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I have to wake up in a little over 12 hours to get ready to go to the airport.
No, the laundry isn't dry.
No, the packing isn't done.
No, I haven't made the anisette biscotti for Grandma yet.
No, I couldn't take the books back to the library because the kids have lost the Tintin volume they borrowed on my account. Thank goodness our library system doesn't charge late fees.
BUT, I did help the kids clean and vacuum their bedroom, so I can no longer call it the Pit of Despair. Or the Bog of Eternal Stench.
And my mother-in-law is balking at coming here to pick us up to take us to the airport, and wants us to drive to her place so we can go from there, but I really want to leave my car in my driveway while we're away so it looks like someone is home. Now she's not answering her texts.
I'm feeling profoundly unmotivated and grumpy.
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DAMNIT!
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Can you get her to help with the present wrapping by calling it Sauron Wrap?I've been up and vaguely puttering since 5:45, but it's 10:30 and I'm still in my pajamas. T-19 hours. But I've started the laundry.
Last night, when the children were *supposed* to be cleaning their room, I heard Hermione saying, as one would to a kitten, "Come here, Sauron. Come here, Sauron. Come on. Come on," in a cutesy little high voice.
When I asked her about it, she denied any knowledge of what I was talking about, which means she's either embarrassed or messing with me.Now I want a cat named Sauron in the worst way.
We didn't really buy anything.
I mean, I got a couple of small things for the kids (Hilo vol. 4 and a new watch for Val, Lumberjanes #2 and some magnetic earrings for Hermione, and a dress and a rock-and-roll ABC book for the baby), but we're not doing gifts for grown-ups.
I'm a BIG fan of lumberjanes! I got Trade nr 10 today as a christmas gift to myself :)
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I'm a BIG fan of lumberjanes! I got Trade nr 10 today as a christmas gift to myself :)Can you get her to help with the present wrapping by calling it Sauron Wrap?I've been up and vaguely puttering since 5:45, but it's 10:30 and I'm still in my pajamas. T-19 hours. But I've started the laundry.
Last night, when the children were *supposed* to be cleaning their room, I heard Hermione saying, as one would to a kitten, "Come here, Sauron. Come here, Sauron. Come on. Come on," in a cutesy little high voice.
When I asked her about it, she denied any knowledge of what I was talking about, which means she's either embarrassed or messing with me.Now I want a cat named Sauron in the worst way.
We didn't really buy anything.
I mean, I got a couple of small things for the kids (Hilo vol. 4 and a new watch for Val, Lumberjanes #2 and some magnetic earrings for Hermione, and a dress and a rock-and-roll ABC book for the baby), but we're not doing gifts for grown-ups.
Freehold recommended it to me for her, and it's spot on.
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Freehold recommended it to me for her, and it's spot on.I'm a BIG fan of lumberjanes! I got Trade nr 10 today as a christmas gift to myself :)Can you get her to help with the present wrapping by calling it Sauron Wrap?I've been up and vaguely puttering since 5:45, but it's 10:30 and I'm still in my pajamas. T-19 hours. But I've started the laundry.
Last night, when the children were *supposed* to be cleaning their room, I heard Hermione saying, as one would to a kitten, "Come here, Sauron. Come here, Sauron. Come on. Come on," in a cutesy little high voice.
When I asked her about it, she denied any knowledge of what I was talking about, which means she's either embarrassed or messing with me.Now I want a cat named Sauron in the worst way.
We didn't really buy anything.
I mean, I got a couple of small things for the kids (Hilo vol. 4 and a new watch for Val, Lumberjanes #2 and some magnetic earrings for Hermione, and a dress and a rock-and-roll ABC book for the baby), but we're not doing gifts for grown-ups.
I just love it overall. The adventure, the mystery, the working together, the times it goes wrong, the times it goes right.
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Gotta be awake in 8 hours, I finished packing the kids, got them fed, bathed, and into bed, with their cases, coats, and carry-ons by the door. Still have to bake the cookies for my mom and finish packing my own suitcase and carry-on, put out the trash and recycling, and do the final cleaning. I'm hoping to get to bed by 10 and get 6 hours. Yeah, right.
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My latest Amazon hilarity:
If you send an Amazon gift card as a gift, the recipient gets a gift receipt for it. So they can return their Amazon credit for... Amazon credit.
Woo hoo?
