Expressions in Ether

Happy Birthday

2008-07-24T16:11:17Z

Happy Birthday ladygwyn!

Dark Side Campaign

2008-07-24T03:32:52Z

Tonight's events:

1. We got off the Eclipse before it self-destructed (whew!) and survived the space battle between the ships remaining loyal to Palpatine and the Empire, and the ships which turned sides (again) and are suddenly back on the side of the Republic.
2. Ceyl and Char'ack had to defend their transport company from their competitors, who banded together to undercut them in price and drive us out of business.
3. Ceyl and Vap started working on the new capital class ship to replace the Voice, which is not spaceworthy.
4. Luke and Vap approached Ceyl to have her teach the Dark Side at his new Jedi Academy, because he's decided the only way Jedi can truly be balanced is to know both sides of the Force. They need to understand both sides. Ceyl agreed out of sheer amusement value.
5. Brittany got blown up escaping the Eclipse, as did one of the other Crimson Guards Ceyl had picked, so her Blackguard is now at a roster of five. Alvin was upset; he wanted to kill her himself.
6. One Star Destroyer and Grand Admiral got away: Grand Admiral Grant.
7. Zanair is not actually Chancellor yet; he's one of several candidates up for the position.
8. Char'ack has held onto his Senate seat, but the merchant cartels that are trying to run us out of business put a 10 million credit bounty on his head.
9. Four students of Palpatine showed up to acknowledge Ceyl as Master.
10. Ceyl hired the Shadowstalker Guild to kill the two known students who didn't show up.
11. And Shadowstalker the Bounty Hunter, Bounty Hunter, walked into a trap, was stripped of all his weapons but two daggers (one of which was the dagger made of the force crystal that currently houses the spirit of Palpatine), evaded a pressure-sensor floor trap, a killbot, and killed Darth Toxin (who shall never have a better name, now) with said daggers. She wasn't expecting that.
12. And that's why you don't mess with Shadowstalker the Bounty Hunter, Bounty Hunter.

Quotes:

Ceyl: Mental note: Kill anything named Prewitt.

Shadowstalker [after blowing up a Star Destroyer with a Widowmaker]: I kill your Emperor; I kill you, bitches!

Ceyl: There are Jedi Masters turning over in their graves right now.

Sam: A ship safe saves lives. [pause] A safe ship saves lives.

Woozie: I've got great news!
Char'ack: What?
Woozie: I checked the genetic database, and we can have a child!
Char'ack: Of all the things I expected you to say, that was not it.

GM: There's no Jedi Council. Luke's not sure he wants to start the Council, because it was corrupted.
Me: Right, having the Sith in his school is probably corruption enough.

Shadowstalker: But how do I know they work?
GM: He [the weapons merchant] shoots a passerby. They drop like a sack of potatoes.
Shadowstalker: That's no good, he's still alive!
Me: He [Shadowstalker] shoots a passerby. They drop like a sack of potatoes...on fire!

Police: Shadowstalker, did you see who killed these two passerby?
Shadowstalker: That one's alive.
Police: Yes, one is unconscious. But the one with his head missing and the one with the grappling hook through his chest...
Shadowstalker: [standing there holding the launcher for the hook, with the line leading back to him, and holding a Thunderer Blaster in his other hand] I have no idea.

Shadowstalker: I've always said, if you want an assassination done well, hire someone else to do it for you.

NPC Guard: I've always dreamed of joining the Shadowstalker the Bounty Hunter, Bounty Hunter, Bounty Hunter Guild!
Shadowstalker: As opposed to a knife in the head.

Me: We're doing better than last time. He hasn't fucked her yet.
Mike: Yet.

Sam: Any day you can walk away from the hallway blowing up is a good day.

Sam: Gravity doesn't affect me, I'm Shadowstalker the Bounty Hunter, Bounty Hunter! Or even better, I roll intimidate on gravity!

Mike: I've got two options.
Me: Which are?
Mike: Throw a dagger...or run away or die.
Me: That's three options.
Mike: Yeah, but two are really the same option.

WANT.

2008-07-23T15:28:39Z

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Luke-Skywalker-Galaxy/dp/1595821511/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_a

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Star-Wars%C2%AE-Encyclopedia-Wars/dp/0345477634/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ultimate-Blueprints-Collections/dp/0756638690/ref=pd_sim_b_2

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Essential-Atlas/dp/0345477642/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

"Oh look," she said. "Rain again."

2008-07-22T21:40:01Z

Downpour!!!!!!

Kay, done now.

Went to see doctor today for followup on teeth. Gums are healing very nicely, he said. I was given a little syringe to clean out the bottom hole, and otherwise I'm good to go.

I'm quite exhausted from work.

