Funny, your avatar doesn't *look* much like Ian Malcolm...My alignment is Lawful Chaotic.Look, sometimes my mercurial nature lands on the right idea. It's a roll of the dice but it happens.The more you post the more I realize how well that Cayden avatar fits.
My brain misread that as Malcolm Tucker. That would have brought a completely different vibe to the movie.
Edit: My brain still keeps trying to misread that as Malcolm Tucker. Clearly, I'm trying to tell myself something. And that something is very very sweary.
Edit 2: That's a very odd reply to get nekkid for.
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First day of new job. Here goes nothing.WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
{shakes pom poms} You can do it! Woooo!
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(#@(#(* #^&*@*@ #*&y@#(* piece of (&@#Y^(* software.
...And now Woran is channeling the spirit of Malcolm Tucker.
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Happy Icyday, Happy T-Rex day.
{slaps on Frosty the Snowman top hats} Happy Birthday!
Same here!I read that as Liv Tyler at first and was wondering why Arwen was delivering tools to you.Co-worker: While I'm gone if want to look at the plan and extrapolate where you can cut off the edging
*Promptly takes plan with him*
However, while he was talking to the electrician I had already marked everything out.
Also, I figured out why he was in such a hurry to leave as five minutes after he left we got a big ass delivery that I had to unload myself because they sent Lil Tyler to drop it off.
On the plus side, I now get to write my name on ALL the new tools.
That's a relief it wasn't just me again.
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{shakes pom poms} You can do it! Woooo!First day of new job. Here goes nothing.WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
...why wasnt this TOP?
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Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.
Dammit, Far Cry New Dawn is on sale on Steam (75% off)... Is it worth it?
Or should I get it on Humble Bundle (which will give me Uplay version)...
Of course I haven't even touched Far Cry Primal, yet...
Of course I haven't even touched Far Cry Primal, yet...
Don't.
Or so I've heard.
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All I'm doing today is excavating a big damn hole and organizing our new tools.
It's basically my ideal day.
Slow week on FaWtL.
Busy trying to set up multi camera table for remote gaming. First dry run has all cameras working. Hoping additional tripods and stands come in today. If basic set up works will test w two players tomorrow night through a battlemat encounter and a dwarven forge encounter.
Afraid software will be next stumbling block. Goto has the basic functionality but not sure it will manage camera views well.
Best of luck with the kiddo, Woran.
It's so easy sowing confusion when you have two crews with the same first names.
Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.
Clarification: It's not nearly as long as Marco's, but I haven't shaved since October or had a haircut since last July. And my beard does kind of naturally fork.
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Been listening to Jim Butcher's Ghost Story. I am now on Cold Days. After that, it will be Skin Game and then Peace Talks.
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I've found if I stand completely still no one sees me.
Of course, that begs the question, if I'm standing completely still, am I even there.. there goes my productivity for the day!
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I've found if I stand completely still no one sees me.
Damn!!! I am hearing things! There is NOBODY here! I think I have lost my sanity!
More voices! Noooo!!! - runs away screaming about loosing my sanity -
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I've found if I stand completely still no one sees me.Damn!!! I am hearing things! There is NOBODY here! I think I have lost my sanity!
I am not there.
So, I've heard horror stories about how poorly UPS is handling the pandemic, but this is the first time I'm seeing it in person.
July 9: Item shipped to me from the east coast using UPS 2-day air. Considering it's a 72-pound package, that's got to cost a pretty penny. But it arrived in Rock Hill, South Carolina the night of the 9th.
July 10-14: It took 4 1/2 days to drive the item from Rock Hill, South Carolina to Louisville, Kentucky. According to Google Maps, that's a 7 1/2 hour drive; basically the same as driving to L.A. from here. Admittedly, there was a 4 day stopover in Charlotte, North Carolina, but why???
July 15: My favorite entry. "We were unable to load the package on the plane as scheduled. / Delivery will be delayed by one business day."
It is horrible of me, but I just imagine two overweight southern rednecks trying to heave the package onto the plane, finally giving up, and saying, "Aw, we're all tuckered out, and it's hot. Let's try again tomorrow."
