Odds & Ends
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crossover_chick-->My LJ RP may be flagging, but Tumblr RP is booming. Forgotten Vows and his Alice have just wrapped the "unpleasant Bumby revelations" plot, as we'll call it, and are starting on a Valentine's Day plot. Also, Alice is chatting with my little-used subblog asktheliddellvandorts. Chester, Lucy, Vincent & Lorina are going to get an unpleasant surprise in just a bit.
-->Played a little Sims today -- Doc in Ink Sec's college. Nothing particularly exciting -- just him getting his grade bar maxed and doing various bits of skilling, badge-earning, and reagent-making.
-->In related news, rereading my Sims guides can be dangerous. I now want to send somebody on a vacation, or get a business opened, or. . . Gotta remember EVL and Felicia really need some more cash in the bank before they can do any of that. Though maybe I can get EVL started on a Servo, now that we have the magical awesome chair. . . .
-->I can't stop myself from watching Kitchen Nightmares clips on YouTube. Some of these restaurant owners are baffling to me. It's like they want their places to go under.
-->Amusing "Reading Lord of the Rings" anecdote: I recently finished the 3rd "book" of the series (each volume is divided into two books, so I'm halfway through The Two Towers), and the other day I was reading the chapter about Helm's Deep. And I came upon this sentence:
"Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer in the van."
Now, I know it's not what Tolkien meant (talking about in class, I learned he probably meant "vanguard," aka in the front), but the first image that came to mind was Aragorn, Legolas, Eomer, and Gimli (since he's riding with Eomer) driving down the battlefield in a van, while all around them the Riders of Rohan are going, "WTF, when did they get a car?!"
-->Played a little Sims today -- Doc in Ink Sec's college. Nothing particularly exciting -- just him getting his grade bar maxed and doing various bits of skilling, badge-earning, and reagent-making.
-->In related news, rereading my Sims guides can be dangerous. I now want to send somebody on a vacation, or get a business opened, or. . . Gotta remember EVL and Felicia really need some more cash in the bank before they can do any of that. Though maybe I can get EVL started on a Servo, now that we have the magical awesome chair. . . .
-->I can't stop myself from watching Kitchen Nightmares clips on YouTube. Some of these restaurant owners are baffling to me. It's like they want their places to go under.
-->Amusing "Reading Lord of the Rings" anecdote: I recently finished the 3rd "book" of the series (each volume is divided into two books, so I'm halfway through The Two Towers), and the other day I was reading the chapter about Helm's Deep. And I came upon this sentence:
"Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer in the van."
Now, I know it's not what Tolkien meant (talking about in class, I learned he probably meant "vanguard," aka in the front), but the first image that came to mind was Aragorn, Legolas, Eomer, and Gimli (since he's riding with Eomer) driving down the battlefield in a van, while all around them the Riders of Rohan are going, "WTF, when did they get a car?!"
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Date: 2012-02-12 05:34 am (UTC)"Hey Legolas, can you turn down that music?"
"Sorry, bro! But Moving Right Along is such an appropriate song for car trips!"
"Just keep it down a bit! We've got to do important stuff that's vital to the plot!"
"Awww, you're no fun...."
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Date: 2012-02-12 05:41 am (UTC)LOL, it's a funny image! Seriously think it could work as a car commercial. And that's great dialogue. XD
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Date: 2012-02-12 09:00 pm (UTC)Thank you! Oh god, I can just picture the car commercial right now coming on after The Big Bang Theory giving me more giggles. XD