Sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night to check on my ant farm. They still haven't grown anything. I'm pretty sure they're just in it for the government subsidies.
Anyway...
Today, I went to a kick-off party for National Novel Writing Month.
These are some really cool fucking people. We just talked for hours about things we write, things we've written, why we write... it was really inspiring, to me. I definitely have a rekindled interest in attempting publication, now!
I really do like watching my ant farm. It may be childish, but I don't care; it's an odd sort of fascinating therapy, really. Watching as they work so hard to build all these intricate little tunnels. They're also infinitely amusing pets.
I don't have much else to say, here... next month, I begin writing like mad to finish a novel in a month!
Anyway...
Today, I went to a kick-off party for National Novel Writing Month.
These are some really cool fucking people. We just talked for hours about things we write, things we've written, why we write... it was really inspiring, to me. I definitely have a rekindled interest in attempting publication, now!
I really do like watching my ant farm. It may be childish, but I don't care; it's an odd sort of fascinating therapy, really. Watching as they work so hard to build all these intricate little tunnels. They're also infinitely amusing pets.
I don't have much else to say, here... next month, I begin writing like mad to finish a novel in a month!
Wow, I haven't posted here in forever! Sorry about that, everyone... if anyone even reads this, anymore. Probably not... how does one even get popular on this site, anyway?
So, not that there's any real news, but I got a digital camera, finally. One would think someone like myself who worships technology would have had one much sooner, but I instead focused on getting a superpowered desktop PC, then a tablet PC just to carry around. Oh, yeah, and my XBox 360.
I looked over at my book case devoted to World of Darkness books... and realized that I have an entire book case devoted to World of Darkness books. My new digital camera was just begging for me to post something up for bragging rights!
Yes, there's some other books stuck horizontally on top of my WoD collection; I have no room for them anywhere else!
That's for anyone who didn't believe me when I said I own almost every WoD book ever printed. Not pictured: the books for the New World of Darkness and Vampire: the Requiem... I keep them hidden in shame away from public view.
One book, however, requires special mention!
That's my special limited-edition Mage: the Ascension (Revised). The greatest RPG ever printed. Sadly, in the New World of Darkness, the entire premise (and originality) of the game was destroyed; it, along with the rest of the old (better) World of Darkness is no more.
*Pours some Courvoisier on the ground* For the fallen. ;o;
I'm also trying to take pictures of my ant farm for a sort of "Progress Journal", but the glare from the side of the farm makes it impossible to see how much work those little guys are putting in. I'll figure out something, soon!
Oh, and here's my dogs:
So, not that there's any real news, but I got a digital camera, finally. One would think someone like myself who worships technology would have had one much sooner, but I instead focused on getting a superpowered desktop PC, then a tablet PC just to carry around. Oh, yeah, and my XBox 360.
I looked over at my book case devoted to World of Darkness books... and realized that I have an entire book case devoted to World of Darkness books. My new digital camera was just begging for me to post something up for bragging rights!
Yes, there's some other books stuck horizontally on top of my WoD collection; I have no room for them anywhere else!
That's for anyone who didn't believe me when I said I own almost every WoD book ever printed. Not pictured: the books for the New World of Darkness and Vampire: the Requiem... I keep them hidden in shame away from public view.
One book, however, requires special mention!
That's my special limited-edition Mage: the Ascension (Revised). The greatest RPG ever printed. Sadly, in the New World of Darkness, the entire premise (and originality) of the game was destroyed; it, along with the rest of the old (better) World of Darkness is no more.
*Pours some Courvoisier on the ground* For the fallen. ;o;
I'm also trying to take pictures of my ant farm for a sort of "Progress Journal", but the glare from the side of the farm makes it impossible to see how much work those little guys are putting in. I'll figure out something, soon!
Oh, and here's my dogs:
Not a lot to say... my birthday is this Friday. I'm dreading it. I feel so old... I never thought I'd be worrying about 30, but here I'm turning 28 and... really worrying.
I heard a Lisa Loeb song on the radio the other day and got all nostalgic for the High School days; not school itself, though! I still hated actual SCHOOL. Everything else about that time in my life, though, was awesome. It all just made me realize... Lisa Loeb is still hot.
So, I decided to organize this the way someone else used to do... =D
So, August begins the new financial year! Yay, woo, right? Well, for this first month at work, we have a sales competition; whoever makes the single biggest sale gets a prize!
That's great, since I got three massive sales... on July 31st. -_- I'm going to lose.
The stalker I mentioned in my last post has left me alone, oddly enough. It seems she got bored with me and my constant evasiveness, so she's moved on to other prey. I hope. Chances are, she'll come back to try for me once again, and I'll have to get all creeped out about it.
I saw "The Bourne Ultimatum", yesterday, and just like the first two, it was pretty good! =D Julia Stiles has grown on me, a bit; I really kinda like her, now.