I am a little leery yet of eating popcorn (OMG WANT THE POPCORN WILL DIE AM IN WITHDRAWAL DYNG RIGHT NOW NEED POPCORN NEED NEED NEED IT!), which is sad, especially since I want to go see Batman and I can't until I can have popcorn (OMG WANT THE POPCORN WILL DIE AM IN WITHDRAWAL DYNG RIGHT NOW NEED POPCORN NEED NEED NEED IT!) because I can't just go watch a movie without it.

Also still want to see Wall-E, and I think the only movies else upcoming in the budget are Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li! Squee!) and Star Wars: Clone Wars ('cause, like, did anyone on my friendslist have any doubts I was going to see that?).

To Work!

2008-07-22T11:31:25Z

Yesterday I was FINALLY able to get through a day on tylenol instead of percoset. This was fantastic, in my opinion, although I am still glad I called out of work. I would not have wanted to show up at work and find out I needed percoset; it would have been awful.

Today, while my jaw feels (relatively) okay, my stomach feels bleh, which could be any number of things. However, I am still going to work.

I have my follow-up appt with the doctor today, so yay leaving work early, w00t.

At least I'm up. Actually, I've been up this early all week. I'd get up, use the facilities, drink some water, and go back to bed and hope I could sleep. If I couldn't, I'd get back up and take pills. Biggest problem I had without the percoset -- could NOT get to sleep last night, even though I was all yawning and exhausted.

Last Day Home

2008-07-21T15:31:36Z

Finally tylenol seems to be cutting through the pain, so I can stop taking percoset. Yesterday I was still doing percs to get through the day. Tylenol is much preferred. Now I know I can get to work and not need narcotics. (Well, not that narcotics wouldn't make the day better.) So, tomorrow I will be back at work, and then to the doctor for the followup, where hopefully he will tell me everything is healing just fine, if slowly.

I have decided to be dead.

2008-07-20T18:30:05Z

I'm tired of my jaw hurting; I went through this so it would stop doing that.

*whine*

Everyone says three or four days and then the pain's pretty much gone. Not so much with that concept at the moment, she says, looking at the fact she's on day 5.

I'm debating not going to work tomorrow, even though I didn't schedule it off, after listening to everyone tell me it's pretty easy to get over this. I don't particularly relish the idea of talking for 8 hours right now.

Addiction

2008-07-18T22:46:27Z

OMG I want popcorn so badly.

WANT

WANT

WANT

Smoothies are just not doing it for me.

I've run out of DS9, and am now watching my way through all 6 Star Wars movies.

Or...

2008-07-17T17:59:16Z

I could get sick from the percoset. Fortunately I have a high pain tolerance, because I'm not taking much pain medication at the moment. *weak grin* The doctor suggested alternating the perc and tylenol, and taking only half-doses of perc.

I am SO glad I had both out; the doctor asked at one point if I wanted to only do the bottom since he wasn't able to actually put me under, and I said no, let's get them both done. I'm glad because I won't have to go through this again.h

Yay Percoset

2008-07-17T13:40:37Z

Which does seem to knock me out a bit. Last night I discovered I can get by without it for a little while past the dosage time, but I figure why bother, if I can have less pain, lets have less pain.

Dying.

2008-07-16T21:45:39Z

Yes. Dying. Completely and utterly. I am dying right here, right now.

I *whine* when I'm sick. I know this.

Need better distraction than DS9 and the computer. Like, unconsciousness.

Kick in already, pill #2. I'm DYING!

In the Realm of Teh Suck

2008-07-16T17:56:50Z

So. Wisdom teeth out.

Percoset = taken.

So I get there, and into the room, and all the little monitors were put on me, and they started trying to put in the needle to to administer the General Anesthetic...

And we have complete fail.

They tried the right arm. They put the nitrous oxide on me, whee. They tried the left arm. Success! ...No, damn. No success. He tries the right arm -- no luck. Somewhere in here -- after the first arm, I tell them, "Um, I'm a bit of a hard stick." "Oh, now she tells us," says the nurse. He tries my left hand. Nothing good. The good doctor is very apologetic and asking if I want to try again. At this point I'm pretty well into the laughing gas, so I'm all "Eh, whatever, I'll stay awake." Everyone but me is relieved.

I'm usually not that hard a stick, but with the no liquid since last night...I should have thought of it.

So I got the joy of being awake for this. It was quick -- well, an hour, but much of that was trying to get the needles in... Lots of novacaine, lots of chatter from the doctor. At one point he was saying something, that made him think it sounded like alcohol, chablis, and he was asking if the nurses wanted any, and I was: "Yes, please," which made them all laugh. He also said it was like he was getting his boy scout merit badge in morse code, listening to my heartbeat all over the place.

Eventually, two teeth out, I got my marching orders and my scrip for drugs, and I am STARVING right now. And I got an icepack. I reminded the doctor he owed his nurses a drink. :)

On the good side, I didn't have to go through recovery, and the procedure cost a LOT less. My jaw is still numb, and I took the percoset about 20 minutes ago, so hopefully that will kick in before the novacaine wears off.

