different game. See if you can get snuck into some other kind of Rpg then the usual PF games. Sometimes its a change of setting, backdrop and system that can get you back into gaming mode and get your creative juices flowing again.

...

No getting me nekkid isn't a feat.

*gets dressed as she glares at the thread*

*Whistles innocently, as he pretends to look the other way*

I do it even more hardcore. Face hunter = win by turn 7 or go home lol. And face hunter is my default form these days after Baku paladins were nerfed due to level up being changed to 6 cost.

Good luck with the temp job, and if you need a listening ear, we have lots of ears available, Kjeldorn.
...

Thanks Mort!

*Gives Mort scratchies and nuzzles*

OMG balaclavas are so cool! I wanna wear a black one then go around in head to toe black! Then I'll look like a ninja!

Not really a balaclava person...though I have one for when it gets really shitty cold up here.

This morning, I did my run in 25-degree weather in a balaclava.

Then I got scared that one of my neighbors would get freaked that someone was running through the neighborhood in a balaclava before dawn and call the cops. Which would have been so awkward. No one did. It was probably because you don't look very scary in a Winnie-the-Pooh sweatshirt no matter what's on your head.

Yea…

^^'

SUCCESS! I finally registered for the Fort Worth Zoo run (the race just happens to be the exact same day as the last day of my training program, so it counts as my "final"), posted it on FB just to give myself no-backing-out-now accountability, and within half an hour, three girlfriends all said they wanted to sign up and run it with me!

I HAVE FRIENDS! Not just internet friends, but DOING THINGS TOGETHER FRIENDS! It only took eight months!

*Gives LM a big thumbs up*

In Hearthstone news, I'm finding myself wishing for a format comparable to Magic's modern format -- everything allowed except the Hall of Famers.

Yes, there's nothing quite so irritating as whittling an opponent down to single digits using careful tactics, only to have them bounce back to 30 using Reno.

Another reason why I'm currently favouring MTG arena over Hearthstone currently…
It caters a bit better to my craving for quick and dirt play...

...After googling the Hall of Fame, why is Reno not in it?! He is obnoxious.

I'm an aggro player through and through. If I can't see the end of a game by "turn" 10 to 12 (be it hearthstone, magic or other "card game") then either I've miss-read/played the game, been out played or been royally screwed over by RNG.

I'm superstitious about this sort of thing, so I'm a bit hesitant to say this, but I can't focus on anything else for being on the edge of my seat:

I've been in hospital with a lung infection for the past two weeks, and today my lung numbers are very improved so I fully expect to be discharged today. *Knocks hard on wood* I'm just waiting for a doctor to give the official go-ahead, and they are taking their sweet-ass time about it...

Anyway, it's been a rough two weeks. I've been hospitalized for longer stretches (one month is my record), but due to really wanting to get home and my pulmonary doctor being on a totally different page than I, I was really gray and despondent for a few days last week. It was really great to know that FAWTL was here to provide a little distraction and interaction.

So thanks, all. :)

Just try focus on recouping and try to keep your chin up TS!

Nope, I don't have any super powers that I know off...except the one that lets me eat almost anything edible known to mankind.

And they call her...the Cat with the Iron Stomach!

:p

I'm a lazy bugger. I dont work out at all.

*Nods*

Me too ^^'

Zelda's vehicle only has to last one more drive...

The engine has a hole in it that I can see through.

She just replaced a wheel bearing.

The driver's side window won't roll up/down. It will fall down quite nicely, so there's a lot of tape holding it up. Replacing the actuator might take care of it, but we did that on the passenger side and it's such a pain. And it still doesn't work *well*.

The suspension is shot. Seriously shot - it just hasn't collapsed yet. I fully expect the next pothole to be the killing blow.

Replaced the thermostat.

Need to replace a sensor on the rear passenger door - the car thinks the rear door is open, randomly. When the vehicle is off it turns on the car alarm. The car alarm has since been removed.

The entire brake system is needing to be replaced.

When she took her dear vehicle to get the wheel bearing replaced she was told "Ok, so you want the price on just replacing the bearing, or to make the truck actually safe to drive?"

This is all just in the last year.

So on Saturday we went out armed with her tax return to look at decent used vehicles. She picks up her new used vehicle (in remarkably good shape, honestly) tonight.

She's very excited, but sad to see her old beast go. Even in as bad of shape as it's in, it still has not stranded her anywhere. Somehow.

I'm excited because now I won't be concerned for her safety when she drives to her mom's or even with her 35 mile work commute.

Probably for the best that Zeldas beast gets sent to the scrap yard...

While all our scheduled events aren't lined up, we at least know which cities we'll be in on which dates, in case any of the Western European FaWtLers want to meet up with us for an afternoon of tourism or dinner or some such. (And yes, Lord Synos gets the biggest gripe because we're in the U.K. for 9 days and don't make it to Ireland, and Drejk can go ahead and grouch that we don't even make eastern Germany, much less Poland):

** spoiler omitted **

As I said before, I'm trying to work out a way of being there…

Also…
In other news...
Its an exciting time for me, as I'm starting on the temp job.
Unfortunately, when I get excited...I'm emotionally unstable. I'm feeling, well touchy.
And...
Around the same time last year, some really personal and emotionally charged stuff happened, and I'm feeling the returning echoes somewhat easily, for some reason, currently.
I guess, I'm saying that if I suddenly start pouring my heart out in some long winded post...please don't be too surprised.
I'll try and put up spoilers out of respect for those involved, as I really don't want to call out anyone (other then myself) for anything...its just I'm not good at this kind of stuff, and well, I don't want to purposefully hurt or inconvenience anyone past or present.
…
Sorry I'm rambling ^^'

I was uh... Having a darkest dungeon run with my BF. Needless to say it didn't go off that well(at radiant difficulty, since we are nubs who suffer from how do I shot web), but well it kept us entertained all day.

Kitty plays Darkest Dungeon? Kjeldorn approves!

Also, went rock climbing today and I got up the wall!

I guess all that training to do pull ups helped(though I still can't do a pull up).

*Looks up*

Cat butt! :P
…
Oh and congratulations on reaching the top... ^^'

And here's the red bell pepper tuna pizza!

*Sniffs and looks suspiciously at the pizza and cast a quick glance at Mort before nibbling at a tiny sample*

OK I tried to install darkest dungeon on my home laptop and it didn't work since my home laptop only supports up to opengl 3.0 for graphics. Also I have just had some chocolate liquor so I may not be too coherent. Is alcohol tolerance a practiced trait? I haven't been drinking for a while.

