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December 5th, 2009
12:43 pm - SuperPoke Pets, and Pet Society (again!)
SuperPoke
I have a chicken on SuperPoke Pets. She's named Kazoo! You can visit her here:
http://chickykazoo.superpokepets.com/
Right now she's hanging out at the noodle house, but she's planning a trip back to the farm soon. I have a friend who signed up for SuperPoke, but can't get the pet (flash) to show up. She's trying various things, let me know if you've licked this problem or if you have any suggestions.
Pet Society
On Pet Society, I still have a few things to give away--faerie shoes, faerie window, and cute blue ribbon (hair). :O)
Still looking for acorn lamp, and always looking for plushies. =^..^=
I'm also looking for Japanese themed items, just redecorated my main room. I picked up all I could find in the shops. I've seen a couple other Japanese items in pets' homes, don't know if they were limited time only or what. Let me know if you've gotten any out of the grab bags and such I could be trying.
Someone was asking me about leveling in Pet Society the other day, so I'm pasting in the tips I sent to her in case anyone is interested.
- Visit everyone on your friends list every night (and do the hug or dance or whatever). This gives you experience points (5) and coins (up to 30 depending on some things about the pet you visit). The more friends you have the more you make! This is another reason when sending friend requests to the GoPets people they'll probably accept, since a lot of games on Facebook, the more friends playing, the better you do.
- Feed hungry pets! You get 17 xp and 2 coins each time you feed, whether you use a cheap food or an expensive one--so you want to use the cheapest food possible (5 gold) and just keep feeding until the pet is full. If you don't have hungry pets on your friends list at the moment, visit the pets you find in the coffee shop, you will usually find some hungry ones.
- You get xp from almost any activity, fishing, getting trophies, etc. But you only get 17 xp per trophy, no more than feeding a hungry pet, so you don't have to go out of your way to get trophies. I check which ones I'm close to, see if I can get one easily.
- I recently started doing the races, you can do 10 a day. Costs nothing to race, you get 30 gold for every win--more coins to buy food to feed hungry pets and level. I couldn't do it at first, but now I win a few races.
I haven't read much on the topic myself, so if anyone else has other leveling tips please post!
I'm should be writing our holiday letter, but I haven't done my Pet Society visits yet, LOL!
Current Location: Here and There
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/happy.gif) Jolly
Current Music: No, sadly, Thomas has a football game on in the background..
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November 22nd, 2009
03:19 am - Pet Society on Facebook
I have to stop buying stuff by accident when I just want to try it on! I get messed up because the button to press to exit the window when I can't afford it, which is most often the case, LOL, is like the button to buy it when I can afford it. I'll see the money subtract and think, oh crap, not again.. Needs an undo! I also hate not having an auction house and COD option to find stuff you want and buy/sell from strangers without worries. And these faerie eggs and such make decorating tedious and random.
Oh, does the gift button work for anyone? Every since I found out that's the only way to get a rubber ducky, I've been trying to give rubber duckies to friends. But I get an error page saying unable to connect to Pet Society. And if I click retry, it just puts me in the game, I don't have the gift options anymore.
Edit:
I gave away the autumn faerie shirt, and got the shelf! Thanks Ruthie! Yippee! Still looking for acorn lamp, and always looking for plushies. =^..^=
I have faerie shoes, bunny slippers, faerie window, cute blue ribbon (hair), faerie bottles, and a few homegrown flowers to give away. :O)
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November 4th, 2009
12:35 am - Looking for info on FooPets..?
I was just wondering if anyone could answer my questions about a game. I'd like a new virtual pet in my life, but I don't think I'll find anything really cute and simple yet interesting. I don't want to take a lot of time away from playing WoW.
So I was wondering if anyone plays FooPets and could answer some questions? I tried FooPets the other day briefly, because the ads are just so adorable. After I'd started to play with my cat, a pop-up said it had to be linked to a Facebook acct. I don't have one and don't want one, I ended up clicking the box closed. That didn't make my pet disappear or anything, so I continued to play with her. I tried the water dish and the toy mouse and such. When I tried to wash her, it was some kind of mini game I didn't understand. I ended up holding the mouse button down and scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing (poor cat!) It kept telling me to hurry but I didn't know what I was supposed to do. I don't like apps that make me hold down the mouse button and move the mouse, since this seems to bother my arthritis and cause other pains in my arm. (I use autorun as much as I can in WoW so I don't have to do it as much--but I was hoping a pet game would be something that wouldn't involve intense gaming, a physical and mental break from something like WoW.) I also looked up some info on FooPets and frankly, it wasn't all good. But they are just so cute I'm still interested (just shoot me!)
