I think I've discovered why I'm having a problem in the Monday Night game.
I was reading my interpersonal communication book, and I read a passage about the four elements of relational messages in communication.
The first is affinity, basically, how much you like or dislike the other person you are communicating with.
Second, is immediacy, the degree of interest and attention we feel towards the communication.
I'll get to the third in a bit, but the fourth is Control, which is a measure of the degree of power each person in the relationship has over the other.
Now, when it comes to these three, I think there's proper balance. I like all the guys well enough, and the interest is there, and as a group, we pretty much equally share the power (though my leaving after the discovery of the wagon was a way of me exerting control, I admit). It's the third element that I think is lacking.
The third element, and the one I believe is crucial in my continued enjoyment of the game, is respect, the degree of esteem you have for the other communicator. That's the element I think is a bit one sided in the game. I respect most of the guys a lot, though one or two I have a problem with, but I don't know if they respect me. I don't think they hold my ideas with the same weight they would others, like my mother or father. I know I'm younger then all of them, heck, at least three of the players are old enough to be my parents (two of them are, one of them is obviously not).
I don't know how to cultivate this respect, but I hope that it can develop more, or I might not want to play anymore. Like I didn't want to judge. It's about respect.
Well, back to work, I've got class in forty minutes.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Teamwork and Stupid People
Ah, another two-topic post. Well, I guess that's because I didn't want to post before the game, so I had to post afterwards.
So, my first topic is actually stupid people, rather then teamwork. Today, at work, just before I got off, my coworker, who was there to relieve me, commented about some people who were sitting on top of the propane tank cage, smoking. Now, this is tree stupid things. First, they were smoking, which is deadly in and of itself, although it's a slow and expensive killer. Secondly, they were smoking around propane, which creates a very fast and painful death. Thirdly, they were doing it in such a place that it would harm me if the shit had hit the fan. That's a very bad thing, because, well, I like being alive, and unharmed.
So, enough of the stupid people (well, those stupid people), and on to teamwork, on in the instance of tonight's game, the lack thereof.
So, we finally arrived in the big town, and while inspecting our new place of residence, two of the PCs discover a giant cask in the basement, though, what they actually discovered was the passageway behind the giant cask. So, beyond the door is an iron portcullis, a trapped one at that. So, they try to open it, up, down, sideways, and finally, they try to disarm the trap, by setting it off. Very stupid, but that's not the point. The person didn't ask for advice, they just did what they wanted to, and didn't care one way or another.
So, after that, and an encounter with a hippogriff, another stupid person episode, we finally get out on the road, and about 12 miles from our destination (and 6 miles from the previous town), we find a wagon broken down on the side of the road. Two people go over to investigate, and discover the bloated bodies of a family of four, covered in pox scars. So, my character, takes a wide track upon hearing this information, and after a bit of an argument with another PC/Player about the potential of the "driver" being either one of the four dead or a fifth, unknown, person, we then begin to dispute if they might have come from the town we were headed towards.
I'm thinking, hey, they died twelve miles out of town, but only because the wagon broke, which meant that it was a fast death once it hit. Why? Because they were strong enough to leave the town, and get twelve miles, but not strong enough to walk the next six to the larger town. Fast and hard, that's what I think. Now, the other PC/Player insists that they might have travelled through the town, and that their driver might have gone off into the surrounding fields, even though the tracks do not suggest this theory. It's like he wants to argue with me.
Okay, so, diseased wagon, two potentially diseased teammates, and a potentially diseased town ahead of us. So, my character did what I thought was the wisest thing to do, I turned around, and rode as fast as the horse would take me towards the previous town, six miles back. Now, no-one else wants to come. Why? I don't know. So, I ride into town, and talk with the priest there, get information, and after a bit of diplomacy, get a single potion of Remove Disease, just in case.
Now, I then ride back to the group, who have since gone from two camps, exposed and non-exposed, to a single camp. So, my character stays a hundred feet away. And another PC/player, trying to get my goat, tries to come over. My character, being the paranoid person she is, threatens him if he does not stay away. She wanted to be alone, and he would not respect hat. So, after a safe night, it happens again the next day, and I threaten again, and he stays away. So, my character is always a hundred feet away, until, finally, we encounter battle, and the paranoia she feels about the disease is overcome by the camaraderie of the team, and she joins the battle.