There's kind of two level of it I believe.

I spent most of my afternoon at my mother-in-law's.

She needs her roof re-done. And it's been layered over so many times that THIS time they need to rip everything off and start from scratch.
Yeah.
Remember how I've said she's a hoarder who's been living alone for forty years?
The house has a double attic.
Everything has to come OUT of the attic so the roof work can be done.
So I put on my army pants and borrowed WW's industrial respirator mask (allergies to dust and mold, plus the attic is filled with rat poop).
Today we managed to get through about 1/5 of one of the attics. (Pull boxes out, unpack them onto a tarp, photograph them, repack them in a clean box, label, catalog, and take to the rented storage unit nearby).
Most of it is family heirlooms left to my sister-in-law in Vermont by long-dead relatives that she will probably never actually come pick up (lots of crystal and china, but she has five boys between 2 and 12 in her house). A lot of it is just random crap that my mother-in-law saved over the years. There's a Look magazine from 1969 with Ho Chi Minh on the cover. There were Vogue magazines from the 70's. Why? Who knows. There were FOUR brownie cameras.

Busy LM...tidying up other people mess…

*Attempts to push a glass of Rum though his screen to LM*

gran rey de los mono wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

...

Favorite find so far: A bag of around 250 .38-caliber bullets in the workshop. We're not gun people. So, huh?
...

When one of my Grandpas died, we found 2 boxes of ammo that confused us. Grandpa had an old .22 and a pair of .30-06s. So, why did he have two boxes of 7.92x57mm with Russian-style (Cyrilic?) writing that seemed to imply they were made in Ethiopia in 1957? As far as I know my Dad still has them somewhere.

Weird. If it were twenty-odd years later, I would have assumed they were made for the war in Afghanistan.

Yea its a bit strange…

Might be talking out of my ass, but I believe that Ethiopia used a hodgepodge of (from already outdated to "mostly new") European equipment during the WWII, so it perfectly plausible that some domestic ammunition production was set up to churn out ammo for "kind of out of place" weaponry .

Not a great start to the morning: pissing down rain and very cold (for Texas) here, so my joints are bothering me, and Val woke me up before dawn because he had wet the bed. (That's the last time I let him have a big mug of cocoa right before he goes to sleep.)

So I started his sheets and quilt and pillow going in the washer and figured I'd do some game prep for this afternoon.
But there were 67 new posts on FaWtL to read first.
Okay, I'm going to close my browser and actually get some work done. Honest.

Honest LM is honest! ^^'

:p

So, basically, you were surrounded by slackers. That sucked.

*Nods and sends back pats*

What is something people add to their car to make it look faster? ** spoiler omitted **

Paint it Red?

(Since its well known that "DA RED WUNZ GO FASTA!!!")

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese

Argghh a dairy zombie!

Cheese it!

Kjel, I'm so sorry, but... in all honesty, after the number of times you've shared stories about doing much more than your share of the load because your coworkers couldn't be bothered and knew that you would pick up the slack, well, perhaps a change might be a good thing?

Sorry if I'm being dense.
(pause)
Here! Have a cookie!

*Munches on cookie*

There is some truth to that LM.
In many ways I do need some new pastures to waddle about in as the job at the horsebreeder was getting to me. My coworker weren't all bad, but most of them were unfortunately rather uncooperative and unwilling to work on a efficient and organized distribution of the required daily routines and assignments (aka "It ain't my job" or "can't you do it instead").
So in essence I became that grumpy guy who wanted to put everyone to work (so we can get done earlier) which wasn't that appreciated. I'm by no-ways a happy or eager worker (In fact I'll grumble al the way to and from work), but once I'm there I do like getting shit done and over with.

So Yea it might be for the best that my contract wasn't renewed. The only down side with the new temp job at the riding-school/riding sport club is that I'll be working Saturdays (only a short roughly 4 hour shift though). To compensate though I'll be Mondays off, so I still have a "two day weekend".
…
I'm actually looking forward to getting started come Thursday…

So sorry to hear that, Kjel. *Offers a glass of Jack Daniels Whiskey*

Kiel, I'm sorry man.

Oh dear Kjeldorn. Hope your temp job in 4 days will work out well.

*Thanks everyone! Offers hugs to everyone*

Kjeldorn wrote:

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

There is always some arm-twisting getting me to see a CGI film.

Yea…

I'm kind of like that too. While these movies are great for kids (and I'll watch em with kids), they often don't really capture me that well. I don't go that often to the movies, so if I'm going it for something I really, really, really want to see.
All that said, recently it will require even more arm-twisting to get me to see a Marvel/DC movie, as I'm suffering from sever super hero fatigue.

Ugh, I know what you mean. I'm still a sucker for the supers genre, but after seeing X-Men Apocalypse and Justice League I've begun approaching the whole genre with extreme trepidation.

(It's not just those two movies that did it, they just really highlighted the supers-ism of "Aim our one unstoppable godlike super at the otherwise invincible bad guy, win." Doesn't work in TTRPGs, doesn't work in team movies.)

Yea, that's kind of another gripe with them...

Also I've figured what to wear for my BFs bro's wedding.

This should do the trick

Pardon my fur, I just woke up.

Wished it came in another colour(I'm constantly complaining on how I don't pull yellow well), but I think it's still OK.

The dress looks alright to me…the fur too ^^'

Home all day with Val, he's sick again. He's watching Ghostbusters in bed and eating ice cream, and I'm sitting on the floor reading cookbooks.

Hope little Val get back on his feet again quickly.

*Send hugs and back pats*

lisamarlene wrote:

Okay, I know that no one on FAWTL gives a darn, but the trailer for the new Fosse/Verdon series was just released, and I've been waiting for this show since it was announced last summer, and OMFG.

Well, I'll be seeing it opening day. Does that count?

I pretty much loathe all biographies, because telling the true story of an amazing person isn't enough for Hollywood, and they have to turn it into something twisted, convoluted, and unrecognizable.

I successfully sat through Bohemian Rhapsody. I'll give it that much.

But GothBard desperately wants to see it, very likely for the same reasons you do, and I honestly hope that it manages to live up to your expectations.

I am, er, less optimistic.

