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Pie Face while driving was pretty creative.
And daring.
Or so I thought.
Otherwise Monopoly is good for building camaraderie... Or was that spite...
Edit: Can't travel Amy bolder than that.
Road Trip!!
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Have I mentioned I hate the French counting system? Because I hate the French counting system.
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No, it's the one where 97 is 80-17.
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And, of course, eighty is four-twenty.
Still, if you've encountered the Danish counting system you love the French one for its straight-forward and easily grasped workability.
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SO Im going to have to drive across the country. Any games recommended as I drive?
Just by yourself, or with others?
What about the game (I can't remember what it's called) where you go 'I went to the shops and I bought...
An Arc-Welded Argentinian Arbalest.
A Big Blue Boogie-Blasting Barbecued Bugbear
And so on.
Or make up limericks.
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SO Im going to have to drive across the country. Any games recommended as I drive?Just by yourself, or with others?
What about the game (I can't remember what it's called) where you go 'I went to the shops and I bought...
An Arc-Welded Argentinian Arbalest.
A Big Blue Boogie-Blasting Barbecued Bugbear
And so on.
Or make up limericks.
I will be driving with my wife.
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A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
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Number one question people ask me on the playground.
Why are you still wearing shorts!
It's above freezing.
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A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
My favorite holiday too! I love it so much, I do two weeks of Halloween stories at my library's storytime, and I come dressed in costume on the actual day.
@Captain Yesterday: I am wearing sandals and a skirt today. It's 37 degrees fahrenheit but I'm Minnesotan!
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Today's the day. Scarf breakfast, finish packing, get the U-haul, it's go-time!
GO GO GO!!!
After two crazy days, we are successfully moved and mostly unpacked.
...Well, half unpacked.
...Maybe one-third unpacked.
Aaaand I still need to clean out the old place before the month's end, and pick up a few odds and ends that we need for the new house.
It's been exhausting!
TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS
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A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
My favorite holiday too! I love it so much, I do two weeks of Halloween stories at my library's storytime, and I come dressed in costume on the actual day.
@Captain Yesterday: I am wearing sandals and a skirt today. It's 37 degrees fahrenheit but I'm Minnesotan!
I'm In Wisconsin but we're a balmy 42 degrees this morning. :-)
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So we're back, after having learned many things:
...I swear, the staff is amazing for even trying to make the place decent.
We got home in "only" 7.5 hours, but the aggravation level at the random brake-mashing was quite staggering.
On the bright side, we got in some good shopping (ornamental swords for the kids, lots of "last call" Tower of Terror stuff, and a few good meals), but until the Imps can handle the endurance-fest, no more weekend trips for us!
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Couldn't really get into American Horror Story Freak Show, have instead moved on to Hotel.
Pretty f*@+ed up so far.
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I will be driving with my wife.SO Im going to have to drive across the country. Any games recommended as I drive?Just by yourself, or with others?
What about the game (I can't remember what it's called) where you go 'I went to the shops and I bought...
An Arc-Welded Argentinian Arbalest.
A Big Blue Boogie-Blasting Barbecued Bugbear
And so on.
Or make up limericks.
Thinking about it, another good game is to make up a story using the names of the places you pass, or see on signs, for your characters.
This assumes you're not driving around one of those US cities where all the streets are numbered instead of named, in which case it might not be huge amounts of fun.
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I think I'm getting the hang out this PbP thing.
That's wonderful! If you have any questions at all, I'm also happy to help.
Hmm
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Couldn't really get into American Horror Story Freak Show, have instead moved on to Hotel.
Pretty f$*%ed up so far.
Freakshow, moreso than any other seen save perhaps Hotel, had a major writers room shakeup that resulted in the end being VERY different from the beginning. I WOULD STRONGLY recommend you finish it, the ending was WONDERFUL.
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So we're back, after having learned many things:
The "8 hours down, then 8 hours' sleep, then a full day in Disneyland" is too much for the kids. Both of them were overwhelmed by 4 in the afternoon Saturday, and we ended up heading for home by noon on Sunday. Lesson learned: If we can't afford to fly, we shouldn't bother. Unfortunately, driving is under $75 for the four of us, while flying is closer to $500, including the airport shuttles. That's enough of a difference to cancel the trip.
