I am writing a paragraph here and there and adding it on as I go, so keep checking back :) It will be done as I find time between breaking up my kids fights :(
Oh and I'm also spellchecking it as Kevin will be glad to know ;p
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Friday, January 28
Thursday, January 27
Slave
So Dan is harassing me to do a little writing. Just a small amount mind you...only the story of the last year and a half of his D&D campaign! So to start off I've written out everything that I can remember in a time line. I'd love to get all of your input...IE, anything I've missed, anything I have the timing wrong on, any missing names, political exchanges, etc. I will post the final version in bits and pieces at my other blog (I set it up for Dan to use months ago)...
For now though, here is my time line
Introduction: Character bios for Aurora, Lucius, Shannon and Cory and Bilbo's characters to which I can't remember their names, Sean's Ranger and of course Kip. All as I remember them...
Leaving Roesone heading to Seaside village where we get our first quest...clear a haunted house
We clear the haunted house and find evidence of smugglers. head back to mayor of village for reward and to pass on findings. Mayor sends us back to catch smugglers.
We take on smugglers and win as long as we are on shore...poor planning on our part leads to capture by pirates.
Shipped to Slave islands and sold into gladiator pit, Kip the halfling gets sold to Thieves guild, Bilbo's bard dies, conveniently killed by his next character, a half orc barbarian.
We are bought by the (?) family and put under a guise, are forced to attack a dwarven caravan, Once again we suck and get captured, the dwarves check our alignments and decide to use us to infiltrate our owners, the pay us to go back and admit failure, Kip is contacted by dwarven assassin and let in on things, we all take down a holding/warehouse, the family falls, The dwarves send us back to the mainland with a package for the King Dwarf
The first city we are in on the mainland...we are shopping for equipment and witness somebody being dragged into the sewers, of course we go after, we clear out the undead in this area, discover the old thieves guild, we report findings to city guard
Kip "finds" a treasure map while we are relaxing in a tavern, we decipher it and follow directions, rent a telescope off a sailor npc and head out, ask for directions at a farm and pick up two more npc's...farmer and farmslut daughter, we find the location to use the telescope and then take all npc's back to town pretending that we were just site seeing (the sailor didn't buy it) Back out into the woods, we are followed by sailor and friends, we side step them in the woods, solve the riddle and get some treasure (dwarvenkind belt and silver raven). The farmslut gives Cory some issues on the way back but we keep walking.
(At this point Bill and Leanne and Cory and Shannon stepped down making room for Kevin and Randy)
Kip, the archer, and the sorceress decide they've had enough adventuring and go home to Roesone. Bilbo's half-orc just decides to leave and goes. We meet with Mordicai the Paladin and Randy's bard in a tavern and quickly get them involved in catching a familiar slaving ship docked at the harbour. Unfortunately the captain (Capt. Hindgrinder) gets away, leading us to explore further into the sewers (I think there were more slaves down there to save...but I can't remember) we fight fish people and find a map to a green dragon's lair. There are still a few places left to check down here but we leave it for now and head towards the dwarven mines.
A few things happen on the way there, Randy's bard tries to stab Mordicai in his sleep and is thwarted by a naked dwarf, Kronk. We meet Spindle when he also tries to kill us in our sleep. After talking to the Dwarf and Spindle we realize that we might need help saving the dwarves from a horde of orcs. Spindle goes off for reinforcements (his girlfriend is a dwarf) brings back centaurs, we sneak up and save the day for once, send orc's scrambling up the mountain, free the dwarven men (I won't mention where the women and children were) Give the king his package, they give us some mithral stuff and ask for help. Mordicai and Sean's Ranger head back to town for troops, we head after the orc's and are shortly after met by Wizzbang and Tobin (apparently friends of Spindle) Spindle scouts a bit on eagle back and we send off a message to Mordicai via the silver raven. That night we hear a noise and find a trolls den, we kill trolls and explore to find a back door into the Keep.
We fight bad guys and sneak around until we can open the front door for Mordicai and his army (including Ranger, archer, and sorceress...I guess hec caught them before they left via ship) epic battle ensues leaving Mordicai and the rest, dead or MIA.