So, yes, I split the team, and didn't work as part of said team, but that's because I tried to play the smart person and stayed away from the disease. These people died quickly from a disease, and she didn't want to die quickly as well.
But, it's only a game.
So, my first topic is actually stupid people, rather then teamwork. Today, at work, just before I got off, my coworker, who was there to relieve me, commented about some people who were sitting on top of the propane tank cage, smoking. Now, this is tree stupid things. First, they were smoking, which is deadly in and of itself, although it's a slow and expensive killer. Secondly, they were smoking around propane, which creates a very fast and painful death. Thirdly, they were doing it in such a place that it would harm me if the shit had hit the fan. That's a very bad thing, because, well, I like being alive, and unharmed.
So, enough of the stupid people (well, those stupid people), and on to teamwork, on in the instance of tonight's game, the lack thereof.
So, we finally arrived in the big town, and while inspecting our new place of residence, two of the PCs discover a giant cask in the basement, though, what they actually discovered was the passageway behind the giant cask. So, beyond the door is an iron portcullis, a trapped one at that. So, they try to open it, up, down, sideways, and finally, they try to disarm the trap, by setting it off. Very stupid, but that's not the point. The person didn't ask for advice, they just did what they wanted to, and didn't care one way or another.
So, after that, and an encounter with a hippogriff, another stupid person episode, we finally get out on the road, and about 12 miles from our destination (and 6 miles from the previous town), we find a wagon broken down on the side of the road. Two people go over to investigate, and discover the bloated bodies of a family of four, covered in pox scars. So, my character, takes a wide track upon hearing this information, and after a bit of an argument with another PC/Player about the potential of the "driver" being either one of the four dead or a fifth, unknown, person, we then begin to dispute if they might have come from the town we were headed towards.
I'm thinking, hey, they died twelve miles out of town, but only because the wagon broke, which meant that it was a fast death once it hit. Why? Because they were strong enough to leave the town, and get twelve miles, but not strong enough to walk the next six to the larger town. Fast and hard, that's what I think. Now, the other PC/Player insists that they might have travelled through the town, and that their driver might have gone off into the surrounding fields, even though the tracks do not suggest this theory. It's like he wants to argue with me.
Okay, so, diseased wagon, two potentially diseased teammates, and a potentially diseased town ahead of us. So, my character did what I thought was the wisest thing to do, I turned around, and rode as fast as the horse would take me towards the previous town, six miles back. Now, no-one else wants to come. Why? I don't know. So, I ride into town, and talk with the priest there, get information, and after a bit of diplomacy, get a single potion of Remove Disease, just in case.
Now, I then ride back to the group, who have since gone from two camps, exposed and non-exposed, to a single camp. So, my character stays a hundred feet away. And another PC/player, trying to get my goat, tries to come over. My character, being the paranoid person she is, threatens him if he does not stay away. She wanted to be alone, and he would not respect hat. So, after a safe night, it happens again the next day, and I threaten again, and he stays away. So, my character is always a hundred feet away, until, finally, we encounter battle, and the paranoia she feels about the disease is overcome by the camaraderie of the team, and she joins the battle.
So, yes, I split the team, and didn't work as part of said team, but that's because I tried to play the smart person and stayed away from the disease. These people died quickly from a disease, and she didn't want to die quickly as well.
But, it's only a game.
Friday, August 26, 2005
First Week
Well, I've finished me first week of classes, and, well, it's not exactly what I expected.
I'm sort of on the fence about my Interpersonal Communication professor. She's talented, really talented, and very experienced. That's without dispute. It's her personality that I have a problem with. She has an ego, though she has a right to it with her credentials, but it's still aggravating. I guess it'll be fine though, as I respect her enough for her ego not to bother me too much.
Then, there's my History professor. He's very difficult to read. We talked about Columbo (the proper name of Columbus), and he wouldn't allow me to play Devil's Advocate, but he did allow me to present a lark of an answer, which he then integrated into the lesson, wherein he played Devil's Advocate for all the Hero vs. Villain arguments we had come up with. So, in addition to learning more about the history of the various "discoverers" of North America (Lief Ericson in ~1000 AD, Zheng He in ~1432 AD, and Columbo in ~1492 AD), I learned about how some people, when faced with hardships, desire a scapegoat, and what better figure then someone who's dead and has a national holiday?
