Have fun with the new premises folks ![]()
that was funny Ibis. I heard the song for the first time earlier this summer (about a week ago i think) but this is the first time i've seen a video to it ![]()
Wolfie (or any Admin really) the link in Alexander's quote is out of date and don't work anymore
http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=248
Heh, I never go to cinema either. They always pull up the volume way too high. Also reason why I don't go to disco or those music events.
As a result, I too need to wait a while longer for movies. In fact, I just finished a 51 year wait! (I wasn't born yet when it came out, but let's ignore silly details like that.)
I finally saw it yesterday, Forbidden Planet. I loved it. It had wonky sounds all-over, a flying saucer, a talking robot, impressive looking sidearms (funky laserguns called Blasters. Oh, now who said that Lucas invented the term eh?) and an invisible monster.
The monster is worthy of extra attention. For such an old movie, they did it brilliantly and I must say, even better than nowadays. Nowadays everyone wants Predator-style transparant blurs. There, you got footsteps slowly appearing, cranes being pushed out of the way, metal stairs bending under the incredible weight of the invisible creature. A model made from a footprint to reveal one utterly massive foot with giant claw. And finally to top it all off, radar signals that did catch it and a really large laserfight that finally lit it up.
Oh, and did I mention that the invisible creature had all the power a 30 km something cube filled with Fusion plants could generate?
Also a fun fact. When the crew wanted to call home for more orders, they first had to strip apart their ship to build a super-radio. Later they had to put it all together again in record time. Oh, and unlike most movies were decelleration is nonexistent, here they had to step inside glowing beams to survive the stop after a faster than light journey. Groovy.
I've seen that movie. Forbidden Planet is a good one, very creative and what not.
Beware the Id
Anyone who tries to enter Texas shall be brought before the firing squad..... anyone who threatens us will be bombed into submission by satillite targetted air-strikes. You can't block out the light of the Lone Star!
Rattttz!! I say rattzzz ... one of Pisces first recruits is a Texan and threatening the skys of Florida NASA with Houston control! I think we have negotiated with him by now though.
Damnution, that Pisces is one heckuva troublemakin' fish. I shoulda killed him off when I first caught him in my beak -- instead of getting fascinated by his little song n dance routine and then laffing at his silly fishy jokes!! Lookit all the touble I've swallowed now! Invasion of my beloved Florida... I must fly over and recruit the help of the African spoonbills and the Guamese flamingo flocks.
Well, that was your choice Ibis. I would have grilled the fish on the barbeque. If any of your birds are sighted in Texas I'll declare a hunting season and hand out the proper permits. But I won't let Pisces in my home either.
So you can see that I'm not allied at the moment with anyone.... Although I'm biased against fish.
Monsters from the Id! Take the IQ-boost, now! Yeah, I loved the revelation at the end. It really worked. The only character I didn't like was the girl. She was totally unconvincing. Oh, and the captain was alright although I hated when he suddenly kissed the girl all out of the blue. I mean, first he's pulling off a whole no-romance lecture. ,,Guys who travelled more than a year through space without....recreation and quality alcohol are unreliable around females. I am their captain, so I must keep them under control!"
Oh and Soulseeker, did you see the three men's collective evil grin when they first found out that professor Morbius had a very attractive daughter running around in a miniskirt?
And what's this I hear about Florida? Invasion, sattelite-bombardments? Hmm, I smell a chance to make money. Now who among you want to buy a moon fitted with several thousand fuson engines? Guaranteed destruction of every target you throw it on or your money back, accurate enough to hit a single leaf upon a tree. (and the rest of the continent)
North Carolina will join Florida's side. We'll dump sweet tea and barbeque all over Texas!
I hate tea, but barbeque is a different story. Well, this pre-emptive strike has cost you N. Carolina and Florida! I will get over my bias and join forces with New Zealand (I have an entire country on my side!)
F-22 Raptors will bomb Miami and Tallahassee (sp.), and I'll by Jack's moon-bomb.
We shall drop it just off the Eastern Seaboard to hit Florida with tsunamis!
Sold, you can pay later. Oh and since you are the lucky customer with a random number, you get this fully functioning Deathstar III for free! The Imperials complained about an accessible reactor. No big deal I say. It's not like we've got any hotshot space pilots in the neighbourhood.
Oh, I'll just place defenses myself. The Imperial Navy has crack pilots of their own. I should be able to save on the energy bill by using only 1.1 percent power to blow up whatever is left by the moon-bomb. *cackles maniacally*
You Doomed everyone Dantrag, you and all you North Carolin....ian friends!!!
Well here's what Canada can offer anyone: since BC has plenty of Japanese Immigrants, we will use their technology know-how and ressurect the Albertasaurus... then equip them with lasers!
Top that!
Buster Machine number 3, fully functioning! Top that!
(Also from Japan by the way)
I shall gather all the Final Fantasy VII nerds and we shall create life sized replicas of all the Weapons! And I'll be possessing Ultima Weapon (Cloud's best sword) so that no one gets it if they manage to beat the flying Weapon.
Muhahaha! Beware!
Whoooaaahh !!! This has excallated all outa hand and control .. BUT NO ONE SHALL get throught the Florida + North Carolina United Front. We control the whole of the EAstern Seaboard ... which everyone knows is the center of the universe (ask John Lennon)
We shall fly up to Alberta and join forces with our good and esteemed Canadian friends and the Albertasauruses equipped with laser rays shall be stationed all along the Eastern Mississippi border from the Great Lakes below Canada to the Gulf of Mexico ... none shall escape them.
Now ... Jack Cloudy, can't we make a lil' side deal here concerning that moon. A shrewd businessman like yourself certainly doesn't feel any loyalty to customers nor take sides now, do ya? We'll pay triple what the Texans are paying and quintuple what the Australians pay ... they are poor anywayz.
Lookit what you've started Pisces and your not even here .... DAmmmmm you FiShhhhh !!!!!!!!!!
The Brotherhood of Nod shall aid us in taking the GDI controlled Eastern Seaboard. Vertigo bombers, Swift Interceptors, F-22s, and F-35s shall rain ordinance from the skys, and the Texas Rangers shall lead hundreds of Nod Militants into battle.
Fully Upgraded Avatars alongside Legionaires shall decimate your ground forces, Venoms shall protect them from air-borne threats, and High Naryyn warships shall offer tactical support to all Coalition forces. Stalkers shall blast your communication satillites into submission, while AI constructs hack your defense networks and reak havoc with the systems your citizens rely upon (I just saw Live Free or Die Hard, this is much worse).
Even the mighty Albertasaurs are helpless when facing off Nod's Avatars being supported by the attacks of Stealth Tanks.
We have you out-numbered and out-gunned (thanks in part to Jack.... but mostly because of the support of the High Naryyn Imperial Navy) Resistance is futile, just give us what we need from you and our occupation of Florida and N. Carolina will be brief!
{Mallet, Canada can be spared the destruction of this war. I'm not asking for you to fight for us, just don't fight at all.}
Can I still keep my Albertasaurus' with lasers though. They won't cross the border, I can keep em in check. I wasn't expecting any Naryyn, that's all. I'll be good
Certainly, as long as I don't get a report in that rogue albertasuars are on the battlefield you will not be relieved of them.
Good to know. I like my cyber-dinosaurs of the 21st Century. The way you use brute power and superior technology is a convincing way to get those to yield to you.
Yes, and superior numbers to boot helps as well.
I suppose no one wants to blow up the universe? *puts Jupiter-turned-into-giant-black-hole-bomb into a vault.*
Ibis, I've got plenty of moons so I can just sell them all. It's a big universe after all. Any specific interests? Pluto (Charon comes free with the deal.), or perhaps Altair VI?
I shall sit in my house as safe as can be because nobody really cares about Indiana. If they do, that's news to me.
: P
So I will sit down on a nice comfy couch... Sipping my Early Grey tea and reading my beloved Death Note, whilst you are all fighting.
Suckers.
