Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-13T16:13:04-04:00
Now if only I could get Creeper to come too. I doubt little Leo will like flying but she is closer to Canada than me so it should be cheaper to get there and back.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-13T16:14:54-04:00
figuring out what to dress up as for Halloween
I had a great idea but realized that packing an Exploding Kitten costume would get me arrested at the airport.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-13T16:18:36-04:00
@GM, what about a mountie? Thats appropriately Canadian... and you're definitely tall enough! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-13T16:19:48-04:00
@Geist, you could always mail your costume in advance... just in case. ;) Also depending on what makes it exploding we might be able to get that part here so theres no boarder issues! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-13T16:23:38-04:00
Oh shoot, it is a halloween party, isn't it? Um... nope, no ideas. What could I even dress up as? A lazy-ass college student taking a vacation into Canada?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-13T16:28:20-04:00
@Zem, don't worry you've got time to figure it out. A quick word of warning though, my wife has been known to dress people that don't come in costumes, so if you want a say in it, its best to pick something out yourself. I've seen some amazing homemade on the cheap costumes...
Mike Kabala 2016-04-13T16:44:26-04:00
I already have a pretty good idea how I should dress up. Please don't guess, because you'll probably get it on the first try and then I would be SOL to come up with something else. I even have an idea for my wife, if she'll go along with it ...
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-13T17:05:03-04:00
@CB, thats awesome! I promise, I won't guess, "out loud". ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-13T18:28:33-04:00
CB, please don't tell me you're coming in a cheetah-print speedo... ;)
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I really don't have any ideas. I never think about costumes like that.
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Besides, it might be a bit cold to just wear a cheetah butt.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-13T19:30:07-04:00
@CB: Please don't go dressed as Donald Drumpf. That would probably get you kicked out at the boarder
Mike Kabala 2016-04-13T22:29:25-04:00
Well isn't that just like people. I beg you not to guess and everybody starts guessing.
... not cool, man.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T00:17:06-04:00
Aaw, it's not Cool Man? Dang it, Cool Man is such a good costume!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T01:08:34-04:00
I'll see myself out.
To bed.
Dang, I wanted to go to bed 40 minutes ago but got caught up in the comments of a post about the Balrogs in Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion! Some great people there. And by that, I mean I've finally found my people: people who obsessively love the Tolkien universe!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T01:12:45-04:00
Though if I found the same type of fans of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series... I've only ever even met a scant handful of people who've read the books! It's depressing, I know! Should I create an SPCA-style infomercial about how you can help stop the scourge that is not having read those golden gems?
By all accounts the longest trilogy in history; it was 5 books long! Also one of the best ever. Handily ties for my favorite ever, though the Kingkiller Chronicles are right at its tail.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T06:41:24-04:00
@CB: dude, I was kidding. And if you look at my sentence, I wasn't guessing. I was asking that you not go dressed as this person. Notice there was no question mark. Thus, I wasn't guessing.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T08:53:31-04:00
You know it's going to be a good day when you can't even remember why 10 minutes ago when you woke up you thought "You know it's going to be a good day when you wake up and [insert really terrible, annoying thing here likely exemplifying not much/good sleep here]."
I might have figured something out to be for Halloween...just need to see how feasible it is to either get, or have made. Definitely want something that is quality made, and not those cheap costumes that are mass produced.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T11:01:22-04:00
@GM, thats great! If you need any help or advice, I know someone who is an expert... she may be my wife... ;)
I'm hoping to convince Phil to dress up similar. And possibly one other. But that is something that would be a bit more difficult, especially since I want it to be a surprise.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T11:14:27-04:00
@GM, you are more than welcome to invite anyone you like! The more the merrier. The only thing that I ask, is that if the people you bring get out of control, that you deal with them, not that I would ever see that happening! ;)
There is really only one other person that I would invite, but he doesn't do parties. No matter how tame that they are. If(kind of a big if at the moment) I end up getting a girlfriend by then, I will probably drag her along.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T11:38:57-04:00
GM gave me a great idea. Now I just have to work out the details. Looking more and more like I'll have to have part of the outfit mailed ahead of time since I know I couldn't bring it on the plane with me.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T11:40:50-04:00
@GM, you should probably just try inviting her, unless things have changes since my dating days, women haven't liked being dragged around since the caveman days.... ;P
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T12:07:02-04:00
Zem, I don't care if it is 5 books, it's still not even close to being the longest trilogy ever. The Lord of the Rings is far longer. Hell, The Fellowship of the Ring is longer than The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Mike Kabala 2016-04-14T12:45:03-04:00
The trouble with HHGTTG is there's no tea. ;-)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T12:51:12-04:00
Hitchhiker's Guide, was brilliant, but as the books went on, for me at least, they lost the charm of the first one, they were still good, just not as. Lord of the rings was amazing, I loved it ever since I was a kid. I don't see either of those series even being close to the longest "trilogy", how can a trilogy have more than three books! ;) There are many series that dwarf both of those put together! It takes nothing away from either one though, they'll always hold a special place in my library!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T13:00:49-04:00
You know it's gonna be a long day when you're so tired you walk at a cow's plodding pace, but then realize class is already starting, so you hurry up there only to realize your watch stopped at 6:30 am, so it only looked like you were screwed and were actually 10 minutes early.
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T13:02:44-04:00
Regarding the length of some series: no joke! Like have you seen the Legacy of Drizzt?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T13:03:16-04:00
Geist, GM inspired your costume? Are you going as his girlfriend or something? Or does that mean you won't be coming, then?! ;) just kidding, if anyone should talk about not having a girlfriend, I could give an expert seminar on never having had a glimpse of a chance!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T13:07:49-04:00
LZ and BaKhan, the joke is that it being 5 books, it's the longest trilogy ever written. It was so long, he had to fit it into two extra books! That's just the humor that was Douglas couldn't help but spew over everything he did. But of course it's not really long; I've read it in under a week on a road trip before, and likely will yet again over the summer. Or maybe brush up on the Silmarillion finally.
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I love LotR, but the books, especially at the end of 5 and beginning of 6, can be really dry. I know people who got bored in the first book, but that one was actually really interesting! The Silmarillion, though... that tops any of the books about the Third Age! Even if it is about that too.
Just think, though; if he'd published all 6 books in the one collection as he wanted or all entirely separate instead of in pairs, they wouldn't be a trilogy! Maybe it would have made gigantic collections or hexologies more popular.
@LZ: I looked at it, thought about getting it, realized I need more shelves. Currently, I have:
The Wheel of Time series - 14 books(own all, read at least twice each)
The Sword of Truth series - 17 books(own 15, waiting for the last two to be paperback)
The Malazan Book Of The Fallen - 10 books(own 5 or 6, currently reading this series)
Then my dad and sister, between them both, own all the Shanara books. I have yet to read these. I have other trilogies, and books that I read every now and then, but the above are the ones I primarily read.
I know I have one of the Forgotten Realms books, but I can't remember which one it was(I think it was the barbarian, after going crazy, but can't remember which one it was)
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T13:33:23-04:00
One of the things I like about the Eddings books is that he comes up with new and different rules for how sorcery and magic work, instead of adhering strictly to Tolkienesque/Gygaxian ideology. That's something I have attempted to do in my book; although it is still somewhat Gygaxian...
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T13:33:53-04:00
...meaning my book. Eddings is not Gygaxian at all.
The way the magic works in the Malazan books, is that each "God" has their own realm(warrens) and the mages access the warren for whatever aspect their magic is based on(healing, illusion, attack - various forms of each, and there being High Denul(highest possible in the healing aspect), as well as just Denul). There are, if I remember correctly, something like 7 different gods, possibly more.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T14:16:02-04:00
Meanwhile I'll be ecstatic to finally buy the entire Tolkien Histories of Middle Earth collection someday. I mean in total there are something like 13 or 15 books, but especially the Children of Hurin and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil are on the top of my to-read list.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T14:40:09-04:00
The Wheel of Time series
I'm slowly collecting those books. I've got the first four in the series.
May I recommend reading the Nightside series by Simon R. Green? They aren't big books (only about 250 pages) but they are really good. I'm hooked and now I'm trying to find all of them.
...I must be tired. I started typing about Wheel of Time, and ended up going into the chronological by events for Sword of Truth. >.>
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T15:12:07-04:00
Steven Erikson is an amazing author! I love those stories, but they are deep, very deep. I have to reread the series before starting a new one, because I forget too much inbetween! Eddings is also great, I read those books, and then reread them over and over! Maybe not the best written, but probably my favourite of all, I've read all 13 of those so many times! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T15:17:10-04:00
The Twighlight Reign series by Tom Lloyd was really cool as well, magic came straight from the gods, and well, it was probably best avoided all together... ;) Really intersting developments, very entertaining!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T15:18:06-04:00
The Weave World series by Clive Barker was also pretty awesome, dark fantasy anyone? Muahahah!
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T15:29:47-04:00
When you say 13, are you talking about books that have to do with Belgarath et al? Cause Eddings wrote another pair of series that go together that total 6 books. They're not as good as what he did in conjunction with Leigh.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T15:30:17-04:00
I've read Weave World several times. Clive Barker is one of my favorite authors.
You should also check out Joe Hill. He wrote the book Horns and Heart Shaped Box. Both very good novels but what would you expect from the son of Stephen King?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T15:32:13-04:00
Well lab was nothing, so I just ran some tests and was done for the day, so that was nice.
Only that horrible o-chem exam between me and my weekend. Well, and 2 classes tomorrow morning, but they should be too easy.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T15:34:43-04:00
@LZ, yep, Polgara, Belgarath, and the Rivan Codex. The other series you are referring to is The Elenium and Tamuli, which are not as good overall as the Belgariad or the Molorean, but are still pretty good. Kinda like pizza, even bad pizza is still pretty good! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T15:36:21-04:00
@Geist, I also love Barker, he is so wickedly twisted, its awesome! The Great and Secret Show? Sweet mercy! I have not yet read anything by Joe Hill, sounds like I have to rectify that situation!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T15:36:28-04:00
I don't know much about what you guys are talking about, but my personal recommendations consist of three trilogies:
1) Lord of the Rings. Also included in this package: Silmarillion and the Hobbit. Optional: the rest of the histories of middle earth and Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, the foundation of all modern revisions of the story and a major inspiration on his works.
2) The Kingkiller Chronicles. Yes, the third book isn't out and probably never will come out, especially now with the story becoming a movie, tv series, and videogame all at once over the next few years, but even without the conclusion, those books are amazing!
3) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I don't think I need go into detail on this one. ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T16:01:26-04:00
@BaKhan: You should check him out. Horns was wicked good and Nos4a2 is his latest novel.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T16:04:56-04:00
@Geist, did they make that movie with harry potter in it called Horns based on that book? (cause the movie was total rubish...)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T16:07:35-04:00
Hmmm seems that it was... hopefully as is typical with book to movie translations, the book is better. Either way though, you had me at King's son.... Too bad he didn't choose a name de plume with Prince in it... would have been pretty funny!
She wanted a snack, I wanted away from my computer. Walked to Wendys', came back with 3 chicken strips, medium fries, medium frosty. She got nuggets and fries.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-14T16:38:49-04:00
@BaKhan: Don't go by the movie. The book was much better, believe me. I read the book first and was looking forward to the movie adaptation but was very disappointed with all they left out and the ending in the movie was different from the book.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T16:41:18-04:00
GM, my roommate and I are like that with popcorn. If one of us makes it, the other for damn sure will have some popcorn in the next 5 minutes. Also with Canes; on weekends, we'll feel peckish, so we'll make a post-midnight run to the Raising Canes downtown and get a heck of alot of food just because we're enablers for eachother.
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T16:43:21-04:00
I agree about the Elenium and Tamuli. I made the mistake of starting the Elenium right after finishing the Mallorion, though. If you need to read them all, I would recommend reading something else between them.
I was also annoyed at the fact that the Elenium follows the same basic plot line as the Belgariad, what with them questing to find the blue gem of great power.
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T16:44:40-04:00
The ending was the only problem I had with Horns (the movie). I didn't know there was a book.
@BaKhan: Did you see the update yet for Folklore? The Ghost Miniatures look pretty awesome, especially in the darker lighting.
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T17:08:08-04:00
I thought the same. That is, until I saw a Kindle screen. It really does look like paper. I can't read books on a computer screen or smartphone screen very well, though. It's gotta be paper or e-paper for me.
That being said, I respect and understand the opinions of those who require real paper.
My dad has a kindle, I tried using it once, and gave it back to him within 5min. I just couldn't do it. Something about the weight of a book, and having to flip the pages. That, and never running out of battery power while reading.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T17:22:22-04:00
@GM, just saw that update now! Yep the ghost looks awesome! The other renders look good, but they seem to be using that hag face a bit much, they are all starting to look too similar, in my opinion. A little paint can change that up, no problem. I may convert one of the extras I have to look like the hag from Snow White, whatever it takes to get the wife into it! I actually painted some of the zombies from Z:BP to look like Disney princess, it worked, and she loves the game!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T17:27:49-04:00
Yep, paper beats electronic everytime. It makes me sad to think that print will be gone in my lifetime. Books saved my life when I was a kid, they kept me out of extra trouble (I was pretty much always in trouble as a kid) and they gave me a place to escape to when real life wasn't tollerable (crazy parents... you know). I hope that kids still have something in the future, cause quite frankly video games and the internet, don't even come close to a good book!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T17:32:03-04:00
I will definitely be the first to admit I tend to play too many video games. But, at the same time, I don't play them alone. I play with friends who I met through playing games, and we chat pretty much like we do here. About almost everything. Including the lack of significant others in the one circle(both of us guys are single, and the only girl is dating someone).
But, with me playing too many video games also, that's part of the reason I backed some of the projects that I did back. To get people together and play/paint.
Mike Kabala 2016-04-14T17:38:00-04:00
I prefer my Kindle to paper if I have a choice, but if it's a good book, it doesn't matter.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-14T17:41:08-04:00
In fairness, I've never given the e-readers much of a chance. Maybe when I'm forced to (books too expensive/hard to find) then I will make more of an effort. ;)
There are some books I want(would need to find the authors name again...I emailed it to myself a while ago), but they are ONLY on kindle right now. They are in talks with a publisher, so I may end up getting it eventually.
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T17:52:27-04:00
I don't think print will ever TRULY go away. There will always be those who prefer paper; and reference books simply do not work as well in an electronic format, especially if you need to juxtapose things in two or more different books.
@Creeper: My Blazer might be in town....I have a "delivery failed" notice here, which is weird because my dad is home all day, every day, due to renovations. It might be the blazer, or it might be something else(no clue what it could be)
Some have, a few weeks ago. With multiple jackets in theirs.
Lord Zombitten 2016-04-14T22:26:24-04:00
So it looks like I need to get my kickstarter going by May 1.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T22:31:35-04:00
Ooh, two guys on campus started a business: from 8:30 pm to 2:30 am thursday nights, you can order a pint of ice cream to be delivered to your door on campus! $4, but still... it's hard to argue with ice cream delivered to your door at midnight or later on a thursday night after 4 FREAKING HOURS of O-chem exam! (1 hour reviewing before the exam and 3 hours sitting there pretending I knew what was going on). Ice cream and a movie sounds perfect right now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-14T22:35:41-04:00
Why the deadline specifically? Some deal going to end by may? I mean, I'm not complaining if it gets your butt in gear to dispense hot sauce (that sounds really weird thinking back on it).
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Still waiting on my family to drive my crate out here so I can see it. I live 20 miles away and there's someone coming to lincoln nearly every day!
Also, still haven't gotten any information on the beta testing app. I may have to just wait until they release it officially for android before I can play with you guys.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-15T00:12:04-04:00
@LZ, could I request a special sauce? If so, I would like a maple bourbon bacon hot sauce! You could call it blazin bacon!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-15T01:16:35-04:00
Never seen Bowfinger before, but that movie was awesome! Next on the list of 80s movies starring at least one of Eddie Murphey, Steve Martin, or Chevy Chase: Coming to America! Then we'll try to fit Trading Places and the Fletch movies in this weekend!
We got to talking about one a coupe days ago and the rest just came up, and now that's this whole weekend!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-15T06:34:00-04:00
Morning kittens and happy Friday. May the work day fly by for you so that you can enjoy the weekend.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-15T09:14:49-04:00
Morning kittens!
@Zem, for Steve Martin, you gotta go with Dirty, Rotten, Scoundrels! That was so damn funny! ;)
@Geist, I wish! We have inventory this weekend... X( If all goes well, we'll be done around 9pm tonight. If not, it could take all weekend! I'm so tired already!!!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-04-15T09:23:37-04:00
@BaKahn: I hope they are paying you overtime at least.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-15T09:30:59-04:00
@Geist, well I'm on salary, but they are good at paying us for the extra time. I only get regular hourly pay, not time and a half, but it is what it is. Sometimes I think the main reason I work is to feed my ks addiction... ;) My wife was on call last night and in less than three hours, made more than I will make all month! We can sure use it though, its been an expensive year!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-04-15T10:02:52-04:00
I got 5 hours of sleep after watching all those movies, now for some reason my body is acting like it was 2! I can't even keep my eyes open, literally; it takes so much effort just to open them even if I think there's a typo. In fact, I think I just had one, not checking it. Wow, the heck, body?! We've had less sleep before.
@BaKhan: You get paid for the overtime, I get to take time off in lieu. Some days I wish they would pay me for it, but the other times, I like my lieu time since I can take more vacation days.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-04-15T10:15:40-04:00
@GM, yeah time in lieu can be pretty sweet, my company doens't offer that anymore. We also used to be able to bank our holiday days, can't do that anymore either. I've been here long enough now that I get 4 weeks holiday, and they give you your birthday off as well. Most years, the 4 weeks is more than enough. If I was to go to Europe I would need more time, and they'll give it, but you don't get paid for the extra. All in all, my work isn't too bad, its just work. I shouldn't complain. I just really don't want to be here all friggen day is all.
Now if only I could get Creeper to come too. I doubt little Leo will like flying but she is closer to Canada than me so it should be cheaper to get there and back.
figuring out what to dress up as for Halloween
I had a great idea but realized that packing an Exploding Kitten costume would get me arrested at the airport.
@GM, what about a mountie? Thats appropriately Canadian... and you're definitely tall enough! ;)
@Geist, you could always mail your costume in advance... just in case. ;) Also depending on what makes it exploding we might be able to get that part here so theres no boarder issues! ;)
Oh shoot, it is a halloween party, isn't it? Um... nope, no ideas. What could I even dress up as? A lazy-ass college student taking a vacation into Canada?
@Zem, don't worry you've got time to figure it out. A quick word of warning though, my wife has been known to dress people that don't come in costumes, so if you want a say in it, its best to pick something out yourself. I've seen some amazing homemade on the cheap costumes...
I already have a pretty good idea how I should dress up. Please don't guess, because you'll probably get it on the first try and then I would be SOL to come up with something else. I even have an idea for my wife, if she'll go along with it ...
@CB, thats awesome! I promise, I won't guess, "out loud". ;)
CB, please don't tell me you're coming in a cheetah-print speedo... ;)
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I really don't have any ideas. I never think about costumes like that.
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Besides, it might be a bit cold to just wear a cheetah butt.
@CB: Please don't go dressed as Donald Drumpf. That would probably get you kicked out at the boarder
Well isn't that just like people. I beg you not to guess and everybody starts guessing.
... not cool, man.
Aaw, it's not Cool Man? Dang it, Cool Man is such a good costume!
I'll see myself out.
To bed.
Dang, I wanted to go to bed 40 minutes ago but got caught up in the comments of a post about the Balrogs in Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion! Some great people there. And by that, I mean I've finally found my people: people who obsessively love the Tolkien universe!
Though if I found the same type of fans of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series... I've only ever even met a scant handful of people who've read the books! It's depressing, I know! Should I create an SPCA-style infomercial about how you can help stop the scourge that is not having read those golden gems?
By all accounts the longest trilogy in history; it was 5 books long! Also one of the best ever. Handily ties for my favorite ever, though the Kingkiller Chronicles are right at its tail.
@CB: dude, I was kidding. And if you look at my sentence, I wasn't guessing. I was asking that you not go dressed as this person. Notice there was no question mark. Thus, I wasn't guessing.
You know it's going to be a good day when you can't even remember why 10 minutes ago when you woke up you thought "You know it's going to be a good day when you wake up and [insert really terrible, annoying thing here likely exemplifying not much/good sleep here]."
Morning kittens!
Morning kittens.
I might have figured something out to be for Halloween...just need to see how feasible it is to either get, or have made. Definitely want something that is quality made, and not those cheap costumes that are mass produced.
@GM, thats great! If you need any help or advice, I know someone who is an expert... she may be my wife... ;)
I'm hoping to convince Phil to dress up similar. And possibly one other. But that is something that would be a bit more difficult, especially since I want it to be a surprise.
@GM, you are more than welcome to invite anyone you like! The more the merrier. The only thing that I ask, is that if the people you bring get out of control, that you deal with them, not that I would ever see that happening! ;)
There is really only one other person that I would invite, but he doesn't do parties. No matter how tame that they are. If(kind of a big if at the moment) I end up getting a girlfriend by then, I will probably drag her along.
GM gave me a great idea. Now I just have to work out the details. Looking more and more like I'll have to have part of the outfit mailed ahead of time since I know I couldn't bring it on the plane with me.
@GM, you should probably just try inviting her, unless things have changes since my dating days, women haven't liked being dragged around since the caveman days.... ;P
lol@BaKhan
Depends on the woman. :P
Zem, I don't care if it is 5 books, it's still not even close to being the longest trilogy ever. The Lord of the Rings is far longer. Hell, The Fellowship of the Ring is longer than The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The trouble with HHGTTG is there's no tea. ;-)
Hitchhiker's Guide, was brilliant, but as the books went on, for me at least, they lost the charm of the first one, they were still good, just not as. Lord of the rings was amazing, I loved it ever since I was a kid. I don't see either of those series even being close to the longest "trilogy", how can a trilogy have more than three books! ;) There are many series that dwarf both of those put together! It takes nothing away from either one though, they'll always hold a special place in my library!
You know it's gonna be a long day when you're so tired you walk at a cow's plodding pace, but then realize class is already starting, so you hurry up there only to realize your watch stopped at 6:30 am, so it only looked like you were screwed and were actually 10 minutes early.
Regarding the length of some series: no joke! Like have you seen the Legacy of Drizzt?
Geist, GM inspired your costume? Are you going as his girlfriend or something? Or does that mean you won't be coming, then?! ;) just kidding, if anyone should talk about not having a girlfriend, I could give an expert seminar on never having had a glimpse of a chance!
LZ and BaKhan, the joke is that it being 5 books, it's the longest trilogy ever written. It was so long, he had to fit it into two extra books! That's just the humor that was Douglas couldn't help but spew over everything he did. But of course it's not really long; I've read it in under a week on a road trip before, and likely will yet again over the summer. Or maybe brush up on the Silmarillion finally.
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I love LotR, but the books, especially at the end of 5 and beginning of 6, can be really dry. I know people who got bored in the first book, but that one was actually really interesting! The Silmarillion, though... that tops any of the books about the Third Age! Even if it is about that too.
Just think, though; if he'd published all 6 books in the one collection as he wanted or all entirely separate instead of in pairs, they wouldn't be a trilogy! Maybe it would have made gigantic collections or hexologies more popular.
@LZ: I looked at it, thought about getting it, realized I need more shelves. Currently, I have:
The Wheel of Time series - 14 books(own all, read at least twice each)
The Sword of Truth series - 17 books(own 15, waiting for the last two to be paperback)
The Malazan Book Of The Fallen - 10 books(own 5 or 6, currently reading this series)
Then my dad and sister, between them both, own all the Shanara books. I have yet to read these. I have other trilogies, and books that I read every now and then, but the above are the ones I primarily read.
Oh, and the Malazan books, they are broken up into 3 books inside of each volume. So technically, 30 books right there. Just in 10 books.
Nice. You should also read The Belgariad and The Malloreon by David Eddings. Each is 5 books. Together, they form a 10 book series.
I'm still working on getting everything Drizzt. I have 13 or 14 of the books, but there are at least 10 more.
I know I have one of the Forgotten Realms books, but I can't remember which one it was(I think it was the barbarian, after going crazy, but can't remember which one it was)
One of the things I like about the Eddings books is that he comes up with new and different rules for how sorcery and magic work, instead of adhering strictly to Tolkienesque/Gygaxian ideology. That's something I have attempted to do in my book; although it is still somewhat Gygaxian...
...meaning my book. Eddings is not Gygaxian at all.
The way the magic works in the Malazan books, is that each "God" has their own realm(warrens) and the mages access the warren for whatever aspect their magic is based on(healing, illusion, attack - various forms of each, and there being High Denul(highest possible in the healing aspect), as well as just Denul). There are, if I remember correctly, something like 7 different gods, possibly more.
Meanwhile I'll be ecstatic to finally buy the entire Tolkien Histories of Middle Earth collection someday. I mean in total there are something like 13 or 15 books, but especially the Children of Hurin and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil are on the top of my to-read list.
The Wheel of Time series
I'm slowly collecting those books. I've got the first four in the series.
May I recommend reading the Nightside series by Simon R. Green? They aren't big books (only about 250 pages) but they are really good. I'm hooked and now I'm trying to find all of them.
...I must be tired. I started typing about Wheel of Time, and ended up going into the chronological by events for Sword of Truth. >.>
Steven Erikson is an amazing author! I love those stories, but they are deep, very deep. I have to reread the series before starting a new one, because I forget too much inbetween! Eddings is also great, I read those books, and then reread them over and over! Maybe not the best written, but probably my favourite of all, I've read all 13 of those so many times! ;)
The Twighlight Reign series by Tom Lloyd was really cool as well, magic came straight from the gods, and well, it was probably best avoided all together... ;) Really intersting developments, very entertaining!
The Weave World series by Clive Barker was also pretty awesome, dark fantasy anyone? Muahahah!
When you say 13, are you talking about books that have to do with Belgarath et al? Cause Eddings wrote another pair of series that go together that total 6 books. They're not as good as what he did in conjunction with Leigh.
I've read Weave World several times. Clive Barker is one of my favorite authors.
You should also check out Joe Hill. He wrote the book Horns and Heart Shaped Box. Both very good novels but what would you expect from the son of Stephen King?
Well lab was nothing, so I just ran some tests and was done for the day, so that was nice.
Only that horrible o-chem exam between me and my weekend. Well, and 2 classes tomorrow morning, but they should be too easy.
@LZ, yep, Polgara, Belgarath, and the Rivan Codex. The other series you are referring to is The Elenium and Tamuli, which are not as good overall as the Belgariad or the Molorean, but are still pretty good. Kinda like pizza, even bad pizza is still pretty good! ;)
@Geist, I also love Barker, he is so wickedly twisted, its awesome! The Great and Secret Show? Sweet mercy! I have not yet read anything by Joe Hill, sounds like I have to rectify that situation!
I don't know much about what you guys are talking about, but my personal recommendations consist of three trilogies:
1) Lord of the Rings. Also included in this package: Silmarillion and the Hobbit. Optional: the rest of the histories of middle earth and Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, the foundation of all modern revisions of the story and a major inspiration on his works.
2) The Kingkiller Chronicles. Yes, the third book isn't out and probably never will come out, especially now with the story becoming a movie, tv series, and videogame all at once over the next few years, but even without the conclusion, those books are amazing!
3) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I don't think I need go into detail on this one. ;)
@BaKhan: You should check him out. Horns was wicked good and Nos4a2 is his latest novel.
@Geist, did they make that movie with harry potter in it called Horns based on that book? (cause the movie was total rubish...)
Hmmm seems that it was... hopefully as is typical with book to movie translations, the book is better. Either way though, you had me at King's son.... Too bad he didn't choose a name de plume with Prince in it... would have been pretty funny!
The pregnant lady in the office is a bad influence!
I may be too afraid to ask...
She wanted a snack, I wanted away from my computer. Walked to Wendys', came back with 3 chicken strips, medium fries, medium frosty. She got nuggets and fries.
@BaKhan: Don't go by the movie. The book was much better, believe me. I read the book first and was looking forward to the movie adaptation but was very disappointed with all they left out and the ending in the movie was different from the book.
GM, my roommate and I are like that with popcorn. If one of us makes it, the other for damn sure will have some popcorn in the next 5 minutes. Also with Canes; on weekends, we'll feel peckish, so we'll make a post-midnight run to the Raising Canes downtown and get a heck of alot of food just because we're enablers for eachother.
I agree about the Elenium and Tamuli. I made the mistake of starting the Elenium right after finishing the Mallorion, though. If you need to read them all, I would recommend reading something else between them.
I was also annoyed at the fact that the Elenium follows the same basic plot line as the Belgariad, what with them questing to find the blue gem of great power.
The ending was the only problem I had with Horns (the movie). I didn't know there was a book.
It sounds like I need to read the book, though.
...All this book talk is going to explode my library...and I have so little space for more books right now. >.<
That's why I got a Kindle.
I don't like reading unless I have the paper in my hand. It just feels weird personally.
@BaKhan: Did you see the update yet for Folklore? The Ghost Miniatures look pretty awesome, especially in the darker lighting.
I thought the same. That is, until I saw a Kindle screen. It really does look like paper. I can't read books on a computer screen or smartphone screen very well, though. It's gotta be paper or e-paper for me.
That being said, I respect and understand the opinions of those who require real paper.
My dad has a kindle, I tried using it once, and gave it back to him within 5min. I just couldn't do it. Something about the weight of a book, and having to flip the pages. That, and never running out of battery power while reading.
@GM, just saw that update now! Yep the ghost looks awesome! The other renders look good, but they seem to be using that hag face a bit much, they are all starting to look too similar, in my opinion. A little paint can change that up, no problem. I may convert one of the extras I have to look like the hag from Snow White, whatever it takes to get the wife into it! I actually painted some of the zombies from Z:BP to look like Disney princess, it worked, and she loves the game!
Yep, paper beats electronic everytime. It makes me sad to think that print will be gone in my lifetime. Books saved my life when I was a kid, they kept me out of extra trouble (I was pretty much always in trouble as a kid) and they gave me a place to escape to when real life wasn't tollerable (crazy parents... you know). I hope that kids still have something in the future, cause quite frankly video games and the internet, don't even come close to a good book!
Woo... exams... woohoo.
I will definitely be the first to admit I tend to play too many video games. But, at the same time, I don't play them alone. I play with friends who I met through playing games, and we chat pretty much like we do here. About almost everything. Including the lack of significant others in the one circle(both of us guys are single, and the only girl is dating someone).
But, with me playing too many video games also, that's part of the reason I backed some of the projects that I did back. To get people together and play/paint.
I prefer my Kindle to paper if I have a choice, but if it's a good book, it doesn't matter.
In fairness, I've never given the e-readers much of a chance. Maybe when I'm forced to (books too expensive/hard to find) then I will make more of an effort. ;)
There are some books I want(would need to find the authors name again...I emailed it to myself a while ago), but they are ONLY on kindle right now. They are in talks with a publisher, so I may end up getting it eventually.
I don't think print will ever TRULY go away. There will always be those who prefer paper; and reference books simply do not work as well in an electronic format, especially if you need to juxtapose things in two or more different books.
Hey LZ- I can never seem to find a random stranger to play with online with the EK app. Have you?
Yes, but it's become more difficult after they moved the beta testers to a newer version than the release version.
Ok. So it's not my imagination. I haven't been able to play in awhile, and when j can, I can never find people! :( also still waiting on #thecrate
Oh, you should have it by now.
Yeah, i was waiting for today's mail. I really hate my post office. They've been sucking so much lately. Sent B an email.
@Creeper: My Blazer might be in town....I have a "delivery failed" notice here, which is weird because my dad is home all day, every day, due to renovations. It might be the blazer, or it might be something else(no clue what it could be)
ooooooh! wow! Are other people in your area receiving theirs?
Some have, a few weeks ago. With multiple jackets in theirs.
So it looks like I need to get my kickstarter going by May 1.
Ooh, two guys on campus started a business: from 8:30 pm to 2:30 am thursday nights, you can order a pint of ice cream to be delivered to your door on campus! $4, but still... it's hard to argue with ice cream delivered to your door at midnight or later on a thursday night after 4 FREAKING HOURS of O-chem exam! (1 hour reviewing before the exam and 3 hours sitting there pretending I knew what was going on). Ice cream and a movie sounds perfect right now.
Does that mean we can get it hand delivered? >.>
Why the deadline specifically? Some deal going to end by may? I mean, I'm not complaining if it gets your butt in gear to dispense hot sauce (that sounds really weird thinking back on it).
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Still waiting on my family to drive my crate out here so I can see it. I live 20 miles away and there's someone coming to lincoln nearly every day!
Also, still haven't gotten any information on the beta testing app. I may have to just wait until they release it officially for android before I can play with you guys.
@LZ, could I request a special sauce? If so, I would like a maple bourbon bacon hot sauce! You could call it blazin bacon!
Never seen Bowfinger before, but that movie was awesome! Next on the list of 80s movies starring at least one of Eddie Murphey, Steve Martin, or Chevy Chase: Coming to America! Then we'll try to fit Trading Places and the Fletch movies in this weekend!
We got to talking about one a coupe days ago and the rest just came up, and now that's this whole weekend!
Morning kittens and happy Friday. May the work day fly by for you so that you can enjoy the weekend.
Morning kittens!
@Zem, for Steve Martin, you gotta go with Dirty, Rotten, Scoundrels! That was so damn funny! ;)
@Geist, I wish! We have inventory this weekend... X( If all goes well, we'll be done around 9pm tonight. If not, it could take all weekend! I'm so tired already!!!
@BaKahn: I hope they are paying you overtime at least.
@Geist, well I'm on salary, but they are good at paying us for the extra time. I only get regular hourly pay, not time and a half, but it is what it is. Sometimes I think the main reason I work is to feed my ks addiction... ;) My wife was on call last night and in less than three hours, made more than I will make all month! We can sure use it though, its been an expensive year!
I got 5 hours of sleep after watching all those movies, now for some reason my body is acting like it was 2! I can't even keep my eyes open, literally; it takes so much effort just to open them even if I think there's a typo. In fact, I think I just had one, not checking it. Wow, the heck, body?! We've had less sleep before.
Morning kittens!
@BaKhan: You get paid for the overtime, I get to take time off in lieu. Some days I wish they would pay me for it, but the other times, I like my lieu time since I can take more vacation days.
@GM, yeah time in lieu can be pretty sweet, my company doens't offer that anymore. We also used to be able to bank our holiday days, can't do that anymore either. I've been here long enough now that I get 4 weeks holiday, and they give you your birthday off as well. Most years, the 4 weeks is more than enough. If I was to go to Europe I would need more time, and they'll give it, but you don't get paid for the extra. All in all, my work isn't too bad, its just work. I shouldn't complain. I just really don't want to be here all friggen day is all.