So here are my questions about FooPets, if anyone plays and can help me. How much time a day does it take to care for a pet? Do you always end up spending some money, or is it possible to keep it well and happy just with daily care? Is the washing minigame a required thing I'd have to master to care for my pet? If so, how often do you have to do it? Are other minigames required or just optional? Thanks for any help you can give me!
And I'm not sure what to do about the Facebook thing if I did join.. I googled and found out they "insist" on real names, which I wouldn't use, so I'd risk getting banned. But I'm not sure if that would affect the pet though once I'd linked it to a page, the software may not repeatedly check if the page you linked it to is still there...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sad.gif) Petless
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October 29th, 2009
04:53 pm - GoPets projects I never finished..
Over my years on GoPets I spent thousands of hours on projects and activities, designing custom clothing and items, attending parties and hosting them, entering contests and running them, drawing IKU icons and playing IKU games, running the WhiteElephant land as a free gift swap for a time, answering questions from other players looking for information, promoting GoPets, decorating lands, visiting friends. 24 hours a day was not enough time to do everything I wanted to do, and some projects never were completed for various reasons.
- After Roshambo held his contest to design a miniature golf course, he wanted to make one of his own. At one point I even bought two lands together, so he could have a large golf course, and also have room for his brother Domino to have a pizza parlor by it. Of course it would have been a big project, I never got any farther than starting to collect some items I wanted to use, didn't do any customs.
- HodgePodge kitty, on my WhiteElephant account, always wanted to have her own Hot Springs Spa and Resort. This would be something like the Kah Nee Ta Hot Springs in Oregon that I once visited (by accident, lol). I remember some custom designers made marble tubs by putting the regular bathtub in a customized item (I think it was a bed?) I wanted to make some of those to match pillars and vases available from the store, for a classical look. I was also going to toss in some diving pools. But I wanted a rocky, scrub brush kind of landscape. The only rocky wallpaper was Mars, not the look I was going for, lol. Always hoped the right wallpaper would come along.
- I love all the beautiful custom clothing people made, loved to dress up my pets to match their personalities. One item I really loved was wings. But even though I made customs myself, I never finished a pair of wings. I'm too picky for my own good, and never could get them to look good enough, lol. I do have a pair I was mostly happy with--but still needed a lot of finishing--somewhere on my old computer. If I ever get into drawing again, maybe I'll use the design on a fairy or something.
- One of the silliest projects I never got to--a bathroom! When they came out with toilets, I had intended to make a multi-stall bathroom that would have graffiti on the walls. The graffiti would be about, and written by, my own pets, and the pets of my friends. Things like "Hop and Rhubarb sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and other graffiti and gossip, as well as little child like drawings, and paw prints. This was supposed to be part of an even larger project, a store and restaurant. The store would have, among other things, a series of "Employee of the Month" photos on the wall for different months. It would be pictures of my pets and friends' pets, but also peppered with humorous ideas for the monthly employees, one month the employee would be the bush baby on the jungle tree, or even one of the dragonflies that showed up when you had beach chairs out, lol. Ouija was my store manager.
So those came to me off the top of my head. I'll probably remember more forgotten projects later, if that makes sense, lol.
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October 17th, 2009
03:27 pm - Some rambling thoughts on casual gaming..
Interesting little interview with Sockington's owner (after you get through the promo clips) http://bit.ly/socksonctv
One subject in the short interview is the phenomenon of casual gaming, like the farming game people are doing on facebook now. He mentions that people like games they don't have to invest a lot of time in.
To me, although you don't have to invest a lot of time in a casual game, as he said, I think you can spend a lot of time on it, and still be a "casual" gamer. I think every game I've played in the past 10 years is casual, even if I spent 20 hours (or more) a week playing it. I like the relaxing and creative aspects of gaming. (I'm a nervous person by nature, and games that are tense and "action packed" just make it worse, LOL.)
I think of hard core gaming--as opposed to casual gaming--as something that has to do with quick reflexes, mentally being aware of everything going on, commitment (to other people because you said you'd do a raid at a particular time, for instance, or a commitment to practice and get better at it), and economics come into it (you might need an expensive console, a faster internet connection, a monthly fee for the game, etc). Because of all these things, the market for hard core games is small compared to the total population. But the market for casual games (that are relatively cheap, easy to play even for some who may have certain disabilities, require no time commitment, etc) is not small. And with more people worldwide getting on the internet every day, young and old, the market is growing.
