Lantis' Inane Daily Cycles

Haven't posted here for a while...

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:20:34 GMT

A few things I found amusing....

http://somehedgehog.livejournal.com/245807.html

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/john-mccain-cam.html

Here's to you... and....

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:01:34 GMT

YOUR MOM!

http://www.xkcd.com/366/

SHOCKLATE!!

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:33:32 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

Mea Two

Thu, 31 May 2007 07:14:49 GMT

Your Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score
Category	Your Score	Average
Hacklust	50.94% Will kill for XP	53.5%
Sensitive Roleplaying	22.78% All the game's your stage	54.7%
GM Experience	23.91% Closer to a novel than to a campaign	69.4%
Systems Knowledge	82.06% Played in a couple of campaigns	90.4%
Livin' La Vida Dorka	31.03% Carries dice in pocket 'just in case'	63.3%
You are 45.96% pure Average Score: 68.8%
Take The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Test and see how you match up! (By The Ferrett)

Another Apocalyptic Dream

Sun, 20 May 2007 16:50:46 GMT

It's not like I'm worried that the world will end. I think I mentioned that I've had these since I was 7. But does this MEAN anything? Just woke up from a dream where either we suddenly had 2 suns, or were somehow catastrophically getting much much closer to Venus.

Pure Win

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:29:52 GMT

http://www.dontpressstart.com/pro/SF6/

I feel special, in the short bus way

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:54:46 GMT

the last post I made had an erroneous link, so here is the real link.

http://www.onebillionbulbs.com/

So yeah... Also, it looks like the link is not working, but check it out if you can.

Something I thought you guys would like

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:13:13 GMT

http://cheebzsta.homestead.com/files/motivator9247529.jpg

Hop aboard the bandwagon express! Toot Toot!

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:37:30 GMT

1. Honestly, what color is your underwear?
Blue

2. Honestly, whats on your mind right now?
School, Bleach (the anime), and work.

3. Honestly, what are you doing right now?
Procrastinating.

4. Honestly, what did you do today?
Did lots and lots of paper work, did some home work at lunch time, and filled up on gas. (Were they expecting this part to be more interesting?)

5. Honestly, do you think you are attractive?
No... not as such, no.

6. Honestly, have you done something bad today?
Today? Well, usually on a weekend... today today... well, Sloth, probably. That's a deadly sin, right? I probably lied too...

7. Honestly, do you watch Disney channel?
I would if I watched any TV. Mostly for Darkwing Duck and Duck Tales.

8. Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now?
Not right at this moment. Big picture? Yeah.

9. Honestly, what makes you happy most of the time?
Food, music, a good story, and comraderie.

10. Honestly, do you bite your nails?
I pick my teeth with them, does that count?

11. Honestly, what is your mood right now?
Mellow, yet pensive. Winding down from the day and reflecting.

12.Honestly, have you had an eating disorder?
Well... I eat sporadically. I wouldn't say I have a medical eating disorder though.

13. Honestly, do you want to see someone this very minute?
Hmmm... no one right now.

14. Honestly, do you have a deep dark secret?
Oh god yes.

15. Honestly, do you hate someone right now?
Hmmm... no, no one is on my hit list.

16. Honestly, who/what do you want to hug right now?
I think I'll have to refer you to Mathew Sweet's song "Girlfriend" for the answer to that.

17. Honestly, are you loyal?
Yes.

18. Honestly, are you in denial?
I think we all are. If we were true to ourselves, society would be much different.

19. Honestly, wouldn't you rather be having sex right now?
I'm actually kind of tired. Try back later.

20. Honestly, who is your best friend?
My friend Evan in California.

21. Honestly, have you ever consumed alcohol?
No, I've lived under a rock. Who designed this survey, a high school Sophomore?

22. Honestly, do you like someone?
Unrequited love... no serious prospects though.

23. Honestly, does anyone like you?
LIKE like? I'm going to have to say no on that one.

24. Honestly, is it going anywhere with them?
An if/then, eh? GOTO 23, checksum

25. Honestly, did you answer all these questions honestly?
No, but you can figure it out if you can read sarcasm. (It's actually harder than it seems)

Pass it on

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:05:07 GMT

Just like Bakudan had reported about the importance of watching "An Inconvenient Truth", I feel it is my duty to have you guys watch "The Corporation". This link will send you to a free download of the movie.

http://torrentfreak.com/sundance-winner-the-corporation-released-for-free-on-bittorrent/

If you need help working torrent, let me know and I can assist. If you would rather I burn a copy of the movie for you, I can do that as well.

The point is, everyone should watch this movie. Everyone.

Please do what you can to create awareness. We should not be uninformed.

A salute from a poor and hungry guy

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:33:17 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6237013.stm

It almost chokes me up. I think I'll have another bowl in tribute.

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:33:43 GMT

thought Alex would enjoy this.

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/070105.gif

This thing has to be broken

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:56:41 GMT

Almost Perfect- INFP

20% Extraversion, 66% Intuition, 46% Thinking, 20% Judging

So, you want to make the world a better place? Too bad it's never gonna happen.

Of all the types, you have to be one of the hardest to find fault in. You have a selfless and caring nature. You're a good listener and someone who wants to avoid conflict. You genuinely desire to do good.

Of course, these all add up to an incredibly overpowered conscience which makes you feel guilty and responsible when anything goes wrong. Of course, it MUST be your fault EVERYTIME.

Though you're constantly on a mission to find the truth, you have no use for hard facts and logic, which is a source of great confusion for those of us with brains. Despite this, in a losing argument, you're not above spouting off inaccurate fact after fact in an effort to protect your precious values.

You're most probably a perfectionist, which in this case, is a bad thing. Any group work is destined to fail because of your incredibly high standards.

Disregard what I said before. You're just easy to find fault in as everyone else!

Luckily, you're generally very hard on yourself, meaning I don't need to waste my precious time insulting you. Instead, just find all your own faults and insult yourself.

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If you want to learn more about your personality type in a slightly less negative way, check out this.

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The other personality types are as follows...

Loner - Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving

Pushover - Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging

Criminal - Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving

Borefest - Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging

Freak - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging

Loser - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving

Crackpot - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

Clown - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving

Sap - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging

Commander - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving

Do Gooder - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging

Scumbag - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving

Busybody - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging

Prick - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving

Dictator - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on Extraversion
You scored higher than 99% on Intuition
You scored higher than 99% on Thinking
You scored higher than 99% on Judging

Link: The Brutally Honest Personality Test written by UltimateMaster on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:47:30 GMT

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PLAYSTATION_SHOOTING?SITE=CODER&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-11-17-10-06-23

It was just as I had predicted. I'm quite glad I did not take part in those shenanigans.

You guys will like this...

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:27:36 GMT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/CaptN/motivator713979.jpg

I am totally making a warforged if I ever make another character (heaven forbid). I'll call him G Unit.

Tell them BOROMIR sent ya!

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:55:05 GMT

For anyone who has never seen this...
http://www.maximumawesome.com/section2/catapult1.htm

Here is something for you to chew on

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:47:42 GMT

It seems that lately my blog has been solely a medium to deliver comedic memes. Am I a poor man's weekly 4chan?

Anyhow, here is some fun.

http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cfightclub.html

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:43:07 GMT

By now, you guys have no doubt heard that I am not going to be joining you for the game for a while, likely a permanent arrangement. Though I had meant to let you know before hand, Chris had wisely decided to tell you himself. However, I feel I should at least personally explain a bit of my motivation, especially so that no one gets the wrong idea.

Firstly, I'm trying to get ready to go back to school. Hopefully it happens this semester, but we'll see. Time constraints will likely be a big issue soon, so I wanted to make sure I got this out of the way. However, it was probably a minor triffle in the scheme of things.

Really, I wasn't having a lot of fun with the game. Sure, I was at the game, and having fun, but ultimately, it wasn't the game that I went for. It was the joking, the comraderie, and the kinship. And yet, the game itself really didn't factor in too heavily. I found myself being much less excited about the events in the game than I was about hanging around with some fun people. My character had gotten bland(er?) as time went along, and I felt more like a spectator for the duration of the session. This of course leads to wise cracks, side conversations, and other things that may or may not have distracted others. I was starting to see the writing on the wall.

It was not really anyone's fault, save perhaps mine, but the reality is that it was an emberassment of riches. I digressed from my original idea of a short, halfling druid that would wise crack and get the group into a lot of trouble. Well, there were already guys like that. From Grendel's humorous stupidity and valor, to Stathem's.... umm... Faith (ok... stupidity) and conviction (... valor). Don't get me wrong though, the characters were great and memorable. I don't grudge them anything. In a similar vein, characters like Mortanious and Raven were definite forefront role players, with a lot to offer the game. They had a great story to tell, awesome characters with which to tell them, and some splendid players to bring it all together.

And enough people filled nitches, that I just started to feel left in the lurch. If anyone was to blame, it was me. I had come to this game prepared to kick ass and take names. That was what D&D had traditionally been to me. Having stepped down from something that was more of a spotlight character (the aforementioned halfling) I decided I would step to the side, go with something more low profile, so as not to eat too much scenery in anticipation of some of the other characters which even then had shown much promise.

Which then left me to doodle and joke, only really affecting the game with forgettable lines and being needed only for relevant skill use. I liked the game, Chris runs an excellent campaign, and most of the characters were great. Really with one exception. I shined, sometimes, in combat, but that's not what this game is about. However, it's not as if it can't be done without me.

But I'd love to game with you guys again sometime. I definitely need to go in with a better mentality for a game though. Were I to do it over again, it'd be an entirely different story. Live and learn.

Just a little something I picked up

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:58:49 GMT

http://www.lardfork.com/archives/schrodinger.png

I figured you guys would appreciate this.

In case you didn't hear...

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:05:11 GMT

I'm hoping this reaches you if e-mail doesn't. This is for all of you that are in the D&D game.

The game tomorrow is canceled. Chris's landlord is sporting a new kind of evil, and didn't pay the water bill.

So, until we can find a place that allows the use of indoor plumbing, or the landlord does what he is supposed to, I guess the game is called off, for now.

Check your e-mail, as Chris has provided more information.

Immigration, Protests, and Revolution

Tue, 02 May 2006 00:54:30 GMT

So, with the recent rallies, protests, anti-rallies, and general public action, I've ruminated the subject and come up with a few things to say about it.

For those of you who might be removed enough from the borders, the recent upheaval has been about illegal immigrants. There are an estimated 13 million of them here in the states, and the general public has been clamoring for an answer. Meanwhile, our various political machines have been grinding it's respective gears to work at the possible solution.

Do we deport all 13 million? Do we build a wall to keep more from coming in? What about the jobs they are stealing?

But those are fairly foolish questions to ask. Whether or not you think immigrants should be kicked out and kept out, who has the money, man power, and time to kick them out? Who is to fund a wall, and how well would it work?

But this is all being swept under the rug. Instead, we have throngs of people rushing to various capitols and city squares to protest. To their credit, they are doing an admirable thing in protesting. It is the heritage of people who wish to see change. What saddens me is that hundreds of thousands are rallying behind the cause of illegal aliens, while true Americans have not felt a passion enough to protest other issues in decades.

If you've followed the protests over the Iraq War, you could add every single one of them together, and they still wouldn't be as big as this one day. I am not going to say that I am for or against the cause of illegals either way, but I'm upset to see that Americans are unwilling to stand up, while people who want to be Americans shout to the top of their lungs. Have we become so complacent?

Meanwhile, everyone is ignoring the true issue. You can kick out as many people as you like, and you can build a wall to the stratosphere. It isn't going to stop immigration. Does anyone ever talk about why illegals try so hard to get across the border?

It's Mexico, and it's respective brothers to the South. With a political climate as murky as the waters of the Rio Grand, and an economy that makes ours look like a Utopia, it's natural that those South of the border would want to risk death to come into our cities.

It doesn't matter if you dislike illegals or not, you'd be remiss to ignore the real issues. Mexico, for instance, is a dead end for many people. Public education rarely goes past middle school, if even that, and minimum wage does not exist. The term dirt poor applies much more there than it does here. Whatever your stance may be, it's hard to deny that immigrants are not motivated by the conditions of their homeland.

And until those conditions are made more appealing than the conditions here, you will have immigration. Walls will be bypassed, boats will be made, and people will be smuggled. Making it harder to get in will only impose a cruel situation in which illegals will try harder, die more often, and succumb to worse circumstance just to try to get here. Meanwhile, it'd take more money and manpower than most people would like to imagine just to keep that vigilant eye on the borders.

So, does it fall upon the shoulders of the United States to fix places like Mexico? Why should it, there is no oil to be had. No terrorists to fight. Only corrupt politicians and drug lords.

You can draw what conclusions you like, however. I'm not trying to declare that Mexico must be fixed, and that it must be done by the United States. That burden should rightfully fall on the Mexican people. But once again, why revolt or call for change in your native lands when it is so much easier to move away and find a better life to the North?

And so they protest to stay. No immigrant prefers Mexico. No immigrant would want to be sent back. It's simply better here, and unless it ceases to be so, they will come. To try to physically stop them would be an act of arrogance. To disuade them would be the better course.

And that just might take a revolution.

Dysfunctional Family Matters

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:15:28 GMT

Things have gotten rapidly more and more complicated lately. Without going into too many details that would muck up the issue for various people, I'll give you a summation of the recent events...

So, my older brother seems to think I've become antagonistic to him, for some reason. Apparently, I've sided with my younger half-brother, Emmanuel. The issue is mainly dependent on the recent wedding preparations, and his having moved out of the house me and my older brother live in.

However, because I am trying to be supportive to Emmanuel, I have drawn a line in the sane opposite my older brother. A drunken talk from the elder brother last night made it clear that he had that thought in mind.

All family politics and bullshit aside, I'm worried about my older brother. Even though he has laid a guilty mother vibe on me, he is also accusing me of being of being a callous bastard. Quite frankly, I'm at an impasse. I can't not continue helping Emmanuel until the day he leaves, which is in a few weeks. However, it feels like doing so is hurting my older brother for some reason.

I don't pretend to think you guys can really understand that without knowing all the details. Really, I just wanted to vent...

I just found this...

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:13:00 GMT

http://theforce.net/fanfilms/fxprojects/ryandork/index.asp

I thought this was totally awesome. Thoughts?

Also, if anyone knows how to thread links, I'd give a body part to know. Anyone care for a toe?

Return of the Ish

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:43:58 GMT

I've returned. Both from Sacramento, and from the nearly year long hiatus I took from this journal. I feel somewhat refreshed.

I think like before, I'll keep this as a journal of events for my current role playing games, namely the ones I am running. For anyone interested in the further details of this escapade, feel free to comment or e-mail or something.

Exalted has, up until a week or so ago, dominated my role playing time. I had been running a couple of games, and been playing in a few games. Currently, things have switched around. My poor friend Rob was running a rather interesting murder mystery for Exalted via online chat, but had sadly failed to keep things interesting. The consensus of the group, himself included, was that the game be abandoned, and that we start fresh. Thus, the mantle was once again passed on to me, and I now run that game.

Then, there is the face to face real life game I had going. We are getting a few new players soon, and we've had to switch things around. I thought that this would free me from one of my games,so that someone else would run, but as it turns out they want me to run this one as well. Should be fun though.

So far I have 2 Exalted games to run, but that is still an improvement over the 3 that I had been running before, and the 2 I was playing in. Despite my bitching, one might easily surmise that I love my Exalted with all my heart.

Second edition Exalted is out now, and a great deal of speculation, trepidation, and experimentation are going on. I have yet to test it out, but I extend the invitation to all of my friends to get give it a try, with me at the helm. Running Exalted is nigh second nature to me. I just need to polish up on my face to face interaction. Don't ever let anyone tell you that online gaming isn't good, because it offers a huge realm of interaction that is usually rather pacified in real life circumstances. Call it training wheels for the socially impaired gamer.

Also, I am going to try and push Heavy Gear. Here are a few links for those of you heathens who don't know of it's awesomeness.

www.DP9.com
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=73_122&products_id=837&affiliate_id=2298

Or you could ask me nicely and I could cough up a few resources. *Ahem*

Anyhow, Heavy Gear is a really really great game that I think too few people know about. It needs a lot of support, and I plan to try and pimp it at a few cons coming up. With luck, I'll get more word out about it. With luck, I'll get to test my GM cunning enough to make an impression at the cons. If you are interested in any aspect of the game, feel free to ask. I have books to lend out and such.

Also starting to think about getting involved in a Star Wars D20 game. Stupid Episode 3... and Kotor... and Clone Wars cartoon... I think I'll be lurking in Star Wars forums now...

On the subject, I'd be interested to know if anyone could recommend a good set of Star Wars novels to start in on.

Hiatus? Ate them too!

Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:49:05 GMT

So we meet again, web journal....

It's been a long time. My trip to San Francisco, a new Role Playing Group, work gossip, and brand new obsessions. Ultimately, nothing of importance happened recently.

So first, I managed to get over to San Francisco over my Spring Break. I think I needed it, since work is getting problematic. But then again, it tends to. Anyhow, it was real fun to check out the West Coast for the first time in 8 years. I stayed with Evan, who invited me out, and we got to see lots of normal things.

That's right, I might tell most people I know that I had been to all these sights and what not. Frankly, I don't give a flying kung fu kick about sight seeing. Well, ok, maybe I care a little. Anyhow, all I really did was check out a few malls, get to see a few nice sites by accident, and hang around Evan like we used to in the old days. It was reminiscent of the time I spent as a newspaper delivery person, at a time when I was over at Evan's place much more often. His family is like a weird reflection of mine, and I'd go crazy if I had to live there, which of course is the reason I moved to Colorado. Go figure.

Nothing of note happened there though, but I did relax.

The new Role Playing Group is awesome! So awesome that I needlessly capitalized in the previous sentence. Though I was certainly trepidous (And still am, for very different reasons) about this group, it seems like we are doing well, and fun is being had. At least, that is my ultimate hope and goal. Getting back into Exalted was just like a bicycle, but the intricacies are quickly swallowing me whole. Of course, this happens any time I get into a setting. I'm finding that the trick to running this game is to satisfy the middle ground by catering to those who know about the game, and those who are relative newbies.

Anyhow, it's going well by my reckoning. I finally have Chris and Kevin pinned down long enough to HOPEFULLT enjoy one of my games. On top of that, I perhaps have a good chance at finishing one of my campaigns, which at one point seemed as hopeless as the Red Sox winning the World Series. Go figure.

I'm happy though. I get to run a game. Though it seems like an odd curse in which I am always stuck running all manner of games, this one seems different. I guess Kevin had been right when he mentioned the rut you can get into when you run around with the same circle of role players for so long. I feel invigorated by the new blood, so to speak, and the expectation to play once a week is awesome. On top of that, they seem to have fun with what I throw their way, and ask few questions. I can learn to like this!

Work seems to have gotten quite mercenary. Last year, my 3rd year at the elementary school, it was like I was initiated. I was finally being let in on some of the secrets of the school; who hated who, what x thought of why, why "so and so" actually left. Lots of low down and dirty gossip. I don't know if the wool over my eyes kept me from being affected by it before, or if maybe this year is worse than others.

But it's getting pretty damn serious. Teacher hiring is going down, and some people were let go. Some people have been acting with patience and grace. Others are responding with union reps and veiled threats. And boy are tensions rising. The school's breaking strain is being tested weekly as new crisis arise on student, staff, parent, and mixed levels. I just hope I can wheather it and still look like the nic guy. Thankfully, no one ever asked me to choose sides. I fear the day that will happen like one might fear getting teeth pulled by a mental patient.

And of course, my new obsession. Heavy Gear! This new RPG has captured my attention, and made me a Gear Head, as well as a Dream Pod 9 groupie. I won't bore you with the details of it. However, I might start integrating something deliciously Gear related into my journal. Perhaps.