:]
*Diverts three Swifts to Toroabok's house* I don't like tea, and snide comments from the side lines! You have three minutes to vacate your house before it is blown to a thousand pieces.
WOOT, GODMOD TIME!
xDD Kidding, of course.
Hmm... well, crap.
*snaps fingers*
I GOT IT!
I'll fly out of here!
All I need is faith, trust, and happy thoughts! A little bit of pixie-dust won't hurt, either!
Muwahahahahaaa!
See you later!
*jumps off the roof and falls flat on the ground*
Ow...
DAMN YOU UN-EDUCATIONAL DISNEY MOVIES!
*shakes fist towards Florida*
Nah, I love meh Disney movies. <33
Umm... ermm... GAH I DUN WANNA' DIE!!!
GO, DUGTRIO!
*throws a Pokéball at the ground and a Dugtrio pops out*
DIG A HOLE TO CHINA, NOW!
Mwahahahahahaaaa bow before my mad Pokémon prowess!
xDD
soo....
anyone ever seen Blue Man Group?
Hey, guys, time out on our war. The E3 trailer for Halo 3 just became availiable. Here's the http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=ethreeblowout At this stage, everything you see the Chief doing in this gameplay footage you can actually do (like rip off the guns on turret emplacements and wield them as a weapon, that's been confirmed).
Enjoy.
Haha will do.
Dugtrio, that's enough!
xD
Hahaha.
Ok, I'm trying to watch the first video right now... Hopefully, my computer will stop acting like such a guar...
-steam-
--EDIT--
Gah, now my Media Player is being stupid and says I need to download "WVC1" I couldn't find it on www.wmplugins.com... Do any of you know where I can safely download it?
I do not, do you think that you have Quicktime Player? Well, here's what the Brute is saying at the beginning:
"You are, all of you, vermin."
"Cowering in the dirt, thinking. What, that you might escape the coming fire?"
"Your world will burn until it's surface is but glass!"
Nah, I just have stupid Microsoft Media Player... >.<
Ah, very nice.
I had to wake up at six thirty AM today. I went to the hospital at seven twenty am, waited for it to open, and went to the lab with my mother. They took my blood and gave me this gawdawful sickly sweet orange tasting glucose solution. They told me to come back if I felt bad. Well, in twenty minutes, I was back at the hospital, feeling like I was going to die. I threw up and voided the test. I'll have to go back sometime to be tested for hypoglycemia again. *sigh* I hope there's another way to test for it, because that was just vile. I had to down a substance that was ridiculously sweet and disgusting in a short amount of time. Of course, it was a fasting blood test, so I couldn't eat 8 hours before the test or during it. Ugh.
I'll have to reschedule. My doctor did call and tell me to eat 6-8 small meals a day and have lots of protein. Nice doctor. Hopefully I don't have hypoglycemia... just have to see another time, heh.
Yesterday I finally got my permit. Damn I look goofy.
Awwwwwwws I hope you get better...
;-;
*hugs*
*shudder* that really sucks, but it seems as though your doctor is a pretty nice guy so hopefully it will get better.
As Toro said, I hope you get better
Eugh.
Everytime I smell a sweet orange smell, I feel really sick.
That orange tasting sweet glucose stuff... ugh.
I have four days to get my bf a birthday present. I know what he wants, and I think I'll do a portrait of him. *sigh*
*hugs Zarrexaij* hang in there, dear.
I might start working as soon as next week. It'll probably be a 6-day working week job, from 7AM to 3Am, with one hour for travel before & after. It's well-paid, though, for our conditions. I hope this gets sorted out quickly so I can start making some money already.
In DoomedOne news...
My grades weren't as high as the dean wanted, so she might not let me come back next year (But she will, cause I'm sly like that.)
My lap top got jacked, but my dad came and visited and gave me his
Bad luck is a part of life, and in every situation not matter who's to blame it never hurts to see what yu could have done better. I think the most important thing is that I just don't give up and run home to ma. I'm learning self-reliance, it's a difficult skill for everybody but it has to happen some time I guess.
So I got this book called the Secret Teachings of All Ages. Actually, my Uncle gave it to me a year ago but I only started reading it (along with most my books) after my laptop got jacked. So basically it pretty much gives you the roots and real meanings of all religions that came from the Greeks, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Vikings and all the notable societies in between like Israel, Gaul, The Celts and the Vikings (racist I know but its from 1925). Early religions could be broken into two parts from this area, the Religion for the masses, and the Mysteries. Each state religion had a sect where the intellectualists practiced discovery of real truth. While the people worshipped their Sea God as a literary being the members of the Mysteries understood the idle's true symbolic significance.
When Christianity came out there was no side sect established by the state, because Rome simply didn't think it was necessary to actually find a difference between right and wrong, and yet people still pondered the true significance of Jesus vs. the masses given interpretation, they were the Gnostics, but eventually that role was taken over by the Rosicrucians. The King James Bible was majorly influence by the Rosicrucians (to the point where Sir Frances Bacon practically wrote it himself). They masked layers upon layers of symbolism in there that they knew would be taken literary by those who couldn't be bothered seeking truth and preferred to be told what was true.
Pretty interesting stuff. The author doesn't take sides, he just presents evidence. I mean this was written before atheism took off, and I doubt the author was an atheist, just a symbologist.
Oh and I'm also getting into Buddhism. To be honest I was getting into symbology because it is important for me to find the real truth, but as I looked into buddhism i realized one cannot truly intellectually grasp truth that exists beyond our physical universe. That was something I sort of figured, but Plato, Pythagoras and Orpheus were all supposed to have been enacted into the great mysteries of the world in Giza, Egypt, so I was thinking maybe there is something. I realized intellectual, comprehensible understanding of the Beyond is purely symbolic. A good example is a woman I heard talking about her attempts to describe Americans landing on the moon to a village in Central America. They didn't understand anything beyond their world, so the lady was forced to tell them the men flewinking gorde up to the moon. All major religions in the world just replace drinking gorde with something else, even Buddhism. However there are still plenty of buddhists that understand its only the nonphysical self that can understand the Beyond and gain from it. These are the buddhist that are on their way to true enlightenment. So that's my new spiritual quest at the moment, though I'm going to apply the teachings in my own western way.
What denominations are you looking into? I'm of Soka Gakkai international which is of the broader school of Mahayana buddhism.
I was actually thinking of looking into Buddhism... I don't know where to look, though.
Dx
I'm going to be up north until Saturday next week; I believe I'll be able to post during that time, but I do not think as frequently as normal. I'll be leaving at 1400 and probably won't arrive at my aunt's house until around 1830 tonight.
I doubt I'll be able to post tonight, but maybe tomorow.
have fun up there Revan. Where is "up North" anyhow?
The state that shares its southern border with Texas' northern border, there simple.
Most of my (known) family lives in Oklahoma, and I'll be using one of their computers.
Arrrg. I couldn't find what my beau wanted for his birthday. *sigh* I'm stressing out now...
I'll check again tomorrow. Hate this friggin' small town. Only one place to buy PC games from (Walmart) and its selection sucks.
Today has been massively boring.
Oklahoma [dolphin squeak]ing sucks. I should know, I live in it. Oklahomans are THE worst drivers, I swear.
Well, even though I was born there, my immediate family's been alternating between north and south as my Dad's gotten job transfers (or just switches companies). Anyway, I'm sure about 38% of the people you haven't met yet can drive reasonably well, Jarr.
Double post, I know, I've added to the Armored Section of the Archives thread (those who read my story will understand.... or my signature). Sorry for the lack of tangible info on the new High Naryyn models, but I can't completely spoil the Third Chapter for you all.
I know religion is banned from this thread but this is helping about religion not debating or pushing religion.
