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Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 01:15 PM

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Previous Threads:
(We all have far too much spare time.)

Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
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This thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. People have set up an unofficial IRC chat thingy (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12321) for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat. It's win/win/win!

Be not unkind, and may enjoyment flow post-haste!

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-21, 01:17 PM

First post, squee.
Stupid one minute post rule...

Also, I'm looking forward to watching Stargate Continuum. Good movie?

Haruki-kun

2008-10-21, 01:18 PM

Cristo, has anyone told you how awesome that Catmuffin looks on you? I think I like it even more than your regular avvie. :smallbiggrin:

Jibar

2008-10-21, 01:18 PM

Now...

CAT-MUFFIN WEEK BOOGIE!

Also: Larxene is playable in 358/2 Days, which means... so is VEXEN!
*GLEE*

Now... a bit of Rock Band and then two essays.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 01:18 PM

*Enters, looks around*

Well, too bad lunch is over and I got work to do...

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 01:20 PM

Cristo, has anyone told you how awesome that Catmuffin looks on you? I think I like it even more than your regular avvie.

Thanks. Castaras does great work. *poses*

First post, squee.
Stupid one minute post rule...

Also, I'm looking forward to watching Stargate Continuum. Good movie?

Depends. If you're like me and think that SG-1 should have ended when it was supposed to and that the whole Ori thing is a pointless add-on, you may not enjoy it. Otherwise, I've heard good things.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 01:21 PM

*BOOGIE!*

This thread has been blesssed. Banter may begin now.

And I'd like to announce that this is my 25th Random Banter. I feel old now.

But back on topic:

@ruki - chan: I think they're kepy colder for presevering books or something. But personally I prefer to think of it as that they don't want people to be too comfortable when reading the books in case they read them in shop and never buy them.

@Jibbers: CURSE - A YOU!

Haruki-kun

2008-10-21, 01:24 PM

@ruki - chan: I think they're kepy colder for presevering books or something. But personally I prefer to think of it as that they don't want people to be too comfortable when reading the books in case they read them in shop and never buy them.

Aye. I considered that, as well.

@Jibar: What game do you mean? Is there a new KH out that I didn't hear of? o.O

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 01:24 PM

Oregano

2008-10-21, 01:25 PM

My computer chair's knackered, it tips backwards and is imbalanced.]

There's too many games I need to get, Fable 2 is top priority right now and it also takes the cake that I can't get my EMA till after half term.

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-21, 01:25 PM

From previous thread, because I am slow:

I can never understand how it can take some people so long to buy clothes. I watch people wind up and down the same bloody racks again and again and think "if what you wanted wasn't there the first time, it sure as hell ain't going to be there the fourth..."

This. If I must buy clothes, I purchase the first thing I like. If I do not like anything, I go to a different store. Shoe shopping with my Mom used to be awesome.

*tries one pair* 'Let's get these.'
"You don't want to try others?"
'Nope. These fit, let's buy them.'

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 01:26 PM

Ah, conspiracy theorists: united since 2213. (Time runs backwards you know :smalltongue:)
But I'm glad someone else likes reading books in shop. Most people I know either don't read ( :smalleek: :smallfrown: :smalleek: ) or are very noble and buy them before reading.
Odd people them.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 01:31 PM

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 01:32 PM

Anyone else excited to re-enter the world of Fallout next week? I need to get my desert-roving on!

I hope they keep the rating the same. I don't want a PG-rated Post-Apocalyptic adventure. I want my shotgun wedding!

If I will, it will be Fallout one. Because I think it the best Fallout game so far and because no way in nine hells that my laptop will run the new Fallout :smallsmile:

But thanks for giving me great idea! Haven't played Fallout in some time now, perhaps it would't be a bad idea to try it again.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 01:35 PM

If I will, it will be Fallout one. Because I think it the best Fallout game so far and because no way in nine hells that my laptop will run the new Fallout :smallsmile:

But thanks for giving me great idea! Haven't played Fallout in some time now, perhaps it would't be a bad idea to try it again.

I challenge you to play a character-type you have never tried before! Tag some skills you wouldn't normally tag (I'm looking at you, Gambling!)

Gambling is a skill right? Its been too long since I played either of the PC games...

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 01:36 PM

I'm going wild! :smallbiggrin: Something with perks, with skills... everything!

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 01:37 PM

I'm going wild!...

EVERYBODY RUN! WILD PALADIN! WILD PALADIN!

...

:smallbiggrin:

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-21, 01:38 PM

I'm going to hold off on buying new games for a bit. I've got a ton now, Christmas is only a couple months away, and I might be getting a job at a game shop. Employee discounts ahoy!

Failing the game-shop, I'll settle for anything that sucks less than my current job.

RabbitHoleLost

2008-10-21, 01:39 PM

I'm going wild!

Paladins Gone Wild..
I could make a fortune off of that...

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 01:39 PM

EVERYBODY RUN! WILD PALADIN! WILD PALADIN!

...

:smallbiggrin:

Oh shush you! :smalltongue: You're the first that's going to experience this first hand :smallbiggrin:

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 01:40 PM

Oh shush you! :smalltongue: You're the first that's going to experience this first hand :smallbiggrin:

Someone else want that one? Anyone?

Come on, it's just sitting there, waiting...

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 01:40 PM

I don't remember a single character of mine without an Agility of 10.

Naturally, I took Gifted to make it work and dropped Luck to 2, but it was worth it.

10 Action Points from the start per turn and the best dodge in the game, oh yeah!

I also never did Called Shots, so I always took Fast Shot to make more shots per turn.

I had a Charisma of 8, too, so I rarely got into combat.

Oh, and I gave up the car to have infinite experience in Fallout 2. And in Fallout 1, since you could finish the entire game without getting into combat, I never bothered.

I also remember I always took Barter, Small Guns and that speech skill as Tagged skills.

Damn, I suck at Fallout.

Thanatos 51-50

2008-10-21, 01:41 PM

I've never played Fallout, and you can't make me!

RabbitHoleLost

2008-10-21, 01:43 PM

Someone else want that one? Anyone?

Come on, it's just sitting there, waiting...
As official fangirl, I request permission to have this one.

Infact, my responding to this was all that was needed.
Cristo/Mordokai love plzkthnx.

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 01:45 PM

As official fangirl, I request permission to have this one.

Infact, my responding to this was all that was needed.
Cristo/Mordokai love plzkthnx.

Somewhere, an innocent soul is bashing it's head against the wall, not knowing what it did to deserve this :smalltongue:

Morty

2008-10-21, 01:46 PM

Thanatos 51-50

2008-10-21, 01:47 PM

It was Innocent - all innocents must be CORRUPTED!

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-21, 01:48 PM

I never played the previous two Fallouts, so I probably won't get Fallout 3.

And if I buy one game in the coming months, it will be Mirror's Edge.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 01:49 PM

So, time for me to participate in random banter.
I'll break from the crowd by saying that I'm not looking forward to Fallout 3. Not because I didn't enjoy the previous games, but because I'm convinced Bethesda will screw Fallout 3 up badly.

you're not alone, I hear that a lot and Bethesda doesn't exactly have the best record...

Me though, I've never played any of them and I'm so far behind on my video games that I still have enough to keep me busy probably until the No More Heroes sequel comes out in 2010...

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 01:54 PM

I am slightly concerned, but I am confident it will be worth the expense to acquire it. Besides, I have a brand new Xbox 360 (wedding gift from my friends) to buy games for.

Anyhow, On the older Fallouts, I always tried to make random characters and basically ignored the main quests (except where time limits applied) and did things like play a traveling merchant, gambler, lover, etc.

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 01:55 PM

You tried Baldur's Gate, the Fallout series is almost a must to play!

Well, except Tactics perhaps. But even that one has it's bright sides.

Archonic Energy

2008-10-21, 01:55 PM

I've never played Fallout, and you can't make me!

*gets duct-tape, cable-ties, matchsticks, a PC, a chair with arm rests, some petrol, a spark plug, some microswitches, a battery, some cables, and a copy of the fallout trilogy*

do you want to bet?
:smallamused:

Gamewise i'm back into X3.
with the release of the new terran conflict, i've decided to dust down my X52.
and re-enter my number 2 time sink...

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 01:56 PM

How many people collected those porn magazines in Fallout 2 for the prostitution lady in New Reno?

Man, was it in New Reno? Was its name even New Reno?

I should play that game again sometime.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 01:59 PM

How many people collected those porn magazines in Fallout 2 for the prostitution lady in New Reno?

Man, was it in New Reno? Was its name even New Reno?

I should play that game again sometime.

New Reno, my favorited city in Fallout 2... sigh...
It was really exciting when you are a teenager...

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 02:00 PM

You tried Baldur's Gate, the Fallout series is almost a must to play!

Well, except Tactics perhaps. But even that one has it's bright sides.

A: finding a copy of BG II was sheer luck on my part.

B: do you know how far behind on games I am? I still have to beat: Skies of Arcadia Legends, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval 2, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, and Baldur's Gate 2!

Morty

2008-10-21, 02:01 PM

When I played Fallout 2 the first time, I chose a pre-generated character, the thief Mingan. Of course, I was 10 years old back then, so I had hardly any clue what's going on.
When I played F2 the next time, this time in appropriate age and in Polish(although I'd understood it in English as well) I made an eloquent, smart guy who could nevertheless shoot. It went well until I had to fight my way through the Enclave because I didn't put any points in Science. At which point I gave up.

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 02:04 PM

A: finding a copy of BG II was sheer luck on my part.

B: do you know how far behind on games I am? I still have to beat: Skies of Arcadia Legends, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval 2, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, and Baldur's Gate 2!

Most of them are known to me only by name, that's why I'm going to pressume they are console games, of which I know next to nothing. And BG 2, I assume you have to finish it?

Look, I can't make you play games and that wasn't my intention. I just wanted to give you a good advice. Imagine Mi'ir wandering around in post-apocalyptic version of Baldur's Gate :smallbiggrin: Fallout can make those dreams come true!