Plus, there's my math class, which is getting rather fun, though it's still fairly easy, since homework is now worth much more then last semester, I'm actually going to be doing some of it.
And I'm out of here.
I'm sort of on the fence about my Interpersonal Communication professor. She's talented, really talented, and very experienced. That's without dispute. It's her personality that I have a problem with. She has an ego, though she has a right to it with her credentials, but it's still aggravating. I guess it'll be fine though, as I respect her enough for her ego not to bother me too much.
Then, there's my History professor. He's very difficult to read. We talked about Columbo (the proper name of Columbus), and he wouldn't allow me to play Devil's Advocate, but he did allow me to present a lark of an answer, which he then integrated into the lesson, wherein he played Devil's Advocate for all the Hero vs. Villain arguments we had come up with. So, in addition to learning more about the history of the various "discoverers" of North America (Lief Ericson in ~1000 AD, Zheng He in ~1432 AD, and Columbo in ~1492 AD), I learned about how some people, when faced with hardships, desire a scapegoat, and what better figure then someone who's dead and has a national holiday?
Plus, there's my math class, which is getting rather fun, though it's still fairly easy, since homework is now worth much more then last semester, I'm actually going to be doing some of it.
And I'm out of here.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
First Day of School (Part 17)
Okay, so, today's my first day of classes, for my seventeenth time (starting with kindergarden). Starting off with Interpersonal Communication (which I'm currently sitting in). Then, after that's U.S. History, then a break (for food and a call to AppleCare), and then Integrated Mathematics.
Well, class is about to start, so, I've got to go.
Well, class is about to start, so, I've got to go.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Online Classes and Playing A Role
Okay, today's third post, unlike the first two, is not about my iPod, and, it has two subjects. Wow, two subjects, well, almost three, but this is just an intro, so it doesn't count.
Okay, the first subject is about Online Classes. I just realized why online classes are, well, different. Not only do I need to get a different book (the one I bought cheap was for the RRCC class, not the CCCOnline class), but I also need to purchase a lab kit, and a microscope. The book is on the order of $132 plus shipping, and the lab kit (with microscope) is going to be about $240 plus shipping. So, that's an additional $372 plus two shipping charges for a class I had to pay extra to get in to. But hey, at least it doesn't fuck with my work schedule. Oh, and I still have to at least look into buying the books for my two other classes. Though, i've got two different US History Books, and Interpersonal Communication should be easy enough.
Next, is my second topic, a bit more out there. It's about me trying to play a character different from myself. It gets boring playing the shy, cautious, non-tactically minded, nerd, so, i decided to go with a complete opposite with my character for my Home Game. Instead, I'm playing a female, outgoing, courageous, tactican. Unfortunately, it's too far away from me, and I seem to be having a problem. Plus, get this, the other players, instead of offering suggestions, they go and chide me, and be rude. Heck, tonight alone I had to fight like five times of throwing an outburst because of how rude the other players were. They rib me about playing a girl. Well, sorry, but I rolled randomly, and it came up female. They tease me about playing a former military character. Well, how the frell else am I supposed to have a backstory for a Marshal? It's a military class, and just because I don't have the personal military experience to play the character, unlike at least three of the other players, they tease me about it. Plus, they want me to play the diplomat, but when I need to be one, they don't let me talk and think. They're always (or seemingly so) wanting a quick reaction, well, i can't give them one. there's a reason a full-round diplomacy takes a -10 penalty, you need time to come up with the right words.
Okay, so, i was a little wordy, but, hey, it helped.
Okay, the first subject is about Online Classes. I just realized why online classes are, well, different. Not only do I need to get a different book (the one I bought cheap was for the RRCC class, not the CCCOnline class), but I also need to purchase a lab kit, and a microscope. The book is on the order of $132 plus shipping, and the lab kit (with microscope) is going to be about $240 plus shipping. So, that's an additional $372 plus two shipping charges for a class I had to pay extra to get in to. But hey, at least it doesn't fuck with my work schedule. Oh, and I still have to at least look into buying the books for my two other classes. Though, i've got two different US History Books, and Interpersonal Communication should be easy enough.
