Me... on tv
The only thing they didn't quote me on was the bit about LostZombies.com... damnit!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Yo Padre
So, I just wanted to say that I have the coolest Dad in the world. wanna see a picture of him? Here he is with Mom.
Anyways, as I was saying, my Dad is one of the coolest guys in the world. Not only does he live in this crazy ass house that they built out of tires empty bottles and cans and gobs of dirt, but he also really does his best to make sure his grandkids have the birthdays of their dreams.
See, Big Stink wanted to have a "water party" for his big double digit party. The park where we're going to have it at doesn't have access to water spigots anymore, and we were going to have to rethink our plans (imagine 20+ ten year olds with squirt guns... that's what we had planned). I called up Dad, asked him a huge favor, and he totally delivers.
So, I just wanted to say "Thanks Dad, not only were you a good parent, but you're a good role model. I love you."
Anyways, as I was saying, my Dad is one of the coolest guys in the world. Not only does he live in this crazy ass house that they built out of tires empty bottles and cans and gobs of dirt, but he also really does his best to make sure his grandkids have the birthdays of their dreams.
See, Big Stink wanted to have a "water party" for his big double digit party. The park where we're going to have it at doesn't have access to water spigots anymore, and we were going to have to rethink our plans (imagine 20+ ten year olds with squirt guns... that's what we had planned). I called up Dad, asked him a huge favor, and he totally delivers.
So, I just wanted to say "Thanks Dad, not only were you a good parent, but you're a good role model. I love you."
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Obama and the antichrist: a comparison
So, LW has been on one of her websites, and these ladies keep claiming that Obama is "the anitchrist". Well, as a public service to everyone out there, and to help clear up any confusion, we will compare President Obama with the antichrist.
First off, the antichrist:
- [sits] in the temple, opposing himself against anything that is worshipped(2 Thessalonians 2:4)
- claims divine authority (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
- works all kids of counterfeit miracles and signs (2 Thessalonians 2:9)
- does all kinds of evil (2 Thessalonians 2:10)
- sets itself up in a "wing" or a Pinnacle" the temple.(Daniel 9:27)
- might be of jewish origin (matt 24:15)
Now, we could go further into detail, but then we would have to start scouring the rest of the bible, and I can only handle so much scorching of the flesh as I handle the damn thing.
As for the other side of this equation...
Barak Hussein Obama:
- Sits in the White House after being elected to the presidency (New York Times 5 Nov 2008)
- has said that "we can neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission" and that we (Americans) must "lead the world, by deed and example". (Foreign Affairs 86 - July - August 2007)
- has not pulled off any miracles
- Define "Evil"
- has had near epic fails with early cabinet selections
- Is of Hawaiian descent
Right, so those last four, I have nothing to directly point to to back those up, so they're arguably non-points for Obama.
But the point I'm trying to make is this....
It's fine if you don't like the guy... I can dig that. I didn't like the last asshole who was in the White House. But if you're going to make comparisons to biblical figures, GET YOUR SHIT STRAIGHT FIRST!
Sorry folks, you can cling to your republican ideals, your rigid codes of ethics, your beliefs and/or racist/mysoginistic/outdated/outmoded ideologies but comparing Obama to the antichrist is too much of a stretch for me. (P.s. I'll hang on to mine while we're at it)
That's like comparing Rush Limbaugh to a sperm whale because it killed Captain Ahab.
If you want to spew your rhetoric, that is fine, just be prepared to be spewed back at.
First off, the antichrist:
- [sits] in the temple, opposing himself against anything that is worshipped(2 Thessalonians 2:4)
- claims divine authority (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
- works all kids of counterfeit miracles and signs (2 Thessalonians 2:9)
- does all kinds of evil (2 Thessalonians 2:10)
- sets itself up in a "wing" or a Pinnacle" the temple.(Daniel 9:27)
- might be of jewish origin (matt 24:15)
Now, we could go further into detail, but then we would have to start scouring the rest of the bible, and I can only handle so much scorching of the flesh as I handle the damn thing.
As for the other side of this equation...
Barak Hussein Obama:
- Sits in the White House after being elected to the presidency (New York Times 5 Nov 2008)
- has said that "we can neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission" and that we (Americans) must "lead the world, by deed and example". (Foreign Affairs 86 - July - August 2007)
- has not pulled off any miracles
- Define "Evil"
- has had near epic fails with early cabinet selections
- Is of Hawaiian descent
Right, so those last four, I have nothing to directly point to to back those up, so they're arguably non-points for Obama.
But the point I'm trying to make is this....
It's fine if you don't like the guy... I can dig that. I didn't like the last asshole who was in the White House. But if you're going to make comparisons to biblical figures, GET YOUR SHIT STRAIGHT FIRST!