Well, almost true.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 02:06 PM

only works if he's the reason it's a post-apocalyptic world...:smalltongue:

Mordokai

2008-10-21, 02:08 PM

Well, he can make it more hellish, if he wishes to :smallwink:

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 02:08 PM

only works if he's the reason it's a post-apocalyptic world...:smalltongue:

Nope, generic Nuclear War between the US and everyone, I believe.

We conquered Canada!

Oregano

2008-10-21, 02:09 PM

I have loads of games to complete as well, some years old.:smallsigh: but I have neither the time nor energy.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 02:10 PM

*sigh*
Just remembered I've got to make detailed notes for a timed essay tomorrow about the Elizabethan Settlement. Problem is, A2 essays for history require one heck of a lot of detail per 'section'. A section being a paragraph, but I find that ten paragraphs in one essay is too few so I sub - divide those paras.
But it's a ridiculous question; can't say, it has to do with religion obviously; but the answer is so clear. But I've got to find evidence against and for it, present clearly and concisely and then conclude.

It's also done in exam conditions with the allowance that we get our essay plan to help us if we do one tonight.
Stupid dates, names, facts and interpretations.
And historians. We have to learn and quote historians.
Starkey; what'd we do without you and your wonderfully mobile eyebrows?

Thanatos 51-50

2008-10-21, 02:14 PM

Actually, I have a copy of Fallout three sitting in my Amazon shopping cart. :smallamused:

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 02:17 PM

Oregano

2008-10-21, 02:19 PM

They don't do that where I go, in fact if anything the target amount is too much for me, I have really small hand writing and physically can't write that fast and I prefer having concise and precise answers.:smallsigh:

But then I get told to write more.

Thanatos 51-50

2008-10-21, 02:23 PM

It's like that stupid 5-sentence paragraph, 5 sentence essay format they shoved down our throats in high school, only worse.

I always ignored that - frequently to write something lie 6-7 ten-or-so sentance paragraphs.

Just as often, though, you would get a bunch of really short, three word paragraphs which I used to make point.
I never got scolded for an irregular essay format. Never.

Jibar

2008-10-21, 02:24 PM

I recently acquired Fallout 2 and have given it a whirl.
What did I learn through my day of play?

1. Don't spec for guns when you don't know how to even get a gun.
2. Don't attempt to fight a Rat God with two throwing knives, a spear and a third of your max HP.
3. OHYMGOD I HAVE A GUN NOW I'M HAPPY.
4. And then I died. Again. Like the 50th time.
5. And now I have a sledgehammer! And some armour that I stole off Cassidy. Let's go Gecko hunting guys.
6. There's MORE!?
7. Gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun.
8. Dead. :smalltongue:

@Jibar: What game do you mean? Is there a new KH out that I didn't hear of? o.O

A trailer is up for 358/2 Days on Gametrailers. They show the multiplayer, and someone is clearly playing as Larxene. Which must mean the Chain of Memories lot are playable.

...except none of my friends like Kingdom Hearts, so I won't be able to play multiplayer. :smallfrown: NEED VEXEN!

*sob*

Anyway: Essay.

9. Gun.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 02:26 PM

My school just must've been exceptionally anal about it then. For a while they were literally handing us worksheets for us to fill out each sentence in its proper place. It was so inane...

By about the 7th grade I had gotten so sick of it that I completely stopped doing them and just wrote the bloody essay.

Oregano

2008-10-21, 02:26 PM

A trailer is up for 358/2 Days on Gametrailers. They show the multiplayer, and someone is clearly playing as Larxene. Which must mean the Chain of Memories lot are playable.

...except none of my friends like Kingdom Hearts, so I won't be able to play multiplayer. :smallfrown: NEED VEXEN!

*sob*

There goes another reason I need a PSP(it's on PSP right?) but I want loads of games and the DSi when it's out.

Quincunx

2008-10-21, 02:27 PM

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 02:30 PM

I recently acquired Fallout 2 and have given it a whirl.
What did I learn through my day of play?

1. Don't spec for guns when you don't know how to even get a gun.
2. Don't attempt to fight a Rat God with two throwing knives, a spear and a third of your max HP.
3. OHYMGOD I HAVE A GUN NOW I'M HAPPY.
4. And then I died. Again. Like the 50th time.
5. And now I have a sledgehammer! And some armour that I stole off Cassidy. Let's go Gecko hunting guys.
6. There's MORE!?
7. Gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun.
8. Dead. :smalltongue:

Funny enough, if you know what you are doing, you can get the 10mm pistol and a Leather Jacket pretty early on... More than enough to take on the Rat God. The Jacket ain't much, but its probably the best your gonna have for a while and much better than bare skin and your Agility.

Edit: @Curly: I read Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World in my History of the British Empire class!
Taught by a professor from New York, go figure.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 02:33 PM

By the way, 10mm Pistol and its Burst Mode upgrade are the best weapons you can use until you get the Solar Gun, Gauss Pistol (and ammo) or Jackhammer.

Unless you're wearing Power Armor Mk. II and trained to be the best unarmed combatant you can be, in which case you just run up and hit them hard.

Strangely, it's easier to get Power Armor Mk. II than it is to get Power Armor itself.

And you still can't fight the final boss unarmed, since he's cheating.

Seriously, how do you defeat him without getting those turrets to work for you?

Jibar

2008-10-21, 02:35 PM

Funny enough, if you know what you are doing, you can get the 10mm pistol and a Leather Jacket pretty early on... More than enough to take on the Rat God. The Jacket ain't much, but its probably the best your gonna have for a while and much better than bare skin and your Agility.

Oh I'm only level 3. Which I think is early enough...
All I know is that now I have three spare 10mms and nobody with enough cash to shift them on.
When I'm done with essays I'll be hopping back on with my new pals and bringing gun vengeance upon the Rat God.
Maybe I should give them weapons...

There goes another reason I need a PSP(it's on PSP right?) but I want loads of games and the DSi when it's out.

DS. The PSP game is Birth By Sleep, which is why I need a PSP. After all that build up in II Final Mix+, I sure as hell ain't letting it slip away.

Dragonrider

2008-10-21, 02:35 PM

I just did all my Spanish homework in 15 minutes...but I'm all uptight about the chem lab I have to go to in an hour. Because THEN after a THREE HOUR LAB I have to come home, make dinner, and go to karate...the last of which I haven't done in two weeks and my parents are like "Do you not like it anymore?? You either need to quit or go every class!" and I'm like "I CAN'T, IT'S TOO MUCH!!!" :smalleek::smalleek: "I can't deal with teaching four ADHD six-year-olds after a three-hour chem lab, I just can't!!" and then I promise to go on Thursday and then Thursday comes around and....

SIGH. :smallfrown:

I hate Tuesdays.

Oregano

2008-10-21, 02:37 PM

DS. The PSP game is Birth By Sleep, which is why I need a PSP. After all that build up in II Final Mix+, I sure as hell ain't letting it slip away.

But..but...the graphics look so good. Fantastic, it looked too good for DS, there's still another reason to get a PSP though.

UncleWolf

2008-10-21, 02:39 PM

Just be glad you guys never had my English 4 teacher. She absolutely HATED any boy in her class. I only aced 2 of the essays in that class. One was a Point of Fact which I ended up proving that Zombies exist(they actually do, Haiti has well over a thousand cases a year), and the other one was on how Reading affected my life. I barely made an 80 average on the other essays.

One time she assigned a Point of Value essay in which every guy(including me) did something on Boys vs. Girls and the girls did the opposite. Every boy in the class got a 78 and below, all of the girls got 85 and up.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 02:39 PM

Oh I'm only level 3. Which I think is early enough...
All I know is that now I have three spare 10mms and nobody with enough cash to shift them on.
When I'm done with essays I'll be hopping back on with my new pals and bringing gun vengeance upon the Rat God.
Maybe I should give them weapons...

Note: the bone-nose guy is best at melee. Giving him a pistol will result in disaster.

Also, the geeky drug producer is, strangely enough, one of the best ranged attackers if you can find a gun that he can carry (he has a Strength of 3 and most weapons require at least 4).

I forgot most of the names. Except Dogmeat. Let's face it, Dogmeat rules.

Exachix

2008-10-21, 02:40 PM

As I can't find the rant thread..

AHHHHHHHH! This maths is stupid.

It's to be handed in for tomorrow, and I have no sodding clue how to do it. No frelling idea. Well, vauge ones, that don't work (things that our lecturer has taught us!)

I'm going to fail... I really am...

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 02:41 PM

What? Failing at math?

Surely it is unheard of!

Math was always my best subject in school. And biology was my worst.

I went on to major in molecular biology and genetics.

Then I screwed up at statistics. But I never attended or paid attention to the class, so I'm justified.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 02:45 PM

Note: the bone-nose guy is best at melee. Giving him a pistol will result in disaster.

Also, the geeky drug producer is, strangely enough, one of the best ranged attackers if you can find a gun that he can carry (he has a Strength of 3 and most weapons require at least 4).

I forgot most of the names. Except Dogmeat. Let's face it, Dogmeat rules.

Skynet is very good if you have a high enough Science (at least 130%) Don't even bother trying to get a brain for him unless you have a skill that good. In fact, don't even bother with him at all if you aren't good at Science.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 02:49 PM

Oregano

2008-10-21, 02:52 PM

Is Skynet a reference to Terminator?

I've only actually played Brotherhood of Steel(which apparently butchers Fallout) but I know it had a lot of pop culture references in it.

Skippy

2008-10-21, 02:53 PM

Hey! New Thread! And KH talk!

I so want the new game... I'm really excited about that one! And also about Chain of Memories being re-released for PS2 come December!

And also in the news... I got a phone call earlier today from my boss. She asked me to go back to work, only on weekends. That's cool, isn't it?

Oregano

2008-10-21, 02:54 PM

Yer but make sure you're not pressured into anything by your boss.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 02:55 PM

Sadly, Skynet is in the Military Base. I can't enter Military Base without dying a hundred times.

Or was it somewhere else? I probably died there, too.