During the movie, however, I started to feel VERY... unwell. I got a dizzy feeling, like when I get motion sickness, as well as this acidic heartburn and tingling from my elbows to my fingers. After the movie, I had some chocolate (thinking low-blood sugar to be a culprit) and lay down. Most of the problems went away, but I STILL have that light-headed feeling. You know the feeling you get when you're sick and lay in bed all day? Yeah, that feeling.
My mother's birthday was yesterday, and I really meant to get her something while I was out... but I got all sick and crap, so I came home. I bought her a gift certificate for Victoria's Secret website; she loves that store, and she's kinda freaked out over how I felt yesterday. She thinks it's my blood pressure... it's possible. I just got a new doctor, so I'll call her this week and schedule my first appointment.
However, before I got sick at the movies, yesterday, a new White Wolf game caught my eye. See, after they released the horrible shit-bomb that they called the "New World of Darkness", I lost a lot of faith in White Wolf. However, this new game "Scion" REALLY appeals to me. I picked it up, and the game is amazing. It runs on something like a cross between the old (better) World of Darkness system and the Exalted system (yay, they brought back the "Appearance" attribute!), and you play children of the Gods. Not, like... made-up Gods for this universe, but you pick real mythological figures; Zeus, Odin, Raiden... and you get traits and powers based on who's kid you are. That is some awesome-cool shit. I just wish I had some people to run a tabletop game with (hint: I'm looking at you, Eirian)!
In Lord of the Rings online, I am progressing slowly, but it's a pace I like; level 13 Loremaster, level 20 Champion/Armsmith, level 14 Burglar/Historian, and a level 14 Captain/Tinker. Just started the Book 1 quests with a group of friends, and I really think this is probably the only MMO worth playing for people who don't like to do mindless grinding and PvP.
My Ragnarok server, Fortuna, is also doing much better, now that I've taken it over. Almost all of the problem players have left of their own volition, and the good players are much happier because of it!
While I was laying sick on my couch yesterday, my friend Mike decided to torture me by turning on the Sci-Fi channel to watch some absolutely awful made-for-crap-tv movie about vampires. I had no idea what was going on, but I've seen elementary school plays with better acting. During one of the commercial breaks, however, I saw a preview for another Sci-Fi "exclusive" gem, in which I heard uttered these words:
"We have an alien-possessed mammoth on the loose--"
There was more after that, but I couldn't stand to listen to it.
So, August begins the new financial year! Yay, woo, right? Well, for this first month at work, we have a sales competition; whoever makes the single biggest sale gets a prize!
That's great, since I got three massive sales... on July 31st. -_- I'm going to lose.
The stalker I mentioned in my last post has left me alone, oddly enough. It seems she got bored with me and my constant evasiveness, so she's moved on to other prey. I hope. Chances are, she'll come back to try for me once again, and I'll have to get all creeped out about it.
I saw "The Bourne Ultimatum", yesterday, and just like the first two, it was pretty good! =D Julia Stiles has grown on me, a bit; I really kinda like her, now.
During the movie, however, I started to feel VERY... unwell. I got a dizzy feeling, like when I get motion sickness, as well as this acidic heartburn and tingling from my elbows to my fingers. After the movie, I had some chocolate (thinking low-blood sugar to be a culprit) and lay down. Most of the problems went away, but I STILL have that light-headed feeling. You know the feeling you get when you're sick and lay in bed all day? Yeah, that feeling.
My mother's birthday was yesterday, and I really meant to get her something while I was out... but I got all sick and crap, so I came home. I bought her a gift certificate for Victoria's Secret website; she loves that store, and she's kinda freaked out over how I felt yesterday. She thinks it's my blood pressure... it's possible. I just got a new doctor, so I'll call her this week and schedule my first appointment.
However, before I got sick at the movies, yesterday, a new White Wolf game caught my eye. See, after they released the horrible shit-bomb that they called the "New World of Darkness", I lost a lot of faith in White Wolf. However, this new game "Scion" REALLY appeals to me. I picked it up, and the game is amazing. It runs on something like a cross between the old (better) World of Darkness system and the Exalted system (yay, they brought back the "Appearance" attribute!), and you play children of the Gods. Not, like... made-up Gods for this universe, but you pick real mythological figures; Zeus, Odin, Raiden... and you get traits and powers based on who's kid you are. That is some awesome-cool shit. I just wish I had some people to run a tabletop game with (hint: I'm looking at you, Eirian)!
In Lord of the Rings online, I am progressing slowly, but it's a pace I like; level 13 Loremaster, level 20 Champion/Armsmith, level 14 Burglar/Historian, and a level 14 Captain/Tinker. Just started the Book 1 quests with a group of friends, and I really think this is probably the only MMO worth playing for people who don't like to do mindless grinding and PvP.
