...is this thing still on?

How could he know this new dawn's light
Would change his life forever?
Set sail to sea but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure

Was he the one causing pain
With his careless dreaming?
Been afraid
Always afraid
Of the things he's feeling
He could just be gone

He would just sail on
He would just sail on

How can I be lost?
If I've got nowhere to go?
Searched the seas of gold
How come it's got so cold?
How can I be lost
In remembrance I relive
How can I blame you
When it's me I can't forgive?

These days drift on inside a fog
It's thick and suffocating
This seeking life outside its hell
Inside intoxicating
He's run aground
Like his life
Water's much too shallow
Slipping fast
Down with the ship
Fading in the shadows now
A castaway

They've
All gone
Away

They've gone away

How can I be lost
If I've got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold
How come it's got so cold?
How can I be lost
In remembrance I relive
And how can I blame you
When it's me I can't forgive?

Forgive me
Forgive me not
Forgive me
Forgive me not
Forgive me
Forgive me not
Forgive me
Forgive me, why can't I forgive me?

Set sail to sea but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure
How could he know this new dawn's light
Would change his life forever

How can I be lost
If I've got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold
How come it's got so cold?
How can I be lost
In remembrance I relive
So how can I blame you
When it's me I can't forgive?

Ever have a piece of music capture how you're feeling perfectly?

I don't even know who she is.

Puts a new perspective on it, doesn't it?

So,

I've been playing Pathfinder (D&D "3.75" after a fashion) and I am loving it lots more than I ever did D&D 3.5 (and I loved D&D 3.5 tons more than 3.0). I have many Pathfinder books, and many 3.5/3.0 books, and have decided that I don't need both, and so I am looking to sell my 3.5 books.

I'm not sure whether I should try to sell these individually or as a set/lot... either way, I want to make the list open to friends in case anyone has been looking for one of these or somesuch:

List Price - Book Name (Edition if not 3.5) - Low-end sale price range averaging Amazon Marketplace and Half.com
34.95 - Stormwrack - 30-50
34.95 - Magic Item Compendium - 50-80
34.95 - Weapons of Legacy - 20-40
19.95 - Monster Manual I (3.0) - 2-10
34.95 - Monster Manual II (3.0) - 5-20
29.95 - Player's Handbook I - 20-40
34.95 - Player's Handbook II - 15-25
26.95 - Rules Compendium - 50-60
29.95 - Dungeon Master's Guide - 20-30
29.95 - Complete Scoundrel - 30-50

Thoughts/Interest?

Thanks!

(Crosspost from elsewhere)

I have lots of friends who listen to very diverse music...so I'm hoping I can get some thoughts here.

Lately I've found myself looking for music that has this kind of "feel" to it (kind of dark/mountainy feel but with a solid driving bass line and beat...), but I can't really find anything that fits the bill except a random piece here or there...was wondering if anyone had any ideas:

Johnny Cash: Rusty Cage (Soundgarden Cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAE9iO6xp8

Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o

Johnny Cash: Ain't No Grave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66QcIlblI1U

Godsmack: One Rainy Day (Song starts 30sec into the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee9po6V0T3w

Thanks very much if you have any suggestions!!!

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream.
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean.
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright.
So I'm breaking the habit,
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream.
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean.
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright.
So I'm breaking the habit,
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one that falls
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
to show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I’m breaking the habit
Tonight

I hope you'll all forgive me for this, but as it's something I've been doing online on my journals/facebook/forums I'm a part of since 2003, I feel it's only appropriate for me to continue to do so -

In Judaism there's a tradition called Selichot, which occurs in the week or so between Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur. It's when we go to our friends, and ask them for forgiveness for any transgressions we may have done them during the past year.

Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, the last of the Days of Awe, that begins one hour before sunset on Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur, or the night before), and ends one our after sunset the following day. Part of the evening of Kol Nidre, and in theory all day on Yom Kippur we spend our time in prayer, in synagogue, and fasting the entire time.

As we seek forgiveness from God, we also seek forgiveness from our fellow man and woman. There is a tradition that goes forth with this, one that I don't think was intended to be used on an electronic medium - but because of the modern world, so many of those who I call friends, and those who I care about even more than friendship live so varied and far apart, we stay connected through the electronic means of communication, and as such I think it'll be ok.

I wanted to wish everyone a good Yom Tov, an Easy Fast where applicable, and for each and every one who reads this, I wish to beg your forgiveness for any sins, offenses, problems, or drama, by word or by deed, knowing or unknowing, that I may have committed against you in this past year.

To everyone, please stay safe this weekend, and I hope that things are going well in your life for you and yours.

Sincerely,


Mike

( For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about... http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday4.htm )

Any of my friends good enough with http and proxies and such and could possibly teach me how to, say, log onto IRC using a proxy server?

I'm working on an RPG idea, but I have a need to do some tech stuff to make it work right.

Any takers?

Thanks!

So, Final Fantasy "Distant Worlds II" tour was supposed to come to Ravinia Festival near Chicago this August. I already have tickets in-hand... and today they announce that the concert is canceled :(

So I hop onto the Distant Worlds II site to confirm it...and what starts playing on the website as soon as I do?

"Memora de la Stona" from FFXI

...and I realize that a part of me still really misses playing that game, and the friendships I made through it (yea, you know who you are out there).

Le sigh.


( http://www.ffdistantworlds.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=26:ravinia-august-1-2010&Itemid=62 if you want to see the announcement and hear the music player in the bottom left corner )

Mason's history is below the cut for those who are interested in a background hookup. For those who expressed interest earlier, I've put some ideas down - feel free to poke me if you have ideas :)

( Brother MasonCollapse )

Looking for hookups for a new Daeva PC I'm working on and hoping to debut in a few weeks locally.

At the moment, the hookups I'm looking for are from 1994-2009.

I don't have a Sire at the moment yet either, so I'm open to that as well.

Friends, enemies, etc, I'm open.

More details to come!

LiveJournal is monetizing outbound links to many e-commerce sites. If you make a link to many eCommerce sites, LiveJournal silently redirects it through 'outboundlink.net'. It isn't even all outbound links either! EVEN LJ LINKS TO OTHER PARTS OF LJ have this same problem sometimes.

To leave this program:

1. Open the Admin Console at http://www.livejournal.com/admin/console/
2. Execute the following command: set opt_exclude_stats 1

If you have FF+AdBlockerPlus:

Add a filter for

http://l-stat.livejournal.com/js/pagestats/dRev.js

-- Seriously LJ, this isn't cool. This is tracking our links, and in some people's cases, making them have to click links more than once because of your bullshit. Also, if you've been having links not work, or open up in new windows at random, this is why.

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your sorrow. If you have been opened by life's betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be joy, mine or you own; if you can dance with wilderness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling is true. I want to know if you would disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday and you can source your life from it's presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the moon 'Yes!' It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of griefs and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children. It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all falls away. I want to know if you can be alone, with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in empty moments.

~Oriah Mountain Dreamer