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[Sep. 21st, 2009|01:49 pm] |
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I had an amazing and awesome wedding. I will elaborate when I don't have to get ready for work...
But my college friends need to get together for reasons other than weddings, because we're gonna run out of single people sooner or later. |
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| Damnit. |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|06:38 pm] |
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Jittery night + starting up a computer to write a post= falling asleep without shutting it down.
Laptop overheated and as far as I can tell, my computer is dead. |
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| Shaken not stirred. |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|04:52 am] |
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| |  Thankful and jittery | ] |
| [ | music |
| | ZZ-Top- Doubleback (in my head) | ] |
Got up this morning for Free RPG Day. M-ville was ok. Called around to see if anyone wanted to go to Warrensburg, since it has the superior treatment. Found a taker. Drove down, overshot the city while talking. (Note to self, it's ok to talk while driving, but only if you have a navigator).
Had a blast. Spent way too much. Made a convert to the "Church of" Perry Foster's BBQ. Drove back to M-ville, hung out for a few hours. Drove home.
BARELY Missed a cow as I pop over the hill and have to swerve and break to miss a pair of cows that have escaped their pen and are standing on the road. Don't know who to call as it was 4:30 in the AM when this happened. Hope no one else hits them. But I was to shaken to play amateur cattle wrangler to get the bovine beasties off the blacktop (Alliteration is fun!).
So now I hope for the best and wait for the sun to rise so I can get a better look at my car and make sure that I did, indeed, miss the cow. |
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| Questions... YAY! |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|02:06 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Laundramat | ] |
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| |  curious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Sarah Connor Chronicles | ] |
Finally answering questions that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) summersdream put to me about 2 weeks ago:
It's late and I'm tired so I'm rambling a bit. And my sentence structure will likely suck more than normal.
1. Why did you choose your college?
It was a combination of many factors. Your college was way to close to home. Truman was offering me quite a bit of scholarship money (although Southeast and Southwest were offering me full rides). And I didn't have my drivers license yet (that's a story in and of itself) so I was kinda dependent on my family to get me to the college I would be attending (and the Southern state schools were too far).
As I said, Truman offered me a fair sum of money plus they were farther away from home so as to give me some distance between me and my family. But not so much distance that it would be impossible to get rides home.
2. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Anywhere but here, or that is my fervent hope. Then again, 5 years ago I didn't think I'd still be here. But within a year I hope to be in Columbia, MO. From there... I dunno. I kinda like Illinois from what I've seen of it. I wouldn't mind living on either coast, but I'd kinda like to avoid California or Florida. Natural disaster concerns, property values, and I think I'd like to be far away from tourist traps.
3. Where did your username come from?
It comes from the first rpg I was ever in. Though I didn't know I was actually making an online RPG at the time. I was working on a X-men fanfic with a friend. She was writing one character, I was writing the other. Corros was the shortened form of his name. His mutant power was the ability to create any acid out of thin air. Like Ice-man and ice, only with Sulfuric and Hydrochloric acid. He was Sean Murphy a.k.a. Corrosion.
4. Kenders or Tribbles?
What's the question? Which would I rather have around? Likely Tribbles since they're not hard to manage if you pay attention to the rules. In other words, just don't feed them. Kender are more annoying, but they're much more fun.
5. What was your first fandom?
That's a hard one. I know it's not Star Trek, since I came into that much later in life. Ditto with Back to the Future. So I'm gonna have to say, Ghostbusters. That or Scooby Doo, I remember watching a lot of "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" every day with my brothers on a tiny little b&w TV in the basement. But I was really into Ghostbusters. And Ghostbusters 2 was the first movie that I saw in a theater that I actually remember seeing in a theater. So that's my answer.
Anyway, to keep this meme going (or as my friend Keith calls them, viruses) just tell me you want questions and I'll give you 5 of your own to answer.