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Frankly if that was your actual opinion and your voicing it here I would think you have severe mental issues.People complain I'm too secretive and never tell anyone anything. But what can I say if you've disapproved of all my hobbies and told me that I should be more "normal" and like the others?
Is it wrong to stay out late to play D&D? Is it wrong to read fantasy books because I like them instead of all those self help books like 7 effective habits for teens? Is it wrong to not want to look at financial planning?
Mort, you are too secretive and never tell us anything! Why aren’t you normal like me or captain yesterday? Playing D&D is the devil! Fantasy is stuff and nonsense, whereas those teen books are totally accurate in every way... basically religiously correct! You should imitate Orthos and me with advanced financial planning!
It’s simple: just change LITERALLY EVERYTHING about who and what you are! No big deal!
Look, I'm not the one that suggested that those here in FaWtL that were also homeschooled were, "normal." XD
Except the FATAL RPG you just should not play that one.
I have found one even worse than FATAL. Yes, I know what game system you are talking about. Yes, I'm very serious. No, I shan't give away the name or any information about it at all, because, honestly, I want it to die in quiet ignominy. Either way, you shouldn't play it.
But then, I just realize, that's probably part of the joke...
:)
Found it. Your picture really reminds me of Van halen for some reason. >.>
And yeah whats with T-lion not wanting to give up the goods.
I've actually put up a whole video with me and my whole family in it! And a way to find us!
... good luck finding that post, though, 'cause I'm not searching for it.
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Who's got two thumbs and has done absolutely nothing to straighten house and pack before visiting relatives?
Me.
the Piggly Wiggly
Do those still exist? I don't think they exist at all in Florida. I remember talking about them some time back, but I don't remember if they're now all gone, or still extant.
I always thought the abstinence until marriage was a good thing... until I hit puberty anyways.
I still think it's a good thing!
I think roll 20 has some non D&D games. The players you get could be a crap shoot depends on how desperate you are.Maybe you could supplement your gaming with some online play?My group is online. We play using Discord and Fantasygrounds. I don't know anyone locally to play with. The groups that ARE here aren't LFP, and they only play D&D anyway. I only know these guys cause I know one of the players personally from when I lived in Florida.
I wouldn't know where to find a group elsewhere. The online groups search here only does play by post, and I don't like that. It's not the same at all. The ones that aren't play by post are all...well...medieval european high fantasy. The same thing.
Welcome to the Midwest! Now you understand what I've been living through, and why I hate D&D so very much.My group just...ugh. They're so damn "everything must be exactly the same" traditional D&D/PF it's starting to really bore me. I've played RPGs for over 15 years now, and honestly, 99% has been "Medieval European High Fantasy" - and I think, at this point, I'm just straight up sick of it.
They won't bend. I know I complained about it before, but I think at this point I'm starting to not even have fun playing anymore.
I still like RPGs, and I want to play, but I don't have friends here, nobody in this area is LFP (and those who have groups all play f%#!ing D&D), and PBP isn't the real experience.
Is it worse to hang on to mediocrity? Or just quit altogether? Because like I've complained before, I'd take any kind of change, but these people won't budge on system or setting; hell they won't even try E6/E7 Pathfinder. I just don't know what else to do. I don't really like devoting hours of my week to a hobby I find kinda "meh" of late.
Exactly zero promises (or even implications) given, VE, but... how desperate are you, exactly? And what's your gaming preference?
For sure nothing would happen until after Christmas break, but since you've said you're on Discord, it's a possibility. I am running another game, though, and timing would be tricky, at best. Plus I'm not going to be up for anything too deep or engaging.
What I'm saying is it may be possible, but I need to know what we're looking for, and how reasonable it is on my end (which it very well might not be). Plus, but mentioning it more clearly in public, anyone else who might be interested in running instead could (hypothetically) step up to the plate, as - I'm going to be honest here - I don't expect that I'll have the time or resources needed to do things.
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make sure you pick your coccyx off the floor, and hold for a few seconds(2 to 3). You will see MASSIVE results.I'm sure Freehold and Kjeldorn will approve.
BTW Freehold - I have been religiously doing my legraises and squats. Squats, not that much of an issue, since I do them fairly often as part of bodycombat routine.
The legraises though...were like >.< After I did those the night before, my stomach was complaining the next day when I was doing crunches for bodycombat.
I can't hold my coccyx off the floor for a few secs - also - urm I can't quite get my knees straight.
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the Piggly WigglyDo those still exist? I don't think they exist at all in Florida. I remember talking about them some time back, but I don't remember if they're now all gone, or still extant.
Oh yes, they're everywhere.
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Found it. Your picture really reminds me of Van halen for some reason. >.>
And yeah whats with T-lion not wanting to give up the goods.
I've actually put up a whole video with me and my whole family in it! And a way to find us!
... good luck finding that post, though, 'cause I'm not searching for it.
I just noticed Vidmaster said I looked like Van Halen.
I'm totally mentioning someone said that about me to my brother at the Christmas party. He loves Van Halen, so that should get him pretty jellin'.
I think roll 20 has some non D&D games. The players you get could be a crap shoot depends on how desperate you are.Maybe you could supplement your gaming with some online play?My group is online. We play using Discord and Fantasygrounds. I don't know anyone locally to play with. The groups that ARE here aren't LFP, and they only play D&D anyway. I only know these guys cause I know one of the players personally from when I lived in Florida.
I wouldn't know where to find a group elsewhere. The online groups search here only does play by post, and I don't like that. It's not the same at all. The ones that aren't play by post are all...well...medieval european high fantasy. The same thing.
Exactly zero promises (or even implications) given, VE, but... how...Welcome to the Midwest! Now you understand what I've been living through, and why I hate D&D so very much.My group just...ugh. They're so damn "everything must be exactly the same" traditional D&D/PF it's starting to really bore me. I've played RPGs for over 15 years now, and honestly, 99% has been "Medieval European High Fantasy" - and I think, at this point, I'm just straight up sick of it.
They won't bend. I know I complained about it before, but I think at this point I'm starting to not even have fun playing anymore.
I still like RPGs, and I want to play, but I don't have friends here, nobody in this area is LFP (and those who have groups all play f%#!ing D&D), and PBP isn't the real experience.
Is it worse to hang on to mediocrity? Or just quit altogether? Because like I've complained before, I'd take any kind of change, but these people won't budge on system or setting; hell they won't even try E6/E7 Pathfinder. I just don't know what else to do. I don't really like devoting hours of my week to a hobby I find kinda "meh" of late.
Hey! Looks like DM_Cal might have stepped up! Nice!
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DAMNIT!
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would that I lived closer. I would gladly help with the things on that list. And in RECORD time if you were naked.
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Except the FATAL RPG you just should not play that one.I have found one even worse than FATAL. Yes, I know what game system you are talking about. Yes, I'm very serious. No, I shan't give away the name or any information about it at all, because, honestly, I want it to die in quiet ignominy. Either way, you shouldn't play it.
speak the word.
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I always thought the abstinence until marriage was a good thing... until I hit puberty anyways.I still think it's a good thing!
try before you buy. Always. Or you may end up married to someone whose sexuality does not match your own.
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An oldie but a goodie from McSweeney's... "What your favorite 80's band says about you". It's a bit long, but trust me, read to section on "safe words" at the end.
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I can't hold my coccyx off the floor for a few secs - also - urm I can't quite get my knees straight.make sure you pick your coccyx off the floor, and hold for a few seconds(2 to 3). You will see MASSIVE results.I'm sure Freehold and Kjeldorn will approve.
BTW Freehold - I have been religiously doing my legraises and squats. Squats, not that much of an issue, since I do them fairly often as part of bodycombat routine.
The legraises though...were like >.< After I did those the night before, my stomach was complaining the next day when I was doing crunches for bodycombat.
practice, practice, practice. You will like what you see after a while.
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Hey, Limey!
Since you're our resident expert on prog rock, as well as our resident apologist for all things British, and since it's technically your fault that YouTube occasionally suggests I watch random Wizzard videos, please explain this to me.
Why, in the name of everything jolly and seasonal, are they not even *pretending* to play their instruments in the video for "I Wish it could be Christmas"? Half the time, they're not even lip-syncing convincingly.
Also, what's with Roy's "crying Santa" eye makeup?
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try before you buy. Always. Or you may end up married to someone whose sexuality does not match your own.I always thought the abstinence until marriage was a good thing... until I hit puberty anyways.I still think it's a good thing!
Such was the case with my ex wife. I loved her dearly, but when you want it every day and she's borderline asexual, well... It contributed to the divorce, to say the least.
I tried to do things "right" and honestly we both probably would've been happier if I didn't and just moved on.
Meanwhile every other woman I dated before and after her has been quite the opposite in drive.
