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| Author: | Gossamer [ November 3rd, 2009, 5:51 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | V? WHAT THE HECK?!?! (Warning - Rant) |
Okay, so I logged onto Facebook today. And I see this add featuring a pretty woman, weird reptilian eye, and a single blood red letter V in the background. I groan. Seriously. I just flat out groaned. Then, like the smuck I am, I clicked on the link. I watched the intro. It was totally borrowed from X-Files (the FBI badge closeups), the vibrating water (Independence day)... the long drawn out... WTF is going on? We have all races represented, all jobs... even the poor homeless depicted. And of course, the wheelchair guy almost getting killed by a falling Jesus. Enough already. Its classic classic cardboard. UGh.
Now, is it just me or is anyone else tired of the same old stories being retold over and over again on TV? I loved V when it was out and I was a kid. Truthfully, the first time Diana ate a guinea pig, I just about died. It was about the scariest thing in the world. All those harvested bodies... I was absolutely scarred by it. Which is probably why I loved it and america loved it. I used to run home and watch Battlestar Galactica too. I loved it. I wasn't so thrilled when I saw a new version that came out a few seasons ago. But I watched it anyhow, and truthfully thought the new version was fantastic. But herein lies my rant. Have you seen TV lately? Have you seen the movies? They are all remakes of old stories or cartoons turned into full length features (Spiderman 3 anyone?). About the only good thing I've seen lately was Transformers 1 & 2 but almost no original script movies. Sure you have your smattering... [ Continued ] |
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| Author: | Gossamer [ October 24th, 2009, 4:00 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | &#$% Happens! |
Being a homeowner can be a tough thing sometimes. What is even more tough is when you start dealing with septic systems. They plug up, they refused to drain, the tank gets full.... and all sorts of wonderful challenging things happen. We recently went through a stint where our septic wasn't doing well. We decided the tank was full and wanted to have it pumped. This was after my husband had gotten intimately involved with snaking out the line from the house to the tank... then from the tank into what he thought was the house line. At the same time, since we live on a corner property, some jackass had probably gotten drunk, drove through our pasture, right through our drainfield and dukes of hazzard up and over our septic and out our driveway - potentially causing a whole host of issues. So, after not being able to fix it ourselves, we figured we'd call a pro and have them pump it so we could at least see what the issue was. I asked around to my friends at work (who all live in the boonies and deal with this topic often) and got a recommendation for a company that was local. They came out friday, and wow... I didn't know I was signing up for a college course in poo 101. First off, our tank didn't need to be pumped. That was great news because its horribly expensive. We have, it seems 3-5 years left to leave deposits before it becomes necessary. Secondly, the sneaky thing had three chambers... baffled... off either side of the main tank we weren't aware of. So... in essence, we pulled the drain field side of it, and that was functioning perfectly. We pulled the house side, and whallah... after having problems with it since around July, we found the issue. That baffled chamber was completely stuffed and compacted with material. Everything we were flushing was going into it, or trying, and not being able to get into the main tank itself. The septic guy, a 31 year old homeboy with an absolute love of septic systems sat there and lectured... [ Continued ] |
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| Author: | Gossamer [ October 21st, 2009, 4:59 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Perspective - No, not yours. Mine. |
I feel the urge to blog today rather than do mod posts because my mood has been so unpredictable lately and I think that regulates how I think a post is going to go or how I react to characters reacting to things that are written for them to help guide them in a certain direction. I don't want to be unpredictable. I find it interesting that some people blog about over-arching concepts, or about things that they feel will improve the game, or helpful writing tricks or tips. Folks often blog about fun facts like favorite numbers, songs, even pcs they no longer play - but rarely (unless you read between the lines) blog about themselves. However, like every rule there are exceptions. There are several people here that do blog about themselves... and I have a confession to make. Those are my favorite kinds. I love reading the rants, the raves, and everything in between. I love it when someone just has to get something off their chest and does so in the form of a blog. I don't care if its the kids someone has to deal with at work, or a gripe about parents, or even a rant about a teacher or employer. I like to feel the humaness of a person in the grip of a problem, a joy, a moment that will never again be that same way again. I think that is probably why, back in my heavy blogging days, I used to mainly blog about myself. I really don't have any witty advice or helpful hints for anyone. In fact, I'm probably the last person that should be dispensing such things, so I go with what I know best - me. I've been in a funk lately. And my funk has just gotten worse and worse, truth be told... but something happened today that made me come to a realization, and I actually feel better about myself than I have for about two weeks. Everyone chalks a funk in a female up to PMS or something like 'extreme work stress' or some other form of crisis in their world, but the truth is usually so far from that it's not even funny. Sometimes, people are even so rude... [ Continued ] |
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| Author: | Gossamer [ October 17th, 2009, 9:18 am ] |
| Blog Subject: | It's been a rough day. |
Sometimes I get the feeling that I was born the wrong sex. When I say that, I don't mean that I am gay or anything. I'm not. But there are certain things that happen in life and indeed in thread that make me think its true. Growing up, I always wanted to play the hero action figure. I never really wanted to play the petite girl that needed rescuing. I didn't even much like barbie. I loved the boy next door and we spent hours together playing. Our favorite thing was matchbox cars. We had tonka toys... and excavated big sand traps and landscaped whole worlds for our cars. Later when He Man and the Masters of the Universe came out, Sean got the whole entire action figure set. I loved playing HE-Man.. he had the coolest mount... a giant cat. Sean didn't mind letting me play him, because he loved She-Ra and her flying horse. We had epic adventures together, and cried like babies when he moved away when I was in the eighth grade. I met up with him years later, about twenty in fact, and we hugged and cried and were so glad to see each other all over again. Sean had bright blue hair that was died white at the tips, and was wearing a wedding band because he'd just married his life partner Mark. He thanked me for being the cool girl next door that always let him play She-Ra and never questioned it. In a way, that made me sad. I don't know how to be a wilting flower. I've never been needy. I'm not really much good at being a girl either. I have a few long flowing skirts in the closet and a couple of peasant blouses I wear with them once in a very long while. But mainly I live in jeans and a T-shirt (sometimes printed sometimes not).... an old worn pair of birks, ropers, or skater shoes. I have one functional set of pumps in the closet, and nice girly clothes that I rarely wear unless I'm going out on the town with Matt. This never really bothers me... not really. But today was rough. Everyone broke down at the yard. I was running around... [ Continued ] |
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| Author: | Gossamer [ September 12th, 2009, 6:18 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | I Miss Blogging |
I used to blog all the time. And honestly, I need to pick up that habit again. Not only is blogging a really good way to warm up your writing, but it also gives you a great feel for what mood your in when you decide to sit down and post. As a writer, blogging gives me a release from trying to find the all important character voice. Back when I was just a simple PC and not a moderator, it was easy to slide into character to write up a post. But when you become a moderator, suddenly the crowd in your head becomes sometimes overwhelming and everyone wants attention or needs development and there simply isn't enough time. I'm the type that demands every NPC have a back story, a set of rivalries, a tragedy, or even perhaps a smidgen of romance in their life. Is the messanger boy secretly the son of the blacksmith and not some nameless faceless sloth who left his mother, the baker, for adventure and parts unknown? Is that why the blacksmith often takes extra time with the boy, showing him things and sometimes offering him gifts? He didn't have to give him the new coat last winter just in time for the heavy snows. But he did? Why won't he tell the boy? What is the secret there? I'm always looking for the angle... the edge. Every city has a thousand of them, these little microdramas. Some are bigger than others, like the corruption on the city counsel, but some move me more than others - the old woman who pushes the flower cart needs a new roof and has no money for one. I want PCs to be interested in these sorts of things. I want them to find out. I just don't want them to have a cardboard cutout interaction and walk away feeling that they have just visited the McD's drive-throu and the guy taking their order was actually an automoton. There's no pleasure in that for me. Good development takes time. It also takes good note taking. With the wiki, we have a giant notebook full of interesting facts and exciting things that could spawn a thousand... [ Continued ] |
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