And to combine this with another meme a couple friends of mine are doing: Ask me a question. Any question and I'll answer. Though I will refuse to answer certain questions. |
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| This week in my music education.... |
[Apr. 29th, 2009|06:50 pm] |
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| | "I Am the Walrus"- Bono | ] |
First thing, I bough Led Zeppelin's 2 disk Mothership collection. It was brought on by quite a few factors. We had been giving SDH crap about not knowing "Stairway to Heaven" on the trip to the SCA trip in K-ville (I'll get around to talking about K-ville later, I hope). And then later on I made a massive ass of myself in front of her and the guy who she was talking to who was wearing a LZ shirt. My LZ knowledge isn't that much better, so I was feeling guilty. (She was familiar with the song, she just didn't know it off the top of her head the first time). Then I was following one of my cousins on Facebook and he was talking about putting together a LZ playlist, and I realized that besides Stairway, the only two other LZ songs I was familiar with were because I'd played them on Guitar Hero.
So I was in Walmart, and there it was... 2 disks of Led Zeppelin with all (or most) of the songs my cousin and his amigos were talking about... and it was dirt cheap. So I had to snag it.
I finally got around to watching Across the Universe. I bought it months ago, but it sat with the 50-some other DVDS that I have bought because they were a good deal or I wanted to see them, but I've never watched. I'm a Beatles fan since forever, though my fandom pales in comparison with that of many of my friends. Long story short, I loved it. I now own the soundtrack and it has renewed my plan to get every single Beatles song on CD or mp3. And if I can find the two "German songs" in that mix, that would be awesome! ("I want to hold your hand" in German remains one of my best song memories from college)
So while it hasn't been the best of weeks, from a music standpoint, it's just been freaking awesome. |
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| I wish I came from a different upbringing. |
[Apr. 5th, 2009|07:15 am] |
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| | The Fringe | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Lost | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Official Bransle | ] |
What do you do when you are presented with only two solutions to a dilemma, and every fiber of your being tells you that both solutions are wrong?
There has to be a third option, but your body mentally and physically won't grant you the ability to find it. |
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| To any parents of young children out there.... |
[Mar. 7th, 2009|01:38 pm] |
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Ok, if you have young children, or children below the age of 17, (and I can only think of 2 friends of mine who do, and they both know better so ignore this lecture) keep this in mind:
Watchmen is an R-Rated movie that is extremely R-Rated, based off of a graphic novel/comic book mini-series (whatever you want to call it) that covers some pretty vile and adult topics, and the movie doesn't gloss them over.
No one below the age of 17 should see this movie, and I know quite a few 17 year olds who shouldn't see this movie.
That said, I extremely enjoyed the movie. Yes they changed a few things that I wish they would have left the same, including a rather drastic change that I really don't agree with, but I can understand why they did it (leaving it the original way would have added minutes to a movie that was already pushing 3 hrs and if they left it in they would have been compared to Mad Max (which predated the original scene) or ... *BLEH!* Saw *Bleh* (which didn't)).
It's a good movie. I think if he wasn't' still pissed with DC over V for Vendetta (which he had every right to be after the way that went down), Alan Moore would be proud of what was accomplished.
So, I would recommend seeing it, just keep in mind that it's not a super fluffy bunny happy Superhero movie.
If you want that, go out and rent last summer's Iron Man or Incredible Hulk, or the new Wonder Woman direct to DVD feature that just came out. They're all good, and definitely a whole lot less offensive than Watchmen
I'm sorry for the rant, there is a reason for this, but I'm not gonna bore you with it right now. |
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| Gaming! yay! |
[Feb. 28th, 2009|06:31 pm] |
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Unfortunately, not running or playing in an RPG right now. It seems like my regular group has self-destructed at least for now. I tried to get something started at the gaming store, but they closed up shop without a reason.
But I might be trying to get something started in the next couple weeks. So here's hoping...