Yeah, I'm into Vajrayana, completely because A. it's the only sect in my tiny lil town and B. I'm an avid snowboarder and "snowboarding to nirvana" turned me onto the techniques. The practices and traditions, in my opinion, though important to understand are no more truthful than those of any other religion. I want to turn every boring thing I have to do (like community service) into a mindful practice and meditate for longer periods of the day so I can become better at everything I do and so maybe eventually I can become enlightened, I'm over worship, tradition and ritual unless it serves practical purpose.
And yeah nothing I said in my last post was meant to generate any arguments, I don't think discussion should be banned just as long as we all stay civil and accept each other's beliefs.
I got a question for all you advisors out there, though. I fell in love with my roommate, like think of love as the sun, and my self as a comet that was just mindin its own business being a swinger when it got pulled into this solar system for good. I can't concentrate, she pops into my head all the time, I count the hours until I know I can see her again, I feel like I want to just grab onto her and never let go. But she's 4 years older than me, and she shows it in maturity. Apart from the fact that her adult life is getting into full swing and just a year ago I still had to be home by midnight, we're a match made in heaven. We love the same stuff and I feel like we can hang out for weeks straight and never get sick of each other. My other two roommates have both said we should date (jokingly) and it's just getting to me. I can't stand being away from her, I can't stand being with her knowing I just want to have sex with her. I know she doesn't want a boyfriend, and I definitely don't have a chance even if she did. I mean, I can make her laugh but a guy needs more than that to get a girl 4 years older than he is. Should I just try to get over her?
Zarr, if you have time to order online .. try NewEgg.com or Ebay.
Hello again for everyone that remembers me.
If you recall I simply disappeared a while back. No real reason, I just sorta stopped posting. Well I've done a lot of growing up since then, and I think it's time for a comeback.
So, hello again to all. BTW, is there a way I can change my forum name?
Italy? Pretty cool. Though that sucks that you have to go to work the day after. Just be sure to use today to get plenty of rest. Trips can take a lot out of you.
Hehe... I wish I had to go to work tomorrow.... I need a job, but nowhere around here is hiring
Yup...trips can be tiring, especially if you´re going by bus! We were....phew! But still it´s really nice to travel and Lake Garda, which we were visiting is really a beautiful place....I´ll post some pictures later..
Oh and Wolfie! I hope you´ll find some sort of job! I´ll keep my fingers crossed!
Well welcome backs are in order for Kell and Minque. Hope you enjoyed your time off from these forums.
Today I start a week that consists of five 9 and a half hour work days and one 7 hour shift. It's going to be a blast!
Dang, that's longer than my average school-day. Don't forget the coffee.
Oh, and I won't be on for three weeks starting this saturday. The folks want to go on vacation and I'll be going with them. *cheers* Three weeks sitting in a caravan looking at the rain outside with nothing to do. Oh, the joy.
Yep, I got a notebook with me, but today I spent the day reading my Hannibal series of books. Finished Hannibal Rising today and got in a few chapters of Silence of the Lambs. Tomorrow shall be fun!
Excellent advice, Blockhead. Maybe we will see the fruits of this vactiontrip in the FanFic section
I've had really rotten experiences ordering from newegg.... ugh. Not worth it. Low prices, big headache. And considering I only have forty bucks (and a 10 dollar Walmart card) and a day left, not gunna happen.
Today was really boring. Played Nox... did nothing more than that, really, other than eat and sleep. Man, I'm tired and I got plenty of damm sleep!
Yeah, I'll be sure to bring some paper and a pen along. I don't know if I'll work too hard on my fanfics though. I want to focus for a bit on some of my other work.
For example, I've been fleshing out my Kendjarr concept. Basically, a Kendjarr in my universe fills the role of an elf, namely humanoid but not human. The idea was that they evolved to mimic the top predator of the planet (human, duh) as a sort of camouflage. Similar to how some flies have stripes similar to bees and wasps. They look human and most parts function like a human's Reproduction doesn't by the way, so interbreeding can't even be attempted. This is a conscious effort to evade any possible trauma's of 'weird relationships.'
Their behaviour is decidedly more animalistic in ways yet in other ways they appear more civilized.
I've got their behaviour set pretty much, but I'm still working on ways to distinguish them from humans. So far I have fine scales (indistinguishable from normal skin without a close look), cold-blooded, carnivorous, enlarged eyes with big pupils for a life in an environment where it's always night, a symbiosis with luminiscent bacteria that causes certain parts of their body to glow and curved claws for climbing and grasping. This glow is used for communication and recognition. (Each Kendjarr family has a distinguishable dominant colour.)
Oh, and I'm particularly proud of the ears. Mostly because I managed to stay away from taking human ears and making them pointy. Read on. The 'me' person is a human and the she is Kendjarr. This particular Kendjarr is still a child, had no contact with other Kendjarr and is very basic in behaviour. Her behaviour mostly resolves about stealing food at this point.
There was something that caught me, more than the hair, more than the eyes or that remarkably pale complexion. It were the ears who, although being in the right position, were nothing like the common ear found on a humans head. In fact, I wasnt even sure if they were ears, so different were they. They were the most amazing organic structure Id ever seen, coloured a breathtaking red. A thin and flexible stalk that hung downward in a slight arc, long enough to reach down to her shoulders if it would bent far enough. And from this stalk branched countless smaller stalks, which branched again, which branched again, till the final result was something which resembled seaweed, only infinitely more complex. Each individual branch slowly waved back and forth, like a leaf in the wind. At random intervals, the whole stalk would flutter as if to focus on some minute sound.
I couldnt help but try to touch them. Gently, I probed forward with a finger, doing my best not to scare her. When my finger made contact, the ear curled up into a tight bundle. A few moments later, the ear gently unwrapped back into its full splendour. ,,Hmm, very sensitive, isnt it? I whispered. I was now pretty much convinced that despite the visual gap between mine and hers, I was looking at a pair of genuine and functional ears
oh yeah!
guess who just scored a 20 or so year old ibanez bass guitar that was owned by a member of my dad's old band back in the 70's?
me.
A bit of........delayed good news. I now have Morrowind (and Oblivion) on PC. However its not on THIS Computer, mine unfortunately does not have Internet just yet, but I will soon, and when I do, I may start including screenshots on my Fanfic, I may even edit the First Volume with my Adventures on PC. That is all.
Shogun, congratulations with your guitar. I tried playing one once. Managed to cut my fingers.
Black Hand, all I can say is happy playing. If you ever make Sethyas on Oblivion, try to give us some pictures, ok?
I'll think about it, Blockhead. Lessee, I think they would have developed more towards the ultra-sonic range of their spectrum. The diet consists of small insects and animals, some of which likely make high pitched sounds themselves. Earthquakes aren't much of an issue in their environment. They're far away from any sort of tectonic activity.
About the 'speak softer' I'll have to think a bit more. More likely the ears would simply fold up partially or completely during very loud noise.
Well, its kinda hard to make him on OB. No facial tatoos. But if you put on the Mythic Dawn Robe on a Male Dunmer with Grey/Black Windbound Hair, maybe Mehrunes Razor from the plugin, you pretty much got Sethyas in OB.
Dear god, the heat. THE HEAT. I could've literally passed out today if there wasn't for the air conditioning and this huge fan I used throughout the day. It's gonna be much worse tomorrow and at Friday... damn.
Gracias Pisces, I pretended to like another girl to explain my lovey-dovey mood and allow myself to vent some of those feelings without letting anyone know they were actually for my roommie. I had a crush on this girl before but got to know her and realized she was just not my type, we're still pretty good friends though. So I started hanging out with her more and flirting with her again (She seemed pretty happy since I hadn't flirted with her since we first met, even though she has a boyfriend)
And yeah, a guy can be as old as he wants to be compared to the girl, but the reverse just isn't so past a couple of years. For some girls it is, but an 18 year old boy and a 22 year old woman just don't fit together. She thinks of me like a brother, while I think of her like an angel. I'm not alone thugh, my 19 year old friend has been trying to make a move ever since he got back from Santa Barbara.
Listen to Pisces, he is not only an expert stalker of womenkind but he also has suffered some heartbreaks I think; although he claims attraction to all but defeat by none. Don't even ask him about fathers' discovering him hiding under beds .. !
Oh dear...I´ve been sitting here almost all night by now! But thet´s the way it is when you have a good time..You know I just re-installed Morrowind, and I´m working on getting it back to what it was like a year ago..just before my former lappy crashed....
yayyyy
My frustration due to the fact I do not have access to my pre-written update until late Sunday, has tempted me to possible leak out some of my plans for the next two installments of my Fan-Fiction....... I still need some persuasion though, I'm bored.
Twists Lord Revan's arm ... hows that for persuasion?
I just founding an amazing Youtube news report video. The story it covers is truly inspiring. It's about a kid who has no eyes and can detect objects via echolocation. It's crazy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBv79LKfMt4
Erm, no. I didn't mean that kind. Well, now I might not be willing....
Yeah Pisces obsession clouds your judgment. As someone attempting to incorporate buddhist techniques of mindfulness and meditation in my life I've learned the difference between states of mind with good judgment and bad judgment, and obsession and attachment definitely lead to bad judgment. I just need to remember to be myself and feel free to act lovingly toward her but with certain boundaries kept in mind.
To be honest, she's good for me because she's motivating me to mature so I can be at her level, you know? It's hard at first, overcoming all urges to act petty or non-confrontational, or to be neater and more organized. In fact, I look at myself before I moved in and realized I've gorwn up more in these few months than my whole life. I was just really motivated not to be her bratty little brother.
And now I still like her but I'm not obsessed. I mean, I've gotten over the fact that we'll probably never be together and now, if there is that slight chance she sees something in me that makes her think about what age difference really means, I'll be ready but I'm not going to go out of my way to prove it to her. I'm going to actively try and improve myself, and hope (because I can never give up hope) that she catches on.
Hey guys, I'm going to be leaving this Wednesday for Florida for a National Youth Gathering, I'll be gone for about 10 days.... we are going the whole way in a bus... wish me luck that we either don't crash or so the people in the bus don't get on my nerves and I snap
jk but yeah, See you guys when i get back I guess. Don't have to much fun without me... (you guys do know i'm kidding right?)
ugh! first day of high school band camp. im sore from standing all day long. 12 hours of music...
im a junior, and there was a freshman playing better than me (im in the pit, the big instruments that dont march) but i was told not to worry about it considering ive had about 5 hours of practice before today, where as she had been playing for 2 years. we've taken the state championship a couple of times and are recognized on a national level so its pretty intimidating to just walk into something like that where some people have been playing for 7 years.
Welcome to Florida, SoulSeeker and be prepared for rain and humid heat. What part of the fair thunder capitol of the US will you be staying in? Wherever you are at, I'm pretty sure the weather is going to be the typical hot florida rainshine.
Thanks Ibis, I'll be staying in Orlando actually. If you see a bunch of kids with alot of backpacks that look the same... i'll probably be one of them
i'll probably write "ska" in big friendly letters on the back. and rain? I like rain. so long as it isn't to much of the spritsy stuff and actually rain
What a difference one day makes. And ten degrees, and cool morning wind.
I had no sleep [as usual] during night but at least weather went from infernal to normal summer. Managed to pick up pension for my folks, as well as drive my mom to hospital for another shot of penicillin.
As for more spectacular news, the cavalry finally arrived: Russian government had send a specialized http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-76 firefighting airplane to aid us and Bulgarians combat forest fires - 4 of them near our city. It was nice to hear that 90-ton beast roar 4 times above our buildings, as it approached the airport to refuel & get more water.
Has anyone watched anything made by Rooster Teeth? They make funny stuff.
Yeah, RVB is so funny (language aside), have you seen the last episode (number 100)?
Is RVB free? I always hear about it but I never find the motivation to actually check out the episodes.
It's right beside the "Multi" and "Quote" buttons after you post.
Yeah, I think my favorite would have to be...... Where they all reverse the beginning roles (Grif and Simmons are watching Church and Caboose)
I hope they have a season for Halo 3, especially since they have a Mongoose now!
Or maybe Simmons and Grif are doing "recon" (Grif, of course, is riding shotgun). They basically relive some of the the classic moments from the original beginning, while Church (maybe Tucker, too) are watching them and having the classic.
You know I wonder what the extra plot will be now, since Omega, Wyoming, Capt. Flowers (wait, scratch Flowers), Tex, Shiela, and a lot of Elites are dead. Maybe (if you can play as the Covenant, as is rumored) the aliens will play a bigger plot......
Maybe all of Blue and Red Teams are cloned (if they stay true to the ending where everyone kills each other, comic gold) after the change in times (explaining why it's Halo 3 and not Halo 2). Oh, and Vic (Jr.) and Red/Blue command play little (well, less of a role than in the original series).
Seeing the two teams confront the Flood would be Hilarious Comedy Gold!!!
Well, that's just me thinking.....
Well I watched the first season so far and I thought it was really funny. And I attempted to get season two, and I think I was actually very close to getting it completely downloaded when my internet cut out, ruining about 3 hours worth of a download since for some reason it assumes the download is finished. Now once my internet works again (stupid installation of digital cable and phone) I'll have to re-start the download all over again.
Oh yea, by the way I'm on my work computer, hence my ability to surf the net right now... I got seven hours of work tomorrow so tomorrow will settle my lack of surfing anxiety
I haven't seen much of Season 1, mostly I've stuck to season 4 and 5 (I'm biased toward Halo 2). I perfer Red Team in terms of comical acts, but I would have to pick Blue team if I could join...... or maybe I'd be an Elite (obviously one who speaks English already). Or a freelancer (black and cyan armor, and I would also speak Spanish, as I'm learning to in real life). ![]()
But if I had to pick which of the two to join, it would be Blue team, Sarge would force too many odd jobs on me. And I don't think I could stand all his monologues and exclaimations "Eurika's Hammer" for example.
I might also enjoy picking on Caboose with Church and Tucker every now and then. Caboose is so senseless, and how he seems to really like Church even though he's accidently blow him up when in SHiela.
Which team would you be on?
Totaly Reds. I could team up with Grif and do nothing. Sarge would be entertaining anyway, since if yo wouldn't pay attention to him, he'll eventually forget you exist... I could also make fun of Simmons sometimes when the opportunity presents itself. Also it'd be quite interesting to sit there whole day and just talk about stuff. But not stay alone in the base with Donut... (Shivers.)
I wonder if anyone's ever role-played Red versus Blue..... Stealth Elite sitting on a cliff tracks the two Spartans on a Mongoose through a beam rifle..... and shoots one of the tires out, spilling both Grif and Gaius (the Double Gs) out on one of the hills.
You would like to joyride on the ATV wouldn't you? Or would you just a a layabout 24/7? My character sounds kind of like a predator with its plasma cannon like this!
To further develop the story: the Stealth Elite hears an annoying music... and suddenly, from behind the hill, a huge vehicle lands next to him. A red Spartan shoots the Elite, then exclaims 'You just got SARGED!' Upon hearing that, the Double Gs both exclaim 'Oh my god...'
As for role-playing Red vs. Blue, I did that once. Was pretty fun.
I'd love the layabout 24/7... Because all players of H:CE only fight non-stop. Which is kind of annyoing sometimes.
And another Stealth Elite takes cover behind a tree, and swaps it's beam rifle for a...... fuel rod gun! Rather than jump out and fire the hvy. weapon hapharzardly, it climbs up into the tree and fires at the Double Gs while haning upside down from a branch....... which snaps like a twig when the weapon fires and the Elite yells some Shanghieli curse before landing, more or less, on the ground without seriously injuring itself.
The reds now have a blast of plasma racing towards them......
As Simmons pushes the pedal, he realizes that it was the wrong one. AS the Warthog stumbles down the cliff, Grif exclaims 'This war sucks.' and Gaius adds 'This army sucks. Let's go.'
The Double Gs get back to base, and start a chat about why are they there.
