@insomniac7809 said in Fandom and entitlement:
It flopped, but that might have had more to do with the movie being steaming garbage on toast.
I'd say both because it was garbage and because Halle Berry spent a lot of the marketing time badmouthing comic fans.
Because man, following up Eartha Kitt as a WOC Catwoman shoulda been awesome. Eartha Kitt was a freakin goddess.
It's not half-bad RPing with @Tinuviel again.
Y'know, he's tolerable some of the time after all.
So: interview last Friday went better than I thought. I was late because I got lost on location (admittedly the recruiter did not give me very clear directions about building/lobby) and had to do some running around.
That and I've just....been reaching this stage of the process and not getting the damn job for a couple years straight so, y'know.
But I got called yesterday and told they wanna move forward!
.......to a third interview. <cue quiet weeping>
Recruiter did apologize and said she wasn't aware they'd have yet another they want to do.
It's not scheduled yet but man. I wanna just know!
I fucking love Ares for the fact that I can set a photo for a room instead of having to write a desc.
(I hate writing room descs.)
@TiredEwok said in RL Anger:
Recently I had to have my oldest admitted to a... mental facility, for the lack of a better way to put it. I am conflicted by what I had to do. On one hand, he is finally getting the help he needs and this is going to help get the ball rolling with getting him on SSI-D, insured, etc. But, on the other hand, I miss him, I want him home, I am scared shitless that he'll be angry at me for doing this to him, scared about the medication... so many fears, still.
You did what you felt was best (and probably was). I commend you for it.
My parents refused to see the issues my brother had, even from when we were young children. It has led to him being 29, living at home, no job, and frequently in trouble with the law as well as in and out of treatment. I completely and fully believe if they'd have sought treatment for him when he was younger, he'd be a lot better off.
I know it's not easy. I don't know first-hand, per se, but I know the toll it's taken on my mother to deal with it now. But in the same vein as 'self care is not just spa treatments and shopping sprees; sometimes it's doing the really difficult shit you need,' so is tending to other people. Doing what's best to help them is not always the fun or easy or immediately rewarding thing.
One thing I can offer is this: my mother once told me that when my brother is actively taking his medications, he's a different person. But not in a bad way. She once put it as 'It's like we're finally getting to see the real him.' Don't be afraid of the medications. Once the right ones are found, they can do wonders. 
someone send me this book
the blackram library needs it
@TiredEwok this all sounds like wonderful news! I'm glad to hear it and wish you luck for the road ahead.
I'm really glad the doctor is doing right by him. All too often people do get rushed out (sometimes to clear beds sometimes because the doctor isn't taking things seriously enough), so I'm very happy for you and your kid that you have a good doctor on your team.
@Groth said in Tips for not wearing out your welcome:
@Ganymede said in Tips for not wearing out your welcome:
I am repeating because I was probably lost in whatever the fuck just happened a couple of pages before.
Why have you chosen online text-based games as a way to stave off insanity from your isolation?
Online text-based games are one of the more accessible means to learn to become better at communication and social cues. You don't have to deal with any of the difficulties of interpreting body language or the intensely difficult task of figuring out the appropriate time to speak during verbal communication or the pressure of real time communication in general.
It's one of the few places in the world where it's possible to pretend to be normal.
As someone who struggles, immensely, with reading body language... this is very true. So very.
Yes, there's the lack of intonation to understand when someone is joking (for example), but I miss the same cue IRL so very often. Oh god so often.
@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
People who cannot be on time, but will insist that you are.
You could just say "middle management."
...you know, considering that's what my dad is, I think you're on to something there.
So this is borne of 8 hours (or is it 9 now? I dunno, I'm stopping for breakfast so.) on the road which leaves a lot of time for thought:
I appreciate @KDraygo and really everyone active in Blackram right now but he's the one that inspired this. He's collaborative and understands that fun in RP is borne of working with someone to a mutually agreeable outcome and not just running roughshod and assuming the other party will be okay with everything 'because friends!' I've had so many people over the years not give me the respect of at least asking (even tho I usually say yes!) that I get extra fuzzy happy feels at having people around who want to work together and collaborate and honestly? I am feeling more inspired and creative than I have on a game in a long time.
I'm gonna be GMing for the first time on Arx soon. I have another plot planned after that for Blackram. And just before I headed out on my trip, Cerys and Gaston inspired an idea for an event that I've been brainstorming further on my drive and I am super excited to flesh out more in the coming weeks.