Anyway, I was wondering if I could get a little help. I know that quite a few of you out there have Wii's and I recently lucked into some Wiipoints. And my indecisiveness has reared it's ugly head. I can't decide what to buy. Any suggestions/recommendations of games that you've bought or really enjoyed (or that you owned back on their original system that you would suggest I give a whirl) would be appreciated.
Thank you. |
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| I HATE HATE HATE! |
[Jan. 18th, 2009|02:27 pm] |
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I Hate Mohela's online bill payment system so VERY VERY much. It's bad enough that their login system is a pain in the ass. But now it won't let me pay my bill and I'm gonna get assessed late fees and it's not my fault.
It's days like this that I wish I never went to college, for all the good it's done me. |
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| Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I'll love you Tomorrow, I guess. |
[Dec. 18th, 2008|11:13 pm] |
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Y'know it was bad enough tomorrow (although it's only about 45 minutes away at this point) is gonna suck as it is.
I didn't need freezing rain to keep me away from work for a second night this week thus making my last paycheck before Christmas even smaller.
Not only that I have to work tomorrow Night.
Now I find out that Majel Roddenberry has passed away.
*looks for his Romulan Ale to raise a glass.* |
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| What are things I never thought I'd hear for $1000, Alex? |
[Nov. 23rd, 2008|01:10 am] |
"That's it, become a Zombie stripper. For Nanna!"
That said, Zombie Strippers is probably the worst movie I've ever seen. And that's even considerring the title. Just avoid at all costs.
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Also a guys treatise for surviving Twilight. The books (and maybe the movie, I haven't been dragged to that, thought I might) are easy to get through if you keep a few things in mind:
1. The alleged main characters are the least interesting characters in the entire series. Just get over it. The rest of the characters, kinda interesting. Edward and Bella, whiny little sumsuches.
2. Stephanie Meyers likes to describe things forever. But she doesn't like to explain things. The main character bitches about somethign for 150 pages, before explaining what exactly it is she's bitching about.
3. Vampires aren't that powerful. Those aren't really werewolves.
4. That's it, for now. |
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[Oct. 28th, 2008|10:34 pm] |
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Surgery in the morning. Hopefully the last one on this ear.
Followed by a lot of time off that I don't necessary want (it's gonna my Christmas a bit tight this year.)
Anyway, I need to get to bed. |
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| for the record. |
[Oct. 9th, 2008|08:11 am] |
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I still have a job. The contract they offered us is crap, but they weren't likely to give us a better offer and enough people realized that working and having crap insurance is better than not working and having no insurance at all.
-Sh. |
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| Warnting to all who know me |
[Sep. 28th, 2008|04:35 pm] |
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Since my fellow employees have finally decided to trust our ineffectual union, our contract will be null and void as of Tuesday.
Meaning I'll be out of a job. With no severance and since the union is going on strike, no chance of unemployment pay. |
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[Jul. 29th, 2008|03:05 pm] |
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| | My Freeze Ray | ] |
So I had 2 vacation days I had to use this week or I would lose them. My friend Matt has a wedding this weekend. I figured... 4 day weekend. No such luck. I can't take Friday off because of some stupid policy.
So I get the next two days off and have to go into work on Friday. Then I leave for Kville from work... joy.
So 48 hrs of boredom, here we come. |
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| Free RPG Day Ahoy! |
[Jun. 19th, 2008|01:12 pm] |
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So last years great experiment was apparently a success. Because Free RPG Day is being held again. A lot of stores in the US have cut out (especially in Missouri, blar) but there is more stores across the pond that are having it. And that's a big yay.