I mean the one time I wait and lock it down and try to be moral...after a year and a half of dating her no less...go figure...
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I always thought the abstinence until marriage was a good thing... until I hit puberty anyways.I still think it's a good thing!
Hmm Its complex. There is a whole subset of people in the south that had that married first mindset so they married so they could then divorced 6 months laters with lifetimes of regret. My mom is in fact one of those people. (or was I don't want to know any details now) To be fair I know a couple that married was there first time and have a great relationship but it really is gonna depend greatly.
Now that wasn't the reason I gave up on abstinence after puberty. That reason was called hormones.
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Exactly zero promises (or even implications) given, VE, but... how desperate are you, exactly? And what's your gaming preference?
For sure nothing would happen until after Christmas break, but since you've said you're on Discord, it's a possibility. I am running another game, though, and timing would be tricky, at best. Plus I'm not going to be up for anything too deep or engaging.
What I'm saying is it may be possible, but I need to know what we're looking for, and how reasonable it is on my end (which it very well might not be). Plus, but mentioning it more clearly in public, anyone else who might be interested in running instead could (hypothetically) step up to the plate, as - I'm going to be honest here - I don't expect that I'll have the time or resources needed to do things.
I wouldn't say "desperate" is my phrase, but I'd actively like to play something new, you know?
But so far, I've really enjoyed modern horror stuff a lot - Dresden Files, World of Darkness, etc. Not so much Call of Cthulhu, 'cause any game where you're pretty much meant to lose isn't fun.
Legend of the Five Rings has been the most fun I've had with an RPG of late. A nice mix of medium crunch and heavy flavor, and Eastern Fantasy is similar enough to Western to remain familiar but different enough to mix things up and not be so drab. It also is so heavy on the social aspect there's entire schools for that (the courtiers). I also like the unique aspect of the Taint as both a threat and a potential weapon for those who dabble in the darkness. There's a mechanical reason to remain pure (it'll eventually kill you, plus people will try to kill you, cause it's a disease they can catch) but there's also a reason to get tainted (it makes you more powerful). Totally a cool setting and system.
FATE has been a really easy to use system, and I really like it 'cause it has all the official Dresden Files RPG (huge DF fan), it's pay-what-you-want, it's classless (I prefer classless systems, 'cause more custom), and it's really one of the most RP heavy systems in comparison to others cause of the way good traits can be used for bad, bad traits for good, etc.
Savage Worlds is so simple and fast it's great. Combat goes swiftly, seems high octane, but you don't get bogged down with a ton of modifiers and crap. It's another classless system, which is nice, and it has Deadlands, which is a great Weird West setting.
I really like settings that have existing lore - I'm a sucker for reading over Wikis and PDFs. I mostly enjoy reading the entire collection of L5R just for the lore of it. The varied cultures of the clans, the history, the cosmology...so cool. That's one reason if I love DF - I read all the books, and am re-reading them currently. It's nice when you actually know the universe you're playing in as well as someone living there would. It really helps you get in character with design and reactions and such.
I also for a while have been wanting to do a "street level" supers game, but can't find a decent system for that. Mutants and Masterminds is nice and customizable, but there's something about it...seems a bit unbalanced.
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I have been actually I have wrote my own super hero system I've been trying to find a publisher but it works on the star finder system. BTW star finder rules work surprisingly well for a super hero system.
Honestly, it would be a lot more fair and easier to wait for marriage if males weren't so g~*@*!n horny as teenagers and in our 20s.
As I rounded past 35 and am heading towards 40, only now am I at the point where I don't want it all the damn time. It's f~!*ing liberating.
You don't have to pretend like you care about things you don't, give up on your stances, and acquiesce to every fight your significant other brings up. You can stand your ground and actually mean say what you mean, cause you know what? A night without getting your rocks off won't hurt you. I broke up with a very hot woman cause she was a pain in my ass. And it didn't bother me. Never would've pulled that s%*@ in my 20s...and in my teens I would've let someone be practically abusive if it meant I got laid.
Frankly, the sex drive of a young man is a blasted curse. In my 30s, I get it when I want, and I want it when I get it, and I'm good. It's not some unbalanced b%%*@#!+ like a decade ago (or like with the wrong person in this instance - thus the try them before you buy them analogy FH put up earlier is so right). Maybe some guys will disagree with what I said. I dunno. Bipolar disorder supposedly gives you an unnaturally high drive, so maybe that's just me - but sometimes you just don't want to apologize for stuff, because you don't feel like you're wrong, and you wanna actually win something, but then you're like ugh, how long is she going to cut me off if I pick this moment? Whatever - "yes, honey, I'm sorry I said your sister was a horrible mother just because she pulled her kids out of an A school five miles down the road to put them in a D school across the street from her because she was too lazy...I mean, because she didn't want to drive them."