Can't the Mr. Fix-it do it for me? He certainly has high enough skill for everything else.

Yeah, its in the military base. It can be a real pain to get through, but Skynet is one of the best NPCs. you have to put a brain in a robot body and download him to it. The higher your Science skill, the better the brain you get and hence the better the character.

It has to be obscenely high (130 or so at least) to get the Cybernetic brain, but totally worth it if you are a science-minded character.

Eldpollard

2008-10-21, 02:56 PM

I think I'll have to buy the fallout games. I've got tactics lurking somewhere. But the rest do look fun.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 02:57 PM

There are other brains?

I never played a Scientific character, because I usually talked my way past everything.

I'm wondering, though, if you have an Intelligence of 10, can you obtain Vault 8 citizenship without dealing with the long Gecko quest?

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 03:05 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 03:05 PM

(looks at Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World sitting on the bookshelf)
Define 'detailed notes'--are they comparable to biographical notes about your sources, or the info itself? Probably you need more detail than I currently have, though. I do so miss those slabs of textbook from Humanities.

Don't worry; I have the text book.
But the issue is (pardon my slip into religion here) how Catholic was the Settlement. Well, that's the condensed version of the textbook.

So I've got to page through this very slim book (it's not produced especially for A2 students; the course is just very good at picking out the best book for each module) picking out all these mundane deals like the Vestarian Controversy and whether it's actually more Protestant/Catholic and in fact, was it forced or not because of the whole thing where Liz didn't endorse it or not.
Oh, plus I'm pretty sure I've got to factor in what little we've covered of foreign policy and stuff.

Basically, I've got all the information I need. But picking out the bits and deciding it's wholly one or a mix of both is annoying.
The level of detail is excruciatingly dull and I can't stand planning out any essay. Ever.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-21, 03:06 PM

And Bob dies, too. But Bob is a tree, so it doesn't matter that much.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 03:08 PM

The level of detail is excruciatingly dull and I can't stand planning out any essay. Ever.

Same here, I can't stand outlining, planning, whathaveyou. Just let me do the bloody writing.

Hell, the outline (if you could call it that) for my novel is barely even 5 lines long...

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 03:13 PM

Same here, I can't stand outlining, planning, whathaveyou. Just let me do the bloody writing.

Hell, the outline (if you could call it that) for my novel is barely even 5 lines long...

As terse as my writing can be, my outlines can never be that short...
I always had trouble explaining my story in a nutshell. ("Its a space story with aliens who fight?" :smallconfused:)

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 03:13 PM

You have an outline?
Even just for my little fics (less than 2 000 words per installation) I do no outlines.
Or maybe a line.
Say: 'Macbeth with an AMEN twist'. Or 'what if I did a faery AMEN Shakespeare story?'

My favourite ever outline (that I've said out loud) was 'this guy's creepy, there's a girl and a plot; something happens, I don't know what' because it was even vaguer then than it sounds now.

Oregano

2008-10-21, 03:15 PM

I hate it too because even when i do plan I always go against the plan meaning I wasted time planning it.:smallsigh:

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 03:16 PM

Only reason I even have an outline was so I wouldn't forget the little ideas for scenes. If I ran out of things to write or got a new idea for a scene to put in, it'd go on a list, that list is in order of occurance, ergo it became my outline.

I look at it maybe once a week :smalltongue:

'this guy's creepy, there's a girl and a plot; something happens, I don't know what'

You just described my novel in a single sentence fragment. :smallbiggrin:

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 03:18 PM

For my next Fantasy project, I wrote a chapter-by-chapter outline that, in of itself, was about 70 pages long...

I make little variances as I write, but I can't go without plotting my course first. Would you sail across an ocean with naught but the wind at your back?

Quincunx

2008-10-21, 03:19 PM

The fragmentary 'outline' scans!

CurlyKitGirl: You've got more detail than I have here anyway. The best in that book for that question is a notation about the shield-shaped walls of Londonderry. (My book assumes that the answer to your question is Yes.)

TwoBitWriter: On the strength of Empire, I also bought Niall Ferguson's The War of the World, about the twentieth century's tendency to conflict. Even cutting out my distaste for military-themed information, it's not quite as readable, although of equal quality in the analysis.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 03:20 PM

and it scans!

CurlyKitGirl: You've got more detail than I have here anyway. The best in that book for that question is a notation about the shield-shaped walls of Londonderry.

TwoBitWriter: On the strength of Empire, I also bought Niall Ferguson's The War of the World, about the twentieth century's tendency to conflict. Even cutting out my distaste for military-themed information, it's not quite as readable, although of equal quality in the analysis.

I did enjoy Ferguson's work on Empire and enjoyed the class thoroughly (almost as much as my class on 19th Century Germany)

And the 20th Century did kinda suck, didn't it? I would like to acquire that book.

Oregano

2008-10-21, 03:20 PM

I make little variances as I write, but I can't go without plotting my course first. Would you sail across an ocean with naught but the wind at your back?

Yes, to be free!!!

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-21, 03:21 PM

I make little variances as I write, but I can't go without plotting my course first. Would you sail across an ocean with naught but the wind at your back?

Yes, just like that guy way back in the late 15th century did. :smalltongue:

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-21, 03:23 PM

Would you sail across an ocean with naught but the wind at your back?
YES.

I could focus on survival instead of all these silly things like school and such!

Quincunx

2008-10-21, 03:25 PM

E 7.99 plus shipping--it's a bit heftier than Empire. Your ability to buy it in dollars means it's almost certainly cheaper for you to buy it.

Strong euro vs. the dollar = shopping spreeeeeeeeee during last month's vacation! Everything was so cheap! and such variety! I'm sure we gave my family entirely the wrong impression about a devil-may-care credit-fueled lifestyle!

Dragonrider

2008-10-21, 03:25 PM

My writing style is this:

1) brief outline
2) write down any crucial plot ideas I don't want to forget
3) spew words onto the page as quickly as possible. Usuallly I don't even format chapters - it's just one great, big, long text.
4) go back and read the whole thing; usually in this step I end up adding 10,000-20,000 words.
5) format
6) edit edit edit.

This is for novels. For short stories I don't outline at all because they're short enough that I can remember any theme I wanted to write into it. With essays, basically I write a sentence for each point, so for my essay on the changes wrought by the Black Death, I did

-Technology: because of the manpower deficit, the plague spurred a flurry of inventions to help workers
-Religion: Jews were blamed, reign of church declined, flaggelants
-Agriculture: pre-plague not enough food; post-plague, surplus

etc.

I've written enough essays that I can churn out thesis, body paragraph 1,2,3,etc., conclusion in my sleep. It really is a formula.

Oregano

2008-10-21, 03:25 PM

Yes, just like that guy way back in the late 15th century did. :smalltongue:

YES.

I could focus on survival instead of all these silly things like school and such!

We shall assemble a crew and embark at dawn's first light. who's supplying the rum? I'll bring limes, it's what us british do.:smalltongue:

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 03:30 PM

With essays, basically I write a sentence for each point, so for my essay on the changes wrought by the Black Death, I did

-Technology: because of the manpower deficit, the plague spurred a flurry of inventions to help workers
-Religion: Jews were blamed, reign of church declined, flaggelants
-Agriculture: pre-plague not enough food; post-plague, surplus

etc.

I've written enough essays that I can churn out thesis, body paragraph 1,2,3,etc., conclusion in my sleep. It really is a formula.

That's me most often.
Ooh; I offered some help with that (black death's impacts of society by referring to art and suchlike methinks), did it go well?

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-21, 03:36 PM

We shall assemble a crew and embark at dawn's first light. who's supplying the rum? I'll bring limes, it's what us british do.:smalltongue:
Lets first get over the problem of all of us three being on different landpieces.:smalltongue:

Oregano

2008-10-21, 03:40 PM

Yer but we're all in the playground but where will the ocean of the internet take us?

Quincunx

2008-10-21, 03:43 PM

Lets first get over the problem of all of us three being on different landpieces.:smalltongue:

I've heard that ships help with that. . .

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-21, 03:45 PM

I guess I am the only person who will certainly make landfall at his chosen destination. I'll see those of you who don't end up in the Locker or at the hands of a mutinous crew. I'll be establishing my colony and subjugating the natives after my well-plotted out journey, thank you very much. :smalltongue:

Oregano

2008-10-21, 03:46 PM

Nonsense, our plan is just so crazy it might work.:smallwink:

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 03:48 PM

Bah; I shall make minimal notes. Can't and haven't been bothered to. Besides, if it's exa conditions I shall go in as it should be: noteless.

wadledo

2008-10-21, 03:53 PM

Apparently, all my gay friends think I'm Asexual and all my straight friends think I'm just messed up.

I love high school.:smallsigh:

Haruki-kun

2008-10-21, 03:56 PM

Apparently, all my gay friends think I'm Asexual and all my straight friends think I'm just messed up.

I love high school.:smallsigh:

That is, in fact, a regular High School. Gonna have to get used to it, I'm afraid.

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-21, 03:59 PM

Hmmm.

*is at a very small high school where pretty much everybody is messed up more or less in someway*

wadledo

2008-10-21, 04:00 PM

That is, in fact, a regular High School. Gonna have to get used to it, I'm afraid.

Yes, I know, but......
There was actualy a point to that post, other than Depression-ish stuff.
Oh, yes.

Does anyone else know someone out of the playground who reminds them exactly of someone on the playground?:smallconfused:
Because I know a girl who I always have to keep myself from calling "Curly".

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 04:08 PM

Does anyone else know someone out of the playground who reminds them exactly of someone on the playground?:smallconfused:
Because I know a girl who I always have to keep myself from calling "Curly".

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I know I have no clones on the loose, and presumably you've known her longer than you've been itp. Then again, American High Schools're bigger/aren't like UK secondary schools so that's not necessarily true.

. . .

I wanted to say something, but forgot. *frowns*
Oh well, if it was important I'd not have forgotten.

Edge

2008-10-21, 04:16 PM

Is it wrong I've been listening to this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=trVwGkmuFK4) for the past two and a half hours?

