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Journal Zirnike's Journal: Old timer 13

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Sunday was my second annual 29th birthday. Nothing much happened. I did get a nice pack of cards with nude women on it (from my parents, of all things... Based on a joke I made to needle my mom. She's mellowed if she went out and actually got a set (which she did... it wasn't just my dad)). Also got some sneakers. My old sneakers are over 3 years old (and I wear them every day, for the most part... Timberlands wear great), but the soles are hosed... It's annoying, the sneakers are more like slippers now, incredibly comfortable. You know, I've wanted to be able to cast certain spells (heal, cure disease*, Eagle's Spendor, Magnificant Mansion... and even some spells from here, even) but never really wanted a simple 'mending' cantrip...

Prestidigitation, maybe.

And mage hand could be a lot of fun with a woman in a crowd... Teasing a girl in public without visable means. Pay for it when you get home, but still.

I just finished the first book in the Riverworld saga. Pretty good. Anyone have an opinion on the rest? Should I get them?

Now, for sports: I was already annoyed at pro sports. The riots at the last set of games, and the expected riots for today or whatever, irritate me even more. I don't like government interferance, but as long as they're banning all sorts of things that don't cause serious harm (drugs like pot, porn, gay marriage) and even screwing with things protected by the constitution (free speech, search and seizure due process (more problems related to drug laws), gun ownership), then you'd think they'd ban something that's a huge drain on the economy with no real positive benifits (pro sports). Yeah, yeah, 'bread and circus', and the gov. is just trying to keep the populous fat dumb and happy, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

* there are a lot of friends I'd want to cast this on. A diabetic or two, some with worse problems.

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  • Hope your birthday was great!
    • Thanks, but... I was stuck at my parent's place (they had gone out, mind you), no friends were around, no alcohol, and no pretty women. I read a book (see above re: Riverworld).

      It wasn't a bad day, but it wasn't great.

      Of course, I'm not really interested in my birthday. I generally 'celebrate' it by not reminding people and just hanging out. Still, my ideal birthday would involve more scantilly clad and/or nude women (like, 1 is more.) Very preferably one interested in me. :)

      When I was in college

      • Especially now. I can't get people gifts (being out of work), so I don't like receiving them much... I feel fairly guilty over it. Silly, but my emotional responses aren't very close to the normal spectrum.

        Sounds like a normal reaction to me, but trust me on this - if the situation were reversed, would you want one of your friends to feel guilty about you giving him or her a gift under the same circumstances?

        Friends just want what's best for friends, and they don't "keep score" in the giving-and-receivin

        • Yeah, I know... but I'm the kind of person who figures out 15% for the tip to make sure I don't go under, rather than to figure out how much to leave. More like I'm not keeping score, just trying to make sure I don't take advantage of people.
      • Happy Birthday. And what tomhudson said.

        A gift is not a transaction, it is an expression of one's regard for another. There are many appropriate ways to respond to that expression.
  • IMO, an excellent series. It does change some after the first book - more characters, plot somewhat different than I expected, but definitely worth reading. If you really like the first four books (To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Fabulous Riverboat, The Dark Design, and The Magic Labyrinth), go ahead and read the fifth (Gods of Riverworld). The series is complete without it, though, and I am divided on whether or not it actually adds to the series - on the one hand, it does explore more of the potential
    • "Unless you are looking for violent, sexually explicit material, avoid Image of the Beast and Blown."

      Your phrasing implies that the books are bad. Are they bad, or just include 'violent, sexually explicit material'? I don't mind as long as the books are good, in other words. I do read Jack L. Chalker, after all... :)

      I'll hold off on the other series until I go through the first set.

      • Hmmm, no, I did not mean to imply that they are bad. I bought Image of the Beast without very much scrutiny, based on the fact that Farmer wrote it. Bit of a surprise, I have to say. But definitely not poor quality, in my opinion (and I read both of them).

        I enjoy Chalker as well, though I have not read anything recent by him. I liked both Well of Souls series, but I thought that the Four Lords of the Diamond and the Wonderland Gambit ("Everything you think you know is wrong") series were some of his
        • The Rings of the Master series is really good, too. And his best set is the Quintara Marathon.

          I don't know the four lords or the flux and anchor sets... I might have missed the third Wonderland Gambit book, I'll have to find the set and see.

          • Mmm, yes. The Quintara Marathon completely slipped my mind. That one was excellent. I don't remember The Rings of the Master very well, though I did enjoy it. I did not read the Three Kings or the Changewinds series, but I read the first set of Dancing Gods books. Not bad, but I like his SF better. The Flux and Anchor series is also known as Soul Rider.

  • Spells (Score:2)

    by Tet ( 2721 ) *
    Some of those look quite amusing. I think think of several immediate uses for Freudian Thoughts, and in battle, Constant Orgasm could come in handy. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of Power Word, Castrate, though...

    I passed these on to my AD&D group, who all found it amusing :-)

    • Word of Command - Auto-bifurcate! It means to split oneself in two. Pretty effective :)

      I knew a grrl who'd been trained (she was a lifestyler, BDSM submissive) to orgasm on command. Her Mistress used to enjoy going shopping and doing this to her frequently, as they built in intensity with frequency.
      • I knew a Malkavian in a vampire larp with command (worked the same way, really). He would walk up to people who annoyed him, and say "Do you know what the word 'defenestrate' means? It means to throw yourself out a window. Defenestrate! {mental challenge, i.e. he used command}"

        Ummm... How do you train yourself/be trained to do that? I, err, someone I know wants to know.

        (actually, I would rather enjoy having an SO I could do that too... at least partly because I'd enjoy her revenge as well. :)

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