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This is a presentation that I did at Intercon M on the Thursday night entitled GMs are Bastards
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So this weekend I bailed on Indiecon and went with 
w00hoo</lj> to my second lasertag game which was outdoors.
We could really consider this to be my first proper game as the last one I went to I got stuck in a room, shot as collateral damage and never fired a shot. It's the first of five games so in places I'm going to be a bit vague about stuff.
We played at http://www.jlw.me.uk/ which is a scout camp in Leicestershire.
In advance of the game I was extremely apprehensive about it especially after the last game, worried about shooting at someone even with a lasertag weapon, and worried about playing outside, falling over in the dark, breaking some bit of myself, that kind of thing. Fortunately I didn't have to worry about kit having been lent it by my lovely chums, didn't have to sleep in a bunk bed becausejaniejynx</lj> lives 15 minutes away and I got to sleep in a real bed (with a hot water bottle) and have real hot showers! Also after my last game, and after a slightly underwhelming response to my character concept* from the GMs (although an excellent character briefing) I did worry that I wouldn't get enough role-playing particularly since I really only knew a couple of the players well although it turned out that I knew several other people.
The game was set in the Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe and we had been sent to retrieve something from a backwater planet. Our spaceship crashed just before landing due to an EMP pulse buggering the engines. That was time in.
From then on in I had a really great time. I got my feet wet, as it were, on Friday night talking to as many people as I could, I went out into the woods and watched people carrying a massive box then when a lot of shooting started I retreated back into the warm, and kind of got used to what people were doing. I met up with a fan of the actress I was playing and got us a deal on the welding equipment** we needed to fix the ship, so whatever I did I was happy that I'd done something in character that had justified my participation.
At the end of Saturday morning the box got opened and then my game really opened up. I had proper role-playing with lovely angst, serious dilemmas and some great character interaction, including a very interesting interchange with the captain in his cabin with the door shut whilst people kept banging on the door to find out what it was that the actress was doing in there with the captain. It's a shame we didn't have a bishop. I ended up walking around outside the building with my torch off whilst people a foot in front of me were getting shot. It was really scary! I had a massive adrenaline rush which you rarely get in a freeform where people are resolving things by exchanging cards or doing rock paper scissors. Time out was called very early because we did the plot too quickly. At the end of the night I still had all my hits and hadn't fired a shot. I wrote a vaguely coded message (coded in words as I had no skill) which I think is one of the best I've ever done in a game.
Sunday morning the man I was there to protect gave me enough of a convincing argument the night before that we went out into the woods to try and assist with disabling the EMP device. That was really scary, there was shooting and hiding in the trees and I got shot enough to lose 5 of my 6 hits but succeeded in getting back in the ship without having to fall over shot somewhere and I shot an NPC enough for them to fall over with their hits gone, and pointing a gun at someone is much easier once they start shooting at you. I didn't go into the thick of the fighting, but did the best I could covering other people. This was partially due to my lack of shooting experience but was mostly an in character decision. Not dying was right at the top of my objectives, I had information to hand over after all.
I got separated from my charge in the fighting and had major angst about leaving without him, but he got back in time for the ship taking off and he made a great speech which I chipped into to rally everyone. This was a hair's trigger from devolving into a firefight but was saved by time out.
I got a dinner invitation from the Captain, and have made a couple of trusted allies going into the next game.
Things I learnt
Tag can have great role-playing
Time out can be called at the time that really works for the game not the exact time on the schedule
Wearing black is really important out in the woods both at night and in the day
It's really hard not to have name badges to read on people, but I'll be in a much better position for the next tranche of the game
I want a bigger gun
I never used one of my skills which I thought was something my character should have (instinct) but I decided that I was never going to use it because I rely on my own instincts.
Sleeping in a real bed is an excellent idea
Don't drink immediately out of your metal insulated mug because you burn your lips
Women's clothing REALLY needs more pockets
Bop it http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vivid-Imaginations-BF1851-Travel-Game/dp/B0032VEW7Q/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1320703482&sr=8-4 was an excellent engineering skill facsimile.
I want the next game now - and if it's the same time as Indiecon again then I'll be out there with a bigger gun in the woods
*This is the first of five games so there is time for stuff to come in, but I didn't expect that every suggestion I made for possible character links wasn't taken up on. I do think I would have been easier if I had served with someone in my past or they had known me or my brother or something.