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I never dated anyone that used sex as a bargaining chip. Plus most of them have been pretty well I don't want to get to graphic. So i'm lucky that way I guess.
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So' i'm keeping a paranoid like watch on our parking lot tonight.
I never dated anyone that used sex as a bargaining chip. Plus most of them have been pretty well I don't want to get to graphic. So i'm lucky that way I guess.
My first girlfriend totally did. My ex-wife didn't intentionally, but she just wouldn't be in the mood if she was angry at me. Cause and effect relationship.
So it would be "what matters more? My pride or my libido?" I'm not a super prideful person, but the example above with said sister? Yeah. I normally wouldn't back down about that being a bad mother, but guess what I did in that instance, 'cause it had already been over a week and I was in my 20s.
I don't think I've gone a week, let alone two with anyone else I dated. So yeah - try out your f@@~ing pants before you buy them, because they might not fit like you're used to wearing them, and the store return policy is a b+&@*, if you get my analogy.
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I got back to work tonight to to be told that they are finally almost ready to reopen the pool. It's been closed for almost a month while they "worked on the hot tub". The hot tub has been leaking for over 2 years, but the leaking was happening under the concrete, which means that they would have to jackhammer it out, fix the pipes, and then re-pour the concrete. They didn't want to do this, but eventually decided that they had to do something. Now, because no-one told me differently, I assumed that is exactly what they were doing. But, nope. They have actually taken the hot tub out and filled in the hole with concrete. So now he don't have a hot tub, which is great as far as I am concerned. I just wish they would do the same to the pool.
You guys have an indoor pool? That sounds terrible. Does your pool floor smell like chlorine all the time?
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Not really. If someone has the door propped open for a long time it can start to smell a bit, but the pool room is pretty well ventilated so it doesn't smell to strongly. Plus, it is a saltwater pool so it uses less chlorine.I got back to work tonight to to be told that they are finally almost ready to reopen the pool. It's been closed for almost a month while they "worked on the hot tub". The hot tub has been leaking for over 2 years, but the leaking was happening under the concrete, which means that they would have to jackhammer it out, fix the pipes, and then re-pour the concrete. They didn't want to do this, but eventually decided that they had to do something. Now, because no-one told me differently, I assumed that is exactly what they were doing. But, nope. They have actually taken the hot tub out and filled in the hole with concrete. So now he don't have a hot tub, which is great as far as I am concerned. I just wish they would do the same to the pool.You guys have an indoor pool? That sounds terrible. Does your pool floor smell like chlorine all the time?
Huh I didn't even think about salt water pools being a thing.
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I cleared act 4 on defect in slay the spire but I just can't do it on silent...I made it to act 4 once with Silent. I immediately decided that act 4 is b##~%~&&, and haven't even tried to make it back.
I think silent has it harder as they don't really have a good way to generate and maintain block. With defect I was doing frost+barrage with calipers.
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I've never had much luck with frost. It seems I can either get cards that give me frost orbs, or I can get cards that give me extra orb slots and focus, but not both. And three frost orbs with no additional focus doesn't give you enough block to be worthwhile.I think silent has it harder as they don't really have a good way to generate and maintain block. With defect I was doing frost+barrage with calipers.I cleared act 4 on defect in slay the spire but I just can't do it on silent...I made it to act 4 once with Silent. I immediately decided that act 4 is b##~%~&&, and haven't even tried to make it back.
I had good luck with it, get both a bunch of defragments and capacitors. Only pity was no claw or all in one, else I usually default to frost+claw.
I was generating like 70 block per round.
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"Jesus walked on water. I can walk on cucumbers. Cucumbers are 96% water. Therefore, I am 96% Jesus."
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Nope. Can't argue with that logic.
I feel like there is some sort of water to wine joke in there somewhere If I could only find it.
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My computer has been terrible tonight. Been fighting with it since midnight. Its cause of the server resets I know. I don't know why they don't do that on a sunday night instead. I hardly ever see anyone after 12 on a sunday but its all to common on a saturday.