So thank you for joining, @KDraygo and thank you to the other Blackram people if you happen to be floating around on here. You've made things pretty damn swell lately.
I am really really sick of this hip pain. Arthritis is garbage y'all.
Seeing/hearing about how much people liked the fainting goats at the livestock auction makes me so happy. I had fun writing each one of them y'all. 
Everyone at work is really happy for me with the new job. They've expressed they'll miss me, which feels good too, but honestly I will miss the camaraderie here.
I am also really looking forward to being able to afford my meds. Been off anything for migraines for a week and I am suffering.
@thesuntsar said in Fantasy Avatar Generator:
@silverfox said in Fantasy Avatar Generator:
Norwood, though I might go fiddle around with him more.
lol he looks so concerned
is there any other way for Norwood to look?
Super dorky moment right here:
One of the rarest (by availability / cost / background yadda yadda) types of playing card in the world is 'Jerry's Nuggets' from the old casino of the same name. They're apparently amazing for cardistry. One guy (a magician; French one IIRC) bought all the remaining ones after the casino stopped using them, so they only show up for sale once in a blue moon. And usually in the $500 range.
But a card design company got the licensing to make more and worked with USPCC for the printing (often this company prints their own cards but they knew these had to be JUST RIGHT). People who have actually worked with the originals have played with these new ones and say they're pretty much right on the money.
The Kickstarter to buy them goes up on Monday morning and it'd be a lie to say I'm not really excited to be able to buy a couple decks. I've been collecting playing cards for years and doing cardistry in the past handful of months. Buying a few (some to work with and one for the collection) will be awesome.
@Kanye-Qwest said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
why do people call eyes orbs
pick one:
orbs or limpid pools
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Some people do have real, documented issues with this, as something that really exists in the real world -- and if you're so bloody aware as you present yourselves to fucking be, you know this already -- and I'm one of them. So fuck you really hard, you sanctimonious, 'read only what you want to read into something', pre-judging shits.
Interestingly enough, there is at least some research indicating that males have long-term (i.e. not daily) hormonal cycles as well--it's simply that they don't exhibit obvious physical symptoms of such cycles.
Blame the moon! We're mostly made of water and the moon has an effect on that.
But yes. I have had male friends who are especially susceptible and I always know when it's 'their time' 
@Tinuviel said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
@Kestrel said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
@GreenFlashlight said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
@onigiri said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
I've largely found MUSHes to be far more progressive when it comes to gender/sexuality politics than when it comes to race.
If you say so. I've found that people's progressive attitudes toward my gender and sexuality directly correlate to how much they can fap to them, which I guess is better than a lot of reactions but is still pretty creepy.
This is the perk of being pansexual. People mistake me for woke because I'll fap to anything.
This is the perk of being bisexual. People don't know we fuckin' exist.
ETA: Why do I call myself gay then, you ask? Because fuck you, that's why.
When we do exist it's 'cause we're stealin' everyone's wives and husbands cause if you like more than one gender obviously you can't be with one person at a time.
'Sitting properly in a chair is torture.'
...my 33-year-old ass is sitting cross-legged in my chair right this second.
I do it at work, too, sometimes.
HOW DOES ANYONE SIT NORMALLY
Also, re: groceries? My method that has been working thank god: keep list throughout the week (or, I guess weeks, since I grocery shop every couple weeks) of things needed.
Day or two before grocery day, sit down and write out entire list of what's needed, denoting things that are 'need' vs 'can wait'
Do all shopping via Walmart's grocery app/site, set for car pickup.
It means I don't forget anything and I don't impulse buy.
@GreenFlashlight said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
@Auspice said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
it doesn't help that in recent years I've come to realize I am also demisexual and holyfuck explaining that to people makes me wanna cry sometimes.
"I don't get it. You like girls, and I'm playing a girl, so you must want to fuck me whether you know me or not because that's how attraction works, right?"
You would not believe how many times I've had a char fall for someone and THEN go check out their PB and I'm like 'oh wow that person is wildly unattractive (to me)'
or
had people I'm RPing with page me various pics of their PB like 'look how hot my char is here' and I'm like 'uh, I guess???'
Sorry people, I don't care about shirtless pics or sideboob or dat ass (even America's Ass). tbh for me it's all about eyes. If they have really stunning eyes, I might be drawn in. I'm an eye-sexual.
