The Cure for Cabin Fever Cantina (aka: CfCfC)

[ChaosTitan]

She polishes the last of the glasses, hung in neat little rows over the bar. Checks the bottles lined up behind her, hundreds of them in all shapes, sizes, and planet of origin. Makes sure the taps are fresh and ready to go, and that the blood warmer is set to body temperature (cuz those pesky Vamps hate cold blood).

She looks at the clocks on the wall, set to every time zone (plus a few of the most well-traveled planets and alternate realities). Almost time to open.

Plenty of places to sit. Plenty of food to share. She hopes that all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Spec Fic (plus anyone else who happens to swing by from time to time) feels at home. Able to let their hair down, talk about their day, and just chill. Support each other.

A bell dings. Opening Time!

*

So there ya have it, folks! YA has their Random Musings thread. TIO has the Landfill. They've got Sunshine Cafe's and Comedy Cabaret's, but now there's....um....this new little unnamed corner of the world.

The "must pertain to the writing of SF/F" rule doesn't apply here. It's a place for folks to be folks. Chat about your WIP, your awful day at work, how much you want a light saber of your very own. I may occasionally merge OT threads here, but for the most part, it's a safe haven for Off Topic conversation.

As for the name, I'm taking suggestions. And then there will be a poll. So far, we've got:

QUARK'S BAR
CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON
COWBOY FENG'S SPACE BAR & GRILL
TEN-FORWARD
MOS EISLEY CANTINA

Adding:
The Prancing Pony
C.H.A.O.S. - Cantina for the Haven of Aliens and Other Species
Chaos Alternate Parallel Future Spec World. CAPFSW
The Black Hole
The Restaurant at The End of [The Universe] [Cyberspace] [The Interwebs] [The Internets]
Fred
Ten-Backward
Ten-Posterior
Al Gore's House
Al Gore's alternative prancing posterior at the end of the black hole
Light Sabers & Magic Wands
Universal Planet
Planet Universal
Far Far Away
Once Upon A SFF
42
Portal 42, Destination Earth
ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
Munden's Bar
The Bar
Watering Hole
Millenium Falcon
Centurion Hawk
Morley's
The Time Lords' Pub
The Mended Drum
Biers
C.H.A.O.S. Tavern



Mix and match 'em, or come up with something new. Let's give this new hangout a name!

[ChaosTitan]

I'm for C.H.A.O.S....is this Haven going to be a giant thread or a subforum? I vote for a subforum. I find any thread over 100 posts to be disturbing.

Thread.

I'm determined to start one that goes over a hundred posts. :D

[Hettie]

I actually send the important stuff to myself via email each night.... I figure that is a good backup...

[bettielee]

Greetings all! Has the bar suffered any damage!

So nice to see all your sunshiney faces!

ahem - hettie has something to do, I think?

[Hettie]

It is done.... go check.... I hope you like it!

[Alan Yee]

Yay, AW is back!

And to Fenika a.k.a. The Poster Formerly Known As Bahamutchild: Why did you change your username? It's confuzzling me!

[bettielee]

http://www.freefever.com/animatedgifs/animated/fairy13.gif

and you are all invited to the party in the Royal Thread... yet another one of your friends is Queen...

this place is hot with the royalty, it would seem.

[Fenika]

We're an influence. No adj. We just are.

And Alan- I've been sick of BahamutChild for a longgg time. I didn't change it b/c it was still me, ya know? But I've been looking for an excuse to break free.

Fenika, from Feniks, Polish for Phoenix. I should bring back the phoenix av :)

[Alan Yee]

Yay, AW is back! Again again.

[Fenika]

Mac went for a nap, so hopefully no more mini-crashes ;) ;)

[R.G. Alexander]

Good, I am sure she needs a nap. Thanks for working so hard on getting AW back up Mac and everyone else.

[bettielee]

whooooot! Thank God for the internets gods getting us back up. What a bummer to have it up... up... and come crashing down.

and don't forget what I said about the Royal thread, it is all shiney new.

oh, and the castle has fallen down, so we could use some people to help put it back up

kthxbai

[Neurotic]

*runs around and around in circles*

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Shan't stop calling you Brat, Brat.

:deadhorse

*loffs the new smileys*

[bettielee]

:nothing:badthoughts:flamethrower:sword:rolleyes :tmi:censored

whoo hoo!

and the :tmi is long overdue!

[Fenika]

Shan't stop calling you Brat, Brat.

I never suggested you shouldn't. Plus it will confuse ppl.


:deadhorse

*loffs the new smileys*

Auntie Whinney? :e2cry:

[Fenika]

:sword <--me
|
My WIP

[Synonym]

I like that. That's exactly how I feel about mine right now.

[Neurotic]

I never suggested you shouldn't. Plus it will confuse ppl.

I wouldn't be surprised if it confused people when you had your old user name too. Probably not so many. But I'm sure there were some.

Auntie Whinney? :e2cry:

No. That's not your Auntie. Your Auntie went to a nice, big farm out in the countryside where she could frolic in the long grass with all of the other glue-nags elderly horsies.

Best! Actress! EVAR!

[K_Woods]

How -does- one go about changing a forum handle anyway? That's the part that's still confusing me...

But anyway. Hooray for four-day weekend!

[Alan Yee]

You get a four-day weekend? I'm jealous. I only got three days (which is better than the regular two, I suppose).

[Neurotic]

How -does- one go about changing a forum handle anyway? That's the part that's still confusing me...

But anyway. Hooray for four-day weekend!

I think one talks to one of the local bosses. Admin-types, I mean. Not, you know, mafia bosses.

[K_Woods]

You get a four-day weekend? I'm jealous. I only got three days (which is better than the regular two, I suppose).

My husband has a compressed workweek, so our weekend normally runs Fri-Sun. On the other hand, he leaves here at 3:15 in the afternoon and comes home roughly 12 hours later. It has its downsides.

[Fenika]

I like that. That's exactly how I feel about mine right now.

That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw it.

I wouldn't be surprised if it confused people when you had your old user name too. Probably not so many. But I'm sure there were some.

Yeah, but at least 'brat' was not a leap from 'child' :)



No. That's not your Auntie. Your Auntie went to a nice, big farm out in the countryside where she could frolic in the long grass with all of the other glue-nags elderly horsies.

Best! Actress! EVAR!

Sure sure, and the animals on the side of the road are 'sleeping.'

*takes away your actress badge*

How -does- one go about changing a forum handle anyway? That's the part that's still confusing me...


Well, I had to sacrifice a lot of smibbles...

*burp*

It was worth it.

[Fenika]

Also, watch out folks, but Mac is on a thread recreationism spree. She's due here in the next few hours if she doesn't repassout first.

Maybe we'll get a name change out of it though. The sportsbar is getting a bit filthy with all the football fans passing through.

[Neurotic]

Nonononononononono!

How can we tease the Great Mistress with reminders of Post 17 if we're shut down and moved to a new thread?

*weeps bitter tears*

[Hettie]

*stops lurking to read post 17 before it evaporates*

[Fenika]

It will be here, only we won't.

And then CT can have TWO threads over a hundred posts. Give or take a few 000000's

[MacAllister]

The alliteration will just have to do until CT comes along and thinks of something she likes more. :)

And I preserved post 17 in this thread....but I'll admit the significance went right over my head.

Skoal!

[Neurotic]

*sits in the corner, sniffling*

Oh well. We'll just have to fill this one up too. :evil

[Neurotic]

The alliteration will just have to do until CT comes along and thinks of something she likes more. :)

And I preserved post 17 in this thread....but I'll admit the significance went right over my head.

Skoal!

Yeah. I should have looked at the first page because I think it was post 14 I was talking about. Whichever it was where ChaosTitan said she wanted to start a thread that went over 100 posts.

:)

[MacAllister]

Do you guys need the boilerplate about the Witcher's Sports Bar (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114052&page=1352&highlight=witcher+sports) going to the lovely farm in the country, for retirement? Where BettieLee's good old dog Sparky still lives, happily?

[Fenika]

:ROFL: at the mix up.

Mac, you should shmoo Neuro for that one. Definitely.

And hey, second AND last post in the old thread. *Takes notes for the archives* *rewards herself with a new lightsaber*

What?

[MacAllister]

Heh. Found CT's post about being determined to start a 100 post thread. Moved a copy of that, over here to v2.

Noting for posterity that the first Cantina thread was closing in on 40,000 posts.

[Neurotic]

I'm always up for a Shmooing.

Anyway, Madam Archivist, I didn't see you correcting me. Shmoo the unicorn!

[bettielee]

((says nothing... cannot take a shmooing this week... I's Queen! I gotta be purty!)

[benbradley]

Am I in time to get a post on the first page?

[MacAllister]

Geez, Ben. I wasn't even in time to get in a post on the first page, and I split the darn thread. :)

[Neurotic]

We're prolific writers. It's just that what we're writing is mostly stuffing about.

(Kidding. I kid. But I should really be studying.)

[Fenika]

Heh. Found CT's post about being determined to start a 100 post thread. Moved a copy of that, over here to v2.

Noting for posterity that the first Cantina thread was closing in on 40,000 posts.

I know, there was gonna be balloons, and cake, and a guest speaker an' everything. :cry:

I'm always up for a Shmooing.

Anyway, Madam Archivist, I didn't see you correcting me. Shmoo the unicorn!

I had just walked in! Honest!

Shmoo the ugly thing, that looks like it is a shmoo-vatar!

We're prolific writers. It's just that what we're writing is mostly stuffing about.

(Kidding. I kid. But I should really be studying.)

I'm working on my comedy writing. Yep. And dialogue. Definitely need Believable Dialogue.

[Fenika]

By the by, since Neuro is a total slacker:

Thread.

I'm determined to start one that goes over a hundred posts. :D

[bettielee]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/bettieleetwo/3106423649_9fa6ea7f57.jpg

[Neurotic]

I'm a slacker?

I'm a slacker??

You're the one who just frittered away all of that time digging through two pages of thread to find that post and quote it. Slacker! Shmoo the ghost horse!

[bettielee]

dude.... harsh

[Fenika]

:ROFL:

*teaches Neuro how to click the little number 1*

:)

Oh, hey, cake!

[kct webber]

What the hell! Page two again? I guess we've got another 40,000 posts to make. Time to start over. :D

[bettielee]

anyone like the idea of an actual writer's group? How ironic. On a writer's website. I mean an actual writers group of people currently writing books. Imagine. Not that the kilt group isn't exciting... but I joined the summer writing challenge, and that was amazing. We all were together in that thread urging each other on... and now its over, and I'm all empty inside....

[Fenika]

You could always form the Fall writing group. Might not have the same effect since ppl are back to school or w/e, but ya never know.

And there's NaNo.

And the BIC thread over in writing exercises.

[Fenika]

2 posts till page 3!!! :D

[Synonym]

I could use some encouragement, or a kick in the pants to get writing again. I'm on a permanent vacation in the state of procrastination right now.

Page 3 yet? Nope, darn it.

[kct webber]

Are we there yet?

[kct webber]

Stealing page 3. Ha!

And jumping the first cake in the new thread:

:hooray:
:Cake:

[Synonym]

There are some distinct disadvantages to living in the country. I meandered into the bathroom, picking up dirty clothes to wash and found a scorpion. They do like to come inside the house when it starts cooling off in the Fall. My husband captured it with a pair of pliers and tested its swimming abilities. They don't swim well.

[Fenika]

I could use some encouragement, or a kick in the pants to get writing again. I'm on a permanent vacation in the state of procrastination right now.

Page 3 yet? Nope, darn it.

2,000 words in the next 3 hours. Go! If you get done early then you can open AW.

Are we there yet?

*shudders* You remind me of difficult times. And a car full of poot.

Stealing page 3. Ha!

And jumping the first cake in the new thread:

:hooray:
:Cake:

Yay! Cake jumper! Holy cake jumper even! But your cake still disturbs me now that I know it has eyes. *leans left* It's still watchhhhhhinnnnnnggggg meeeee!

There are some distinct disadvantages to living in the country. I meandered into the bathroom, picking up dirty clothes to wash and found a scorpion. They do like to come inside the house when it starts cooling off in the Fall. My husband captured it with a pair of pliers and tested its swimming abilities. They don't swim well.

*Lines her apartment with a moat*

[Nakhlasmoke]

Wooh hellos

[Synonym]

2000 words! Damned good thing you don't know where I live-exactly. I suspect that I've written myself into a corner and I need to back up and delete some things and find another tangent. That may be my real problem.

[maxmordon]

Oh! Changes! So many changes, changes scare me, always bring unknown things...

[Fenika]

Hallo Max and Cat.

Happy tangenting, Syn. Maybe you just need more focus on where you need to end up??

[Synonym]

Hallo Max and Cat.

Happy tangenting, Syn. Maybe you just need more focus on where you need to end up??


Focus is the key word. I know the ending, just need to keep it interesting until we get there.

[SWickham]

Oh, I'm so spun around right now my head hurts! But I have found you again, hooray!

(was having an attack of paranoia this morning when three of the threads I subscribe to were closed! LOL)

[Fenika]

It's hard to make the middle more than fluff between 'They left hobbiton' and 'Arrived at Mordor' ;)

Hi Wick. Didn't you hear Mac was cracking down on the chatter around here. Quick, say something writing related!

[K_Woods]

Has anyone here ever picked up a novel, started reading it, and had the feeling that this particular novel was a lengthy and sometimes subtle guide in What Not to Do, immediately relevant to the WIP?

It's kind of surreal.

[IdiotsRUs]

bwahahahaha!

Lookee what I found!


http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2007/333/1/e/Chocobo_Knight_by_Zeraga.gif
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2008/021/b/9/Medusa_by_CookiemagiK.gifhttp://fc05.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2007/314/b/f/Epic_Ninjas_Appear_by_de_Mote.gif

[Ellefire]

Oh! Can I come and play in here?

[K_Woods]

Sure! Have a smibble, while you're at it!

[Fenika]

Chocobo emoticon!

[Kitty Pryde]

Dudes! New thread! Like whoa!

Just came back from a rockin 8 hour wedding of an old high school buddy in Oregon. Said buddy was the groom. The highlight of the weekend, and I think you will all agree:

Kitty: (inside her head) Wow, the groom has like a really cool outfit on, doesn't he?

Kitty's best friend/wedding date: Is he dressed exactly like David Tennant Doctor Who on purpose?

Kitty, in a brief moment of grabbing the groom's attention: I have been requested to inquire as to whether you are dressed like David Tennant Doctor Who intentionally?

Groom, dressed like Doctor Who: YES! ISN'T IT AWESOME?

*High fives exchanged all around in honor of wedding joy and Doctor Who being awesome*

I will put up a picture for you to be impressed by later. The bride was dressed slightly more conventionally in a white wedding dress and big brown work boots, as we were on an extremely muddy farm.

[Synonym]

I like the Medusa image for some reason. Thanks IRUS.

3900 words shaken, stirred and pounded into shape for a second attempt by my crit friends. Dang, that feels good. Thanks for the kick in the pants.

[Fenika]

I have requested the chocoknight be made a smiley

Yay for wedding fun

And woo hoo Syn!!!

[Fenika]

Damn, my character can't have a working bow in the garden scene b/c he swam through a river.

Maybe he can find one. Might as well, no? This is a FF riff anyways. ;)

[bettielee]

what? didn't he think to hold his bow in his teeth and dogpaddle?

[Fenika]

He had to swim under a grate (ofc) to smoothly bypass the enemy's defenses (ofc)

;)

I did consider having him stuff it in his big mouth, but then it would be a bit wet still. And he just wouldn't do that. He's too kewl for such daftness.

[Nakhlasmoke]

But I like characters who are cool having to do daft things, it just makes them more real and human. etc

[bettielee]

Damn. I love the image of some big strapping hero dogpaddling with a bow held in his teeth.

[kct webber]

Has anyone here ever picked up a novel, started reading it, and had the feeling that this particular novel was a lengthy and sometimes subtle guide in What Not to Do, immediately relevant to the WIP?

Yes.

[bettielee]

By the way, I don't know if this is appropriate, but I have started a fantasy writers group, for those working on a wip that would like some love, some inspiration, some buttckicking, or if you would like to help others with the love, the inspiration or the buttkicking

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/group.php?groupid=17

Please join... if it would make you happy...

[kct webber]

Stealing some page 4. HA!

And jumping another cake!

:hooray:
:Cake:

[kct webber]

By the way, I don't know if this is appropriate, but I have started a fantasy writers group, for those working on a wip that would like some love, some inspiration, some buttckicking, or if you would like to help others with the love, the inspiration or the buttkicking

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/group.php?groupid=17

Please join... if it would make you happy...

Cool. I'm taking a look. :)

[bettielee]

KCT - that makes you way too happy posting on top of the page....

[Neurotic]

Seriously, right?

[bettielee]

I need to get my butt in bed.... goodnight Cantina...

[kct webber]

KCT - that makes you way too happy posting on top of the page....

Seriously, right?

MOCK NOT THE HOLY CAKE JUMPER!

Seriously. It hurts my feelings.

(Plus I'll call down the wrath of the Great Mistress of Chaos upon thee. There's that too.)

[Neurotic]

Aww. Poor, bruised man-ego. Does someone need a hug?

:D

[kct webber]

:e2arms:

[Neurotic]

:Hug2:

*cops a feelie*

[AceTachyon]

Good morning Catina-peeps!

I see we've gotten a facelift.

40,000 posts! Yowza!

Coffee Times, ahoy! Three points off the starboard bow!

[Kitty Pryde]

*also setting my course for coffee times*

Since we can make groups,should there be a Cantina-group? Called, Super Captain Planet Cantina Power Pack Awesome Squad Of Doom and Cupcakes? Maybe?

[bettielee]

Isn't that what this is?

ETA: Morning Greetings, all

And how is it I get in so much trouble with the Doom Bunneh in this thread... I am the gentlest of fairies... really I ahm!

[AceTachyon]

I've never had any problems with Doom Bunnehs.

And I now have Coffee Times.

[Kitty Pryde]

No...this is a thread not a group. If you make a group, then it like has its own thread...I'm not sure what the advantage of being a group is. But I presume there is one.

[AceTachyon]

So would a Cantina group be something like a sub-forum? Like Office Party, but strictly SF/F?

[bettielee]

Soon... we shall take over the world...

[Fenika]

MOCK NOT THE HOLY CAKE JUMPER!

Seriously. It hurts my feelings.

(Plus I'll call down the wrath of the Great Mistress of Chaos upon thee. There's that too.)

You are stealing my new-page thunder!

And if you can get CT in here, that would be awesomesauce.

Off to class...

[TheIT]

New thread, huh? Could we at least get a link to the old thread in the first post so we can reference back to the old discussions?

Hope everyone had a good long weekend!

[AceTachyon]

Hi Theeet!

Oh--and can someone smack me in the head? I just posted in PC&E again.

Bad Ace....

[TheIT]

Should we throw a smibble at you, Ace?

:e2tomato:

All the smilies are in different places now. I need relearn where everything is.

[dempsey]

Wait, what all happened?

(Also I think I died while in Seattle. But I led my first D&D game ever and it was success!)

[Kitty Pryde]

Hi Theeet!

Oh--and can someone smack me in the head? I just posted in PC&E again.

Bad Ace....

*smacks ace with the Spoilt Trout Of Good Sense to bring him back to rational behavior*

Wait, what all happened?

(Also I think I died while in Seattle. But I led my first D&D game ever and it was success!)

boo, dying!

[TheIT]

Looks like they're doing some board redecorating after the update this weekend.

Feels like the time they painted the walls at work then put all the pictures back in different places. Had a heck of a time figuring out where I was since I navigated by the pictures.

[AceTachyon]

Should we throw a smibble at you, Ace?

:e2tomato:


*smacks ace with the Spoilt Trout Of Good Sense to bring him back to rational behavior*
Thank you, both of you.

[AceTachyon]

But I led my first D&D game ever and it was success!
Well DM'ed, dempsey.

Did you pull the old DM trick of rolling a whole bunch of dice behind the screen, frowning, saying "That's not good", then looking at your players and telling them "Oh, it's nothing. Nothing to worry about."

Then flashing an evil smile.

[dempsey]

Well DM'ed, dempsey.

Did you pull the old DM trick of rolling a whole bunch of dice behind the screen, frowning, saying "That's not good", then looking at your players and telling them "Oh, it's nothing. Nothing to worry about."

Then flashing an evil smile.

Actually, I pointed at the guy who was playing a warlord and said, "I'm going to kill you in this game."

And then I did.

(Also, I had to LEGITIMATELY ask someone to roll to see if they were getting drunk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdXG2gV01k).)

[AceTachyon]

(Also, I had to LEGITIMATELY ask someone to roll to see if they were getting drunk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdXG2gV01k).)
FORT or CON check?

And were you playing 4th Ed. or 3rd?

[IdiotsRUs]

Did you pull the old DM trick of rolling a whole bunch of dice behind the screen, frowning, saying "That's not good", then looking at your players and telling them "Oh, it's nothing. Nothing to worry about."

I use the 'whistle between the teeth' a la the mechanic who's about to tell you that it's gonna cost thousands to fix. Then I giggle.

That's when they start taking bets as to who is about to die, and I unleash a small kitten how just wants some looove. :D Or occasionally a felbeast while they are level 1.

My players hate me. But they do have good reflexes now.

[dempsey]

FORT or CON check?

And were you playing 4th Ed. or 3rd?

I called it a fort check. She rolled a 1.

We were playing 4th ed. Picked up a canned adventure from WotC (Keep of the Shadowfell).

[Etola]

I've had some GMs who have excellent evil looks. My husband, though, just gets a furrowed brow and goes "Hmmm..." while he furiously rolls dice behind his screen, and we players sit tensely chewing our nails and hoping something awful isn't about to happen.

[AceTachyon]

We were playing 4th ed. Picked up a canned adventure from WotC (Keep of the Shadowfell).
Heh. My group's playing that one, too.

[AceTachyon]

I've had some GMs who have excellent evil looks. My husband, though, just gets a furrowed brow and goes "Hmmm..." while he furiously rolls dice behind his screen, and we players sit tensely chewing our nails and hoping something awful isn't about to happen.
And then he has everyone make a DEX check but doesn't say why?

:D

[AceTachyon]

My players hate me. But they do have good reflexes now.
Nah, they just make sure to use the "Eeroo Is DM" dice which is set to roll 17+ on all checks.

[dempsey]

Heh. My group's playing that one, too.

I got tired of kobolds so I started making them fight werebadgers. Same stats though. But the group was so ridiculous in the pre-game (barfight, I had to whip up some guards to fight them) that we only got through two encounters before we called it :)

[Kitty Pryde]

WEREBADGERS!

[IdiotsRUs]

Nah, they just make sure to use the "Eeroo Is DM" dice which is set to roll 17+ on all checks.

Hehehe. They hate it when out of the blue I say 'Roll please'. It makes them get all nervous. They have learned not to question me though - that's when they get unexpected dragons :D

Anyway, edits done and sent. yay!

[Etola]

And then he has everyone make a DEX check but doesn't say why?

:D

Worse. He might suddenly look up at one of us and say, "Lemme see your sheet . . ."

[AceTachyon]

Worse. He might suddenly look up at one of us and say, "Lemme see your sheet . . ."
Ah yes. I've used that many times.

[AceTachyon]

I hereby raise a glass to all my fellow Cantina gamers.

Drink heartily, my friends.

[IdiotsRUs]

Actually one of my faves is ( bear in mind I play MERP) 'What was your defensive bonus again? Oh, no reason' then snicker.

*hoists drink to DMs all over*

[TheIT]

Our D&D group decided that the proper term for a group of DM's was "a chaos of DM's". Seemed appropriate. :D

One of our DM's got so fed up with us wasting time that he'd have force fields appear in the hallway to push us in the right direction.

[IdiotsRUs]

It's good to be god.

*sighs happily and plans evulness* I wonder how many I can kill this week?

[bettielee]

Congratulations. You have all out-geeked me.

I am such a hermit. I don't interact, even on geek levels.

[Ellefire]

I have never played D&D, but that didn't stop me from laughing lots at this list: famous last words (http://www.gamewyrd.com/words/)

[Aggy B.]

I have yet to find a gaming group that doesn't have a DM who is interested in one of the players. Which sucks. After the third/fourth time of this occurring I just gave up.

[IdiotsRUs]

Well I'm kinda interested in my Old Man....


Mind you, I kill him the most. Just for giggles.

[bettielee]

you need to dress hotter, Aggy!

[Williebee]

"Chaos Cantina Corruptica".

That may be the best name so far.

[bettielee]

you need to dress hotter, Aggy!

"Chaos Cantina Corruptica".

That may be the best name so far.

Especially if I am going to give that kind of advice....

[Aggy B.]

Well I'm kinda interested in my Old Man....


Mind you, I kill him the most. Just for giggles.

Yeah. That's a lot better than sitting through a three hour game session with 90% of it consisting of the DM making out with his girlfriend.

Or starting to kill her off and then changing his mind when she throws a hissy fit.

And there was the player we had who obviously didn't understand that the DM was in charge of the game and would announce things like "I walk into the room and immediately notice something is different."

A shame, really. I loves me some RPGing but it seems I am cursed to never have a good experience.

[IdiotsRUs]

And there was the player we had who obviously didn't understand that the DM was in charge of the game and would announce things like "I walk into the room and immediately notice something is different."

Anyone tried that with me I'd say 'And a large metal object with '10 tonnes' written on the side squishes your head. Booby trap, that's what was different.'

:D

Never mess with god.

[Aggy B.]

you need to dress hotter, Aggy!

Well. Without getting into personal details (i.e. derogatory comments) I can assure you that I was the hottest player there. But I wasn't... putting myself out there, shall we say?

These days it's probably a different story. Pregnancy left me a little different than she found me. ;)

[Aggy B.]

Anyone tried that with me I'd say 'And a large metal object with '10 tonnes' written on the side squishes your head. Booby trap, that's what was different.'

:D

Never mess with god.

That would have been awesome!

I forgot to point out that that group was made up entirely of ADD people. (Literally. They'd gone to a special school together and everything.) And then there was me. That really sucked now that I think about it. Worse than the DM making out with his girlfriend as part of the "plot".

[Fenika]

Well, page 5 was easy to read since I just skimmed all the stuff I had no clue about.

I need to go back to college (and back in time) and be a D&D nerd. I'd prolly pick up some sweet geek bfs too.

[TheIT]

I played D&D once in college, then joined a group at work. No brewing romances there. Pity, since I was usually the only female player in the group. :D

[dempsey]

I have yet to find a gaming group that doesn't have a DM who is interested in one of the players. Which sucks. After the third/fourth time of this occurring I just gave up.

I think worse is joining a D&D game as the only girl only to be absolutely despised by the DM, enough that he does everything within his power to kill you and the rest of the group is wasting time trying to keep you alive.

Yeah. That was awesome. My first time playing, too :)

[Aggy B.]

I should also point out that despite the bad gaming experience it was while writing up the backstory for one of my characters that I realized I really wanted to write fiction. So. It wasn't a total loss. :)

[Alan Yee]

I have never played D&D. Non-conformists unite!

[Fenika]

Yeah, my last bf couldn't understand while I refused to play Magic with him. This was after trying to convince him we needed to play with basic cards only.

And yay for being shaped into a writer, Aggy.

*Join's Alan's club*

Lastly- 2 chapters polished tonight, as planned. Not as much studying done as I needed to, but close. Maybe I'll get the WIP done this weekend :)

Night

[bettielee]

**joins Alan and Fenika in non-conformist club**

**realises she has become a conformist**

dammit.

[Nakhlasmoke]

I have never played D&D. Non-conformists unite!

YAY!!!

**joins Alan and Fenika in non-conformist club**

**realises she has become a conformist**

dammit.

oh no wait...

[R.G. Alexander]

World of Warcraft.....YAY!!


I be a gamer, but not of D&D. I never played. I saw some guys playing once, but the hubby was NOT at all interested. He watched them for about 5 seconds and said, "So, um, wouldn't that be easier to play on a computer?" He made enemies that night.

[R.G. Alexander]

and I love the new name.

[eyeblink]

I have never played D&D. Non-conformists unite!

Neither have I!

I have no games loaded onto my PC on principle - I have enough distractions from writing as it is. Including forums.

[maxmordon]

This is long, but wicked worthy. Interested parties out on the internet have compiled a list of facts about Neil Gaiman.

1.Neil Gaiman once wrote a Nebula-winning story using only the middle row of his keyboard.
2.Harper Collins has taken out a 2.5 million dollar insurance policy onNeil Gaiman’saccent.
3.If you write 1000 words and Neil Gaiman writes 1000 words, Neil Gaiman has written more than you.
4.Neil Gaiman does not use Microsoft’s grammar-check. Microsoft uses a Gaiman-check.
5.Neil Gaiman once did the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen. In fifteen minutes. He wontwo Hugo awardsfor it.
6.Neil Gaiman is who the Ghostbusters call.
7.Most agents charge a 15% commission. Neil Gaiman’s agent pays him an
extra 15%for the privilege of saying “I’m Neil Gaiman’s agent.”
8.William Shakespeare once came back from the dead to ask for Neil Gaiman’s autograph.
9.Neil Gaiman is the reason nobody teaches “I before E except after C” anymore.
10.Some writers take inspiration from the muse. The muse takes inspiration from Neil Gaiman.
11.Neil Gaiman once groped Harlan Ellison.
12.The pen is mightier than the sword;Neil Gaiman has mastered fourteen different styles of penmanship.
13.Rumor has it that a NY editor rejected Neil Gaiman’s first book.
This can not be confirmed, as the editor in question was never heard
from again.
14.Neil Gaiman can tweet 175 characters.
15.Neil Gaiman’s personal library includes an autographed copy of the Necronomicon.
16.Hitler actually won World War II. Then Neil Gaiman wrote an
alternate-history story in which the allies won, and reality was too
intimidated to argue the point.
17.Some authors write in omniscient point of view. Neil Gaiman lives it.
18.Neil Gaiman’s next novel is expected to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Heisman Trophy.
19.In any given week, 7 of the top 10 books on the NYT Bestseller List are by pseudonyms of Neil Gaiman.
20. Neil Gaiman has never written a deus ex machina ending. However, God once wrote a Gaiman ex machina ending.

[maxmordon]

I have never seen Dungeons and Dragons here, closest thing has beeen the Dragonlance novels around.

[Fenika]

Three months, six days!

Get me outta this town! (Well, I visit the east coast in October, yay)

[AceTachyon]

I'm also digging on the Cantina's new name. Hope it sticks and doesn't change (but that's just my opinion).

Fenika...Fenika....meh, I'm still calling you Baha.

[AceTachyon]

I spy Coffee Times...

[Kitty Pryde]

Coffee times!

Max--that list about Neil Gaiman was written by AW's very own Jim C Hines: http://www.jimchines.com/2009/09/20-neil-gaiman-facts/ so there goes a nice linky.

Also he is awesome. Also his new book is coming out in LESS THAN A MONTH but I really wish I had it TODAY! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756405831?ie=UTF8&tag=jchines-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0756405831

[Bufty]

Just warped in on my way through the Genuflexus nebulae.

I've never played this D&D you are talking about.

From reading about the DM making out with his girlfriend during play I guess it's a local variation on Drunk and Disorderly or sump'n like that.

Ah, well.

Hey! You there! Six eyes! At the bar! A quick Spock salami and Tomato Brainer please, then I'm back en route again.

[AceTachyon]

Also his new book is coming out in LESS THAN A MONTH but I really wish I had it TODAY! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756405831?ie=UTF8&tag=jchines-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0756405831
I know the feeling, KP.

I'm also anxiously awaiting it.

[K_Woods]

Just warped in on my way through the Genuflexus nebulae.

I've never played this D&D you are talking about.

From reading about the DM making out with his girlfriend during play I guess it's a local variation on Drunk and Disorderly or sump'n like that.

That is not D&D. That is a trainwreck in progress. There is a substantial difference.

[TheIT]

That is not D&D. That is a trainwreck in progress. There is a substantial difference.

Given some of the Dungeons & Dragons games I participated in, trainwrecks are an apt analogy...

We had one player who never paid attention to the setup, then acted in some totally random fashion. Over the course of several adventures, I think he got at least a half dozen characters killed (including one of mine).

For the D&D fans, another shameless plug for Aaron Williams and the Nodwick and Full Frontal Nerdity cartoons:

www.nodwick.com (http://www.nodwick.com)

Enjoy!

:D

[bettielee]

It is my day off.

I am vertical.

I have a frozen (diet) pizza for later.

I have a giant mug o' coffee on the warmer.

That is all.

[Kitty Pryde]

It is my day off.

That is all.

Nicely done. I have tomorrow off. I do have to tidy the house and go to the gym. But also! The sleeping in! AND my local branch (the Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Branch Library) of the library has BOTH of the books I want to read. Woo!

I had coffee times, but they were ineffective. I need some more of them.

[bettielee]

I raise my half-filled mug to you, KP!


ahh... coffee times...

[K_Woods]

Given some of the Dungeons & Dragons games I participated in, trainwrecks are an apt analogy...

We had one player who never paid attention to the setup, then acted in some totally random fashion. Over the course of several adventures, I think he got at least a half dozen characters killed (including one of mine).

For the D&D fans, another shameless plug for Aaron Williams and the Nodwick and Full Frontal Nerdity cartoons:

www.nodwick.com (http://www.nodwick.com)

Enjoy!

:D

Hooray for Nodwick! Also, he has a cameo appearance in The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, if you haven't seen it. I recommend it.

The very first game D&D I participated in started normally, and was fine until the DM started coming apart at the seams -- in retrospect, the signs were there, but you know what they say about hindsight. It's a long, complicated story.

[bettielee]

That was very evil of you to not fill in the exciting details...

[Kitty Pryde]

Doods! I wrote a short story yesterday. I think it was the first one I've written that has an actually ending that actually makes sense. Yay me! Only problem...it's not specfic, it's contemporary fiction. Teh shamez!

It's actually kind of a cute story, inspired by the extremely cute antics of the ring bearer at the wedding I attended on Sunday. But I dunno what to do with it. Set it on Mars, and add in a human-alien marriage subplot perhaps. :D

[K_Woods]

That was very evil of you to not fill in the exciting details...

Think of it as sparing everyone here the drama. This I'm going to at least defend as not being evil! Also, why does everyone call me evil?

Doods! I wrote a short story yesterday. I think it was the first one I've written that has an actually ending that actually makes sense. Yay me! Only problem...it's not specfic, it's contemporary fiction. Teh shamez!

It's actually kind of a cute story, inspired by the extremely cute antics of the ring bearer at the wedding I attended on Sunday. But I dunno what to do with it. Set it on Mars, and add in a human-alien marriage subplot perhaps. :D

Awesome! And so what if it's contemporary? It's a story! There's no law saying we're restricted to our little district of Litrit-Chur City.

...Right?

[kct webber]

What is this D&D if which you speak?

Kidding. I'm kidding. I played for a little while--about a month--when I was stationed in a very boring observation post with some techie nerds I was in the army with. I wasn't much into it, to be honest, but like someone here, making characters was the most interesting part, and it made me start exploring the craft of writing more. I had been writing since I was 8 years old, but I'd never really explored it as a skill to be learned until then. :)

[Fenika]

So at home I have a monitor, a new CDRW drive (and DVDdrive, but no current desire to use that feature), a hard drive.... and no computer. I took it in to get fixed. It's free though.

But Hi.

[TheIT]

Hi Fenika! So you're posting on the Internet with no computer. I'm impressed. :D

One of my MCs is based on my first D&D character. My fantasy universe was originally very D&D-like until I figured out how to differentiate it. Great experience for trying to become characters.

[Fenika]

I stopped by the vet school after a social gathering ofc :tongue

Which MC?

[TheIT]

I stopped by the vet school after a social gathering ofc :tongue

Which MC?

Katrina. She was a half-elf thief character with an 18 Charisma (2nd edition rules). The high charisma got her into LOTS of trouble. :D

[Fenika]

Innnnteresting.

Well, I'm off. Guess I'll sit at home and study without any distractions or pauses. oO

[K_Woods]

Innteresting: When the DM pulls "You all meet in a tavern," and somehow makes it entertaining.

*duck*

Well, my (novel) WIP lead pulled another surprise on me. Well, half-surprise. It was more along the lines of "Oh, that explains a lot." And then, "Curse you, write what you knoooowwww!"

[bettielee]

The Question:

Also, why does everyone call me evil?

?

The answer:

K_Woods
Evil smibble vendor?


:evil

[TheIT]

The Question:



The answer:

K_Woods
Evil smibble vendor?


:evil

Could be a vendor of evil smibbles rather than an evil vendor of smibbles... ;)

[bettielee]

That would certainly fix it... :)

[K_Woods]

It was people calling me evil that prompted me to change the title in the first place. Either people ignored the question, or didn't notice it was one :tongue

And in my sig, it says, Evil Mutant Plot Smibbles! 'Course I sell the regular variety too, but they just don't provide the same twists and turns in plot. The regular kind probably work best for lower-key stories, without backstabbings and Evil Overlords and the like.

[bettielee]

Aww... I knows you not evil. 'sokay.

[Kitty Pryde]

Anyone up at this late hour (or early, depending on point of view)? I'm toodling around typing up some already written stuff. Woo.

Shameless pimpage of non-fantastical non-sciencefictional SYW thread: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4023205

[AnnieColleen]

I'm up, though I shouldn't be. Tried to read my brother's college essay, and it's the wrong format for my computer, passworded on his, and he's gone to bed. Oh well.

Trying to get some outlining done before I go to bed...

[K_Woods]

Random cool link: the breakdown of nicknames for sugary carbonated beverages in the US, by region: http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

Although I am disappointed that there is no 'soda pop.'

And KP -- cool, I'll have to take a look later.

[AceTachyon]

Also, why does everyone call me evil?

KW is not teh ebil.

Actually, I think they're just trying to say "smibble" but mispronouncing it as "smevil."

[AceTachyon]

Innteresting: When the DM pulls "You all meet in a tavern," and somehow makes it entertaining.

As DM I tried not to be so blatant.

I always had my PCs get into the town looking for something or someone and inevitably had them RP and be told "So-and-so is likely to be in the Prancing Unicorn, at the corner of Market Way and Eel Street" or "try askin' at the Prancin' Unicorn, luv."

[AceTachyon]

Aaaaand good morning, fellow Coffee Times Seekers.

[R.G. Alexander]

Coffee timez! I missed it yesterday. It was not a very good/productive day in any way.

[Etola]

Random cool link: the breakdown of nicknames for sugary carbonated beverages in the US, by region: http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

Although I am disappointed that there is no 'soda pop.'

And KP -- cool, I'll have to take a look later.

Heh, Alaska doesn't seem to know what it's saying! And what's with the random pocket of Soda people centered around St. Louis, Missouri?

I grew up in Albany, NY (Soda Territory) then moved to western PA, right on the 'Pop' side of the Pop/Soda border. It was a running debate in college, where we had people from both sides of the border.

Aaaaand good morning, fellow Coffee Times Seekers.

I am not a coffee drinker, but I've been drinking a lot of tea at my new job. Not because I need the caffeine, but because it's so cold at my desk area that I need something to warm up them bones :(

[AceTachyon]

I am not a coffee drinker, but I've been drinking a lot of tea at my new job. Not because I need the caffeine, but because it's so cold at my desk area that I need something to warm up them bones :(
Tea is also goodness. I'm using Coffee Times in a more generalized, hot beverage celebratory fashion.

Off to go do that.

[Etola]

Tea is also goodness. I'm using Coffee Times in a more generalized, hot beverage celebratory fashion.

Off to go do that.

Sounds good to me! Once I get around to remembering, I will start bringing hot chocolate to work, and then I will get a hot beverage AND chocolate! :D

[AceTachyon]

Sounds good to me! Once I get around to remembering, I will start bringing hot chocolate to work, and then I will get a hot beverage AND chocolate! :D
oooo! Hot chocolate!!

I now have Coffee Times with a large white mocha. Yumm!

[Etola]

oooo! Hot chocolate!!

I now have Coffee Times with a large white mocha. Yumm!

I had tea...it was good, but I took too long to drink it, and the remainder is now cold :( And I have a sudden urge for soup for lunch. I suppose I could try the cafeteria's wedding soup...

The quest for hot liquids continues! *cue Indiana Jones/AceTachyon theme music*

[Fenika]

I miss my little netbook. Hopefully it returns to me today.

Hallo again folks.

[AceTachyon]

Hallo again folks.
Hallo Baha!!!!

:D

[Etola]

Hallo Baha!!!!

:D

Well, someone's happy!

Hello, Baha/Fenika :)

Oh, and my quest for Wedding Soup failed. The cafeteria opened at 11:30, and by 12:30 the soup was gone. Apparently it was quite popular...

[AceTachyon]

The quest for hot liquids continues! *cue Indiana Jones/AceTachyon theme music*
Strangely enough, I think of the Indy Theme as my own theme song.

And I have the gear.

Want to see?

[Etola]

Strangely enough, I think of the Indy Theme as my own theme song.

And I have the gear.

Want to see?

And that's why I lumped them together :)

Ooh, you have pics? :D
Do share!

[Fenika]

Ace, we need more songs!

And if youre going to call me Baha, dont shout and bold! :tongue

Lunch is lemon chicken with spaghetti squash in duck juice.

[TheIT]

The Indiana Jones soundtrack is great music. I picked the "Basket Game" song as the theme song for my second NaNo novel.

I seem to have missed something. What's Coffee Times?

[Fenika]

There was some talk of caffeine and addictions so now everyone is emphasizing their happy coffee times :)

[TheIT]

Ah. Right now I'm enjoying "tea, Earl Grey, hot" Times. My cabinet at work is filled with a couple of dozen different types of teas. I start out with black tea in the morning, switch to green in afternoon, then herbal later otherwise the caffeine won't let me sleep.

[Etola]

So I'm working on my WIP, and I wonder if this has happened to anyone else. Have you ever written a villain whose ideals are, in your own mind, horribly twisted and wrong, but you can imagine that somewhere out there will be someone who reads your book and thinks that the villain has the right idea? Not so much a Draco in Leather Pants (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DracoInLeatherPants), but actually agreeing with his philosophy?

[Fenika]

Oh, tea times are good. I'm stuck at school, boo.

*hands Etola a twisted villian award* The closest I've come is a decent antihero

[Etola]

Oh, tea times are good. I'm stuck at school, boo.

*hands Etola a twisted villian award* The closest I've come is a decent antihero

*looks at the trophy, which has a twisted, empty black heart on top. Hefts it.*

Wow! I didn't think they gave out trophies for this! I'd like to thank the members of the Cantina Academy, my beta readers and my husband.

*Then hands it to her villain, who is, as usual, impeccably dressed.*

Here, you get this for being such a sick bastard.

[AceTachyon]

And that's why I lumped them together :)

Ooh, you have pics? :D
Do share!

Have a look-see here (http://acetachyon.blogspot.com/2009/05/dr-jones-buys-comics.html).

:D

[AceTachyon]

Ace, we need more songs!


Did I already share this one (http://www.abnersenires.com/songs/urban-fantasy.html)?

If I have, I believe I have another on my home PC that's ready to share.

And I'm working on another but it's off to the side whilst I write episode 7 of the serial and work out plot points of episode 8.

[K_Woods]

Afternoon, folks.

And yes, the UF song's already been shared. I still have to listen to it, but my laptop's sound has gone...flaky.

*debates taking a hammer to the volume control, because at this point the problem can't get much worse*

[Fenika]

I'm at school and can't listen :\

And still no laptop. Damn you, slow data transfer!

[Neurotic]

Ace, we need more songs!

And if youre going to call me Baha, dont shout and bold! :tongue

Lunch is lemon chicken with spaghetti squash in duck juice.

Why not, BahaBrat?

*sips all lady-like on first blessed coffee of the day*

[Kitty Pryde]

Ace-bitchin outfit :D I especially like all the people standing in the background totally in awe of your radness.

I need some coffee times...but that would require leaving the house. Hrmmm

[Fenika]

*sigh* Oh the mockery. See what you did, Ace?

I am not some stupid island! Respect my new alias!

Also, I has the computer back, yay. Ofc, I found this out soon after printing two chapters and JUST after bitching about not having it. Murphy's law, eh?

Oh well, I can use the paper copy while the old data transfers over.

[Neurotic]

Heh. To be fair to Ace, I wouldn't have done that if you hadn't made a thing about it, Baha. ;)

[Fenika]

Afternoon, folks.

And yes, the UF song's already been shared. I still have to listen to it, but my laptop's sound has gone...flaky.

*debates taking a hammer to the volume control, because at this point the problem can't get much worse*

Flaky computers sux. Hope you get yours fixed.

And, ACE, I haven't heard that one and I likes it :)

[Fenika]

Heh. To be fair to Ace, I wouldn't have done that if you hadn't made a thing about it, Baha. ;)

Well, to be fair to you, Ace was making a thing about it. First with the Baha, then with the boldness.

In other words, He started it!!! Mommmmmmmmmmmmmm! Tell him to stop!

;)

[K_Woods]

You kids knock it off right now, or so help me I'm turning this thread around!

And yeah, flaky computers suck. To an extent, I'm getting what I paid for, though. (Got this machine from a friend. The price was free, in the end, once its flakiness was apparent. And it's effective enough for writing and a good bit of gaming.)

*hums "How Long," and if anyone asks it's Feni-Baha-Whaddever's fault*

[Neurotic]

FeniBrat?

Well, to be fair to you, Ace was making a thing about it. First with the Baha, then with the boldness.

In other words, He started it!!! Mommmmmmmmmmmmmm! Tell him to stop!

;)

Ah, but the inspiration for Ace to make a thing out of it had to come from somewhere. This is a situation of your own making, FeniBahaBrat. :D

[AceTachyon]

it's Feni-Baha-Whaddever's fault*

FeniBahaBrat.
FeniBaha?

Isn't that a Japanese restaurant--?

(sans bold, you'll notice)

[Fenika]

#(@($#*$

NEVER USE WINDOWS SYSTEM RESTORE.

I hate computers and just wasted another evening getting this one set up only to have windows %#*@ me over.

I am so sick of getting crap though. Hell.

Now I not only have to take the netbook back, but it did someshit to my BACKUP drive. As if I'd CHANGED ANYTHING on my damn back up drive. ffs. I'm pretty sure it wiped program file info. If my bookmarks on gone I'm assassinating Gates.

/rant

[benbradley]

#(@($#*$

NEVER USE WINDOWS
Excellent advice.

[bettielee]

I'm sorry your computer is a demon from hell...

you know you have been too much internetting when you strain your thumb...

[K_Woods]

FeniBaha?

Isn't that a Japanese restaurant--?

(sans bold, you'll notice)

Dunno. The ones in Sioux Falls are named Tokyo and Sushi Masa. Never been to the latter, but Tokyo is excellent.

Windows...eh, it has its uses. But Vista is Sealed Evil in a Can Disc.

Oh, uh. Morning.

[Etola]

Sorry about the computer suck, Fenika. I hope it gets fixed soon--and for real, this time!

Morning, everyone!

[AceTachyon]

Good morning, Cantina peeps.

Coffee Times ahoy! Three points off starboard!

I will now call you Fenners.

[R.G. Alexander]

Good morning all! I went and bought a coffee maker yesterday! Woooooo. No more buying coffee timez. :)

[Etola]

I have remembered to bring in mint tea from home today, so I don't have to rely on plain ol' Lipton Tea that they provide in the staff room. Lipton Tea is okay and all, but it doesn't taste good to me unless I put a lot of sugar in.

Also, they have installed a second refrigerator in the lunch room, I guess since the first one got too crowded with people's lunches? I know this because the first refrigerator had a sign on it this morning:

"2nd Frig in Lunchroom" o.O

Speaking of hilarious typos, I was putting together the cafeteria menu for next week (since that's part of my new job description). I got to "Beef Kabobs with Pita" and was sorely tempted to write "Beef Kabobs with Pity" just to see who would notice.

[slcboston]

Coffee Times ahoy! Three points off starboard!

Make that *pints* and I'm on board :Coffee:

[slcboston]

Speaking of hilarious typos, I was putting together the cafeteria menu for next week (since that's part of my new job description). I got to "Beef Kabobs with Pita" and was sorely tempted to write "Beef Kabobs with Pity" just to see who would notice.

Actually, in some of the cafeteria's I've eaten in over the course of my many years, "pity" may have been appropriate for the poor souls forced to dine there.

*remembers orange london broil and shudders*

[AceTachyon]

Make that *pints* and I'm on board :Coffee:
Bailey's and coffee?

Sure!

[AceTachyon]

*remembers orange london broil and shudders*
Scarier if it actually got up, walked out of the fridge, and sang "Sail Away" by Styx.

[Etola]

Scarier if it actually got up, walked out of the fridge, and sang "Sail Away" by Styx.

Reminds me of the poem parody I wrote in college, "The Rime of the Ancient Marinated Steak." It wasn't pretty.

[slcboston]

Well, it wasn't in my fridge, it was on the plate in my college cafeteria. As I recall, that was a day when I opted to have Lucky Charms for dinner instead. :D

[slcboston]

Bailey's and coffee?

Sure!

I actually meant pints of coffee... but I like your idea *much* better :D

[Fenika]

Ya'll are crazy.

Ace, you're calling your coffee time ship, Fenners? Interesting.

[AceTachyon]

Reminds me of the poem parody I wrote in college, "The Rime of the Ancient Marinated Steak." It wasn't pretty.
"...barbecue sauce everywhere
Nor any drop to dunk..."?

[Kitty Pryde]

I think I agree that it's coffee times. My office is quite lousy--no hot water, no toaster, no coffee machine. Someone brought their own toaster in but it's not for general usage. I wouldn't mind even chipping in a few dollars a week for coffee and sugar and creamer if they feel the need to be that cheap. There are like 25 people in my office, I cannot be the only one who needs coffee times.

Rant over. I am horribly tired. We have to make a noise complaint I think, as someone evil is moving construction equipment to and fro at 5:40 am which I'm pretty sure is illegal. I want to go to bed at 7 pm but our friend is having a bar mitzvah tonight so I have to go to that instead of sleeping.

[slcboston]

"...barbecue sauce everywhere
Nor any drop to dunk..."?

:ROFL:

glad my coffee was finished or it would have come out my nose :D

[bettielee]

Brief greetings all - I am saving my poor thumb for tonight's write in, so I will just chime in with coffee times and then go...


good day to all!

mmm coffee --ooh! And we got DONUTS today! Real ones! Not that confectionary glop that masquerades as donuts (krispy kreme, they name is doom)

[Etola]

"...barbecue sauce everywhere
Nor any drop to dunk..."?

LOL! :)

I may have to dig that thing out and share it...

[slcboston]

you have donuts?

suddenly my idea of a salad for lunch just seems so anti-climatic :D

[AceTachyon]

you have donuts?

suddenly my idea of a salad for lunch just seems so anti-climatic :D
How about a donut salad?

Glazed, sprinkles, old-fashioned, chocolate, etc

[maxmordon]

Morning, folks!

[slcboston]

How about a donut salad?

Glazed, sprinkles, old-fashioned, chocolate, etc

I'm more of a boston cream myself.. but I like the idea :D

[K_Woods]

Reminds me of the poem parody I wrote in college, "The Rime of the Ancient Marinated Steak." It wasn't pretty.

Is there something about "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" that begs parody or something? I started one called "The Rime of the Ancient Marinara" on the last day of high school. It never got finished.

Albatross marinara with barbecue sauce...hmm....

[Etola]

Is there something about "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" that begs parody or something? I started one called "The Rime of the Ancient Marinara" on the last day of high school. It never got finished.

Albatross marinara with barbecue sauce...hmm....

Dunno about that poem in particular, but I've written more than one parody of Coleridge poems. But that may have been because I wrote my college senior thesis on him. And humor is my coping mechanism :)

[slcboston]

How about the Lime of the Ancient Mariner?

Hmm... methinks I see a contest in this....

[TheIT]

Morning, all! Pumpkin ginger tea today. Actually pretty good.

One of my favorite "typo" stories: When I was in high school, my best friend and I painted murals on some of the science classroom walls. One of the murals was a periodic table of the elements that took up almost the entire wall of the chemistry classroom. Some other students had started it a few years before but never finished, so my friend and I volunteered to finish it. We worked out a system where she stencilled the letters & numbers in the boxes and I painted them.

So one day after school I was busy painting letters and I realized that on two of the elements (Calcium <Ca> and Sodium <Na> ) she'd accidentally reversed the stencils for the "a" in each. After we laughed about it, we decided to paint them as-is with the backward a's. Then we waited.

Weeks later, we had people making fun of the backwards a's. Our response was yes, they're backward, took you long enough to notice, now didn't it? :D

[Fenika]

My computer is refixed, so assuming I don't run any microsoft programs that bugger it, I'll be doing the write in as soon as I've got firefox, avg, et al up and running.

Damn computers.

I still loves my netbook. It's not its fault I couldn't switch to linux.

[slcboston]

My computer is refixed, so assuming I don't run any microsoft programs that bugger it,

*wonders what the likelihood of that is*

:D

[IdiotsRUs]

WAAAAAAHHHHH!

I've being going through my pirate smut sexy romance thing and I've got to the point I stopped. Right before the climax ( oh er matron). And there's going to be this big plan. It's subtle, it's elegant, it's piratical and dashing and bloody awesome and I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS!!!

Not only that, but I can't find any notes on it either!


WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !

[TheIT]

Ouch, IRU. Hate it when that happens.

I once had the opposite problem. After NaNo, I went back to my original story and started a new notebook, but I had the strangest feeling of deja vu. Then I found the original notebook and notes I'd been working from. I figured any scene I came up with twice must be worth keeping. :D

Good luck in recreating your idea!

[Alan Yee]

Yay, it's Friday!

[Kitty Pryde]

Yay Friday! 1.5 hours to go! Then back to bus-riding times to get home. I have a really good murder mystery in my messenger bag, but i also have a really good bit of my WIP to work on. Decisions, decisions...

[R.G. Alexander]

Yay Friday! 1.5 hours to go! Then back to bus-riding times to get home. I have a really good murder mystery in my messenger bag, but i also have a really good bit of my WIP to work on. Decisions, decisions...

I say go for the murder mystery in the messanger bag. That is my two cents for today. I am broke, no more. :)

[Kitty Pryde]

It's quite a good one. Woman found dead in her basement. The only clue is her feet are wet and her mouth is full of stagnant water from the Thames, and she never goes out but she was dressed for going out. I'm on the edge of my seat. Except not really because there isn't enough legroom on the bus to sit on the edge of the seat. And it's about subterranean London, a random thing which I am terribly interested in.

[Tburger]

Does anyone know if Well Told Tales is doing all-right? They've posted new stories in August but there's no movement on submissions and my email nudge went unanswered...

[kct webber]

I still loves my netbook. It's not its fault I couldn't switch to linux.

Why couldn't you switch to Linux?

[Neurotic]

Because that's a nerdy thing that only nerds do?

*runs like hell*

:D

[AceTachyon]

And it's about subterranean London, a random thing which I am terribly interested in.
Kat Richardson's new Greywalker book also deals with subterranean London, according to what she told us at her appearance.

[Fenika]

And I'm back up. I even got my bookmarks restored.

Note to self, do not trust IT to back up your files. There are NO word doc.s to be found. All the directories. None of the docs. I just unplugged MY backup drive, so I guess I'll just d/l dropbox and go that route. Yay multiple backups.

*wonders what the likelihood of that is*

:D

So far, so good. Let's see if I can make it the next four years better than I did the first 3 months ffs.

WAAAAAAHHHHH!

Not only that, but I can't find any notes on it either!


Find a quiet place, such as on your bed.
Relax, ponder something else like the weather.
Slowly circle your mind to different aspects of your WIP (as opposed to WHAT AM I FORGETTING!)
Wait for the right neuron to fire and your memory to be restored.
Hope your brain isn't running Windows.

Then I found the original notebook and notes I'd been working from. I figured any scene I came up with twice must be worth keeping. :D


:ROFL:

Yay, it's Friday!

:e2woo:

Why couldn't you switch to Linux?

Because I don't have time or energy to learn it and learn new programs and all that shizzle. Nor do I have another computer running windows anymore.

Because that's a nerdy thing that only nerds do?


Plus what she said.

[TheIT]

Note to self, do not trust IT to back up your files.

Hey!

[maxmordon]

Chaucer was so ahead his time.

[Fenika]

Well, some IT is better than others ;)

Been reading, Max? :)