Last Year I did not snag D0: Hallow's Last Hope from Paizo Publishing. Which was my mistake. (Instead I got a Dungeon Crawl Classic mini adventure, because the promo line on it interested me more). I hadn't been back into RPing all that long (maybe only 2 or 3 sessions in with my D&D group) so I didn't know better. Paizo is amazing. I eventually picked up the sequel to D0 (without realizing it was a sequel, I have since downloaded D0 and may find use for it). D1: Crown of the Kobold King. And it's fantastic. I ran the first half a few weeks ago to moderate success (wish I had been keeping track of quotes, but I'm gonna have to devote an entire entry to that later). Provided that people want to play again (most of my feedback has been lukewarm to positive, but nothing outright negative), I look forward to running the second half. Although the batte royale will be a logistic headache. :D
Anyway Paizo's offering for this years Free RPG day is a sequel to D1 called Revenge of the Kobold King. But Movie Magic isn't offering Free RPG Day this year. (Which is irritating. Hell, I'd have paid the price for the promotion goods, if I could get a contract that stated I get one of each item. I get my money's worth and Movie Magic would have had free promotional items). So I'm going down to see one of my brothers in Warrensburg? Why? The brother needs stuff from home. The Gaming shop down there IS offering FRRGD with bonuses. It seems the guy who owns the gaming store does some freelance work on the side. And so he gets bonus publishers copies of D&D supplements that no one has heard of (or practically no one. A lot of it useless, but some nifty gems in there). So hardcovers for free (limit 1 per person), still I had 3 younger brothers with me last year, so I made quite the score.
This year I'm going solo so it might not be as worth the trip (espcially with gas teetering near $4). But still, go down friday, spend the night hanging out with the brother. Go get gaming stuff, and then make my way back to Mville before game time. A lot to do in a little time.
It'll be a blast. |
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| For those that remember my Aberrant game |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|06:53 pm] |
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The Space station has already blown up. 2 different presidents have been brought up on charges for sex scandals. An Independent is president. Superpowered people called Novas run amok. And murder mystery 90 years in the making has just begun...
June 15, 2008. The Aberrant Timeline begins.
Now if I can just survive to 2120 to celebrate the beginning of Trinity (re: Aeon). |
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| Another meme |
[May. 7th, 2008|09:11 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
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| | exhausted | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tom Lehrer- The Vatican Rag | ] |
Borrowed from zephyrofgod.
Leave a comment and I will:
a) Tell you why I friended you.
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
c) Tell you something I like about you.
d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
f) Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
g) In return, you must post this in your LJ.
Next Time:
What I've been doing since I last posted
Next Next Time:
Things I hate about my job. |
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| I'm sorry, but someone had to say it. |
[Mar. 25th, 2008|02:14 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Rat Souffle- Trial of a Time Rat | ] |
Proof that Randy Milholland is a wise man:
"I hope they all had/have wonderful birthdays and there is much cake. No, this is not an invitation for a lot of "the cake is a lie" jokes. That joke is dead, nerdlings. You humped it into submission." |
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| Old friends, new times. |
[Mar. 19th, 2008|09:59 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | cheerful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Miguel F Ettema- Unreal Who (I am a Timelord) | ] |
Wow… Yesterday was… well “Wow” pretty much sums it up.
I’ve been thinking about the past a lot lately. I suck at keeping in touch with people. And so I’ve lost contact with a lot of people just because I hadn’t seen them in a while. This isn’t counting the number of people that have been driven off when my life/attitude/emotions took a downward spiral. Instead of trying to get better I spend/spent my days moping about not being better. And I’ve been thinking a lot about that. During that time I was a self-centered jerk. And I’m probably still self-centered, I just hope I’m less of a jerk. I’ll come back to this in a bit.
Most of you probably don’t know this, but since I took a near permanent hiatus on creative writing projects, the only thing vaguely creative that I’ve done in the last few years has been to create micros, also known as microheroes. They’re fun, and I’m just a frankensteiner, meaning I just cut apart bits of micros that other people have done and put ‘em together in new formations all the while trying to remember to credit the original artist. I do make a few of my own, but so far I have yet to make a 100% new outfit that every single pixel was put their by me.
I made several friends in the microhero community and I there are a few that although we had talked a lot, we lost contact. And I saw one online after nearly a year without seeing them more than once or twice and said “hi.” And we started talking again and it was a good time but weighed a little on my mind. There were other friends I’ve been a lot closer to that I hadn’t seen/talked with in longer. And what about them?