We are awarded the keep and it is decided that the title go to Aurora because she is the most highly connected (or something, I'm still not sure of the reasoning there). We find journal with info on three artifact weapons and a little about the baddies. We decide to go after the Mace of Pelor before the BG's do. We meet a bard NPC named Jasper and ask about the area.
Into the swamp...we get a little info about Tirith and his brother from the village being plagued by vampires, we wander into swamp and are in time to rescue Cat the druid from death, Wizzbang harvests her familiar...we gain the vampires identity from Cat, and her promise of help.
We return to the city and seek out Tirith at the temple of Heronious, we convince him to come along and help kill his brother the vampire, We take out/explore swamp temple and coerce a couple of evil priests to tell us where the Vampire's lair is, we quaff water breathing potions and enter the lair while daylight. Tirith kicks butt, we basically watch we grab mace of Pelor and other loot...I think Jasper was there too, that might have been the day Kari played. We let the evil priests go as promised, they kill Scott, Cat kills them after we leave.
WE return to the keep, and aurora tries to return the mace to the temple of pelor in town, is visited by a solar.
Spindle shows up at the keep along with peasants from the swamp and Scott's next character the half-orc fighter. Our Chamberlain is slain, we discover secret rooms in the keep and that we had the dagger of wee jas but it is now missing. We increase security.
Maxis the noble shows up and wants to put on an aerial race from our keep.
Lucius's brother monks show up seeking refuge and help as their cloister is being destroyed. We travel to the cloister a couple of mountains over from ours and help a NPC monk fight off winter wolves on our way up, he gives us some info on the area, We fight mephits to get across an ice bridge, and the Kronk incident happens, we arrive and search the cloister finding nothing, so we enter the festering volcano nearby. Fight salamanders, close portal to the plane of fire by shooting mage.
Surprise! The NPC monk turns into a white dragon who grabs her eggs and tells us to leave. We do, we sleep the night in the cloister, and then go searching for Kronks body, unfortunately for the dragon the body was dragged to her lair and we take her down along with her wolves. Treasure galore and eggs! On the way back to the keep we stop in to the capital city and snatch a nobleman's groom (my first follower Dorian/Doreen the ranger)
Back at the keep, more Monk refugees arrive, and Maxis is a pain in the ass. WE meet Cefir the cleric. Maxis puts on his aerial race, somebody is accosted by a psychic and told that we need to be somewhere else right now getting the Scythe of Nerull, Maxis overhears and says he'll arrange things, gets us aerial mounts and picks Scott up and flies off with him (Maxis the copper dragon of course).
At the prophesied town we meet with a band of were tigers charged with guarding the evil temple. Mostly making sure that nothing gets out. We convince them that we are good, and get thier help in fighting the giants and ogres that have come calling, looking for the scythe. WE win, one orc survives as a were tiger himself. We descend into the temple of nerull, deal with the statue riddle room, opening up the sarcophagus and once again desending. Speak with a spirit of the mayor in the jail cells for information, and then enter the catacombs. Aurora detects evil and stuns herself (silly git). WE find the scyth easily enough, Wizzbang offers to carry it. All of the undead wake up around us and we fight our way outside. Tobin runs ahead at the last minute and gets Maxis to help by spraying acid into the temple behind us as we retreat.
Maxis leaves with a message to take to Jasper for Tirith. We are followed for miles by a wraith, until we place the scyth into a bag of holding. Cefir goes home to the elves and we travel to Roesone and the High Temple of Pelor with the scyth.
High Cleric d'Sol takes the Scythe to destroy, and attempts to take the mace as well, but pelor has other ideas...6 months downtime (I'll work from Dan's notes here) Aurora picks up a tag along...Cerilla
WE meet up again at the keep, and finally catch up with Capt. Hindgrinder. Tobin is contacted by Kip and dwarven assassin regarding working for the dwarves again on the island. Sounds good, but first we are invited to a dinner and joust at the capital. During the joust the king is kidnapped, and politics get ugly. We are asked to look into it. We meet up with Mordicai again and are very happy to see him alive. He tries to steal the Mace. Fails, but gets away. We set out to interview 3rd in line to throne and are attacked by minotaurs, we meet Shabbahat who kicks butt.
On to the interviews...the guy keeps his wife in a tower, interview both of them and learn area history. head out to Blue Dragon cult area and kill 1/2 blue dragon. reunite guy and wifey, reanimate King...Yay us!