Yea, must say I'm not really that into "biographical movies" either for precisely the same reasons you've mentioned. Now if they label it a "fiction based on true events" well...at least I can then turn a bit more of my brain off (Which is what I view most of the biographical or historical work that come out of Hollywood to be).

Haven't actually seen Bohemian Rhapsody as I'm not really that interested in it...then again I'm of the somewhat blasphemous opinion that Queen really wasn't all that great either (Alright, just not phenomenal).

Panic attack again. But the preschool understands and agreed to let me stay on as a sub for those days they don't overcome me and keep me from working. So that's nice. My boss was very understanding.

It's nice to hear that you've seemed to have found a workplace where their willing to listen and reach out to you about your difficulties and problems. That's incredibly valuable for people like us who have mental issues.

I do hope you get atop of your panic attacks VE...stay safe alright.

*Offers man-hug*

Hi, everyone! Wish I was feeling better today. Last night's Chicken Ramen dinner gave me indigestion, that has lasted through now. So, it's relatively bland/mild stuff today for me. *sigh* Growing old really does suck.

*Offers back pats and a glass of scotch*

In other news.
I'm out of the job, as of yesterday...so bye bye horse-breeder and horsies.
The good news however is that I start temping at a Riding School next Thursday, So I'll be unemployed for a whole 4 days.

Actually dressing is also a bit of a science. You won't look good in everything. Some things will just look better on you then others. Like I don't pull off the colour yellow well, but I look good in dark colours such as dark blue, dark green, magenta, black, because of my fair(relatively) complexion. I'll note that I look better in dark green then dark blue, because some shades of navy can end up with me looking a little faded.

Body shape is also the same. Different styles emphasize different parts of your body - tubes emphasize every curve you have, so if you have any unsightly curves, it'll show up. Also, sometimes the blocky, muscular look for girls isn't so desirable, not that I'm there yet, but there are some leanings in that direction.

And Kjeldorn...I'm always hungry lol =P Om Nom Nom Nom Nom.

*Scratches head*

Yea I know I'm no dressing expert for sure, though since I'm a standard 'pale as a ghost' white guy I do tend to avoid amplifying it with light/pale colors and stay with deep and dark blues, greens and the like.
As for body shape…
Well since I'm rather girthy, with a sizable behind, I've found that baggy or stretchy clothes serves me best, as it conceals said girthiness.
(Yea its a lot of beating around the bush, probably should just flat out say I'm overweight, with quite the beer-belly) .

There is always some arm-twisting getting me to see a CGI film.

Yea…

Kjeldorn wrote:

Woran wrote:

Jet lag has gotten me good. I feel real crap. I should get back to my play by posts, but reading more then 10 sentences and trying to be coherent is quite challenging.

*Sends nuzzles and pats to Woran too*

I hope you get over the laggy-ness quickly! Though I think your pbp peep could probably spare you for a couple of days, so waiting until you feel like you're back on your feet might be the best idea.

Jet lag is weird. Its a bit like having the flue. You feel tired and weak and you dont know if you're hungry or not.

I've actually never really suffered from jet lag (that I've recognized as such at least), but I do suffer a lot ear pressure pains when flying.

Still I hope you shake off the remaining laggy-ness quickly Woran.

*Sends back pats*

Its practically spring here in the netherlands.

Up here too.

Freehold DM wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

So, I'm quickly learning to simply NOT use my antique iPhone for pictures, but here's a blurry picture of Impus Major in his new "look".

Yeah, it's the camera. I'll have to get a better shot some other time.

EDIT: For the fashion-conscious, the hat is the stupid-expensive one from the Dickens Faire (thoroughly cleaned), the leather jacket he found lying on the ground on Albany Hill, and the boots were an order GothBard made that didn't fit her at all, and he loves them...

he looks like it's not a good day to be a bad guy.

LOL. I think the opposite, and I'm just glad "A Clockwork Orange" is so far back in history that none of his peers have even heard of it...

Yea, I can kind of see the reference to AOC...

Just a Mort wrote:

I don't think I can pull off tube yet. I still have some tummy. I know V-neck work pretty well for me, but also thing to note is some of my dresses may have gotten loose(I need to check), and my shoulders did get a bit broader, so fitting into stuff for skinny gals might be a problem. Also my arms aren't exactly skinny these days and definitely don't have the smooth, soft look.

I have no idea what you are talking about. You look absolutely amazing to me. Not in a lecherous way, mind, just that you seem quite fit. In better shape than me, at least.

*Gives Mort pats and nuzzles*

I'm with Freehold on this one Kitty. You're fit, poised and cute looking, so I'll venture that you can probably make any dress look really good.

Jet lag has gotten me good. I feel real crap. I should get back to my play by posts, but reading more then 10 sentences and trying to be coherent is quite challenging.

*Sends nuzzles and pats to Woran too*

I hope you get over the laggy-ness quickly! Though I think your pbp peep could probably spare you for a couple of days, so waiting until you feel like you're back on your feet might be the best idea.

W0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000t!

Whingey wizzard has his third interview for The Job this coming Tuesday morning at 11:00. With the entire Executive Team of the organization (previous interview was with the HR director).

I don't want to get my hopes up or count my chickens or any of that crap, so I'm trying not to think about it much.

*Crosses finger and toe for WW*

My BFs bro is having his wedding and asked my BF and I for help at the reception table. Now I need to find a dress to wear!

*Imagines Mort in a tight tube dress, with reddening cheeks and a cautious look of contentment om his face*

Not me...most creatures flee from me hissing, howling, screeching, squeaking, squealing, squawking, yowling...

I'm sure there's some kind of misunderstanding involved on the animals part...

Just came back from kranji countryside, happily eating everything.

I had wheatgrass ice cream, aloe vera and rosella jelly, deep fried frog legs,fried frog skin, deep fried crocodile nuggets, drank goats milk...

And watched little kids try to catch frogs. When the frogs hopped in their direction, they ran away screaming. Lol.

*purrs contentedly*

The crocodile nuggets were surprisingly good. I don't think deep fried is the best way to serve frog, frog is better off stir fried with oyster sauce, spring onion and ginger.

Deep fried crocodile nuggets however, taste like deep fried pork chop.

Also the dog at the frog farm was nudging my aunt for treats but never approached me. Get what I mean by animals see me and run off?

Sounds like a fun trip!

Drejk wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Why yes, yes we're getting a s#$# load of ice, and a little snow, so guess who gets to go to work.