** And a fruity oaty bar
w00hoo</lj> to my second lasertag game which was outdoors.We could really consider this to be my first proper game as the last one I went to I got stuck in a room, shot as collateral damage and never fired a shot. It's the first of five games so in places I'm going to be a bit vague about stuff.
We played at http://www.jlw.me.uk/ which is a scout camp in Leicestershire.
In advance of the game I was extremely apprehensive about it especially after the last game, worried about shooting at someone even with a lasertag weapon, and worried about playing outside, falling over in the dark, breaking some bit of myself, that kind of thing. Fortunately I didn't have to worry about kit having been lent it by my lovely chums, didn't have to sleep in a bunk bed because
janiejynx</lj> lives 15 minutes away and I got to sleep in a real bed (with a hot water bottle) and have real hot showers! Also after my last game, and after a slightly underwhelming response to my character concept* from the GMs (although an excellent character briefing) I did worry that I wouldn't get enough role-playing particularly since I really only knew a couple of the players well although it turned out that I knew several other people.The game was set in the Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe and we had been sent to retrieve something from a backwater planet. Our spaceship crashed just before landing due to an EMP pulse buggering the engines. That was time in.
From then on in I had a really great time. I got my feet wet, as it were, on Friday night talking to as many people as I could, I went out into the woods and watched people carrying a massive box then when a lot of shooting started I retreated back into the warm, and kind of got used to what people were doing. I met up with a fan of the actress I was playing and got us a deal on the welding equipment** we needed to fix the ship, so whatever I did I was happy that I'd done something in character that had justified my participation.
At the end of Saturday morning the box got opened and then my game really opened up. I had proper role-playing with lovely angst, serious dilemmas and some great character interaction, including a very interesting interchange with the captain in his cabin with the door shut whilst people kept banging on the door to find out what it was that the actress was doing in there with the captain. It's a shame we didn't have a bishop. I ended up walking around outside the building with my torch off whilst people a foot in front of me were getting shot. It was really scary! I had a massive adrenaline rush which you rarely get in a freeform where people are resolving things by exchanging cards or doing rock paper scissors. Time out was called very early because we did the plot too quickly. At the end of the night I still had all my hits and hadn't fired a shot. I wrote a vaguely coded message (coded in words as I had no skill) which I think is one of the best I've ever done in a game.
Sunday morning the man I was there to protect gave me enough of a convincing argument the night before that we went out into the woods to try and assist with disabling the EMP device. That was really scary, there was shooting and hiding in the trees and I got shot enough to lose 5 of my 6 hits but succeeded in getting back in the ship without having to fall over shot somewhere and I shot an NPC enough for them to fall over with their hits gone, and pointing a gun at someone is much easier once they start shooting at you. I didn't go into the thick of the fighting, but did the best I could covering other people. This was partially due to my lack of shooting experience but was mostly an in character decision. Not dying was right at the top of my objectives, I had information to hand over after all.
I got separated from my charge in the fighting and had major angst about leaving without him, but he got back in time for the ship taking off and he made a great speech which I chipped into to rally everyone. This was a hair's trigger from devolving into a firefight but was saved by time out.
I got a dinner invitation from the Captain, and have made a couple of trusted allies going into the next game.
Things I learnt
Tag can have great role-playing
Time out can be called at the time that really works for the game not the exact time on the schedule
Wearing black is really important out in the woods both at night and in the day
It's really hard not to have name badges to read on people, but I'll be in a much better position for the next tranche of the game
I want a bigger gun
I never used one of my skills which I thought was something my character should have (instinct) but I decided that I was never going to use it because I rely on my own instincts.
Sleeping in a real bed is an excellent idea
Don't drink immediately out of your metal insulated mug because you burn your lips
Women's clothing REALLY needs more pockets
Bop it http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vivid-Imaginations-BF1851-Travel-Game/dp/B0032VEW7Q/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1320703482&sr=8-4 was an excellent engineering skill facsimile.
I want the next game now - and if it's the same time as Indiecon again then I'll be out there with a bigger gun in the woods
*This is the first of five games so there is time for stuff to come in, but I didn't expect that every suggestion I made for possible character links wasn't taken up on. I do think I would have been easier if I had served with someone in my past or they had known me or my brother or something.
** And a fruity oaty bar
- Current Mood:
squeeee!
Will write more about wedding but in Berlin right now. Suffice it to say there were frocks and I blubbed a lot. I got through the standing ovation I got, and then lost it completely when presented with a card by all the frocked ones. I howled!