Sorry folks, you can cling to your republican ideals, your rigid codes of ethics, your beliefs and/or racist/mysoginistic/outdated/outmoded ideologies but comparing Obama to the antichrist is too much of a stretch for me. (P.s. I'll hang on to mine while we're at it)
That's like comparing Rush Limbaugh to a sperm whale because it killed Captain Ahab.
If you want to spew your rhetoric, that is fine, just be prepared to be spewed back at.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
America get Teabagged
Today is Tax Day. Enough about that. So, one of the things that make life so grand is the fact that people can assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. Now see, one of the big differences between the democraps and repubicans is the way they approach peaceful demonstration.
Democraps will makes signs and the more fanatic ones will throw rocks, trash cans, sticks, small children, etc. If they're feeling really frisky, they'll put themselves in front of motorcades or chain themselves to immovable objects.
Repubicans will make signs and the more fanatic ones will trow rocks, trash cans, sticks, minorities, etc. If they're feeling really frisky, they'll... well, I'll let you read for yourself:
In Colorado, we have the right to bear arms if we can legally purchase it. The only rule is that it must be visible from three sides. I move that we exercise our rights on this day, perhaps a rifle over the shoulder is a better message than a quip on a piece of poster board.
This is a peaceful, demonstration, I will remind everyone who reads it.
***
Maybe if people came with pitch forks and such … the news media might see we’re serious … Hang in effigy a few politicians - Obama, Pelosi, etc. Otherwise … you may have noticed previous tea parties (a few weeks back) were completely ignored by all but FOX News … Be outrageous or be ignored
***
I’m bringing an old flint-lock musket (Unloaded) strictly symbolic to show a real desire to take back our country from the socialist - We really need to march on the local news media so they can’t ignore us like they did last month - over 4000 protesters and not a peep (FOX News was the exception)
***
If we don’t act up (Bring Pitch Forks and maybe hang a few politicians in effigy) the liberal press will ignore us again like they did the 4,000 plus tax protesters in Florida last month …
***
I don’t know about pitchforks, but I wonder if masks would be prudent.
***
I am so happy and relieved to know
I AM NOT ALONE!
Together we will purge this country of the true terrorist!
I will be with you all ,hand in hand, at the fort Collins march.
With arms locked we will break right through their chains!
***
In order to fully understand what is going on here in America I would highly suggest that all of you research the following subjects: The Committee of 300 (the Illumaniti) Dr. Coleman on google video, FEMA Concentration Camps, and the NWO (New World Order).
***
Bring your pitchforks! For safety sake, stick a potato on each prong. If you have an effigy of Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Frank even better. Instead of burning the effigy, simply place the pitchfork up the a** and hoist it before the cameras.
***
This next one really blew me away. This is from "Gunny Bob" a Denver Radio Personality:
Everyone who attends should be aware of our esteemed opponents placing ringers in the audience to set us up for a scam that they hope will go viral on the Web.
Liberals may try to blend into the honest audience and push, trip or otherwise assault you, or intimidate you using any number of means. Bring video cameras and have them running and scanning all the time so the video can be used in court. Watch for them to hide nasty signs and posters under their outer clothing. Watch for them to suddenly produce KKK signs, baby killer signs, and other forms of noxious buffoonery. And watch for them carrying weapons, feces, urine, and other problematic items.
I think that this one is my personal favorite that sums up just how deluded some people are:
The liberals, gays, lesbiens [sic], are trying to take away OUR RIGHTS! Go figure!
These have all been taken verbatim from the website http://taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/colorado. The only name I included was the radio personality, due to the fact that he is a public figure. The other posts I have left the names off of; if you want to figure out who said what, check out the website. At the same time, a few of these quotes were probably said by the same people, so I don't want anyone thinking that the "extreme" conservatives are much more prolific than they actually are.
On the opposite side of the coin, there are quite a few people on the website that are speaking out against these lunatics quoted above.
I am kind of worried about the number of comments posted from people making this a “republican vs democrat” issue. That is not what this is supposed to be about. I frankly don’t give a darn if they wear an R or a D after their name - they all look and smell alike to me any more, with very few exceptions. Glenn Beck has been warning against doing exactly that, because there are those out there who would love to make this another divisive issue. What we should be focussed[sic] on is that we are American citizens and that we demand that our elected officials represent US! Please think about that.
***
I highly suggest leaving the guns out for two reasons. First, most of these tea parties will be at or march to a government facility of some sort and having a weapon in those places is illegal. Second, the media will focus solely on the guns if they see it or hear about it and the meaning of the tea party will be lost.