My Ragnarok server, Fortuna, is also doing much better, now that I've taken it over. Almost all of the problem players have left of their own volition, and the good players are much happier because of it!
While I was laying sick on my couch yesterday, my friend Mike decided to torture me by turning on the Sci-Fi channel to watch some absolutely awful made-for-crap-tv movie about vampires. I had no idea what was going on, but I've seen elementary school plays with better acting. During one of the commercial breaks, however, I saw a preview for another Sci-Fi "exclusive" gem, in which I heard uttered these words:
"We have an alien-possessed mammoth on the loose--"
There was more after that, but I couldn't stand to listen to it.
WARNING!!!!
So, anyway... I have a stalker.
A while ago, an old high-school friend of mine found me on a dating site. Mind you, she and I barely knew each other; we sat at the same table for lunch for a year or two, and I never socialized with her outside of school. Also, high school is ten years ago, for me.
So, she talks to me... everything seems normal.
BUT I WAS WRONG!!!
It started with her asking when we could "hang out". Then it moved on to how she was lonely. Then she told me how she changed her hair, and what sort of figure she has. This continued and progressed, and now she's telling me that she shaves herself and she wants me to, in no uncertain terms, come over and bang her (her words, not mine; I don't use the word "bang" in that sense).
Now, usually, if a girl asked me for this kind of thing, I'd have no problem with it! Nothing wrong with a fuckbuddy, right? But something about the way this girl goes about it is downright CREEPY. It's an everyday thing, now; she'll ask what I'm doing that night, and I'll tell her that I'm busy. Since I run a gaming server, I just tell her I'm busy with that, which is why I can't go "bang" her, yet I'm still on my IM programs.
And of course, I'm too nice to just block her.
So, anyway... I have a stalker.
A while ago, an old high-school friend of mine found me on a dating site. Mind you, she and I barely knew each other; we sat at the same table for lunch for a year or two, and I never socialized with her outside of school. Also, high school is ten years ago, for me.
So, she talks to me... everything seems normal.
BUT I WAS WRONG!!!
It started with her asking when we could "hang out". Then it moved on to how she was lonely. Then she told me how she changed her hair, and what sort of figure she has. This continued and progressed, and now she's telling me that she shaves herself and she wants me to, in no uncertain terms, come over and bang her (her words, not mine; I don't use the word "bang" in that sense).
Now, usually, if a girl asked me for this kind of thing, I'd have no problem with it! Nothing wrong with a fuckbuddy, right? But something about the way this girl goes about it is downright CREEPY. It's an everyday thing, now; she'll ask what I'm doing that night, and I'll tell her that I'm busy. Since I run a gaming server, I just tell her I'm busy with that, which is why I can't go "bang" her, yet I'm still on my IM programs.
And of course, I'm too nice to just block her.
Emo time is over! I think!
Game news: instead of letting the majority of players ruin what I made, I basically said "fuck you guys. You don't like the way my server goes, you can leave." They left. I am happy. They were like people whining to the bus driver to change directions because they got on the wrong bus.
Work news: I'm making shitloads of money in sales, lately. The higher-ups are noticing. Things look promising. +__+
Life news: I miss Eirian! DX I hardly ever hear from/see her anymore... I guess it's because she lives so far away, now. I need to get out more. We'll see what happens.
Game news: instead of letting the majority of players ruin what I made, I basically said "fuck you guys. You don't like the way my server goes, you can leave." They left. I am happy. They were like people whining to the bus driver to change directions because they got on the wrong bus.
Work news: I'm making shitloads of money in sales, lately. The higher-ups are noticing. Things look promising. +__+
Life news: I miss Eirian! DX I hardly ever hear from/see her anymore... I guess it's because she lives so far away, now. I need to get out more. We'll see what happens.
Very depressed, right now... I'm glad I have Lord of the Rings Online to distract me from it, else I may collapse under it.
First, an ex. She said she loved me. She claimed to be faithful. Sure, it's past the point where she just mysteriously... "needed some time to think"... but now I found out that about the time she stopped being so lovey was the time she had found someone else. Huh. She accused me of not being trusting enough... funny that I found out that I SHOULDN'T have trusted her.
Second, my game server. I've pretty much lost it. Every online game, these days, focuses on PvP. I hate PvP. I made my server to be completely free of PvP... but apparently, I'm a dying breed. Nobody wants to play in a place where they can't compete with others. I hate competition; I hate sports for that reason. It makes me sick to think that a human can't feel fulfilled unless they've proven they're "better" than someone else at something. So... there goes my creation.
What else can I do, really?
First, an ex. She said she loved me. She claimed to be faithful. Sure, it's past the point where she just mysteriously... "needed some time to think"... but now I found out that about the time she stopped being so lovey was the time she had found someone else. Huh. She accused me of not being trusting enough... funny that I found out that I SHOULDN'T have trusted her.
Second, my game server. I've pretty much lost it. Every online game, these days, focuses on PvP. I hate PvP. I made my server to be completely free of PvP... but apparently, I'm a dying breed. Nobody wants to play in a place where they can't compete with others. I hate competition; I hate sports for that reason. It makes me sick to think that a human can't feel fulfilled unless they've proven they're "better" than someone else at something. So... there goes my creation.
What else can I do, really?
Happy holiday, for my fellow US peoples!
I'll be spending my 4th of July playing Lord of the Rings Online until my fingers and/or eyes bleed.
Now, onto other news; Eirian's set... got rejected?! How strange, since she had one of the most innovative ideas I've seen. No offense to the other SGs, but some of the themes they choose are boring and/or overdone. How many shower sets are there, again? Or bed sets?
I think the creativity of this set, alone, merits inclusion among the ranks of the pink!
CLICK HERE! Let your voice be heard and give merit to someone who deserves it!
I'll be spending my 4th of July playing Lord of the Rings Online until my fingers and/or eyes bleed.
Now, onto other news; Eirian's set... got rejected?! How strange, since she had one of the most innovative ideas I've seen. No offense to the other SGs, but some of the themes they choose are boring and/or overdone. How many shower sets are there, again? Or bed sets?
I think the creativity of this set, alone, merits inclusion among the ranks of the pink!
CLICK HERE! Let your voice be heard and give merit to someone who deserves it!
I'm pretty much addicted to Lord of the Rings Online... thus my lack of posting.
That and the lack of anything really interesting for me to post about.
That and the lack of anything really interesting for me to post about.
After being on the Internet for over a decade, I realize I've started to get a bit of an "old man" mentality. When I was sixteen, everything was new, and nothing seemed played-out or overdone on the web. Now, however, I'm sitting on my virtual porch swing, griping about all these "damn kids on my lawn." Am I just getting jaded, or are these little peeves of mine actually worth me wanting to beat people?
Lawl - "LOL" is acceptable. If you thought something was funny on the internet, it'd be stupid to type out "I am laughing at what you just said, for I find it humorous." LOL is quick, and gets the point across. "Lawl" is the product of people who actually say the word "LOL" offline, in the presence of others. It's just... sad.
Roffle - Same as above, only it's "ROFL" instead of "LOL" that's being raped.
"Fail" - It doesn't bother me when someone says "you fail". Or, even better, "you fail at life." However, the misusage of the word in such sentences as "this is total fail" really grate on my nerves. Something can not BE "fail;" it can only go through the process of failing. "Fail" is an active, not passive verb.
=P - Emoticons don't bother me. I, myself, am guilty of a constant barrage of ^_^, n_n, -_-, and o_o. =D and D= and >=O don't bother me at all. But for some reason, =P and all variations thereof, REALLY get under my skin. Maybe it's because I can't tell if it's laughter, annoyance, or condescension. Being the paranoid fucker I am, I usually assume the worst, so I'd rather people not use =P on me. I usually politely remind people that it bothers me. If they keep doing it, I pour acid on their face and scream "MAKE THE STUPID FACE NOW, BITCH!" I do that all the time, and by "all the time," I mean "never."
PWN - How do you even pronounce this? Are we glorifying typos, now? Oh, and speaking of typos-cum-parlance...
Teh - This one has to go, too.
That's all I can think of, for now. I need a nice shot of rum to get to bed, now.
Lawl - "LOL" is acceptable. If you thought something was funny on the internet, it'd be stupid to type out "I am laughing at what you just said, for I find it humorous." LOL is quick, and gets the point across. "Lawl" is the product of people who actually say the word "LOL" offline, in the presence of others. It's just... sad.
Roffle - Same as above, only it's "ROFL" instead of "LOL" that's being raped.
"Fail" - It doesn't bother me when someone says "you fail". Or, even better, "you fail at life." However, the misusage of the word in such sentences as "this is total fail" really grate on my nerves. Something can not BE "fail;" it can only go through the process of failing. "Fail" is an active, not passive verb.
=P - Emoticons don't bother me. I, myself, am guilty of a constant barrage of ^_^, n_n, -_-, and o_o. =D and D= and >=O don't bother me at all. But for some reason, =P and all variations thereof, REALLY get under my skin. Maybe it's because I can't tell if it's laughter, annoyance, or condescension. Being the paranoid fucker I am, I usually assume the worst, so I'd rather people not use =P on me. I usually politely remind people that it bothers me. If they keep doing it, I pour acid on their face and scream "MAKE THE STUPID FACE NOW, BITCH!" I do that all the time, and by "all the time," I mean "never."
PWN - How do you even pronounce this? Are we glorifying typos, now? Oh, and speaking of typos-cum-parlance...
Teh - This one has to go, too.
That's all I can think of, for now. I need a nice shot of rum to get to bed, now.