I play World of Warcraft many hours a week, but in a very casual way. It's a bargain, since I get many hours of enjoyment for not much more than what it costs to see a movie in the theater. I don't do anything hardcore, I avoid PvP like the plague, and rarely group with anyone. They've added a lot for casual gamers, like some of the achievements, the number of vanity pets you can collect has grown, leveling is faster than it used to be, etc. I like trying out different professions, races, and classes, and have at least one of each. I also enjoy running a little guild for just myself, my husband, and my two best friends. I recently decided I spend too much time on vanity pets, though, and want to get my oldest to level 80. I'm still working on that, she made level 67 last night. (Which has amusingly stirred some feelings of rivalry with my husband, since his oldest just made 67, too. Maybe it will spur him to get to 80 as well if I keep going, LOL.)
I was trying to figure out ways to get my mother-in-law into World of Warcraft. I felt guilty that I got her into a game she's playing, GoPets, that recently announced it will close (after a long decline). Back when I stopped playing GoPets myself, I wanted something large and stable that wouldn't disappear, which is why I chose a big, pay to play game like WoW. I also wanted a game that would help distract my husband from pain issues he was having at that time (while waiting for surgery), and I thought WoW would appeal to him. And it did, and luckily he still has some time for it, even though he's working and busy now. So I'd like to see his mom also playing with us, and I thought about what WoW class might be easiest for her (as someone completely unfamiliar with that kind of game), what race she might like to play, etc.
But, now that GoPets is closing, my mother-in-law said she'll probably just go back to doing more knitting and beading--things she can do while watching TV, like GoPets. And it kind of struck me, that's what casual gaming is, something that doesn't take your full attention. You can do it while watching TV, or chatting, or browsing the net. Most of the stuff I do on WoW, I can watch TV at the same time. But there's a learning curve for a complete neophyte like her (I know because it was hard for me when I started), and since she's not motivated to learn WoW, I guess it just wouldn't work at this point. So I won't push it. Maybe sometime in the future, if she gets curious about World of Warcraft, she'll want to try it. (Note to self: show her pics of all the cute little pets, LOL.)
As for GoPets, I hope whatever company bought the rights does make a similar virtual pet game, with many of the original GoPets ideas (I felt it really lost direction the last couple years). In the beginning it was the perfect kind of little non-game game for the casual gamer, it just needs to be more accessible and intuitive for people who don't think of themselves as gamers to easily get into it. But it would do well in today's market if given a chance, with the interaction, cute pets and adorable animations.
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April 10th, 2009
April 9th, 2009
February 10th, 2009
12:04 pm - Anyone you know in trouble from the Australian fires?
I check the news every day, hoping the fires will be under control. But even though things are a little better, the stories are still warning people not to let their guard down yet. I've checked with some friends, one said the fires came close and her area was on alert for a couple days. A couple know people who have died, but not directly, friends of relatives. I also feel bad for all the wildlife, everything in the path for the fire, no escape from the inferno. It's terrible. I hope the people you love are safe.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090210/wl_afp/australiaweatherfirestoll
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/ts_nm/us_australia_fires
My mother was afraid of fire more than most people, because she saw a chicken coop burn to the ground when she was a little girl. She also had relatives who survived the Peshtigo Fire of 1871, perhaps she was fascinated with that part of her family history because of her own fear of fire. The fire happened the same night as the famous Chicago fire, although the one in the Peshtigo area of northern Wisconsin took hundreds more lives--estimated between 1200 and 2400. My mother took us to the Peshtigo museum when I was little. The museum had displays talking about what it was like for those who lived through it, staying in the river hoping it would end, how the air itself seemed to be on fire.
Link to donate to the Australian Red Cross
https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
Current Mood: worried
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September 30th, 2008
12:01 am - Stocks?