Next, is my second topic, a bit more out there. It's about me trying to play a character different from myself. It gets boring playing the shy, cautious, non-tactically minded, nerd, so, i decided to go with a complete opposite with my character for my Home Game. Instead, I'm playing a female, outgoing, courageous, tactican. Unfortunately, it's too far away from me, and I seem to be having a problem. Plus, get this, the other players, instead of offering suggestions, they go and chide me, and be rude. Heck, tonight alone I had to fight like five times of throwing an outburst because of how rude the other players were. They rib me about playing a girl. Well, sorry, but I rolled randomly, and it came up female. They tease me about playing a former military character. Well, how the frell else am I supposed to have a backstory for a Marshal? It's a military class, and just because I don't have the personal military experience to play the character, unlike at least three of the other players, they tease me about it. Plus, they want me to play the diplomat, but when I need to be one, they don't let me talk and think. They're always (or seemingly so) wanting a quick reaction, well, i can't give them one. there's a reason a full-round diplomacy takes a -10 penalty, you need time to come up with the right words.
Okay, so, i was a little wordy, but, hey, it helped.
AppleCare
Okay, so, following last night's fun with the iPod, I called AppleCare this afternoon, after work. I called with two things in mind. First, I needed to transfer my APP (AppleCare Protection Plan) from my previous iPod (number 4), to my current iPod (number 5).
This took me quite some time, because, well, I couldn't find the phone number. I looked all through their website, and couldn't find it. Oh, I'm sure it's there, I just couldn't find it! So, I googled it, and found it.
For those that care, it's 1-800-APL-CARE (or 1-800-275-2273).
So, I call them up, and once I get into the right queue (love that word), I'm on hold for like five minutes. Then, I get the Customer Service Representative to hook me up. It works, and within another five to ten minutes, my current iPod is under my APP. Then I ask about the problem I'm having, and she transfers me over to Tech Support.
So, after another five minutes of hold, this time with much better music (and my phone nearly crapping out midway due to lack of power), I get on the phone with a Tech. After giving my name and serial number (the iPod's not mine), she asks me what the problem is. I describe it, and just to make sure, I try to replicate the problem.
but, lo and behold, it works. So, I'm like "Um, well, it wasn't working, but now it is". So, I try and check everything out to make sure, but the USB Dock Connector doesn't work. That should have been a sign, but I didn't take it. So I rushed over and grabbed my Firewire Dock Connector from my HTS, and just as I'm about to make it all work, my phone finally craps out, and I'm without Tech Support.
Then, it goes and does it all again, and I'm without iPod.
Again.
I guess I'll tackle it on my way to school tomorrow, seeing as I'm leaving early so that I can give my Mom extra Alone Time.
Well, off to the game. (I might post about that aftewards).
This took me quite some time, because, well, I couldn't find the phone number. I looked all through their website, and couldn't find it. Oh, I'm sure it's there, I just couldn't find it! So, I googled it, and found it.
For those that care, it's 1-800-APL-CARE (or 1-800-275-2273).
So, I call them up, and once I get into the right queue (love that word), I'm on hold for like five minutes. Then, I get the Customer Service Representative to hook me up. It works, and within another five to ten minutes, my current iPod is under my APP. Then I ask about the problem I'm having, and she transfers me over to Tech Support.
So, after another five minutes of hold, this time with much better music (and my phone nearly crapping out midway due to lack of power), I get on the phone with a Tech. After giving my name and serial number (the iPod's not mine), she asks me what the problem is. I describe it, and just to make sure, I try to replicate the problem.
but, lo and behold, it works. So, I'm like "Um, well, it wasn't working, but now it is". So, I try and check everything out to make sure, but the USB Dock Connector doesn't work. That should have been a sign, but I didn't take it. So I rushed over and grabbed my Firewire Dock Connector from my HTS, and just as I'm about to make it all work, my phone finally craps out, and I'm without Tech Support.
Then, it goes and does it all again, and I'm without iPod.
Again.
I guess I'll tackle it on my way to school tomorrow, seeing as I'm leaving early so that I can give my Mom extra Alone Time.
Well, off to the game. (I might post about that aftewards).
Stupid iPod
Argh!
Well, it finally happened, my fifth iPod died on me last night.
Now, some people who read this blog (you know who you are), might be thinking Fifth? But Nobodez, I though this was your second iPod?
Well, it goes like this. I received my first ipod (a 5GB, scroll wheel model), in February of 2002. Later that year, I believe it was September, that one died, and so I received a second, replacement, ipod from Apple. Then, in January of 2003, right before the one year warranty ran out, the second one died, and I received my third iPod.