***
This is not a partisan event and is not centered on Liberalism. As a very irate conservative, I look back on many administrations and they all have spent our money carelessly and without obstruction. This movement needs not the partisan labels as it is bigger then that. We need all citizens to look inward to themselves and hold this truth that we cannot stand for this any longer, no matter who is in charge!
***
PLEASE JOIN the Tea Party of choice and have a good time. Be friendly and on your best behavior. It’s a party! We want to reflect all genuine, traditional American citizens–hard working, generous, decent, thoughtful, collegial and law-abiding. Humor is welcome. There’s strength in numbers.
DON’t imitate the 60’s radicals and lefties who were obnoxious. Their demonstrations were divisive, loud and spit in the face of authority, taunted police and the National Guard to the breaking point, and disrespected veterans in despicable ways.
***
Marching with a gun is NOT a good idea! Marching with the constitution is….our politicians are ignoring us! LET”S march and tell them ENOUGH!!
***
Remember guys, these events are meant to be apolitical in the sense that we aren’t advocating for or against one party. One party might hypothetically stand for the same principles you or I do, but government expanded under George Bush and a Republican-led congress before Obama, Reid, and Pelosi got their crack at it. I would suggest your signs be tied to issues rather than people or parties.
now, I know people are going to say "well, you didn't bother hunting down any liberal quotes that show what lunatics they are". I know. We just have to wait a couple of years until the power has shifted, and I'll post anther one showing how loopy and ridiculous the liberal are.
Democraps will makes signs and the more fanatic ones will throw rocks, trash cans, sticks, small children, etc. If they're feeling really frisky, they'll put themselves in front of motorcades or chain themselves to immovable objects.
Repubicans will make signs and the more fanatic ones will trow rocks, trash cans, sticks, minorities, etc. If they're feeling really frisky, they'll... well, I'll let you read for yourself:
In Colorado, we have the right to bear arms if we can legally purchase it. The only rule is that it must be visible from three sides. I move that we exercise our rights on this day, perhaps a rifle over the shoulder is a better message than a quip on a piece of poster board.
This is a peaceful, demonstration, I will remind everyone who reads it.
Maybe if people came with pitch forks and such … the news media might see we’re serious … Hang in effigy a few politicians - Obama, Pelosi, etc. Otherwise … you may have noticed previous tea parties (a few weeks back) were completely ignored by all but FOX News … Be outrageous or be ignored
I’m bringing an old flint-lock musket (Unloaded) strictly symbolic to show a real desire to take back our country from the socialist - We really need to march on the local news media so they can’t ignore us like they did last month - over 4000 protesters and not a peep (FOX News was the exception)
If we don’t act up (Bring Pitch Forks and maybe hang a few politicians in effigy) the liberal press will ignore us again like they did the 4,000 plus tax protesters in Florida last month …
I don’t know about pitchforks, but I wonder if masks would be prudent.
I am so happy and relieved to know
I AM NOT ALONE!
Together we will purge this country of the true terrorist!
I will be with you all ,hand in hand, at the fort Collins march.
With arms locked we will break right through their chains!
In order to fully understand what is going on here in America I would highly suggest that all of you research the following subjects: The Committee of 300 (the Illumaniti) Dr. Coleman on google video, FEMA Concentration Camps, and the NWO (New World Order).
Bring your pitchforks! For safety sake, stick a potato on each prong. If you have an effigy of Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Frank even better. Instead of burning the effigy, simply place the pitchfork up the a** and hoist it before the cameras.
This next one really blew me away. This is from "Gunny Bob" a Denver Radio Personality:
Everyone who attends should be aware of our esteemed opponents placing ringers in the audience to set us up for a scam that they hope will go viral on the Web.
Liberals may try to blend into the honest audience and push, trip or otherwise assault you, or intimidate you using any number of means. Bring video cameras and have them running and scanning all the time so the video can be used in court. Watch for them to hide nasty signs and posters under their outer clothing. Watch for them to suddenly produce KKK signs, baby killer signs, and other forms of noxious buffoonery. And watch for them carrying weapons, feces, urine, and other problematic items.
I think that this one is my personal favorite that sums up just how deluded some people are:
The liberals, gays, lesbiens [sic], are trying to take away OUR RIGHTS! Go figure!
These have all been taken verbatim from the website http://taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/colorado. The only name I included was the radio personality, due to the fact that he is a public figure. The other posts I have left the names off of; if you want to figure out who said what, check out the website. At the same time, a few of these quotes were probably said by the same people, so I don't want anyone thinking that the "extreme" conservatives are much more prolific than they actually are.
On the opposite side of the coin, there are quite a few people on the website that are speaking out against these lunatics quoted above.