With the stock plunge today, Thomas and I don't understand why they didn't close the market early. It happened really fast, but it was clear what was going on with the vote, they do have the authority to close early. I thought after the last big plunge, they were going to put safeguards in place to close early almost automatically in the case of investor panic. I've been reading a few of the online news articles about the stock market drop, and none of the ones I've found so far have even mentioned the idea of closing the market early, let alone explain why they didn't do it. I get the impression the people who run the market welcomed the plunge, punishing the public for telling their congressmen to vote no on the bail out.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/yawn.gif) tired
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July 8th, 2008
March 25th, 2008
01:10 pm - I'm a Fatigued Ladybug Resting on a Tacky Floral Throw Pillow
The Most Useless Test Ever
This is still my most favoritest online quiz ever. Why, yes, I am old and boring, why do you ask? 
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March 18th, 2008
12:29 pm - My Forum
Asynjur's Forum for Friends
http://www.bearjests.com/forum/
I'm trying to reconnect with some of my other interests, and revive some neglected areas of the forum. The folders are a bit eclectic, because it's a combination of topics from what used to be separate forums I ran, so basically everything that interests me in particular was just tossed together, LOL! But you don't have to keep on topic, and there are a couple general discussion areas to talk about any number of things.
In Quixotic Welcome Mat you can say hello, tell us Three Things about You or join in other discussions. Exit 47 is a member's only folder where forum members can discuss whatever they like, even just how their week is going. Shiny Things is for posting fun links, sharing jokes, and the like.
Insomnia Zone is for forum games like 20 Questions, Movie Quotes (you guess the movie from quotes), TV Shows (you guess the show from quotes and/or clues), Who Or What Am I (guess any person or thing from clues), Word Scrambles, and Hot or Cold (another guessing games).
I'm hoping to breath some life into the Animals, Nature and Science folder, any help is appreciated! Fuzzy Fun is a place where teddy bears and other toys, and their humans, talk about adventures or just chillin' at home. Mythology, Monsters and Mysteries is a mixed bag, folklore, mythology, cryptozoology, legends of old, ghosts, monsters, and urban legends.
Creative Muse is a place to discuss your own art, poems, music, photography, web design, and other creative works. It's been kind of quiet lately. I'm trying to get Three Word Story going. That's a thread were you write a story as a group effort, but each post can only add 3 words. To talk about your favorite art, music, and writing by others, visit Artists and Authors. Screenplay is a place to talk about talk about movies, theater, television shows, video, and other media madness. I'm trying to post some mini movie reviews in the What movies have you seen lately? III thread every week. And last but not least, Gaming and Virtual Pets is for cyberpet agencies, virtual pets, sim games, role-playing, other computer games. Some time ago I removed the GoPets folders from my forum, so hopefully it will be more inviting to non-GoPets players now. I still play GoPets, but didn't want to be quite so immersed in it all the time.
Please stop by, and if anything intrigues you, do not hesitate to post! If you don't see any old threads you'd like to reply to, feel free to start your own.
Current Location: Isle of Demons, as always!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/hyper.gif) Boing!
Current Music: Forgot to turn on the iPod..
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December 20th, 2006
01:09 am - Tarot meme...
You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
Current Mood: exhausted
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November 6th, 2006
04:44 pm - Glad it will be over soon...
So far today I've only deleted 3 political recorded messages off our voicemail. Still keeping the phone unplugged, as I did all weekend. Thank goodness tomorrow is election day.
Current Mood: Is there any hope?
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September 25th, 2006
06:31 pm - Praying Mantis
For the third year, not in a row, a praying mantis has shown up by our side door (one also showed up on the mailbox once). This time, it was much later in the year, and she's a lot bigger than the cute little green ones I've seen in the past.
Thomas found her just after dark, while he was finishing up changing the oil in the Mustang one evening. She was right on the door frame. I hope I didn't blind her with the flash, I didn't think of it at the time. It wasn't completey dark, though, and she was under the porch light.
I don't know why I've seen them three times on that side of the house. Or maybe they're all around the house, but we only notice them there because we come in that door. And the mantis' are always climbing UP the house. I don't know where they're trying to go, but they have a long way up because that's the highest part of the house.
We didn't have these back where I grew up in Wisconsin!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/balloon.gif) Tired, actually...
Current Music: Live
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September 19th, 2006
08:09 am - Ahoy, me hearties! Yo ho!
It be Talk like a Pirate Day! If ye need a wee bit o' help, click here to change yer words to sea dog words. Or e'en translate a whole webpage! (I tried it on me LJ friends page, funny! It e'en changed the page title to Asynjur's Shipmates!)
Current Location: The belly of the Kraken!
Current Mood: Ahoy!
Current Music: What do you do with a drunken sailor?
