Posts made by Auspice

Oh god you mentioned war bears here comes @KDraygo

@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?

Ohfine.

Teagan:

Ephrath:

Had to take my cat to the emergency vet today. Ruptured anal gland. Hopefully a one time thing and not cancerous.

I know these things happen. I know the vet will take care of her. I thankfully can afford it (provided things don't worsen).

But oh god I've been sick with worry because she's my baby.

@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@dvoraen said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

There's a lot I'm leaving out, here, but sometimes I hear certain sounds and I wonder wtf was that.

Just casually bring up safewords around her in conversation and see how she reacts

(do not do this)

There have been studies done. The average person only reads the first 3 lines of any given email.

The number of jobs I've had (Customer Service) where I've had to argue with my bosses as I've developed form letter replies / macros and tried to trim them down from 3-5 paragraphs into succinct replies and/or packed the pertinent information at the top...

Yeah.

Yeah.

People don't read shit / they only glance at the first few lines. Put everything vital in those first few lines.

@Testament said in RL things I love:

I'm not going to say that I love this, but, I finally got to do a "Per my last email" response to an email where I have to repeat the same thing because someone didn't get the point the first time.

I giggled.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

@Auspice Nicholas Hoult took an utterly reprehensible historical character and made me like him.

He has a knack for playing assholes that you end up grudgingly liking (have you seen Skins? Because Skins.)

I think it's because like DiCaprio in Django, he knows what he's doing and embraces the fact that he's a fucking actor and not the role, so he can lean into the role and lampoon it. I mean there's pretty much glee in lines as 'I let them portray me as as a donkey fucker!'

Plus, y'know, Nicholas Hoult.

Orlo and Arkady were probably my absolute favorites tho. But there were just... god, so many little bits I loved.

"I really would like to know how you fucked that horse."
"...I made that up. You were there when I did."

The Great had a stronger season finale than I expected. It was fun, Nicholas Hoult was a delight as always and I'm really hopeful season 2 will be just as fun.

everyone should watch Avatar. And then watch Korra because it is awesome and is p much the first blatantly bi cartoon character Nickelodeon has allowed.

'Time limitations' is not just 'this is how long they have to rehearse a single song.'

If you want to understand some of what the TV process is, here's a couple books:
https://www.amazon.com/Write-TV-Your-Head-Screen/dp/0415710898
https://www.amazon.com/Showrunners-Art-Running-TV-Show/dp/1783293578

(These, plus having had to write a spec script in school, plus all the interviews, guest speakers, etc. are why I decided I could never, ever do it. The rapid fire turn around, demand, etc. is just so insane that I know I'd never have the stamina. Actual filming is not a week long on network TV, oh no. Oh no no no no.)

@silverfox said in MU Things I Love:

@Auspice

I'm dying to know who got the duck and mule.

I do wanna know who got Parsnip.

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.

@wahoo said in Good TV:

Re: Zoey,

My guess is the choreography is meh because your main 'name' cast aren't actually dancers, they're actors who can ..kinda move. And kinda sing. But mostly not so much.

Personally, I'm totally fine with that. For me, it adds to the charm.

Super awesome: finally getting out of the house, finally getting to take my car on a long drive for the first time, and seeing the stars in the middle of the desert and then the sunrise in the desert.

I haven't felt happy and at peace in months. It was wonderful. I'm glad I did it.

The reason I'm posting in this thread: hitting flooding before I was even out of Austin proper and having it tear a panel off the undercarriage of my car and now I have to take my car into a dealership here in Phoenix this week to get it taken care of / make sure it's not gonna affect the drive back.

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.

@GreenFlashlight said in Tips for not wearing out your welcome:

@Auspice said in Tips for not wearing out your welcome:

If I had a dollar for every time someone thought telling me calm down would solve an anxiety attack I'd have no debt to speak of.

"Gee, I hadn't considered not feeling angry or hurt, thanks for that advice, did you come up with it all on your own?"

"Have you tried taking a deep breath? Those do wonders for me!"

Sure, I'll take a deep breath before I shove my foot up your ass.

If I had a dollar for every time someone thought telling me calm down would solve an anxiety attack I'd have no debt to speak of.