Comment: this is fun, we should consider starting a thread on this if we get enough support.....
Hauling himself up, the Elite watched the warthog come crashing down the hill with an amusing slack-jawed expression. While Sarge starts monologuing at the enemy he can't see, said enemy wanders over to Blue base.....
OOC: Yeah, that'd be fun. We'd just need to make propper character sheets.
As Grif watched the Elite wander off into Blue base, Gaius wondered why didn't he get the sniper rifle. Grif sighed, commenting that 'This joke is overused...', as Gaius proceeded to glare at him then kick him into the soldier cannon, watching Grif fly off and hit the Elite.
I had a long post typed, but then my computer started going out on me, so I'll just go over it. The Alien gets hit by Grif, both tumble down the hill to rest right behind Sarge who is "humiliating" the corpse. The Elite recovers from behing hit by a flying Grif and knocks Sarga out beofre running away and going invisible.
Grif recovers and Simmons tells him what happened in the brief 25 seconds he was stunned. The Elite arrives at Blue base..... as the Blue team looks over this alien vehicle.....
As Gaius watches the two start chating again, Sarge shoots Grif (Again), proving that shotgun isn't buggy. Simmons runs the humiliation test on Grif, as the remains of Warthog blow up, and Sarge yells to start evacuation process number 25. Grif gets up, only to be shot by Donut who appeared out of nowhere, as the Reds trigger the plan.
Church watches the Reds through his sniper rifle, Caboose standing beside him. "Man if I got paid everytime I saw the Reds kill Grif, I'd be freakin' rich." He muttured, lowering the gun. The alien thing he'd seen hit Sarge was gone, and no one knew where it had went.
"Which one is....." Caboose paused, "The pink girl?" Church sighed explosively, "Caboose, I don't know who said you could fight in this war, but I'm going to sue them if I ever find him.... or her."
Walking back into Blue Base, Church didn't notice that Caboose wasn't following. The private was staring at the fully-visible Elite standing right in front of him. "Fluffy? I thought you got exploded." The Elite cocked his head to one side, the camera shifted down to the interior of Blue Base.
Gaius observed his team through the scope of sniper rifle. "Oh my god... Why do all plans start with killing Grif?" He sighed. A strange bodyless voice that sounded a lot like Sarge exclaimed "No they don't! One plan doesn't!" "Who's talking?!" Gaius asked. Another bodyless voice, this time Grif's, said "Who's talking?! How 'bout who's singing?!?!" Gaius was majorly confused. "Singing? What..." but the Spartan was cut short by a song 'Oh, we're the Red Team, oh we're the Red Team...'
OCC: I didn't particpate in the Beta, so I'm just inventing what the bases look like.
Church stormed down the ramp, deeper into Blue base, until he suddenly stopped. Turning around he realized that Caboose was not present. "Ca----bo---se!" Church dragged out his teamate's name angerly. When he made it to the top of the winding ramp, he quieted.
There was not sign of Caboose, except for the blue helmet sitting right in front of the door. Church cautiously bent down to inspect the familiar helm. Curiously it wouldn't lift off the ground, as if it was attached.
"Church, what are you doing?" He had been pulling with all of his strength, now Tex had come and surprised him and he let go. Church stumbled and smacked against the wall.
"I left Caboose here a second ago, when I came back, he was gone." The black armored freelancer looked back at the helmet, just as she did the world went upside down. The shock from the explosion caused Church to flying a few feet before rolling head-over-heels on the cold floor.
"This is seriously confusing. Red Base is haunted?" gaius exclaimed. "This isn't the Red Base!" A voice said in Mordor Language. Gaius swore in the same language. "This is Barad Dur, the Black Fortress of Sauron!" the voice exclaimed. "Oh, shut up." Gaius said, as the red eye poped out of seemingly nowhere. "Go hunt Frodo or something." "I can't. The vile guy killed me, remember?" Sauron said, using his huge powers to turn green environment of Valhalla into Mordor-ish terrain. "MU-HA-HA!" The evil eye laughed. Saruman poped his head out of the broom closet. "Keep it down! I'm trying to sleep!" Aragorn walked out of the bathroom. "Shut up, both of you! You've got pwned. I didn't!" The king shouted. Sauron glared at him. "You've cheated, Gendalf helped you!" Huge eye whinned. "Okay, maybe sheltering all dead LotR characters wasn't such a good idea..." Gaius exclaimed, as Boromir performed his weekly 'Stab-the-evil-wizard' ritual.
Guys, stop. That is not the kind of thing th coffee shop is here for. take it to PMs or something
Alright, Wolfie, I can personally just settle for talking about RVB.
In news of my life. I got a Fair Trade policy added into the student's association constitution which is quite a good achievement. I am also running for the council of said association and I think I have a fairly good chance of getting in. I am running for fair trade, sustainability, international student rights (who are viewed as cash cows), political representation for Teacher's college students (who are screwed on) and a variety of fun stuff to attract the apathetic student vote.
The characters generally make fun of military life (as well as Halo). Mostly, they never suceed in killing members of the other team. Grif and Simmons of Red Team claim "We don't get paid enough to do anything."
And both teams hate each other as much as they do their fellow teamates, it's basically a giant sit-com as both sides take time out of the daily routine of interacting with each other (only on a few occassions causing casualties) to fight of an evil threat..... and then get back to the good old life of "fighting" the other team and disrespecting your firends as much as your enemies.
Hey good going Pisces .. and here I thought you were there just to stalk the girls and suck down the beer. I'm not sure what the teachers college students entry is about .. but smart to mention teachers so that they will be aware of your campaign and possibly be on your side. Or if they are not it might even be better so that students vote for you just to piss their teachers off.
Good luck on that anyway .. the fair trade thing is the main thing, eh? Wish it was more prevalent in the US. I only heard of Fair Trade from you and Doomed One, I think it was him.
Yeah fair trade is incredibly important for governments to work together, and for a free market to be healthily sustained. As soon as a condition is broken, all companies in the market that want to stay a competitor must break the conition, and tons of money becomes spent on taking away people's rights(Which I think in cludes the lobbying of government representatives to start coups to get rid of democratically elected leaders(okay, not all are elected but most are fairly elected) because those leaders kick out these massive multinational companies that are there to pay next to nothing. Their tactic to be successful is not to make the best product, but to keep people hopeless. Fair trade is all about an enforcement of paying people what they can agree their product is worth, which is a staple of the free market.
Man, my boyfriend is going off to college in about two weeks.
Aug 15 is also when my senior year starts. YAY! I hope it goes fast. I can't wait until college, when I'm out on my own and don't have to deal with pesky siblings or parents...
Friday I'm getting purple streaks in my hair. I'm having it done professionally so I don't look like a moron.
Not much has been going on for me, unfortunately. My life is incredibly boring in the summer. Just eating, sleeping, with DnD once a week.
Ohhh Zarr, I'm excited for you about senior year and especially about the purple streaks in your hair. Do post us a picture when you get a chance. I would love to see you that way ... purple is my favorite color.
I've often thought about just putting a rinse in my hair (dull dark-blonde/light brown) to make it maroon colored. Maybe you will give me the courage to do so if yours turnns out good.
Urgh, my internet problems persist long enough to last another day. I got a phonecall from my mother while I was at working telling me that the Bell technician showed up at our home but didn't even know what he was supposed to do there. Shortly after that I got a phonecall from Bell asking me what I wanted done and I told them my "Dry Loop" thing that I was told would solve my problem. I guess they thought that meant we wanted a whole new phone line which is what we didn't want. We just wanted out DSL modem to work.
Well I guess my mom tried to get things sorted out and like they did with me when I first tried to get this "dry loop" thing organized, they sent to like 9 different people before she got fed up and decided to cancel the service.
So tomorrow, a Rogers technician is coming over and installing Cable Internet. Hoo ray!
Ok..so I´ll tell you this: On monday morning I´m going on vacation, to a camping-site in northern Germany. I will most certainly be offline for at least two weeks! Be back on the 18th in the evening!
Enjoy the camp!
Careful of those bears... lol
Good bye, Minque! *Shudders slightly* lol
So my 8000-post will be this one (woah)
I´ll be leaving in 4 hours, have to get some sleep, so have a good time while I´m away, Oh aye I will miss you...that´s for sure!
Speaking of traveling, I'm leaving for one last hitch of work in less than an hour, I think. I'll be in Idaho for a week or so, back in town for maybe a day or two, then in Idaho another week. Then I'll finally be back in Missoula on a full-time basis.
My goodness, you certainly travel alot too, canis. We certainly shall miss Minque while she is gone. I hope everyone behaves ... now where are my Keanu Reeves towel only photos?? Almost got booted from a website for posting those once. I think the webmaster was just jealous of those abs ....
I'll be sobbing at my keyboard while typing my next update and working on THIH II with Dantrag and co......
In other words, I will behave.
hey, guys. any skateboarders here?
Well, now that Minque is gone, PARTY!!!!!!
No, that's horrible, i am such a bad person...
*Turns toward POS, looking ready to hit him with a powerful curse...... or just cause the Priest unimaginable pain.*
And the Priest counters...
Expelliarmus!
What now Revan, reach for your wand...
No just kidding, you can have your wand back
Acio Wand!
Here *hands Revan his wand*
(lol)
Oh dear, Minque's not gone a day and they're already fighting !!!
Well, I can't really say I can fight, seeing as I have a chest-cold at the moment, but quarrel is another metter entirely.
Revan, good that I have a cure disease spell. Let me heal u. WYYYNGG-WOOM-BZZZ-BUDA-BUDA-BUDA-DADAM-DZZZZzzz.!
Ach, a chest cold,
better not cough or you will get the whole forum sick...
oh no, I think i feel it coming on....
Well I can finally surf the internet on the frequent basis I usually do. My cable internet has finally been activated two and a half days later than it should've but whatever. I've all ready noticed how much faster it is compared to what I originally had. It's at least 3 times faster now.
That's great Mallet! We can share your frustration here where we live because BrightHouse doesn't have a substation in our town but runs us off the neighboring town which is where we used to live.
The difference out here is like molasses being poured compared to pouring water. We get laggy game play, complete outages and to make it worse we now live in a condo where everyone is spliced into the same line up in the roof ... and they refuse to give you your own dedicated line at all.
We are thinking of going to DSL .. don't know yet.
I saw Alien Versus Predator for the first time yesterday. Now, I saw the last part of Predator 1 a few years ago and that freaked me out. I was pleased that AVP didn't disturb me like Pred one did, and it was really good.
One reason it wasn't so bad was probably because I had read about both Aliens and Predators since then (wikipedia) and maybe that undertsnading helped me look at them from a new prospective. I want to see AVP 2 when it comes out (some time in December this year).
really? my friend is a big fan of it
Sir Radont: Sorry, don't drink tea. But thanks for the tip, that might help if someone I know gets one and likes to drink tea.
Fargoth: I'm no fanatic, but it was a great movie. I'm not going to watch the other movies, but I'll see AVP 2..... maybe not in theaters..... or maybe I will....... *Alien hissing in the distance* lol
my belly hurts ![]()
In any case, thoo-day was very far from what weather report promised us - instead of colder, more pleasant weather with occasional rains we only have clouds and damp heat. In these conditions I am even lazier... my parents have it worse, though, as they endure this heat very poorly. I hope these damned clouds stay and block the sun, at least.
Back in town early from Idaho... logistical issues with work. So I get a slightly longer weekend before going back to Idaho again. Might try to do some writing...
Best cure for heat related illness,
Skinny dipping in the Artic Circle!
I feel you Milanius, out here in corn country (Indiana), the heat is cooking people alive. I go to get in my car and i felt my steering wheel grip start to slid around. It's not supposed to slide around. I think it melted. Anyways, stay cool man, maybe the clouds will like you.
Mil: you ever heard of cloud seeding? Maybe you guys should consider petitioning to your local governments to test it out.
Hehe, this week looks very promising. My parents have gone camping for a week and hopefully my brothers decide to hang out with their friends rather then spend time at home. I want the house to myself
I went to fix my schedule today.
How in the nine hells do they only have ONE Ap English Literature class when there were 40 to 50 something kids in AP English Language and Composition? Something's wrong here... unless a bunch of people dropped that class or something.
I'll have to live with my schedule. It's not exactly what I wanted, but I'll just have to live.
I'm working on a story, not a screenplay right now, because I just finished harry Potter 7 and that's what I want to do. It's post-apocalyptic kind of setting 1,000 years in the future where basically civilization survives around the poles and the middle of the earth has become a Badlands. The former united states army are split into classes based on how they were genetically mutated and for purposes which coincidentally make them look like Orcs, Trolls and Goblins. They roam around in packs driving modified version of their old devices.
It's kind of a mystery as human beings struggle to find lost techonology which they refer to as "secrets" hidden within our old civilization's ruins. There are civilizations which chose to go underground and live in cities like Zion from the matrix, the female protagonist is from such a city. Something breaks and their city pretty much gets a death sentence unless it can be repaired so she sets off with someone but he gets sick and has to turn back.
She runs into a character name Kendel, who's a member of the Watchmen, a revolutionary organization attempting to overthrow the fascist, imperial Antartic aristocrats. The main plotline along with her need to save her city is the corruption of governments survivng in the Arctic region as they greedily seek secrets in order to become more powerful than each other.
So that's the entire thing as I can put it. Oh, there are also elves in a way, the genetically enhanced aristocratic governing class of Antartica. Dark elves are represented too, as the genetically enhanced that chose to oppose to aristocrats and were either cleansed or disappeared.
Hey but I'm always looking for ideas. If anyone can think of cool types of lost technology that civilization could acquire, or types of obstacles that could exist in the badlands, that'd be great.
Sounds very cool, Doomie. Don't forget to put dwarves in there somewhere. Gotta have the kings of underground commerce around.
Or some kind of mythical flying beast..... dragons would be preferable, but some kind of giant eagle will suffice!
You could also work in today's problems like global warming and overpopulation....
Sounds very interesting...you could have them find a nuke...
Yeah, on overpopulation, I think that 21% of people don't even know about the problem. Then 58% don't care (they'd say it in a more colorful way). And 15% know about overpolulation and can't do anything political about it. Finally six persent are politicians who know about the problem but are too mixed up in their personal agendas/unwilling to make it a priority.
That's just my guestimate (sp.) and may or may not have any evidence supporting it.
I spent my time reading 'Return of the King' for the apromaxely (sp?) 11th time. Now I don't need to read it - I can recall everything that happened! (Oh no, forgot one word - must go back and re-read...)
Yeah. Summer isn't one of the most entertaining times of the year for me. The biggest thing I've done so far is go to some island that has lots and lots of sand-dunes. Man, was it pretty...
OMG... 11th time? xD i've read it only once..U should play oblivion or something, if u are bored..
Oh, and by the way guys, I'm not online very often anyway, but I'm leaving to spend my time in the beach, 4 a few days.. I don't think u will notics that:P anyway, see ya later
Oblivion is the kind of 'If you play it non-stop it'll get extremely boring three months later' game, so I play it not that much. Plus, the awesomness of Battle of Pelenor Fields is guaranteed to keep me entertained.
Have a good time on the beach! Don't let the mudcrabs eat you!
*Walks in, looking like a Redguard.*
Howdy folks, I'm back! So that was my vacation. Rather wet (rain) but I managed to exploit the few sunny days alright.
I read the whole LOTR series twice, including the Hobbit. (Go Bilbo!)
The battle of Pelenor Fields, was that the one between the Rohirrim and the Orcs in front of Minas Tirith? If so, it was dang cool. Except for the 'I'm not a man, I'm a woman' thing. I hate it when uber badass villains are stopped by something simple as the meaning of one single stupid word.
