LadyCrimson

Should be out running errands, but I'm not yet...soon, soon...

Thread pruned. IndiraLightfoot referred to a couple of the Forum Guidelines a bit earlier, and I'll refer to another one: In other words, it's fine/great to say you didn't like the writing or gameplay choices in a game because they weren't to your personal tastes, or the general discussion of what effect internet abuse may have on the pysche, but around here, best to try to leave actual, personalized belittlement out of it. Thanks.

NW:Online - bought one of the Mystic horse mounts for 750k AD. I still have 3.5 million AD and I wouldn't mind another one if it someone else was selling one for cheap. Not that interested in the upcoming new content at this point ... but still collecting useless pets and mounts? Sure, why not. Nope, I'm not illogically compulsive, not me.

@Raithe - heh, that's a lot of authors for me to look up, thanks. @TN - no, haven't read House of Leaves, but I do like weird ... sometimes. I haven't read much of anything, really, for years (outside of re-reading fave oldies and the occasional short-story collections).

Kryptonite cooler boxes sent via SSTPS (Solar Slingshot Timewarp Package Service) works fairly well, I hear.

Browsed Steam, GoG, new-game reviews/lists, etc. and have come to a couple of conclusions: 1 - I have little desire to replay old favorite games a 5th (or 10th, or 100th) time 2 - new single-player games are largely yawn-inducing in terms of the style or type of gameplay, far as I'm concerned. So ... read any good rousing, actiony sci-fi books or chr.-driven horror lately? It's been a long time since I've kept up on book releases. Who are the happenin' new authors from the past 5-8 years, say?

*looks at Labadal's pics* ...I have no idea what those little food circles are, but suddenly I'm hungry.

Mail me some.

Games that like to make you download large patches on a regular basis should have faster (and more stable) servers. I could cook dinner, eat it, and this still wouldn't be done.

The previous thread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02c1at396fM

Post limit, which means ... it's time to change! One, two, three!

Mostly all I notice is the cat, which is way cuter than the guy. I preferred that old spice ad. Probably because I tend to prefer shorter/neater hair (and his voice)...and of course, it's just more gigglelicious.

We just watched that too. I kept reading comparisons to Die Hard, but they're all wrong in that. What it really is: "Under Siege: White House." I kept expecting a pudgy Steven Segal to pop out of the woodwork. ...I liked the first scene on the bridge, and the female Secretary that wouldn't take guff. The rest was pretty redonkulous, even just as "lots of violent action."

I live on generic-brand Loratadine tablets. Both for the nose and for the skin reactions - very tiny, itchy bump rashes that randomly flare up on exposed skin for 30-60 minutes then disappear entirely. When a room fan is going, when I'm outside, when I'm sitting on a couch, in a chair...suddenly itchitchitch. Any maple trees around? That slightly fuzzy stuff from their leaves on some varieties can be very irritating to nose and skin, I find, especially in the fall...all that tiny tiny leaf fuzz floating around in the air as dust everywhere.

BL2 - that skill that decreases recharge time from taking damage on the Psycho works great when you're solo, since you're going to be taking damage anyway. When you're playing with another player, however, it doesn't work quite so well...since friendlies can damage you as well as the enemy... At least, it doesn't work well at low clvls. I think hubs killed me three or four times, with guns and grenades.

The Colony (2013) - started off all right but went downhill from there. The very start of the film had music that very much made me think of the 1980's The Thing, and the whole movie is rather like that. Still, it might have been ok, but the plotholes (even for the type of film it is) bring it down too much. Rather a waste of Bill Paxton and Laurence Fishburne. Also saw part of a 1980 film called Battle Beyond the Stars, described as having the intention of being a sort of "Magnificent Seven in space." I remember seeing it as a kid and liking it, with stuff like the feminine voiced AI spaceship Nell and Saxon and Vaughn's over the top acting sticking in my memory long after. Cheesy and cheap effects/sets, capitalizing on the sci-fi craze, it's almost hilarious to watch it now.

Dear Diary: Learned that Stephen King has a sequel to The Shining in the works/nearly finished or whatever. Since I tend to be a believer that some things should be left to stand on their own, I'm not sure how to feel about that. Signed, Mrs Get-Off-My-Lawn.

"Your frontal bone is as smooth as a rounded granite boulder Your eye sockets are like gazing into mysterious, wind-filled caverns Your nasal cavities are like the petals of a soft orchid ... ...can I buy you a drink?"

(Not a plot spoiler, but it is a scene/humor spoiler.) That was fast.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M6yoeOglNw

Believe me, I have plenty of grey hair, especially at the temples. It just doesn't show up in dark pics taken in a purple bathroom. The beach pic is awesome, I'm envious of the size of your yard, and I love the roses. And of course, the cat.

Was reading that Willie May's wife had died some months back. My father used to talk to him a fair bit, seeing him while taking a "walk" in his electric wheelchair after having his lunch. My father was always good at making friends with the neighbors - it was one of the few social lifelines left to him, chatting with people he'd meet during the few hours he could be out of bed per day. I only met Willie Mays once, when I went along during one of dad's neighborhood routes. Mostly, I just got to hear the stories/convos that dad would tell mother and I during dinner. In general, my father's gregarious nature and uplifted spirit created an interesting and eclectic circle of friends even when he was largely housebound. And they'd always make time for my father - some even waited out in their yards, expecting him to ride by, while still others would call my mother if he didn't show up, to make sure my dad was ok. We weren't at all close in later years, but he was an interesting and inspiring man, and he knew how to tell a story. And right this second....I miss my father.

One advantage of my being so small...backpacking-weight gear was still plenty "large" enough. I never tried to/couldn't have carried that much weight, tho ... my trips were largely in the Sierra's at a reasonable 6k feet. Didn't need much. The cow incident would have made a funny video. Great story.

It's not so much about privacy from the companies. Basically, if I start to feel like I need a 3rd party password manager program just to manage personal entertainment sites, or just the general feeling of being tired of filling out bloody forms, I stop signing up to new things. This is also true of non-internet things. I don't fill out physical product warranty, rebate, survey, or registration cards, either. Can't be bothered, sorry.

Gorgeous. And I like the tent setup. It's not small....it's cozy.

Cleaned the freezer. Apparently, a diet soda (vs. a sugar soda) can explode, if left forgotten in there for at least 8+ hours.