1st Pathfinder Game

He has a spear and he likes to stick it into things. ~ C

You cannot be chaotic annoying. ~ C

You just need to put your spear on vibrate. ~ B

Your flipping off your tip? ~ B

I am too busy with my spear to deal with my sack. ~ N

If you were a real man you would let her know your big is bed enough for 2. ~ B

To be fair my Bryon is well behaved. ~ N

4 times flipped off

But they are all encrypted. ~ P
Yeah, 'we hacked your site, and are stopped by your encryp...' no ~ D

Because the pen is mightier than the sword, and two pencils is even mightier. ~ P

We got big trouble ~ S
Right here is River City. ~ E

Now I want to write a song about Rivet City. ~ E

She is going to hit you so hard, so much blood would come out that Tarantino would pop into the world and say 'damn' ~ D

Sometimes when I type texts pandora pops up. Its like my phone is saying 'oh, you are typing a message, you would like some music to accompany you'. Pandora is Clippy. ~ D

After this we will go to the beach and you can kick sand in my face. ~ E

Beaches in Washington? Thats not kicking sand, thats kicking rocks. ~ D

The night ended early, so the total number of times I was flipped off was only 4, there was another one aimed at someone else.

Easy A

Just watched Easy A, and while I really liked the movie this post is just about what it got me thinking about, and the discussion I had with a friend during it.

Towards the end there is a scene where Olive and her mother are talking.  My friend teases me that I will be a mom like her.  I started crying, not because being a mom like that would be bad, but because I just want to be a mom who is proud of her kids no matter what.  I know if I had a daughter like Olive I would be proud, very proud.  I know if I had a son like Todd I would be proud, would be more proud to have a kid like him in every way, except that he stands up for her in front of others, not just in private.  But I know if I somehow ended up with someone like any of the "Christian" kids I would have serious reservations about being proud of them, not because they are "Christian", but because there are in name only.  I pray I never have a kid that needs to pay someone to make them not the lowest person on the social totem pole.  If I have a son that is straight edge, the perfect model of innocents, I want him to know that his mother is proud of him being everything I am not.

Some people say that we have kids just to punish them, some say we have kids to better the world, when I have kid(s) I want to have them because they will be a symbol of love, and I want to learn from what was wrong in my childhood, and take what was good.  I know it is too much to say I want to be the perfect mother someday, but I can say that one day I want to be a mother, and I want to be a mother that loves her kids no matter how I ruin them.

PVP D&D

I have never eaten a house cat, that I know of ~ U
Have you been to china ~ D
Yes, that is why I said that I know of ~ U

Where are you moving to? ~ U
Queen Anne ~ J
Where is that? ~ U
(only funny as everyone else is fluent in Seattle, and our South African is not)

Its very pink ~ U

It's not pants-less poker except for the dealer. ~ B

Contagious, its a real long time cunt-age. ~ U

You know they say sex ends after marriage, which is why you just make love or fuck. ~ U

Underground pants-less poker dens. D

I can see all those little green bums. ~ A

I like to fuck with people, and he gave me an invitation. ~ E
No he didn't. ~ A
She got dibs remember? ~ J
(/grabs hand, points at ring) See, dibs. ~ A

What is it PVP D&D day? ~ D

How many software engerneers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Wait, that sounds like hardware problem. ~ B
But it is though. ~ J

What did those women and children do to you? ~ B

Arkham razor is what the joker uses to shave. ~ B

I make my save vs ... ~ A
Pukification ~ U

Bong fire? Why would someone want to burn bongs? ~ U

Surprise butt sex, 'til you die. ~ D

But I think I am more immature, so I have that edge. ~ B

He is full of vim and vigor. ~ J
He is full of vim and something. ~ D
He is full of vim and starburst vodka. ~ E

That was way better than my Jew joke. ~ D

More Graduation type thougthts

I just headed to bed, but could not sleep as I am just too darn giddy about things.

I was all jumpy with graduation coming up. I keep going 'this is the moment I have lived 28 years for'. But as someone who twas raised by a philosopher I think about things in a weird way. I think about how everything is new, and everything is old, everything is different, everything is always the same. Yes graduation is something I have lived the last 28 years for, then again, this moment, this post is something I have lived the last 28 years for. Whether I know in the moment of an action that everything I am and everything I have ever been is in that moment. This post is a creation of the writing, thinking, studying, and craziness that is the whole of me.