I am kind of worried about the number of comments posted from people making this a “republican vs democrat” issue. That is not what this is supposed to be about. I frankly don’t give a darn if they wear an R or a D after their name - they all look and smell alike to me any more, with very few exceptions. Glenn Beck has been warning against doing exactly that, because there are those out there who would love to make this another divisive issue. What we should be focussed[sic] on is that we are American citizens and that we demand that our elected officials represent US! Please think about that.
I highly suggest leaving the guns out for two reasons. First, most of these tea parties will be at or march to a government facility of some sort and having a weapon in those places is illegal. Second, the media will focus solely on the guns if they see it or hear about it and the meaning of the tea party will be lost.
This is not a partisan event and is not centered on Liberalism. As a very irate conservative, I look back on many administrations and they all have spent our money carelessly and without obstruction. This movement needs not the partisan labels as it is bigger then that. We need all citizens to look inward to themselves and hold this truth that we cannot stand for this any longer, no matter who is in charge!
PLEASE JOIN the Tea Party of choice and have a good time. Be friendly and on your best behavior. It’s a party! We want to reflect all genuine, traditional American citizens–hard working, generous, decent, thoughtful, collegial and law-abiding. Humor is welcome. There’s strength in numbers.
DON’t imitate the 60’s radicals and lefties who were obnoxious. Their demonstrations were divisive, loud and spit in the face of authority, taunted police and the National Guard to the breaking point, and disrespected veterans in despicable ways.
Marching with a gun is NOT a good idea! Marching with the constitution is….our politicians are ignoring us! LET”S march and tell them ENOUGH!!
Remember guys, these events are meant to be apolitical in the sense that we aren’t advocating for or against one party. One party might hypothetically stand for the same principles you or I do, but government expanded under George Bush and a Republican-led congress before Obama, Reid, and Pelosi got their crack at it. I would suggest your signs be tied to issues rather than people or parties.
now, I know people are going to say "well, you didn't bother hunting down any liberal quotes that show what lunatics they are". I know. We just have to wait a couple of years until the power has shifted, and I'll post anther one showing how loopy and ridiculous the liberal are.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter eggs plus blasphemy stopped by apathy
All of these pictures are thumbnails, so if you want a better look, just click on the image.
This is a top down view of the eggs that we made this year. Not too bad.
This one reminds me of the moon. Not the RL moon, but the moon of the old sci-fi pulps, where BEMs kidnapped wasp waisted women while square-jawed manly men fired off burp guns.
After making the "Cheshire" Egg, I was inspired to make this egg. This is the front view.
This is the top-ish view of the cat. We were using neon colored gel dyes, and the camera kinda washed out the color. Unfortunately, you can't see the ears very well in this pic.
This is one of Big Stink's Eggs. I don't know if he was going for a "Nightmare Before Christmas" type look or what, but I like how it turned out.
This is the top down view of the Egg 'o Lantern.
The back of the Egg 'o Lantern.
This is a stupid little face that I was working on. I was trying to get some depth to the mouth, but it turned out rather crappy.
This is the one that I was the most impressed with, but disapointed with the picture of. For some reason, this saying has always stuck in my head. For those of you who don't recognize it, it's from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Cheshire cat says this to Alice when she inquires why everything is so mad. I was afraid that the entire phrase would not fit due to the curvature of the egg.
This is the bottom half of the saying, and the camera did not want to cooperate with the egg. Boo!
This was a little bit of humor that I added after the fact. This is the back side of the egg, and I kept thinking of the Disney version where the cheshire cat would fade out and all that would be left was the eyes and the grin.
I decided that I was going to try one more picture of the saying, and I think it turned out rather well. The only thing that made me mad about the picture was that the dye was this really wild electric purple, and the pictures turned it blue.
This was one that really caught my attention. I loved the way the colors kinda drifted across the green... reminds me a little of the planet Venus.
This was from Big Stink to Little Stink.
Alright, I admit it, this was one of the early ones, and I was trying to stay in the spirit of the holiday.
There's those damn liberal ideologies of ours rearing their ugly heads again.
Big Stink made this one, and I just couldn't help myself. This one, I call "I am the egg, man... ook ook a chook.
So, after we made the eggs and put the stinks to bed, I started debating about doing some more eggs. I had a great idea for a new egg, but didn't do it. Probably for the best... see when I first thought of it, I didn't realize that it was not only sacreligeous, but also hugely blasphemous. See, the idea was to put the key that the Morningstar had given to Morpheus in retaliation for a previous slight.
That's what I get for being Discordian during a Christian Holiday. Glad I caught myself before all hell broke loose.... never mind.
This is a top down view of the eggs that we made this year. Not too bad.
This one reminds me of the moon. Not the RL moon, but the moon of the old sci-fi pulps, where BEMs kidnapped wasp waisted women while square-jawed manly men fired off burp guns.