Here's the bride and groom
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Here's the bride and groom
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Banks shut - forgot it was Saturday
Post office bank shut - Saturday
MGS agreed to take money out of a machine!!
Post office bank machine took Amex but not Lloyds
Stationery shop had Waterman cartridges and lots of other stuff - could have spent a lot of money in there.
Found a 300 Yen shop
Gloriously awful magazine on cats - makes LOLcats look sophisticated.
Cat book - Japanese LOL cats effectively picture of the station master cat is superb will scan some of it later.
Kyoto boys came to practise their english, tried to translate some of the pictures in the cat book, suspect some of it may be lost in translation
Meiko not Geisha
Must read Memoire of a Geisha
No English to Japanese books for MGS
Taxi covers
Busso Passmo - 70 Yen - too much fretting about how to make up the rest
Kyoto second most visited place on earth - after Meccs. 47 million visitors per annum, 45 million of them Japanese
Tripod acquired for Eclipso
Kimono shop - Ravenrigan gets a gazillion points.
300,000 yen kimono for 10,000 yen i.e. 2000 quid down to £65
MGS Over kimono - same price as mine - makes no sense
Big belt, 18 foot long, hanger, belt for mgs, bags
Back to hotel for cold drinks and drop off.
Insides not happy, took 2 codeine phosphate, must be the shock of saving 290,000 yen :)
number 5 bus - go go go - This is a translation joke
French bulldogs on planes
expensive handicraft centre
Heijin shrine - lots of volunteer guides - filled in their forms, showed them how to cross fingers
Sumo - McDonalds banners
orange gloves for potato peeling
dinner - 9 sorts of tofu
boiled - big pan, baked on double bamboo skewer, porridge, chilled, frozen, icecream, tempura, 2 in the miso, rice
no western sign for toilet but I recognised the kanji, water efficient toilet wash basin.
Took shoes away and brought them back.
car parks and mechanics for not stealing
Trying to find a bar, should be loads down the side street - not that side street the arcade. Bar Antibes had absinthe, list of beligian beers, blood orange liqueur.
Beautification enforcement zone with a fallen asleep tramp, not beautiful
Janet came out with a big sentence on sitting and washing TV / internet. David replies Wakarimasen.
Braille on TV kana per set.
Fridged pockies
Post office bank shut - Saturday
MGS agreed to take money out of a machine!!
Post office bank machine took Amex but not Lloyds
Stationery shop had Waterman cartridges and lots of other stuff - could have spent a lot of money in there.
Found a 300 Yen shop
Gloriously awful magazine on cats - makes LOLcats look sophisticated.
Cat book - Japanese LOL cats effectively picture of the station master cat is superb will scan some of it later.
Kyoto boys came to practise their english, tried to translate some of the pictures in the cat book, suspect some of it may be lost in translation
Meiko not Geisha
Must read Memoire of a Geisha
No English to Japanese books for MGS
Taxi covers
Busso Passmo - 70 Yen - too much fretting about how to make up the rest
Kyoto second most visited place on earth - after Meccs. 47 million visitors per annum, 45 million of them Japanese
Tripod acquired for Eclipso
Kimono shop - Ravenrigan gets a gazillion points.
300,000 yen kimono for 10,000 yen i.e. 2000 quid down to £65
MGS Over kimono - same price as mine - makes no sense
Big belt, 18 foot long, hanger, belt for mgs, bags
Back to hotel for cold drinks and drop off.
Insides not happy, took 2 codeine phosphate, must be the shock of saving 290,000 yen :)
number 5 bus - go go go - This is a translation joke
French bulldogs on planes
expensive handicraft centre
Heijin shrine - lots of volunteer guides - filled in their forms, showed them how to cross fingers
Sumo - McDonalds banners
orange gloves for potato peeling
dinner - 9 sorts of tofu
boiled - big pan, baked on double bamboo skewer, porridge, chilled, frozen, icecream, tempura, 2 in the miso, rice
no western sign for toilet but I recognised the kanji, water efficient toilet wash basin.
Took shoes away and brought them back.
car parks and mechanics for not stealing
Trying to find a bar, should be loads down the side street - not that side street the arcade. Bar Antibes had absinthe, list of beligian beers, blood orange liqueur.
Beautification enforcement zone with a fallen asleep tramp, not beautiful
Janet came out with a big sentence on sitting and washing TV / internet. David replies Wakarimasen.