We all get titles, Scott is now kings champion.
Now we contact dwarves and set sail for island...halfway there we are attacked by Mordicai. Scott dies and is reserected. The island is covered in giant bugs and slaads. Not to mention the bone devil. We call to the dwarves for help, they send ship which gets slaughtered. We escape to shore with the ship manned by rescued magic welding sailors. We take on new troops and crew and head back. Take on the kobolds and take out the bone devil. Scott asks to be dropped off on the mainland.
We finally make it to the island. The dwarves want us to take out the gladiator pit. we get ourselves captured, break everyone out, and then try to lay low. Shabbahat and Tobin become Vampires.
The dwarf assassin asks us to look into his mentors disappearence...
That's all for now folks, my brain hurts.
For now though, here is my time line
Introduction: Character bios for Aurora, Lucius, Shannon and Cory and Bilbo's characters to which I can't remember their names, Sean's Ranger and of course Kip. All as I remember them...
Leaving Roesone heading to Seaside village where we get our first quest...clear a haunted house
We clear the haunted house and find evidence of smugglers. head back to mayor of village for reward and to pass on findings. Mayor sends us back to catch smugglers.
We take on smugglers and win as long as we are on shore...poor planning on our part leads to capture by pirates.
Shipped to Slave islands and sold into gladiator pit, Kip the halfling gets sold to Thieves guild, Bilbo's bard dies, conveniently killed by his next character, a half orc barbarian.
We are bought by the (?) family and put under a guise, are forced to attack a dwarven caravan, Once again we suck and get captured, the dwarves check our alignments and decide to use us to infiltrate our owners, the pay us to go back and admit failure, Kip is contacted by dwarven assassin and let in on things, we all take down a holding/warehouse, the family falls, The dwarves send us back to the mainland with a package for the King Dwarf
The first city we are in on the mainland...we are shopping for equipment and witness somebody being dragged into the sewers, of course we go after, we clear out the undead in this area, discover the old thieves guild, we report findings to city guard
Kip "finds" a treasure map while we are relaxing in a tavern, we decipher it and follow directions, rent a telescope off a sailor npc and head out, ask for directions at a farm and pick up two more npc's...farmer and farmslut daughter, we find the location to use the telescope and then take all npc's back to town pretending that we were just site seeing (the sailor didn't buy it) Back out into the woods, we are followed by sailor and friends, we side step them in the woods, solve the riddle and get some treasure (dwarvenkind belt and silver raven). The farmslut gives Cory some issues on the way back but we keep walking.
(At this point Bill and Leanne and Cory and Shannon stepped down making room for Kevin and Randy)
Kip, the archer, and the sorceress decide they've had enough adventuring and go home to Roesone. Bilbo's half-orc just decides to leave and goes. We meet with Mordicai the Paladin and Randy's bard in a tavern and quickly get them involved in catching a familiar slaving ship docked at the harbour. Unfortunately the captain (Capt. Hindgrinder) gets away, leading us to explore further into the sewers (I think there were more slaves down there to save...but I can't remember) we fight fish people and find a map to a green dragon's lair. There are still a few places left to check down here but we leave it for now and head towards the dwarven mines.
A few things happen on the way there, Randy's bard tries to stab Mordicai in his sleep and is thwarted by a naked dwarf, Kronk. We meet Spindle when he also tries to kill us in our sleep. After talking to the Dwarf and Spindle we realize that we might need help saving the dwarves from a horde of orcs. Spindle goes off for reinforcements (his girlfriend is a dwarf) brings back centaurs, we sneak up and save the day for once, send orc's scrambling up the mountain, free the dwarven men (I won't mention where the women and children were) Give the king his package, they give us some mithral stuff and ask for help. Mordicai and Sean's Ranger head back to town for troops, we head after the orc's and are shortly after met by Wizzbang and Tobin (apparently friends of Spindle) Spindle scouts a bit on eagle back and we send off a message to Mordicai via the silver raven. That night we hear a noise and find a trolls den, we kill trolls and explore to find a back door into the Keep.
We fight bad guys and sneak around until we can open the front door for Mordicai and his army (including Ranger, archer, and sorceress...I guess hec caught them before they left via ship) epic battle ensues leaving Mordicai and the rest, dead or MIA.