After making the "Cheshire" Egg, I was inspired to make this egg. This is the front view.
This is the top-ish view of the cat. We were using neon colored gel dyes, and the camera kinda washed out the color. Unfortunately, you can't see the ears very well in this pic.
This is one of Big Stink's Eggs. I don't know if he was going for a "Nightmare Before Christmas" type look or what, but I like how it turned out.
This is the top down view of the Egg 'o Lantern.
The back of the Egg 'o Lantern.
This is a stupid little face that I was working on. I was trying to get some depth to the mouth, but it turned out rather crappy.
This is the one that I was the most impressed with, but disapointed with the picture of. For some reason, this saying has always stuck in my head. For those of you who don't recognize it, it's from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Cheshire cat says this to Alice when she inquires why everything is so mad. I was afraid that the entire phrase would not fit due to the curvature of the egg.
This is the bottom half of the saying, and the camera did not want to cooperate with the egg. Boo!
This was a little bit of humor that I added after the fact. This is the back side of the egg, and I kept thinking of the Disney version where the cheshire cat would fade out and all that would be left was the eyes and the grin.
I decided that I was going to try one more picture of the saying, and I think it turned out rather well. The only thing that made me mad about the picture was that the dye was this really wild electric purple, and the pictures turned it blue.
This was one that really caught my attention. I loved the way the colors kinda drifted across the green... reminds me a little of the planet Venus.
This was from Big Stink to Little Stink.
Alright, I admit it, this was one of the early ones, and I was trying to stay in the spirit of the holiday.
There's those damn liberal ideologies of ours rearing their ugly heads again.
Big Stink made this one, and I just couldn't help myself. This one, I call "I am the egg, man... ook ook a chook.
So, after we made the eggs and put the stinks to bed, I started debating about doing some more eggs. I had a great idea for a new egg, but didn't do it. Probably for the best... see when I first thought of it, I didn't realize that it was not only sacreligeous, but also hugely blasphemous. See, the idea was to put the key that the Morningstar had given to Morpheus in retaliation for a previous slight.
That's what I get for being Discordian during a Christian Holiday. Glad I caught myself before all hell broke loose.... never mind.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Meaningless Drivel
I'm going for a "Truth in Advertising" sort of theme in this post. I have absolutely nothing to say right now, but I feel that I need to get something out on the digital page.
Paidon is halfway through his latest story, I wish him luck on it - deadlines suck. I did a search through writing contests, and found scads of contests... but nothing that inspired me to write.
However, thinking of Paidon and deadlines, I suddenly remembered something he did a while back - he wrote a overview of the "new" Colorado for the Vampire relaunch. It didn't get picked up, but I remember that he had wanted to use my LARP character as one of the major figures in his source.
Now, my character was rather interesting. For those who are not familiar with Role-Playing Games (RPG), Live Action Role Playing (LARPing), or White Wolf Publishing, this may get a little confusing.
Approximately 3 1/2 years ago, Paidon got me into a LARP out of Palisade. The first night I just kinda hung out and watched these guys (and gal) act out a game. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an old veteran of pencil and paper RPGs - I had even done some live action war games, but this, this was just too unbelievable. Like a junkie with a rock, I was in heaven.
The next game session, I created my Gangrel - Handsome Jack.
A 14th generation Gangrel, Handsome Jack was anything but. His sire had been planning on embracing him for a long time, but right before he could do so, Handsome Jack was attacked by a Black Spiral Dancer (Evil Werewolf) who tore off part of his face (from under the eye to the jaw). Jack's sire attacked and killed the Dancer for reneging on their truce, and embraced Jack as he died.
The embrace was enough to convert Jack, but since his face was disfigured prior to his embrace, he was stuck as a hideous monster. Succumbing to frenzy, Jack wandered the woods for years, hunting Dancers and those who were foolish enough to come across Jack (it just so happened that "his" woods were on government land). After a few years, the frenzy subsided, and Jack began to make connections with local lycanthropes, allowing him (reasonably) free travel between the woods and the town.
However, once in town, he found the local vampire population to be even more dangerous than running loose with lycanthropes. To complicate matters, the population was split between the Prince and his Camarilla, and a suave, intelligent Toreador (If I remember correctly) leading a group of Anarchs.
Jack ended up playing the Prince, while feeding vital information back to the Anarchs. It was a messy business, and eventually brought down the wrath of the Church, in which Jack ultimately sacrificed himself to stave off a complete cleansing of the town.
I think I might pull Jack out of "un"death and work up some stories for him... I dunno.
Paidon is halfway through his latest story, I wish him luck on it - deadlines suck. I did a search through writing contests, and found scads of contests... but nothing that inspired me to write.