Great to have you back, Cloudy.
As for LOTR, I've only seen Return of The King and haven't read any of the books. I like Peter Jackson mostly, because of King Kong.
Yeah, that's Pelenor Fields. Near Minas Tirith, it was dang cool, but the fact that Witch-King of Angmar was killed by a woman was pretty... well, I agree. After reading about the prophecy I expected something different, like an uberly cool battle between Witch-King and Gandalf. That would've topped the whole battle...
That would've also worked better, since Gandalf isn't even of man-ish (or whatever) nature.
Speaking of movies, I've only seen Fellowship of the Ring. It included Balrog, one of the awesomest creatures in my opinion!
The way I interpreted that part (I'm not a man) was that the prophecy itself was a myth and that the evil forces weren't quite as powerful as they would like to believe, not that he could be killed only by women.
I read The Hobbit (Bilbo will always be my favortie hobbit) and The Lord of the Rings back in the 1970's. Back when we had no idea that such an expansive and fanciful book could ever be made into a movie. So yuo can imagine the joy of my generation, when technology caught up to imagination and the movies were made!
Well, that was the most obvious loop-hole, what's the opposite of a man? Anyway, I'll need to watch the other movies sometime....
By the way, I haven't read Fellowship of the Ring for some time, but I think that in the book they didn't see the skeletons of Dwarves right away after entering Moria, right?
As for hobbits, I never really liked them, but my favorite has to be Pippin...But that's because he has something to do with Gondor, and the Gondorians are my favorite race (I'd guess they're technically a branch of a race...)
As for favorite character if choosing from all, then Gandalf would be my favorite, followed by Witch-King and Faramir.
Oh, and if I mentioned the Witch-King, then I can start talking about Nazguls in general... I wish the Ringwraiths were actually named. I know there was one, who's describbed as the second in command of Nazgul, his name begins with a K I believe, he was mentioned in 'The Unfinished Tales' I think... but none other were named. If 'Witch-King of Angmar' doesn't count as a name, which I rather doubt.
Well Gaius, here is something we both can relate to:
The Tolkien fan base has named them by general acception:
1) El-Murazor (Witch King)*
2) Dwar of Maw
3) Ren the Unclean
4) Khamul the Black Easterling (Controled Dol Guldor in Mirkwood until Sauron's spirit fled.)*
5) Ji Indur
6) Akhorahil
7) Hoarmurath
8) Adunaphel
9) Uvatha the Blind Sorceror
That's the current names of the nine, the ones with the * mean those are Tolkien's names.
Anyways, there's a whole history about the Nine's lives as men before they faded into Wraiths.
Hurray, finally can't campaign for the student association council election anymore! I think I will get in and a lot of other people think so too. Elections tomorrow and Thursday so I can't campaign on election days and I am finally FREE!!
The Witch King was not of Numenorian blood, he came from a land called Angmar, where the Barrows are in the Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo encountered a prince of the land of Angmar before it was destroyed by Isildur in the second age.
Khamul was a Easterling that obviously came from the East, therefore, could not be Numenorian. He gladly accepted the ring, as did El-Murazor.
The other seven were gradually given rings, not all at once. The nine fought Gandalf and the White Council late in the Second Age, before the death of Isildur. They disappeared with the loss of the ring, and went into hiding in Minas Morgul.
Sauron gave the dwarves rings too, as the movie and books dictate. Here is the lowdown on the power of each of the rings.
(3) Elven Rings: Grants control over element in nature, Narya, Nenya, Vilya
(7) Dwarven Rings: Corrupted good character, turned dwarved greedy and deceitful, which is why Durin dug so deep and awoke the Balrog, Durin's Bane. All but two were destroyed or lost.
(9) Rings of Men: Mastery of sorcery and strength in battle, corrupted the spirit and turned them into a fade. Also, granted passage into the world that Sauron created, a mirror world that is shadows and darkness. All were destroyed in the fall of Sauron.
Gandalf ended up with Narnya, the ring of Fire, given to him by Cirdain the Shipwright, to help Gandalf with his quest after he was reincarnated.
Let me put on my English major hat- <ahem>
The business about the Witch-King being "unkillable" is a reflection of MacBeth with the whole Wyrd Sisters "None of woman born shall harm Macbeth" prophecy. Of course, MacDuff was born by Caesarian section ("from his mother's womb untimely ripped").
The whole point of prophecy (and wishes) is that the wording is VERY important (and open to interpretation).
For me, I most loved Theoden's call to battle- "A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!"
I was scanning another forum and found a link to this funny video on YouTube. Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Nq20J0kiE Both my parents think it is funny also.
Dang Youtube never works for me. Bloody internet.
But since we're having a major discussion about LOTR, is it the one where they fire Frodo by catapult?
Ah, too bad. That movie (slideshow) was just too damn funny. Crap, if only I knew where I saw it.
As for Gandalf, I love him except for one thing. Too much swordplay. I know that he doesn't fling fireballs all the time but seriously, not even Gandalf should outmelee Aragorn.
Oh, and I found the chasing of the fell riders rather lame in the movies. The damn pseudo-dragons got scared by a lighthouse.
Funny/cool Gandalf bits.
Gandalf whacking Theoden on the head. ,,Go sane, you idiot!" (Bonk!)
Gandalf on the bridge. ,,You shall not pass!!!!" (BOOOMM!!)
Gandalf in Moria against Peppin/Merry (I forgot.) ,,You fool of a Took! Next time, throw yourself in!" Ok, so it was Peppin.
Gandalf with the fireworks.
Gandalf with Bilbo in the hobbit. (note, this is not the literal text but it kinda shows what happened.) ,,Hi, I am an old wizard who is here with a whole gang of dwarves and we want you to come with us on an adventure. Near certain death, it will be fun! Oh, and don't ask why we picked you despite countless better people. Oh, and forget your handkerchief, you won't need it."
Oh, and more Moria. I just never managed to understand how a battle in freefall, fought under/inside a mountain, managed to end on top of a completely different mountain. Interdimensional warping?
Ok, good explanation except for the Aragorn being over 100 years old thing. Is he really that old? I thought he was a normal human (well, almost normal), so with a normal lifespan. I always guessed him at being in his thirties during the great war.
So Gandalf can be one hell of a swordfighter. Ok, but I still want to see him trip over his beard someday. That would be hilarious.
God I hate people. And I hate underclassmen pseudo goths who decide wearing a Tool tshirt would be cool even though they don't listen to the damn band because they saw me wearing a Tool tshirt last year even more.
Seriously, I don't see how some people manage to breathe. Urgh....
Yeah, this is my incomprehensible ranting of the day. I got annoyed. Whoohoo.
Zarr is your hair purple yet? Talk about that ... I've been waiting to hear.
But they don't even listen to the band, which is completely bonking stupid. Bad as the people who wear Led Zeppelin tshirts and don't even really listen to the band.
My hair? Didn't feel like frying it for one thing, since it's (mostly) dyed black. Would have had to bleach it first... or strip out the black chemically.
Thus seriously frying my hair.
Ahh, I understand. I didn't know that you had dyed it black already. I would do a maroon rinse for mine, but I really don't know how long a rinse would last or if it really all would wash out eventually. Oh well.
I just won the election for an executive position on the student's association of my university. So now I am getting paid $3'000 to govern a $6 million organisation and act as a union representative for 16'000 students...I should get paid more...
But now I can start making my army of super monkeys and sharks, with my global warming plan going smoothly, the citizens of florida will soon be underwater for my sharks to eat while the monkeys will hunt down those who tried to flee.
Don't forget to attach lasers to their heads!
Uh-oh... here we go again with an arms race between Pisces and Ibis. Leave my lazer-fitted Albertasauruses out of it!
I've just finished my slackware 12 install. Yay! It was a few days to get it all sorted out. The linux itself was a quick install. The real work for me was the compilation of all of the programs I use that are not part of that distro. However, it is all done at last! I'm a happy blockhead.