I get to take the guaze out in ten minutes and have something to drink, not alcohol though. And eat. And I'm watching DS9 DVDs and sacked out on the couch, and I will have madraxus's computer for most of the night, but he wants the computer right now, so I'm going to stop typing. Especially since whoo, I think the percoset is kicking in.

Oral Surgery

2008-07-16T04:20:43Z

Well, tomorrow -- er, later today -- I get two wisdom teeth out. I'm a little nervous, having never had surgery before for anything. Fortunately I have only two wisdom teeth, or so everyone says.

Star Fantasy Weekend

2008-07-15T00:30:48Z

So I went over jetshade and talandra's this past weekend for Star Fantasy AKA catch lordavon where she needs to be before the actual scheduled run this weekend upcoming, which I will not be at due to having two wisdom teeth taken out Wednesday.

Quotage:

Xsol: My child is starving and there are no bonus bunnies. What's up with that??

talandra: It is now a quarter to one.
jetshade: Ah, I should do something about that.

Meta-Xsol: Thanks SO much, Jettana. I'm going to have to put bonus bunnies in your bed.
Meta-Jettana: I get bonus bunnies? W00t! [pause] What's a bonus bunny? ...Is it pink?!

Jettana: It's like..Justin-pink.

jetshade: If Bib Fortuna has a baby, would that be a Baby Bib Fortuna?

talandra: Your destiny is in your hands.
Meta-Xsol: Thank God I can see the future.

jetshade and Me: In ur base camp, exploding your floor!

Me: And Team B blows itself up in the first ten minutes! No one had a bet in on THAT!

Jalees: No, you think like Jettana. That makes you useful. You might be able to figure this out.
Xsol: Okay, we are not going to expect me to deconstruct Jettana's thinking.

talandra: Talia would really like to take Jered.
Meta-Xsol: Of course she would, but she has to stay with Lucian, Jered is mine.

jetshade: So what is Cor's team doing? Besides trying to get 'et'?

Jettana: Jalees has a team following her. Cor...has a bunch of people following him 'cause they ain't been told they can leave yet.

Talia: Darling, come to bed with me.
Lucian: I can do that.
Talia: I know. We have six children to prove it.

Jettana: Apparently, when I move out of all black, I'm all bad.

Justin: Ooh! Meat-on-a-stick! It's like a lollipop...for Magi.

Me: So we're having an open rush?

Sleep....

2008-07-13T15:08:12Z

All right, I'm not sure how much sleep I got last night, but I am sure it has not been enough. I went to bed waay to late, and I've woken up earlier than I probably should have because, well. I want to be up in time for work tomorrow. Hopefully between friday night and last night I'll be so zoned when I get home tonight I'll just fall down and go boom.

All right, maybe not BOOM, per se, but.

I consider raiding the fridge for a plum.

I have just told neo_blackwolf: "You have to remember that the rest of us are not psychic, just psychotic, so if you only think it, we won't know it."

I'm not entirely sure why we're discussing murders of crows now, but here we are.

So this week I get my wisdom teeth out. So I will be off work from Wednesday through Saturday, but not really doing anything since, well, pain. Must remember Tuesday to pick up books.

Okay, brave the cold shower, scavenge food, or go back to sleep?

Let's go find out.

Imperial...er, New Republic Game: Countdown to TPK Part 2

2008-07-11T03:59:24Z

The Countdown continued; tonight we played out the attack on the Heavenly Voice:

1. Every Royal Guard was specifically aimed to kill Aja
2. Mara Jade and Aja were seriously quite deadly
3. Woozie accidently killed some people and gained Dark Side points (poor thing, down to 16 Light Side points)
4. larryboy and I traded rolls and played as Team Mara Jade.
4. Mara, Aja, and Woozie took out 20 Royal Guards, and with the assistance of Bindo, the ship's pilot, they managed to kill 10 stormtroopers who were the calvary. Woozie was unconscious by the end, Mara Jade was down to 4 vitality: bleeding and barely standing, and Aja was down to I think 9 wound points and 3 vitality and in serious need of a bacta tank. But, we lived.

AKA: Every PC lived through the assault on the Super Super Star Destroyer and the attack on Palpatine.

5. Ceyl declared herself Empress and ordered the Imperial Fleet to stand down, and the surrender of the Empire to Supreme Chancellor Zanaar.
6. Ceyl declared herself Master of the Sith (SCORE!)
7. 5 more Crimson Guards joined Ceyl's Blackguard.
8. Vap hacked the Imperial Database and got me the names of the other five students of the Emperor.
9. The Heavenly Voice is a WRECK. But we own shipyards. We can fix it.