It sure was nice I had two consecutive days off, for the first time this year.

On the plus side, in one month of near constant snow I've made more than I did in any of the five years I worked at Toys R Us.

HATE.

YOU.

SO.

MUUUUUUCH.

Getting paid for dealing with snow?

I think that the purely carnal excitement that would cause in you, would make it illegal in most of the states for you...

I would indeed melt the snow in small, rhythmic amounts.

So...

Oh, and apropos of nothing:

The Fluffernutter: She's a ragamuffin/Siberian mix, which makes her an amazing fighting cat with the personality of a dog. So other cats run up, attack her, she says, "Oh, are we playing now?", beats them senseless, and watches confused as they run away hissing.
She's not a dumb cat; she's an optimistic cat. "Yes, I see, hear, and smell the rain, but until I feel it I prefer to believe that it doesn't exist." And OMG is she LOUD. At 6:30 am sharp when I start work, she wanders the house, yowling, until I let her out on her harness.

The Calico, aka "Little Miss Hates the World": Our calico is a rescue cat. When we chose her, she was hopped up on pregnancy hormones. Once those wore off, we realized what a monster we'd adopted. She hates people. She hates dogs. She hates other cats. She is afraid of nothing. Yet she's an absolutely useless fighter so she's spent her 11 years with us getting beaten up by a running series of other cats.
The *only* creatures she tolerates are kids under 4. We have no idea why, but she goes up to them, purrs, lets them poke her in the face or pull on her tail, and is infinitely gentle with them. If you're 5 or older and you pet her more than twice, you will bleed!

"Little Miss" sounds like just the cat for me.

Back from birthday party...

*unpacks presents loot*

Force And Destinyt (so I have mine while gming)
Legend Of The Five Rings 5th Edition (I think it is a subtle hint from the GM that I am supposed to read through it and learn the rules to back him up)
and Legend Of The Five Ringfs 5th Edition Dice Set.

Apparently I am supposed to get one more rulebook later, as it got delayed in the mail...

Oh, and I got a coloring/stickers book with ponies, planes, and all the fun stuff.

Oh!

Well...must have missed you mentioning that.

(Belated late) Happy Birth Loot-day Drejk!

Hi folks, how you doing?

*Waves*

Hello.

I am extremely popular with the kids at my new work. They already want to try me out as lead afternoon preschool teacher.

I spent the afternoon finger-painting. I don't care if the money sucks. I'm getting paid to make paper airplanes and help kids color them to learn hand-eye coordination and dexterity while recognizing directions...

...but mostly I'm paid to lift four year olds high enough to get the planes to really fly far.

Nice to hear that you're really feeling your new job VE.

*Sends shoulder pats*

Prom Sponsor came in and asked the class president to suggest a song for the King and Queen dance. He didn't have an idea, so she left. We're now trying to compile a list of the worst options.

Current list:
"Closer" - Nine Inch Nails
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police (which he's tempted to do anyway because of how many people will miss the point)
"Entrance of the Gladiators" - Julius Fucik

First off I'll defend "closer" (and the rest of "The Downward Spiral") to my last breath as a record that had a profund impact on a young Kjeldorn. I would have loved to have that played at my "high school dance" (aka Galla).

But I'll give a couple song that might fit the list (even if some of them are really good songs)

Rape me by Nirvana (Don't worry it's actually an anti-rape song).

Stein um Stein by Rammstein (They got a ton of these...others would be "Du riechst So gut" or "Wollt ihr das bett in flammen sehen" and they all seem to be about sex)

Little Girls by Oingo Boingo (Because...memes...internet...stuff...I guess)

Chloroform girl by Polkadot Cadaver (The juxtaposition between the music and lyrics…it's just...wow)

My Love/Hate Relationship With My Kids

(NobodysHome is doing a set of afternoon stretches in the living room as the kids are preparing to leave)
NobodysHome: Don't forget to be home by 10, because it's a work night for me.
Impus Minor: What a loser! He has to work tomorrow!
Impus Major: Yeah! Look at him! Earning his money! What a sucker!
Im: And look what he's doing now! Exercising? To try to stay in shape?
IM: Yeah, what a loser! He should just be 18 again and sit around playing video games all day and have six-pack abs anyway!
Im: Bye, Loser!
IM: Yeah, bye!

*Sniffles*

Kids after my own heart…
Stick it to the old man Impii!

Ibpetted a bearded dragon and a snake!

Also, I met HMM AT Con og the north

Also i had manybeer tonight

*Scratches the ground with his foot and kicks a rock away*

I want to have a beer with Woran (and company) too...

*Mopes*

This is the first weekend this month I get to rest and relax, instead of working (like all three days of last weekend) or volunteering with Hermione's scout troop, like the two prior weekends. I am tired and just a little cranky.

A tired and cranky LM is no good...

*Sends hug and back pats to LM*

I've been sick for the last three days with a stomach bug and eventual migraine. Today I'm at work. I'm not sure which one is the better deal.

Yesterday was Aiymi's birthday. Tonight, assuming I'm still ok, we're heading to The Highlands - a Scottish/Irish (mostly Scottish) steakhouse that's relatively in the middle of nowhere.

Hope you kick the bug (and migraine) Vany, so you can have a nice dinner (and well, be "well" again).

*Sends hugs and back pats*

Good News:

Tala's mom is ambulatory for moments, and working up. She even got to the car on her own the other day.

Bad News:

Tala herself and I are in the hospital right now, as she's getting uncontrollable tremors and tics.

Good to hear Tala's mother is feeling better.

For Aiymi...

She was eating steamed corn. One kernel ended up going down the wrong pipe. She started choking on it, then coughed. Rather than expelling into her mouth, it went straight up into the sinus passages. She couldn't get it out on her own after about 36 hours (including using sinus rinses), so she went to the ER. They did a CT scan to find the corn kernel in her sinuses. They were able to remove it with non-invasive methods. All clear.

But...

Last July when she was in the hospital for her mini-stroke they did a CT and found a cyst in one of her sinus cavities. They figured like any cyst it would eventually re-absorb and be fine. Unfortunately the current CT scan shows the cyst has enlarged. So she needs an ENT doc to take a look at this.

Kind of lucky that:

Still ER visits can scare the shit out of you…(and in the case of you guys/American FaWtLers - the shit out of you wallets I guess).