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July 30th, 2006
10:31 pm - Mystery Science Theater 3000
I don't think there are a lot of MST3K fans around here, and I realize the show is kind of a hard sell. I admit, the first couple times I tried to watch it myself, years ago at the urging of a co-worker, I didn't quite get it. But once you're initiated, you never look at any movie the same way again, LOL! A few years ago, Sci-Fi channel stopped showing even the re-runs, and Thomas' misses his Saturday morning tradition of watching MST3K. So I've been picking episodes up, once and a while, from Netflix. Some episodes are duds, movies with so little action there isn't even enough to lampoon. But others are so hilarious, we often back up to listen to lines over and over again.
I know it's a cliche, but for a while tonight I was laughing so hard I was literally crying. I had to make a conscious effort to stop laughing long enough to breath! And Thomas was also having a laughing fit during the same scene, although I don't think he was having as much trouble breathing as I was, LOL! What was going on? Actually, very little. Two people in lab coats working separately, facing away from each other, and only periodically talking, somehow was a climax of absurdity in the movie. The breaks in conversation were long enough for Joel and the bots to squeeze in 4 or 5 jokes at a time. I realize describing just one of the jokes will sounds lame, outside of the context of the slow pace of the scene and the frantic pace of the wisecracks, but I will anyway. One of the characters kept looking down at the floor, something I didn't quite notice until Crow said, "I get it now! His script is on the floor!" And when the other character left, Crow said, "Wait! Page 25 is stuck to your shoe!"
What was this marvel, this work of celluloid art? Monster A Go-Go. This movie was so amature, at one point the sound of a ringing phone is made by a person trying to imitate the noise, "Brrrrrrrring!" This particular MST3K had a short before the movie, as they sometimes so. This one had a promotional film for an ice capades show, which was also great cannon fodder.
The thing with MST3K, is the more obscure references you get, the more you enjoy it. Thomas and I would often laugh at different things. I might notice a Monty Python line, while he laughs at a sports reference. It helps if you've seen a lot of movies, and not exactly current movies since MST3K stopped filming in 1999 (I feel old!) They also tend to reference previous episodes, so it's more fun as you watch more episodes. But even if you miss 2/3 of the jokes, there's still a lot to laugh at.
And the real thing that catches you and reals you in, is when a joke happens to touch on something rather obscure that means something to you, and yet you know it wouldn't mean anything to most of the audience. Because, unlike most forms of comedy, where the writers will throw out jokes unless all of the writers find that particular joke funny, MST3K would include lines that only one of the writers even understood. That's part of what gives MST3K that unique oh-so-not-Hollywood feel (the cheesy sets were just a bonus!)
If anyone is interested in renting any MST3K and would like recommendations, just ask. They aren't all funny, but some are extremely so (if you've only seen the MST3K movie, please be aware that it is by no means the funniest MST3K). Of course you need a particular kind of quirky, nerdy sense of humor to enjoy any, so results may vary. ;O)
I'd love to see an MST3K revival, but I can't imagine that will ever happen... They just don't make shows like that anymore.
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May 22nd, 2006
03:26 pm - Whole Peeled/The Maud Gonne Band
"But with my love for coffee, I know when I'm awake..."
First I'd like to say I know nothing about music, I just know what I like. So please pardon any inadequate descriptions or misused musical terms, thank you!
Years ago when I was living in Portland, Oregon, I happened to hear an unknown band from New Zealand playing at Saturday Market. I fell in love. They had kind of a celtic folk rock sound. The were selling a tape and a CD, the Maud Gonne Band's Difficult Third Album. I didn't have a CD player at the time, so I bought a tape. I gave them a $10 tip, which, ironically, along with the price of the tape, would have been enough to get the CD, instead. How I wish I had a CD! I was actually reluctant to buy an iPod now, only because I wouldn't be able to have this album on it, one of my all time favorite song collections.
I got an iPod anyway and searched for the Maud Gonne Band online, something I've done at various times in the past without much luck. This time, I first tried to email someone who had referenced the band on a website, but didn't get a reply. So I tried searching on the names of the band members, which I've also tried in the past. This time I had a significant hit.
