| Last night... |
[Dec. 5th, 2009|09:41 am] |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kores_rabbit runs a mean D&D game!
And the co-cop basement office where we play is one of the best gaming spaces I've ever been in. Big table, lots of chairs, kitchenette, giant white board and variable lighting. Yay!
And lots of monsters.
Alas, I have woken up with a cold. Bleah. |
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| Pyat is grumpy |
[Dec. 4th, 2009|09:43 am] |
Cracked.com never does any research beyond a single source weblink, usually an old news story. #7 on their List of "WTF" Houses was never finished, never even had windows put on most of it, and was demolished in 2008.
Cracked says - "The house contains a garden, ballroom, five-story bathhouse and numerous rooms where Sutyagin's business colleagues could "entertain" various women."
It never contained any of those things!
Anyway. |
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| Low-Rez Unedited Video! |
[Dec. 2nd, 2009|05:05 pm] |
Of the caves - this is a Google video, not Youtube, so click through to see it.
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| The Steam Tunnel Incident! |
[Dec. 1st, 2009|09:18 pm] |
Part one of my visit to Michigan State University, covering the James Dallas Egbert III steam tunnel incident! Mostly just me yakking, though there is some footage from the campus.
And a clip from next episode, featuring the lovely dhstein! |
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| Star Wars night! |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|04:02 pm] |
kores_rabbit was over this weekend and joined the usual Star Wars game crowd, in a possibly recurring cameo as a GY Data Analysis droid. This meant eight people crowded around the table. Happily, Star Wars is fairly easy to run for large groups, and I don't think any one got bored.
Thus far, the game has inspired pages of character logs and art from commanderteddog, character art from catsarah and sassy_fae, TWO themed desserts (from Teddog and momentrabbit, and now customized miniatures.
momentrabbit made of his character (which I didn't get a clear shot of) and also constructed the IT-O interrogation droid being held by kores_rabbit in this shot.
There was a chase and firefight through a shifting asteroid field!
The tools of a prepared Star Wars GM - model Star Destroyer, stack of hematite, Lego spaceship pieces, and netbook bookmarked to Wookiepedia. Wookiepedia is wonderful for quick visual references. "You see an R1 unit - here's a photo."
The wreckage of game night. |
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| More con pics! |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|10:23 pm] |
This time, from sassy_fae!
Examining some root beer.
Examining a cat-hat.
The reigstration line! |
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| MFF 2009: Day Four - The Toledo Vortex |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|12:32 am] |
I had Beatles tunes (as sung by the Bee Gees and Aerosmith) stuck in my head all night, but managed to sleep soundly. The morning light streamed in bright and clear once again.
sassy_fae and I took our leave of halfelf and leonard_arlotte, and ate a mostly healthy breakfast in the con suite.
And that was that! Our time in con space was over, but we still faced the long and winding road (DUN DAH! DUN DAH! That leeeads to your doooor...) back to Hamilton...
( Driving to Toledo, whether we liked it or not ) |
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| Mi mi mi mi mi! |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|11:54 am] |
The Muppets do Queen. Very well. |
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| Argle bargle |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|03:01 pm] |
I've lost my glasses. I don't know when or where. I was exhausted, so I went back to bed around 11:45, and woke just before 2. The glasses are nowhere to be found. I searched the blankets and pillows, the usual spots. I hunted around the bed on my hands and knees with a flashlight. I checked the bathroom, even under the tub and behind the toilet. I finally went down to the basement in search of a spare pair, and located two.
One are the pair of gold frame ones I wore in my last two years of highschool and first year of university, and the other are the pair I wore for a year or so of university. I'm wearing the latter right now, and they look uterly wretched. |
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| MFF 2009: Day One - Pyat and the Illegal Oranges |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|11:33 am] |
sassy_fae (aka Jenn) came by bright and early last Thursday morning. It was grey and cloudy, but the weather was warm and traffic was clear. We made good time to the border, pausing in Strathroy, Ontario to empty bladders and stretch.
November 2008!
November 2009!
We reflected on the difference a year had made in the local weather - those pics are of the same house and section of parking lot.
( Much more below! ) |
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| Conward, Ho! |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|09:19 pm] |
I appear to be packed and ready. Aside from a pillow case and my shaving tackle, everything is stowed away. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, sassy_fae and I venturing through one province and three four of your American "states". Hopefully, there will not be a blizzard this year. |
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| Ho ho ho! |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|06:02 pm] |
It's beginning to look a lot like Dylan... |
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| Pyat's Fabulous Cave Expedition |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|10:05 pm] |
So, as seen in the previously posted video, today I made a brief exploration into the Underdark. I visited three different cave entrances. I did not get very far, partly because I was confused as to the actual access point to the Nexus Cave. The Nexus Cave is a 335-meter-long cave system, and there are two spots large enough for a person to enter. It contains sizable deposits of glittering pyrite, chambers large enough for 10 people to stand up, and waterfalls. I didn't see any of that, alas.
The first is the Nexus Cave Window. This was the spot where I did my video intros. I assumed it was just a little self-contained cave, with a "window" to the larger Nexus Cave. There was indeed a little passage leading off the chamber, which I poked my flashlight into.
( Tunnels and Trolls ) |
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| Pyat and the Lost Caverns of Eramosa Karst, now with moving-pictures! |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|01:44 pm] |
Pyat goes spelunking, and talks about dungeons! Misleading editing! Fat man in tight places! Misquoted poetry!
The editing is misleading, because it's actually clips from two cave locations. I start at Nexus Window, which is where both the little talky bits are filmed. I did the intro twice from two different angles, and just pasted them together. The bit where I'm stuck, and the film of me crawling out, is from the Nexus Entrance, 300 metres away. The final bit, of me in the hole saying, "Now I have to get out!" is from the Nexus Window. |
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At the con! Obviously.
More later, I'm sure.