However, thinking of Paidon and deadlines, I suddenly remembered something he did a while back - he wrote a overview of the "new" Colorado for the Vampire relaunch. It didn't get picked up, but I remember that he had wanted to use my LARP character as one of the major figures in his source.
Now, my character was rather interesting. For those who are not familiar with Role-Playing Games (RPG), Live Action Role Playing (LARPing), or White Wolf Publishing, this may get a little confusing.
Approximately 3 1/2 years ago, Paidon got me into a LARP out of Palisade. The first night I just kinda hung out and watched these guys (and gal) act out a game. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an old veteran of pencil and paper RPGs - I had even done some live action war games, but this, this was just too unbelievable. Like a junkie with a rock, I was in heaven.
The next game session, I created my Gangrel - Handsome Jack.
A 14th generation Gangrel, Handsome Jack was anything but. His sire had been planning on embracing him for a long time, but right before he could do so, Handsome Jack was attacked by a Black Spiral Dancer (Evil Werewolf) who tore off part of his face (from under the eye to the jaw). Jack's sire attacked and killed the Dancer for reneging on their truce, and embraced Jack as he died.
The embrace was enough to convert Jack, but since his face was disfigured prior to his embrace, he was stuck as a hideous monster. Succumbing to frenzy, Jack wandered the woods for years, hunting Dancers and those who were foolish enough to come across Jack (it just so happened that "his" woods were on government land). After a few years, the frenzy subsided, and Jack began to make connections with local lycanthropes, allowing him (reasonably) free travel between the woods and the town.
However, once in town, he found the local vampire population to be even more dangerous than running loose with lycanthropes. To complicate matters, the population was split between the Prince and his Camarilla, and a suave, intelligent Toreador (If I remember correctly) leading a group of Anarchs.
Jack ended up playing the Prince, while feeding vital information back to the Anarchs. It was a messy business, and eventually brought down the wrath of the Church, in which Jack ultimately sacrificed himself to stave off a complete cleansing of the town.
I think I might pull Jack out of "un"death and work up some stories for him... I dunno.
Perils of time travel
Little Stink and Stink just finished watching "Meet the Robinsons" for the umpteenth time today, and I got to thinking.
*Spoiler Warning* The following may contains spoilers: While this movie has been out for a time now, there may be some of you who haven't seen it yet. On the off chance that you're still wanting to watch it, but haven't gotten to that point yet (under a rock, without electricity, transportation and or tied up in a basement forced to listen to Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck alternately... poor bastard) then STOP READING! You've been warned.
So, in the movie, this kid, Louis, finds out that his own son from the future has come back in time to make sure certain events happen as they're supposed to. In the process, Louis finds out a lot about himself, including what his family is going to look like.
This of course raises some questions:
1. Since Louis looks a lot like his future self, only younger, why the hell does his future family not notice it earlier? I know that wearing a fruit hat might make a small difference, but not that much. Reminds me of a cartoon that I saw once, where Superman was flying around with glasses on. The caption read "Confusion ensued today as no one was sure if it was Superman disguised as Clark Kent, or Clark Kent disguised as Superman."
2. When Louis goes to the future, he discovers all of these inventions that he will make. Doesn't that sort of preclude him discovering them in the first place? A perfect example of this is when Louis and his son, Wilbur, are discussing the invention of the time machine. Wilbur explains that his father had woken up one night with the idea for the machine, and they go through the subsequent incarnations (or what's left of them). Now, Louis knows he's going to invent the time machine before he dreams it, therefore rendering the earlier statement false.
3. I don't know why, but for some reason, I have an easier time of believing singing, talking frogs over a (semi-intelligible) talking dinosaur. Not really an issue with consistency, more of a personal observation.
4. There is no point 4.
5. At one point Louis is talking to the villain (an evil bowler hat.... don't ask) and says, "I will never invent you". At that point, the villain turns to dust and the future is saved. three cheers... whoopee... Are words really that powerful? I have yet to run across any future inventions or relations or anything like that, but honestly, I would be afraid of what I was saying. You could get a warped butterfly type effect just by saying the wrong word to the right person.
6. What's to say that someone from Wilbur's future doesn't come back from the far future to fix something that Louis had to fix when Wilbur was a kid? What if Doris needs to be prevented from not being invented to stave off some interstellar invasion of self-conscious bald men?
Y'know, it's questions like this that have kept me from conquering the world.
*Spoiler Warning* The following may contains spoilers: While this movie has been out for a time now, there may be some of you who haven't seen it yet. On the off chance that you're still wanting to watch it, but haven't gotten to that point yet (under a rock, without electricity, transportation and or tied up in a basement forced to listen to Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck alternately... poor bastard) then STOP READING! You've been warned.