So, that's the end of the entries; it never did make it onto the plane. And yet they're still telling me it'll be delivered tonight. Color me skeptical.
So "two day air" looks like it will take at least 8 days. And somehow, I don't think the shipper is going to get a discount after all this...
Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.Clarification: It's not nearly as long as Marco's, but I haven't shaved since October or had a haircut since last July. And my beard does kind of naturally fork.
now I HAVE to see you. And all fawtls who are white/dont know how to cut their own hair. This is gonna be good.
Of course I haven't even touched Far Cry Primal, yet...Don't.
Or so I've heard.
I bought it long ago, but haven't installed it yet.
MrT had a LOT of problems with the game.Of course I haven't even touched Far Cry Primal, yet...Don't.
Or so I've heard.
Technical? Gameplay? Plot?
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now I HAVE to see you. And all fawtls who are white/dont know how to cut their own hair. This is gonna be good.Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.Clarification: It's not nearly as long as Marco's, but I haven't shaved since October or had a haircut since last July. And my beard does kind of naturally fork.
The barbershops opened in NY. I no longer have my luscious locks, sorry.
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I've found if I stand completely still no one sees me.That’s my strategy for pwning dragon priests on Skyrim.
when did you last get a haircut and shave?!? I wanna see apocalypse celestial healer!
I think I've said it before, but for me, Far Cry 5 suffered from the exact same issue I have with a lot of the Paizo APs: Lack of player agency.
"No matter what you do nor how well you plan, the bad guy gets away because it's essential to the plot," is, has, and never will be "fun". I don't understand how it ever became a trope because I find it so fundamentally vile.
Let the players/protagonists have agency. Otherwise it's just a Final Fantasy-like, "Watch a pretty movie that has plot holes big enough to drive a freight train through."
I like playing Final Fantasy, but I have to completely ignore the plot or I get angry.
With Far Cry 5, I ended up having to quit because there was so much, "This happens and there's nothing you can do about it," stuff.
EDIT =
But in Far Cry 5, remember the scene where Impus Minor dropped one of the bosses 5000' to his "death"? Well, the cut scene went to him surviving, then showed you (the protagonist) just standing there with your gun drawn watching as he cursed you and staggered off. You actively let him get away for no reason during a cut scene. Then everyone says, "Why'd you let him get away, stupid?"
So:
(1) Killing him doesn't actually kill him, but just goes to a cut scene.
(2) The cut scene forces you to just let him go.
That's the kind of s*** I hate.
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So, I've heard horror stories about how poorly UPS is handling the pandemic, but this is the first time I'm seeing it in person.
July 9: Item shipped to me from the east coast using UPS 2-day air. Considering it's a 72-pound package, that's got to cost a pretty penny. But it arrived in Rock Hill, South Carolina the night of the 9th.
July 10-14: It took 4 1/2 days to drive the item from Rock Hill, South Carolina to Louisville, Kentucky. According to Google Maps, that's a 7 1/2 hour drive; basically the same as driving to L.A. from here. Admittedly, there was a 4 day stopover in Charlotte, North Carolina, but why???
July 15: My favorite entry. "We were unable to load the package on the plane as scheduled. / Delivery will be delayed by one business day."
It is horrible of me, but I just imagine two overweight southern rednecks trying to heave the package onto the plane, finally giving up, and saying, "Aw, we're all tuckered out, and it's hot. Let's try again tomorrow."So, that's the end of the entries; it never did make it onto the plane. And yet they're still telling me it'll be delivered tonight. Color me skeptical.
So "two day air" looks like it will take at least 8 days. And somehow, I don't think the shipper is going to get a discount after all this...
UPS has been awful lately, nut they still beat the postal service right now. Fifteen days for a first class envelope to get from Oregon to Texas. I've had packages arrive from China faster than that.
FedEx, on the other hand, has been doing great.
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WW finally got offered a promotion to Field Manager at the census today. I told him to turn it down. The raise would have been nice, but the position ends sooner than his current job in Ops, and he'd be in close contact with countless strangers every day. The money isn't worth the higher chance of him getting Covid.
UPS shipping shenanigans
UPS has been awful lately, nut they still beat the postal service right now. Fifteen days for a first class envelope to get from Oregon to Texas. I've had packages arrive from China faster than that.