Do not stay at the Anaheim Plaza. The staff are wonderful. The rooms haven't been maintained since the 1970's. My favorite example was the toilet paper holder: A $15 part and a 10-minute job to fix, but they just left it broken and left us the toilet paper rolls on top of the toilet paper tank. Seriously? At $159/night, I expect at least the minimal repair work to be done. We had a broken closet door, a broken toilet paper holder, a "singing" shower, a broken thermostat, broken outlets, no internet connection (the wireless was at 10 kbps -- yes, KILObits) and dropped every 60-90 seconds, so not a single one of us successfully did ANYTHING on the network)...
...I swear, the staff is amazing for even trying to make the place decent.
Disneyland attendance is an utterly random, wonderful, horrible thing. This weekend the crowd index was in the 80's, which is really, really, REALLY crowded. Pirates of the Caribbean, which is usually a walk-on, had a 60+-minute wait. The nighttime Tower of Terror with the lights off was over 2.5 hours! Needless to say, we didn't do a lot of rides. But even the Disney staff expressed surprise at how crowded it was. NobodysWife suspects it was everyone who loves the Tower of Terror ride coming to say "Goodbye" to it over Halloween, which is only appropriate, and seems likely.
The drive home proved that Sundays on I-5 just suck. Just like last time, it was fairly dense traffic anyway, but punctuated by an inordinate number of people who just toodled along...
Surely, the stuff for the lulu cosplay has arrived by now. It's time for your checkup!
Go TequilaSunrise! I know how hard moving can be.
I'm really sorry your trip to Disney wasn't ideal, NH! :/
Good luck, TOZ! PbP is cool!
... and I'm here at home sick in every physical way possible (at least it feels like it*) and I pray sincerely that none of you and no one else in our family gets this or anything like it. Last night was the worst. At least I've been able to sleep an hour or two at a time this morning. I really hope Jiggy's problem isn't anything close to this.
I have something coming out of literally every daggum orifice. Every. Daggum. One. The nose/stomach/intestine crew, though, are really working hard together to ensure that I catch as few breaks as possible. The tears and earwax and sweat were just annoying (though also helping to leave me dehydrated).
At least now after about seven hours last night I've finally gotten to the point where sweat and tears and earwax have mostly stopped and the nine hour mark coincided with a lack of mucus/vomit 5and even the "warning" belches have died down). That is... wonderful.
I still have to deal with the other along with sudden mood swings for the worse - I'll be fine (outside of feeling terrible) and then I'm in the middle of self-recrimination and outright weeping at all sorts of things, before snapping back. Suuuuuucks.
And I feel like an addict with drink - I want something to drink so daggum badly, but I know that it only takes one small slip up before I've erased all the progress I've made so far... and yet (though I keep rejecting them) I keep coming up with schemes from trick knees to outright begging just to drink some daggum PowerAid or something. Add that to the shakes and sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold, but neither feverish nor ever "the right" temperature and a nearly overwhelming desire to go get the water or power aid that's right there... Ugh.
And then there are the seemingly normal moments where my stomach hurts, I'm weak, and unable to do much, but I can write a really long post with information no one wants unless they have a particular fascination with gross medicine.
I expect this is just the momentary marose feeling, but if I don't post again, I love you guys. Thanks for being a great place to be.
But I'll probably be fine in 14-38 hours and feel really sheepish that anything else was ever suggested at all, especially considering I know that several similar cases of this virus have been going around and no one has died yet - it just kind of feels like you are. Also going crazier. And are an addict. And have no control over your emotions. Man, having the man flu is embarrassing.
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I will, thanks!
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Excuse me Mr Nobody, does this rag smell like Chloroform?
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So we're back, after having learned many things:
The "8 hours down, then 8 hours' sleep, then a full day in Disneyland" is too much for the kids. Both of them were overwhelmed by 4 in the afternoon Saturday, and we ended up heading for home by noon on Sunday. Lesson learned: If we can't afford to fly, we shouldn't bother. Unfortunately, driving is under $75 for the four of us, while flying is closer to $500, including the airport shuttles. That's enough of a difference to cancel the trip.
