Posts made by Aria

So....I'm going to be the bitch here and say it, because while on the one hand I am very happy that -- for once -- there are actually consequences coming to bear against people who have repeatedly, publicly, provably been accused of sexual misconduct, I am also very, very, very tired of the number of people (almost all men, but hey, sure, I'll play your stupid game and say 'people') coming out and saying "I'm so surprised!" and "I'm so saddened!" at the effects of the Weinstein accusations, #MeToo, and all of this spiralling together at once.

None of this is new. None of this is secret. None of this is shocking in any way, shape, or form. Women have been saying this for generations. Women far smarter, and bolder, and stronger, more powerful, and more eloquent than me -- and I've beating this drum for almost twenty years now.

If you're in any way surprised by the depth or the scope of this, by the number of women you know you have been assaulted or harassed, by the fact that so many have gotten away with it? It's because you weren't fucking listening.

@auspice said in Random links:

@aria said in Random links:

@faceless said in Random links:

I had to look up wtf an "incel" is. Won't front, I laughed a little.

....I was about to, but I'm not so sure I want to....

"involuntarily celebate"

Well, I don't think it's too fucking hard to figure out why given their comments....

@faceless said in Random links:

I had to look up wtf an "incel" is. Won't front, I laughed a little.

....I was about to, but I'm not so sure I want to....

@sunny said in RL things I love:

I am officially down 5 pants sizes from when I started working this job a year and a half ago (and by officially, I mean I am not having to wiggle to zip the pants up). Between activity levels, far less stress, and healthier eating (both in terms of what I eat, and also how I eat it)...I've just steadily been getting better. Is pretty cool.

AWESOME!

@auspice said in RL things I love:

Her favorite, apparently, is how people do their laundry. To her, it says a lot about a person and a lot can happen in the course of doing laundry (the laundry room on BSU proves this >.>).

Can vouch for this. My first character on BSO met some of the most important people in her life hanging out in the laundry room.

@auspice said in RL things I love:

@faceless said in RL things I love:

@aria said in RL things I love:

PSYCHIC.

Have him hmu if/when he's single. Also, only if that selective ability isn't gender dependent. Also, I get top bunk.

Look, you have a partner you're happy with.
LEAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US, GAWD.

y u so greedy?

I dunno. I mean, Mrs. @Faceless sounds pretty awesome and while I'm mostly straight, I could make an exception for someone who reorganizes and carefully plans my entire goddamn mess of a life and then rewards me for it with stickers and fancy coloring pens. I see potential for a swap here.

Editor's Note: He read this conversation over my shoulder and started cracking up that I offered him up in a grade-school lunch trade.

....I think my boyfriend is psychic.

A couple of days ago, we bought some frozen cookie dough from Hope's Cookies. I just went downstairs wanting cookies and we had the following conversation:

"Can you make cookies?"
"They're in the oven."
"....You mean the ones from the other day?"
"No, I mean I mean they're cooking in the oven right now."
"But... I didn't ask you to make cookies yet."
"Yeah, but they're in the oven."
"Already?"
"Yes."
"<stares, dumbfounded and amazed>"

PSYCHIC.

I mean, it'd be great if he could tell me the winning lottery numbers or something, but I will settle for the selective ESP ability of "Knows When Girlfriend Wants Fresh Cookies."

@tinuviel -- As in, like, the precise positioning of how a character was during... whatever it was exactly that they were doing, as I obviously didn't have a full scene's worth of context. I presume the question was meant to inform the querent's reply in some way.

...Someone mav'd me a question about the physical logistics of their TS. It was in no way kinky or weird or even all that racy, but I freely I admit that I giggled like a little kid who heard someone say "do it".

Mavs are hilarious, you guys.

Personally, I love L5R. Love.

It was, in fact, the first TT game I ever played back when I was a little baby gamer toddling around after the comic store nerds like a little gosling. I still love it, even if I occasionally look at some of the <insert other rant here> nonsense John Wick sold me on when I was 15 and impressionable.

With that said, I absolutely loathe the Fantasy Flight symbol dice thing. I've dealt with it in their Star Wars game and not only does it grind game-play to a frustratingly slow halt while you try to figure out what you actually rolled, it tends to result in... odd outcomes. I like the idea in theory, but in practice things can get really wonky really fast. Having the dice rolls coded would likely fix the former issue; I'm honestly not sure how to address the latter one without a fairly substantial overhaul of the system.

I just got to type the phrase "It's like the "Where's Waldo?" of medieval penis art."

I love bored scribes, man. I really, really do.

@tinuviel

@tinuviel said in RL things I love:

@theonceler It's Adam and Eve not Skeletor and Smaug.

.....I would honestly be fine with it if all the homophobes in the world transferred their hate to dragon/skeleton slash.