That one died about a year later, though it limped on for about another year before, on Christmas of 2004, I received a 40 GB iPod (Click Wheel goodness) from my loving parents. All was fine and dandy, but not three or four months in, it went and died, and I received my fifth iPod in the mail (well, actually it was DHL) from Apple.
Now, yesterday, my iPod went and deleted all it's music and had to be restored. And, while I was recopying the songs, the hard drive went out, which meant that it was dead.
Dee Ee Dee, Dead.
Well, I'll call AppleCare this afternoon and get them to send a box for me to send Galatea (the name of iPod 5) to them so that I can get my sixth iPod.
For the record, I don't remember what iPods 1 and 2 were named, but 3 was named Alexandrina, after my iBook (though it was named in January of 2004, rather then 2003 when I received it from Apple), and number 4 was named Yoriko, after an Iconic Character in d20 Modern. Galatea is named after the Master of Many Forms Iconic in Complete Adventurer.
Well, off to work with me.
Well, it finally happened, my fifth iPod died on me last night.
Now, some people who read this blog (you know who you are), might be thinking Fifth? But Nobodez, I though this was your second iPod?
Well, it goes like this. I received my first ipod (a 5GB, scroll wheel model), in February of 2002. Later that year, I believe it was September, that one died, and so I received a second, replacement, ipod from Apple. Then, in January of 2003, right before the one year warranty ran out, the second one died, and I received my third iPod.
That one died about a year later, though it limped on for about another year before, on Christmas of 2004, I received a 40 GB iPod (Click Wheel goodness) from my loving parents. All was fine and dandy, but not three or four months in, it went and died, and I received my fifth iPod in the mail (well, actually it was DHL) from Apple.
Now, yesterday, my iPod went and deleted all it's music and had to be restored. And, while I was recopying the songs, the hard drive went out, which meant that it was dead.
Dee Ee Dee, Dead.
Well, I'll call AppleCare this afternoon and get them to send a box for me to send Galatea (the name of iPod 5) to them so that I can get my sixth iPod.
For the record, I don't remember what iPods 1 and 2 were named, but 3 was named Alexandrina, after my iBook (though it was named in January of 2004, rather then 2003 when I received it from Apple), and number 4 was named Yoriko, after an Iconic Character in d20 Modern. Galatea is named after the Master of Many Forms Iconic in Complete Adventurer.
Well, off to work with me.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Contrary Brin
Wow, here's another great blog, though this one had both a more famous author (unless Holly Q is a nom de plume of someone really famous), and a much more, well, political slant.
I'm a fan of Mr. Brin, who's written quite a few books that I've admired, though like most books, a devoured what ones I read.
Also, it seems that I've doubled my readership (from one, myself, to two). that'll really up my AdSense revenue.
Well, here's to blogs and other fun shit.
I'm a fan of Mr. Brin, who's written quite a few books that I've admired, though like most books, a devoured what ones I read.
Also, it seems that I've doubled my readership (from one, myself, to two). that'll really up my AdSense revenue.
Well, here's to blogs and other fun shit.
Holly Q
Holly Q's Blog
Wow, this is a great blog. I found it while randomly hitting the "Next Blog" button up at the top of the page. She's not one of the stupid people. Instead, compared to her, I am one of the stupid people. She's insightful, funny, informative, reverent, irreverent, and did I mention insightful?
Yes, well, whatever. A very good blog.
I recommend you read it.
Oh, and press that "Next Blog" button every once in a while. You might just learn something.
Wow, this is a great blog. I found it while randomly hitting the "Next Blog" button up at the top of the page. She's not one of the stupid people. Instead, compared to her, I am one of the stupid people. She's insightful, funny, informative, reverent, irreverent, and did I mention insightful?
Yes, well, whatever. A very good blog.
I recommend you read it.
Oh, and press that "Next Blog" button every once in a while. You might just learn something.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Stupid People part 1
Okay, so, I'm now going to talk about stupid people, but since I know I'll never get all of the examples of stupid people the first go around, this is part one.
Okay, so, I work in a Photo Lab at a Walgreens, and well, I encounter a lot of stupid people every day.
First off, there's the people that ask for their photos, and don't, at first, say their name, or present their claim ticket, or whatever. So, the first type of stupidity is people who assume I know who thye are to pick up their photos.