When I took my first Anthropology class the prof told us that you can never come to a situation without some predisposition about it. You cannot separate the current from the whole.

That is not to say that this coming moment is not huger than any moment I have experienced before, because there are few moments in my life that will be remembered as this one will (and it is still a month and a half away), but there are so many moments that created it, that it is not a solo moment.

Thankfully I have some time to figure out will be invited to what graduations (and decide whether I want a grad party or two). I graduated high school early, and it took me 10 years to get the BA (that would be pathetic if not for the break in the middle).

Now I shall double check what stuff I need to deal with in the next month, and then give a second attempt to sleeping.

Stuff n things, even

I have not gotten nearly as much done as I hoped today. Kept getting distracted by randomness, including my sudden cravings for things that have nothing to do with what I am doing. Like my want to go dancing, right now, and my want to have specific conversations with certain people, again, right now; there is no reason that any of these cravings should be happening right now, other than my brain cannot get off said thoughts. This is why the nice drs say I have severe mental issues, I spend more than 8 hours a day dealing with/focusing on thoughts, and unable to leave them, unable to move to the next thought, or get back to what I need to be doing.

Counseling someone like me has people going 'what order do we fix things in?', not like normalish people where they ask 'how do we help you?'. That is not to say I am broken, and need to be fixed, but that I do not like how I am, and want to make myself more productive, and useful. I already get more done than most people, but I know I could do more if I can get past lots of things, including the way my thoughts work.

Back from Hawaii

Hawaii gave me a good break from the real world, kind of. It gave me time to think, still not sure what I am going to do about so many things. Got a sun burn, not too bad, well, originally it was, but I took good care of the shoulders, and it is barely peeling, now I am slightly brown, kind of hope to keep it, as my sun allergy basically disappears if I have even the most mild of tans.

Specifically had planned to not bring anything back for people (esp since no one asked for anything), but when you see something that is the definition of someone, plans no longer matter. Now I have to hope said people do not think I am saying anything other than 'this is so you'.

Now to cleaning, organizing, and making up for missing a week of the real world.

The gods took a paintbrush to the sky

The gods took a paintbrush to the sky
Clearing the black with red so vibrant
Red so bold
Mother Earth’s fires in the sky
The orange streaks the black
Flying the horizon
Then yellow merging with the blue
Before reaching for the midnight black of the heavens

As the black reaches for the edge of the world
The colours lose their vibrance
They lose not their boldness
They gain their full strength
The red turns to blood as it fights for it’s last moments of splendor
The blue takes the places held by green, yellow, and their sister orange
As it loses its own to the black
Fighting to not be taken
But the black will win
And win it does
It takes blue and red to slivers
Before taking them completely
They flash one last time,
Tomorrow they will again be painted,
Tomorrow they will fight the black

Waiting is evil

I have not flown in so very, very long. Now I am all hyper with anticipation.

I also find my mind racing with so many thoughts, and nothing to do with them, except apparently write them, and probably post them.

Mono not quite working right, kind of

So after much soul searching I have realized I am in all actuality a monogamous person. Then last night happened, and while technically neither person involved is in a relationship, this seems to be me telling me that I suck at monogamy.

I guess Hawaii will give me time to do some more soul searching, or at least come to grips with my sucking at monogamy.

From torture to tea

I was having emotional issues at the time, thank you very much. ~ S

I am going to wait outside his house, and wait until he comes home and talk nicely to him and make him tea. ~ N

We could do an interpretative dance. ~ S
We have issues. ~ E

I will head out there with tea for him. ~ S

Hurt not heal, got it. ~ S
He figures if you just hit the wound enough it will close up. ~ D

I call a halt. ~ S
I am pretty sure he is busy. ~ N
We do not have a halt in the group ~ S
No, but we know a Holt. ~ N

What if you just give us the information and we just kill you, you say they will do worse. ~ N

You don't know him well enough to give him oil. ~ N

Bob's shady chicken place, discretely serving chicken for 20 years. ~ N
No, only for a week, the week before it was something else, and the week before that it was something else. ~ E
No, that week it was Bert's butcher shop. ~ D
But the week before that it was a shady business. ~ E
Yes. ~ D

On the list we put a 'B' for burnt. ~ S

We cross them off, a little 'd' for dead. ~ S

It says accidental ... ~ D
dimemberment. ~ N
Yes. ~ D

You get back to your house and your prized azelia's have been torched. ~ D
POR QUUUEEE. ~ N

