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I tend to be late (usually between 15-30 minutes) but also, I don't complain much when others are late.
Of course, with time I finally decided why I am late... I am practicing for being late to my funeral!
Problem is I don't know what alternative path they will likely take at this point of time.
I only prepared 1/3 of 2nd book then felt tired and went to do slay the spire instead. I know I shouldn't get distracted like that but the game hasn't started yet so there's still time, right?
In my opinion? ^^'
You should relax, play what ever you like and have a nice refreching beverage.
I almost never prepare more then a single "chapter" of a book ahead of time. Far too busy changing/polishing/tweaking encounters, re-writing npcs, working in player backstories/schemes/other shenanigans.
(I think you can too, just think about what you would do if you were on the other side of the GM-screen for a particular encounter.)
No, Mort spend a little time lazying about, is in all probability not going to tank your game.
Have actually tired Slay the Spire out during this last week, even bumbled my way through a couple of times (luck, not Skill!)
Yup, I hate facebook, even more then Freehold does.
Edit: edited for clarity.
impossible.
Noone hates Facebook more than me.
Hey, being naked is a good excuse for being late...
There's enough nudity on the internet, a movie shouldn't be elevated just because someone flashes boobies.
drunken lies!
see I would of thought it would of been a certain scene with Milla Jovovich at least for freehold anyways. maybe he only watched it on cable.
interestingly enough, the only part of the movie I truly enjoy is always censored on cable, but it is not mila.
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Night unicorn, an evil unicorn.
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The amazing incivility of some people continues to come as a shock to me.
I was walking towards the corner store. Coming towards me was a very elderly couple, both using canes. Ahead of me was a man who matched every New Yorker stereotype I've encountered. The clothes, the walk, the cap; everything screamed "New York Attitude". (Sorry, Freehold, but as usual when people transplant to other areas, only the worst-behaved get noticed and stereotyped.)
So, the elderly couple saw the man coming, switched to single-file, and started the arduous endeavor of maneuvering themselves around a street sign without taking up too much of the sidewalk. This wasn't good enough for "stereotypical guy", who just out-and-out bowled past the elderly man, striking him fairly hard with his arm and shopping bag. Elderly man reeled a bit, but then recovered. As the elderly couple glared at him aghast and elderly man was trying to find words to express his indignation, stereotypical guy just kept right on walking as if nothing had happened and ducked into the corner store. It was... appalling.
I went into the store already pretty peeved at the guy, and he'd run in, grabbed a frigging pack of gum, and was storming out. Because gum is far more important than people's dignity or safety. I saw my opportunity for massive passive-aggressiveness and took center aisle, figuring when he ran into me he'd learn what a low center of gravity and 10 years of martial arts would do to someone who runs into others willy-nilly.
Needless to say, he took one look at me and pasted himself against the side of the aisle to get around me without touching me. Because assaulting the elderly is good. Assaulting those who can and are ready to defend themselves is dangerous.
Grr....
EDIT: Yeah, "Why didn't you yell at the guy?" is a decent question, but I've never found verbal confrontation to do anything other than make the other person self-justify and even further entrench themselves that somehow, what they did was OK. Running into me and getting knocked sprawling would have been an abject physical lesson in, "Don't run into people, a******." Confronting him on behalf of the elderly would have garnered something along the lines of, "Well, he was the one hogging the sidewalk, and he saw me coming, and he could tell I was in a hurry, so it's his fault he didn't get out of the way!"
It's sad how even the best of research has shown that people will self-justify their actions, and pointing out their flaws tends to only send them into deeper intransigence.
I would've tripped him with my massive feet.
Blerg, shopping for high-end jewelry is hard.
Anyone have any pointers for someone with fairly specific parameters?
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Blerg, shopping for high-end jewelry is hard.
Anyone have any pointers for someone with fairly specific parameters?
Sorry not really an area I have much expertise in TS.
Is it a gift for Mrs Sunrise? (sorry if I'm prying in stuff where my nose don't belong... ^^')
Meh. I got nauseous earlier today... Side effect of the antibiotic? Combination of abyssal heat, humidity, and me being sick? Simply the side effect of sickness (it happened yesterday too, though less intense)?
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The amazing incivility of some people continues to come as a shock to me.
I was walking towards the corner store. Coming towards me was a very elderly couple, both using canes. Ahead of me was a man who matched every New Yorker stereotype I've encountered. The clothes, the walk, the cap; everything screamed "New York Attitude". (Sorry, Freehold, but as usual when people transplant to other areas, only the worst-behaved get noticed and stereotyped.)