*Sends hugs and back pats to Aiymi and Vany*

Good morning, everyone. I'll bet that everyone is asking "why is John here this early on a Tuesday?" That's an excellent question. The answer to which is "the morning guard couldn't get his car started, and, since I'm the 'go-to guy', I get called in." BOOGERS!

*Sends back pats and a large glass of Port wine...it was mostly used for cooking earlier today okay!...*slurp**

Somehow, Current Events class started talking about names. I mentioned that "Mackenzie" and "Kaitlyn" were the names I saw the most variation on when subbing.

My board is now filled with as many variant spellings on the two as they can devise. Exchange student is just boggled.

I've gotten so used to people spelling my name wrong, that I kind of just let it slide now…

So. Today was the memorial for my dad.

I keep learning more about the man. He was a lot more complex than I thought originally, but also so very simple. I was also with all of my siblings for the first time in a long, long time.

I just saw all of our signatures on a document for the proceedings. My first time seeing all of our names together.

Oh man.

*Offers back pats and man-hugs*

Very few people are black or white characters pulled out of some piece of media. Most people are, well, people...with strengths and flaws, likes and dislikes and feelings or urges we might not share.
Its just a shame that we often have to learn about these complexities after a person have passed away.

Cover Turtle wrote:

*Nods vigorously and wipes away his nosebleed*

I think I know why Woran didn't mind the teenaged boy walking into a tree. It's sort of fun, isn't it?

*raises eyebrows up and down in amusement*

Yet another example which shows that certain Kitty does indeed have a sense of humour.

*Returns eyebrow waggle and sends Mort scratches and nuzzles*

I'm sort of..semi-flatfooted. I have a low arch and the last time I tried using arch cushions they felt uncomfortable to me.

My feet are weird.

... My office pants? They're so flexible I can, and have done yoga in them. Needless to say I would be able to give you a good kick to the stomach if I wanted to while wearing them. I don't think I can actually hit your chest level due to me being a lil bit.

I pretty much dress for comfort even in office gear.

Comfy (roomy, with a bit of stretch) pants are the best pants!

So, in other news, at the start of this week, I was sitting in the nap room at school in the afternoon, bored, and took out my lesson-planning notebook (because it was what I had), and started writing.

Decided after twenty-two years to completely scrap the novel I was sick to death of not writing, because I had never really given a crap about the protagonist, and started over with something new.
And at the end of the first week, have discovered that I have 5,000 words written.
For the first time in my life, I'm not sitting staring at a blank page, hating myself. I'm getting words down and actually enjoying it.
My goal is to get a big enough chunk of the rough draft bunged out by the end of term that while I'm on break for the summer (best thing ever, splitting ten months of work into 24 equal installments so I don't have to worry about funds over June and July) I can set down to work in earnest and really flesh it out.
And I've started my research, which is funny, because it's already beginning to cause a disruption in the kind of ads I'm seeing online, for things that I will never ever buy.
And, for personal accountability, I've told Hermione, who knows that it's our secret, and she is allowed once at the end of every school day to ask, "Mama, did you get your work done?" and give me a conspiratorial smile, which she enjoys.

Nice to hear you feel the creative juices running again LM.

Don't really think I've got it in me to write novel. I never really had much drive, focus, willpower, the ability to concentrate to finish anything longer the a (very) short story, ye old adventure or the occasional piece of...err...peculiar smut-fiction (mostly to get get my own juices running ^^').

*looks embarrassed*

Hi, everyone. Just got done with this month's Tekko general staff meeting.

*Waves to John*

Kjeldorn, I'm definitely not in the try before you buy camp. Even preventive methods are not 100% and what if you accidentally get the girl pregnant?

Well if we are both responsible adults and take preventive measures (ie me wearing a condom and her being on some kind of contraceptive) should keep the risks of pregnancy to a minimum.

Are you making her go for an abortion?

It is her body, so I don't really feel comfortable telling her what to do with it. So No, I wouldn't make her get an abortion as that would ultimately violate her control over her own body, just as I myself would like to maintain my control over my own body.

And you're supposed to stay a virgin till your wedding night.

Frankly I'm not really that interested in whether or not any future partner of mine has had intimate relations with any other men or women before me.

Basically when it comes to experimenting with sex, the girl gets the short end of the stick the guy gets to get away Scott free(other then the girls family chasing after him). And in some cultures the guys family would pride him on his manliness in deflowering many girls.

Which is, of cause, silly.

Hi all, it's been a few days, what did I miss?

Only a bit more then me would be my guess ^^'

My mother says that she's feeling a bit better, and wants to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes.

*Offers hugs and back pats to Johns mother (and john), while give them both a thumbs up*

Zelda has been offered, and she has accepted, a promotion and a raise. She went from #2 person in Dept A to Director of Dept B.

\o/

*Gives Zelda a thumbs up too*

Just got the call; I got the job!

I start on the 7th. Finally! It's been months. All we need to do is squeak out one more and I can finally contribute again, and get back to paying off all my debt and climbing out of this hole. I wish I did earlier, so I could get some of that sweet, sweet holiday pay, but hey...take what you can get, no?

I can't thank you guys enough for your support in all of this.

*Looks at VE happily while struggling with the conundrum of already having both thumbs in use…*

*Wiggles a 'big toe' enthusiastically at VE*

I knew that not having a real tree was a good idea. At least I saved Kjeldorn the trouble of planting one.

Eh...

Vanykrye wrote:

Orthos wrote:

I don't know anyone who still purchases a natural tree every year. Everyone I know has plastic trees that just go back in their bags/boxes and into the closet/garage/attic/basement between January and November.

I just went out and cut a tree with Zelda this last weekend. Douglas Fir, because all the Fraser Firs were already gone. The White Pines have too long of needles. The Blue Spruces were decent, but not quite what Zelda wanted.

Well, I'm having flashbacks.

Pah!

Want some real flashback, trying having you're parents get the bright idea of starting a side business selling Christmas trees every year, and getting you roped in to help out planting the damn things…
Once you planted a couple of thousands, you'll never want to see another durned pine tree again >_<

...

Kjeldorn, I think Lyn would be able to take a break more easily if the tree and Christmas lights up..

See here Mort...

#IstandwithProfessorMembrane

(Urgh, I used a hashtag...I feel so dirty and icky)

…

Though I do acquiesce to the "Your home, your rules" line of thought, so others are of course free to decorate to their hearts content...
Though I would be sorely tempted to take a nutcracker to the nearest (decoration/doll) elf's kneecaps…

*Grumbles*

'Morning, everyone. Yeah, I got called in to do a double shift, again. I'll be here all day, so don't mind me.

