IT BEGINS.

( Quick review of roles and success conditions. )

( What you'll do during the next two days: )

( List of players: )

With three factions all killing, this game should roll along pretty quickly. We'll take it as a test round, and see how things go. ^_____________^ NOW: START THE DISCUSSION AND THE VOTING ^_____________^


(Day 1 will be closed at 10:30 PM tomorrow, Mountain Time. Got all day to discuss!)

Everyone's got a message waiting for them in their LJ inboxes. I have already heard back on one of the assignments and fully expect more cheering and/or whining depending on your preference and the luck of the draw. ^_________^

First day post coming tomorrow!

Apologies, one more day to get out assignments, the kitten has discovered the wonder of dragging everything everywhere and it's been a fun time tracking things down.

Sorry!

That's right, a new kitten! Zomg and such!



( Meet Riddle: )

Hi all!

Sorry for the delay: I got home after the drive of (literal) doom and have been dealing with a new kitten* and the Canadian income service, gosh taxes sure are fun your first year in a country.

The starting post will go up tomorrow, and your assignments will be in your message box tonight. ^______^



* Well CLEARLY I will be putting up pictures.

Day 2 means that the news sites have posted something on yesterday's accident:

INCIDENT NARRATIVE: Female juvenile was traveling south on 3100 W. Nobuyama was traveling westbound on US20/26. The juvenile failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with Nobuyama’s vehicle. The motorcycle burst into flames due to a ruptured gas tank. The juvenile was airlifted and flown to the Intermountain Burn Center at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT, where she is listed in critical condition with 3rd degree burns.

In the specifics further down the page, her age was given as 13.

With my mom, I left Idaho today for the drive back up to Canada.

We were approaching a small town in central Idaho, going east. I was looking off to the side of the road and had quite thoroughly zoned out. I heard my mom gasp just in time to look ahead and see a gigantic towering explosion of fire and black smoke erupt on the road.

As near as we could figure, the motorcyclist had run a stop sign and shot directly in front of a large SUV who was headed west. But we couldn't tell for sure; all we knew was that there had been a rush of motion on the road and then something out of a Hollywood soundstage. The blackened motorcycle, that had likely been carrying a full tank of gas, was in pieces on the road. The SUV had a giant dent in its side and the passenger was standing on the side of the road after almost tumbling free of the vehicle, clutching her dachshund and visibly shaking. The motorcyclist had skidded a ways down the road and was completely on fire.

His (or her) friends had come running over with jackets to blot the fire and water to splash it out. Probably not the ideal way to go on the last part, but, you know: ON FIRE. We were checking my cell phone and, after being astonished and relieved to see four bars, called 911.

We waited until the emergency vehicles arrived. At that point the traffic that had begun to gather as people made an impromptu barricade was directed safely around. As we passed the scene we saw either bare, charred skin or what was likely to be melted synthetic pants. Having asked my mom, there was no way it was just scuffed-up leather, unfortunately. And then my mom said she saw the driver's leg move, just barely, under all that injury and pain.

So that was day 1 of the drive.

First: there are still spots open for Mafia in my last post; I didn't want to spam and annoy people, so I figure it has been a suitable break in between ads. :)

Second: with the prompt of Olympic medal ceremonies, I was in a conversation about best national anthems and this one was far and away the top vote-getter for the the best anthem ever, whether only orchestral or with vocals. (I was one of the ones giving it a vote.)

Feel free to argue here. If you want to be WRONG.

EDIT FOR CURRENT STATUS: THERE ARE SPOTS STILL OPEN.

Bang bang!

I'm running a game of Mafia if people show interest in playing. Why should you play? Because rampant paranoia and recurring violence is top-notch fun!

Short version: in Day and Night cycles, players vote on who they're going to kill. The "winners" of this vote get killed and booted from the game. It's like super-violent Survivor, with significantly less Jeff Probst!

Players are in different factions, and everyone is trying to make their faction win... so you need to figure out just who it is you should be voting for. What are the factions and what information can you share?

( The possible roles. )

( How it works. )

If you would like to play, just comment on this post. You will be randomly assigned to a role (assuming you're in the first 25 signups). Thanks and GET OUT YOUR GUNS.

After an approximately 1100 mile trip with my cat in the car.

You bet your ass I'm glad it's done.

Some pics from the trip, all from within said car:



( picspicspics )

A Very Capable Thespian by =illyria on deviantART

A Trip Home by =illyria on deviantART

( Five fanart100 pieces. lol Wheel of Time nostalgia. )

My opinion ranges from "mostly like" to "bleh," but if I do not roll along with pictures without fretting endlessly then I will never finish.

Anyway, happy Fourth! I'm going to make a cheeseburger and watch fireworks on television later. My Canadian neighbors can wonder why I'm doing this three days late, but forget them and their summer that is much warmer than everyone promised me!

Let me hug my wimpy little a/c unit that is at least keeping this room dry and cool. Well, cooler than the rest of the house that was 85 degrees last night at 3:30 AM.

(I think I have at least a couple on my flist.)

I'm assigning pics to a fanart100 table as I do them, but I'd like to officially sign up at some point. But! The current "on hiatus" notice on the claims list doesn't provide any sort of indication of when that edit was made.

Anyone happen to know?

grump grump irritating grump

I've told this before, but it's been a long time and I was inspired to do so by other stories. So: the story of my last day at my very first job. ( Short intro: it involved two hospital visits and serious property damage. )

I was catching up on Comedy Goldmines and saw that I had missed the chance to MSPaint stupid/weird things I did as a kid.

So I did it for here, instead.



( Next two panels behind the cut. )

A company whose van I was behind today.

I say this so that you might take note of the company slogan at the top of the page, which is

I know I've seen people around Ye Olde Flist who have considered the Tokyopop manga competition. You might have already been pointed to this analysis of what the contract really says, but better safe than sorry.

This model was my first My Little Pony, Peachy. Oh yes. I remember these things. I loved My Little Ponies to an unhealthy level. Picture the stereotypical, Lisa Simpson-song-composing little girl pony adoration and add in:

1) Grandparents who raised racehorses, so I got to spend some of the summer months at their stables
2) Living in the country so I was surrounded by the neighbors' horses
3) One week per year at horse camp where I happily learned how to maintain tack and the intricacies of horse anatomy and how to mount an 18 hand gelding as a 10 year old (answer: with help)

I still have a favorite breed (Morgan) and to this day think that "Stevie" works as a name for a girl. Thankyouverymuch, Saddle Club.

This is why I read Tycho's news post with no small amount of dismay, because I am already a Gabe in so many ways and did not need him enabling these things.

Long story short I have a Ponystars account. I would be more embarrassed about this if it happened during the school year but, oh, let me assure you, I don't feel terribly proud about it right now.

Although I do feel pretty awesome that I managed to grab "Saddle Club" as a stable name for anyone who wants to join.

Those books rocked, lemmee tell you.