We are awarded the keep and it is decided that the title go to Aurora because she is the most highly connected (or something, I'm still not sure of the reasoning there). We find journal with info on three artifact weapons and a little about the baddies. We decide to go after the Mace of Pelor before the BG's do. We meet a bard NPC named Jasper and ask about the area.
Into the swamp...we get a little info about Tirith and his brother from the village being plagued by vampires, we wander into swamp and are in time to rescue Cat the druid from death, Wizzbang harvests her familiar...we gain the vampires identity from Cat, and her promise of help.
We return to the city and seek out Tirith at the temple of Heronious, we convince him to come along and help kill his brother the vampire, We take out/explore swamp temple and coerce a couple of evil priests to tell us where the Vampire's lair is, we quaff water breathing potions and enter the lair while daylight. Tirith kicks butt, we basically watch we grab mace of Pelor and other loot...I think Jasper was there too, that might have been the day Kari played. We let the evil priests go as promised, they kill Scott, Cat kills them after we leave.
WE return to the keep, and aurora tries to return the mace to the temple of pelor in town, is visited by a solar.
Spindle shows up at the keep along with peasants from the swamp and Scott's next character the half-orc fighter. Our Chamberlain is slain, we discover secret rooms in the keep and that we had the dagger of wee jas but it is now missing. We increase security.
Maxis the noble shows up and wants to put on an aerial race from our keep.
Lucius's brother monks show up seeking refuge and help as their cloister is being destroyed. We travel to the cloister a couple of mountains over from ours and help a NPC monk fight off winter wolves on our way up, he gives us some info on the area, We fight mephits to get across an ice bridge, and the Kronk incident happens, we arrive and search the cloister finding nothing, so we enter the festering volcano nearby. Fight salamanders, close portal to the plane of fire by shooting mage.
Surprise! The NPC monk turns into a white dragon who grabs her eggs and tells us to leave. We do, we sleep the night in the cloister, and then go searching for Kronks body, unfortunately for the dragon the body was dragged to her lair and we take her down along with her wolves. Treasure galore and eggs! On the way back to the keep we stop in to the capital city and snatch a nobleman's groom (my first follower Dorian/Doreen the ranger)
Back at the keep, more Monk refugees arrive, and Maxis is a pain in the ass. WE meet Cefir the cleric. Maxis puts on his aerial race, somebody is accosted by a psychic and told that we need to be somewhere else right now getting the Scythe of Nerull, Maxis overhears and says he'll arrange things, gets us aerial mounts and picks Scott up and flies off with him (Maxis the copper dragon of course).
At the prophesied town we meet with a band of were tigers charged with guarding the evil temple. Mostly making sure that nothing gets out. We convince them that we are good, and get thier help in fighting the giants and ogres that have come calling, looking for the scythe. WE win, one orc survives as a were tiger himself. We descend into the temple of nerull, deal with the statue riddle room, opening up the sarcophagus and once again desending. Speak with a spirit of the mayor in the jail cells for information, and then enter the catacombs. Aurora detects evil and stuns herself (silly git). WE find the scyth easily enough, Wizzbang offers to carry it. All of the undead wake up around us and we fight our way outside. Tobin runs ahead at the last minute and gets Maxis to help by spraying acid into the temple behind us as we retreat.
Maxis leaves with a message to take to Jasper for Tirith. We are followed for miles by a wraith, until we place the scyth into a bag of holding. Cefir goes home to the elves and we travel to Roesone and the High Temple of Pelor with the scyth.
High Cleric d'Sol takes the Scythe to destroy, and attempts to take the mace as well, but pelor has other ideas...6 months downtime (I'll work from Dan's notes here) Aurora picks up a tag along...Cerilla
WE meet up again at the keep, and finally catch up with Capt. Hindgrinder. Tobin is contacted by Kip and dwarven assassin regarding working for the dwarves again on the island. Sounds good, but first we are invited to a dinner and joust at the capital. During the joust the king is kidnapped, and politics get ugly. We are asked to look into it. We meet up with Mordicai again and are very happy to see him alive. He tries to steal the Mace. Fails, but gets away. We set out to interview 3rd in line to throne and are attacked by minotaurs, we meet Shabbahat who kicks butt.
On to the interviews...the guy keeps his wife in a tower, interview both of them and learn area history. head out to Blue Dragon cult area and kill 1/2 blue dragon. reunite guy and wifey, reanimate King...Yay us!
