In other news, "pod slurping" is my new favorite term, and something I plan on practicing more often. If you must, look it up. I promise you, though, that your imagination is much more exciting then what it actually is.
August 8th, at around 8pm, my best friend, little brother of spirit, and compatriot Brandin Johns passed away. Born with congenital heart disease, he lived 25 years longer then he was supposed to. Dealt with a bad hand from the beginning of the game; Brandin cheated, bluffed, dared, and starred down death until yesterday. Finally pulling the Deadman’s Hand of aces and eights (8/8 @ 8) but the odds are always on the house. His last chip was lost as I watched them slowly shut down his life support.
We made an interesting pair. Opposites at the surface but inseparable at the core. His short, lanky frame a comical tangent to my tall, bulky self. His twisted, sardonic attitude a clash with my warm, jovial demeanor. He taught me that evil can be entertaining and I taught him that there is good in people despite the thick layers you have to chip through.
He was immensely powerful inside. Never backing down, never giving up, holding himself bravely over the crashing waves of his own body shutting down and medical doubt of his survival. Thanks heavily to his beloved Niccy he enjoyed a happy handful of years, taking pleasure in everything he could or that his body would allow him to do. He was able to go to Hawaii and soak up the sun and surf, he was able to see his childhood dream of the Transformers movie finally coming to the big screen, he was able to play games and enjoy a touch of fantasy.
His spirit was indomitable… but the universe gave him a bad heart to stop him from taking over.
Amazing. I don't know if it was the best Bond flick I've ever seen but it sure as hell ranks up there. Very clear developement of how Bond became Bond and Daniel Greg did an amazing job as Bond. I really enjoyed it. It was a surprisingly long movie but I didn't notice. Just remember going in, then coming out and blinking at my watch... thing was about two and a half hours long. Anyway, go see, it's a great flick. Now I'm off to wash my drysuit.
What was fun was later on in the day we had a huge lightning strike! There was a bright flash, so much so we had divers in the water radioing back with "what was that?!" A couple of seconds later and the place shook with one of the loudest cracks of thunder I've ever experienced. Something over in Magnolia got hit because we saw a ball of fire and then a plume of smoke over in that direction just before a massive cloudburst downpoured on us. It was wild.
I got 100%
I'm HAZWOPER certified, baby!
| Your Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score | ||
| Category | Your Score | Average |
| Hacklust | 23.58% Has conversations in between massacres | 53.5% |
| Sensitive Roleplaying | 16.46% There is no player. There is only.... Zuul. | 54.7% |
| GM Experience | 17.39% Worldbuilder, storyteller... Master. | 69.5% |
| Systems Knowledge | 71.19% Local rules guru | 90.4% |
| Livin' La Vida Dorka | 28.74% Carries dice in pocket 'just in case' | 63.4% |
| You are 34.52% pure Average Score: 68.8% | ||
I had Drea out here last weekend. That was perfect. Honestly, even despite some hangups and delays, I wouldn't really have wanted to change anything. It was great. We walked all over Seattle, saw the Waterfront, the International District, the Sci-Fi Museum, had some lovin's, in general had a fantastic weekend. Oh, but did I pay for it on Monday... that's okay, it was well worth it.
Another thing I'd like to state... I have a Photobucket site now. I've been taking a ton of pictures - as have other people in my class - and I needed to put them somewhere. For all interested in how I'm doing, check out the album here: http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q47/DIT109-06/. Lots of pictures. Some even of me! Wow! Anyway, I really don't know what else to say.
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