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-21, 04:17 PM

Because I know a girl who I always have to keep myself from calling "Curly".
Yesh! I've known a girl who shares very many features with Curly, except that she doesn't have curly hair...

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-21, 04:27 PM

DD? Something has just occurred to me. So from now on I am calling you Dalek-Dakota, and I will ignore the devastation wrought by the pun damage I leave in my wake.

Blame my random thinking.

wadledo

2008-10-21, 04:27 PM

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I know I have no clones on the loose, and presumably you've known her longer than you've been itp. Then again, American High Schools're bigger/aren't like UK secondary schools so that's not necessarily true.

. . .

I wanted to say something, but forgot. *frowns*
Oh well, if it was important I'd not have forgotten.

Depending on how you take the fact that I had a big crush on her freshman year, and that she's a bit of a ditz.
I also know someone who reminds me of SMEE, and DR.

Recaiden

2008-10-21, 04:29 PM

DD? Something has just occurred to me. So from now on I am calling you Dalek-Dakota, and I will ignore the devastation wrought by the pun damage I leave in my wake.

Blame my random thinking.

Oww. I know someone who seems a lot like DD, from what I know of him.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-21, 04:30 PM

The ditz bit, not so much. I'm not one.

@Edge: Wow. It's not wrong. It really isn't; though when I hear the actual song I may end up half quoting the song.

Castaras

2008-10-21, 04:31 PM

Thanks. Castaras does great work. *poses*

Thanks. :smallredface:

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-21, 05:10 PM

DD? Something has just occurred to me. So from now on I am calling you Dalek-Dakota, and I will ignore the devastation wrought by the pun damage I leave in my wake.

Blame my random thinking.
Yes the tripple D had occured to me as well when I got transmuted.:smalltongue:

Oww. I know someone who seems a lot like DD, from what I know of him.
Describe him.:smallamused:

SMEE

2008-10-21, 05:30 PM

Depending on how you take the fact that I had a big crush on her freshman year, and that she's a bit of a ditz.
I also know someone who reminds me of SMEE, and DR.

A clone! :smalleek: Help, help! I have a clone!

Tragic_Comedian

2008-10-21, 05:30 PM

Hi everybody.

Oregano

2008-10-21, 05:41 PM

Hey Tragic, how goes the music thing, you were pursuing musical stuff weren't you?

Thufir

2008-10-21, 05:51 PM

I've heard that ships help with that. . .

You think so? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89112)

Tragic_Comedian

2008-10-21, 06:52 PM

Hey Tragic, how goes the music thing, you were pursuing musical stuff weren't you?

Alright I guess, but bass guitar frustrates me.

Dragonrider

2008-10-21, 07:00 PM

That's me most often.
Ooh; I offered some help with that (black death's impacts of society by referring to art and suchlike methinks), did it go well?

I got an A, if that's what you mean :smallbiggrin:
Yeah. And thanks for the assist, as always!

A clone! :smalleek: Help, help! I have a clone!

:smallamused: me too, apparently.

Haruki-kun

2008-10-21, 11:52 PM

Reinboom

2008-10-21, 11:56 PM

I know people who look strikingly like what I've seen of PhoeKun, who live in this area as well.
It's kind of spooky.

Zeb The Troll

2008-10-22, 12:24 AM

Why is it that everyone here seems to know people in RL that remind them of playgrounders? I don't think I know anyone who does. :smallfrown: Other than me, that is.

Heck, I barely know a few people who are at all familiar with Internet culture...People in real life don't remind me of Playgrounders. I've met far too many of you for anyone not here to remind me of any of you. :smallcool:

Haruki-kun

2008-10-22, 12:25 AM

Yeah, but I haven't met any of you at all...<.<

Why do you people all live so far away, dangit? :smallyuk:

Death, your friend the Reaper

2008-10-22, 01:58 AM

(black Death's impacts of society by referring to art and suchlike methinks)

*nods wisely*

Yes, I've always be a purveyor of art.

And Australia is practically the definition of "far away", all you folks with meet ups are lucky:smallwink:

bosssmiley

2008-10-22, 03:31 AM

People in real life don't remind me of Playgrounders. I've met far too many of you for anyone not here to remind me of any of you. :smallcool:

Did we just get Bilbowned? :smallconfused:

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

*parses sentence again...and again...and again...*

Why do you people all live so far away, dangit? :smallyuk:

Whatchu talkin' about Haruki? I live right here. :smalltongue:

loopy

2008-10-22, 03:33 AM

*nods wisely*

Yes, I've always be a purveyor of art.

And Australia is practically the definition of "far away", all you folks with meet ups are lucky:smallwink:

Unless you live in Australia, then you wonder why everyone else decided to be so inconvenient to reach...

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 03:35 AM

Or unless you live in Turkey, then there are no people ever to have a meetup with.

I hate Turkey.

loopy

2008-10-22, 03:39 AM

Or unless you live in Turkey, then there are no people ever to have a meetup with.

I hate Turkey.

Hey, Turkey is where Gallipoli is. There are so many Aussies buried there your soil must of absorbed at least *some* awesome. :smallwink:

Death, your friend the Reaper

2008-10-22, 03:46 AM

^Depends how well awesome spreads through the water table.... *should right a paper on this*

Unless you live in Australia, then you wonder why everyone else decided to be so inconvenient to reach...

Well, in my case, I just wonder why you guys are all over on the east coast:smalltongue:

Heh, that reminds me of a joke:
This guy finds a genie, and as it does it offers to grant him one wish (turns out those stories about three were exaggerated).

"Well..." he ventures, "I've always wanted to meet these people I've met on the internet in Europe. Living in Australia it's awfully far away. I wish for a highway, all the way to Europe from Australia across the ocean."

The genie looks a bit flabbergast (wow, firefox recognizes it), and states, "Are you insane? Don't you know how hard that will be for me, even though I'm a genie? I'll have to allow for currents, the moon, the material strengths, seasonal variances, and not to mention the supports. Look, give a genie a break, pick something else"

Well, the guy wasn't a bad ol' chum, so he thinks again.

"Well, there is another thing" *the genie motions for him to go on* "I've been having a bit of trouble understanding my girlfriend, sometimes she gets upset over the smallest things, or just starts yelling at me. So what I'd want for my wish is to really, really understand women" he finishes triumphantly.

The genie replies:

"So, you want that bridge as a dual carriageway or one way?"

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 03:55 AM

Hey, Turkey is where Gallipoli is. There are so many Aussies buried there your soil must of absorbed at least *some* awesome. :smallwink:

From Turks, yes. And then the ANZAC soldiers absorbed the excess awesome and became awesome themselves.

Then we get into the last fifty years and Turkey suddenly sucks beyond imagination.

Zeb The Troll

2008-10-22, 04:26 AM

Did we just get Bilbowned? :smallconfused:

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

*parses sentence again...and again...and again...*I don't see what's so confusing about it. Here, let me replace some of the pronouns and see if that helps...

I've met far too many [Playgrounders] for anyone not [in the Playground] to remind me of any [Playgrounders].

In other words, no one can remind me of PhoeKun because I've met her and there is no other like her. The same applies to the rest of the Playgrounders I've met.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 04:43 AM

In other words, no one can remind me of PhoeKun because I've met her and there is no other like her. The same applies to the rest of the Playgrounders I've met.

But me, I am just a generic face that others can be mistaken for at will.

Well, that makes me feel much better about myself.

YPU

2008-10-22, 05:04 AM

Yay, I’m of to my blacksmithing lessons now. Carry on all of you.

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-22, 05:13 AM

Why is it that everyone here seems to know people in RL that remind them of playgrounders? I don't think I know anyone who does. :smallfrown: Other than me, that is.

Heck, I barely know a few people who are at all familiar with Internet culture...
It's just the personality.....

Not a direct clone...

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 08:21 AM

I got an A, if that's what you mean :smallbiggrin:
Yeah. And thanks for the assist, as always!

*boogie time*
Glad you got such a good mark. And I only provided some site links and a little bit of perspective vis a vis what it did to feudalism.

:smallamused: me too, apparently.]

Well, me and Cassie are your almost - triplet siblings, so there's that. And then wadledo's one who might very well be your actual (very) distant relation and then . . .
Personality clones are easy enough. But I have the local equivalents of CSK (looks when compared to You thread pics); ruki - chan (personality); SMEE (looks; SMEE - clone has a horrible personality); and someone who occasionally displays Eggy and Charity - like tendencies.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-22, 09:17 AM

*Raises a glass*

Here's a toast to listening to your favorite music while you're at work. It really helps the day get by!

Dragonrider

2008-10-22, 10:11 AM

Well, me and Cassie are your almost - triplet siblings, so there's that. And then wadledo's one who might very well be your actual (very) distant relation and then . . .

:smallbiggrin: Yes. almost-triplets is BETTER than clones. MUCH better.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 10:12 AM

I've been systematically exterminating my so-called "clones" since I was 16...

...bloody things escaped the basement and I've been hunting them down ever since.

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 10:18 AM

Wait, there are others like you out there? :smalleek:

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-22, 10:19 AM

I think its perfectly legal to shoot any Cristo-Clones on sight in about thirty states.

In Oklahoma and Texas, its pretty much legal to shoot anything that moves (I think the "Make my Day" Law passed a couple years back...)

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 10:24 AM

Yeah, after the Great Buildup of '99 a lot of states had to start passing measures to keep it from happening again.

Damn things multiply like rabbits.

We're pretty sure we've gotten all of the ones in Florida, New York, and California and there's a cell in Nebraska we're keeping an eye on.

Wait, there are others like you out there? :smalleek:

We're waaattccchiinnngg you...

AKA_Bait

2008-10-22, 10:28 AM

So, here's a random question. I just realized that I can have my forum handle changed. I'm kinda torn on if I want to change it a lot or a little. I could just replace the underscore with a space, or go for something like my actual name (Patrick) which is what I originally wanted when I signed up for the forum but was taken. What do folks think?