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Real quick Istari (Wizards/Lesser Maiar of Middle Earth and Beleriand) facts that are cool:
Five wizards during the Second Age:
Radagast the Brown (Aspect Nature)
Sarumon of Many Colors (Aspect of Perception)
Mithradir (Gandalf) (Aspect of Wisdom)
Orond the Blue (Tricky to classify, basically both these last two wizards were sent into the East to try and find out about the Easterling's magic, yes, the Easterlings had their own magic)
Ollowe the Blue (But basically, these two Blue Wizards were presumed dead, I think Gaius has there Names according to Men, the only wizard to leave Middle Earth via the Grey Havens was Gandalf, Radagast elected to stay, Sarumon was destroyed by the hobbits (pretty funny), and the other two havent been heard from for two Ages)
Then there is that whole thing with Tom Bombadil.
You know what's strange? Getting a scab from a trampoline burn (basically a friction burn I guess) which essentially only broke the skin, but didn't cause any bleeding. But, when this scab is prematurely broken (it's on my elbow so I bump it into things because I forget it's there) it bleeds. It annoys me that my healing process causes me to bleed more than my actual injury in the first place!
Grr!
Hi!
Just want to say I´m back again! Yes yes, I do travel a lot, but that´s the meaning of life I think!
Anyway, it´s so darn good to be back here again!
Welcome back minque! It's always nice to see your frequent posting around here.
Also, though I might be mistaken. I believe that Saruman was originally Saruman the white. I believe I remember something along the lines of Gandalf being surprised and shocked when Saruman suddenly revealed he was no longer the white, but now of all colours.
Welcome back Minkey ... we sure missed you alot!! These boys just did get overly rowdy and outa line as soon as you left, and believe me, I don't know how to warfare on boys ... as you can see in the ensuing battle between ....
FLORIDA VERSUS AUSTRALIA
This cartileginous monster is after ME!!
And he knows the only way to defeat a Bird Goddess is to remove her habitat. OOOOhhhh, I knew this was coming!!
Annnnd we are prepared for you fish ... I have an entire navy of underwater divers immersed around the clock with laser jet stabbers just a'huntin' for your barracudas and sharks. Oh yes, I know about the barracuda too. And my entire ground force army who will battle the Akirvari Monkey People you've so horribly enslaved (and after they defeated the Tsaesci Snake People themselves!) My entire Army look like Keanu Reeves and my entire Navy bear the visage of Captain Jack Sparrow!!!!
Wait .... I'm getting distracted .... heating up, can't think ... what plans? what invasion? .... oh, oooh, ohhhh!!! (This be the FISH's doing!)
*wink* lazy ain't I, picses?
Thanks guys! It´s nice to be missed...hehe
Oh and Ibis....I´m so glad to see you back posting away again! I sure missed you!
Forget about the post limit, let's just keep this one open.
Oops, I posted something. You saw nothing.
Ah, once again, we're back to war. Orbiting Ion Cannons shall aid Pisces as he melts the polar icecaps.
Then a vast airfleet of bombers and fighters will bomb the seawalls and dams of Florida to hasten the flooding!
Repent the end is near!
See how they run like pigs from the gun see how they fly
I'm crying.
hey guys so um... there's way too much to tell so long story short let me just cut out all the good stories that you guys might actually want to read and go straight to what I learned so you all know to just ignore this post.
I think I used to try and follow my intuition, which is a contradiction, you can't force your intuition, it just does what it does. Like, I used to almost think of fate like God, and would constantly try and interpret the deeper reasoning or unseen consequences when it came to everything. I knew it was folly but i did it anyway without meaning to. Two nights ago I was face to face with honest truth, though, I can really screw myself up if I think God or fate has got my back and is just doing stuff to me for some reason and that everything is going to be okay. it was making my sense of prudence and pragmatism quite lazy, and I faced the consequences of that laziness two nights ago and decided never again am I going to put my trust in fate. It's hard to reiterate what I figured out without sounding like an idiot because frankly, it's the most logical, obvious thing in the world to me.
Originally, I was nuetral in this war, but then Dantrag threatened me and Texas (his N. Carolina being allied with Florida). Well, now its two on two (with Metal Mallet's Ontaro, Canada being nuetral and Jack offering deals to either side).
So, I have F-22 Raptors and houston to bear against Florida and N. Carolina.
You may be a bird, Ibis, but Raptors won't hesitate to attack smaller avians.
Woo! Now I'm like the Swiss!
Wow, Zarr .. how unusual. Most people have black roots and dyed blonde hair. You have done the opposite. Well, you always have been a very independent person ... I think therein lies Milanius' crush on you (did I say that?) teheeh
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OMG!!!! I sent the whammer-jammer kamikazie pink flamingo bomber troops to the wrong continent?? Yowl! I'm gonna have to stop having such long war conferences with the Keanu Reeves army top brass. What to do now?? I see that Canada is threatening to attack us; North Carolina is aiding us again and Texas are being the upstarts they usually are about everything. lolol
Time to make a tactical decision. Well, since now Australia and New Zealand are going to be highly pissed at Florida .. I suggest that we simply attack Bornio, Tazmania and Japan too and get the whole Pacific Rim mad at us. The we will negotiate and counter-spy and get them warring with each other.
But I will wait to see what my N. Carolina and friendly Canadian allies think on this matter. Oh ... and I eat Raptors with my cheerios. I am a war goddess bird afterall when it is wartime.
(Ignores the waging war and calmly continues to discuss LotR Lore while everything gets loose)
Can we strike a bargain, Gauis? PM me.
I don't know much else to say. Ok, Gaius. You win the discussion.
Oh yeah, the deals to either side. Let me give you a list.
Buster Machine number 3: Egg-shaped weapon bigger than a smal planet. It's core consists of Jupiter and a singularity engine. Activating this weapon shall bring the guaranteed destruction of 1/2, 3/4 of the milky way galaxy. PRICE: 50 trillion septims.
Firestorm class Doomstar: A self-repairing Doomstar (Deathstar lookalike) coated in double-layer Xentronium. Weapons consist of roughly 200 autofiring, shield-piercing, continous beam phasors. Also has good protection in the form of temporal shielding. Further accessories include innertial nullification and subspace teleportation. prototype testing resulted in a destruction ratio of 25 Doomstars against one Firestorm before the Firestorm's turn ended. Unfortunately, no hostile Doomstars remained for further testing.
PRICE: 25 trillion septims.
Temporal class hunter: The perfect support unit for the Firestorm, the Temporal class is a small frigate and quite possibly the fastest vehicle in the galaxy with subspace teleportation, innertial nullification and afterburners installed. It also features limited self-repair in case it gets too close to an exploding hostile. It's sole offensive weapon is an array of five stasis field generators. Each field can cover hostiles up to moon-size and freeze them in time. Frozen units can't be harmed but they can't harm anything either. Let the Firestorm clean up any other hostiles and move into position to annihilate the frozen remnants when the Temporal cuts the power on its stasis fields. PRICE: 10 trillion septims.
(The Firestorm and Temporal are my favourite combo in Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares. And no, I did not overexaggerate their capabilities at all.)
Over all of them I'd preffer a squad of Ultramarines... Warhammer 40000 power!
I mean, who could not love a squad of super-enhanced men in huge armor who can take on squads of usual soldiers alone? The only troops to match them in coolness probably are Chaos Marines, but that's only because they're mutated Space Marines with spiky armor (that looks surprisingly like Daedric, only bigger and more advanced (Unless there's a Daedric Jetpack)... O_o).
Gah! Must... stop... obsessing... over... Warhammer 40000!
Ooooooooooooooooooookay then.... post limit reached, and then some.. lockage ![]()
My will has been defied. This is unheard of and dare I say, an outrage.
I will now proceed with writing an unearthly long post about this on my personal blog where I shall list all the reasons why this is unacceptable, followed by taking up poetry, dyeing my hair black and buying all Linkin Park albums.
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