LadyCrimson

I know we need desperately need the rain, but the grey sky today is making me kinda "bleh." It was $60k for us. But we went in just as the economy was tanking (after a few years of looking) so prices were still sky high in the area we wanted, tho dropping. We got lucky, really. Our house is tiny but still in a place that holds value relative to its location - it's already gone up far past our purchase price again. Which I think is super-absurd. And yeah...while I was nervous about buying (commitment issues, har) after renting forever, I'm glad we did, now. I think rent went up like mad, here, too.

Hmm ... maybe. But ... no. But ... hmm ... maybe.

Garlic ice cream and garlic gummy bears! ...the last few times I've been in S. Cali it was only to pass through it on the way to somewhere else. Usually we go E. towards the mountains instead.

Sometimes people like to figure out a little more analysis into why they may have certain preferences and like some characters but not others. Considering not everyone thinks a single character is good or bad, well done/poorly done, I think there's a little more going on than within our psyches than just the generic "good/bad writing" answer.

Could be. Point is they often have issues being ready. Not saying they're the only ones - many do these days sometimes - it's just amusing, especially when I was a part of it many times.

I still barely know what reddit is, let alone have an account there to ask a question. But I will be reading.

Blizzard server issues during a big update or something? Shocker. Could be lots o' folks trying to DL it.

*reads update post* *chuckles* *laughs* *guffaws* *wipes tears from face* ...so much awesomeness. Not typically all that into "lore" but I loved the undead example. Not just the current average "disease/virus/plague/alien spore" stuff. I like the idea of them being a result of trying to outwit death. You reap what you sow, perhaps.

I still blame MTV.

Oh? Why do you think that (as I haven't played DA)? Because of the story/options? I don't even remember the story. I just liked summoning things and having companions to fight with plus running around. That main town felt huge at the time.And the random encounters while walking on the map were kinda fun initially. The boss fights were pretty weak tho, IIRC.

Barbaric heathen, you shall be punished by all the Gods of the Gods for such treacherous blasphemy! ...I miss them a little, but I don't remember using one for reference while playing or anything. They were like cool wallpapers ... for your actual wall.

After reading through the thread (some great comments, btw), I'm thinking this is probably a more generalized gaming question vs. a PoE discussion and thus have moved it to Computer and Console. And for me, a good character is just one who I react to emotionally in a sympathetic, positive, humourous or sometimes even a negative (love to hate) way. If there's no emotional connect, then they just become a chess piece that I'm moving around a board. It doesn't have to be a major connect, but something. What exactly creates this connect for me personally ... mmm not always sure about that. It just happens.

Groundhog Day was ok. I didn't love it, didn't dislike it, had some laughs, didn't make me ponder life or anything.

Have you tried chicken pastures? There's a thread about how their sound effect is so annoying, even at 30% Effects sound setting, that people delete their chicken pastures just so they don't have to hear it. Now I have to try them to see what the fuss is about.

They're less productive per space than crops. They do fill out the "fruit" requirement of diet-happiness, but you also get that from Berries, and you can buy fruit from traders if you desire. You can have max happiness without ale (or buy the ale). If orchards go bad it takes a long time to replant/be useful again. I do tend to like to have one orchard just to supplement the Berries in case Gatherer's have a bad year. That said...while some people like them and find them useful, I'm not terribly fond of them. In bigger towns when I have lots to trade with, I start just buying extra Berries. They can, however, serve as fine decorations between houses and in town squares, via miniscule farms.

Oh man, I loved Summoner for a while. I mean, it wasn't the best game in the world or anything, but for some reason I had a lot of fun with it. I may have to buy that one, not sure if my CD disc would run on Win7. Darn you, GoG, making me pull out my wallet.

Most of the movies he acted in/wrote/directed aren't my type of films. Did like Back to School. Although the only reason I originally watched it is because my friend had a Danny Elfman crush and OingoBoingo had that scene in it.

Ah, Jolt cola. I remember that. Had a nap, woke up, goofed around on the internet. Randomly came across videos of some apparent recent "spiritual leader," Eckhart Tolle, who wrote some books a few years ago or something. Jim Carrey likes him. Anyway, the titles of his videos on his channel are intriguing, like "How do we break the habit of excessive thinking" (a problem I often have, haha) but watching/listening, I feel like I can't understand a word he's saying. Every time he starts to make a little bit of generic philosophy sense, he then spouts what sounds like utter nonsense and I start laughing. I remain unenlightened. Maybe you had to read the book first.

Can't we worship more than one gaming god? A plethora of them standing atop a mountain, garbed in long beards, surrounded by thunder and lightning, each complimenting the other.

That's a pretty Risen 3 screenshot. Not that tells me anything about the game, but it's pretty and I like the setting it shows off. I like the lightning storm, too.

I feel like people always miss the "diet" part of the diet Mt. Dew, when I'm making a joke about such. So to be more accurate, health-sermonizing response posts should be about the detrimental effects of artificial sweeteners and all those other juicy, unpronounceable chemicals in the giant ingredient list! My eyeballs will probably fall out, or my skin will rupture, or I'll become radioactive. ....honestly, most of the time I don't drink that much. Couple cans a day. Just sometimes during gaming periods I drink ... a lot more. And like to make jokes. Man you can't make any joke about anything now with getting a sermon.

There's always Windows Solitaire.

I have discovered ... Deer Island!

I remember liking most of the first season of SGU, but then I stopped watching. Can't remember why, I did have a reason, one of those things where I probably noticed something for a couple episodes and got annoyed or something. I thought Robert Carlyle was great tho.

I heard about that. Outside of Ghostbusters, I haven't seen many of the movies he's been in. Which isn't to say he wasn't in something I've seen. Just usually in small roles. But he was great in Ghostbusters.