We all get titles, Scott is now kings champion.
Now we contact dwarves and set sail for island...halfway there we are attacked by Mordicai. Scott dies and is reserected. The island is covered in giant bugs and slaads. Not to mention the bone devil. We call to the dwarves for help, they send ship which gets slaughtered. We escape to shore with the ship manned by rescued magic welding sailors. We take on new troops and crew and head back. Take on the kobolds and take out the bone devil. Scott asks to be dropped off on the mainland.
We finally make it to the island. The dwarves want us to take out the gladiator pit. we get ourselves captured, break everyone out, and then try to lay low. Shabbahat and Tobin become Vampires.
The dwarf assassin asks us to look into his mentors disappearence...
That's all for now folks, my brain hurts.
Monday, January 24
Life Of Riley
This was the first webcomic I'd ever read...
A few years back I was researching the geneological tree of Vampire the Masquerade and somehow stumbled upon this site. I really enjoyed it at the time, but they had some site troubles a while back and it went offline.
Well, now it's back again! At least in archive form, which isn't quite as good because I can't just ignore filler comics anymore...but enjoy!
Explaination: 9 gamers, 1 house, 1 vampire...trying to save the world from destruction :)
*Side note* There isn't a plot until strip #23...so hang in there until then, or skip ahead...or just don't read it, I don't really care.
A few years back I was researching the geneological tree of Vampire the Masquerade and somehow stumbled upon this site. I really enjoyed it at the time, but they had some site troubles a while back and it went offline.
Well, now it's back again! At least in archive form, which isn't quite as good because I can't just ignore filler comics anymore...but enjoy!
Explaination: 9 gamers, 1 house, 1 vampire...trying to save the world from destruction :)
*Side note* There isn't a plot until strip #23...so hang in there until then, or skip ahead...or just don't read it, I don't really care.
Friday, January 21
| Your Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score | ||
| Category | Your Score | Average |
| Hacklust | 57.55% Will kill for XP | 53.5% |
| Sensitive Roleplaying | 44.3% "But what's my motivation for this scene?" | 54.4% |
| GM Experience | 78.26% Ran a module once or twice | 69.4% |
| Systems Knowledge | 94.07% Played in a couple of campaigns | 90.3% |
| Livin' La Vida Dorka | 42.53% Has interesting conversations in public | 63% |
| You are 68.45% pure Average Score: 68.7% | ||
Wednesday, January 19
Parenting Highlights
I know I haven't posted anything in a while with any actual content. I don't really have anything to talk about. It's January, and traditionally this is the time of the year that I start to get the blues. After the Christmas season and the lead-up to it, January and February are VERY slow months. During which we get our finances back in order and try not to have any fun. Fun costs to much.
On a side note to that, my Auntie Bonnie will be in town next week, Her and my mom are off to the annual Kingfisher Spa weekend. Lucky buggers ;) I'm talking to Bonnie on MSN while I write this.
~~~
So anyways, back on topic, sort of. Can you tell I haven't actually planned this post?
Sean called me yesterday from Vancouver. He sounds good, and is apparently pretty bored. When he asked me what I've been up to lately, I had the usual dilemma...Do I say nothing? Because socially I haven't done anything new since the last time I saw him. Or do I talk about the kids? Typically I avoid talking about parenting with you guys in general because besides the Rices, none of you have kids. You honestly have no idea what it's like to deal with a tantruming 2 year old in a store full of people. And you have better things to talk about then Liam's resistance to potty training and Tessa's molars coming in. (Like World of Warcraft).
But I gave in and told my woes to Sean, him being a captive audience and all. Sometimes I forget what a good listener he is, I came away from that conversation with a few new ideas to try. For the record, I'm trying to switch Liam's sleep schedule around so that he'll nap in the afternoon and wake up at 6:30-7am instead of 5:30-6am. Pretty boring stuff if it doesn't effect you, but a big deal in our house right now.
~~~
Last night a more interesting parenting dilemma came up, that I will share in the hopes that someone has a suggestion...
First, a little background.
Children are by nature, sexual creatures. It has been proven that touching, hugging, kisses, and snuggles lead to a sense of security and a safer learning environment as there is a greater bond of child/parent empathy. That being said, it is a time of their lives when they are discovering everything they can about their bodies..."What? I see when my eyes are open, but not when they're closed?", "What? When I spin around really fast I fall over?", "What? When I go to the potty I get a reward?"...
The latest for Tessa is "What? When I sit on Liam's tractor with the smokestack here, It feels really neat!".
This is all normal, and Liam went through about a month of mild experimenting a while back. He then got bored and moved on to testing his 2 year old boundaries.
Dan and I (mostly Dan) used to take baths with the kids when they were really little. Before they could sit up themselves. The family bath stopped in both instances when the kid in question inevitably leaned over and grabbed a part of Dan's anatomy. From then on they were on their own, with supervision only.
Last night during bathtime Teresa found Liam's peepee.
Now I call it peepee because to me "penis" hints at adult uses. "Peepee" is what little boys have and that's what it's used for...peeing out of.
Dan and I had a little giggle as Teresa poked at it a bit, and then we stepped in and got her out of the tub. Liam had a stiffy (which are not unusual in two year olds, and definitely not with Liam).
Now, the dilemma is this...Do we lay down the law and discourage this line of experimenting?
We know that they probably have a two week attention span at this age.
Or do we explain what a boy and a girl is and let them play?
We know that Teresa doesn't actually understand half of what I say at the best of times, and neither of them has any idea what they are doing?
I mean that's the point, they don't know.
I bring this to you guys because it's something that I believe a lot of people would have opinions about. It's the sort of issue that changes depending on perspectives. I'm going to do what ever I choose to about it, but I'd love to hear what others would do, given the same situation.
On a side note to that, my Auntie Bonnie will be in town next week, Her and my mom are off to the annual Kingfisher Spa weekend. Lucky buggers ;) I'm talking to Bonnie on MSN while I write this.
~~~
So anyways, back on topic, sort of. Can you tell I haven't actually planned this post?
Sean called me yesterday from Vancouver. He sounds good, and is apparently pretty bored. When he asked me what I've been up to lately, I had the usual dilemma...Do I say nothing? Because socially I haven't done anything new since the last time I saw him. Or do I talk about the kids? Typically I avoid talking about parenting with you guys in general because besides the Rices, none of you have kids. You honestly have no idea what it's like to deal with a tantruming 2 year old in a store full of people. And you have better things to talk about then Liam's resistance to potty training and Tessa's molars coming in. (Like World of Warcraft).
But I gave in and told my woes to Sean, him being a captive audience and all. Sometimes I forget what a good listener he is, I came away from that conversation with a few new ideas to try. For the record, I'm trying to switch Liam's sleep schedule around so that he'll nap in the afternoon and wake up at 6:30-7am instead of 5:30-6am. Pretty boring stuff if it doesn't effect you, but a big deal in our house right now.
~~~
Last night a more interesting parenting dilemma came up, that I will share in the hopes that someone has a suggestion...
First, a little background.
Children are by nature, sexual creatures. It has been proven that touching, hugging, kisses, and snuggles lead to a sense of security and a safer learning environment as there is a greater bond of child/parent empathy. That being said, it is a time of their lives when they are discovering everything they can about their bodies..."What? I see when my eyes are open, but not when they're closed?", "What? When I spin around really fast I fall over?", "What? When I go to the potty I get a reward?"...
The latest for Tessa is "What? When I sit on Liam's tractor with the smokestack here, It feels really neat!".
This is all normal, and Liam went through about a month of mild experimenting a while back. He then got bored and moved on to testing his 2 year old boundaries.
Dan and I (mostly Dan) used to take baths with the kids when they were really little. Before they could sit up themselves. The family bath stopped in both instances when the kid in question inevitably leaned over and grabbed a part of Dan's anatomy. From then on they were on their own, with supervision only.
Last night during bathtime Teresa found Liam's peepee.
Now I call it peepee because to me "penis" hints at adult uses. "Peepee" is what little boys have and that's what it's used for...peeing out of.
Dan and I had a little giggle as Teresa poked at it a bit, and then we stepped in and got her out of the tub. Liam had a stiffy (which are not unusual in two year olds, and definitely not with Liam).
Now, the dilemma is this...Do we lay down the law and discourage this line of experimenting?
We know that they probably have a two week attention span at this age.