Next Session: We're moving to Wednesday evenings so Mike can rejoin us, yay! We'll probably have some downtime, fix up the Voice, figure out our new roles in the new galaxy.

Quotes:

GM: I'll let you know when you get hit by a pike.

[After an opponent with a vibro-axe repeatedly crits on Aja]
Me: Dude, if that axe-guy survives, we should hire him.

larryboy: I'm going to start having you roll d6s for my d8s. Probably do better.

Me: Go Team Mara!

Sam [as Woozie]: Don't even TRY to get me more Dark Side points!

Sam: The Great Train of *whiff* has pulled into the station.

aelana Meta-Aja: But I still have 56 temporary vitality!
Me as Meta-Aja: And I'm in a bacta tank!
aelana and the GM: I don't see this ending badly!

Mara Jade, as the Stormtrooper calvary starts in on the party, "Oh, GIVE UP!"

Aja: My armour's wet.

Busy busy

2008-07-08T20:38:18Z

So, this weekend was busy, surprisingly, for being not really very busy. I didn't feel very good during most of it and so skipped a few family outings.

I did go see Independence Day at Cinemark for the Friday night midnight movie on July 4th, woot. Much fun.

I spent a lot of time working on teaching myself css and have a rudimentary website built, but the fact that IE seems to hate CSS is making my brain hurt. I've always built sites for mozilla browsers, since it's the less-forgiving browser, and therefore if something looks good there, it looks good pretty much everywhere. Not so anymore, chickadee.

The css is going well, so to speak. I've got some of the basics down, now I'm trying to master the concept of making things be where I want them on a page. If anyone has any recommendations on books I could buy for css I'd be grateful.

We also have been teaching Aerys to walk on a leash. I know, people look silly walking cats on leashes, but I don't want him to be an outdoor cat, I just want a cat I can take outside at times. Aerys LOVES going outside, except he is afraid of the stairs and the doors. He enjoys running around, pouncing on everything including bees (facepalm), and is very happy. We're pleased he's doing well. He only gets a little time outside -- for one thing, its very hot out! -- and we don't want him to expect it all the time.

Great.

2008-07-06T17:34:09Z

Most people have cats that knock over the trash can.

I have one which knocks over the trash can...pulls everything out....

...and then plays inside before going to sleep.

*facepalm*

You spin me right round, baby, right round...

2008-07-06T17:28:36Z

..like a Dalek baby, right round...

I bow at the altar of 45eugenia.

(With much thanks to snowgrouse for providing the link I followed to the goodness.)

Argh.

2008-07-04T03:19:54Z

I hate transparent images now.

Grr grr grr grr grr.

Oh no, he's smart.

2008-07-01T22:21:05Z

madraxus calls to tell me the cage is pretty much useless except for feeding times, to keep Morganti out of Aerys' food. Not only will Aerys push and push and push until he loosens the clamps and frees himself, but...

...he's learned how to work the clamps holding the "door" shut.

Now what he does is reach through the bars, and pull on the clamp, until it is being pulled against the cage, which opens the clamp, and then he pushes on the door, opening it.

We have a smart kitten.

This can only end in tears.

Last night I started teaching myself CSS. For real.

2008-07-01T11:28:15Z

See, I'm way behind in web site development, which isn't a big deal usually since a personal web site doesn't really need a lot of development.

However, now that I'm in charge of the wedding business website, I am feeling my inadequacies.

So, to combat this, and inspired somewhat by issendai's post about using css, I felt it was time to actually do something other than set up some text classes in the style sheet. And maybe never write another table as long as I live.

Plus, larryboy and I ~~are the biggest two geeks on the planet and no one sane should ever be around us and mention, well, anything geeky, especially comic books or the Imperial Game~~ were talking about building a web site for game, which somehow came about because we started talking about a soundtrack for our game, which came about from him looking over the soundtrack for my character in talandra's game, which came about from my being inspired by the soundtrack for jetshade's character in talandra's game that jetshade made, so you could say in some way this is all talandra's fault. *grin*

We have a basic idea of what it could look like (web site, not soundtrack, if you're lost) and we might even buy a domain name (because we're GEEKS) but we want to make sure we make it through the next game session alive. And so last night I sat down with photoshop and started making up a pretty background and then I centered it using CSS, and everyone out there is now laughing at me, but hey, I had to start SOMEWHERE, and so I have, envy me, I now rule centered images with CSS, and my next trick will be...ack, time, getting to work on time, bye now!!

Wanted (spoiler-free)

2008-06-30T03:47:34Z

madraxus and I went to see Wanted today. It was quite fun, and we both enjoyed it. madraxus feels it will lose something on the small screen, although I'm not sure. Definately a must-see.

Purring kitten.

2008-06-29T13:52:45Z

I have one.

The day can't really get much better than that.

w00t!

2008-06-28T15:53:17Z

The car passed inspection! YES!