So, in the movie, this kid, Louis, finds out that his own son from the future has come back in time to make sure certain events happen as they're supposed to. In the process, Louis finds out a lot about himself, including what his family is going to look like.
This of course raises some questions:
1. Since Louis looks a lot like his future self, only younger, why the hell does his future family not notice it earlier? I know that wearing a fruit hat might make a small difference, but not that much. Reminds me of a cartoon that I saw once, where Superman was flying around with glasses on. The caption read "Confusion ensued today as no one was sure if it was Superman disguised as Clark Kent, or Clark Kent disguised as Superman."
2. When Louis goes to the future, he discovers all of these inventions that he will make. Doesn't that sort of preclude him discovering them in the first place? A perfect example of this is when Louis and his son, Wilbur, are discussing the invention of the time machine. Wilbur explains that his father had woken up one night with the idea for the machine, and they go through the subsequent incarnations (or what's left of them). Now, Louis knows he's going to invent the time machine before he dreams it, therefore rendering the earlier statement false.
3. I don't know why, but for some reason, I have an easier time of believing singing, talking frogs over a (semi-intelligible) talking dinosaur. Not really an issue with consistency, more of a personal observation.
4. There is no point 4.
5. At one point Louis is talking to the villain (an evil bowler hat.... don't ask) and says, "I will never invent you". At that point, the villain turns to dust and the future is saved. three cheers... whoopee... Are words really that powerful? I have yet to run across any future inventions or relations or anything like that, but honestly, I would be afraid of what I was saying. You could get a warped butterfly type effect just by saying the wrong word to the right person.
6. What's to say that someone from Wilbur's future doesn't come back from the far future to fix something that Louis had to fix when Wilbur was a kid? What if Doris needs to be prevented from not being invented to stave off some interstellar invasion of self-conscious bald men?
Y'know, it's questions like this that have kept me from conquering the world.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Adventures in School Programs
So Big Stink had a program tonight through his school. The entire school was doing a thing on the history of America, and Big Stink's class got to do the history of Colorado.
Approximately 350 kids, with at least 1 parent (most with 2) along with a grandparent or aunt/uncle or two, almost all crammed into a theater that was designed in the '60s and was rated for approximately 256 people.
If anyone is familiar with Grand Junction, the program was being held at the Central High School auditorium.Yeek....
Anyways, we're piling into the auditorium, and all these people are sitting on the sides of the auditorium, at the front of the row. There are like, six or seven seats, and these idiots are sitting in the very first two seats, with five empty ones on the other sides of them. Then, quite a few of them had the audacity to complain about parents who kept getting up to help their kids or babies out.
So the program starts - Kids are cute, the songs are catchy, and stink, little stink and various younger cousins start getting their monkey on.
Squirming, whining, shrieking... and that was just little stink.
So finally, Big Stinks, part of the program comes up, and it is great. Big Stink has some great parts ( he played a Cavalry soldier who bosses other characters around). Every time Big Stink was in the spotlight and said something, Stink would laugh and say "Stink Funny!" (not what he really said, but I'm substituting Big Stink's nickname for his real name).
After that, the older kids had their part (which too forever!) but was still cool. Then parts of our group decided to storm out ((for what reason goddess may only know) at least that's what it seemed like to me). So as were getting ready to leave, the other mom in our carpool walks by and says "well at least he (Big Stink) can really project up there".
It's probably good I didn't have any utensils or pointed objects right then because I really wanted to shove it in her eye. It's not like her kid is any better - damn psychotic little shit.
Regardless, we decided to get the gang together and get ice cream at the local National chain of ice cream vendor.
Long story short, Little stink barfed in the store, Lovely Wife played trooper, took little stink outside while our crew inside helped clean up, and then we went home for the night.
Fun huh?
(P.s. Minor Grammar issue really f'ed up the story. Thanks to Paidon <@Paidon> for pointing out it's Cavalry, not Calvary. That's kinda like the difference between a solider and the place where Christ died. Having issues with that last phrase... started out as ...the place where death dies... then became the place where death died, then slowly morphed into ...the place where Chirst dies. Thank god I'm a discordian.)
Approximately 350 kids, with at least 1 parent (most with 2) along with a grandparent or aunt/uncle or two, almost all crammed into a theater that was designed in the '60s and was rated for approximately 256 people.
If anyone is familiar with Grand Junction, the program was being held at the Central High School auditorium.Yeek....
Anyways, we're piling into the auditorium, and all these people are sitting on the sides of the auditorium, at the front of the row. There are like, six or seven seats, and these idiots are sitting in the very first two seats, with five empty ones on the other sides of them. Then, quite a few of them had the audacity to complain about parents who kept getting up to help their kids or babies out.