Braille on TV kana per set.
Fridged pockies
MGS came back at 0310 after I went to sleep at 0230
Very big stick out of Shrine
float parade
red parasols
kabuki masks
suway
fox / red panda on ticket
ooops went to Takasuki 7 stops on express not 1
recognised kanji for Kyoto to get back
KCI - drawings to scan
back to kyoto, bus to Nishjin
weaving chisaii
got to write my name in katakana
kimono show
yutaka
furoshiki with handles
silk
presento
bus to Giso
hair museum tiny, bit creepy. 2 books 17,000 yesn. had to walk back, spent all my money
broken down shrine.
MGS out cooking
D & J dinner zen buddist
couldn't find it
starbucks man very nice
still couldn't find it
home in taxi after pizza
tried to walk Miss Potter MGS came home never going to watch it
beer mat with pants
trouser press
Very big stick out of Shrine
float parade
red parasols
kabuki masks
suway
fox / red panda on ticket
ooops went to Takasuki 7 stops on express not 1
recognised kanji for Kyoto to get back
KCI - drawings to scan
back to kyoto, bus to Nishjin
weaving chisaii
got to write my name in katakana
kimono show
yutaka
furoshiki with handles
silk
presento
bus to Giso
hair museum tiny, bit creepy. 2 books 17,000 yesn. had to walk back, spent all my money
broken down shrine.
MGS out cooking
D & J dinner zen buddist
couldn't find it
starbucks man very nice
still couldn't find it
home in taxi after pizza
tried to walk Miss Potter MGS came home never going to watch it
beer mat with pants
trouser press
Shinkansen!
Japanese Braille
Bus with everyone in the world
catfish earthquake
earth tremor 05.15 woke us up, 3-4 minutes I remember about 30 seconds
behind the yellow line
trains look like projectile missiles
hotto kohi kudasai
chairs recline and turn around
antimacassars - where does the oil come from
japano lesson
fuji from train window
shinkansen through station
solar buildings
pocari sweat factory
smiling buddah
tomodachi gopun kaerimasen
waterfall
traffic charm
love stone
pray for clear skies
ice cream - phew
tea pot alle
shower!
geisha - proper one
reunited with luggage - all worked
cat and kitten sign
happy garden
sweating and stinking like a dead goat
kabuki
janet and the UK trains
eclipse tzar
lots of tofu
good plum
concrete stuff in noodles
rabbits on placemats
pink in corners of eyes
very red mouth
nape of neck
kimono blue textured - white stitching
water bottles outside houses
dancing
3 string instrument dog skin
Jane PITA
Betty's Harrogate
93 YO never married
5-6 year contract
start 15
dancers butts
very long kimono ribbon to walk in the street
dye hair black
nightgales droppings
$27 million lost in Kyoto in June
2nd most visited after Mecca
$200 liquor licence
36,000 over 100 never paid social security
5.5 million vending machines more than population of NZ FIN SWE and ICE
Kikuya
Museum of Hairstyles
Don't say Yakuza
Man in park with police on monday
No meat no Fish XX no addresses
how much vit c can you take before you overdose
suntory cc lemon juice of 50 lemons in a tin, how do they make it fit?
5.97 kms 10862
Red lights why have them if you are not going to use them?
Japanese Braille
Bus with everyone in the world
catfish earthquake
earth tremor 05.15 woke us up, 3-4 minutes I remember about 30 seconds
behind the yellow line
trains look like projectile missiles
hotto kohi kudasai
chairs recline and turn around
antimacassars - where does the oil come from
japano lesson
fuji from train window
shinkansen through station
solar buildings
pocari sweat factory
smiling buddah
tomodachi gopun kaerimasen
waterfall
traffic charm
love stone
pray for clear skies
ice cream - phew
tea pot alle
shower!
geisha - proper one
reunited with luggage - all worked
cat and kitten sign
happy garden
sweating and stinking like a dead goat
kabuki
janet and the UK trains
eclipse tzar
lots of tofu
good plum
concrete stuff in noodles
rabbits on placemats
pink in corners of eyes
very red mouth
nape of neck
kimono blue textured - white stitching
water bottles outside houses
dancing
3 string instrument dog skin
Jane PITA
Betty's Harrogate
93 YO never married
5-6 year contract
start 15
dancers butts
very long kimono ribbon to walk in the street
dye hair black
nightgales droppings
$27 million lost in Kyoto in June
2nd most visited after Mecca
$200 liquor licence
36,000 over 100 never paid social security
5.5 million vending machines more than population of NZ FIN SWE and ICE
Kikuya
Museum of Hairstyles
Don't say Yakuza
Man in park with police on monday
No meat no Fish XX no addresses
how much vit c can you take before you overdose
suntory cc lemon juice of 50 lemons in a tin, how do they make it fit?