@auspice said in RL Anger:

One thing my ex-husband did right was make sure the seat was down. And lecture his friends if they ever came over and left it up. Why? He once fell in while half-asleep. He knew.

But it was always funny when he'd give a friend shit for it. They'd always look at me and then start to cut in with a 'Oh, does she have you whipped?'

And he'd be like 'No motherfucker. I fell in once. That shit sucks. PUT THE SEAT DOWN.'

This. This is why you put the seat down. Just once, fall into a toilet full of cold toilet-water while half-asleep at 3AM and you will put the seat down for the rest of your damned life. It is not an experience I recommend.

Of course, in our house we also put the lid down because a) flushing spews toilet germs everywhere otherwise, including on your toothbrush and b) we used to live in an apartment with a very large built in shelf right over the toilet and a cat that thinks purposefully knocking things off high places is a great game. After enough combs and nail polish bottles and razors ended up in the toilet, we both got into the habit as a means stymieing the antics of Pasha the Destroyer.

Mindhunter.

SO GOOD. Personally, I've gotten fairly burnt out on the standard police procedural, particularly when L&O: SVU was in its hey-day, which even its own writers referred to as "Law & Order: Sexual Filth." But this? This is totally different. You never see a body. You never see the violence. On the contrary, it's written and shot in such a way that it's dependent upon the audience filling in the picture of what's being described, of imagining it in their own heads. In fact, the show deliberately plays with that on several occasions, displaying the effect that doing exactly that has on the two main detectives.

Do recommend.

Man, I had fried chicken and waffles for the first time in my life several years ago.....

My poor boyfriend made the mistake of asking me what I thought of the meal while getting in the car. I may or may not have damaged his hearing with my declarations of "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU NOT TELL ME ABOUT THIS AMAZINGNESS SOONER, YOU SELFISH WAFFLE-HOARDING BASTARD?!?!?" as we were pulling out onto the highway.

@Darinelle said in The Hockey Thread:

I don't know that I care though. I mean, yes I want us to win the Cup. It's a great high, it's a fantastic thing. Tampa Bay's a weird place though, man. We've had the Bucs for so damn long I'm not sure we know what to do with a super winning team. We get extra hockey most years now, in the form of playoff games. The Bolts continue to do what the Bolts do best - put butts in seats, give an entertaining game, and show their love to the community.

I guess I judge whether he's an awesome GM like this - is our dream alive every season? Yeah. Does he pick players who love the game and are great members of the community? Yeah. Is it fun to watch and follow along with? Yeah.

That's what I want. It's why I stopped watching most other sportsball - I want the accessibility, the relatability, the love of the game and the dream. I want the team, not a couple of outstanding players who drag the rest along. Whether or not they win all sorts of Stanley Cups and whether or not they create a dynasty is really irrelevant to me. Keep coming up with a good team full of awesome people I want to watch? I'm so there.

This is why I was super bummed when the Flyers traded Hartnell. Regardless of what his stats looked like at the time, he was very approachable and active in a lot of community drives and events in and around Philadelphia, as was his wife. He was great to the fans, fun to watch, and hilarious in interviews on local stations. He was much beloved off the ice, to the point I still see people walking around in his number.

@Rucket At least we can hate Dallas and New York together?

Dude, seriously, what's with the Flyers hate here? I'm not claiming they're the best team in the NHL. I'm claiming they're my team. And I love them.

As for their actual stats? Yeah. Their defensive line blows. It has pretty much always blown, at least since I moved here in 1999. Their goalies? Their goalies I will contest, because frankly, plenty of them have gone on to put up great numbers on other teams. Every harshes on the goalies, but if you look at the goals allowed versus shots on goal? Moooooost of them have been pretty decent.

The problem is that even the best goalie in the league is going to be giving up points sooner or later when your defensive line is about as useful as tits on a bull and letting EVERY GODDAMN THING through.

I fixed the plumbing. By myself. LIKE A GODDAMN GROWN-UP.

Lookit my manly muscles. flex

Also, screw you, guy at Lowe's who asked me if I was picking up things "from my husband's shopping list." You probably don't even know what a cartridge puller is.

@Ghost

We have our own Megadeth story, but it's tied into the year we were voted the "Most Intimidating Fans in the NHL" based on a survey of players.

Someone writing an article on the subject compared the appearance of Flyers fans to security at a Megadeth concert. And because Philly is Philly, naturally this was something we found hilarious and took pride in.

At the next fan appreciation night, they gave out orange t-shirts that had a picture of a cheering fan and "Most Intimidating Fans in the NHL" on the front. On the back, it just said "Megadeth Security" between two Flyers' logos.

I have that shirt. I love that shirt.