So the program starts - Kids are cute, the songs are catchy, and stink, little stink and various younger cousins start getting their monkey on.
Squirming, whining, shrieking... and that was just little stink.
So finally, Big Stinks, part of the program comes up, and it is great. Big Stink has some great parts ( he played a Cavalry soldier who bosses other characters around). Every time Big Stink was in the spotlight and said something, Stink would laugh and say "Stink Funny!" (not what he really said, but I'm substituting Big Stink's nickname for his real name).
After that, the older kids had their part (which too forever!) but was still cool. Then parts of our group decided to storm out ((for what reason goddess may only know) at least that's what it seemed like to me). So as were getting ready to leave, the other mom in our carpool walks by and says "well at least he (Big Stink) can really project up there".
It's probably good I didn't have any utensils or pointed objects right then because I really wanted to shove it in her eye. It's not like her kid is any better - damn psychotic little shit.
Regardless, we decided to get the gang together and get ice cream at the local National chain of ice cream vendor.
Long story short, Little stink barfed in the store, Lovely Wife played trooper, took little stink outside while our crew inside helped clean up, and then we went home for the night.
Fun huh?
(P.s. Minor Grammar issue really f'ed up the story. Thanks to Paidon <@Paidon> for pointing out it's Cavalry, not Calvary. That's kinda like the difference between a solider and the place where Christ died. Having issues with that last phrase... started out as ...the place where death dies... then became the place where death died, then slowly morphed into ...the place where Chirst dies. Thank god I'm a discordian.)
Friday, April 3, 2009
More Television Musing
Bob Saget - What the hell does he think he's doing? Seriously... the dude has no real sense of comedic timing. From Full House to America's Funniest Home Videos to this new crap that is supposedly rolling out.
Get over it! You suck, you've always sucked, you always will suck. March of the Penguins? Suckage!
Besides that, 20/20 is talking about some Mormon dude who allegedly killed his wife. As far as I'm concerned, he did it. There's just something about him that seems really suspicious. I think it's the moles... the moles on his face tell me he's guilty.
Get over it! You suck, you've always sucked, you always will suck. March of the Penguins? Suckage!
Besides that, 20/20 is talking about some Mormon dude who allegedly killed his wife. As far as I'm concerned, he did it. There's just something about him that seems really suspicious. I think it's the moles... the moles on his face tell me he's guilty.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
TV sux
Y'know, Jimmy Fallon is really sucking tonight. Moreso than usual. On SNL he was alright... about as funny as Chris Kattan (WTF ever happened to him?) but since he's went solo, he's been hoovering more or less on a regular basis. Tonight, however, He's reaching a factor of Industrial wet/dry ShopVac. Not necessarily Microsoft level of suckage, but getting close.
I think the only thing he's got going for him tonight is the fact that he managed to talk The Roots into being his house band (and first guest being Seth Rogan) is keeping him from hitting full Microsoft Windows 3.1 level of suckage.
I think the only thing he's got going for him tonight is the fact that he managed to talk The Roots into being his house band (and first guest being Seth Rogan) is keeping him from hitting full Microsoft Windows 3.1 level of suckage.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
*sigh*
That's how I'm feeling right now. Just *sigh*. Wild day at work, training all day, then almost lost an employee due to another employee being a royal pain. Unable to address it today due to time constraints.
But that's neither here nor there.
Law & Order is a repeat tonight. Life was kinda lame, but Better Off Ted was pretty solid. TV... pfffffftttt. I need to work on the book, but by the time I get to the point where the kids are in bed, I just want to relax, maybe play a game, but I'm hitting a wall. Kongregate just isn't doing it for me right now, and I just can't motivate myself to crack open the program and get to work.
*sigh*
At this point in time, the only way I can get ahead anywhere is by finishing this book - school is out of the question for the time being; working full time precludes finishing my last few credits .Even if I did evening classes, I would still be missing two integral classes that are only offered in the middle of the day, making it impossible to work full time.
*sigh*
But that's neither here nor there.
Law & Order is a repeat tonight. Life was kinda lame, but Better Off Ted was pretty solid. TV... pfffffftttt. I need to work on the book, but by the time I get to the point where the kids are in bed, I just want to relax, maybe play a game, but I'm hitting a wall. Kongregate just isn't doing it for me right now, and I just can't motivate myself to crack open the program and get to work.
*sigh*
At this point in time, the only way I can get ahead anywhere is by finishing this book - school is out of the question for the time being; working full time precludes finishing my last few credits .Even if I did evening classes, I would still be missing two integral classes that are only offered in the middle of the day, making it impossible to work full time.
*sigh*
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