I found a page on a website I'd never heard of called Lulu.com. It's a place where you can sign up to publish and sell your own books, CDs, DVDs, or images worldwide. This page was titled Whole Peeled Blog, which meant nothing to me. But one of the first things you see is an old play list, which made my jaw drop--it included the songs I was looking for--and the band members are listed farther down, exactly the same people as the Maud Gonne Band. (There's no explanation of the different name change, but on their MySpace page which I was directed to later, it says, "It should be noted that Whole Peeled also played more acoustic oriented music under the name of The Maud Gonne Band.") I ordered the CD Induce by Whole Peeled, which has a couple of the same songs from my tape, and anxiously waited for it to arrive. I also exchanged an email with Warwick Burton from the band, who was helpful.
My Whole Peeled CD arrived today. Having bonded so closely with The Difficult Third Album all these years, I was worried I'd be disappointed with Induce. But my fears were unfounded. I liked most of the new songs, and loved others, like Grady's Dream, Sugar Generation and Julia. Of course, I love the two songs that are also on my old tape, Bodega Midnight Coffee Song and Wellerman, although these versions are slightly different. Some of the songs on Induce have a little softer edge, but they still have the quirky lyrics and wonderful fiddling. There are a few fun unexpected choices, like a didgeridoo in the beginning of the instrumental Illinois Corn song. I'm grateful to have some more songs from this talented group of musicians and song writers.
My taste music is a bit eclectic, not completely dependent on genre. I tend to listen to more rock than folk, Alice in Chain's Dirt being another one of my favorite albums of all time. But then I also count Loreena McKennitt's Parallel Dreams among my favorites. Music hasn't been a big part of my life for a while, but when my husband got an iPod, I wanted one, too, hoping to reconnect with my enjoyment of music.
If you think you might like Whole Peeled, here are some links to visit.
Whole Peeled on Lulu.com
Some information about the band, and you can buy the CD Induce, or buy individual songs from the CD. Each song has a preview. Blog entries are here.
Whole Peeled on MySpace
Free download of the songs Home, Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself (instrumental), the Bodega Midnight Coffee Song, and Wellerman. The page also says a little bit about the band.
Soon May The Wellerman Come
This isn't a link for the band, it's about one of the folksongs they play. Whole Peeled seems to play a mix of folksongs and originals, but a lot more are originals.
Current Location: Isle of Demons
Current Mood: Hopeful
Current Music: Whole Peeled
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March 31st, 2006
10:43 am - Is there any way...?
Is there any way to see a list of the recent replies that I've made to other people's journals?
I see the My LJ page lists recent replies other people have made to my journals--but I comment on other people's entries much more than I add entries myself, as you've probably noticed. I signed up for LJ to check what other people are up to, but I only check every once and a while, and I'd like to follow up on entries where I replied some time ago. So I was wondering if there are tools to help me track what I've written to other people...
Current Location: Isle of Demons
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/blank.gif) out of it
Current Music: One of those GoPets tunes running through my head...
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December 31st, 2005
08:43 pm - Get your resolution...
Stolen from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ruthieangel !
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/bouncy.gif) Happy New Year
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November 22nd, 2005
10:43 pm - I'm 45% Geek Lit Savvy
Nabbed from menolie
Bold the ones you have read:
Top 20 Geek Novels from The Guardian
1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
20. Trouble with Lichen -- John Wyndham
It's been so long since I've read any books, I had to look up the plots to a few of these to confirm if I'd actually read them or not. Reading is for the young, LOL!
And I believe I should get some points for the fact that two different people, on two different occasions, felt they had to explain the whole book "Stranger in a Strange Land" to me, even though I've never read it. How annoying!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sweat.gif) Does the penguin look thirsty?
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October 12th, 2005
05:20 pm - Monster Name Decoder
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/annoyed.gif) Monstrous ;O)
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September 7th, 2005
12:50 pm - Skeeball & Stuff
I first played skeeball when I visited my brother's family, living in New England at the time, I'm guessing this was around 25 years ago. Boy do I feel old! The skeeball was at some kind of seaside amusement area, I forget where.
After playing the GoPets skeeball mini game, recently, I was nostaligic to play the real thing. Turns out Dave & Busters is the closest place with skeeball, so we went there the other night. Thomas and I knew Dave & Buster's was a restaurant with games, and food that was too expensive. We'd never gone into the place. I thought D&Bs just had video games, and I didn't know you could go in just to play games and not eat there. The "doorman" at the front made us reluctant to go in, when we thought about it in the past. Seemed like a weird place.