Or do we explain what a boy and a girl is and let them play?
We know that Teresa doesn't actually understand half of what I say at the best of times, and neither of them has any idea what they are doing?
I mean that's the point, they don't know.
I bring this to you guys because it's something that I believe a lot of people would have opinions about. It's the sort of issue that changes depending on perspectives. I'm going to do what ever I choose to about it, but I'd love to hear what others would do, given the same situation.
Wednesday, January 12
Schnappi das klien krokodil
Leanne sent me an email explaining that this is the top dance hit in Germany right now...the lyrics are done by a four year old. I tried to get more info on it, but all I can tell is that it has something to do with music pirating. Either it advertises a peer to peer site, or it is anti file sharing...sorry I don't read german so well. The song itself is quite catchy :)
Translated from German by google
Interpreter: Schnappi the small crocodile
Title: Schnappi the small crocodile
Album: Unknown
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
Come ' from Egypt is located directly at the Nile
First I lay in an egg then schni schna snatched myself I freely
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
Have ' sharp teeth and of it completely beautifully much
I snatch yourself which I snatch can
Snatch too because I so well can
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
I snatch gladly that am my favourite play
I creep ' me to the mummy ran
And show ' it like I snatch can
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
And of snatch there war ' I not too much
I bite the Papi in's leg briefly
And then then sleep ' I simply
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi () - schnappi schnappi snatch (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch (jap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
And the origanal in case anyone can translate it better
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Komm' aus Ägypten das liegt direkt am Nil
Zuerst lag ich in einem Ei dann schni schna schnappte ich mich frei
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Hab' scharfe Zähne und davon ganz schön viel
Ich schnapp mir was ich schnappen kann
Ja schnappe zu weil ich das so gut kann
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Ich schnappe gern das ist mein Lieblingsspiel
Ich schleich' mich an die Mama ran
Und zeig' ihr wie ich schnappen kann
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Und vom schnappen da krieg' ich nicht zu viel
Ich beiß dem Papi kurz in's Bein
Und dann dann schlaf' ich einfach ein
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi (ja) - schnappi schnappi schnapp (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp (jap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Translated from German by google
Interpreter: Schnappi the small crocodile
Title: Schnappi the small crocodile
Album: Unknown
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
Come ' from Egypt is located directly at the Nile
First I lay in an egg then schni schna snatched myself I freely
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
Have ' sharp teeth and of it completely beautifully much
I snatch yourself which I snatch can
Snatch too because I so well can
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
I snatch gladly that am my favourite play
I creep ' me to the mummy ran
And show ' it like I snatch can
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
I am Schnappi the small crocodile
And of snatch there war ' I not too much
I bite the Papi in's leg briefly
And then then sleep ' I simply
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi () - schnappi schnappi snatch (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch (jap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi snatch
And the origanal in case anyone can translate it better
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Komm' aus Ägypten das liegt direkt am Nil
Zuerst lag ich in einem Ei dann schni schna schnappte ich mich frei
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Hab' scharfe Zähne und davon ganz schön viel
Ich schnapp mir was ich schnappen kann
Ja schnappe zu weil ich das so gut kann
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Ich schnappe gern das ist mein Lieblingsspiel
Ich schleich' mich an die Mama ran
Und zeig' ihr wie ich schnappen kann
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Und vom schnappen da krieg' ich nicht zu viel
Ich beiß dem Papi kurz in's Bein
Und dann dann schlaf' ich einfach ein
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi (ja) - schnappi schnappi schnapp (schnap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp (jap)
Schni schna schnappi - schnappi schnappi schnapp
Thursday, January 6
Wednesday, January 5
I hate to state the obvious...
The intreped adventurers stumbled through the portal and into the enveloping darkness, dragging along their new found companion and Spindle.
Aurora breathed a sigh of relief as her natural, living, state was returned to her. The taste of her fast, broken at a tavern earlier that hour, was still fresh on her tongue.
The brief moment of enjoyment was jarred from her as a deep steady pulse began to throb in the pit of Aurora's stomach. A beat that resonated illness and decay, that spoke of withered and deformed bodies and deranged entities writhing in chaos and drowning in dark viscous fluids. There was a tormented cacophony of death and hate. The insane cackle of the arisen.
After what seemed an eternity of such thoughts and feelings, they slowly ebbed away to hide in a quieter corner of Aurora's perception. Replaced by the subdued, but still brilliant presence of Pelor. His loving hand briefly quelled Aurora's fears and urged her to consciousness.
She awoke to find herself in a room illuminated by the ever burning torch. She was lying in a slimy mess of vomit. Faces of her compatriots looked down at her all trying hard to look less disgusted and more concerned at Aurora's current state.
The niggling fact that Pelor wasn't immediately there upon her return worried Aurora greatly, as did the mewling dark that called out to her from the fringes of the lamplight.
After taking a moment to collect herself, Aurora turned to her companions.
"Gentlemen, I think we're in trouble"
Aurora breathed a sigh of relief as her natural, living, state was returned to her. The taste of her fast, broken at a tavern earlier that hour, was still fresh on her tongue.
The brief moment of enjoyment was jarred from her as a deep steady pulse began to throb in the pit of Aurora's stomach. A beat that resonated illness and decay, that spoke of withered and deformed bodies and deranged entities writhing in chaos and drowning in dark viscous fluids. There was a tormented cacophony of death and hate. The insane cackle of the arisen.
After what seemed an eternity of such thoughts and feelings, they slowly ebbed away to hide in a quieter corner of Aurora's perception. Replaced by the subdued, but still brilliant presence of Pelor. His loving hand briefly quelled Aurora's fears and urged her to consciousness.
She awoke to find herself in a room illuminated by the ever burning torch. She was lying in a slimy mess of vomit. Faces of her compatriots looked down at her all trying hard to look less disgusted and more concerned at Aurora's current state.
The niggling fact that Pelor wasn't immediately there upon her return worried Aurora greatly, as did the mewling dark that called out to her from the fringes of the lamplight.
After taking a moment to collect herself, Aurora turned to her companions.
"Gentlemen, I think we're in trouble"
Remiss
So it occurs to me that there are a few announcements I should make. I know that it's mostly old news, but this is supposed to be a journal of sorts. I do still look back over what I've written from time to time, and this is the sort of stuff that I should record...So here I go sending out a thank you, a congratulations, and a condolences...
Thank you Stacy and Evie for your hospitality on New Years. It was a great party, and the food was amazing :) I have to get your ham recipe Evie!
The congratulations goes to Kevin and Cheryl who got engaged over the holidays. I still haven't heard the story so I can't write much about it, however I'm very happy for both of you....I would write something here about having kids and a Barney doll, but now is not the time or place...I'll wait until you're married first ;)
And the condolences goes out to Randy, April and Mojo. While we were celebrating at Stacy and Evies place, their apartment building was on fire (front page news Jan 2). Luckily their condo was on the far side of the building and they received no damage. Apparently their condo doesn't even smell like fire. They still have to live out of a hotel for the next week or so which is inconvenient. But all and all, I guess they're ok. The only real threat they've had to deal with is looters :(
Thank you Stacy and Evie for your hospitality on New Years. It was a great party, and the food was amazing :) I have to get your ham recipe Evie!
The congratulations goes to Kevin and Cheryl who got engaged over the holidays. I still haven't heard the story so I can't write much about it, however I'm very happy for both of you....I would write something here about having kids and a Barney doll, but now is not the time or place...I'll wait until you're married first ;)
And the condolences goes out to Randy, April and Mojo. While we were celebrating at Stacy and Evies place, their apartment building was on fire (front page news Jan 2). Luckily their condo was on the far side of the building and they received no damage. Apparently their condo doesn't even smell like fire. They still have to live out of a hotel for the next week or so which is inconvenient. But all and all, I guess they're ok. The only real threat they've had to deal with is looters :(
Tuesday, January 4
Best of 2004
I know, I know, I'm a loser who should update her blog more often...
But at the moment I'm taking advantage of the Zone's top 91 song list for 2004 and getting some listening materials :)
Here's another top list for you...The best webcomics of 2004...enjoy :)
p.s. I really enjoyed reading Ballad, for some reason it reminds me of a vampire/sabbat senario
But at the moment I'm taking advantage of the Zone's top 91 song list for 2004 and getting some listening materials :)
Here's another top list for you...The best webcomics of 2004...enjoy :)
p.s. I really enjoyed reading Ballad, for some reason it reminds me of a vampire/sabbat senario
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