My best friend kept typo'ing zombie to zobi one night while he was talking about playing Plants VS Zombies, all the while trying to call me a zombie.
I liked it so much I decided to take it and roll with it as a character name on WoW for a fresh rogue I had wanted to roll. It's been my nickname places ever since.
@Auspice Congratulations!!!! You deserve this and many many more of your stories being accepted in the future! This is fantastic news 
I had cut my teeth back in the day RPing on AOL (hi, we may have played together if you were on AOL between '96 and '02 and were active in those chatrooms. Arts and Entertainment ftw?) but eventually stopped due to some real life stuff but managed to play for about roughly 10 years on AIM/gchat with the same person just to get my fix.
It would not last.
Speed up the timeline to about late 2010, early 2011, where I got into RPing on WoW (hi, we may have played together if you were a WoW RPer on Moonguard or Wyrmrest Accord between 2010 - now). It was a challenge to play on an MMO at first but some great add-ons made it easier. Met a lot of super creative and fun people and a small sample size of those who professionally suck the life out of everything they touch.
In 2012, someone tried to drag me into MUs but I resisted pretty hard and did not really venture forth/put effort in until 2014. Been hanging out since! I love telling collaborative stories and meeting new people even if I am shy as heck.
@cirim13 My favorite little sister!
@Auspice Sierra is awesome! Looking forward to many more scenes in the pack with her
@Auspice that looks delicious! I have serious bread envy right now....
@stabeest I really like RPing on WoW, it took a lot of adjusting but there are so many awesome and helpful people. Did you play Horde or Alliance side?
@Coin I was Ivy Weathers! Didn't realize there was two of them
@auspice That would be my problem too!! Make something so pretty and then hoard it away for safe keeping. I do that with a lot of pretty notebooks already 
I adore Clairefontaine notebooks. I'm currently on this French ruled paper obsession. I can't get enough of the stuff.
I really want to move away from my disposable fountain pens into a real one, I'm just still doing a lot of research.
JetPens is my life. That site, ugh. I can spend a pretty penny there.... (and I have).
Black Jewels series (and I imagine her other works) by Anne Bishop. She even has a blurb on her website about muds/mushes not being something she wants popping up for her books.
digs it up
Q. Is it all right to create role-playing games or MUSHES/MUDS or LARPS based on your work?
A. No. For legal and copyright reasons, I do not grant permission for the worlds and/or characters that I created to be used in role-playing games, MUSHES/MUDS, or LARPS.
I binged all of season one of The Good Place because of Netflix. I need more. Guess I better check if it is on demand or something.
Have I ever mentioned I am seriously bad at binge watching? I am, but I've been able to do so here lately. Binged all of Riverdale s1 (did not expect to love that show...) and now The Good Place. What kind of monster am I becoming?!
I love my Handbag of Holding. I do not regret the day I finally bit the bullet and purchased it.
That kinda makes me think of how numb I am when customers would threaten to sue for x or y reason as a scare tactic. Please, feel free. Sue the company all you want. It doesn't scare me, it just annoys me that you keep talking out of your ass.
#JadedByCustomerService
On a more positive note, I have bacon. Nice crispy bacon.
My mom kids that I am really good at making 'rope' when I crochet because all I can make is a single chain/row/whatever.
Thanks, mom who can craft like a badass.
@surreality I never realized how cutthroat Mattel was until watching that show. I knew they liked to keep their shit on top because of money, but the things that they did. The people they squeaked out just to stay on top, not giving recognition. Man, to be that guy (I am shit with names) and just literally get himself scrubbed from something he created essentially, jesus. I can't imagine. I felt so bad for his daughter.
I was never lucky enough to own anything made by them as I was swarmed by Barbie dolls as most little girls were, but I loved Jem so much. She appealed to something that Barbie never quite could hit despite her fantastical nature and the similarities between her and Jem. Maybe it was just because she was an option, and options are nice.
Not only do users lie, some don't know what equipment they are working with (not all, but there is a good majority who cannot tell the difference between a toaster and their internet modem apparently). So it is really much easier to request the customer walk through the troubleshooting steps with me even if they already did them so that we can make sure they are a) doing it to the right equipment and b) doing it in the right order to ensure it comes up properly.
I understand the frustrations of repeating things, but sometimes it really is for the best and not because we are just trying to waste your time. I really do not want you (the royal 'you') on my phone any longer than you have to be.
@surreality I agree about the theme song. The lyrics are fine, but the style of the song is super jarring.
Otherwise, the show (only 1 episode in as we watched it before bedtime last night) seems pretty intriguing.
Oh my god! Oh my god! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