I mourn the bacon. ~ E
We are gathered here today to mourn the death of bacon, ~ N
Kevin Bacon? ~ D
I wish. ~ N

I roll a natural 20. ~ S
Ok, so you get a google street view. ~ D

Don't avoid anything, just run him over. ~ N

Finishing school and how it has fucked with my head

For most of my adult life I have been an unrepentant polyamorous pansexual. I have trouble caring about the biologically defined sex of a person, and enjoy aspects in my partners from just about every socially defined gender. I have never had issue with my partner sleeping with others, as long as we both have the same rules placed on those relationships.

Recently school has been showing me how normal my queer relationship opinions are. In one class we spent a week on what the definition of queer is. I found myself seeing what educated people actually think about queer, and how they get from point a (mommy says that is wrong) to point b (actually that seems pretty normal).

I still see myself as queer, but leaning toward monogamy. This is not me saying 'go monogamy', I still see the way society acts about it as a social disease. I still see no reason for me to choose someone based on their biological sex, or their socially defined gender. I see no reason for our society to say monogamy is the only way. But when I look at myself I see someone looking for one person to be their life long partner. That is not to say I would ignore a perfectly healthy poly relationship because they are poly, I would just want more restrictions than most poly relationships I have been in or around.

Being 28 and still growing up, this shit be wack yo. Then again I still have issues telling people that would never judge me things about myself (including the whole becoming mono thing, thankfully none of those peeps are likely to end up here, at least not anytime soon), so maybe I am not all that grown up, then again, do we ever stop growing up?

Excerpt from an ethnography on geek dance

Rusty Con is the Seattle area Sci-Fi Fantasy convention. There are many conventions that are related to Rusty, Rusty is the most localized of the conventions for the Seattle area, the next level up is NorWesCon, and the one up from there is WesterCon. These conventions are loosely affiliated, but have strong bonds both in the people who come, and those who run them.

There are many things that convention goers expect from the Convention Dance, no matter what level, or where you are in the US. Latex outfits, leather outfits, and Cosplay are expected, recently Steam Punk joined the usual attire to be seen at convention dances. But as this is a dance certain songs being played are more important than any other aspect of the dance, and the DJ must make sure to time the playing of these songs, so they are not too close together, nor so far apart that convention goers are too enticed to leave to go to the room parties. The most important songs on this list are “Rasputin” by Boney M, “Burning Time”, and “When you’re evil” by Voltaire.

The song that seems to have formed the most structural culture at the conventions is “Rasputin”. In a previous ethnography I asked Andrew, a good friend from Russia, about this song.

I have never heard the song "Rasputin" by Boney-M prior to arriving to the US, and I only heard it here when I went to my first Sci-Fi convention. Most of my friends knew of my heritage, and I was surprised that they expected me to recognize the song immediately. Most of them were taken aback when I mentioned I have never heard the song before, and didn't know of the band that sung it. Apparently, in their minds, any song that mentions Russia or Russians should be greatly popular in Russia itself. The song does not illicit any particular emotion - I like the beat, and I find the lyrics somewhat humorous. The dance that goes with the song at conventions made me laugh at first, and the realization that my American friends thought that's how all Russian dance made me laugh even more. Overall, I think the song is a nice Sci-Fi convention tradition, and I'm happy to kick my feet up a couple of times if it makes my American friends giggle with delight.

Convention goers had taken aspects of what they thought was Russian culture, which it is in fact Ukrainian dance, mixed with bits of American culture top create the basics of the dance. The dance to this is both very communal, with everyone in a circle with their arm behind their neighbors back, and yet very much a show of skill, with those wanting to show their dancing prowess going into the center of the circle.

While America is considered a Christian country by many, in geek circles the less traditional religions are more the norm. In a nod to this another song that no convention dance can get away with not playing is “Burning Times”. This is less a communal dance, and more a dance where people who practice any aspect of Wicca show their connection to Mother Earth, and the ways they do this can sometimes be very obvious, and other times very obscure. No matter the how or the why behind the movements, they mean something powerful and important to the dancer.

