It's Personal...

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:35 am

Good news!

I've ordered a lot of ten Fighting Fantasy books off Amazon so I'll probably start some new Let's Plays of them in a while (after they arrive, since they'll probably take a week or two to get here.)

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:49 am

Meikle641 wrote:So, that girl suddenly changed her opinion and claimed to have no interest in me after a week or two of talking. So, drank a fair bit one night and have given no fucks since.

This does give me a problem since I'd planned to take her to a concert, exacerbated by my fucking up while ordering 4 tickets instead of 2. I'm going to a concert on April 2nd for the Protomen (with some other groups). I've got between 1 and 3 tickets I can give out for cheap, or free. Any takers?

EDIT: Concert is in Toronto.

The Protomen are an absolutely phenomenal band, and even better live. When I saw them at PAX, the concert was so amazing I actually started bleeding. In all fairness, that's probably attributable to the lead guitarist headbutting me during a stage dive or the frenzied dancing that was going on, but even so. If you can, try and get as close to the stage as humanly possible: it'll be worth the wait.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:41 am

Speaking of awesome concerts, I will be seeing Ensiferum this month. I'm so pumped, I head-butted my cat so hard we both screamed.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:30 pm

Korgan0 wrote: The Protomen are an absolutely phenomenal band, and even better live. When I saw them at PAX, the concert was so amazing I actually started bleeding. In all fairness, that's probably attributable to the lead guitarist headbutting me during a stage dive or the frenzied dancing that was going on, but even so. If you can, try and get as close to the stage as humanly possible: it'll be worth the wait.

Yeah, I've been to like, all of their Toronto concerts. One year I actually was drinking in the corner with one or two of the band members, but I didn't realise it until later. At that concert the lead singer drank all of their beer allowance, and his performance was rushed as fuck. Worst concert of theirs I went to, music wise.

But yeah, this venue is good, even if it was way way too loud last time. I got drunk with my date then and had a good evening. Ended up getting my vinyl of their first album fully autographed that night.

tl;dr Their concerts are fun, and only suck when the one singer is hammered. I think I'll try to get closer this year, normally I stick near the back and sip on drinks. Moshing isn't my thing.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:58 pm

Panther forgets enough of his lyrics already; (at PAX he forgot like half the lyrics to Due Vendetta) drunk he must be all over the place. Conversely, at PAX, the entire band launched into Don't Stop Me Know after doing the intro to The State Vs. Thomas Light (and it was beautiful), and they might have had to been under the influence a bit to do something that ballsy.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:52 am

An article I wrote about Princess Leia being a dick is now on Forbes!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/ ... as-a-jedi/

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:41 pm

My six-year-old daughter just told me that Cesar Chavez was a Mexican labor leader who helped farmers raise money. Best Easter egg evar!

I need to start my day with a new fact handed to me by daughter every day.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:43 am

Cynic wrote:My six-year-old daughter just told me that Cesar Chavez was a Mexican labor leader who helped farmers raise money. Best Easter egg evar!

I need to start my day with a new fact handed to me by daughter every day.

Actually, do that, write them down (or youtube them) and become an internet phenomenon

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:32 pm

My tarantula is retarded. She just molted, and she's gotten quite large so it takes a good two or three weeks for her to "dry out" properly. During that time, her skeleton is like jell-o and she's very vulnerable.

Well, she had two uneaten crickets in her cage. Crickets can and will eat holes in a tarantula before they dry out enough to defend themselves (their fangs are part of the exoskeleton too and biting anything is kind of like stabbing someone with half-cooked orzo until they dry out). So, I scooped the crickets out of the cage.

She lunged at me while I was doing so. Supposedly the most passive species of tarantula in the world and she attacks me when I get near her, she doesn't do into "pre-molt" (tarantulas in pre-molt will refuse to eat for a month or two, she happily kills and devours anything up until it's time to molt...). I find it disturbing that she hates me to the point she ignores her survival instincts to go after me...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:57 pm

Maybe you startled her?

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:01 pm

I was about a foot away from her, and was moving slowly and not disturbing the soil (they are almost nearly blind; their eyes point straight up and can only detect light and movement but they have tremorsense to put it in D&D terms).

The species is known for literally not giving a fuck that you just picked it up and are poking its underside. I guess mine didn't get the memo...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:09 pm

My parents' dog will bark at the slightest strange thump or tap in the house, and yet when I suddenly loudly sneeze right in front of him while he's sleeping-- nothing.

animals are retarded.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:10 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqrBOmLf07I

^Not me, but this is how a B. smithi typically acts.

Mine acts more like this guy's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... vnyc#t=70s

My tarantula is a bit bigger than "fluffy" from the first video. And one in the second's a juvenile, but spiders are typically more snarly when they're young. Mine never grew up I guess...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:11 pm

So basically you have a big spider puppy. Makes sense.

Made me think of this:

The spider, despite looking like a stuffed animal, is alive. I can't remember what the deal with it is, though, been too long since I read that arc.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:28 pm

That looks kind of like the spider plush I got for my niece.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:32 pm

Checking the Characters page to see if it said anything about him, it reminded me that there's an actual tarantula in there as well, Mr. Chuckles. If I recall correctly, he's kind of like Klaus, the goldfish, from American Dad, except written well and actually funny, and not obsessed with fucking human chicks*.

*I think Klaus and Brian are enough evidence that Seth McFarlane is into bestiality. I'd check the Cleveland show to see if the talking bear is obsessed with fucking Cleveland's wife, but that show is cancer-terrible.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:56 pm

I wouldn't call it bestiality if the being is sentient and can give consent.

Now, I'm positive that Seth McFarlane is a furry, that's not in debate here. As far as the Cleveland Show...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWzzYnXequA

Juton · Post by **Juton** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:12 pm

In McFarlane's defence he doesn't write his shows anymore. Which is a useful defence because his shows haven't been good in a while.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:16 pm

He still cashes the check for them though, that makes him responsible as far as I'm concerned.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:25 pm

I wouldn't usually do so either, but these are three shows with talking animals that want our womens, where the majority of specimens of their respective species do not display the ability to talk or think as humans do. Brian and his gay cousin being outliers in a family of otherwise normal dogs.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:53 pm

My youtube account is possibly getting suspended. It seems that they don't think "Count Arioch" is a real name even though I've answered to it since I was 14 years old.

They told me to give them a real name, and it would actually be reviewed by actual people. I'm hoping that they accept "Rusty Jones" as my name, because I don't give out my real name anymore since a friend got their bank account jacked via social engineering (seems Kaelik was in fact right about the internet anonymity thing after all...)

(I typically give "Rusty Shackelford" as my fake name of choice, but it said it would be reviewed by by actual people, which means at least one of them probably has seen King of the Hill and would get the reference).

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:12 pm

Have you tried emailing them and explaining that?

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:30 pm

They keep asking me to change mine, but haven't given me any ultimatums like that

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:50 am

They keep giving me that bullshit, too. I'd really rather not my real name, assholes. :|

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:50 pm

Behold!

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

It will give you an address, credit card number, SSN and everything... Customizable by country, too.