FedEx, on the other hand, has been doing great.
My company stopped using UPS a couple years ago, and went strictly with FedEx at that point. We haven't seen any dip in quality of service during the pandemic restrictions.
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My cousin and his wife have a niece that stays with them whenever she has time away from work. Close enough family that at one point the niece tried to move in permanently as a teen.
She apparently came down from Chicago two weeks ago to see them. Hey, did I mention she's a flight attendant based out of O'Hare?
Yeah, the symptoms started the next day. Positive tests all around, including the youngest kid (high school aged), but all of them were then testing negative after about 5 days and none needed hospitalization.
Now if only we had more data on what to expect as long-term complications and potential re-infection rates...and...and...
Nice to know that if/when we ever start going back to the office they have added 20 minutes to my commute since we are moving.
This does not please me.
What makes me laugh is that it's now noon here and the package is still listed as being in Louisville, Kentucky, and is still listed as scheduled to arrive here by 9:00 pm tonight.
If *I* were personally just flying home from Kentucky, I don't think I'd be able to make it just in commute time and flight time. And somehow I doubt they have a dedicated driver on this end just waiting to drive it straight to my house.
Yeah, UPS is really falling through the floor in terms of service. It's pretty sad.
now I HAVE to see you. And all fawtls who are white/dont know how to cut their own hair. This is gonna be good.Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.Clarification: It's not nearly as long as Marco's, but I haven't shaved since October or had a haircut since last July. And my beard does kind of naturally fork.
It hasn't been an issue for me.
The best way to cover up not being able to cut your own hair is to never cut your hair.
Although considering my eye for detail it's probably a shame I haven't tried.
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cy, you are needed here.
Thank you!
Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.Clarification: It's not nearly as long as Marco's, but I haven't shaved since October or had a haircut since last July. And my beard does kind of naturally fork.
So does mine. It curls (quite tightly) and forks, so gets to a certain length, then goes sideways in both directions. Constant trimming is therefore required.
And my (self-cut) hair looks alright, now it's grown out a bit.
The barbershops opened in NY. I no longer have my luscious locks, sorry.now I HAVE to see you. And all fawtls who are white/dont know how to cut their own hair. This is gonna be good.Right now I think my appearance has gotten closer to Marco Hietala than Everlast.Clarification: It's not nearly as long as Marco's, but I haven't shaved since October or had a haircut since last July. And my beard does kind of naturally fork.
:(
I think I've said it before, but for me, Far Cry 5 suffered from the exact same issue I have with a lot of the Paizo APs: Lack of player agency.
"No matter what you do nor how well you plan, the bad guy gets away because it's essential to the plot," is, has, and never will be "fun". I don't understand how it ever became a trope because I find it so fundamentally vile.
Let the players/protagonists have agency. Otherwise it's just a Final Fantasy-like, "Watch a pretty movie that has plot holes big enough to drive a freight train through."
I like playing Final Fantasy, but I have to completely ignore the plot or I get angry.
With Far Cry 5, I ended up having to quit because there was so much, "This happens and there's nothing you can do about it," stuff.
EDIT = ** spoiler omitted **
Far Cry 4 on the other hand...
If you have a rocket launcher with you, you can choose to shot him down - which allows you to look for the crashed helicopter and get Pagan's pen from his corpse (a nice touch, if you remember the very start of the game).
So, yeah, you have not one but two moments of agency regarding the big bad.
Oh, and because both of the rebel leaders are a&~+!~@s, you can kill the one who led the rebellion at the end, really becoming the king of Kyrat as Pagan intended or being merely a figurehead for either Amita or Sabal.
And this after you made the pick which of them ascends to the sole leadership of the rebels. Which involves another sub-choice for you - you can either execute the ex-leader who didn't get your support or let them live.
EDIT: Also, you get to kill him earlier on, explicitly revealing - moments later - that you killed his his body double instead.
Also, in my opinion, Pagan Min is a magnificent bastard BBEG, on par with Handsome Jack, with his rants and calls through the story - and unlike Handsome Jack, he has much better motivation for both being a bastard, and for pestering you with his calls.