Overheard from a Pathfinder game, while working on a scarf in the corner

Dark elves are Americans. ~ N
No, but I like dark elves. ~ B

Lunk will help you get up there. ~ N
By breaking your legs. ~ D

Speed slugs. They are painted red. ~ B
Painted red? ~ E
Red things go faster. ~ B

Guys, this isn't WoW. ~ D

Lunk will heal you, tank the slug. ~ N

The slug is laughing at him. ~ B

How about Lunk's efeminite younger brother? ~ N
Badonka-donk-donk. ~ B

If slugs coudld look puzzle, he would look puzzled. ~ C
He is a puzzled laughing slug. ~ B

He taught it to feel. ~ D
He taught it to love laugh and be confused. ~ B

I fail. ~ D
Bet you're bloody now. ~ N

How do you go so much damage? ~ J
He makes up numbers. ~ N

Lawful stupid, our group. ~ N

You stick your finger in it and it gets wet. ~ C

I softly punch him in the nuts. ~ D

No, you cannot sell the gift from beyond the gates of death. ~ N

You feel like doing very naughty thing to Kay. ~ C

Not South enough. It's underground. ~ N

How do we even getting any play in?

You bad man. Me love you long time. ~ S

I like looking like peoples brothers. ~ S

I have a good amount of sharp metal leverage. ~ N

So what are you doing? ~ D
Admiring your cat. ~ P
People on ecstasy admire your cat. ~ N
We're not doing drugs. ~ S

The dread brochure. ~ N
The Dread Brochure Roberts. S

I've got my rod. ~ P

My magic rod. ~ P

And you have rod expertiece. ~ D
Plus 2. ~ P

I have a thing. ~ N
He has a thing. ~ P

Holy crap batman. ~ P
Robin would not say holy crap. ~ E
Holy charred corpses batman. ~ N

Slap him, that always helps. ~ N

Fucking physics. ~ D
He has been saying that all day. ~ E
I will stop saying it when it stops fucking me. ~ D

Pooky will help me with the big long words. N
He points at a word and says 'the'. ~ D

I am going to roll arcana guess who got arcana specialization? ~ S
I am never running a game that has magic again. ~ D

The shirt has eyes. ~ N

Don't insult the phallus's. I was just sticking up for my buddy. ~ S
You do not need to stick up for phallus's, they stick up on their own. ~ E

Do a bro check. ~ D

He's taking you home to meet his mother. ~ P

There is only about a 60 year difference between those references. ~ S

There is no way this could end poorly. ~ N

It's like imaginary friends, but real. ~ N

I keep drinking. How drunk am I? ~ N

He picks you up, you puke on his back. ~ D

I know you are going to shot me, but I roll arcana. ~ S

To leave a torture victim press 3. ~ N

You wake up dead. ~ P

Captain couch surfer. ~ N

You have the most anti-girly hic-up. It is not masculine, but is somehow the opposite if girly. ~ E

I add stuff I guess. ~ N

One of these days Pooky, one of these days. ~ N
Bang zoom straight to the moon. ~ E

They know we are not dead, because we keep running around the market making fools of ourselves. ~ N

I am in the mood for something different. ~ E
Something fabulous. ~ N
You get a mohawk ~ D

We could have taken a train. ~ P
Yes, we could have stayed around and died while waiting for a train. ~ E

The subject is ultramarino. The message is "Here I don't grudge it take it". ~ D (reading from a spam email)
You opened it, now your computer is infected with ultramarino. ~ P

What's shaking Japan? ~ N

How did you get that stuck there. ~ D

I am not doing it to judge, I am doing it to enjoy. ~ S

We're off to see the wizard. ~ (missed who started this one)
The wonderful wizard of Sharn. ~ E

Try not to get taken out to the dumpster too often. ~ N

Birthday gaming quotes

Then, at 7, 7 shots. ~ N

There is nothing worse then not expecting it and getting it in the mouth. ~ N

Don't you hate it when you penis falls asleep? ~ L

Ya'll make no sense, and I am the one drinking. ~ E

I am pretty sure you just got killed by your apprentice. ~ Sc

Unless you convert you can never unjew. ~ Sc

Don't worry about it, we will tell you when you are older, and Ul I am sorry. ~ Sh

I am neither mafia, nor a cylon. ~ Sc

Quotes started early this evening

This chick is wrong. ~ U

But it was charged when it was stolen. ~ A

It's so small, it's Amy size. ~ A

I want to try African accent. ~ U

What is the dragon's name. ~ U
Beck, because she comes at our call. ~ A

Clearly it is not a face die. ~ U
What did you give him, and why are you not sharing ~ D

