Well, Vista 64 crapped itself and ate it's registry this morning. Joy.  Now I'm waiting for it to finish defragging, which it's been doing for the last three hours.  I will have no IM until it's done and can reinstall, because it also apparently ate Trillian.  WOE.

The universe sends out pointed reminders of just how wrong you are.  Thanks for the support, universe!  Some days I honestly wonder why I bother to get out of bed, much less attempt to interact with the rest of humanity.  I think my first instincts were right.

This has been your vague, inexplicable rant for the day.  Please return to your regularly scheduled LJ activities.

Also, there are buffalo in my yard again.  I swear to you, I'm going to start eating them.  They're supposed to be tasty under all that hair.

But if you haven't seen Susan Boyle's audtion on Britain's Got Talent, it's one of the few things on YouTube worth watching:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

I've seen it done onstage in Les Mis by professionals and not done that well, and the look on the judges faces is utterly priceless.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles -  Wait, what??  WTF just happened there?  They can not leave the series with that ending!  Gah!  Are they going to explain this in Salvation, somehow?  *is So confused*

Dollhouse:  Ha!  I knew it!  I knew that was the spy!  But I don't think that's nearly the end of it, judging by what else was going on in this episode.  Also, Adele is so Emma-like, I want her to have blonde hair.  It will suck if this is the only season for this series, now that it's finally getting really good.

...has reached some sort of Guinness World Record level of 'we are milking it for all it's worth'.


http://www.ashleymadison.com/

For when you can't even manage to have an extramarital affair without involving the internet.  *facepalms*

...is of the devil.

Someone please remind me to kindly die in the county in which I live, so that whoever inherits my stuff doesn't have to devote several hours of their day for weeks (nearly ten years after the fact, no less) trying to coordinate paperwork between three different counties.  Because, of course, in this age of internet and computer networking, everyone just sharing info that way would be far too easy.

*headdesk*

We're still sending out e-mails and hitting people over IM, but in case we forget someone (and god knows, I probably will; I'm old and senile, give me a break) this is an open invite to people we've RP'd with, those we know through fic or the comic/X-Men fandom, or likewise interested parties to join us for an impromptu holiday RP party at: http://z13.invisionfree.com/Limbo_XMas/index.php?act=idx. 

This won't be a long term or permanent RP, but a holiday party for RP and fic characters to mingle.  It's being held in Limbo and hosted by the lovely and talented Illyana Rasputin.  In other words, RPers, fic writers, or just anyone who thinks it might sound like fun is welcome to drop by with the character or characters of their choice and join in the fun.  Duplicate characters are welcome, as are characters from just about any universe, AU, fic, or RP (past or present) that you can imagine.  As long as they're based on someone Marvel invented, bring it on. 

It's laid back and totally for fun so we can get our RP/writing fix, so no pressure.  Drop by, check it out, and join in if you can and would like or just say hi.  How long the party will last is still to be determined, but things will be left open from around tomorrow morning (US Est time) through the holiday and at least a couple of days after.  We're leaving it all flexible so everyone has a chance to have fun.

We did this several years back and it was a blast!  Hope to see you there!

Pictures under the cut of amazingly silly X-Men type sim teens doing lots of stuff that amused me but may or may not amuse you.  You have been warned.

( Warren Who? The Danger Room is for Homework. And Adventures in Furniture Abuse. )

Was apparently pre-empted yet Again by a Christmas special.  Flintstones should Not be > than X-Men.  *whimpers*  I want episode 13, dammit!

So, remember me mentioning a while back that I've been fiddling around with the Sims 2 game?  Well, when I first fired that game up and saw what it could do, my very initial, automatic thought was: "What this game really needs is X-Men!"  Because, well, what couldn't be improved with the addition of X-Men, right?

I didn't really look into it for a long time, though, since I've barely scratched the surface of what the game can do.  Especially with all the custom mods and things out there.   After running across a site recently, though, full of Sims players who are also comic fans, I decided it was time to really do something with a neighborhood.  So... (Warning, lots of photos of annoyingly mismatched sizes)

( Behold...the X-Men Sims cometh ) 

So,just before Thanksgiving, melodyrider  linked me to the first thirteen pages of the first issue of X-Infernius.  Wherein, hopefully, things concerning Illyana and her amazingly screwed up current state of being will be dealt with.  Among other things.

( Beware. Here there likely be spoilers. )

Nothing terribly exciting going on.  I just felt the need to share my adventures with MS Vista Service Pack 1 and thoughts on the season finales of a couple of shows, since I just now got around to actually watching them.

Stolen from quenya_tattoo

I Am A: True Neutral Human Sorcerer (6th Level)


Ability Scores:

Strength-13

Dexterity-14

Constitution-12

Intelligence-15

Wisdom-15

Charisma-15


Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil after all, he would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, he's not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some true neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. True neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. However, true neutral can be a dangerous alignment because it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction.


Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.


Class:
Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.


Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)



I want a robe, now. And a glowy magic stick.

Wow. It's been a while.

Sadly, or maybe not, there's not a lot of excitement going on around here. Unless you count the weather being utterly insane as excitement. Which I don't. It's more just annoyance. We're bouncing back and forth between below freezing temps and t-shirt and sandals weather. Often within the span of a couple of days. My sinuses are not happy with this.

Still, not exactly earthshaking news. I'm still alive. Nothing major happening. So, therefore, I make a pointless LJ post.

( IQ type meme things )

Don't know how accurate those are, but they were fun.

Aside from that randomness, the game formerly known as X-Men: Aberrations reaches it's one year anniversary this month. In honor of that, it's gotten a brand new board skin, new banner, and brand new name and is now known as X-Men: Altered Destinies. We thought that better reflected the direction things have gone for our characters this past year, and where they're headed in the months to come. It's been an awesome game to play on the past 12 months and I'm looking forward to what happens in the coming on. Provided half the character roster doesn't die either from the struggle for possession of the DVD player in the rec room or from decoration overload on the ginormous Christmas tree they're currently trying to stuff into the mansion.

In other, RL related, news: My husband and his truck were assaulted by a herd of marauding deer on Christmas night. Obviously, they were in a crazed frenzy over having been passed over as candidates for pulling Santa's sleigh. Or, more likely, they were just not that bright. Thankfully, no one was hurt, aside from the truck itself and the hapless deer that decided to run head on into it. But I'm rather glad I begged off that particular get-together, since that was one wild ride I could do without. The truck didn't even sustain that much actual damage, but Parks is mourning it's injuries anyway. That's his baby. There is currently a great deal of flailing happening, still, as we wait for it to be fixed.

Oh, and the crazy neighbor with the buffalo that I've mentioned in here before? He's decided to start a rodeo. Just...randomly. He knows nothing about how to run a professional rodeo. The neighbors are currently trying to nip it in the bud, since no one really wants to deal with this and it's turning into a rather amusing mess. I'm just wondering how long before he manages to get himself killed in some stupid way involving an irate rodeo bull and a misplaced boot spur.

Some of you saw this already over in melodyrider's journal. For those that didn't, well, I'm spamming you, too. You know you like it.

From Die By The Sword 1: http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/oldprydefan/PeteandAli-Kiss.jpg

We pretty much called this one over on X-Men: Aberrations when my Ali met his Pete back in March. They got together in July and we've been joking back and forth about the possibility of it happening in the Excalibur title ever since. And sure enough, what do you know.

During all that, we've said we'd get a huge laugh out of it if Claremont actually did it, and I'm still giggling. Score one more for the power of RP predictions!

This is, what? At least three times we've seen a couple in a game later show up in the comics? Marvel owes us royalties.

Well, that little deletion made me inordinately happy!

Sleep, however, will make me even happier.

Hooray! Here we go again with the not sleeping! Insomnia, how have I lived without you this last while?

Also, my entire face hurts. Including all my teeth and both eyes. Fucking sinuses. And, having rewatched Serenity, I now want to hunt down Joss Whedon and stab him. What is it with him and the need to randomly Kill People in all his stuff? I liked those characters, dammit!

I'm sure everyone was dying to know all that, but hey. It's 5 am. What else have I got to do other than spam LJ with useless crap?

*goes back to hating life in general*

Ganked from frozencatninp & quenya_tattoo.

BOOK MEME THING
These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise that you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand.


( Book Meme, AKA Why Aren't More People Reading Neil Gaiman and Jane Austen )

Edit: Man, I fail at html tagging today. *fixes another one*