So, the elderly couple saw the man coming, switched to single-file, and started the arduous endeavor of maneuvering themselves around a street sign without taking up too much of the sidewalk. This wasn't good enough for "stereotypical guy", who just out-and-out bowled past the elderly man, striking him fairly hard with his arm and shopping bag. Elderly man reeled a bit, but then recovered. As the elderly couple glared at him aghast and elderly man was trying to find words to express his indignation, stereotypical guy just kept right on walking as if nothing had happened and ducked into the corner store. It was... appalling.
I went into the store already pretty peeved at the guy, and he'd run in, grabbed a frigging pack of gum, and was storming out. Because gum is far more important than people's dignity or safety. I saw my opportunity for massive passive-aggressiveness and took center aisle, figuring when he ran into me he'd learn what a low center of gravity and 10 years of martial arts would do to someone who runs into others willy-nilly.
Needless to say, he took one look at me and pasted himself against the side of the aisle to get around me without touching me. Because assaulting the elderly is good. Assaulting those who can and are ready to defend themselves is dangerous.
Grr....
EDIT: Yeah, "Why didn't you yell at the guy?" is a decent question, but I've never found verbal confrontation to do anything other than make the other person self-justify and even further entrench themselves that somehow, what they did was...
all this proves is that you dont live here. If this happened in New York everyone, including the old people, would have yelled at him, at best.
Besides, we send bad New Yorkers to Florida.
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Blerg, shopping for high-end jewelry is hard.
Anyone have any pointers for someone with fairly specific parameters?
Don't, high end jewelry is a trap.
Said the guy who's wedding is a five dollar mood ring from the gift shop at the zoo.
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I don't have a basement.
And usually with family there's a certain culture in the family. So if your family is punctual, usually every member should be?
My parents were both strictly punctual, as am I. My older brother is in the "10-15 minutes tardy" variety. My younger brother is in the "can easily run in the 2-3 hours late variety".
So I'll disagree on the whole "family" thing.
Gotta second NH here. My parents are ridiculously prompt - easily within the "always 10-15 minutes early" group. I'm fairly so, typically arriving on time or maybe a tad early.
But my brother is notoriously bad at getting going on time to nearly anywhere that's not a daily or weekly scheduled event that never changes time, meaning doing anything on his schedule out of the day-to-day norm is going to inevitably mean being 10-40 minutes late. (And this is not to be blamed on his wife - she's definitely the more prompt of the two, he's just incredibly slow to get going when it's outside the usual schedule.) And my sister is so erratic with whether or not she's going to be on time from one event to the next that it's impossible to predict.
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Hey Rosita!
Did you tell us about Japan already and I missed it?
I'm leaving for Japan January 6th. I bought my tickets 7 months early so I could get a round trip under $600.
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Blerg, shopping for high-end jewelry is hard.
Anyone have any pointers for someone with fairly specific parameters?
In all seriousness though, when I got the General a nice (for us) wedding ring the year we had 145 inches of snow and I was in charge of a shoveling crew I went in with very specific parameters (I want a diamond and I'm only spending 300) and did just fine.
If they're pushy about upselling, walk out and go somewhere else.
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This weekend, it was Actual Lady Longears (Diamond Edition)'s birthday, so we went out to the seaside on Saturday
We drank some tea.
We bought some books.
We ate some burgers
We drank some beer (me) and cider (her)
We saw two bands - an acoustic punk duo and a bunch of lads doing 90s-00s pop classix in a sort of Buzzcocks style. Not too bad.
There was an advert for a residential mediumship course in November on the wall of the hotel when we got in - £255 for the whole thing, which also includes a turkey and tinsel weekend and a visit from Santa.
At midnight, we had a glass of champagne and I gave her her presents. She burst into tears when I handed over the stainless steel butter-dish.
This morning, we went for a walk along the seafront, sometimes in torrential rain, sometimes not, and then I went home, did some sword & buckler drills, and am now playing a sort of modern day RPG where we're UN special agents. It's pretty good.
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This weekend, it was Actual Lady Longears (Diamond Edition)'s birthday, so we went out to the seaside on Saturday
We drank some tea.
We bought some books.
We ate some burgers
We drank some beer (me) and cider (her)
We saw two bands - an acoustic punk duo and a bunch of lads doing 90s-00s pop classix in a sort of Buzzcocks style. Not too bad.
There was an advert for a residential mediumship course in November on the wall of the hotel when we got in - £255 for the whole thing, which also includes a turkey and tinsel weekend and a visit from Santa.
At midnight, we had a glass of champagne and I gave her her presents. She burst into tears when I handed over the stainless steel butter-dish.
This morning, we went for a walk along the seafront, sometimes in torrential rain, sometimes not, and then I went home, did some sword & buckler drills, and am now playing a sort of modern day RPG where we're UN special agents. It's pretty good.
what did you get her?
Where is everybody?
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Blaring Judas Priest at an irresponsible volume and playing video games.
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Picking up our U-Haul.