Secondly, there's the people who can't work the frelling touch screen computer. It's not that difficult, all they have to do is pay attention to what the screen says. So, they ask me how to do things, and then, they ask me the same frelling thing like a minute later.
Argh, okay, it's getting late, I guess I'll do more stupid people stuff later.
Okay, so, I work in a Photo Lab at a Walgreens, and well, I encounter a lot of stupid people every day.
First off, there's the people that ask for their photos, and don't, at first, say their name, or present their claim ticket, or whatever. So, the first type of stupidity is people who assume I know who thye are to pick up their photos.
Secondly, there's the people who can't work the frelling touch screen computer. It's not that difficult, all they have to do is pay attention to what the screen says. So, they ask me how to do things, and then, they ask me the same frelling thing like a minute later.
Argh, okay, it's getting late, I guess I'll do more stupid people stuff later.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Podcasts
Hey, just thought I'd get one more post in tonight.
Well, as per the subject line, this post is about, well, Podcasts, mainly the ones I listen to.
Let's see, from my iTunes Podcast section, the first is Ancestor, but since that's just a placeholder for the soon to come Podiobook, see the link off to the side.
Diggnation, both the audio podcast, and the video podcast. A good one, very funny, and I like the beer reviews. You should find the link off to the side.
Then, there's Dragon's Landing, it's a gaming podcast. Fairly decent, though you might want to read the bit I previously posted about Message Boards.
Then, there's Earthcore. fi you haven't at least checked this out, please, do so. It's in the links to the side.
Next is the Mugglecast, but I've just started that one, so I'm not yet one way or the other.
Skepticality, another great one. Just starting in this one. Very good, very funny, very informative.
Next, there's Systm, which is a videocast, very interesting. I highly recommend it. Stars former TSS people, like Diggnation. I liked TSS. Damn G4!
Next, is TheForce.net, nice podcast, though I'm not a big, huge, Star Wars fan.
Finally, there's tWiT, aka This WEEK in TECH. Great, funny, but I sometime miss it when it comes out. Meh, I catch up eventually. Really, I do.
Well, that's all folks.
Well, as per the subject line, this post is about, well, Podcasts, mainly the ones I listen to.
Let's see, from my iTunes Podcast section, the first is Ancestor, but since that's just a placeholder for the soon to come Podiobook, see the link off to the side.
Diggnation, both the audio podcast, and the video podcast. A good one, very funny, and I like the beer reviews. You should find the link off to the side.
Then, there's Dragon's Landing, it's a gaming podcast. Fairly decent, though you might want to read the bit I previously posted about Message Boards.
Then, there's Earthcore. fi you haven't at least checked this out, please, do so. It's in the links to the side.
Next is the Mugglecast, but I've just started that one, so I'm not yet one way or the other.
Skepticality, another great one. Just starting in this one. Very good, very funny, very informative.
Next, there's Systm, which is a videocast, very interesting. I highly recommend it. Stars former TSS people, like Diggnation. I liked TSS. Damn G4!
Next, is TheForce.net, nice podcast, though I'm not a big, huge, Star Wars fan.
Finally, there's tWiT, aka This WEEK in TECH. Great, funny, but I sometime miss it when it comes out. Meh, I catch up eventually. Really, I do.
Well, that's all folks.
Working with Idiots
Okay, so, last night, I realized that I'm either way too smart to be working at Walgreens, or this is just god's way of telling me that I need to be more tolerant of people who have different priorities on what's important.
For one thing, one of the women I work with, Vanessa (who is rather hot, but under 18), didn't know what a stereotype was, or more specifically, she didn't know that stereotype was the proper term for what a stereotype was.
At first, this didn't phase me, since it really wasn't important.
But, then I used the word anachronistic, and that went over both her head, and that of another of my coworkers, Matt. So, now both of them are looking at me funny. So, instead of trying to define anachronistic to the pair, I decided, to just frell it all and actually go home, since it was after work and I wasn't getting paid to be there in the first place.
Once again, I hate stupid people.
For one thing, one of the women I work with, Vanessa (who is rather hot, but under 18), didn't know what a stereotype was, or more specifically, she didn't know that stereotype was the proper term for what a stereotype was.
At first, this didn't phase me, since it really wasn't important.
But, then I used the word anachronistic, and that went over both her head, and that of another of my coworkers, Matt. So, now both of them are looking at me funny. So, instead of trying to define anachronistic to the pair, I decided, to just frell it all and actually go home, since it was after work and I wasn't getting paid to be there in the first place.