*Attempts to send back pats, a thermos with coffee and a hipflask with scotch to John*

Not much better than yesterday. But she is taking the medicine.

*Send positive thoughts and hope for a swift recovery for John's mother*

EIGHT.

Also, WW and I both get paid this week!
Paid is good.

After WW finished his shift at the restaurant Saturday night, he stayed out until 2 giving more Lyft rides so we wouldn't be in the hole with his Lyft car again this week. I don't think I've ever seen him work this hard before.

He's supposed to hear this week sometime about an interview he had last week that is his first best chance in a long time. Fingers crossed.

*Crosses fingers*

*Also imagines LM rolling around, in a pile of dollar bills, on her bed*

Debating whether my ankle will stand it if I try to finish putting up the Christmas decorations. I dislocated it badly Thursday night and I put it back in okay, but it was far enough out of socket that it left me with a bad sprain. Heck, my husband even suggested that I might need to go to the doctor, but I nixed that once I was sure it wasn’t broken. For a sprain they would just tell me to do exactly what I’m already doing. No need to pay for expensive tests for that. Anyhow, I’ve been pretty much off my feet for the last three days thanks to this and the Christmas lights still aren’t up and neither is the tree and it’s driving me nuts that I haven’t been able to finish the task. :(

Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Lyn is back!

*Runs around Lyn, panting with his tongue hanging out*

But...
You're hurt!

*Whines and attempts to send an ice pack, tea and a bag of liquorice to Lyn while giving her box of Christmas decorations the stink-eye*

F-you Plus supermarket and your new christmas commercial.

It caught me by surprise and Ive been crying for hours now and I cant sleep.

Trigger warning: Dont watch this is you recently (or not even recently) lost a loved one

*Offers Woran a hug*

Find your nearest significant other Woran. grab onto them and cuddle them close, and don't let go until you fall asleep.

…

Freehold and Kjeldorn, stop staring. I wore a T-shirt and 3/4 shorts over it.
…

*Keeps bobbing his head up and down in an vertical figure eight motion*

…Anyway, to be honest, Freehold, I will admit had it been early morning with no one else on the track, I would have taken off my shirt and pants and just ran in a swimsuit. I would definitely have been more comfortable since my shirt was partially soaked by the time I finished that 1.491 miles...

Hmmm…

I'm guessing your swimsuit is a one-piece. Might add a pair of short shorts to cover up the crotch region, and if the upper 'bounce' is bothering you could maybe tape them in using sports strapping tape.

Just spit balling here, I'm no expert on the subject.

I am ashamed to admit, but not having experience with mental issues, I would not be able to emphasize with those who do. So I would be caught rather off guard by that parent. Though actually my guess on the situation was that I was speculating was there family trouble(domestic violence) at home that's why he started acting up at school?

That's not entire true Kitty.

…At the dyer's stall, the reenactor was patiently dying hand-spun yarn with cochineal dye, and she talked about gathering the bugs from the cactus that grow in the Israeli desert and grinding them into powder. And she showed us a small dish of the dried bugs. That right there made it worth the drive.

*looks at the bugs*

Are you sure you should be using cochineal dye? I mean its mostly know as a early renaissance dye (over here, since you know the Spanish brought some back from the whole stomping of the Aztecs thing*). I mean I think maybe Kermes or Rose madder would be a more likely dye used…

* Yes there were exceptions, as the were cochineal dye production (and trade with the rest of Europe) in central and eastern Europe during medieval times...and in the Caucasus region even as far back as around 800-700 BC-ish.

I keep trying to get them to try anything else for just a while, to break the monotony...Savage Worlds, FATE, World of Darkness, L5R, Shadowrun, GURPS, f&!#ing anything…

…or Exalted, Fragged Empire, (New) Conan, CoC, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Symbaroum, WH Fantasy or 40K...

So here's the weird thing about being poor: sometimes you really don't realize just how bad things are until you're faced with a momentary experience of abundance. This morning WW and I got treated to the annual Choir Christmas brunch at the country club near the church. It was really nice and there was so much good food out on the buffet that I actually had to stop myself from crying. Holy crap I just ate a lot.

*Offers Hugs*

Sorry I wasn't on yesterday. My mother caught my cold, and it became severe. Spent most of the day at a clinic. Not fun.

*Offers burly man-hug and a stiff scotch*

I had the weirdest, best experience with parent-teacher conferences yesterday. It was one of those "wow, you really had better look at your cultural assumptions and quit judging people" moments.

You know my student with all the issues? The one who glued the hand-therapy plasticine in his hair and crapped in the bathroom sink and had the petit mal during naptime?

His dad came in for conferences yesterday. His dad is a tall, burly Mexican-American... looks like a cross between Javier Bardem and Alfred Molina, longish hair in his eyes. He drives the biggest pickup truck I've ever seen.

So, yeah, I assumed he was a tough, macho guy who was a little embarrassed about his son's issues, and that's why he does everything for him at home and why the boy screams if you ask him to do anything for himself. (Put on his shoes, change his clothes, open his lunchbox)

And he starts talking about how worried he is that anxiety disorders are genetic, because he and his brothers were badly physically abused by their dad and they all ended up with severe anxiety disorders (his youngest brother the most), and with different types of treatment/medication, and he sees similarities in his son with himself as a child, and overhelps because of his fear.

Holy crap.

Was kind of (not the precise diagnosis, but that he suffer from some sort of neurodivergence or mental issue(s)) what I was afraid off when I heard about the little guy.

Even if I were a guy, I'd still learn how to cook. And wouldn't give a fk on anyone who laughed. It's my stomach, afterall.

I'd probably tell my kids, either you learn to cook or you get to eat out. I'd call it compulsory life lessons.

Look, I don't care if you never learn to cook fancy dishes - not everyone has the talent etc, but I expect you to be able to enter anyone's (well stocked) kitchen and fix yourself something edible.

Basic cookery is an invaluable skill, especially when living alone. So yes, add me to the 'everyone should spend some time in the kitchen crowd'.

I figure the Asian women feel safe dressing so provocatively because they know they can kick the hipsters' a$$es.

*Chains himself to the bottom of Freeholds car*

That's a lot of reading Kjeldorn.

Eh.

