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I don't know what I was thinking... that all of the homeless would pack up and go into lockdown, but they seemed even more populous than ever on the ride to work yesterday. I mentally tallied 36 as the bus rolled by them.
Big Brain's video card arrived damaged. Murphy's law, I imagine. They're sending another one, and it should be installed by Friday. Gary, the Head muck-de-muck apologized again, and gave me "his personal guarantee" that it would be installed and my machine would be ready for use by Friday after work.
Yeah, yeah, right, right. We'll see.
Is it a sign of Newt really disliking my mashed potatoes if he hops on the table and scratches, trying to cover it up like it was in the sandbox? I suspect the chives are what set him off.
Moment of Lyric: (video link)
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footsteps dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries Mary
The traffic lights, they turn, uh, blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags down stream
’cause the life that lived is,
Is dead
And the wind screams Mary
Uh-will the wind ever remember
The names it has blow in the past?
And with this crutch, it’s old age, and it’s wisdom
It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary
1 year ago - mushroms and eggplant, barefoot craving, acronym cursing, Panama city teens, prozac suicides
2 years ago - popeye is 75, duckburg, powerskip, santa cluster maint, hybrids, beach-dweller picture that will make you shriek, brain sammiches, cam pics, cap'n strong
3 years ago - tan me hide, kartoo, SOP, coloring book entry
4 years ago - Accessory animals. Enron & GWB/pretzel, watching Lone Gunmen, Newt came to work, skate porn
5 years ago - Hot outside! Metallica sues Victoria’s Secret, the weather the cuckoo likes, my first LJ flame attack (and my rebuttal)
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Date: 2006-01-18 02:06 pm (UTC)WHAT!?!
- Mary
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Date: 2006-01-18 02:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-18 03:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-18 04:01 pm (UTC)Next time I make some taters, I'll be sure to film it.
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Date: 2006-01-18 05:28 pm (UTC)I've been talking about cereal a lot lately.
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Date: 2006-01-18 06:16 pm (UTC)Poor little D'artie! none of her pop's scraps to enjoy anymore. Eating all that plant matter in cow fat!
Cereal's a good topic for discussion... I suspect more than a few stand-up comics made a career out of cereal nostalgia, munch-munch sounds, Mikey, and "what the heck is a crunchberry, anyway?" humor.
see also - http://emptybowl.com/
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Date: 2006-01-18 07:03 pm (UTC)Homeless
Frequency: Common
No. Appearing: 3d6
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Date: 2006-01-18 07:12 pm (UTC)Frequency: Common
No. Appearing: 3-18 (3d6)
Armor Class: 10
Move: 12"
Hit Dice: 1
% In Lair: 5%
Treasure Type: Individuals c, In Lair A
No. Of Attacks: 1
Damage/Attack: By Weapon Type
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Average
Alignment: Varies, but often Chaotic in nature.
Size: M
Psionic Ability: Varies, low %
Level/XP Value: III/25 + 1 per HP
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Date: 2006-01-18 07:23 pm (UTC)also, Zombies!
Date: 2006-01-18 07:14 pm (UTC)CANNIBAL ZOMBIE - By Bill Silvey
Frequency: Uncommon (See Below)
No. Appearing: 10-100
Armor Class: 10
Move 4"
Hit Dice: 0 Hit Points (See Below)
% In Lair: 0%
Treasure Type: Incidental
No. Of Attacks: 3
Damage/Attack: 1-4/1-4/1-6
Special Attacks: See Below
Special Defense: See Below
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Non-
Alignment: Neutral
Size: M
Psionic Ability: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
Level/XP Value: III/25 + 1 per HP
The Cannibal Zombie is one of the most horrifying of all undead. The Zombie
Cannibal is animated not by a magic spell (such as Animate Dead), but by some
unknown evil power, or perhaps disease. The Cannibal Zombie has only one
motivation: to consume the flesh of the living. Human, demi-human or humanoid,
it matters not at all to these unspeakable horrors. To this end, they will
relentlessly pursue any living creature they detect by sight or sound. Even
those who have wandered aimlessly until their viscera have rotted completely away
will attempt to bite and eat the flesh of anyone unlucky enough to be caught by
them.
For those who encounter the Cannibal Zombie and live to tell the tale, a horrible
new threat exists. The Cannibal Zombie has three attacks: claw/claw/bite. On a
successful to-hit roll for the Bite attack, there is an 80% chance that the
person unfortunate enough to have been bitten will contract or become corrupted
by whatever malign force causes these dead to walk. When this happens,
disease-like symptoms will grip the victim in one turn. Their CON will drop to
3; after this, in 6-10 hours they will die only to reanimate in another 6-10
hours, awakening to hunger for the flesh of the living. They will have no memory
of their past, nor can any cure "save" them. They will join the ranks of the
undead, seeking only to satiate their unending hunger. The only thing that can
restore someone who has been turned into a Cannibal Zombie is if a Raise Dead
Fully and Restoration spell are cast simultaneously on the wretch. They will be
restored to a living state, unconscious, and heal at 1/2 their normal rate.
To destroy the Cannibal Zombie, the creature must be struck in the head. While
the body (which moves very slowly) is armor class 10, an aimed blow to the head
is treated as an attack versus armor class 5. Blows to any other part of the
reanimated corpse is useless. A single attack which reduces the creature to
-10 hit points however will damage it to the point where it is unable to move any
longer - although it's mangled body will lie on the ground, and woe betide anyone
unfortunate to get close enough to be bitten!
Destructive Magic Spells are particularly useful, especially fire-based magic as
it does double damage to the creatures (given the usual desiccated state of their
flesh and clothes and hair). Cold (such as Cone of Cold) based spells will
freeze them in their place, literally, although they will continue to move when
the frost melts away.
All other magics which prove against other forms of undead are useless - they do
not fear Turning, nor Holy Water, Symbols or Words. They are immune to Fear,
Sleep, Hold and Charm spells, and never need to rest.
Fortunately, these charnel beings are only mentioned in suppressed volumes of
arcane lore; none are known to exist on Oerth. Given how quickly they can spread
their plague, if they were to be summoned or created there, that world would
quickly be doomed. Some half-mad sages hint that this has happened to one world
on the Prime Material Plane already.
Re: also, Zombies!
Date: 2006-01-18 07:45 pm (UTC)Re: also, Zombies!
Date: 2006-01-18 07:48 pm (UTC)Zombies-a-go-go!
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Date: 2006-01-18 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-19 01:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-19 01:33 am (UTC)You know if you gave me mashed potatoes with scallions I'd probably try and bury them too :D
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Date: 2006-01-19 01:34 am (UTC)Angel's an awesome tune,as well. :D
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Date: 2006-01-19 03:41 am (UTC)Has he tried to cover up any other food before? My cats don't do that..they just turn away. However, Sarah tries to bury certain foods with her nose. If it's something she loves..she woofles it. If she half likes it, she tries to cover with her nose, and that means she wants to come back LATER to unbury it, and sample a bit.
Lookie! I found my first batgirl in a journal I read from time to time: http://www.livejournal.com/users/heatherica/
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Date: 2006-01-19 03:47 am (UTC)See, you and I are on the same page about scallions.
I've never seen him try to bury food before... usually he'll be inquisitive, but I've never had him scratch at the tablecloth and try to bury stuff.
Newt's a woofler, too, but he doesn't get much human food... he does prefer kitty kibble fed to him by hand rather than the bowl, though.