It's the konami code, get it right or pay the price. ~ B

You made a woman. ~ B
Undo it, undo it. ~ D

You birthed me, that seems wrong ~ E

Sort of like a penis to an ocean. ~ A
I do not get it ~ E
Because I fucked it up ~ A

I crit that, 22. ~ U

Gnomiwood ~ B
That is going to be a thing. Adventures in Gnomiwood. ~ D

Raitions? No, it is rations, even in South Africa. ~ U

Why don't you bend over while I check your pocketbook. ~ B

If you get something out of it, and not something in you. ~ U

So many Ella ~ D

That is both gross and disgusting. ~ J

Of all the references, pachinko machine? ~ E

Painting an army

I am not very good at PC when dealing with friends, but this is probably the worst I have ever done

Any opinion on weapon color for my hordes army? I'm going for a purpley pink grey sunset as the general color scheme ~ D
I understand that I have female parts, but that does not make me a girl ~ E
wuzzat have to do with anything? ~ D
You are asking me colour questions, you ask girls and gays that ~ E

The really sad part? I actually do paint minis.

And award for the night goes to the kind of Frenchman

Last nights campaign has started an advertising company, and we went to convention. Our companion that had finally decided started to live life sober found his way back to the bottom of a pint (many pints). And our slightly off putting Shaman/Druid that was raised in the wilds, is still not understanding city life. It just got worse from there.

Buy our weapons of mass destruction. ~ N

What are you going to ask, "Is that what you used to blow up that dirty elf country?" ~ N

We could make up a country, "We represent Whogivesafuckistan." ~ N

I am going to write a letter to Leovin "Dude, don't do it. Jesus Christ, restraining order, moved 3 states, OH MY GOD need car." ~ N

I know you're going to laugh at me, but I am going to work on- ~ S
Posters? ~ P
Brochures ~ S

They have good examples of brochures. ~ S
So many shots. ~ N

I think your mom's gay, no wait that's my mom. ~ N

Pooky is very appreciative in his pink leopard print hat ~ D
Pimpin' Pooky, pimpin'. ~ P

"You have reached the point in the campaign where you defend your party members, 'They really are good people.' ~ N

I liked 'well it's not yellow this time.' ~ N
At least it is not brown anymore. ~ D

Awww, Pooky, let's not have an alcoholic Pooky. ~ S

Did you hear about the 6th graders who started a fight club? They obviously forgot the first rule of fight club. ~ C
And the second rule. ~ B

You were drinking while we were playing D&D. And you did not offer me any. ~ N
I offered you some. ~ E
I thought it was gatorade. ~ N
You thought it was date rape? ~ B
You saw me going and filling it up, what did you think I was filling it up with? ~ E

Unfortunetly Santa has run out of ammo. ~ B

Cosmic-Bang-Hunters ~ B
"Cosmic Bang Hunters", sounds like a bad porn. ~ N
Galactus as the pizza boy. ~ D

There is a void in Nick that needs to be filled with Rosen. ~ D
Only one? ~ N
There can be only one. ~ B

Staring the Rock as Frodo Baggins. (I sadly was laughing so hard that I completely missed who said it)

As long as you only cuddle my face. ~ N

What I really miss about Canada, card games, and legos. ~ B
Because we do not have cards. ~ N
And we don't have legos, even though it is an American company. ~ D

Only you and George R R Martin use the term 'bedding'. ~ N

She is just on a present high. ~ C (and I totally was)

More Quotes

"I am pretty sure they think you are a gnome dancing on a cart." ~ J

"I like to fight, but I also like living." ~ A

"They look like carp, and you can't trust a fish." ~ U
after much laughing
"What do you mean fish?" ~ B
"We like gold fish." ~ A

"I think we should go straight at them, it is the last thing they will expect." ~ B

"Why would you tell us at the beginning, that is like recon and shit." ~ A"

"Technically I have multiple character sheets, does that count for anything." ~ A

"It is not the crown of light hopeful drizzle." ~ A

"And when I get hit I beep." ~ J
"You need to replace your RAM." ~ B

"Can we cross the stream?" ~ A
"Never cross the streams." ~ D

Gaming quotes

Before you think we are crazy, evil, or racist, well, we are crazy, but the other two are not true, just the crazy one. For those wondering these are from both D&D and Cosmic Encounter.

