Monday = more completely random stuff.

[mandolin]

Talked to a friend of mine who works in the same complex as me; he tried biking to work last week, a seven-mile trip.

He didn't have any trouble in the "bad" neighborhoods getting through; traffic was considerate to the guy on the bike, he didn't have any encounters with pedestrians. But in the more affluent, mostly white neighborhoods, he had an asshole swerving towards him, pretending to be trying to hit him and laughing, and a kid throwing rocks at him. (Yeah, he's white too.)

Food for thought.

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I didn't notice this until recently, but on my way home from work (if I go the back way) I pass by the "International Society for Krishna Consciousness."

Heh.

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Oh, and overheard at D&D, but not correctly quoted since I didn't write quotes down:

EDIT: Fixed and added quotes since jennies has a better memory than me.


T = the Ranger, in character and who's decided she has low charisma and can be completely tactless
D = the other Ranger, not totally in character
B = T's husband (this is relevant), playing the cleric
M = Me, playing both my halfling thief and elven fighter because I'm indecisive
J = jennies, the winged elven fighter/mage

T: (in character, makes comment to the effect that all she needs is some sex and she'll be good)
J: "You realize you're going to have to go to the cleric for that."
(we all die laughing, B turns away from what he was paying attention to)
B: "Wait. What'd I miss? What's so funny?"
T: "I'll explain later."

M: "Both of me are taking shots at #3."
D: "Both of me. I like that."

B: "Well, why don't you take some oil flasks up and throw them?"
J: "Because I don't like fire. Fire burns feathers."
Mage: "Yeah, a shift in the wind, and-"
J: "And I fall like a stone."
T: (shrugs) 'Hey, at least we'd have bird for dinner."
J: "You know, I *could* just fly off and leave you guys to fight these things off on your own..."


Next time, I'm definitely taking note of more than just the running tally on how many hit points the 18 hobgoblins have left. :)

Comments

[jennies.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was the smartass with the cleric comment. I think Deb was the "both of me" commentator.

It certainly was a fun game, though perhaps not fair to you since it'd been so long since we'd had enough people there to make with the witty smartass banter. ^_^ This group certainly gets along better than the other one, though. And the fact that we have two people playing two characters apiece certainly makes things interesting.

And I'm probably remembering it wrong, but I think around the quadruple Basilisk attack the following exchange occurred:

B: "Well, why don't you take some oil flasks up and throw them?"
J: "Because I don't like fire. Fire burns feathers."
Mage: "Yeah, a shift in the wind, and-"
J: "And I fall like a stone."
T: (shrugs) 'Hey, at least we'd have bird for dinner."
J: "You know, I *could* just fly off and leave you guys to fight these things off on your own..."

[weirdweb.livejournal.com]

And the fact that we have two people playing two characters apiece certainly makes things interesting.

Another reason I should have taken down quotes. Between me, Doug, and our respective literal hat-switching, I think we caused more than a bit of confusion. :)