5.97 kms 10862
Red lights why have them if you are not going to use them?
No traffic in Tokyo at 08.15
Fuji San from motorway
Cable car into the mist
Strong winds - how strong does it have to be to shut cablecars?
Cable cars shut
So that strong desu ne?
7 year eggs
plastic pirate ship shut
SO2
multiple buses, strange ticket system
Cedar walk
everyone had veg tempura except MGS pork katsu
Hardy over the hills, wimps to puzzle box shop - speed shopping
bizarre missing flask conversation JY international rescue for flask.
wot no flask
heated toilet seat in restaurant. stirling moss.
Definitely no flask
Guesthouse extensive instructions on bath
Mosquito sorting
restaurant - hmmm not sure I actually like Japanese food in Japan
JY and I shared - she doesn't like Tamago
Exceptional bill wrangling - numbers on chopstick packets
hot bath
sulphur
aaaaargh too hot
1/2 in 1/2 out good. lots of minerals - floating boobs
topographical map of fuji
room smells very very odd. MGS claims straw mats - I reckon mosquito
Yakata japanese size
orange ice balls
Fuji San from motorway
Cable car into the mist
Strong winds - how strong does it have to be to shut cablecars?
Cable cars shut
So that strong desu ne?
7 year eggs
plastic pirate ship shut
SO2
multiple buses, strange ticket system
Cedar walk
everyone had veg tempura except MGS pork katsu
Hardy over the hills, wimps to puzzle box shop - speed shopping
bizarre missing flask conversation JY international rescue for flask.
wot no flask
heated toilet seat in restaurant. stirling moss.
Definitely no flask
Guesthouse extensive instructions on bath
Mosquito sorting
restaurant - hmmm not sure I actually like Japanese food in Japan
JY and I shared - she doesn't like Tamago
Exceptional bill wrangling - numbers on chopstick packets
hot bath
sulphur
aaaaargh too hot
1/2 in 1/2 out good. lots of minerals - floating boobs
topographical map of fuji
room smells very very odd. MGS claims straw mats - I reckon mosquito
Yakata japanese size
orange ice balls
Sorry been experiencing it rather than writing it up
Chinese restaurant No meat No fish crossed hands
Rice arrived with Egg and Meat in it. None of us wanted to eat it, failed to meet all out food groups
Tofu with Chili
Aubergine with something vaguely approximating what we ordered
NO BILL!
Chinese restaurant No meat No fish crossed hands
Rice arrived with Egg and Meat in it. None of us wanted to eat it, failed to meet all out food groups
Tofu with Chili
Aubergine with something vaguely approximating what we ordered
NO BILL!
Dinner not particularly successful. I don't know where I put my notebook, but will expand this when I find it. MGS in foul mood and chucked whisky over my bed.
A thought to ponder my little chickdees.
It's worth having religion, cos religious people spent lots of time / money on really cool stuff which wouldn't exist otherwise. Discuss....
A thought to ponder my little chickdees.
It's worth having religion, cos religious people spent lots of time / money on really cool stuff which wouldn't exist otherwise. Discuss....
Tokyo Tower OMG it's an awfully long way up, small glass section of floor for you to look all the way down.
Reiyukai Shakedeu http://www.reiyukaiindia.org/shakaden.asp stunning building from above
Very brave on the subway.
Tokyo National Museum.
Evening Snow on Silk Floss stretcher.
An awful lot of beauties.
Kitten being fed in the park.
Many many many steps. Argh feet hurt.
Japanese Grosbeak with Four O'clock flowers.
Two beauties enjoying the evening cool.
Kosode - kimomo with small wrist openings.
Koshimaki - Summer garment.
The colours are amazing.
20 some garments - no longer ignorant gaijin to call them all Kimonos!
Tiny paper patterns.
"Vassal" made me cry.
Haircombs of deep joy.
Yellow silk background, w blue edges and embroidery and applique.
I wish I could draw. contrast of blue and yellow silk.