"Wizards book club of the month." ~ S

"Those hammered bronze cap people." ~ N

"Perhaps screaming for his murder was a bit too..." ~ S

"I am playing World of Commerence-craft." ~ N

"Pooky silently judges you." ~ N

"What contact information did you give him?" ~ E
"We didn't." ~ S
"So how is he going to contact you?" ~ E
(at this point I was so lost in laughter that I did not properly document)

"You usually go to conventions and play D&D, you never play D&D and go to conventions." ~ N

"It is literally like Alabama and you just said Black people are equal." ~ D

"Pickled Raelish." ~ P

"Have fun storming the universe." ~ P

"It's like Halloween over here." ~ B

"It's like a drive by." ~ N

"And now back to your regularly scheduled battle." ~ N

"The entire cosmos just shat on my face." ~ D

"I would not want to play 10 more games like this." ~ N
"Just like 9." ~B

"So what is going to happen at your party?" ~ C
"Fighting and drinking. There are going to be shots followed by shots." ~ N

"You need those troll HOTs." ~ B
"Yeah, all those troll HOTs." ~ N

D&D Part the end

Last Thoughts
Some people call geeks anti social, the people involved in this observation are the opposite of this. They are people who looked for and found people who think like them, at least to an extent. We all like to take a step away from ourselves, and play like we are someone else. Our Friday nights are spent gaming in many forms, usually starting with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, and commonly ending with us playing a game where we once again take on the persona of another non-existent person (although not always a human person).
We have recently been playing a Dungeons and Dragons game based on no fighting whatsoever. This means that the games I have been observing are a bit different than even what most gamers think of as Dungeons and Dragons, but they would recognize the basics of what we were doing, just not in the quantities we were doing.
The main evening of my observation everyone had maps of the train out, and notes made about the different questions asked, and what the suspects had said, with any other specific thoughts. When the fight finally started the sadness was clearly noticeable, even thought the group had been complaining about the lack of fighting for the last three weeks. A round before the fight end Caroline and Brent came in, while not in this 4th edition game, both playDungeons and Dragons, but only 3.5. After comments of "finally fighting?" and "so have you had to actually think in the game yet", the round was finished, and the surprise twist was announced, and more comments were made, this time more along the line of "we are so frakked" and "how did you fuck that guy (to a player about their pc and their former npc lover)".
The games for the night moved away from Dungeons and Dragons, but not role playing games. The group split with some playing a game as the evil dungeon lords, and others playing random characters in a game where someone turns evil, and tries to bring some evil into the world, or kill all the other players, or something of that nature.
My best friend has already said he will play Dungeons and Dragons with his kids, if he ever has any. “It’s a fantastic tool for social skills and problem solving.” People do not realize that Dungeons and Dragons is not just about fighting, but also about dealing with other people in the game, and in the game these skills can be learned and practiced. “If you knew you could do something to help your kids prepare for the real world, why would you not?”

New shinies

When the best friend gets new things, the old get handed down, to the poor college student. I can once again play WoW whenever I want. I can even /gasp take notes and not have to wait two minutes to see what I just typed.

The hair is short. I last had it short in high school. I let it grow, and grow, and would joke about to having a mind of it's own, and the ability to kill. It is once again short, but not as short as high school. Now it is a very good length for curls and no afro (white girls should not have an afro).

Rift is coming out soonish. I have gotten to play with the Beta. Not sure exactly how it is going be when it comes out, but I have enjoyed a good bit of it (although have not gotten high enough to get end game, or even dungeons), and have worries about how some things might turn out. I find the crafting interesting. The concept of the rifts seems to be working out well, for the most part. There are only 4 classes, and each class has 8 souls to choose 3 from, each soul gives a focus, this means a cleric might be DPS instead of healing (I am trying to figure out if you can play a cleric and be unable to heal, not that I would play it, but it is a cool concept).
My main for the Betas have been a cleric that has two heals, one is a HOT that does little real healing, and one that can only be used every two minutes, making me a horrible healer. This has caused many people to complain that the healer is not healing, I point out that I am not a healer but DPS and they still respond 'but you are a cleric'. I have only dealt with public groups, so I am hoping that expectation of the 'obvious' passing at some point, not sure I will find it a long term gaming choice, but I am sure I will find it a worth while purchase.

The best friend is proud to have finally found a type of real beers I like. Basically give me Belgian.

Enough already

Quarter half way done, birthday coming up, graduation coming up, need to find a job, practice for heritage play...