And yes, I am that bored at work today.

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 10:33 AM

We're waaattccchiinnngg you...

All of a sudden, I feel very dirty...

banjo1985

2008-10-22, 10:37 AM

Yes.

We're watching you.

...with our eyes!

:smalleek:

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 10:54 AM

*gauges eyes out*

What?!

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-22, 11:34 AM

Paladins can't do that!

*whacks with the FALLhammer*

:smallbiggrin:

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 11:39 AM

Paladins can't do that!

*whacks with the FALLhammer*

:smallbiggrin:

Either he's already fallen and is just in denial or he has the most forgiving patron I've ever seen.

I'm going with the former.

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 12:28 PM

Oh, shush you :smallsigh:

Or I'm gonna ship you with me, genderbent. Twice. As in, both of us.

Castaras

2008-10-22, 12:34 PM

:smallbiggrin: Yes. almost-triplets is BETTER than clones. MUCH better.

Seconded. ^.^

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 12:43 PM

Oh, shush you :smallsigh:

Or I'm gonna ship you with me, genderbent. Twice. As in, both of us.

A: You'd probably kill RHL.

B: I've been teasing you as Mi'ir for what, a few months now? And you think that would bother me? :smalltongue:

Lex-Kat

2008-10-22, 12:49 PM

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 12:51 PM

A: You'd probably kill RHL.

B: I've been teasing you as Mi'ir for what, a few months now? And you think that would bother me? :smalltongue:

A: she would die happy :smallbiggrin:

B: worth giving it a shot :smalltongue:

InaVegt

2008-10-22, 12:51 PM

Figured this'd be the best place to ask.

Is there some sort of muffin themed event going on here?

+Ina

RabbitHoleLost

2008-10-22, 12:52 PM

A: she would die happy :smallbiggrin:

Amen to that.

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 12:53 PM

Cat-muffin, and yes. It also is very annoying.

When was the last time you saw a three-tailed silver squirrel themed week?

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 01:01 PM

A: she would die happy :smallbiggrin:

B: worth giving it a shot :smalltongue:

Yes. It is.
Do it. Now.

In slightly related news: I had a wonderfully perfect geeky moment of joy today. Why? A collection of ancient texts (most of them have the original language and translation next to them) from pretty much some of the best mythologies and very good writings full stop.
Welsh - it has the entire Mabinogion and many Taliesin poems.
Irish.
Chinese - it has the Art of War on it.
Greek.
Latin.
So. Many. Books. To. Read. :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin: :smallbiggrin:

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 01:04 PM

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 01:06 PM

why is everyone so keen on Mordokai/Cristo slash?

Cause two hot men banging each other is totally hot.

Even for straight men.

If you mean the twice-gender-bent version, then no, it isn't hot.

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 01:07 PM

why is everyone so keen on Mordokai/Cristo slash?

Must be that sky high charisma of ours :smalltongue:

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 01:12 PM

I'm sadly running out of new books to read. I just finished the Thrawn Trilogy, on Shadows of the Empire now, and the Aenied after that, then I'm out.

I must rectify this situation...

why is everyone so keen on Mordokai/Cristo slash?

Aeneid: getting for Christmas. Definitely.
Can provide link to many good sites for reading things if you wish?

Cristo/Mordokai slash: you two have very good chemistry both when role playing and just as yourselves. So follow that along the normal route to . . . yeah.

Also: Sons and Lovers is a deadly dull book after a bit. I hit the wall after chapter eight/nine.
Loooooooooooooooooord sideways!
DULL!
D. H. Lawrence. He LOVES his sexual innuendo. A lot. So much. It's worse than anything you can come up with here.
Yes, that much.

Oregano

2008-10-22, 01:13 PM

I have awesome film homework, I have to do a plot outline for a movie I want to make and take into account Equilibrium, Dis-Equilibrium and New Equilibrium. Awesome, time to get troperiffic, my film tutor even mentioned the sorting algorithm of evil, not my name though.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 01:13 PM

Cause two hot men banging each other is totally hot.

You clearly have never seen my picture...

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 01:14 PM

You clearly have never seen my picture...

I have these three naked pictures of you in my hand.

Don't make me scan them!

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-22, 01:15 PM

I'm sadly running out of new books to read. I just finished the Thrawn Trilogy, on Shadows of the Empire now, and the Aenied after that, then I'm out.

That reminds me. I need to find the Thrawn trilogy and read it. Well, I'll do that after I get through my current reading list.

Kaelaroth

2008-10-22, 01:16 PM

I have these three naked pictures of you in my hand.

Don't make me scan them!

Scan them! Scan them!

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 01:18 PM

I have these three naked pictures of you in my hand.

Don't make me scan them!

<_<

>_>

you're bluffing...

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-22, 01:20 PM

I am afraid of the boards now... I will go get some work done...

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-22, 01:23 PM

<_<

>_>

you're bluffing...

Maybe. Maybe not.

Do you really wanna take that risk?

EDIT: I have pictures of your wife too.

Sexy pictures.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 01:29 PM

Now I know you're bluffing...

Moving on...

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 01:31 PM

Now I know you're bluffing...

Moving on...

*drops a PM to the Lady*

Thufir

2008-10-22, 01:39 PM

why is everyone so keen on Mordokai/Cristo slash?

Actually, I think "Do it. Now." is just a standard response to anyone considering doing some shipping. We needs moar!

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 02:00 PM

... my film tutor even mentioned the sorting algorithm of evil, not my name though.

I wish I had professors like that.

I mean, I had some really cool professors, but that's just awesome.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 02:03 PM

Well, Spiceboy knows TV Tropes. He's going to love any Film Studies coursework or work because he can apply TV Tropes to them.
Thus what's actually seen as cool by us (because we know and breathe the tropes) is actually caused by our Geekery Factor.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 02:05 PM

Well, 4 years of University training at recognizing tropes and how they work tends to do that...:smalltongue:

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 02:11 PM

Meh.
I wouldn't know. Is only in (UK) college. And having fun. And loving E Lit class so much, despite sex mad Lawrence, as the people I sit with all love manga/satire shows a la Mock the Week/fantasy authors/horror films and so on and so forth.
And music.
Also; one of the girls has the dirtiest laugh imaginable and she can read innuendo in pretty much anything. :smallcool:

EDIT:
And the best out of context quote ever comes from Cold Comfort Farm:

"There'll be no butter in hell!"

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 02:17 PM

Also; one of the girls has the dirtiest laugh imaginable and she can read innuendo in pretty much anything. :smallcool:

Wouldn't have any idea what that's like...

...nope...

...not a clue...

...*snicker*

It's been my experience over here that anyone claiming to be a horror fan is really just a gorehound. Gore has its place in horror, of course, but it's not the be-all and end-all of spookitude.

Castaras

2008-10-22, 02:18 PM

she can read innuendo in pretty much anything.

you called?

:smalltongue:

Although, my friend is worse. She's the one who talked about a loaf of bread being [self scrubbed because she isn't certain whether it'd be allowed].

Jibar

2008-10-22, 02:19 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 02:21 PM

No doubt, I'm a gorehound; I love the Nightmare on ELm Street series, but then, if you're a horror fan you pretty much have to.
But my greatest love is the psychological horrors and slight hints at terrifying things that draws my attention.
I still say that the 1963 b&w of The Haunting is one of, if not the scariest films I have ever seen, and you see no blood or monsters in it. It all plays on your nerves and imagination via noises.

Here's the trailer: and it's still freaky as hell! (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=xq74oz6mf3w)
I insist that all horror lovers watch it.
*is scared all over again*
*watches*

EDIT:
@^:
*BOOGIE!*
Conditional offer means that providing you get the grades required for the course (e.g. ABB) you get a place.

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 02:24 PM

Nightmare is almost tame by today's standards, now that movies like Saw or Hostel (*vomits*) are the norm.

Want a real good horror/suspense flick? Jacob's Ladder. Also, and I don't know why, but Final Destination 1 and 2 have been growing on me, though they pale in comparison to Ladder

oh, and *pats Jibar on back*

Kaelaroth

2008-10-22, 02:25 PM

Bangor has made me a conditional offer!

*gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

'Course I don't know what the conditions are, but all I know is that as long as do what I do now I'll get the grades their prospectus asked for.

Glee glee glee glee glee glee glee glee glee glee glee glee.

:biggrin:

YAAAY! :smallbiggrin: Great for you!

On a similar(ish) note, I've been invited to a formal dinner at Oxford, with my brother. :smalleek:

Tempest Fennac

2008-10-22, 02:26 PM

That reminds me of the Demonita books by Darreb Shan, Cristo (they are good books, but they are gory rather then scary).

Oregano

2008-10-22, 02:27 PM

Yer, films great and tvtropes helps a lot, although it'd still be solid to get a high grade just with tropes.

I got an A on the first draft of my first film coursework, which was identifying meaning and stuff. YAY!

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 02:27 PM

YAAAY! :smallbiggrin: Great for you!

On a similar(ish) note, I've been invited to a formal dinner at Oxford, with my brother. :smalleek:

Your brother's in Oxford?
*awe*

Dress in a suit; prepare for three courses; cutlery goes from the outside in; and be as Kaela-ish as possible.
Any reason why? Or's it a dinner for dinners' sake?

@Cristo: I don't watch modern horror films often. They're too obvious it's just ridiculously funny or bad taste.
That's why I like older stuff.
Plot for Jacob's Ladder? I might give it a look.

Kaelaroth

2008-10-22, 02:31 PM

Your brother's in Oxford?
*awe*

Dress in a suit; prepare for three courses; cutlery goes from the outside in; and be as Kaela-ish as possible.
Any reason why? Or's it a dinner for dinners' sake?

@Cristo: I don't watch modern horror films often. They're too obvious it's just ridiculously funny or bad taste.
That's why I like older stuff.
Plot for Jacob's Ladder? I might give it a look.

Jacob's Ladder is good. Weird as frickin' hell, but good. Kinda funky plot, CM shall explain.