In 1996-1997, we got internet at home for the first time. Dial up, the same company we use now (Lord, please grant me the patience to not be irritated with GRM for not including us when they were laying highspeed internet cable). Back then I was just a nerdling as opposed to the full blown nerd/geek/doofus/”appropriate sounding badge of honor/shame” that I am now. I had no comic book shop. And only an antennae. So the television high points of my week were when I could get Fox out of Omaha to come in so that I could see the occasion rerun of TNG, and Friday nights when Iowa Public Television would show old scifi programming from BBC (classic Doctor Who and Red Dwarf anyone?)
But the internet? BOOM! Instant community. And after a few circles around, I found a little website called “Axe’s Animorph fanpage.” Ok, actually that probably wasn’t the title. But it was a fanpage about the Animorphs started by a guy who used the handle of “Axe.” Now, TV show aside (which I still have yet to see and I’ve been told to avoid it). Animorphs was a fantastic series. To be honest, it wasn’t going to win any major literary prizes. But what do you expect from a monthly book series that was probably targeted at 10-15 year olds? It was a fun little series with a nice blend of teen drama and scifi, and at least during the time I was reading it took itself seriously. The villains weren’t too over the top, and the heroes didn’t’ always win, or when they did win it didn’t always seem like a victory. That might have changed after I stopped reading (lost my collection of the first 30 or so books in the housefire and after that, I lost the urge).
I go off an tangents and lose my point a lot.
Through Axe’s site and the related chatpage I formed friendships and acquaintances with other fellow fans of Applegate’s little series. First through the very shortlived screenname of “C1999” and then as Belgarion, a name I shamelessly steal from the Hero of David Edding’s fantasy series (the good one, as opposed to trilogies which just rip off all the elements of his quintologies). Most of these friendships lasted well into my college years when the inevitable things happen. We had fallings out. I honestly don’t know who’s fault it was. But I was particularly down at that point in life. And so I’m more than willing to accept the blame. Because I’ll lay good odds that it was my fault, or at least predominately mine. I was so obsessed with my apparent problems that I just ignored the possibility that maybe my friends where having problems too. So.. fallings out occurred.
And I’ve been thinking about one a lot lately. I’ve been trying to access my ICQ account since August or October for the first time in 4 years since that’s the chat program that most of them used to use. But I can’t remember my damned password and I can’t figure out what e-mail I used to set up the account.
I had another tool at my disposal, but I hadn’t wanted to feel like a cyberstalker, but after talking to my friend from Micro Sanctuary, I figured “screw it. I should at least try” So I googled. And low and behold, there was an LJ group for Axe’s Animorph Chat, and not only that, there was a post waiting there for me. It seems that at least as of September of last year she had been looking for me as well. So I sent her a line and spent a few hours impatiently waiting.
“C’mon, she was wanting to hear from you.”
“Yeah, but that was seven months ago. A lot can change in seven months.”
“Like what?”
“Well Gary Gygax and the creator of Howard the Duck can pass away for one thing.”
“That’s true, but…”
“Ok, how about this she could have decided that it was a crazy idea.”
“Hrmn.”
Imaginary conversations with one’s self are fun, in small doses.
Long story short, we’re talking again (On the chance that she reads this, “Hi Terasa!”) and I hope that things stay cool this go around. And I’ll have to figure out her schedule so I can adjust my sleep time accordingly. I have no social life outside of the internet and weekend D&D really. So I try to sleep/clean house when people are offline and plop my butt in the computer room when they’re on.
I won’t say we caught up because it’s been 4 or 5 years since the last time we talked, but we did talk and that was a start and I just couldn’t bring myself to leave. As a result I got only 2 hours of sleep before work last night. Not fun, but so worth it.
Anyway, I gotta get going, if Mozilla will let me post this instead of deleting it like last time.
Take care everyone.
-Shaun. |
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