So as a kid I never played video games. I am really bad at using the controls and such. I do not own a gaming system.
Unfortunately, I have a best friend who does own a gaming system, is very generous, and actively encourages me to come over and play his games for exorbitant amounts of time. This means that I have gotten sucked into the RPG world on occasion. I'm not buying myself a gaming system. I don't want to become a total fuck-up at life.
Let us, then, speak of the two games I have played.
Fallout New Vegas: Right now I am at the bit where I have a Robo-puppy and I am attempting to procure a brain for it. I have to fight some mean guys in order to get the brain. This puppy is so noisy. Also I am going to marry Boone somehow, I swear. This game is on indefinite hold however, because my friend insisted that I switch to playing
Dragon Age: Origins. As a rogue city elf, I am extremely hot. I gave myself the darkest skin coloring possible. The game has a weird glitch where the skin tone is lighter on my neck and collarbones however. This makes me look like I have some horrendous disfiguring skin condition. Also, the game once glitched so that my hands became enormous and purple, and I held them out like an idiot. It did this even in the cut scenes.
I am almost at the endgame now! However I'm pretty sure I'll never beat it. :) Also I romanced both Alistair and Zevran in the game and I made them both totally fall for me, but I chose Alistair. I am such a bad person!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Podcasts I like
Hello, lovely readers! Lovely, lovely audience of maybe two people! I would like to spend some time today to talk about a topic close to my heart: Podcasts.
Since I got my ipod Touch in August of 2010 I have listened to podcasts when I am about to go to sleep or when I need some relaxation time. I think podcasts are a good way to listen to things with your ears. Here are some I can recommend.
RadioLab: Science for laypeople, presented with interesting sound effects in anecdotal format. Very soothing, very thought provoking. Very stimulating in bed. Sometimes makes me chortle with laughter.
This American Life: would you like to hear some funny, some sad, all interesting stories about people? People in America? Then this is the podcast for you. There's also several televised episodes on Netflix. Gets kinda heavy at times.
Stop Podcasting Yourself: Funny Canadians and others have funny conversations. They are fun to listen to but if you want to get to sleep they are not TOO hilarious. Mostly silly humor. Oh, Canadians.
Comedy Death Ray Radio: Often makes me howl with laughter. Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins and Nick Kroll are the best, because they tend to bring some interesting personalities with them...
PodCandy: I've only listened to this one once, but these are basically little kids who are pretty hilarious. They talk about things like what they would like in the dream house they will purchase together. They don't say too many stupid things, given that they are little kids. Good job, little kids.
It is eight o' clock. The penguin on my television will now explode.
Since I got my ipod Touch in August of 2010 I have listened to podcasts when I am about to go to sleep or when I need some relaxation time. I think podcasts are a good way to listen to things with your ears. Here are some I can recommend.
RadioLab: Science for laypeople, presented with interesting sound effects in anecdotal format. Very soothing, very thought provoking. Very stimulating in bed. Sometimes makes me chortle with laughter.
This American Life: would you like to hear some funny, some sad, all interesting stories about people? People in America? Then this is the podcast for you. There's also several televised episodes on Netflix. Gets kinda heavy at times.
Stop Podcasting Yourself: Funny Canadians and others have funny conversations. They are fun to listen to but if you want to get to sleep they are not TOO hilarious. Mostly silly humor. Oh, Canadians.
Comedy Death Ray Radio: Often makes me howl with laughter. Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins and Nick Kroll are the best, because they tend to bring some interesting personalities with them...
PodCandy: I've only listened to this one once, but these are basically little kids who are pretty hilarious. They talk about things like what they would like in the dream house they will purchase together. They don't say too many stupid things, given that they are little kids. Good job, little kids.
It is eight o' clock. The penguin on my television will now explode.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
part 2: WHAT DOES IT MEAN
So some things have changed. I have gone from being Aries (arrogant money-fixated asshole) to Pisces (weepy man-baby). My little sister has gone from Taurus (hedonistic, stubborn?) to Aries (well...). Kurt Cobain was born right on the cusp of the Pisces sign, February 20th. He is now an Aquarian, meaning he should have been a visionary trying to make the world a better place, rather than a tortured whiny artist man-baby like me. Also this kind of ruins that one song, doesn't it?
All I have to say is I AM FLIPPING OUT MAN. How can I trust that the newspaper's advice is real anymore? All those times I was cynical/ wary of new dark strangers in my life...all for naught. It seems I should have been ready not to flip out too much when new dark strangers arrived, despite my tortured psyche and emotional nature.
THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW YOU:
Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16. You're a goat mate. This means you are kind of a boring person. Sorry.
Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11. You are a water-bearer. You carry water EVERYWHERE. Also you're good at talking to people.
Pisces: March 11-April 18. You are a whiny man-baby. Shut up, Fish-face.
Aries: April 18-May 13. Blah blah blah horns blah blah blah financial assets. No redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Taurus: May 13-June 21. You're kind of slutty and stubborn. Two traits that are often covariant.
Gemini: June 21-July 20. You have great honkers.
Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10. You have crabs. And cancer. Also you kind of suck.
Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16. You're a jerk like Aries but you're more fun. Also if you are a male you spend the majority of your time sleeping and if you are a female you hunt in groups with other females. Your copulations last about thirty seconds but are repeated every half an hour over the course of several days. LUCKY YOU.
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30. You will most likely die alone.
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23. Everyone likes you and you have no flaws WHOOP DE DOO LIBRA.
Scorpio: Nov. 23-29. You are, like, constantly PMSing.
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17. Apparently your sign is associated with healing and working well with authority figures. But that's all bunk. Everyone knows you can talk to snakes. Don't fight it. You know you want it.
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20. You are a feisty old woman.
The victor of this battle: my immaturity.
All I have to say is I AM FLIPPING OUT MAN. How can I trust that the newspaper's advice is real anymore? All those times I was cynical/ wary of new dark strangers in my life...all for naught. It seems I should have been ready not to flip out too much when new dark strangers arrived, despite my tortured psyche and emotional nature.
THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW YOU:
Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16. You're a goat mate. This means you are kind of a boring person. Sorry.
Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11. You are a water-bearer. You carry water EVERYWHERE. Also you're good at talking to people.
Pisces: March 11-April 18. You are a whiny man-baby. Shut up, Fish-face.
Aries: April 18-May 13. Blah blah blah horns blah blah blah financial assets. No redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Taurus: May 13-June 21. You're kind of slutty and stubborn. Two traits that are often covariant.
Gemini: June 21-July 20. You have great honkers.
Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10. You have crabs. And cancer. Also you kind of suck.
Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16. You're a jerk like Aries but you're more fun. Also if you are a male you spend the majority of your time sleeping and if you are a female you hunt in groups with other females. Your copulations last about thirty seconds but are repeated every half an hour over the course of several days. LUCKY YOU.
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30. You will most likely die alone.
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23. Everyone likes you and you have no flaws WHOOP DE DOO LIBRA.
Scorpio: Nov. 23-29. You are, like, constantly PMSing.
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17. Apparently your sign is associated with healing and working well with authority figures. But that's all bunk. Everyone knows you can talk to snakes. Don't fight it. You know you want it.
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20. You are a feisty old woman.
The victor of this battle: my immaturity.
ASTRONOMY VS ASTROLOGY P 1: PUNCHES ARE THROWN
OMG U GAIZ. Something recently happened that shock my ROCK HARD BELIEF in the wonderful and precise science of ASTROLOGY.
So apparently some troublemaker astronomers at the Minnesota Planetarium Society were like "HAY THE ZODIAC SIGNS ARE ALL WRONG CUZ THE EARTH'S ALIGNMENT HAS CHANGED. ALSO THE BABYLONIANS DIDN'T WANT THE SNAKE PEOPLE TO EXIST SO THEY THREW OUT SUPER SECRET PARSELMOUTH ZODIAC OPHIUCUS."
Here's a more detailed/ coherent explanation by the awesomely named Parke Kunkle:
"If you take a toy top and spin it, it spins around an axis and that axis tends to point in different directions. It moves around. That's what we call precession. So in Earth's case, right now, Earth's spin axis points towards Polaris, the North Star. But in 3000 BC, the Earth's axis pointed towards a different star, Thuban. And that majestic motion takes about 26,000 years. so if you went from 3,000 B.C. and waited 26,000 years, you'd have the north star Thuban again."
(I think Parke Kunkle is a wizard, fyi. He kinda talks like one)
How did the astrologers react to this bit of news? They got really mad and said "Oh, fuck off, science! Listen up, we don't actually base the zodiac on the alignment of the STARS, we base it on the EQUINOX. SO TAKE THAT. Your science is PISS."
So apparently some troublemaker astronomers at the Minnesota Planetarium Society were like "HAY THE ZODIAC SIGNS ARE ALL WRONG CUZ THE EARTH'S ALIGNMENT HAS CHANGED. ALSO THE BABYLONIANS DIDN'T WANT THE SNAKE PEOPLE TO EXIST SO THEY THREW OUT SUPER SECRET PARSELMOUTH ZODIAC OPHIUCUS."
Here's a more detailed/ coherent explanation by the awesomely named Parke Kunkle:
"If you take a toy top and spin it, it spins around an axis and that axis tends to point in different directions. It moves around. That's what we call precession. So in Earth's case, right now, Earth's spin axis points towards Polaris, the North Star. But in 3000 BC, the Earth's axis pointed towards a different star, Thuban. And that majestic motion takes about 26,000 years. so if you went from 3,000 B.C. and waited 26,000 years, you'd have the north star Thuban again."
(I think Parke Kunkle is a wizard, fyi. He kinda talks like one)
How did the astrologers react to this bit of news? They got really mad and said "Oh, fuck off, science! Listen up, we don't actually base the zodiac on the alignment of the STARS, we base it on the EQUINOX. SO TAKE THAT. Your science is PISS."