'Tis the season to be jolly...

[Judge Hades]

You know, maybe it would have been better if I really did get shot.

[Gabrielle]

Than you would die and be in hell with Jodo and Volo torturing you for ever.

[Dark Moth]

Cheer up, Hades! You've still got your whole life ahead of you! Things may take a turn for the better. Never give up.

[Judge Hades]

Yeah, rightt. Things only get worse, not better.

[julianw]

Yeah, rightt.  Things only get worse, not better.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If things get worse, at least you know you are getting closer to the end and not the other way around.

[Dark Moth]

Yeah, rightt.  Things only get worse, not better.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Things won't improve if you have that attitude your whole life. You have to look at more than just the bad in your life, otherwise that's all you'll ever see.

[Judge Hades]

That's the problem. There is nothing good in my life. I am stuck in a town and state where my skills are useless and I can't even keep a job without it going out of business. For things to improve something good has to happen yet in the past years nothing has and I just don't have the resources to go out on my own.

[Gabrielle]

This is the end

Beautiful friend

This is the end

My only friend, the end

 

Of our elaborate plans, the end

Of everything that stands, the end

No safety or surprise, the end

I

[Dark Moth]

Way to lighten the mood, gabs.

[dufflover]

Lol, so much for the Christmas lights

[Judge Hades]

Way to lighten the mood, gabs.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

She has a point. Maybe I should put an end to this crap.

[Laozi]

Ya maybe so, but you probaly won't, failing once again

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[Commissar]

-snip-

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Needs a little napalm.

[tarna]

Hey Hades! Get with the Xmas spirit dammit!

Do what I do when the Xmas cheer gets a little too nauseating. Remove the ..uh..solids from a cat litter box and lovingly package them in a reasonable size box. Wrap it in pretty paper with a nice bow and 'accidentally forget' it somewhere where someone is sure to take it ( obviously in search of the rightfull owner ). If you're really nice to us you'll post some pics of the people taking it here.

[Cantousent]

Hey Hades! Get with the Xmas spirit dammit!

Do what I do when the Xmas cheer gets a little too nauseating. Remove the ..uh..solids from a cat litter box and lovingly package them in a reasonable size box. Wrap it in pretty paper with a nice bow and 'accidentally forget' it somewhere where someone is sure to take it ( obviously in search of the rightfull owner ). If you're really nice to us you'll post some pics of the people taking it here. 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

That was YOU, you swine-hearted wretch?!

[dufflover]

I had the Christmas spirit but I got hit with a couple of bits of bad news. Relatively small when compared to being shot and stuff but still, pretty depressing for me.

[Commissar]

Relatively small when compared to being shot

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's not that big of a deal.

[Lucius]

FFS give us your story Commie, I'm tired of hearing hints here and there. What did you experience?

[Commissar]

FFS give us your story Commie, I'm tired of hearing hints here and there. What did you experience?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

"Baghdad. ****. I'm still only in Baghdad. Every time I think I'm going to wake up back in the desert. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife until I said yes to a divorce. When I was here I wanted to be there. When I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the desert. I've been here a week now. Waiting for a mission, getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room I get weaker. And every minute ***** squats in the sand he gets stronger. Each time I look around the walls move in a little tighter. Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service."

 

Good 'nuff?

[Lucius]

Is that a quote from Apocalypse Now only with Bagdad and desert instead of Saigon and jungle? Or did you actually write that.?

[Commissar]

Is that a quote from Apocalypse Now only with Bagdad and desert instead of Saigon and jungle? Or did you actually write that.? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The former.

[CoM_Solaufein]

No christmas spirit here. Screw it.

[Lucius]

Is that a quote from Apocalypse Now only with Bagdad and desert instead of Saigon and jungle? Or did you actually write that.? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The former.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Knew I'd heard it before, so are you actually gonna spill it or not?

[Judge Hades]

Well, another wretched day closer to unemployment. Went to the Workforce job board and there is nothing there for me. Oh there is stuff I have skills in but don't "qualify" because I don't have a degree. Oh, there is jobs available if I go 30 to 40 miles away which is hard to do without a car.

 

 

Oh, the light show was cool.

[Cantousent]

Relatively small when compared to being shot

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's not that big of a deal.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

No, having someone shoot AT you is not a big deal. Getting shot IS a big deal. Regardless of what the movies say, the vast majority of folks don't just get up and keep going after they've taken a slug.

 

As far as telling your story goes, I kind of figured you didn't want to talk about the specifics, but there's nohting unseemly or self-aggrandizing about sharing the experience here. Hell, it's not even like anyone knows your real name.

 

Of course, maybe you're just trying to build up the suspense, you dog. Come on, you army puke, lay down the dirt. If you don't, Lucius is going to cry over someone else for a change.

 

EDIT: are we even pretending to talk about Christmas lights anymore? ...And does Hades call them Winter Seasonal lights rather than Christmas lights?

Edited December 13, 2005 by Eldar