And, no, my cousin's at Oxford. My brother and I were invited by him. No parents. I'm a bit in awe, really, and can't wait at the same time. :smallbiggrin: And I knew about the cutlery. Me posh, remember? :smalltongue:

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 02:31 PM

Cristo/Mordokai slash: you two have very good chemistry both when role playing and just as yourselves. So follow that along the normal route to . . . yeah.

We do?

See Cristo? Chemistry! Perhaps science is something you'd be good at after all :smallwink:

Oregano

2008-10-22, 02:31 PM

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 02:36 PM

Modern horror is shock horror, plain and simple. Like I said before, there's nothing wrong with shock, but now it's all there is. It's cheap and after awhile it just becomes blah.

Jacob's Ladder:

A young soldier is wounded during an attack in the Vietnam War. He is sent home, but during the susequent months/years he begins having flashbacks and occasionally what appear to be delusions. The movie switches back and forth between two different lives and we're never quite sure which is the real one. Personal demons made manefest appear to torment him during his ordeal to make terms with the past.

28 Days is a good example of modern horror done right, or at least well.

ghost_warlock

2008-10-22, 02:42 PM

28 Days Later was fantastic, some of it was obvious but a lot of the imagery is subtle but important. The whole reason it's sequel sucked because it lacked subtlety, the sets were appalling as well, there's not much in it, the overuse of the theme made it kill the atmosphere as well.

I don't like torture porn movies though.

28 Days Later is one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time. :smallsmile: The original Alien and The Descent (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/) are the other two.

I'm not really a fan of gorn (gore/porn; aren't I clever?). I'm much more interested in atmosphere and suspense in my horror flicks than I am bloodsplatter and the gratuitous gut-tear scene that seems to have been a convention in zombie movies anymore. I guess I'm aberrant in that I love zombie movies for the bleakness and watching how the protagonists deal/cope with their situation, rather than liking the genre for the violence/ick-factor.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 02:51 PM

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 02:55 PM

The undertone for Ladder can be described best with a quote from the movie:

Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth

28 Days Later is one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time. :smallsmile: The original Alien and The Descent (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/) are the other two.

Ah, The Descent. Are you claustrophobic?

...

...you will be.

I'm not really a fan of gorn (gore/porn; aren't I clever?). I'm much more interested in atmosphere and suspense in my horror flicks than I am bloodsplatter and the gratuitous gut-tear scene that seems to have been a convention in zombie movies anymore. I guess I'm aberrant in that I love zombie movies for the bleakness and watching how the protagonists deal/cope with their situation, rather than liking the genre for the violence/ick-factor.

I always called it "gorror." :smallbiggrin:

Zombie movies to me should be one of two types: one is like the one you described and the other is essentially a comedy in that it doesn't take itself very seriously (case in point: zombies ambushing a jeep, eating the soldiers (unseen), and we see them later joy-riding in the jeep)

Mordokai

2008-10-22, 03:06 PM

Zombie movies to me should be one of two types: one is like the one you described and the other is essentially a comedy in that it doesn't take itself very seriously (case in point: zombies ambushing a jeep, eating the soldiers (unseen), and we see them later joy-riding in the jeep)

Where does that put Dawn of the Dead remake?

Cristo Meyers

2008-10-22, 03:08 PM

Somewhere in between "Haven't seen it" and "Don't really want to see it." :smalltongue:

Jibar

2008-10-22, 03:11 PM

WARNING

INCOMING RAMBLING

Ah, The Descent. Are you claustrophobic?

...

...you will be.

Now, I'm quite the coward. I've a very nervous disposition, I'm easily shocked and very easily scared. I've got a lot of phobias and a lot of genuine fears. I'm such a fraidy cat that Halloween is the worst day of the year for me, because the costumes freak me out badly. Watching just about any horror movie will keep me awake for a couple days.
So when The Descent came on TV I thought about it.
I had heard nothing but good things about The Descent. One of the best British horror movies ever apparantly. I've got quite an interest in horror in writing, since it allows me to channel some of my fears to page and as such I will watch the occasional movie to pick up new ideas and techniques. So I thought I would give it a watch.
As soon as things started to get creepy I realised I was not going to be able to watch it. But I wanted to find out just what was so good, so I decided I'd watch just bits of it and flick inbetween to keep myself calm.
Big mistake.
Because I flicked onto every scariest moment. So I missed out all the minor scares and all those moments to calm you in the film itself, and instead got all the pure horror parts.

Needless to say, I didn't sleep well that night. Or the next. Or the next after that.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 03:22 PM

Oh, I think I saw that; got bored partway through and lost interest.

Christmas is far away; yet the DHS/MFL/furniture advert thing with that disgusting Mariah Carey cover of All I Want For Christmas is on every single day. :smallannoyed: No need to rub it in.

In other news: I've actually just realised this myself. But because I chose to concentrate Language of the Supernatural down into Language of the Portrayal and Attitudes to Fairies I'm going to be studying the following transcripts:
Midsummer Night's Dream; 1623 First Folio edition.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - John Keats circa. 1820. Can't recall exactly.
And; wait for it:
I can do Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. Yes. :smallcool: And I can even argue an excellent case for it because it parodies Midsummer Night and Pratchett is an excellent wordsmith who uses Celtic/traditional Faery beleifs to change the original story.
And satire allows for more analysis via diachronic change.

Yes, people of the playground.
I am going to be able to convince my E Lang lecturer to let me do coursework on Terry Pratchett.
Do I rock or not?

Thufir

2008-10-22, 03:26 PM

Yes, people of the playground.
I am going to be able to convince my E Lang lecturer to let me do coursework on Terry Pratchett.
Do I rock or not?

You do. (But, we already knew that.)

Castaras

2008-10-22, 03:27 PM

Yes, people of the playground.
I am going to be able to convince my E Lang lecturer to let me do coursework on Terry Pratchett.
Do I rock or not?

Eh... Kinda rock. Woot for getting a good book to write your coursework on.

Maybe it's just me though, but all good books we've analysed in coursework and stuff end up being over-analysed and "becoming" a book we hate. Just my opinion though. >.>

And stupid firefox spellchecker. It's Analysed. Grr.

Destro_Yersul

2008-10-22, 03:27 PM

I'm a bit like Jibbers on that, so I don't watch horror movies, except for the occasional silly/cheesy one. Shaun of the Dead I watched. Though I'm not sure that counts as horror, it had its moments. Don't play many scary video games, either.

I think I saw Psycho once. Now there's a classic movie. I need to find some more old horror movies. Maybe some monster ones. You know, where you can TELL it's a guy in a suit?

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 03:39 PM

Eh... Kinda rock. Woot for getting a good book to write your coursework on.

Maybe it's just me though, but all good books we've analysed in coursework and stuff end up being over-analysed and "becoming" a book we hate. Just my opinion though. >.>

And stupid firefox spellchecker. It's Analysed. Grr.

Annoying American(?) spellchecker.
But I choose to do it; and I only pick an extract of it to analyse; and this is the diachronic change coursework so it's how language has evolved over time. I chose it; I'll love it.
I won't be able to over - analyse the book at all. But do you just have bad teachers/ not really very good books to study?
Because, aside from Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men (horrifically dull or uninteresting books) I've foun that my enjoyment of the books and plays we've analysed increases.
Then again; literary geek here.
Course; it does depend on the books done.
I mean, the new AS E Lit students doing WJEC board could choose to cross - study Frankenstein, Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray. See; that's one course I'd love to do again. Though I don't know exactly what poetry they're doing, but if it's not Duffy (vile woman) or an antholgy (pointless things) I could enjoy it so easily.

I wouldn't be able to enjoy 1984 ever though. I've said this before, I'll say it again: it's one of the few books I've ever not manage to finish one I've started it.

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-22, 03:51 PM

I wouldn't be able to enjoy 1984 ever though. I've said this before, I'll say it again: it's one of the few books I've ever not manage to finish one I've started it.

Ah...but 1984 is a real dream come true for me! Its everything a little dictator-in-training like me wants!

*Dozes, dreaming of a boot stamping on a human face*

Dragonrider

2008-10-22, 03:51 PM

Oregano

2008-10-22, 03:55 PM

I prefer films to books, as well as preferring plays to books, except when they're horrible adaptions of books.

I prefer visual mediums, I think you've guessed that.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 03:57 PM

Speaking of 1984 (which I really did like despite its grimness, sorry, Curly :smallwink), my mom let me design my own "Dystopic literature" course this year. :smallbiggrin: Yippee! It basically consists of reading various dystopic novels (1984, check, Brave New World, check, The Giver, check, Feed, check), and...well, she didn't even say I had to write about them, but I did anyway. At the end of the year I get to write an essay about common themes between them. :smallbiggrin:

I don't like dystopic literature. Guess my ingrained optimism is too much; but I try to read them, yet they're so dull.

Koorly has a quandary.
One the one hand she loves Queen to bits and pieces; just see how many Queen songfics she's writ.
And Queen + Paul Rodgers has released a new album.
But it's Paul Rodgers and she's seen one of Queen + Paul Rodgers' concert live on DVD and Rodgers was rather lacklustre.
He can't really live up to Freddie no matter how hard he tries, poor thing.
So, does Koorly hint at it for Christmas or not?
Queen.
But Paul Rodgers.
But it's Queen.
And she really loves Queen. And yet . . .

Oregano

2008-10-22, 03:59 PM

Koorly has a quandary.
One the one hand she loves Queen to bits and pieces; just see how many Queen songfics she's writ.
And Queen + Paul Rodgers has released a new album.
But it's Paul Rodgers and she's seen one of Queen + Paul Rodgers' concert live on DVD and Rodgers was rather lack lustre.
He can't really live up to Freddie no matter how hard he tries, poor thing.
So, does Koorly hint at it for Christmas or not?
Queen.
But Paul Rodgers.
But it's Queen.
And she really loves Queen. And yet . . .

I face the same problem:smallfrown:, but apparently Roger and Brian sing a lot on the album, I might get it.