It just me musing about how the bulwark of democracy (ie the allies) seemed to act more on the concept of self-preservation, then on any form of principled defense of values.
My little list (and it wasn't exhaustive really) was mostly about showing there were enough of 'bad guys' to choose from in the 30s and 40s.

I'm in!

We are getting that down.

As far as should another country interfere that is gonna vary but I feel like if you leave bad people alone long enough they eventually make it your problem. I think there is a quote that gets used on the internet a lot about that. Something about WW2 etc.

Never ever underestimate the (apocryphal) words:

"He may be a son of a b@~$%, but he's our son of a b$&!$.

Drejk wrote:

Untouchable Fiery Beauty (Su)?

Look But Do Not Touch (Su)?

Involuntary and embarrassing blood engorgement (Su)?

Hi, everyone.

*Waves*

I’m at the airport in Miami for Art Basel.

I was whistling to myself.

A sweet woman asked what the beautiful holiday tune I was doing.

I told her it was an old Germanic tune.

I didn’t have the heart to tell her it’s this song I was subconsciously whistling, I’m getting soft during the Holliday’s.

Firstly its a piece written for the musical Cabaret in the 60s I believe (You know the times where you could discuss the workings of a certain German political party without having to make 'the sign of the cross' and obfuscating any deep or uncomfortable parts of such a discussion with an constant stream of profuse refutation and denouncement of the subject matter as a whole) so I think you're actually more safe then you might think.

Secondly I kind of get it Baron.
I catch myself whistling the Panzerlied when I'm war gaming or at time when I'm playing something like War Thunder. I was brought up watching movies like the 'Battle of the Bulge', 'The Guns of Navarone' 'Tora!, Tora!, Tora!' and 'Sea of Sand' together with my father from a very young age, so a lot of those early images kind of stuck with me.

Okay, remember how I said this morning that I wanted to call in sick and lie on the couch with a pot of tea under a cozy afghan?

Well, I'm sick again. For the fourth time since school started. This time it waited four weeks instead of the usual three to hit me again. (Yes, I've been sick so often that I'm tracking it.)

So I dropped the kids off for their usual Thursday evening at Grandma's, slogged OVER AN HOUR to get home (twelve miles, but it's raining, so lots of accidents on the roads), made tea, climbed onto the couch under the seven-year afghan ** spoiler omitted **...
and discovered that the shady management company that owns our house is trying to cheat us out of the three days of motel stays from the recent electrical work, claiming that they had already credited us for it in August.
No, in fact, the credit in August was compensation for the fact that the house wasn't anything close to move-in ready and was, in fact, a stage setting for a minor scene in a modern film version of Dante's Purgatorio.
So I spent the evening on the couch under a cozy afghan with tea, working on financial projections from now through February.

And I CAN'T call in sick tomorrow because tomorrow I have to give parent-teacher conferences.

*Offers LM another blanket, some hot tea, a glass of Rum and a six-pack of Belgian beers in case of a 'too sick to sleep properly night'.*

I feel you. The flue has improved somewhat, but Im still not better yet.

*Sends Woran some tissues, tea and Rum too (she's close enough to Belgium to get her own beers ^^)

I had forgotten how difficult night shift work can be.

Also, found out my younger brother is in the hospital. Going to go see him tomorrow.

I hope it isn't anything serious Icy.

*Crosses finger for Icy's brother*

In other story news...

I asked this in FAWTL's Discord (invites on request!) but I'd like to get opinions here too. =)

I've been meaning to get started on working on one of my many story ideas, and I figure this weekend is as good as any.

So I'm gonna ask you guys. Which of the following stories sounds most interesting to you?

1 - a war heroine claws her way to prominence amidst distrust and betrayal while a monster from the dawn of time wakes to ravage the land

2 - the story of a fallen villain's redemption and a continent wide conspiracy lost to her burned away memory

3 - a Nature vs Technology story with a few unusual twists

4 - a tale of an impending apocalypse at the hands of a scheming kobold

5 - a story of a group of heroes who defined the landscape of their homeland with their impact on history

My picks are:

2.

1.

3.

Honourable mentions (and my actual favorite): The story of a hero's fall to villainy and how far the hero's companions (the player) are willing to let their former friend, companion, lover slip for the sake of that connection.
Making some gory examples of some criminal elements in the city is alright…it keeps others in check!
How should we treat the captured conscripts of the rebellious lords? I mean they just conscripts right! They were just following orders! but...we can't exactly just let them all go...can we?
I mean they did raise their arms against our friend...and they did hurt or kill our soldiers on the field of battle...So what do we do?!
*A messenger delivers orders from hero*
Execute every tenth of them (Man, woman and child)! and put the rest to heavy manual labour till they drop!
*Looks worried at the rest of the companions*

Counting today, twelve school days until Winter Vacation.

I love working at this school better than any I've worked at so far, but I am tired, I want to see my mom and my sister and my niece and my grandma, and I want someone to cook for me.

But I have to give my first batch of parent-teacher conferences at this school on Friday, and even though that's something I'm usually really good at, I'm anxious about it.

We're still having a hard time just getting through each month. WW's job is helping us squeak by without any more loans from his mom (which is good, because she's said she's done helping, and we can start paying her back aaaaanytime now), but it's super tight. He needs a better job SOON. $12/hour gross with no paid time off does not cut it.

Tough times LM.

That too goes for making you a meal. Wish I could just package one up and send it across the pond, but I couldn't really guarantee the condition it would arrive in ^^'

I really want a pet, but I just can't right now. I'm at school with odd enough hours that a dog wouldn't do well in my apartment, and I've got nasty cat allergies.

If I could find a decent way to cope with the allergies (shotgunning Benadryl is not coping), I'd get a cat in a heartbeat.

Huh…

*Puts on cat-suit and makes a pathetic attempt at purring*

I'm mostly house broken (I might leave the toilet seat up once in while…), I'm mostly allergy free, I do shed though (as we 'furry' men are wont to ^^' ) and I'm fairly easily entertained.

*Looks a Scint with big wet begging eyes*

I love animals. If I went back and got my Masters, I'd probably try and do something training at a zoo or such. You'd be surprised how much psychology studies animals, because their behavior is so much easier to predict and control than humans...

I'm right with you there.

Eh...enough belly gazing ^^

Alcohol related stuff…

That I can understand.

Now...*passes Kjel the joint he wishes he had*...on the other hand…

Now here you have me at an disadvantage. I suffered from crippling asthma far into my teen year, and have incredibly poor...err...average lung capacity. So to this day I can't, literally, smoke anything without choking.

Med experiences

Also been on Abilify...it was kind of meh for me, not really helping or hurting me in any consistently perceivable way, so I dumped that as a failure after 5-6 months.

How do you feel about people watching you sleep?

You can watch me sleep any time you want Kitty...

I am everyone and no one

Of cause you are…

Because who wants a toy that breaks within 5 minutes of your starting to play with it?

*Sigh*

Don't I know it...

*Looks at toy that intermittently shudders pathetically instead of vibrating properly*

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I slept for 14 hours, and I sweated a lot, which is good. I feel slightly better then yesterday, but still a fever. Still joint/muscle pain.

*Sends more tea, tissues and rum with an added flirty eyebrow waggle in an attempt to cheer Woran up*

Hi, everyone.

*Waves*

Hello John.

Edit:
So I'm naked…
somewhat appropriate ^^

*Yawns*
Damit…
Can't sleep.
*Opens up a Belgian beer and downs it quick*
Hopefully that'll make me sleepy.
*Scrolls down the thread*
Huh…
Forgot to put John in my 'kind of get better posts'
*Sends cough drops, a glass of scotch and some back pats*
Think I'll go back to bed and try to sleep again…
Night everyone.

Seroquel troubles

*Gives back pats and offers a beer*

Having been on Seroquel, I'll echo how shitty of drug it is. Shifting to another drug was my top priority back then.

I think I cracked my tooth in fact i'm pretty sure of it no idea how however.

*Opens Vid's mouth and looks around*

*Scratches beard, gives Vid an icepack and a glass of scotch*

Sorry guys, but I am not going through 466 posts. So what have I missed while my eye has had me out of commission for almost a week?

*Pats Sharoth's scaly back and welcomes him back*

Ugh. I got the flue. Including the muscle/joint pain.

*Offers tissues, hot tea, a glass of Rum and a gift card of one session of join rubs + hugs*

Nice and busy body.

*Nods in agreement...probably for different reasons :p*

We don't have a proper holiday dance, do we? Halloween has the Monster Mash. I propose we get one in honor of Santa - North Pole dancing.

*Imagines sexy elves grinding on candy canes*

I could get behind that ^^'

I found a support group for people with mental illness in town. I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. When I lived in Jacksonville, before my divorce, I occasionally went to a few - they weren't super helpful in of themselves, but I made some nice friends who were, outside of the group situation, more helpful and supportive. There weren't any in the county I lived in after my divorce in South Florida, so it kind of slipped my mind up here.

I haven't made any friends since moving to Ohio, so I'm kind of hoping this kills two birds with one stone.

I had a major anxiety freak out/panic when I went over my finances today..the idea of seeing other people who might have ideas of where I can find work, or other help, is about the only thing that got me through the day today. I am all out of my acute panic stuff, and the doctor won't refill it - apparently this county is really bad on pill trafficking, so all the doctors and hospitals have lists of controlled substances they just straight up won't refill. Kind of sucks when you really need it.

Today's plus side - the library had the only Jim Butcher book I hadn't read in today! Brief Cases, a collection of Dresden Files shorts.

I can't express how much taking a hot shower, putting on classical music, and reading a few shorts helped. I have to remember that in the future. It won't help when I'm out of my house, but it's good to learn coping mechanisms where you can.

Sigh Now I want to re-read the entire anthology. And play a FATE game (they have the official RPG setting for DF).

*Puts two thumbs up and offers more back pats (and another beer)*

I'm still not clear on what hipster means. Mrs. Sunrise says we're kind of hipsters, but I can't keep in my head why. It's all very vague and ethereal, much like culture itself.

Hipsters are kind of a cursory revisiting of some of the progressive subcultures that came before them.

- Theres some beatnik pseudo intellectualism.

- There some hippie-esque dreams of environmentalism.

- There some grungy fashion sense.

- There some remnants of yuppie professionalism.

- There are the gnawed empty bones of the postmodern scepticism.

All smashed together with little care or mind to the contextual origins of the cultural movements from which the hipster liberally burrow.
It seems to me that hipsters creating reproductions, pastiches or otherwise empty shells of (other) cultural phenomena in order to ease its proliferation and consumption, primarily by themselves. Though in doing so much of said phenomena changes, or losses at least part of its original form and meaning, as its integrated into of "hipster-culture".

But hey what do I know…I'm no -ist (despise what some people say…) or an -ian.

Hi everyone. I caught a cold, again. Feel tired pretty much constantly. Wish I knew who gave it to me, so that I can return it. The cold, the gift that keeps on giving. *sigh* Well, at least I've got medicine for it.

*Gives John back-pats, hot tea and a glass of scotch*

It's a project we're doing in economics - scenario is high unemployment across all sectors, high inflation, and falling GDP. Their job is to recommend policy to fix this without increasing national debt. This is meant to serve as a lesson on fiscal/monetary policy, leading into discussion on mandatory vs. discretionary spending.

Their initial solution was along the lines of "can't have high unemployment/mandatory spending if you don't have enough people to be unemployed/claim benefits." We're trying to walk back the murder somewhat to deal with, y'know, actual understanding of the lesson objectives.

I think I might look into a solution...

*Scratches beard*

I'm the youngest in my office.

Which is why I sometimes dare call you "kitten"

So a crowdfunding campaign to finance release of Call Of Cthulhu 7th edition in Polish ended tonight.

Requested amount of money: 60 thousand zloty (two and a half yearly minimum wages or slightly less than 16 thousand dollars).

Amount of money collected: 1 million 67 thousands... About four times the worth of my 2-room flat (or approximately 280 thousand dollars).

Seems to be a success...

Kind of shows how much money there actually is in providing people with a simple and efficient conveniences. If just more business would appreciate that simple fact.

*Thumbs up to the polish CoC player and fans*

This goes beyond laziness into stupidity.

*Sends John a pat on the pack, a glass of scotch and start looking into a pocket heater for John's hands*

In other news:
I've gotten my chrismas present to myself through the package-mail today! my chrismas present to myself (its the hobby store exclusive version) and I manage to get my grubby mitts on it from my "local" FLGS (more like regional) for 869,75 Kr (around 132.39$) on their Cyber Monday sale.
(Yes, I feel like a bit of exclusivity slob, but I really felt like treating myself to some thing nice).