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Id say for jewelry get it neutral colour so it can match everything. Like I like sapphires, but for matching stuff like diamonds are more versatile. Since Sapphires you'll probably be wanting to be wearing blue and all that. There's a reason why I generally like white, brown, black or grey for my bags and shoes. Easier to match.
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My bag is grey, white and brown and I'm wearing black shoes.
I also didn't sleep well last night because I was coughing and now I'm waiting to see a doctor. I bet it's flu.
And my phone is showing blue lines. I hope I don't need to get it replaced but I'm not optimistic.
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Blerg, shopping for high-end jewelry is hard.
Anyone have any pointers for someone with fairly specific parameters?
Sorry not really an area I have much expertise in TS.
Is it a gift for Mrs Sunrise? (sorry if I'm prying in stuff where my nose don't belong... ^^')
Yup, Mrs Sunrise has given me a pretty specific set of things she wants; so I'm planning waaay ahead for our anniversary.
Id say for jewelry get it neutral colour so it can match everything. Like I like sapphires, but for matching stuff like diamonds are more versatile. Since Sapphires you'll probably be wanting to be wearing blue and all that. There's a reason why I generally like white, brown, black or grey for my bags and shoes. Easier to match.
Oh yes, there will be diamonds. Conflict-free ones, as per her request. Probably synthetic, because it's easier to say than "No really, where do your diamonds come from?"
In all seriousness though, when I got the General a nice (for us) wedding ring the year we had 145 inches of snow and I was in charge of a shoveling crew I went in with very specific parameters (I want a diamond and I'm only spending 300) and did just fine.
If they're pushy about upselling, walk out and go somewhere else.
Simple enough, thanks.
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Then next I'd suggest you observe her wardrobe and see what kind of dressing style her evening dresses are. If they are simple(well mine are), then the jewelry in question should aim for elegance in simplicity. If she's into more elaborate designs, then the jewelry can follow suit.
Also check for the metal part being irritant free, since my aunt can only wear silver or gold, cheap alloys give her itches.
Also her size in question since a big diamond on a small person looks a little overbearing.
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Yup, I hate facebook, even more then Freehold does.
Edit: edited for clarity.
impossible.
Noone hates Facebook more than me.
I'm your Huckleberry...
see I would of thought it would of been a certain scene with Milla Jovovich at least for freehold anyways. maybe he only watched it on cable.interestingly enough, the only part of the movie I truly enjoy is always censored on cable, but it is not mila.
Oh the one with chris tucker and the stewardess?
I mean Like I get the facebook hate its mostly politics and meme re-runs but it does make it easy to keep in contact with friends. Maybe if it had a home page for each person that played music you liked while they were looking at it...
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I mean Like I get the facebook hate its mostly politics and meme re-runs but it does make it easy to keep in contact with friends. Maybe if it had a home page for each person that played music you liked while they were looking at it...That would actually make me even less likely to use it. I hate websites that play music or other sounds.
it was a myspace reference.
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Corn is made into a wide variety of foods, as well as plastics and fuel. It seems like the other vegetables (except soy beans) aren't even trying.
Maybe we are just not trying as hard with other vegetables. Also I feel you are not giving potatoes enough credit.
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Cemeteries would be more interesting if the gravestones explained how each person died.
Here Lies Gran he wanted to demonstrate why you don't put a fork in a electrical socket.
Can you make plastics out of taters?Corn is made into a wide variety of foods, as well as plastics and fuel. It seems like the other vegetables (except soy beans) aren't even trying.Maybe we are just not trying as hard with other vegetables. Also I feel you are not giving potatoes enough credit.
You can save a country with them!
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What do you mean? It's perfectly safe to put a fork into an electrical socket. See. No reason at all to be *SKKKEEEEERRRRRZZZZZZZ*Cemeteries would be more interesting if the gravestones explained how each person died.Here Lies Gran he wanted to demonstrate why you don't put a fork in a electrical socket.
Now I have to decide If I want to go to the trouble of making an oracle alias so I can say "called it"
You can save a country with them!Can you make plastics out of taters?Corn is made into a wide variety of foods, as well as plastics and fuel. It seems like the other vegetables (except soy beans) aren't even trying.Maybe we are just not trying as hard with other vegetables. Also I feel you are not giving potatoes enough credit.Yeah, but only if that country is Ireland. So, really, are they that good?
(That's a joke, you know. I have no problem with the Irish.)
Hmm I feel you should of used the disclaimer alias for that one.
Shipping update:
Amazon shows that my item is "On it's way to the USPS". Which means that in order for them to make their promised delivery date, we have to rely on the United States Postal Service to receive the item, process it, send it to my local Post Office, get it sorted, and then deliver it all today. I am still not hopeful.
Does it say where its shipping from?