Castaras

2008-10-22, 04:13 PM

I wouldn't be able to enjoy 1984 ever though. I've said this before, I'll say it again: it's one of the few books I've ever not manage to finish one I've started it.

That is one of the books we had to analyse. :smallsigh: I was intrigued by it when I first heard of it, but after bad teachers (our school specialises in Media Studies and English, but English has all the bull teachers -_-) and way over-analysis, I was sick of it.

This happened with the Tempest as well. Really liked that before we went into great detail. Now all I can think of when reading it are "this Shakespeare used to blah blah blah" and "with this line Shakespeare blah blah blah". >.< It's a good play. English lessons ruin good plays and stories though.

One reason why I'm glad we're studying stories that are already a load of crap for GCSE. Pity about some of the World War I poems. And Henry V. But eh. I feel sorry for the people with Frankenstein.

Dragonrider

2008-10-22, 04:20 PM

*is unsullied by bad English teacher*

*has best English teacher in the world*

:smallbiggrin:

Oh, and...one of my friends who is a Queen fanatic was like "I love Freddie Mercury...but Queen keeps trying to go on without him and it sucks. It just isn't the same." :smalltongue: That said...he likes Brian May and he listens to new Queen despite his claims. :smallamused:

I was like that over Cat Stevens a couple years ago. I have almost every single Cat Stevens song produced...or, that is, six complete albums and 4-10 songs from all the rest of them. :smalltongue:

I don't know what it was...I still like Cat Stevens but not as single-mindedly as I did then.

Right now I WANT ALL THE BARENAKED LADIES ALBUMS.

I have a thing for BNL too. Particularly Ed Robertson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vYzbMJlqUY).

Oregano

2008-10-22, 04:23 PM

Made in Heaven was one of their best albums in my opinion and they're not really replacing him, that's why it's Queen + Paul Rodgers.

Not heard any of their new material though.

InaVegt

2008-10-22, 04:25 PM

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-22, 04:26 PM

I mean, they aren't trying to replace Freddie Mercury, hence the whole + thing. Its not fair to suddenly lose your career and band just because your front-man kicks the bucket. I applaud that they continued making great music even after a tragedy as monumental as Mercury's death.

Oregano

2008-10-22, 04:28 PM

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-22, 04:42 PM

I need suggestions for books, preferably of the type that contains an account of fictional events set in a fictional world that, while similar to ours, contains a few things that are considered impossible by many rational members of the human species (Homo Sapiens [Sapiens]).

Examples of prior books I've read of this type include Lord of the Rings series (By J. R. R. Tolkien) and The Dreaming Dark series (By K. Baker)

+Ina
Ina, if dutch books are allowed, I would certainly suggest the Deirdre triology.

Dragonrider

2008-10-22, 04:43 PM

I need suggestions for books, preferably of the type that contains an account of fictional events set in a fictional world that, while similar to ours, contains a few things that are considered impossible by many rational members of the human species (Homo Sapiens [Sapiens]).

Examples of prior books I've read of this type include Lord of the Rings series (By J. R. R. Tolkien) and The Dreaming Dark series (By K. Baker)

+Ina

You mean like, present-day-but-different (Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley comes to mind) or in-the-past-could-have-happened-pseudo-historical (as in LotR)?

If the latter, nothing immediately comes to mind but I KNOW I could think of some given time. :smalltongue:

Oregano

2008-10-22, 04:49 PM

If it's the latter, Conan works for that.

InaVegt

2008-10-22, 04:58 PM

DD: I tend not to like Dutch literature.

DR: Either is fine.

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-22, 05:00 PM

DD: I tend not to like Dutch literature.
Neither do I, I've found that Deirdre is among the best I've read of it.

wadledo

2008-10-22, 05:04 PM

DR: Either is fine.

The Tales of Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik

More to come soon.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 05:09 PM

The Tales of Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik

More to come soon.

I have to agree with the Temeraire series, even though I've only read the blurb for books two and three as they're the ones that made my Want List of books top 250.
I need cash.
I'll be checking Smiths' this Saturday to see if they've got book one so I can start reading the series though.
And I've just realised that I don't read books in - shop if it's my local shop, only for Smiths even though Local Shop has some of the best books in there. And by best I mean excellent books and many that I want.
Even if no shop in town sells Zusaks' new book I Am The Mesenger. *grumbles*
That was book 210 on my List.
Authors are also included on that List so the number of books in The List may actually be over 300.

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-22, 05:10 PM

Wait, Curly's book list is not OVER NINETHOUSAND?

:smalltongue:

wadledo

2008-10-22, 05:22 PM

My book list is over 9000.
Though I am just reading Lolita, so it's mostly stuff that I just "can't" read.

Also, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Mystery/urban fantasy with a hint of lovecraft and harry potter.
Word & Void series/The Genesis of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Modern Fantasy/doomsday stuff, but better than his Shannara series in my opinion.

CurlyKitGirl

2008-10-22, 05:30 PM

DD my boy; such an overused meme did cross my mind; but I refused to use it for such a thing.
And the only reason my List isn't far higher than that is that a series counts as one book/entry; an author (except where he or she writes multiple series) counts as one book/entry and I limit it to book shops I can easily access.

If I really had my Ultimate Book Wish List it would be well over 2 000 books. I mean, two series alone I want to geet (and is on my List despite the books being seemingly out of print are over 200 books each).
And it just increases daily.
If I could speak to everyone in person and recite all the books I have on my Ultimate List we'd be there for well over four hours.

Dragonrider

2008-10-22, 06:51 PM

My book list increases daily. :smalltongue:
And every time I get a new set of shelves, they somehow expand to fill it and I have no more room than I did when I started... :smallwink:

*gets back to Spanish homework*

Though technically it's *listening* Spanish homework, meaning I have to listen to an audio clip and then write stuff down in the correct order, etc. It's pretty easy, though, and I can do other things at the same time. MUAHAHA.

Tragic_Comedian

2008-10-22, 06:57 PM

Wow. Is nothing safe anymore? I just Googled 'Dalek" and ended up with porn.

wadledo

2008-10-22, 07:02 PM

Wow. Is nothing safe anymore? I just Googled 'Dalek" and ended up with porn.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rule_34.png

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-22, 07:03 PM

Wow. Is nothing safe anymore? I just Googled 'Dalek" and ended up with porn.
rule 34 of the interwebs. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleThirtyFour?from=Main.Rule34)

Groundhog

2008-10-22, 08:39 PM

So true though...Actually, it's kind of funny, in a twisted way.

Phase

2008-10-22, 09:11 PM

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rule_34.png

Ahh, the wonders of rule 34...

Ewww!

FoE

2008-10-22, 09:25 PM

Wow. Is nothing safe anymore? I just Googled 'Dalek" and ended up with porn.

It's about time you watched this Youtube video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRgNOyCnbqg)

Don't worry; it's not porn. :smallwink:

Jack Squat

2008-10-22, 09:26 PM

The only thing I can say at the moment.

Legos.

That is all.

Zakama

2008-10-22, 09:53 PM

The only thing I can say at the moment.

Legos.

That is all.

Huzzah for Legos. They're ridiculous.

EDIT:...ly awesome!

Skippy

2008-10-22, 11:02 PM

Huzzah for Legos. They're ridiculous.

They're not! They're amazing!

I have a Lego Batman keychain, and it's awesome.

Anyway, my head is hurting. I hate it when it happens...

Zakama

2008-10-22, 11:41 PM

They're not! They're amazing!

I have a Lego Batman keychain, and it's awesome.

Anyway, my head is hurting. I hate it when it happens...

Ridiculous in a good way! I love Legos, don't get me wrong.

Rockphed

2008-10-23, 02:44 AM

Hear! Hear! Legos are surely the most awesome children's toy ever invented(even if it was by a little old lady in Leningrad.)

Also, the catmuffins are getting to me. Shortly I will start munching on random cats I see on the street, and that can't be healthy.

Ashtar

2008-10-23, 03:17 AM

Oh my! I've just found out there's a zombie walk in Paris this coming sunday... Sadly it's a bit late for me to find out and a bit far (4h by train - 656 Km).

Pikkies here
http://pariszombie.com/photos.php

Thufir

2008-10-23, 04:31 AM

If I really had my Ultimate Book Wish List it would be well over 2 000 books. I mean, two series alone I want to geet (and is on my List despite the books being seemingly out of print are over 200 books each).
And it just increases daily.
If I could speak to everyone in person and recite all the books I have on my Ultimate List we'd be there for well over four hours.

...
*Looks at own list*
I feel inadequate all of a sudden...

ghost_warlock

2008-10-23, 04:40 AM

I'm finding that, as I get older in the last couple years, my book list has shrunk and radically changed focus. Where I used to enjoy fantasy/sci-fi novels and classical literature immensely, almost everything on my reading list anymore is non-fiction.

Biographies and popular science account for the vast majority of books I'm reading these days, with the occasional Pratchett novel thrown in. In fact, I recently realized that I have almost no desire to read non-Pratchett fiction. When a friend suggests a book to me, my initial reaction is almost always 'ugh, why would I want to read that?'

Anyone else experience this kind of shift in literary tastes?

Edit: of course, I say that while ravenously chowing down on everything written in the 'shipping thread... :smallbiggrin:

bosssmiley

2008-10-23, 05:00 AM

Hear! Hear! Legos are surely the most awesome children's toy ever invented(even if it was by a little old lady in Leningrad*)

* Old man, in Denmark.

Lego is Danish. ... The Danes are generally full of win though; nearly as full of win as the crazy damn Finns. :smallcool:

I'm finding that, as I get older in the last couple years, my book list has shrunk and radically changed focus. Where I used to enjoy fantasy/sci-fi novels and classical literature immensely, almost everything on my reading list anymore is non-fiction.

Biographies and popular science account for the vast majority of books I'm reading these days, with the occasional Pratchett novel thrown in. In fact, I recently realized that I have almost no desire to read non-Pratchett fiction. When a friend suggests a book to me, my initial reaction is almost always 'ugh, why would I want to read that?'