Do not stay at the Anaheim Plaza. The staff are wonderful. The rooms haven't been maintained since the 1970's. My favorite example was the toilet paper holder: A $15 part and a 10-minute job to fix, but they just left it broken and left us the toilet paper rolls on top of the toilet paper tank. Seriously? At $159/night, I expect at least the minimal repair work to be done. We had a broken closet door, a broken toilet paper holder, a "singing" shower, a broken thermostat, broken outlets, no internet connection (the wireless was at 10 kbps -- yes, KILObits) and dropped every 60-90 seconds, so not a single one of us successfully did ANYTHING on the network)...
...I swear, the staff is amazing for even trying to make the place decent.
Disneyland attendance is an utterly random, wonderful, horrible thing. This weekend the crowd index was in the 80's, which is really, really, REALLY crowded. Pirates of the Caribbean, which is usually a walk-on, had a 60+-minute wait. The nighttime Tower of Terror with the lights off was over 2.5 hours! Needless to say, we didn't do a lot of rides. But even the Disney staff expressed surprise at how crowded it was. NobodysWife suspects it was everyone who loves the Tower of Terror ride coming to say "Goodbye" to it over Halloween, which is only appropriate, and seems likely.
The drive home proved that Sundays on I-5 just suck. Just like last time, it was fairly dense traffic anyway, but punctuated by an inordinate number of people who just toodled along...
I'd rather you hit the brakes and survive than keep chugging at 70 mph and not make it home. I would much rather have you unconscious and floating in sparkly liquid in my basement than six feet under.
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Go TequilaSunrise! I know how hard moving can be.
I'm really sorry your trip to Disney wasn't ideal, NH! :/
Good luck, TOZ! PbP is cool!... and I'm here at home sick in every physical way possible (at least it feels like it*) and I pray sincerely that none of you and no one else in our family gets this or anything like it. Last night was the worst. At least I've been able to sleep an hour or two at a time this morning. I really hope Jiggy's problem isn't anything close to this.
** spoiler omitted **
And then there are the seemingly normal moments where...
damn. Sounds like you are really sick. Please heal up man.
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And drink water, not Power Aid.
But mostly get well. :-)
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I do hope you feel better, Tacticslion.
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Heal up, chief!
But do keep whatever that stuff is in Florida, okay?? lol
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TOZ --
How much do you post? I'm about to be part of a PbP for the first time, and I'm looking at a minimum limit of 1 post/72 hours -- 10 posts a month seems pretty slow to me. I know I could easily hit 3+/day.
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Do you know how I can find players who post as much as I do? ;)I think I'm getting the hang out this PbP thing.That's wonderful! If you have any questions at all, I'm also happy to help.
Hmm
Bret and me? <g>
Seriously I recruit for it, mentioning that I expect 2-3 posts a day. I also ask in recruitment if they are okay with botting.
Hmm
And drink water, not Power Aid.
But mostly get well. :-)
Thanks, all. Woke up again from a call from Eldest's school. He has it. So does my youngest. Dang it.
anyway, I can't drink water, either. I'd kill to. But it's nothing. Very strict orders.
(Also PA is part of a post-that diet that my doctor has mandated. Electrolytes and salts and sugars as well as fluids. I'm down most of them, I think. When I have the chance and I can stomach it, I'll be drinking water, too, though. That will be glorious!)
((Right now if I absolutely have to O can rinse and spit.))
So tired.
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TOZ --
How much do you post? I'm about to be part of a PbP for the first time, and I'm looking at a minimum limit of 1 post/72 hours -- 10 posts a month seems pretty slow to me. I know I could easily hit 3+/day.
I have posted 30 to 40 posts to two PbPs in the past 6-7 days. Some of those were admin posts to the discussion thread, but the bulk of it was gameplay.
On a completely unrelated note, have you played From Under Ice?
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It's the little things you do to scare the kids this time of year, for example, putting various household appliances (coffee maker and all televisions) on timers so they all start at the same time, when Pea Bear gets home from school while I get Tiny T-Rex, so she's all alone.
It's times like these when those three years of professional Christmas lighting installation really pays off. :-)
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More random tirades, this time grumpy-old-man style.
Well, not really, just one:
Is anyone else here old enough to remember when putting out Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving was taboo?
I swear, I grew up in a land of wonder and anticipation where Halloween stuff didn't appear until October 1, Thanksgiving stuff didn't appear until after Halloween, and Christmas stuff didn't appear until after Thanksgiving.
Maybe I'm just old and bitter, but I feel like those shorter, more intense marketing periods made the holidays more "magical" somehow.
Going to Costco and Target on a Saturday in mid-October and finding entire sections already dedicated to Christmas was... disconcerting, to say the least.
Hey, people! Halloween is a "holiday", too! In fact, it's the BEST holiday! Give it some respect! Back off, Thanksgiving! Wait your turn, Christmas!
Grumble, growl, grouch!
Oh, darn it! While I was typing some kids snuck into my onion patch! Hey you rotten kids, get out of my onions!
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We put out our Christmas stuff as soon as we put out our Halloween stuff at work.
On August 27th.
Edit: and good luck finding an advent calendar now, unless you want Tsum-Tsum.
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It's the little things you do to scare the kids this time of year, for example, putting various household appliances (coffee maker and all televisions) on timers so they all start at the same time, when Pea Bear gets home from school while I get Tiny T-Rex, so she's all alone.
It's times like these when those three years of professional Christmas lighting installation really pays off. :-)
And of course, Pea Bear being twelve didn't notice a thing.
"So did everything turning on freak you out"
"What turned on now?"
"The coffee maker and all the t.v."
"Uh, so they did. Why'd you do that?"
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I am a pretty fast hand with the PbPolver.
*keyboard twirl*
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It's the little things you do to scare the kids this time of year, for example, putting various household appliances (coffee maker and all televisions) on timers so they all start at the same time, when Pea Bear gets home from school while I get Tiny T-Rex, so she's all alone.
It's times like these when those three years of professional Christmas lighting installation really pays off. :-)
And of course, Pea Bear being twelve didn't notice a thing.
"So did everything turning on freak you out"
"What turned on now?"
"The coffee maker and all the t.v."
"Uh, so they did. Why'd you do that?"
I've said it before and I'll say it again -- Pea Bear and Impus Major must never meet.
The world would be conquered in a day...
...if they bothered to get around to it. Or even noticed...
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We put out our Christmas stuff as soon as we put out our Halloween stuff at work.
On August 27th.
Edit: and good luck finding an advent calendar now, unless you want Tsum-Tsum.
We put ours out in September. Halloween a week before Christmas, Christmas near the end of September.
We have advent calendars out the ass. We even have some advent calendars that are a 12 pack of mystery beers instead of chocolate.
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We're a toy store, alas no beer calendars.
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Caught train by skin of teeth.
Am eaten chocolate ghost.
Best wishes for a speedy & complete recovery, TL :)
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TOZ --
How much do you post? I'm about to be part of a PbP for the first time, and I'm looking at a minimum limit of 1 post/72 hours -- 10 posts a month seems pretty slow to me. I know I could easily hit 3+/day.
I have posted 30 to 40 posts to two PbPs in the past 6-7 days. Some of those were admin posts to the discussion thread, but the bulk of it was gameplay.
On a completely unrelated note, have you played From Under Ice?
Never played that one. Haven't really played *any* modules/APs except RotRL (and that only to "Fort Ogre", as I call it -- 7th level). We homebrew, when we're not EDHing.
I don't know that I could hit *your* numbers, but possibly near that mark.
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Never played that one. Haven't really played *any* modules/APs except RotRL (and that only to "Fort Ogre", as I call it -- 7th level). We homebrew, when we're not EDHing.
I don't know that I could hit *your* numbers, but possibly near that mark.
Would you want to play organized play? Since that is what I'm running.
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PFS?
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I have to work tonight, so I'm going to need all my stealth skill (So people don't notice me), bluff (in case someone does see me), and use magic device (to check my archaic handheld inventory thingamajig, mutter "let me check in back for that" and then slip out the door on the other side of the store).
Hope your condition is just temporary.
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He is, it seems, nauseated by awesome. ;)
Me? I'm nauseated by a virus...