Once again, I hate stupid people.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Stupid College
Yeah, it's another post nobody will read.
But hey, it fells good.
Okay, Stupid College, let me count the ways.
Ten days ago, ten, I paid off the college, all two hundred and fifty-something dollars. Then, I'm like, well, I paid, they'll remove my hold, and I can register. But, no go.
So, I wait for the next day. Still held.
Well, maybe they needed a weekend, yeah that's it, a weekend.
Nope, okay, um, well, I'll call them, that'll do it.
Well, it did, after three days, five messages, and two three departments. So, now I'm registered. Not exactly the classes I wanted, but that's because they dropped one, which sucks.
So, tuesday and thursday afternoons, friday evenings, and saturday mornings. A bit more expensive then I had planned (now it's ten bucks a month, rather then five, so I might want to invest in the pass, maybe.
But, now I'm waiting to see if the delayed billing will kick in.
Here's the bureaucracy.
But hey, it fells good.
Okay, Stupid College, let me count the ways.
Ten days ago, ten, I paid off the college, all two hundred and fifty-something dollars. Then, I'm like, well, I paid, they'll remove my hold, and I can register. But, no go.
So, I wait for the next day. Still held.
Well, maybe they needed a weekend, yeah that's it, a weekend.
Nope, okay, um, well, I'll call them, that'll do it.
Well, it did, after three days, five messages, and two three departments. So, now I'm registered. Not exactly the classes I wanted, but that's because they dropped one, which sucks.
So, tuesday and thursday afternoons, friday evenings, and saturday mornings. A bit more expensive then I had planned (now it's ten bucks a month, rather then five, so I might want to invest in the pass, maybe.
But, now I'm waiting to see if the delayed billing will kick in.
Here's the bureaucracy.
EarthCore
Okay, yes, this make four posts in less then 12 hours, so sue me.
I just finished listening to Scott Sigler's EarthCore, and I can't help but recommend it. Hence it's inclusion in my links off to the side.
Now, I touched on this over in my comments to the post about the final chapter over there (see link), but, well, I think this would make one killer of a module. And yes, that's an emphasis on KILLER.
It would work good as a d20 Modern or maybe a Spycraft module. Heck, it'd work great as a CoC adventure. Think of what would have happened if Connel and Angus had lost a lot of SAN on the way down. Oh wait, they did. Se what happened to Mac.
Okay, so, I'm a bit of a fanboy, but hey, that's what I am.
Nobodez the Fanboy, out.
I just finished listening to Scott Sigler's EarthCore, and I can't help but recommend it. Hence it's inclusion in my links off to the side.
Now, I touched on this over in my comments to the post about the final chapter over there (see link), but, well, I think this would make one killer of a module. And yes, that's an emphasis on KILLER.
It would work good as a d20 Modern or maybe a Spycraft module. Heck, it'd work great as a CoC adventure. Think of what would have happened if Connel and Angus had lost a lot of SAN on the way down. Oh wait, they did. Se what happened to Mac.
Okay, so, I'm a bit of a fanboy, but hey, that's what I am.
Nobodez the Fanboy, out.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Message Boards!
Okay, tonight got me thinking about message boards, and about how much I both loathe and love them.
One the one hand, I loathe them because there are a lot of stupid people out there, and I seem to react badly with stupid people. (Which reminds me, I need to do an entry about how much I hate stupid people). Digression, again. Okay, I hate them because when I see a stupid post, or a post with incorrect information, I want to post immediately with a response, but I don't want to be called a flamer, so I tone down my message, and eventually decide not to post, since my message has been lost anyway.
Take Dragon's Landing for instance (it's in the link below). There, I posted a question a few weeks ago, about if the guys doing the podcast did any RPGA stuff like Living Greyhawk. They take the question, and then go, on their podcast, about how the RPGA is all about competition and stuff like that. It was, at one time, but it's changed, and they didn't do any research when they answered, which made me mad, because now people are getting a bad impression of the RPGA from their podcast!
Okay, I think that's out of my system now.
Now, on to the love part. I love message boards. Why? Because, they allow me to meet (metaphorically of course) lots of new and interesting people. I get to see lots of new opinions, and for a guy like myself, who has generally easily changed opinions, it's good, because I get to see things from new perspectives.
Plus, I get to be a fanboy. I like being a fanboy. Macs, Gaming, D&D, Living Greyhawk, d20 Modern, d20 Past (apparently a lot of people who bought it wished they hadn't, or at least, it's a vocal minority), and lots of other shit. Free Speech, Guns (another topic for later), and other stuff.
Wait, that's two et ceteras in one paragraph.
Eh?
Well, that's all for now. Let's hope somebody'll actually read this!
One the one hand, I loathe them because there are a lot of stupid people out there, and I seem to react badly with stupid people. (Which reminds me, I need to do an entry about how much I hate stupid people). Digression, again. Okay, I hate them because when I see a stupid post, or a post with incorrect information, I want to post immediately with a response, but I don't want to be called a flamer, so I tone down my message, and eventually decide not to post, since my message has been lost anyway.
Take Dragon's Landing for instance (it's in the link below). There, I posted a question a few weeks ago, about if the guys doing the podcast did any RPGA stuff like Living Greyhawk. They take the question, and then go, on their podcast, about how the RPGA is all about competition and stuff like that. It was, at one time, but it's changed, and they didn't do any research when they answered, which made me mad, because now people are getting a bad impression of the RPGA from their podcast!
Okay, I think that's out of my system now.
Now, on to the love part. I love message boards. Why? Because, they allow me to meet (metaphorically of course) lots of new and interesting people. I get to see lots of new opinions, and for a guy like myself, who has generally easily changed opinions, it's good, because I get to see things from new perspectives.
Plus, I get to be a fanboy. I like being a fanboy. Macs, Gaming, D&D, Living Greyhawk, d20 Modern, d20 Past (apparently a lot of people who bought it wished they hadn't, or at least, it's a vocal minority), and lots of other shit. Free Speech, Guns (another topic for later), and other stuff.
Wait, that's two et ceteras in one paragraph.
Eh?
Well, that's all for now. Let's hope somebody'll actually read this!
A Thought
Okay, so, since this is my second post, and in, like ten minutes of the first post, I think I'm doing pretty well.
Not.
Now, a little about myself.
I'm sure at least one person is stumbling across this blog and thinking, who is this nobodez guy? At least, I hope you assume I'm a guy, and not a girl, not that that's a bad thing mind you, okay, must stop digging.
Okay, who am I?
I had to do a speech on that one time, but I digress.
Many years ago, back in my freshman year of high school, cable internet was just coming into town, and my parents, God bless them, were contemplating getting it. So, since I really didn't want my new e-mail address to be like my last one, over at yahoo, I though, well, I should come up with a really cool name.
So, with that in mind, and the knowledge that my e-mail would be "user@home.com", I thought, well, what would be cool, funny, and unique that would work with "@home.com".
Well, as is often the case, it just come to me, a saying, "the lights are on, but nobody's home". So, that became my catalyst. But I couldn't just be "nobodys@home.com", it still had to be unique, so, with a twist of Hooked on Phonics inspired genius, "nobodys" became "nobodez" and the rest, as they say, is history.
So, now you know.
Not.
Now, a little about myself.
I'm sure at least one person is stumbling across this blog and thinking, who is this nobodez guy? At least, I hope you assume I'm a guy, and not a girl, not that that's a bad thing mind you, okay, must stop digging.
Okay, who am I?
I had to do a speech on that one time, but I digress.
Many years ago, back in my freshman year of high school, cable internet was just coming into town, and my parents, God bless them, were contemplating getting it. So, since I really didn't want my new e-mail address to be like my last one, over at yahoo, I though, well, I should come up with a really cool name.
So, with that in mind, and the knowledge that my e-mail would be "user@home.com", I thought, well, what would be cool, funny, and unique that would work with "@home.com".
Well, as is often the case, it just come to me, a saying, "the lights are on, but nobody's home". So, that became my catalyst. But I couldn't just be "nobodys@home.com", it still had to be unique, so, with a twist of Hooked on Phonics inspired genius, "nobodys" became "nobodez" and the rest, as they say, is history.
So, now you know.
First Post
Okay, so, this is my first post on my blog. Sure, it's not much, buy hey, I wanted to post a comment over at Scott Sigler's Earthcore, but I had to have a Blogger account to do so.
So, here it is, my blog.
Welcome to the 21st century.
So, here it is, my blog.
Welcome to the 21st century.
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