But now that we've checked it out, we will be going again. Thomas and I both had a lot of fun! In the future we'll probably just eat at the food court (which is better than most food courts), and go in to D&Bs just to play games. The Skeeball game wasn't exactly like the ones I played years ago, but I enjoyed it. I probably enjoyed playing pool more, though, even though I am awful at it. Thomas and I haven't played pool for years, maybe if we play pool more again I will get better. In fact, I need to look up the rules to Eight Ball because we couldn't remember the details.
But the thing I did the best on at D&Bs, score wise, strangely, was the basketball shoot! I probably haven't touched a basketball since high school sophomore year gym class, and I was never good. Thomas wanted to give the basketball a try, but after he'd played once and felt he was embarrasingly bad, he pulled off our tickets and didn't even ask if I wanted to try--he didn't think I was interested. But I did want to at least give it a try. My first game, I was shocked that the ball kept going in time after time, and I actually got bonus time 3 times. My second play wasn't so good, it didn't give me the "classic" setting I'd pressed and the basket kept moving--plus, by the end, my arms were getting tired (my arms aren't used to this!) It wasn't as far away as a basket would be on a real court, so that was part of why I did well. But it was probably just beginners luck, since I never try to shoot baskets. If I try to play again, the next time we go, I'm sure I'll be terrible!
At any rate, it was something different for us to do. Including dinner we were there about 3 hours, we never stay out that late!
Current Mood: Hello!
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June 5th, 2005
03:45 pm - Random Personal News
Next week we're going to a wedding. My cousin's daughter is getting married (is that a second cousin?) I am hoping to have a lot of fun, like we did going to my neices wedding last year. This wedding is in the town where I grew up, and "going home" has brought up some family issues, but hopefully things will go well. I am looking forward to the trip.
A sad thing happened the other day, a sparrow hit one of our windows and died. I was by the window and heard it. I went to look for the poor little bird, hoping he was just knocked out, but no luck. I feel terrible about it. I wanted to put the curtains up as soon as possible, to make it less apt to happen again. So Thomas' folks came up yesterday, and helped us put up the new curtain rods. I'm glad to have that done, and they look good, better than the old ones. We're using the old curtains now, but will look for new drapes when we get back from our trip. Thomas' dad also helped us do some yard work, then we all went out to dinner at this friendly little local place.
For those of you who know my sister was ill, she is getting better and may be released some time next week. Where she will be released "to" is an issue. Most of the family would like to see some kind of assisted living situation, but she has no insurance, and she prefers to live alone even though she can't care for herself. I hope something can be worked out.
Last weekend Thomas and I saw Unleashed with Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, and Bob Hoskins. I didn't know anything about this movie when I went into it, which is a good way to see it, so I will only say a couple things about it. It is very dark and violent, if violence bothers you, you may want to avoid it. That said, Morgan Freeman adds a warm heart to the movie. Jet Li really acts, the movie works because he pulls off this complex preformance.
Current Mood: Cautiously Optimistic
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May 9th, 2005
11:18 pm - Insert Clever Journal Title Here
We had a nice weekend, even though the weather was nasty. We went out Friday night with my in-laws, as usual, but I suggested doing something on Sunday for Mother's Day, as well. Since the weather was rainy and windy, it wouldn't be good for anything outdoors. I suggested seeing a movie, Fever Pitch, which is a romantic comedy about a Red Sox fan. I'd heard it was toned down from the usual Farrelly brothers movies, and it was, although still a little in that vien. I found myself laughing a lot. Some of the jokes you'd definitely need to know some baseball history to get, but a lot of it would probably be funny to a normal person, as well! And it was funny to see it here in New England. Even though it was an afternoon showing late in the run of this movie, and the theater was fairly empty, you could still hear the crowd react to certain scenes.
On Saturday we watched a DVD, a 1996 independent film called Lone Star. When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, a small town sheriff has to investigate a murder he suspects his own father, who was also a sheriff, may have commited. The plot unfolds slowly, but it is well written, and the characters keep it interesting. This movie is more about the journey of life, than it is about the murder. Even though it's a low budget film, a lot of the faces are familiar and it's well acted.
I haven't worked on any more of the window moldings, due to the weather... But I'm glad for the excuse not to work, LOL! It's going to bite me in the ass later, though. I mean, it has been too cold and rainy to leave the windows open, and air out the smell from the varnish--but later when I end up actually doing it, it's going to be too hot, and I hate that.
And I have to put in my usual plug for GoPets. I'm starting to make some friends there. Click here if you want to sign up and give me credit, I get shells for it. My little GoPets dog is named Roshambo.
Current Mood: sleepy
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