Anyone else experience this kind of shift in literary tastes?

Yep. I'm really fussy about what I read now, but that's just a subsection of my general grumpy old git-ness. :smallwink:

Won't touch generic fantasy/game fiction with a bargepole recently ("Song of Interminable and Fail" was the last straw). I'm also picky about my sci-fi ("Anathem"? *thumbdown*), and about 'literary' fiction (looking at you "Mr Norrell & Jonathan Strange").

Life is too short to waste reading crap books.

What's on my bedside table recently: Orwell, Mieville, Dumas, (Tad) Williams. Re-readable standbys while I await the next Pratchett.

@v: Gezina! Where you been you crazy Dutch?

InaVegt

2008-10-23, 05:04 AM

Man, it feels weird looking over GITP again after not having loaded the site for months. (not even Erf, let alone OotS)

Anyway, am I being delusional, or did Rei Jin post in gaming within the past few days?

+Ina

Phase

2008-10-23, 05:17 AM

* Old man, in Denmark.

Lego is Danish. ... The Danes are generally full of win though.

I knew that! They were... not quite as fun in the olden days...

But they're fine now, if a bit monopolized...

Kaelaroth

2008-10-23, 05:21 AM

Look, OK, fine, fellow UKers. I know it's wrong. But...

OhmiGodOhmiGOD! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9F4JijrjQ&feature=channel) :smallbiggrin:

Disclaimer: This poster has been temporarily dazzled by the awesome that is Mitch Hewer.

FoE

2008-10-23, 05:24 AM

(Tad) Williams

I love his villains. He's good at making antagonists that you pray will have horrible, horrible deaths. (And oftentimes they do.)

Pyrates. Johnny Wulgaru. Ineluki. Lord Hellebore. Felix Jongleur.

And the Terrible Child: he's my favourite. He wasn't introduced until late in the story, but you can't forget that image of the tiny arms and wings of the pixie hanging out of his mouth while he's chewing ...

bosssmiley

2008-10-23, 05:29 AM

@^: True. The Cleganes cry themselves to sleep wishing they were a patch on Ingen Jeggar. And Ineluki is Sauron as he was meant to be. :smallcool:

I knew that! They were... not quite as fun in the olden days...

But they're fine now, if a bit monopolized...

Wait, wut? Are you talking about Lego, or about the Danes? :smallconfused:

Phase

2008-10-23, 05:40 AM

Wait, wut? Are you talking about Lego, or about the Danes? :smallconfused:

Both! Yay, ambiguous-ness! Legos, though.

FoE

2008-10-23, 05:54 AM

@^: True. The Cleganes cry themselves to sleep wishing they were a patch on Ingen Jeggar. And Ineluki is Sauron as he was meant to be. :smallcool:

Given the grittiness of Martin's books, Sandor Clegane gets to commit far more monstrous deeds than Ingen Jegger in the whole of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. But Jegger was a fanatic and far more dangerous than Clegane, who's just a thug. Even when he's standing over Ineluki's mother and about to be peppered with so many arrows that he's going to resemble a porcupine, he uses his last breaths just to **** with Simon's head and send him into a killing rage.

That's dedication.

As for Ineluki ... he was frickin' terrifying. I got the feeling throughout the books that he was always just a hair's breadth from total victory, and that it was only by immense luck that the good guys won at all.

Recaiden

2008-10-23, 07:24 AM

Gezina is back! And now I want to go get out my old legos. THey are a lot less fun. More special, premade things now.

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-23, 07:26 AM

Yeah, I don't like these build packages of the modern days.

Back in them old' days you had to think up something yourself and use your imagination for it!

InaVegt

2008-10-23, 07:27 AM

Dallas-Dakota

2008-10-23, 07:29 AM

Probably, or it's your looks, or its your personality. Or its just natural charisma.:smallwink:

bosssmiley

2008-10-23, 07:31 AM

The Rose Dragon

2008-10-23, 07:46 AM

http://www.catpicturescatpictures.net/cat-picture-kitten-blue-eyes-fofurasfelinas.jpg

Aaaaargh! Kitten! Kill it! Kill it with fire before it grows up and starts assaulting me!

ZombieRockStar

2008-10-23, 07:47 AM

Anyone else experience this kind of shift in literary tastes?

I hesitate to say this on here, but I've more or less completely given up on fantasy and sci-fi; haven't read for years. Last thing I read that technically qualifies was Order of the Phoenix.

Of course, I barely read any fiction anymore...and I'm an English major! I'm too busy with all the theoretical texts I have to read for school and with poetry.

Now, I was wondering, is this some sort of natural charisma?

Possibly. But, if you're like me and simply hate getting into arguments of any kind, you usually find ways of avoiding them. Being charismatic is one way.

When I got into an argument with my boss (just before walking out on the abusive bastard), it was the most unnerving thing because it was the first actual fight I'd been in for years. Usually I just try to avoid fights by just being nice/a pushover. :smallsigh:

Also, Inagez! *hugs*

randman22222

2008-10-23, 07:48 AM

Hmmm. I wish people couldn't get mad at me. Well, they really don't in person, but over the MSN... wait... over 'the' MSN? Why'd I type that?

Anyway, over MSN people love getting mad at me for some r-
*Thought is interrupted.*

Wait, no, people got mad at me today. During math, I was doing stuff on vectors, and I just started talking about how much I want some tortilla chips. So I quick SMS'd my mom to pick some up while she was in town, and then I just kept talking about chips. At some point, people told me to shut up. Then I realised how odd I was just behaving. :smalltongue:

...That's not much of a story. Hopefully it elicits some laughter, though. :smalltongue:

EDIT: Also, I got a guitar part in Jazz Band. :smallbiggrin:
This'll be my first concert that I get to play guitar for. :smallbiggrin:

Kaelaroth

2008-10-23, 07:54 AM

Gah. :smallannoyed: GAH! :annoyed:

And to think I prided myself on being vaguely socially able. Turns out that I am invited to Oxford Formal Dinner. Only my brother. That was a pretty awful phonecall. :smallsigh:

ghost_warlock

2008-10-23, 08:12 AM

So, I got a question guys.

I've rarely had people get angry at me when face to face, even my mother who can verbally tear apart people for the slightest mistakes rarely gets mad at me.

Recently, I've been getting a few clues as to why that is, it seems that I have some sort of effect on people that it is actually hard for them to get mad at me.

Now, I was wondering, is this some sort of natural charisma?

+Ina

Hm. Although I can't remember anything else about it, I do remember that you made me very angry during our first conversation. Obviously, I've since forgiven you and grown quite fond. :smallbiggrin: Maybe, like bosssmiley says, you're just impossible to stay mad at. :smallsmile:

(Tad) Williams
:smalleek: I read Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn during high school and none of my friends would touch them (too busy reading Robert Jordan). I felt like I was the only person in the world who liked good ol' Tad.

wadledo

2008-10-23, 08:31 AM

Anyway, am I being delusional, or did Rei Jin post in gaming within the past few days?

+Ina

Also, since no body answered this, yes.

ghost_warlock

2008-10-23, 08:35 AM

Also, since no body answered this, yes.

I would've, but I haven't really been hanging out in Gaming recently so I had no idea. :smallfrown:

Dragonrider

2008-10-23, 09:41 AM

I hesitate to say this on here, but I've more or less completely given up on fantasy and sci-fi; haven't read for years. Last thing I read that technically qualifies was Order of the Phoenix.

Interestingly, in the past year or so, I've almost experienced a similar thing...there are a few (mostly children's/young adult) sci-fi/fantasy authors I will pick up any day not matter what genre they're writing (Robin McKinley, Patricia Wrede though she's disappointed me in the past, Diana Wynne Jones, Timothy Zahn). When I was younger I read only sci-fi/fantasy, but as my critical thinking has developed, I've come to realize that a lot of it is incredibly derivitive and predictable and I'm feeling pretty disillusioned with the genre as a whole.

Eh. Robert Jordan did it. :smallwink: that's my excuse for all evils (no offense to WoT fans and I don't intend on getting in any kind of argument/conversation about it).

That said, I still like writing in it. :smalltongue:

I still read mostly fiction, but I think my new favorite is historical fiction and some of the better young adult stuff, though most of it is so RIDICULOUSLY angsty.

Possibly. But, if you're like me and simply hate getting into arguments of any kind, you usually find ways of avoiding them. Being charismatic is one way.

:smallsigh: Yeah. *raises hand* Me in a nutshell. Unfortunately, it has led some people to believe that I was somehow lying to them in order to get them to like me even though I didn't like them.

Not the case. I just would rather keep the peace than have to avoid someone. :smalltongue:

Jibar

2008-10-23, 10:18 AM

Jibar's Day

Hum de dum. Bangor accepted me la de da de da.
Hey, free lesson woo.
1 essay down, 1 to go. Woo.
Presentation done. Woo.
Hey, got an A for the presenation. Niiiice. Woo.
Without our central figure, we managed to get stuff done in drama without anybody arguing. And my teacher said I was showing real strength of character for managing thus far. Woo.
Walking home. I... huh, what is that odd sensation?
Get home. Pull of sock. Toes covered in blood.
Umm...
And now I've washed my toes down, I have no idea where it all came from.

IT'S THE DARN'DEST THING.

Death, your friend the Reaper

2008-10-23, 10:25 AM

You know Jibar.

Completely unrelated.

I've always wanted to do this, it's just never been appropriate, and I'm sure it's been said before. I may even have misquoted it. But I'll get a happy feeling for having done it so, without further adieu....

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j30/kimtassstic/MrT15.jpg

QUIT YOUR JIBAR JABBING! :biggrin:

That is all :smalltongue:

TwoBitWriter

2008-10-23, 10:26 AM

I love Time Zones...

Its so funny reading about the days you Brits have when it is only 10:30 in the morning for me and I am stuck at work :smallbiggrin:

And I hope you were able to get the bleeding stopped at least, Jibar.

Edit: Death... I had co-workers asking if I was okay I laughed so damn hard... :smallbiggrin: