Son of Hounding After Hours

[EFCollins]

This thread is for our horror silliness. Poor DL has to scroll on her phone through all those weekend report posts. So now, we goof off here!

That said, the bar is open, I've stocked cookies... now all we need is Lily's BBQ and victims...guests.

As our old hangout (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143307) needed a major overhaul and redecoration, we now have version 2.0! Hounds! It's a new playhouse! Bring the newbies... we want to BBQ!

HAGGIS NOTE:

And now we have version 3.0, replacing 2.0 (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203890). My Dawg, you people talk a lot.

[Haggis]

We have arrived.

[TheCaleb]

*makes sure the Necropolis arrived safe and sound* whew was concerned there for a moment.

[soapdish]

Sweet. :D

Now, someone let me out of the box.

Please. :e2cry:

[Haggis]

I wonder if Greg remembered the weapons stash.

[dolores haze]

*lugs liquor cabinet into new thread*

Ew. It smells all clean in here.

[slcboston]

wheeee!!!!

:D

[slcboston]

Sweet. :D

Now, someone let me out of the box.

Please. :e2cry:

Hmmm.....

:e2seesaw:

:evil

[TheCaleb]

*unpacks soapy*

[soapdish]

Ew. It smells all clean in here.Sorry. That's me.

Hmmm.....

:e2seesaw:

:evil:wag:

*unpacks soapy*Thank you, Caleb.

[slcboston]

:Wha:

Dude, we're a horror thread. You're supposed to at least *pretend* there.

:D

[TheCaleb]

Even horror fiends need allies or someone to pin your evil exploits on

[Haggis]

:Wha:

Dude, we're a horror thread. You're supposed to at least *pretend* there.

:D
*shears Boston with a chain saw*

[amlptj]

HEY NEW THREAD!!!

Oh crap... does that mean we have to replant the bodies in the basement again!?

*shuffles off to get a damn shovel...*

[dolores haze]

I'll take a leg of that sheep, haggis.

*plans menu*

[soapdish]

Even horror fiends need allies or someone to pin your evil exploits onWha--

I see.




I will remember this.

[amlptj]

Are we having lamb chops today!? YAY!!!

[Debbie]

Ally, you can use my shovel.

It's already muddy ;)


Bos got 'shaved'. heehee. Nice!

[amlptj]

anybody see the skin lampshades? They seem to be missing and i know that's NOT good.

And thanks Debbie!

[TheCaleb]

Wha--

I see.




I will remember this.

:D

[parumpdragon]

Morning.

[Debbie]

You can do it, Bos.

Few taps on the keyboard and....

Post.


easy peasy

[slcboston]

You can do it, Bos.

Few taps on the keyboard and....

Post.


easy peasy

Not so easy when you have a classroom full of students you need to instruct. I do have a day job, you know.

:D

[slcboston]

Also, I am all in favor of a good lamb roast. As long as Ted or I or someone with skills is cooking.


Which lets out several of the Hounds.

[amlptj]

Bos, your a teacher?! How did i not know this before?

What do you teach? College, HS, or Gradeschool? (if you dont mind me asking)

[LaurieD]

:Wha:

Cooking your own leg?

Reminds me of Hannibal.

Now... Where are my Oreos?

And the coffee?

[amlptj]

coffee hasnt been unpacked yet... think we lost the oreos

*hides items from Skwirrel*

[slcboston]

:Wha:

Cooking your own leg?

Reminds me of Hannibal.

Not mine.

I am far too tough and gamy to be worth roasting.


But I'll happily consume other sheepwhich are young and succulent.

:evil

[amlptj]

always had a feeling you had some cannabilistic tendencies.

[LaurieD]

You don't lose Oreos.

Or the Brew of the Sacred Bean.

You. Just. Don't.

[LaurieD]

Not mine.

I am far too tough and gamy to be worth roasting.


But I'll happily consume other sheepwhich are young and succulent.

:evil


You have mint jelly? And a nice Chianti?

[slcboston]

Bos, your a teacher?! How did i not know this before?

What do you teach? College, HS, or Gradeschool? (if you dont mind me asking)

Yes, I teach. (Hence your butchering of homophones up there is killing me. :tongue)

I teach college ESL Writing courses.

[amlptj]

Oh cool! Sorry I'm just noesy!

[TheCaleb]

I just found a coffee bean in my jacket pocket

[TedTheewen]

I so love me some lamb! And my cousin, who works at a restaurant, told me of a great and simple method for cooking lamb on the grill with some olive oil and a little bit of seasoning. I've been really wanting to try it for a while.

These new digs are nice, but they're missing something.

*goes to the basement to check on various prisoners and playthings.*

Yeah, they made the move alright. Still, something is missing.

*sniff sniff*

Ah-ha!

*throws a bucket of blood on the wall and decorates a chandelier with some entrails and scalps*

Much better!

[amlptj]

now its home sweet home!

[TedTheewen]

Perhaps a public torturing of a random victim picked up off the street would help with the new decor. The desperation would fill the air with that special "smell".

[TheCaleb]

I've have "random" people we can select from my office

[amlptj]

you can take my chem teacher... i mean the random chem professor at my school i dont have and never talked too... That's totally random and all.

Sadly he doesnt have a heart or brain so we might be missing the best parts to eat later.

[FOTSGreg]

<hauls in bar, liquor, human skin lampshades, backs truck carrying weapons (the first of many) up to doors, starts unloading gear>

Ah, home, sweet home, once again.

<pours shots all around, starts restocking stuff under bar, checks downstairs, notes all in order, sticks head in TARDIS door, heads back upstairs and starts fooling with weapons while drinking>

Good, good...

[dolores haze]

Let's baptize the thread by roasting the chem teacher!

*starts digging BBQ pit*

[amlptj]

Its like we never moved!

YAY you have the human skin lampshades! I was looking for those.

[amlptj]

Let's baptize the thread by roasting the chem teacher!

*starts digging BBQ pit*

I'M ALL FOR THAT!!!!

[TedTheewen]

I love randomness.

Sounds like you guys have some folks you'd like to have fun with, too. I like that. I'm glad I'm not the only one. We should have a TortureFest here and make it a party.

[FOTSGreg]

Has anyone seen that Mayan Barbecue stone? There's a certain museum in Mexico that'll be looking for that if we dont keep it supplied with vi..., er, meat.

[dolores haze]

Years ago my husband had pabil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochinita_pibil) in Mexico. He still salivates every time he talks about it. That's how we cook the chem teacher, I'm thinking.

[TedTheewen]

Greg, I really need to borrow that TARDIS sometime, I really do.

[Shadowflame]

*steps in carefully*

Oh Greg is this your box, I think it's trying to get out the door.

Hey guys. Sorry dayjob is crazy again. can't keep up!

[curio]

Mm... new thread smell. Or at least I think that's what it is...

[FOTSGreg]

Ted, my TARDIS only goes to dark and horrible places - like Walmart, or where you work...

Shadowflame, use a baseball bat on the box. Just don't let it get out and don't look inside. Whatever's in there might or might not be in there when you look and if you catch it during phasing, well, let's just say it would be bad.

[night-flyer]

geez, undead doggie, you could've put a link up to this one in the old thread...no, make me work to find it! Two extra clicks!!

*sniffs new thread*

There's no gore on the ceiling and walls, no cooked newbie smell, no sparkles, wool, soap shavings, or dragon scales on the floor. :(

*is homesick*

[night-flyer]

*shears Boston with a chain saw*

Takes that back, there is wool, blood, and gore!!

w00t!

[soapdish]

Mm... new thread smell. Or at least I think that's what it is...
Yeah, there appears to be some off-gassing going on. :Shrug:

[FOTSGreg]

<hooks thread up to helium tanks, turns on valve>

Yup, there's definitely some gas-passing in progress.

[night-flyer]

*eats helium balloons and sings, "Somewhere over the Rainbow." *

[Rhoda Nightingale]

Ohhh, shiny new thread! I was just wondering how many pages we're allowed until getting a new one.

In other news, the creature living in my wall persists in being scratchy, nibbly, and scampery only between 2 and 3 in the morning. I'm over it. -__-

[Haggis]

geez, undead doggie, you could've put a link up to this one in the old thread...no, make me work to find it! Two extra clicks!!

You mean like this?

The eagle has landed here (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236298). Which is on this (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6968348&postcount=24973)page.

*sigh*

What I have to deal with....mutter, mutter, mutter....

[night-flyer]

You mean like this?



Which is on this (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/The%20eagle%20has%20landed%20here.)page.

*sigh*

What I have to deal with....mutter, mutter, mutter....

hmm...proves my point, did you click on that, Haggis?

*stares at a wall of graffiti and a pop up that says, page not found...*

[BriMaresh]

New thread? Oh, man, I don't know if I can get used to-

Wait, no, used to it already. Has anyone summoned up some eldrtich horrors yet? It's just not the same without eau de eldritch horror.

[TheCaleb]

Does anyone have a recipe for a Duckman?

[night-flyer]

Alas, I have no time for summoning things, though it sounds rather fun.

*getting ready for night in hell*

[TheCaleb]

Well night if you are going to visit Hell make sure you bring us back something.

[Debbie]

hmm...proves my point, did you click on that, Haggis?

*stares at a wall of graffiti and a pop up that says, page not found...*


:ROFL:


wazzup w/Son of Hounding...

what like, Daughter can't be creepy?

or the red headed bas'tad of Hounding

can you put bas'tad in a title thread, Haggis?

(it's funnier when said w/a NY accent)


Just curious.

:popcorn:

[night-flyer]

Like the head of a pain-in-the-ass customer? Can do.

[Debbie]

Well night if you are going to visit Hell make sure you bring us back something.


Night'll come back and shoot you w/a t-shirt gun.

There.

Hell.




:)

[TheCaleb]

Daughter of Hounding would be too creepy. We still want people to come on in.

[TheCaleb]

Like the head of a pain-in-the-ass customer? Can do.

I was thinking a demon slave or an autograph of whichever evil diety is on duty tonight, but a head will work.

Night'll come back and shoot you w/a t-shirt gun.

There.

Hell.




:)

... Never been shot by one of those. Might be interesting

[Haggis]

hmm...proves my point, did you click on that, Haggis?

*stares at a wall of graffiti and a pop up that says, page not found...*
What? It works fine for me.
















:rolleyes:

[FOTSGreg]

Absolutely, Night. What Caleb said. I want souvenirs. Satan's hooves would look nice as stands for my lampshades, for example. Or maybe the tip of his barbed tail or his fangs. We could mount his wings over the mirror on the back bar wall.

Then there's Charon's money pouch or the staff he uses to push passengers across the River Styx.

Any of those would work fine, Night, seeing as you're going there anyway.

[night-flyer]

What? It works fine for me.
















:rolleyes:

That's of little importance now, already had to wear myself out getting here on my own. I should call in at work. :e2thud: I'm sure my boss would understand...

[parumpdragon]

What? It works fine for me.



:rolleyes:

It worked for me too or I wouldn't have found this place. :)

[night-flyer]

Absolutely, Night. What Caleb said. I want souvenirs. Satan's hooves would look nice as stands for my lampshades, for example. Or maybe the tip of his barbed tail or his fangs. We could mount his wings over the mirror on the back bar wall.

Then there's Charon's money pouch or the staff he uses to push passengers across the River Styx.

Any of those would work fine, Night, seeing as you're going there anyway.

Okay, will bring back the bossman's feet and teeth. I think I may enjoy this way too much...

later hounds, gotta go.

[Rhoda Nightingale]

Aww, I'm back and now the dragon is leaving. :(

I was just coming in to point out that February is Women in Horror month.

[TedTheewen]

I can find anything because I'm part stalker.

So, it's just after 2 pm and I haven't done anything. I love this about days off! I mean, I'm too broke to do anything, but I love doing nothing. But my muse is staring at me with the riding crop again. I put on some George Clinton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjAsAHU4-M0) and she totally loves when I get like this with her.

[soapdish]

Aww, I'm back and now the dragon is leaving. :(

I was just coming in to point out that February is Women in Horror month.Ooh, I forgot about that. Another year has passed already? Jeez.

Have you found anything cool, Rhoda? I'm gonna make an effort to see what's happening on the internet and locally now!!!

[Rhoda Nightingale]

Ooh, I forgot about that. Another year has passed already? Jeez.

Have you found anything cool, Rhoda? I'm gonna make an effort to see what's happening on the internet and locally now!!!

Not sure what you mean, but as it's also Black History Month, I'm gonna read some L.A. Banks and some Octavia Butler. That's about as far as my celebratory plans have gone.

[soapdish]

Not sure what you mean, but as it's also Black History Month, I'm gonna read some L.A. Banks and some Octavia Butler. That's about as far as my celebratory plans have gone.Like...film festivals or celebrations, or something.

There's the Stiletto Film Festival in...Boston(?) I think. And I've seen bloggers and stuff doing thematic posts, you know, in the spirit of things, in the past. But I haven't looked this year yet.

ETA: Here, this helps. :D http://www.womeninhorrormonth.com/?page_id=10

[Rhoda Nightingale]

Oh, gotcha. I'm doing a blog post, sure, but I don't know what else is going on. The only festival I know of is in Seattle, which sucks because it's on the opposite end of the country from me.

[soapdish]

It's not across the country from me. :D

There is one in Feb? For Women in Horror? I'm looking for it now and can't find anything :(

[Rhoda Nightingale]

Hang on--I have a writer friend on LiveJournal who helps organize it every year. If anyone knows what's happening, she will.

[BriMaresh]

Women in Horror. Is it just me, or do we have a fair amount of them here?

[soapdish]

We do. Wanna organize something, Bri? :D

[BriMaresh]

:P What, like an all-girl horror writer skype session? A flash fiction contest amongst us? A "top female horror novels" thread?

There are a good deal of us, though. And it would be a shame not to mark the month SOME how.

[soapdish]

I'm gonna put on my special avvie :D



No, not *that* one....

[BriMaresh]

Love it. I would adjust my own accordingly, but let's face it, we'd all get confused.

Unless all us females want to, to deliberately confuse EVERYONE. But that strikes me as slightly evil.

[soapdish]

Unless all us females want to, to deliberately confuse EVERYONE. But that strikes me as slightly evil.Hmm. It does seem in the spirit. :evil

Besides, it's not like there aren't enough of those my little ponies running around the threads. I can't keep 'em straight. :tongue

[dolores haze]

Women in Horror. Is it just me, or do we have a fair amount of them here?

We do. Wanna organize something, Bri? :D

:P What, like an all-girl horror writer skype session? A flash fiction contest amongst us? A "top female horror novels" thread?

There are a good deal of us, though. And it would be a shame not to mark the month SOME how.

I'm up for something. I've been following the Women in Horror site via Facebook. There seems to be a focus on film, which is fine but I was hoping there would be a bit more attention paid to the writing side of things.

[soapdish]

I'm up for something. I've been following the Women in Horror site via Facebook. There seems to be a focus on film, which is fine but I was hoping there would be a bit more attention paid to the writing side of things.Right, I know. If we do something, maybe we can alert them. :D

Now...what to do...:idea:

[slcboston]

Can I nominate something involving the ex?


Oh, wait, that's Women IN Horror not Women OF Horror, isn't it?

Damn.


(Don't mind me. Just :rant: here over something that popped in email today.)

[soapdish]

You can borrow my knife, if you like, Boston.

Do you want me to clean it off first, or...

[dolores haze]

Right, I know. If we do something, maybe we can alert them. :D

Now...what to do...:idea:

What about a Women in Horror blog chain?

[soapdish]

What about a Women in Horror blog chain?Okay. Rhoda is already doing a post, so she'll probably want in on this.

What will we write about? All the same thing? Fiction? Non-fiction? Why we write horror?

I'm all excited now. :D

[slcboston]

You can borrow my knife, if you like, Boston.

Do you want me to clean it off first, or...

No.


Remember, I was here. The whole time. You all saw me.

[Archerbird]

Horrible women?


What is this thread? Son of Hounding? 2009 or caught in a time-loop? Did someone say something about confusing people...?

[dolores haze]

Remember, I was here. The whole time. You all saw me.

Yep, you were right here, Bos. I saw you.

Okay. Rhoda is already doing a post, so she'll probably want in on this.

What will we write about? All the same thing? Fiction? Non-fiction? Why we write horror?

I'm all excited now. :D

Yeah, I think we should keep the topic as open as possible. Just needs to connect to women in horror. Personally, I'd be okay if guys were in on it, too, as long as they were writing on the topic.

[soapdish]

Personally, I'd be okay if guys were in on it, too, as long as they were writing on the topic.Yeah, I actually like this idea. Wait...you mean writing on horror in general, or writing on Women in Horror. I think they should write on Women in Horror.

[dolores haze]

Yes, absolutely.

ETA: For example - discussing a particular (female) writer or (female-focused) movie or actress or something like that.

I saw a thing on Facebook that the editor of Fangoria was very rude and dismissive about Women In Horror month. I like the idea of bringing guys into the mix to offset the jerkish things that dude was saying.

[soapdish]

Hmm. Maybe I can find the jerk things he said online and it will stir something in me.


:hi: Check in with you later.

[BriMaresh]

Love the idea of writing about women in horror in a blogchain, and in including the men, if they're interested. I am so game for that.

[dolores haze]

Sweet. Gotta take the boys swimming. Will catch up with y'all a bit later.

[slcboston]

I saw a thing on Facebook that the editor of Fangoria was very rude and dismissive about Women In Horror month. I like the idea of bringing guys into the mix to offset the jerkish things that dude was saying.

I'd be game for that.

:)

[TheCaleb]

Can I nominate something involving the ex?


Oh, wait, that's Women IN Horror not Women OF Horror, isn't it?



Guilty of thinking the same thing


I saw a thing on Facebook that the editor of Fangoria was very rude and dismissive about Women In Horror month. I like the idea of bringing guys into the mix to offset the jerkish things that dude was saying.

Well he's a moron. I'm all for finding women in horror. Why do you ask? Oh let me tell you. Because I'm taking names. I'm going to befriend all of you beautiful ladies in horror and then get cells of you all living together. One you all start cycling close to the same I unleash your amazing slaughter abilities in a brutal horror female ragging army on the nearest major metropolitan area.

And I sit back and smile. Because I can only imagine what a group of horror writing pmsing women would be capable of.

[mario_c]

It would be brutal.
It would bring society to its knees.
I'm for it.

[slcboston]

Guilty of thinking the same thing

If Haggis was around we'd probably have a trifecta with that.

:D

[TheCaleb]

If Haggis was around we'd probably have a trifecta with that.

:D

A sheep, a chihuahua, and a guy that goes up in flames and plays with dead things all with super ex issues... Sounds like story or joke

[slcboston]

A joke, definitely.

A very bad, humorless, me as the punchline joke.

:rant:

[Debbie]

Guilty of thinking the same thing



Well he's a moron. I'm all for finding women in horror. Why do you ask? Oh let me tell you. Because I'm taking names. I'm going to befriend all of you beautiful ladies in horror and then get cells of you all living together. One you all start cycling close to the same I unleash your amazing slaughter abilities in a brutal horror female ragging army on the nearest major metropolitan area.

And I sit back and smile. Because I can only imagine what a group of horror writing pmsing women would be capable of.


Have you puked your brain cells??

Considering the gambit of strong personalities amongst the amazing, intelligent, witty, and sumptuous side of The Hounds, I dare we’d cannibalize each other.
That is, of course, if you, Caleb - Mr. Dr. Moreau w/a cell for each of us – didn’t make a. Fatal. Error. First.

And you already have.


Guess y’all wanna stick w/the mistaken ‘Women in Horror = Ex thing’ now?

:popcorn:

[slcboston]

Guess y’all wanna stick w/the mistaken ‘Women in Horror = ex thing’ now?

:popcorn:

Um, hey. None of this "y'all" business.

That was all Caleb.


*distances self from the new guy and his flammable hair*


ETA: Ok, so it wasn't all Caleb

[TheCaleb]

Oh you think I would make physical appearances? Oh HELL NO. That would be suicide. That's what stupid male lackey's are for.

"Women in Horror = Sex thing" again that would be a dumb assumption and you(whoever made that assumption) would probably wake up castrated for assuming that. If I dated, or intimately interacted with, a female horror freak you better believe I would keep at least a knife on me at all times.

[Debbie]

GAH!

Sorries, It's suppose to say 'Ex' not Sex. My bad.





I've other um, things on my, *gulp* mind.

[TheCaleb]

not women IN horror = ex women OF horror = ex.

[slcboston]

GAH!

Sorries, It's suppose to say 'Ex' not Sex. My bad.


I've other um, things on my, *gulp* mind.

Oh, no.

We were clear on that.


It's Women OF Horror for the exes. Not Women IN. Much different preposition there.

That's preposition, btw, not proposition, oh gutter-brained one.

:D

[TheCaleb]

Debbie = woman in horror
female monster in my story Disappear = woman of horror

[Debbie]

Hey, i'm running 3 conversations here summ'ns gotta give and the other two are going great!

[TedTheewen]

Fangoria is not about horror. It's about special effects. And I used to read that magazine and it took me a while to figure it out. Sure, they talk about horror films, but it is all about the special effects and gore.

I'd love to organize something, if I had the time and resources, in Madison just because it's such a wonderful town for that kind of thing. Too bad I didn't know this was coming until today. But there's always next year.

[Rhoda Nightingale]

Was away at dinner, but YES--blog chain. That sounds awesome.

I did a thing on movies last year (how many female cast members, extra points if they pass the Bechdel Test, any women on the writing/production team, stuff like that).

[slcboston]

Fangoria is not about horror. It's about special effects. And I used to read that magazine and it took me a while to figure it out. Sure, they talk about horror films, but it is all about the special effects and gore.

I didn't even realize they were still around. One of those things I associate with my younger years.

:D

[slcboston]

I did a thing on movies last year (how many female cast members, extra points if they pass the Bechdel Test, any women on the writing/production team, stuff like that).

I know what this is, but it needs a new name. I keep associating it with Bechamel sauce.

And I know it's not.

:idea:

[dolores haze]

GAH!

Sorries, It's suppose to say 'Ex' not Sex. My bad.


I've other um, things on my, *gulp* mind.

Oh, Debbie! I am laughing So DAMN HARD!

[Rhoda Nightingale]

I know what this is, but it needs a new name. I keep associating it with Bechamel sauce.

And I know it's not.

:idea:

LOL--agreed, but in my case my stupid Autocorrect thingy keeps trying to turn it to "Befuddled"

Suggestions, Hounds?

[Debbie]

Oh, Debbie! I am laughing So DAMN HARD!


Hey, my man is OOT and I'm having difficulty w/focus and concentration every 3 seconds.









(And just so's yanno, the word seconds... the 'c' is right close to the 'x' on my keyboard)

[TedTheewen]

Why is it so many conversations I'm taking part in tonight are unfolding like bait? I'm dying here. I keep wanting to just dive in with all kinds of comments and one-liners and I refrain.

I should go back to editing.

[slcboston]

Aw, c'mon Ted.

Where's the fun in that.


You *are* our resident troll, after all.

:D

[LaurieD]

In anticipation of potentially being laid off, my hubs is working two jobs.

Every day, a man comes over, I feed him dinner, he leaves. He comes back in the morning before I take kids to school and is sleeping in my bed when I get back. I'm assuming this is my hubs.

I mean who else would venture in here?

[LaurieD]

Concentrate? What's that?

[slcboston]

LOL--agreed, but in my case my stupid Autocorrect thingy keeps trying to turn it to "Befuddled"

Suggestions, Hounds?

Suggestions for what they should call it instead?

:D

Or did you mean ideas in general? I've probably got a few of those lurking, somewhere, depending on what angle you want to go at things from.

[TedTheewen]

Aw, c'mon Ted.

Where's the fun in that.


You *are* our resident troll, after all.

:D


I know, but trolling is such an artform. And I want to stand out from the common trolls. Besides, the effort to refrain from certain comments is a form of trolling itself.

[FOTSGreg]

Horrible women, huh? Now, are we speaking of women with horrific appearances, horrific attitudes, horrific aspects, horrific demeanors, horrific intentions, or some combination of these?

I have a few ex-girlfriends who meet all of the above criteria, one in particular. It's amazing what a difference putting out a contract on someone can have sometimes, particularly when the person they've contracted to have killed is me.

[TedTheewen]

Greg, that sucks. How'd you find out?

[soapdish]

:popcorn:

Huh. I missed a bunch and am slightly confused on what's happened...but something about Caleb...and our menstrual cycles? Of course my ears perked up. :rolleyes:

[slcboston]

:popcorn:

Huh. I missed a bunch and am slightly confused on what's happened...but something about Caleb...and our menstrual cycles? Of course my ears perked up. :rolleyes:

Caleb was trying to see how quickly he could get eviscerated.

And Debbie is having typing issues.


You've missed a lot.

:D

[soapdish]

Besides, the effort to refrain from certain comments is a form of trolling itself.
Tantric trolling? :idea:

[TedTheewen]

Tantric trolling? :idea:


I prefer to call it Impressionist trolling. It's the negative that gets noticed and our minds then fill in the blank.

[dolores haze]

Soaps - I guess the thing to do is start a thread so people can sign up for the blog chain. Rhoda? Bri? Anyone want to take the lead?

[slcboston]

I prefer to call it Impressionist trolling. It's the negative that gets noticed and our minds then fill in the blank.

Ooh, I like that.

I like that a lot.



Now I feel a need to use "Impressionist trolls" in a story. Except they'd be actual, under the bridge type trolls.

:D

[TedTheewen]

Okay, I need a ruling on something.

I'm re-working a piece I posted on SYW. In this story, I used real events I actually witnessed, as demonstrated by real people I describe. A person who reviewed it said it was cartoonish and not believable. If you include something you witness, in the context that it happened, doesn't that mean it's authentic and anybody who doesn't like it be damned?

[soapdish]

A person who reviewed it said it was cartoonish and not believable. If you include something you witness, in the context that it happened, doesn't that mean it's authentic and anybody who doesn't like it be damned?This reminds me of something I read recently...about...dialogue(?) That you can't write the dialogue exactly how it happened, or it'd read bad. You know, with all the ums and stuff. :Shrug: That there needs to be a certain amount of construction to it--that that somehow makes it "more" natural/believable. And I sorta buy into that, to a certain extent.

But I haven't read the story, Ted. So...that's just my general opinion.

[soapdish]

Now I feel a need to use "Impressionist trolls" in a story. Except they'd be actual, under the bridge type trolls.

...and I am now going to write something with "tantric trolls".

:e2writer:

[dolores haze]

It IS possible to take a real event and write it in such a way that it comes off cartoonish, IMO. But I haven't read the story either, I don't think.

[slcboston]

This reminds me of something I read recently...about...dialogue(?) That you can't write the dialogue exactly how it happened, or it'd read bad. You know, with all the ums and stuff. :Shrug:

Unless you are Jeff Goldblum. Whereupon it becomes your stock in trade.

:D

[TedTheewen]

I think part of the problem is that these characters, as were the people, exhibited some pretty outlandish behavior.

[soapdish]

I think part of the problem is that these characters, as were the people, exhibited some pretty outlandish behavior.So, maybe, if the MC isn't one of the outlandish ones, it just has to be obvious that he/she acknowledges that the behavior is outlandish and not normal. Be kinda transparent about it?

[slcboston]

I think part of the problem is that these characters, as were the people, exhibited some pretty outlandish behavior.

Like the Mariachi-loving, drug dealing Hispanic neighbors I had in Illinois?

They were real, and living examples of every bad stereotype about their ethnicity. If I wrote about them, I'd be tarred and feathered for my insensitivity, but I lived downstairs from them for two years.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/slcbostonPB/Smilies/Seasonal%20Smilies/cinco_de_mayo_sombrero-1795.gif

[soapdish]

Soaps - I guess the thing to do is start a thread so people can sign up for the blog chain. Rhoda? Bri? Anyone want to take the lead?In an attempt to determine what I'd like to blog about, I've succeeded in little more than growing my to-read list to gargantuan proportions.

[TedTheewen]

Like the Mariachi-loving, drug dealing Hispanic neighbors I had in Illinois?

They were real, and living examples of every bad stereotype about their ethnicity. If I wrote about them, I'd be tarred and feathered for my insensitivity, but I lived downstairs from them for two years.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/slcbostonPB/Smilies/Seasonal%20Smilies/cinco_de_mayo_sombrero-1795.gif

Stereotypes exist for a reason. Sometimes, they are very real. It's too bad we can't tell the truth about events we have witnessed and we have to sugar coat it and gloss over it to keep from offending somebody.

[FOTSGreg]

Ted, the bozo she hired started calling me, said she'd paid him like $5k to plant me, while I was on duty at a federal installation, making threats. I happen to be pretty good at Internet research so, while I was off duty, I started doing some background work. The guy kept calling, finally identified himself as a cop and gave me a badge number. I called the cop shop. Nope, not a real officer, but the officer whose badge number it was was REAL interested in the guy. I played them a few recorded messages from the individual threatening me, including several woth him apparently handling a weapon of some sort (sounded like a revolver to me).

A little more research, acceptance of a few more phone calls and we had him - or I did anyway. I don't know what the officer did, but I finally told the guy essentially "If you don't stop, I will find you and hunt you naked through the streets and there's nothing you, nor the cops, nor even God Himself, can do to stop me. Do you understand?"

Strangely enough, I never got another call from the guy though I did get one from my ex essentially begging me not to follow through on my threat. That was a fun night.

I never went within 5-10 miles of where this guy lived (and where my ex had moved to), but somehow I think they got the message which was essentially "Leave me the f/$k alone and I'll let you live."

Honestly though, I don't think of myself as a badass and neither does anyone who really knows me.

[TedTheewen]

Greg, it sounds like this guy wasn't too bright to begin with. I mean, who calls somebody and says "I'm gonna kill you." The people who do such things never threaten, they just do them and clean up the mess.

I've been offered money to kill people before. I always turn it down because I just don't want to go down that road.

[slcboston]

Honestly though, I don't think of myself as a badass and neither does anyone who really knows me.

Dude.

Totally badass.

:Hail:

[slcboston]

I've been offered money to kill people before. I always turn it down because I just don't want to go down that road.

I always turn it down because I'm not in it for the money.


Er, I mean, what Ted said.

:D

[FOTSGreg]

Whilst conducting, ahem, "research" this evening I had a possibly great idea...

What if WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, indeed, almost all of our more modern wars, had actually been fought against zombies? The Somme, Verdun, Dunkirk, D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, Kursk, the island hopping campaign in the Pacific, the Chosun Reservoir, the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the Tet Offensives, Hue, etc., etc., they were all fought against zombie hordes.

I know that Harry Turtledove did something like this with aliens in his alternate histories, and then you've got WWZ, but I'm thinking this might have some feet to it.

[Haggis]

I only kill for pleasure.

[FOTSGreg]

Well, no one would accuse me of being badass these days. Just another beer-swilling fat old guy sitting at the bar every day.

It's nice and quiet here. I like it that way.

[TedTheewen]

I only kill for pleasure.

Their's or your's? I mean, if I lived in Detroit...just sayin'.

[FOTSGreg]

Haggis, meet Mr. Weasel. Mr. Weasel, Haggis. Have fun getting acquainted.

[slcboston]

Well, no one would accuse me of being badass these days. Just another beer-swilling fat old guy sitting at the bar every day.

It's nice and quiet here. I like it that way.

I never underestimate the beer-swilling fat guys.


Not since Jake and the Fatman, anyway. Or Hardcastle and McCormick.

Either or.

[Haggis]

Did I say "pleasure?" I meant "food."

Yeah.

Food.

[FOTSGreg]

Ted, not too smart, no. Neither one of them were, really.

But she was a red head and wild which is how we originally hooked up. I was a mess for a little while after we broke up (she was cheating, she'd probably been cheating all along, but I was doing fairly well in those days and she was not), but I got over that real fast.

[soapdish]

I only kill for pleasure.Oh--I have this idea for a really dysfunctional (or possibly wholly functional) relationship between a serial killer and vampire now.

Thanks, Haggis. :D Between that the troll thing, tonight has been pretty productive.

[FOTSGreg]

Haggis, put down the grizzly bear. That's too much food for you. You know you get the most terrible, um, winds, when you eat too much hair.

[slcboston]

Did I say "pleasure?" I meant "food."

Yeah.

Food.

You should enjoy what you eat.

This is my philosophy.

:D

[slcboston]

Oh, that reminds me.

Haggis, a tech question: is the 30 sec between posts rule now permanently gone, or is this just a temp thing?

ETA: I almost pulled a Debbie with this post. She's right. The "x" and the "c" are awfully close together.

[FOTSGreg]

You should enjoy what you eat.

This is my philosophy.

Har!

That's what she said!

[TedTheewen]

Greg, we always find that one bad one. You, me and probably 99% of the folks here. At least she didn't find a smart one.

And for the record, Bri said I didn't look like an ax murderer, which means I'm charming and handsome. And I'm totally a nice guy. I should start wearing sweaters...

[slcboston]

And for the record, Bri said I didn't look like an ax murderer, which means I'm charming and handsome. And I'm totally a nice guy. I should start wearing sweaters...

Bundy was charming and handsome.


So was Christian Bale in American Psycho. And he was pretty handy with the axe.

*hums Hip to be Square*

[FOTSGreg]

And suspenders. Serial killers always wear sweaters and suspenders.

[slcboston]

You should enjoy what you eat.

This is my philosophy.

Har!

That's what she said!

Possibly.

I don't kiss and tell. I was raised better than that.

:D

[soapdish]

And for the record, Bri said I didn't look like an ax murderer, Plus...it didn't count because of the gun to her head. Sorry, Ted. :Shrug:

[slcboston]

And suspenders. Serial killers always wear sweaters and suspenders.

.... :Wha:


I wear those. Seriously.

[FOTSGreg]

I don't kiss and tell. I was raised better than that

Awww, drat! There you go ruining the comraderie with a farm joke.

<considers setting the dogs loose on the herd again>

[Haggis]

Oh, that reminds me.

Haggis, a tech question: is the 30 sec between posts rule now permanently gone, or is this just a temp thing?

Dunno. That's not a change I've heard of. The edit time has changed though. You've got five minutes to mess with your post before the "last edited by...." thingy clicks on.

[parumpdragon]

Yeah I noticed the 5min thing - because I have switched threads, come back, realized a mistake [changed it], and it still doesn't say 'last edited'. :)

[FOTSGreg]

Haggis, what'd you do with the grizzly? Tell me you didn't leave the remains behind the couch again?

[Haggis]

*burp*

[slcboston]

Dunno. That's not a change I've heard of. The edit time has changed though. You've got five minutes to mess with your post before the "last edited by...." thingy clicks on.

You mean you weren't granted omniscience to go with the omnipotence of your supermodship?


What the heck's the point then?

:Wha:

[FOTSGreg]

Dear Mods, don't let me be finding those remains come this summer. It ain't like a grizzly carcass is an Easter egg or something gone over in the summer heat.

[TedTheewen]

Plus...it didn't count because of the gun to her head. Sorry, Ted. :Shrug:


Not to mention the funny-smelling rag I gave her.

And I totally rock the suspenders!

[Debbie]

New I'd miss lots if I left.

*goes to back read

[LaurieD]

Hello!

:hi:

[soapdish]

New I'd miss lots if I left.

*goes to back readGood. Luck.

*watches debbie disappear into the darkness*

[slcboston]

New I'd miss lots if I left.

*goes to back read

Leaving one to wonder why anyone ever leaves.

:D

[TedTheewen]

busy thread today...lots of chatter. It's about time for me to go do something.
I'm not sure what, but it'll be something. Kinda.

[FOTSGreg]

Hey, folks. I opened up a Zombie Wars thread down the forum aways.

Mods, if my previous post regarding this idea is cross posting or violating some rule or other, please feel free to delete my previous post in this thread.

Thanks.

Now, why the heck doesn't the bar's ceiling look right yet?

[slcboston]

I never spent a lot of time staring up at the ceiling, so I can't answer that.

:idea:

[soapdish]

Pfft. I have.

I think Greg just isn't drunk enough. :rolleyes:

[Debbie]

Skylight?


Hi Skwirrel :D





Y'all's (splng for you Bos) posts sucked up my second wind.

[slcboston]

Y'all's (splng for you Bos) posts sucked up my second wind.

I wasn't objecting to the spelling, I was objecting to the inclusion.

That was when I thought you were talking about something else. Because of your keyboard.

:D

[soapdish]

...oh, wait. It's the holes in the ceiling that are missing, right?

Greg was always shooting.

[FOTSGreg]

Soapie nailed it.

It's too, enclosed, closed in, or something...

I just can't quite put my finger on it...

Damn. There's just something wrong...

<pulls .50 machine gun from under bar, racks in belt of ammo, aims at ceiling and lets fly>

Ah! That's what was missing. Starlight.

[slcboston]

Well, it does help circulate the air in here a lot better.

:D

[soapdish]

Soapie nailed it.:e2woo:

[LaurieD]

Good night!

:hi:

[soapdish]

Night, Laurie.

Boy, that was quick.

[slcboston]

Night, Laurie.

Boy, that was quick.

She's a skwirrel. They tend to zip around a lot.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/slcbostonPB/Smilies/squirreldash_by_kisayamyst-d4c8ud8.gif

[Debbie]

Ni ni Skwirrel


I wasn't objecting to the spelling, I was objecting to the inclusion.

That was when I thought you were talking about something else. Because of your keyboard.

:D





Mm hmmm.




Yeah, i just wanted to annoy you w/my awesome abuse of a southern pronoun.
(Ok, fine, grammar but on purpose this time)

[night-flyer]

:O

WTH happened to Soapy??!!

Looks like she's the one who spent the day in retail.

[slcboston]

:O

WTH happened to Soapy??!!

Looks like she's the one who spent the day in retail.

She's advocating a cause.

:D

[soapdish]

:evil

We are starting a blog chain to support Women in Horror Month.

My avvie is my swag. :D

[FOTSGreg]

I'm outta' here too, folks. I'm bushed from moving all my stuff into the new digs.

<leaves loaded machine gun atop bar>

You all behave yourselves now, ya' hear?

And no shooting up my lampshades.

<tips hat, guzzles last of beer, ducks out back door>

[Debbie]

NIGHT!!!



you woke me up, babe.

Was gonna start replying w/grunts before signing off.

[slcboston]

NIGHT!!!

you woke me up, babe.

Was it the tail?

:D

[soapdish]

Was gonna start replying w/grunts before signing off.

Was it the tail?

:D*practices her impressionist trolling*

[night-flyer]

Good news is: I have Dutch Chocolate and Vanilla with Strawberries, icecream. mmm

Bad news is: I'm alergic to milk and will be doubled over in great agony soon.


*goes to check out Soapy's blog*

Hi ya, Debbie. No sleep for you, yet. :D

[night-flyer]

Was it the tail?

:D

Let's hope not, Abby would be sooooo jealous. :D

[soapdish]

*goes to check out Soapy's blog*
No, we haven't done it yet. Cripes. I'm still trying to decide what to blog about. :rolleyes:

[slcboston]

Let's hope not, Abby would be sooooo jealous. :D

You saying you don't think Abby would share?

:D

[night-flyer]

*goes to check out Soapy's blog anyway*

*follows blog for later stalking purposes*

um...where is your blog?

[Debbie]

Was it the tail?

:D


Always!
;)



Ga'night Greg

[night-flyer]

You saying you don't think Abby would share?

:D

heh, there will be none of that...I don't even share my tail with Abby.

[soapdish]

um...where is your blog?Oh for goodness sake. *blindfolds night, spins her around. lets her go.*

[Debbie]

Let's hope not, Abby would be sooooo jealous. :D



You saying you don't think Abby would share?

:D



Abs share??

Was that a real quesiton Bos?



i will stealth mode my previous post.
Ha Ha!

[slcboston]

heh, there will be none of that...I don't even share my tail with Abby.

You keep saying that... but Abby seems convinced otherwise.

Just an observation.

[night-flyer]

Oh for goodness sake. *blindfolds night, spins her around. lets her go.*

*grabs a beer while spinning*

*trips over a bone*

*almost knocks over one of Greg's lamps*

*falls behind the couch*

Hey, there's some popcorn under here!

*digs through popcorn to find blog*

[night-flyer]

You keep saying that... but Abby seems convinced otherwise.

Just an observation.


:Shrug:

Abby really likes shiny tails...

[slcboston]

All right, I am going to do what I should have done a while ago and get to bed.

Good night Hounds

:e2yawn:

[night-flyer]

Goodnight, oh wooly one.

I think everyone else must've dozed off, too.

[Debbie]

:Shrug:

Abby really likes shiny tails...

Or


the otter so is enamored w/Night's grooming technique that

makes such a shiny tail, she

....


...

I'll stop there and just mm hmm, the rest.


Night Bos :hi:

[soapdish]

I'm here. Until my movie runs out. :D

[night-flyer]

Whatcha watching, Soapy?

Debbie--I don't like all of them thar mm hmms. :P

[soapdish]

Shark Night


...and I just came up with a really evil way to torture someone...

*journals it*

Tonight is the best. *sigh*

[Debbie]

You might have to NIght.

I turned my brain off miles ago and it's now running to the tune of Putt'n on the Ritz.

Might free two buttons off my keyboard an stick 'em on my neck.

[soapdish]

Might free two buttons off my keyboard an stick 'em on my neck.
Which ones?

[night-flyer]

In an attempt to determine what I'd like to blog about, I've succeeded in little more than growing my to-read list to gargantuan proportions.

I was thinking about getting a blog, but 1 I have no idea of where to start 2. I have nothing to say and 3. who would care anyway?

[Debbie]

Shark Night


Phew, i looked so fast at this and thought you wrote Mega Shark 4 or whatever the hell that movie is that has the worst line eva!


...and I just came up with a really evil way to torture someone...

*journals it*

Tonight is the best. *sigh*

Ooo, bonus!!

Glad you're having a good night!!

[Debbie]

Which ones?


Been thinking 'bout....

might go with 'pg up' 'pg dn'



Don't want to use tab, it's rather useful where it is.

[soapdish]

I was thinking about getting a blog, but 1 I have no idea of where to start 2. I have nothing to say and 3. who would care anyway?You can set it to private until you're ready to share it. That way you can just...ramble and no one will ever know. :D

It's like a diary.

[night-flyer]

Wow, so I can start one and not sharing my idiocy with the rest of the world until I'm ready? whoa, cool.

Do you just google 'blog' ?

[night-flyer]

*sticks replay button on Debbie so that she's here forever*

[Debbie]

Wow, so I can start one and not sharing my idiocy with the rest of the world until I'm ready? whoa, cool.

Do you just google 'blog' ?

That is neat. Didn't know that either.


*sticks replay button on Debbie so that she's here forever*



You don't like me, do you?

;)


Got a windows icon button.

Might use that so when my eyeballs roll back and down my throat i can still see.

[Debbie]

Crap its after midnight!

I gotta go passout.

Night you two.

[night-flyer]

Fine leave, see if I care.

:cry:

goodnight, Debbie. :)

[amlptj]

Hey hounds, wanted to pop in before my 12 hours study session! Hope everyone is having a good night!

[night-flyer]

Hi, Ally. Happy studying. If there's such a thing. :)

[night-flyer]

Now where the hell did they put that blog button...

[amlptj]

No there is no such thing as happy studying.... not at all...

I've been reading this paragraph for about 20 minutes now and i'm not convinced its not even in English, for i'm so damn confused.

Spectroscopy is the use of the absorption, emission, or scattering of electromagnetic radiation by atoms or molecules (or atomic or molecular ions) to qualitatively or quantitatively study the atoms or molecules, or to study physical processes. The interaction of radiation with matter can cause redirection of the radiation and/or transitions between the energy levels of the atoms or molecules. A transition from a lower level to a higher level with transfer of energy from the radiation field to the atom or molecule is called absorption. A transition from a higher level to a lower level is calledemission if energy is transfered to the radiation field, or nonradiative decay if no radiation is emitted. Redirection of light due to its interaction with matter is called scattering, and may or may not occur with transfer of energy, i.e., the scattered radiation has a slightly different or the same wavelength.

[night-flyer]

*head asplodes*

yeah, it's a little late at night for all of that. :O

[amlptj]

Tell me about it... sadly that's only the first page of 130. YAY!!!!

[night-flyer]

um, yeah...good luck with that. :/

I'm about to go read, I'll never get done with this book not with stupid work taking up all my time. :e2bummed:

[amlptj]

I hope you get to finish it!!!

[slcboston]

Morning Hounds.

I should be in the pool, but I'm grading papers instead.

*raids the bar to spike my coffee*

[CDaniel]

*looks around*


Hmmmmm....


New paint. New trim. Looks nice.




*sees sheep*

I guess they couldn't fix everything :D

Morning bos :hi:

[AbielleRose]

Gack! Who the heck cleaned up in here?!


WHERE'S MY BED?!

[slcboston]

*sees sheep*

I guess they couldn't fix everything :D

Never say "fix" to a boy animal, Dan.

:Jaw:



And I'm off to class. Try not to wreck the new place, Abs.

[amlptj]

I've been studying for the last 10 hours straight.... And wanna know the best part? I still know nothing! All the damn thing are getting confusing and all sound the same and are just insane.

I think i'm going to write i'm my test. "I give up" and then go back and sleep...

[TheCaleb]

Mourning hounds. I conked out early on the couch last night and you people chattered away like a box full of crazed chipmunks. So sorry to drag out a topic that was old before I pulled myself up the stairs to my bed.


Honestly though, I don't think of myself as a badass and neither does anyone who really knows me.


I've been offered money to kill people before. I always turn it down because I just don't want to go down that road.

Can't say I've ever been offered money or that I'm a badass (i'm 5'7" and only weigh in around 135 to 145 lbs), and thankfully I've never had to really screw anyone up, physically. BUT I don't make friends easily and the few friends I have that have been for the long haul are female and I'm really protective over them. I have gone so far as to show up at guy's houses, after learning their routine, and sit out front waiting for them to go to work to smile at them and have a talk then to enforce the words show up next to their car when they are leaving work.

Only real physical altercation was when I introduced a behemoth of a male to pressure points and after he was on the ground kneeling explained to him that those same points if stabbed would more then likely be fatal.

Ultimately I just would rather scare the hell out of them because I don't want to have to be put in a situation of explaining physical damage.
*crawls back into hole and hides now*


I've been reading this paragraph for about 20 minutes now and i'm not convinced its not even in English, for i'm so damn confused.

THAT was an awesome paragraph!

[soapdish]

Morning, Hounds.


http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/girlinthesoapdish/groundhog.jpg

...Anyone seen Haggis?

[amlptj]

Morning Hounds.

I should be in the pool, but I'm grading papers instead.

*raids the bar to spike my coffee*


THAT was an awesome paragraph!

yeah it is awesome. What was more awesome was when i complied all my notes in word to find it was 74 pages and 26K words. All which i have to commit to memory in now 3 hours.

I'm soooooooooo screwed.


Can i get my coffee spiked too?

[AbielleRose]

And I'm off to class. Try not to wreck the new place, Abs.

*runs around new place tearing up the new curtains and pulling the stuffing out of the new pillows*

[amlptj]

*runs around new place tearing up the new curtains and pulling the stuffing out of the new pillows*

Now it feels more like home!!!!

[TheCaleb]

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/girlinthesoapdish/groundhog.jpg



yay groundhog! The little town I grew up in had groundhog problems. I would get so sad when I learned farmers were killing them. I understand now why but as a child I just couldn't understand.

[AbielleRose]

Now it feels more like home!!!!

You're welcome. :) In no time we'll be pulling sheep hair out of the drain and scrubbing dragon poo off the rugs. :)

Morning everyone. Today is my day off work so I get to go see my new apartment for the first time. It better be nice. I need something to look forward to right now.