Have not had much time to deal with my side research, in fact nearly none. I am however Beta for Rift, so I will hopefully have some cool stuff to post about that (from multiple aspects of my off kilter mind).

However now I need to make sure I do not fall asleep in the choir loft in the morning.

Gaming Quotes

I am know to write down funny things said, and then loss the note. Here is one such note. Many of these make more sense in context, but read individually they are funny, just make no sense.

"Ship, Shipiti, Ship, Shipiti, Ship, Ship, Kaboom." ~ A

"Hey can I distract you, here is a baby." ~ M
"She threw a baby at the raiders." ~ D

"The cylons are pounding away, and oh, a tube of lube, spoot." ~ D

"Cylon Clause is better." ~ D
"Which is really a mind fuck." ~ S

On the other side, like from a different night, but clearly we have the same thoughts going all the time.

"I want a winged kitty mount." ~ A

"Tranny dwarfs, that shit be whack." ~ D

"We should move these, so they do not give anyone tetris." ~ A

"That would not be a hand job, so much as a body job." ~ D

"She could use you as a spring board." ~ D

"You could totally be his cock ring." ~ D

"Except they are blowing the wrong end." ~ D

"Shiv, Shiviti, Shiv, Shiviti, Shiv, Shiv rew." ~ A
"Don't Shiv 'Rew." ~ D

God is (in progess)

My lord God says to love thy neighbor
The people of God say to:
Love thy neighbor,
Unless he is gay
Unless his cheating is know
Unless he using drugs
Love thy neighbor,
Unless she is pregnant
Unless she drinks
Unless she is not the norm
Love thy neighbor,
Unless

My savior
My Jesus
Says to give to Caesar what is Caesars
The people of God here on earth say
Give me what is mine
The government should have none
The church gets only what I say is earned

The bible says God is love
The people here on earth say God is only capable of loving people like them
The bible says God needs us to give of ourselves
His people are lucky to qualify as Sunday Christians

D&D Part 8

Traditions
The traditions of Dungeons and Dragons are mostly about the actual playing, in whatever form the play choices to do so. The most important traditions of a pen and paper Dungeons and Dragonser will be to sit down with their groups and play, commonly the major celebrations are the times when they run know dungeons like Tomb of Horrors. Board game Dungeon and Dragon Players will have gaming parties where many games are played, and multiple encounters will be used. LARPing Dungeon and Dragon Players major tradition is getting together, usually once a week, and taking over a large space to play.
A common tradition amongst all Dungeon and Dragon Players is going to conventions. Not always are these conventions Dungeon and Dragons in focus, but in even the least Role Playing geek convention Dungeons and Dragons can be found, commonly at the Wizards of the Coast booth. Along with conventions Cosplay is a common tradition. Many a Dungeons and Dragons player will dress up for the convention, sometimes as one of their Dungeons and Dragons characters, or as a well known character from an MMO they play, or their character from an MMO they play, and sometimes as some character that they feel some strong connection to, even if they have never dealt with the before.
Tools of the Trade
The most important thing for most Dungeon and Dragons players is the pencil, dice are high on their list as well, as is a dice bag, and the Dungeon and Dragons books. Most Game Masters would say they need maps, or a map board.
Minis are very common, but in no way the norm, however the norm is not to not have minis either. If a group does not use minis they most likely use token or counters of some sort.
With a professional mini painter, one mini painter that just does it to cover what financial aid does not, as well as 4 players and the GM that have the kits of a professional mini painter, in the group what is seen on the table during this game is much nicer than many have, but not completely out of the ordinary. Six of the characters have fully finished minis, one is working on hers, and any side characters and extra figures are at least partially painted. This is in contrast to what people think of geeks, and gamers, where we are sitting in a dark basement with no figures, just papers telling the players everything they need to know.
One mini painter shared with me that she wishes more people wanted Dungeons and Dragons mini’s painted, “all mini’s can be expressive, butDungeons and Dragons mini’s are meant to be changed, and given it’s own thoughts and feelings, that have been created by a person, other mini’s are already given those thoughts before they reach the hands of the player, even before they are in the hands of the painter.”
Music
From what I have observed there is no one type of music that all Dungeons and Dragonsplayer listen to, but they really enjoy songs that are slightly off from the norm. For example the Guild music videos, and “Taking the hobbits to Isengard” techno.