Feathered overjacket.
Shop - oh dear - well it's only money and we'll learn loads of colour words.
http://www.kimonoasobi.com/?p=21
Kemari Ball game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemari how on earth do they kick a ball wearing that lot?!
Eno festival paintings - I'm sure that's chthulu in the water.
Met Marty in the museum - also very hot.
Feet really hurt.
Nara Temple section. So glad I didn't wimp it.
48 buddas + familiars from C7th. Toes and fingers exceptional, outstretched hands, pineapple.
C7th and C8th textile banners, golds red, intricate folding of the banner, preserved in very low light.
OMG What would happen if I fell over in the dark (ala Alton Towers) put my hand through the cabinet, and got blood all over them? Does that count as an international incident, and do I get deported. Did not fall over.
Needle cases, tiny engrving inlaid with blue staining, quite exquisite. Women putting their needles inside to keep them safe in C7th. Cried again.
Oldest incense burner in Japan, magpie tail, dragon head pitcher.
Feet really really hurt. 890 yen for cab to hotel a bargain!
Reiyukai Shakedeu http://www.reiyukaiindia.org/shakaden.asp stunning building from above
Very brave on the subway.
Tokyo National Museum.
Evening Snow on Silk Floss stretcher.
An awful lot of beauties.
Kitten being fed in the park.
Many many many steps. Argh feet hurt.
Japanese Grosbeak with Four O'clock flowers.
Two beauties enjoying the evening cool.
Kosode - kimomo with small wrist openings.
Koshimaki - Summer garment.
The colours are amazing.
20 some garments - no longer ignorant gaijin to call them all Kimonos!
Tiny paper patterns.
"Vassal" made me cry.
Haircombs of deep joy.
Yellow silk background, w blue edges and embroidery and applique.
I wish I could draw. contrast of blue and yellow silk.
Feathered overjacket.
Shop - oh dear - well it's only money and we'll learn loads of colour words.
http://www.kimonoasobi.com/?p=21
Kemari Ball game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemari how on earth do they kick a ball wearing that lot?!
Eno festival paintings - I'm sure that's chthulu in the water.
Met Marty in the museum - also very hot.
Feet really hurt.
Nara Temple section. So glad I didn't wimp it.
48 buddas + familiars from C7th. Toes and fingers exceptional, outstretched hands, pineapple.
C7th and C8th textile banners, golds red, intricate folding of the banner, preserved in very low light.
OMG What would happen if I fell over in the dark (ala Alton Towers) put my hand through the cabinet, and got blood all over them? Does that count as an international incident, and do I get deported. Did not fall over.
Needle cases, tiny engrving inlaid with blue staining, quite exquisite. Women putting their needles inside to keep them safe in C7th. Cried again.
Oldest incense burner in Japan, magpie tail, dragon head pitcher.
Feet really really hurt. 890 yen for cab to hotel a bargain!
Shrines - all the shrines you can eat.
Boat trip, all the bridges you can see!
We went to Greenwich effectively.
Abbreviated tea ceremonies.
Funky clock.
New Subway line.
Iced coffee turns Suey into a real girl.
Kohi o kudasai.
Hair pins galore.
Elderly Japanese Man. Wakarimasen.
Elderly Japanese Woman, "Japano" shakes my hand.
Lemon drink turns Suey into a real girl again
Office - scary telephone moment.
Huge office, real work!
Eclipso.
Plastic Pirate Ship.
Haijemashite.
Tsumarani mono desu ga.
Nobu - chocolate pudding. Yummy. Martinis. HOW MUCH!
Hug from Mike Matsushima.
"Cranes live for a thousand years, tortioises live for ten thousand"Tokyo Tower tomorrow.
I love this country, 200 or so words of Japanese and people love you for it!
14625 steps (1644 aerobic)
Boat trip, all the bridges you can see!
We went to Greenwich effectively.
Abbreviated tea ceremonies.
Funky clock.
New Subway line.
Iced coffee turns Suey into a real girl.
Kohi o kudasai.
Hair pins galore.
Elderly Japanese Man. Wakarimasen.
Elderly Japanese Woman, "Japano" shakes my hand.
Lemon drink turns Suey into a real girl again
Office - scary telephone moment.
Huge office, real work!
Eclipso.
Plastic Pirate Ship.
Haijemashite.
Tsumarani mono desu ga.
Nobu - chocolate pudding. Yummy. Martinis. HOW MUCH!
Hug from Mike Matsushima.
"Cranes live for a thousand years, tortioises live for ten thousand"Tokyo Tower tomorrow.
I love this country, 200 or so words of Japanese and people love you for it!
14625 steps (1644 aerobic)
Brioche
Gaijin are all huge and don't fit in doble beds
Don't say Moshi Moshi on the phone
Yokohama Bastards
Cricket noise by the irises
empress writing poetry & getting a nice garden
ritual decleansing
lunchtime scary gaijin
Big gates
humbug lunch
soup dashi
I'm glad I like Inari
Baby carriage
No't photograph
20426
cold coffee
We don't need no stinking veggie food
Gaijin are all huge and don't fit in doble beds
Don't say Moshi Moshi on the phone
Yokohama Bastards
Cricket noise by the irises
empress writing poetry & getting a nice garden
ritual decleansing
lunchtime scary gaijin
Big gates
humbug lunch
soup dashi
I'm glad I like Inari
Baby carriage
No't photograph
20426
cold coffee
We don't need no stinking veggie food
Just about to go to bed but here's a a list of words to prompt me and potentially whet your appetites.
Virgin Lounge deconstructed Black Forest Gateaux
Passport - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG
Turbulent coffee
Taxi - buggering rucksack strap
Hachi
Temples and Fortunes
Monkey
Ginza
Subway ticket machines and bingy lights
Atsui desu
Pretty things
Not Starbucks
Kimonos and Parasols
Density of Plutonium - stop saying it in airport lounges
Sleeeeeeeeep
No food at the Inn
All the eggs in the World
Hotel Dream
Heated toilet seats.
Virgin Lounge deconstructed Black Forest Gateaux
Passport - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG
Turbulent coffee
Taxi - buggering rucksack strap
Hachi
Temples and Fortunes
Monkey
Ginza
Subway ticket machines and bingy lights
Atsui desu
Pretty things
Not Starbucks
Kimonos and Parasols
Density of Plutonium - stop saying it in airport lounges
Sleeeeeeeeep
No food at the Inn
All the eggs in the World
Hotel Dream
Heated toilet seats.
- Current Location:Tokyo
Meant to post this ages ago,and just been reminded of it.
http://www.petitiononline.com/topaz/
William McGonagall deserves recognition, go sign the petition to get him a stamp!
http://www.petitiononline.com/topaz/
William McGonagall deserves recognition, go sign the petition to get him a stamp!
If you were running games at a convention called Cataclysmic Consequnces would you...
Write and run games with an apocalyptic ending
4(11.1%)
Take it as an inspiration to write games that challenge players to avert crises
11(30.6%)
Think oooh that's an interesting marketing strategy to put on the t-shirts
5(13.9%)
Do whatever the hell you were going to do anyway
14(38.9%)
Ticky box
2(5.6%)
f you were running games at a convention called Chilling Consequnces would you...
Write and run games with an horror appeal
8(22.2%)
Take it as an inspiration to write games that had bats and bloodbaths
6(16.7%)
Think oooh that's an interesting marketing strategy to put on the t-shirts
2(5.6%)
Do whatever the hell you were going to do anyway
16(44.4%)
ticky box
4(11.1%)
Do you care what Consequences C is called
Yes
1(2.8%)
Not much
6(16.7%)
Not at all if it makes you happy Suey
23(63.9%)
Ooooh ticky box
6(16.7%)
I'm going to try and take pics of us eating something gooey with Pegwigs :)
Purple Penguin Day - July 1
The Way of the Purple Penguin
The Purple Penguins of Happiness are the Guardians of the Universe and desire only that everyone be happy, enjoy gooey sweets and that they revel in spiffiness.
They seek only to help the sad, the weak and hopeless. They can also beat the crap out of the bluebird of happiness.
The Purple Penguins live on a mystical island where the wise leaders guide them by use of the Mystical Hat of Orange Spiffiness, of which some humans have been granted the use of to better spread the Purple Penguin creed.
Purple Penguin Day is the first of July where all followers of the way must eat gooey things that are yummy and spread joy by their words and actions. Often saying the phrase “Purple Penguins” is enough to accomplish this. However the Purple Penguins expect those who follow their way to take this on heart and to eat the gooey yummy things and to spread joy on a small basis everyday. Purple Penguin day simply being the day which is devoted for the sharing of joy on a more massive scale, spreading a lot of joy rather then just a little bit.
The Purple Penguin Creed
1. Happiness leads to calm and peace.
2. Happiness can be achieved by eating things that are gooey without guilt.
3. Happiness can also be achieved by making people around you happy by sharing gooey things and being cheerful and pleasant at people.
4. Happiness can also be achieved by watching Penguins walk.
5. If we all try to make each other happy by being cheerful and nice to each other then the world would be a little nicer place.
6. Cheerful does not mean having to put up with Stupid people who are Rude and Ignorant. These people can be ignored, and the Purple Penguins strongly believe in standing up for yourself and telling people to leave you the fuck alone. Happiness starts from within. You can not make others happy if you are not happy. So enjoy your chocolate and that cheesy video you like and tell anyone who disagrees with you to F*ck Off.
Those who follow the Purple Penguin Code receive the bounty of the Purple Penguins and those who live it every day will someday receive a Mystical Orange Hat of Spiffiness which reigns glory and joy on its wearer.
To Join the Way of the Purple Penguins of Happiness simply follow the creed, and on July 1st, eat something gooey and “bad” for you, and be happy. Watch your favorite movie, smile at people, and listen to your favorite music. Do anything that makes you happy and/or spreads the happy!
Purple Penguin Day - July 1
The Way of the Purple Penguin
The Purple Penguins of Happiness are the Guardians of the Universe and desire only that everyone be happy, enjoy gooey sweets and that they revel in spiffiness.
They seek only to help the sad, the weak and hopeless. They can also beat the crap out of the bluebird of happiness.
The Purple Penguins live on a mystical island where the wise leaders guide them by use of the Mystical Hat of Orange Spiffiness, of which some humans have been granted the use of to better spread the Purple Penguin creed.
Purple Penguin Day is the first of July where all followers of the way must eat gooey things that are yummy and spread joy by their words and actions. Often saying the phrase “Purple Penguins” is enough to accomplish this. However the Purple Penguins expect those who follow their way to take this on heart and to eat the gooey yummy things and to spread joy on a small basis everyday. Purple Penguin day simply being the day which is devoted for the sharing of joy on a more massive scale, spreading a lot of joy rather then just a little bit.
The Purple Penguin Creed
1. Happiness leads to calm and peace.
2. Happiness can be achieved by eating things that are gooey without guilt.
3. Happiness can also be achieved by making people around you happy by sharing gooey things and being cheerful and pleasant at people.
4. Happiness can also be achieved by watching Penguins walk.
5. If we all try to make each other happy by being cheerful and nice to each other then the world would be a little nicer place.
6. Cheerful does not mean having to put up with Stupid people who are Rude and Ignorant. These people can be ignored, and the Purple Penguins strongly believe in standing up for yourself and telling people to leave you the fuck alone. Happiness starts from within. You can not make others happy if you are not happy. So enjoy your chocolate and that cheesy video you like and tell anyone who disagrees with you to F*ck Off.
Those who follow the Purple Penguin Code receive the bounty of the Purple Penguins and those who live it every day will someday receive a Mystical Orange Hat of Spiffiness which reigns glory and joy on its wearer.
To Join the Way of the Purple Penguins of Happiness simply follow the creed, and on July 1st, eat something gooey and “bad” for you, and be happy. Watch your favorite movie, smile at people, and listen to your favorite music. Do anything that makes you happy and/or spreads the happy!
Martha Long ‘Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes’
This is the first book I've read for ages that filled me with utter horror, but I had to keep reading. True story of a little girl growing up in Dublin in the 1950s and frankly just ignored by the authorities, whilst being systematically abused.
It was very uncomfortable to read, but I had to keep going. Written in the first person, in a Dublin brogue. I got very angry and blubbed several times. There are some extraordinary kindnesses and some utterly appaulling actions by the adults around her. I've just ordered the next book, out in Sept. It's not a pleasant read, but totally compelling.
This is the first book I've read for ages that filled me with utter horror, but I had to keep reading. True story of a little girl growing up in Dublin in the 1950s and frankly just ignored by the authorities, whilst being systematically abused.
It was very uncomfortable to read, but I had to keep going. Written in the first person, in a Dublin brogue. I got very angry and blubbed several times. There are some extraordinary kindnesses and some utterly appaulling actions by the adults around her. I've just ordered the next book, out in Sept. It's not a pleasant read, but totally compelling.
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