Ah the summer holidays (which I am now on BTW). They give me time to relax, enjoy life...and listen to that plumber we have in hammer and drill away at our pipes ><
At least I have some new books to take my mind off it. Jingo/The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett and Superior Saturday by Garth Nix.
As I said in my PP comments, I was planning to do an epic sequel to AHC
However as none of the players have bothered to reply yet, I thought I might pique their curiosity with a bit of a teaser...
And even if you didn't play AHC and have no idea what I'm on about, you might enjoy this anyway
Fire. Ask just about about anyone and they'll tell youit's a destructive element. The element of rage. Burning, melting, all-consuming. But ask a Ta-Matoran and he'll tell you a different story. Fir
Alright, purely for fun, lets try and create the raggiest, taggiest bunch of misfits ever put into a team. Suggest a character, gives them a headshot (lets say 150x150 pixels) and a short description of their skills I'll start! Connor Temple: Genius in the fields of quantum mechanics and paleobiology. Enough survival skills to survive the Cretaceous for a year. Inexplicable ladies man
GO SEE IT NOW! WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS! IF ITS NOT OUT IN CINEMAS AROUND YOUR AREA FIND SOMEWHERE WHERE IT IS! I CANNOT EMPHASISE ENOUGH HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE! Ahem. But seriously, cracking good film
You know, on par, I think the closing ceremony was a little more barking mad than the opening one. I think when you have Eric Idle dressed like something from Captain Scarlet pretending to try to dance with a group of bhangra performers who just swamped a stage previously occupied by a bunch of line-dancing Romans, you have topped giant inflatable Voldemort being attacked by an army of Mary Poppins
Do you think a BRPG where everyone plays as a Matoran, yet wears mood rings that let them control an element dependant on what state of mind they're in could work? How about a strategy based BRPG revolving around the Conquest of Visorak island?
A 1500 word essay on slavery in Classical Athens and how it tied in with ideals of democracy? Well sure, I've got all the Easter holidays I can knock that up no prob- Oh, and a 3000 word essay on the Gundestrup Cauldron and the interpretations of its iconography? Okay, I mean, its a bit harder tracking down sources for that but- And a 10000 word dissertation on the differences in artefacts found in natural and man-made water sources in southern England with regards to votive offerings... My br
BZP's, obviously. Not me, I haven't got new skin. Though wouldn't it be great if we could just change our skin like we could a suit? "Hello I'd like a size 5 in Sightly Bronzed please. And another in Vampire White for evening wear." Sorry, what was I talking about? Oh, right. BZPs new skin in shades of bluish grey with red highlights...erm, is anyone else reminded of VahkiPower? Has Hapori Dume taken over again?
Alright, blog powers again!
Hey, anyone reading this with Premiership, is it worth it?
Anyway, onto what I wanted to do in this entry:
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Hmm, I can't remember...Rats...
Oh well, let's go with some sort of contest. Post something funny. The one that makes me laugh out loud the most wins.
Busy few days. On Thursday it was my graduation ceremony, so I am now officially a Bachelor of Art in the field of archaeology with a degree and everything. Though I still can't shake the feeling that 'Bachelor of Art' sounds like a really lame supervillain Speaking of supervillains, on Friday I went and saw Dark Knight Rises. I can recommend it. Not as good as Dark Knight, but then really, were you expecting it to be? I'd put in on par with Begins, with a nice conclusive feel to it, rare for
Huh, didn't see Sweden winning it. Thought those grannies from Russia had it in the bag. Our own low score didn't amaze me though. Englebert Humperdinck was famous years ago, with little relevance today (compared to the well-known pop stars the other countries send) and he just isn't a showman. His act consisted of him standing there in the dark with two people waltzing. Look at what Turkey did with those elaborate cloaks that could be turned into a boat. You need some sort of look or gimmick to
Hot...it's so hot.
Normally I'm pretty thick-skinned when it comes to extremes of temperature but sheesh it is scorching round my parts. It's making it hard for me to sleep and everything...
If there's one thing we Brits do well, its a bit of pomp. Oh and eyebrow-raising titles. When the Queen is getting on a barge manned by the Royal Watermen and the First Sealord you have to wonder just how big our collective ego got during the Empire years. We're not the only place in the world with a monarchy, not even in Europe. Why are we the only ones who make such a big fuss?
This is the problem with living in a village; nothing to do and all my friends are far away Can't wait until uni starts up again. Quick, someone do something amusing to entertain/distract me!
So apparently me and Leonardo da Vinci share a certain habit for not finishing things If only I shared his genius as well, all my problems would be solved
In case any of you had seen the given Date of Birth on my PP, yes, my birthday really is on Christmas Eve
And before anyone says, 'Oh poor you, only getting one set of presents a year', think again! My birthday is in no way eclipsed by the somewhat larger celebration of Christmas. I don't get sent Birthday presents that are also Christmas presents, I get sent Birthday presents and Christmas Presents
You wouldn't believe how much fun opening presents two days in a row is...
Just a space for some RPG concepts that I feel should be entrusted to more than just my memory. Also so people can comment on them
March of Progress: Some Matoran from Mata Nui left the island to seek out new territory. They found an island, scarcely more than a big mountain sticking out the sea. Those from Ko, Le and Ga took refuge near the top of the mountain, which suited their needs (ice, water source, and tundra), those from Ta, Po and Onu settled at the bottom (for the rock, lava port
The contest in this entry has now been closed. Sets won with that Surrender picture of his
So now I'll have a new one. A Caption competition this time round, for the picture below: